Backwater Deathworld

  Celaeno,  a minor hive fleet active in a cluster of dim stars,  emerging from dark waters in the half-light of day,  twisting and coiling in frail gravity.     ...a perfect biological laboratory...  ...a unique set of forces converge here...  ...creating a major biological alliance... ...any waste is recycled... ...the tentacles draw the victim into the central mouth...  ...as they evolve, each new branch represents a new species, diverging and growing evermore separate from its ancestors... ...can create colonies by cloning exact replicas of themselves... ...their strategy is mass production... ...millions of eggs, so that enough survive to drift across...  ...the predators gorge themselves, but the mass-spawners will succeed... ...a clean slate never stays clean for long... ...can spawn all year round, because there are no seasons...   ...its maze-like structure... a three-dimensional puzzle... ...but mass spawning creates pl...

  Assembly: - I clean mould lines pretty thoroughly and aggressively. - I glue the models with plastic cement (Revell Contacta) or with plastic cement mixed with mould line / sprue shavings. - Where gaps would be visible and undesirable, I use a lot of glue and after it dries, I shave off the excess plastic goo (where this is not possible, I fill the gaps with Green Stuff and / or Milliput). - I drill gun barrels, 1 mm drill bit for (heavy) venom cannons, 2 mm drill for fleshborers, even larger one for deathspitters. - After basing (see below), I wash minis in water + dish soap using a toothbrush. Basing: - I make Oyumaru moulds of some stones and create larger rocks from Milliput. - I make smaller pebbles from Milliput. - I glue big rocks to bases with superglue. - For places where I want to have water, I use sand paper (500 grit, then 1000 grit) to smoothen the base surface. - I cover bases with superglue, and sprinkle them with small pebbles and sand / baking soda mix. Painting ...