Hordes of Things

I finally got the bulk of my Death Bots painted up, adding Exodus Wars Edenite models to complete the initial force. I will probably add more models from the Dark Realm Andrayada range later on.

Here's a picture of all the army so far. I've gone with silver, gold and electric blue for the theme. 

Death Bot War Pyramids. See my previous post for more details on these and the Obelisks, Pylons and Warbarque. Lots of black lining on these, and took some time, with details picked out with in gold and three shades of blue.

Obelisks. Once again more blacklining...

Death Bot Death Rays. 

Warbarque, a larger War Engine of the Death Bots. Plenty of blacklining all the symbols on this one!

God. "The Deceiver". A master of trickery, able to shift form and appear in many guises. Rumoured to have appeared in human history several times... impressing with miracles and promising great rewards after death to those who worship him, and great punishment after death to those who turn away! While many find it hard to believe that humans could follow such a beast, devotees are numerous, favouring faith in the Deceiver over reason. An Eldar artifact mentions the return of the Deceiver with one line "...and the Jackal-God shall turn brother against brother."  The miniature is Samael from the Hell Dorado range, with cut down Exodus Wars Kazari Kinetic Barriers on each end of his staff.

Droid Controller from Exodus Wars.  Used as a Harvester Engine. I just painted this up as it comes with no conversions, figuring it looks suitably "Deathbotty".

Objectives, including a larger Tomb Complex. These are just stacked minatures bases, with Kinetic Barriers from the Exodus Wars Components Service added - larger barriers are from the Droid Controller above, and the smaller barriers from the Khazari Raiders. Great being able to buy these bits individually, well done to Exodus Wars for making these available.

These arrived today from Shapeways - a bunch of vehicles for a Deathbot army. Based on ideas like those in the Terminator, Battlestar Galactica, and I-Robot sci-fi movies, these will be used for armies like Necrons in Epic. In other words, robots with a hatred for non-robot life-forms, or at least serious angst about the tribulations of robotic existence, leading to antisocial behaviour...

This is my second Shapeways order, having previously ordered some starfighters for Battlefleet Gothic. Those were in a material called "Black Detail Plastic", whereas this order is in "Frosted Detail". Frosted Detail is a considerably more expensive material but also capable of greater detail and has a smooth texture, rather than the slightly granular and porous finish of Black Detail Plastic. I had some store credit saved up somehow, so put it towards these. I imagine the cost will come down as 3D printing technology improves and market forces come into play, but right now it is still quite expensive compared to other options.

The Death Ray is on a 40mm round base, and below that is a 40mm strip base, and to the left of that a 25mm circular base from Troublemaker Games. It's a bit tricky to work out the details in the photos given the white colour! The Frosted Detail material is also slightly flexible, enough so that I'm not worried anymore about the fine details breaking off. I also prefer this plastic material to metal, mainly because of the saving in weight, but also they won't break if accidentally dropped.

Here's an overview of everything I ordered from Shapeways! The rightmost Deathbot Pyramid is still in three pieces to show how it comes. The hollow construction saves considerably on the cost.

For infantry I have metal Edenites from Exodus Wars, and Andrayada from Dark Realm Miniatures.

Update: Here are some further models from Shapeways that suit this sort of range. Cosmic Pharaoh Large and Small Frigates.