[hobby] Legions Imperialis - Building a city - Civitas Imperialis, Civitas Imperialis Administratum Sector and Spires

I ran out of primer so I had to find a sidequest, and I decided to build my Civitas Imperialis city.


I managed to get quite a lot of unique buildings from the set, I am using one big box of Administratum Sector and one small Civitas Imperialis box, meaning I had 12 of the small and 12 of the large sprues plus 2 of the spire sprues.

Here is everything I managed to build:


A grand total of:
  • 7x large buildings (3x3+)
  • 6x medium buildings (3x2, 2x2, 4x1)
  • 6x small buildings (2x1 or low profile 3x2)
  • 3x large spires
  • 4x small spire toppers

Namely:

  1. Cathedral
  2. Overhead bridge
  3. Large Storage
  4. The covered plaza
  5. Library
  6. Sector Palace
  7. Large Civitas
  8. Medium Civitas
  9. Medium Civitas
  10. Small Civitas
  11. Small Civitas
  12. Narrow living quarters
  13. Large Spire
  14. Medium Spires
  15. Turrets and Towers
  16. Reinforced Storage
  17. Open Plazas
  18. Minors Quarters
Here are all the buildings in more detail, followed by some building tips and work in progress.

Cathedral




Overhead bridge



Large Storage





The covered plaza



Library




Sector Palace




Large Civitas




Medium Civitas



Small Civitas




Narrow living quarters




Spires




Reinforced Storage




Open Plazas




Minors Quarters



Building tips

Corner Clips

Use binder clips to hold corners together as you build to get precise bonds on corners.





Build large ceilings first

If you will make a big building with a large roof, build the roof first so the walls have something to hold on to and stay straight.






Rubber Bands

If you want to use rubber bands to hold the building together while glue dries, wedge a spare roof section across the bottom to hold the proper size or the walls may slide in from the tension.



Mixing tall and smaller walls

If you want to mix the tall and small walls together you'll have to cut these tabs as they do not line up.


A note on modularity

As much as I tried the building walls are not straight and using the intended modularity is something I gave up on and just glued whole buildings together. Changing minute details of building shapes is not going to affect gameplay so much to be worth the trouble.

Work in Progress

Making the Library










Leftovers




Cathedral WiP












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