Der H: “An hour to kill on a Saturday….guess Ill make some escorts!”

There was a comment on one of the BFG facebook groups recently about the lack of Chaos transports…This can not continue!

honestly, anything that's cool/modular but not a ship itself - or even the smaller system ships/ships we rarely see. Lots and lots of escorts and Cruisers have already been built/rebuilt. What we need are chaotic system ships, chaotic fireships, Eldar mines, Eldar transports, etc. Less of the "Standards".

My Transport Builder has been online for a little while now, and it gives a range of parts for various ships, but I hadn’t realised the Q-Ships, Armed Freighters, escort carriers and similar did not yet have dedicated models. Eldar transport have two beautiful option here and here.

On Monday ill be posting a blog post to describe the process of 3D Kitbashing, but for now take a look at the range of new creations for BFG on Cults3d or Thingiverse.

Of particular note are the Chaos transports: there are two versions of each of standard and fuel Transport and Heavy transport, Troop & Heavy Troop and armed freighter.

In addition there is a Q-Ship, a Fireship, an escort carrier and an armed freighter!

I plan on working on some mines, some Chaos Fireships, a Chaos escort carrier - different from the Insanity Class - and perhaps some small system ships….but lets see what happens…

…oh….and this is a thing….

“Yea, so we make 3D stuff now…”

Back in March of 2020 (Brother Handro: “As if that is nearly a year ago…”) Der H bought a 3D printer….this is clearly not in line with the plan to paint things, rather than build things. What printer?…

…an Elegoo Mars of course (Just like everyone else!)

This thing is a beauty; easy to use, and affordable. Since then there have been two updates, namely the Mars Pro and the Mars 2. Lots of quality of life features but a very similar user experience!

Everyone starts with the rook! There is one hell of a learning curve though - hence the sub-par cleaning here! Over the next month or so I will be doing a few guides, reviews, or thoughts on 3D printing to help those new to the art, and direct your attentions to far more knowledgeable people than us!

This post isn’t going to cover ‘how to do it’, (Der H “That might follow!”) but instead is here to introduce our (Brother Handro: “well, your…”) latest attempts to avoid painting: The Hobby Butterflies 3D, or HB-3D for short!

Our creations are available on Thingiverse or on Cults 3D, all for free (Der H “For now….Bwahahah!”) and all files should be on each site - for your convenience! Although I’m not a great digital sculptor, I have a knack for 3D kitbashing (Der H: “note that down for a future article!!”) and making things that perhaps don’t exist anymore, with a few golden oldies below!

Below is a teaser of what we offer, between a few categories!

Battlefleet Gothic/Battlefleet Heresy

BFG (and now BFH) is the thing that got my back into playing tabletop wargames (Brother Handro: “Wasn’t it technically Space Hulk…” Der H “Don’t say its name! It can hear you….”) and was the topic of a few early posts. Over on Facebook there a few groups and a particular document call the Additional Ships Compendium v2.0 (ASC v2.0) by the great Evan…stoked to see some gorgeous ships that didn’t yet exists I thought….I can make those…the result was the Tempest Class Strike Frigate and the Governor Class Grand Cruiser. Since then I’ve made a number for BFG ships, and even some old OOP FW models…

40k and 30K

Our main game is of course 30k, with some 40k dalliances, and so I have started making a few parts to suit those lines…not much yet, but more to come!

Other Stuff - AKA Blood and Plunder!

Some stuff just doesn’t fit into any one box…mostly because its for pirate games! This sculpt is the distraction/decoy made by Captain Aubrey in the film Master and Commander. No rules in game (Der H “But seriously check out Blood and Plunder….it’s amazing!) but we'll find a use for it!

Out of print - Back from the dead!

Some of my designs are my take on OOP designs from a certain large company. These are across a few systems, but are there to try and support our hobby and fill the gap left by their loss. I’m hoping to get more designs in this category going forward!