Along with the work I did on Blood & Plunder, I also pushed through my Kill Team set. I had originally bought the Ork and Guardsmen starter but always wanted to try out T’au. The T’au + Sisters set came out so I immediately pivoted to them instead. As usual, I started with the terrain.
Assembly was easy but I knew storage would be a challenge if I built the main pieces with both floors intact so I took a tip from Friend Colton and kept the different floors separate.
Priming black, I then used a tan pallette to build up the main color until I ended with some Ash Wastes highlights from GW. All done with the airbrush, changing the angle in the standard Zenithal Highlight technique.
The mistake I made, however, was I didn’t combine both floors in this process to make sure they would have an even and consistent application when stacked. I went back and added silver and rust to most of the detail elements but left the airbrush highlighting to do the rest. I want terrain to look good but not steal the show (and I’m too lazy).
When it is all together, even the differing floor paint schemes seem not as jarring. It is still there but easily something I can live with.
The set has an interesting little feature where the two main pieces have this obvious puzzle effect going on. When combined, you can make a nice ruined fortress effect. Makes me want to pick up some more pieces to play around with. I’ve seen some amazing custom builds by people doing just that since the terrain set is quite old and gets repackaged constantly.
The next question is how to store it all. With the success of my Raise the Black storage solution, I decided to try the same thing with my Kill Team set.
The Kill Team box is a flimsy sleeved set up so I needed to cut the outer sleeve apart and fashion it into a workable lid. The bottom of the sleeve would be split to make up the long walls of the side of the box. I needed to get the tallest terrain piece measured to know how high those walls needed to extend. Luckily, there was enough spread on that bottom portion to cover both sides of the box.
Black foamcore again covers the sides and I used glue and tape to secure everything to the bottom base of the box. The two large terrain pieces straddle the length of the box and the additional scatter pieces hide in under them. I used old pluck foam to push in as spacers between the larger scatter pieces and prevent rubbing.
The center area will be filled with a pluck foam tray to house the T’au minis while the open side areas will house the rest of the game collateral like dice, tokens, rulers, etc. The space is also there for expansion elements that may come out.
With the terrain and box complete, the game is ready for travel. Next up, the minis themselves!