Monday, July 20, 2026

Battlefleet Gothic Asteroids Field Celestial Phenomena

Having recently taken up Battlefleet Gothic again, I started knocking out celestial phenomena because I can't seem to play a game without having nice terrain. First up, some asteroids. 

I bought a pack of railroad talus rock that was a dull sulpheric yellow, which I thought might be a neat change from the grey-white-beige one might typically see. I then cut up some insulation foam into asteroid shapes. I mixed up a yellow to match and painted the asteroids with the idea that I can scatter the talus around to fit the shape of the field on the table, or use a template so that we can move the asteroids around but still have a defined area. 

The bases are thin circular wood disks I bought at a hobby store, and the stems are Plastruct 1/16th clear rods. I drilled a hole in the bases, painted them, and glued the rods in place with superglue. The asteroids are attached with Elmers white PVA. I glued a few pieces of the talus directly to some of the bases. 

 
 I also made an asteroid base station, pretty much a copy of the one I had in the 90s, but better :)
 

I also wanted a wrecked escort in the field. I found a simple one on Thingiverse, modified it using Meshmixer, then printed and painted it. 


Quite happy with these asteroids, much better than the ones I had back in the olden days. 


1 comment:

  1. Excellent asteroids! I do miss my Battlefleet Gothic ships. Alas, never could get a game in with them.

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