Oath Stoned

Everything you said here is exactly what ive built my army to be. Like, exactly. My paint scheme is copying my Total War army, including ghosts and renown units. The ghosts are old world heroes that have awoken in shyish, they built a cogfort, and now theyre looking for valaya. Like, exactly. P.s. hi Ragnar!

It is. 2'x2'. its a giant terrain/display piece. It actually makes a great center for the battleplan from the nighthaunt battletome. The nighthaunt start in the center and move out so the height wouldnt affect the ge since NH fly.

Ill get there. I have 6 of those mounted cannons, the big cannon(which i want redo), and 4 based arty that fits nicely under the upper walkway. I just nervously cut a huge hole in the side and added this rotating cannon. I need 2 more cannon bits and need to cover the inside.

The 1st deck of my cogfort sits at 6inches

There is very little fluff on the actual look of cogforts. These stories contain pretty much all we know. https://malignportents.com/story/iron-and-oak/ https://malignportents.com/story/the-offer/ The first story gives an initial idea. Says, On her piston-driven legs, she carried us ever eastwards from the city walls, and the light of civilisation dawned anew in her wake. Chaos warbands broke like waves upon her ironclad flanks. The Story then describes some kind of network of cogforts creating a shield web around Hammerhal Aqsha. Also mentions a draw bridge. The Second story gives more details. Such as the cogfort having 17 gun emplacements (cannons, organ guns, and a large center piece cannon.) Alarielle then splashes the cogfort with a wave of swamp water which is "several dozen feet high" which almost goes over the cogfort wall. So about 60-80ft tall at the cogfort' deck. The first story is in Aqshy, the second is in Ghyran I heard there is a bit more fluff in the Soul Wars novel. This is all I have so far.

Im sry i didnt mean to quote this entire post again but.... I love this sketch. I might steal your idea for the drop/draw bridge. I was thinking of putting a traditional draw bridge but i like you elevator much more. It will utililize the space under the cogfort without takung up more table space. I also love all the towers and the multiple layers of your fortress. Its almost exactly what i want for mine but anymore additions need to be very well planned for space.

I like them. I like the sniper guy alot. He has just the right look. Im finding the industrial theme very tricky for AoS. Its hard to walk that line of high fantasy industry without it becoming 40k. It has to look more advanced than the Old World but less than 40k. I cut or covered things such as lightbulbs, monitors, and power signs with tons of dwarf bits. I hope more bits, with a real paintjob, is enough to make my cogfort look less like an aircraft carrier. I think im at my limit to maintain fuctional space. If anyone hasnt seen, there is a mention of "mechanical automations" in one of the nighthaunt community pages. W/e army this may be it will set the standard for how advanced aos tech really is.

WiP since The Offer short story. We caught that grot trying to break in through the waste pipes. A suitable punishment.

Build the entire warmap as a heavily run down and rusted mech fort. Then say its the Light of Hope from the story and then make it a setting for the Malign Portents campaign. A grand battle could take place at the cogfort since they anchored outside of the shyish realmgate. I hope there is artwork/info about cogforts is in the new book. Some concrete basis for the size of it.

Im thinking a full gaming size gaming table. Table legs will look like a star wars AT-AT, chains hanging off the side with anchors. Then a full fortress battground on top.