Author Topic: Blakists! IN SPAAAACE!!! (Read 892 times)

Weirdo · « **on:** 13 April 2025, 14:24:50 »

Finished a trio of DropShip fleets for the Word of Blake, for use in Aerospace or Battleforce games!

First up is Escort Fleet. A dedicated space combat formation to operate alone or alongside WarShips, Escort Fleet is equipped with a powerful mix of assault ships and Pocket WarShips with full fighter coverage for clearing a path through orbital defenses for troop transports, denying the same to enemy troops, or simply pointing at the area of space around an objective and saying "The Sainted Blake says this is MINE."

Speaking of troops, up next is Transport Fleet. These ships have enough space on board to deliver a full Iota Division of Word of Blake Militia to a world. And while not nearly as powerful as Escort Fleet, this group is more than capable of accomplishing this task in the face of hostile spacecraft.

Finally, we have the Murderbots. Guided by the manned WarShip WoBS Celestial Threads, these CASPAR II drones stand ready to defend the Word's holdings with a lethal tenacity exceeding even that of the religious fanatics that built them.

Maingunnery · « **Reply #1 on:** 13 April 2025, 14:36:45 »

That is some nice clean work, which layering did you use to get the white so clearly detailed but yet so clean?

Brother Jim · « **Reply #2 on:** 13 April 2025, 14:58:03 »

Cool !!!
Not really familiar with the dropship and warship side of things.
In your Murderbots Fleet is the Talos a Dragau Assault Interceptor ??

In your Transport Fleet is the Homestead an Interdictor Pocket Warship ??

Thanks !!

Daryk · « **Reply #3 on:** 13 April 2025, 14:59:16 »

The bases are inspired too!

Weirdo · « **Reply #4 on:** 13 April 2025, 15:06:00 »

Quote from: Maingunnery on 13 April 2025, 14:36:45

That is some nice clean work, which layering did you use to get the white so clearly detailed but yet so clean?

I sprayed them with Krylon matte white, washed them with Apothecary White Contrast, then drybrushed back up with Morrow White. That's literally it.

Weirdo · « **Reply #5 on:** 13 April 2025, 15:09:59 »

Quote from: Brother Jim on 13 April 2025, 14:58:03

Cool !!!
Not really familiar with the dropship and warship side of things.
In your Murderbots Fleet is the Talos a Dragau Assault Interceptor ??

Talos, Ushabti, Mannequin, and Stabby are all Dragaus.

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In your Transport Fleet is the Homestead an Interdictor Pocket Warship ??

Thanks !!

Yep, that and Paradise Hope.

Weirdo · « **Reply #6 on:** 13 April 2025, 15:15:57 »

Posted these, and you know what is forgotten I'd taken pictures of a while back? WarShips!

So here you go: WarShips!

WarShips!

Daryk · « **Reply #7 on:** 13 April 2025, 15:19:17 »

What's the one with the obscured name?

Weirdo · « **Reply #8 on:** 13 April 2025, 16:37:12 »

If you're asking about the McKenna, that's WoBS Blake's Sword.

Mechman08 · « **Reply #9 on:** 13 April 2025, 17:32:42 »

I got a good chuckle reading through the ship names.

Celestial Threads
Void Reaper
Purity of Purpose
Swift Justice

(way in the back) “Hi, they call me Stabby.”

Weirdo · « **Reply #10 on:** 13 April 2025, 19:12:36 »

While the drones likely don't have formal names, humans will pack-bond with anything, so it stands to reason that the maintenance and control crews would get attached to the deadly little things and give them nicknames. I named all my CASPAR II drones after various examples of artificial life from myth and legend, AND of course knowledge would pass down the generations of the greatest Roomba of them all!