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BFG-CF - Idolator-Class Raider (Old)

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Battlefleet Gothic
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Please Note - I will be revamping the Battlefleet Gothic project soon, so this ship version will be come obselete once I get around to that. The Emperor Protects.

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Battlefleet Gothic

Chaos Warfleet Escort - Idolator-class Raider

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The Chaos Idolator-class Raider is an enigma that has continually befuddled Imperial Intelligence. What little is known of the whereabouts of this Escort's construction comes in the form of rumours, with the most prominent one being that it may have been built at Xana II, a Chaos-corrupted Forge World near the Eye of Terror.

What is known is that the Idolator includes xenos technology that was most likely bought -- or stolen -- from other starfaring races like the Kroot mercenaries or Fra'al raiders, although the exact source remains unknown. The warship resulting from the blend of this technology with that of the Imperium is quite similar to the Imperium's Firestorm-class Frigate, armed with a weapons battery turret and a forward Lance battery. However, the Idolator proves to be superior to its Imperial Navy counterpart, as it is significantly faster than the Firestorm and its weapons battery is both more accurate and possesses a longer range due to an improved targeting system that the Adeptus Mechanicus cannot reliably replicate.

All of this combines to make the Idolator an excellent commerce raiding weapon, able to fight its way through an Escort screen and tear into a convoy of transports at long range. Idolators have been a constant menace to Imperial shipping around the Eye of Terror, and it is not uncommon for a handful of the vessels to slip through the Cadian Gate to wreak havoc before escaping back into the void of deep space.

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I honestly thought I was going to screw up with this build, but as I continued building I realized that I was liking more and more where I was going with it until I got to the very end. Normally with ships like this I start with the front rather than the back but I decided to be a bit 'chaotic' with this build and started from the back first so that I could get the engines right. Suffice to say, I am quite satisfied with the way this turned out.

Happy Thanksgiving! Papa Nurgle loves you, little ones...

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With the advent of Battlefleet Gothic: Armada practically upon us, I thought it would be best to begin my long-planned BFG project for Space Engineers. These ships will be scale model representations of the models from Games Workshop's well loved and well missed specialist game of the same name. I will build as many ships as I can but expect primarily Imperial, Chaos, and Ork ships for now due to practicality.

Battlefleet Gothic (c) Games Workshop
Space Engineers (c) Keen Software House

-Kerian
2 Comments
Kerian Halcyon  [author] 27 Nov, 2015 @ 7:54pm 
@Fox Unfortunately Eldar are going to have to wait. Largely this has to do with the weapon mods available (Unless you'd rather have Eldar ships having phasery or Starwarsy sounds there aren't a lot of lasers or plasma-esque weapons that could match the Eldar arsenal...). Currently I have Imperials, Chaos, Orks, and maybe Space Marines/Chaos Space Marines planned.
Fox 27 Nov, 2015 @ 6:22am 
Very cool, even im not in Mods i love your work, keep it on...
Question tho: Do you plan to make any Eldar Ships? Loved there apperance