Allright; where to start...
Like Vanvlak I thought I'd start out by outlining what I plan to build.
It all began a while back with a pair of absolutely horrible scratch built Silver Towers of Tzeentch (yuck!). I was kind of stuck in a rut and couldn't seem to come up with any way of making them look good so I thought I'd ask here for some ideas. Vanvlak answered my call (this was way before the Hawaiian Hula Tower idea came up) and the result was a few concept sketches which has been sitting on my desk ever since.
I never really got to work on the towers but V's suggestions really painted up an intersting image in my mind for a Chaos Altar.
The basic idea is to build sort of a flying piece of dirt with some kind of an altar and a sorceror on top.I want to base it on a 20 mm round slotta base, add a few pieces of the plastic ruins which came with the E40k base spures (most of you will probably have tons of those) and then build up a small piece of scenery. I haven't quite figured out how chaotic it is going to look but once it is finished the whole thing will be mounted on a flying base for a nice "supernatural" look.
The whole thing won't need that many parts:
-A single piece of plastic ruin which can be substituted by cardboard if necessary.
-A round slotta base (again it can be replaced with cardboard if you want)
-A flying base peg or thin piece of wire
-Some sand
-A bit of grass roots or lichen or something similar
-A model for the sorceror: the Tzeentch sorceror from the Chaos spure would probably be best but you could easily use an Eldar Warlock or perhaps a Librarian or Chaplain from the SM character pack painted in appropriate colours.
If I have extra time I'll probably do a few other pieces on bthe same theme: I think there was an article in Black Gobbo about "magic" terrain which I found really inspireing.
Cheers!
