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A Bit of Progress

Well today I really, really couldn’t be arsed but I decided I really needed to do something so I set to work on the field…

Covering the whole base in toilet paper to add a bit of strength and also to cover the foam.

I also started on a mini project… walkways. You can never have enough of them lol…

From top to bottom…basic, a bit more interesting and then interesting with added texture.

That’s another little thing sorted.

Still need to do a fence, another house using bought gear, aka foam and foam core …oh and I also need to build my Proxon.

Regarding the course, I had eight spaces and now have seven spaces left…this may not run at all.

It might be because of the location or people aren’t really interested… I am not sure what their minimum number is for it to run.

We shall have to see!

This is my pitch…

Creating Small Worlds
Get creative with miniature model-making! Learn new skills and discover how everyday objects and recycled materials can be transformed into buildings, landscapes and terrain for miniature wargames, role-playing or dioramas. Whether you’re an experienced crafter or a complete beginner, come along and see what you can create!

Please note: A £10 materials charge is payable to the tutor at the first session.

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Who Let the Sheep Out?

Well that would be me….

So idiot boy here snapped off the middle post in the foreground and did the battle fencing… problem I have now is that three posts won’t really work the same as the rest.

Therefore I may have to lay each strand and super glue each end to the rest of the fence…either that or say sodd it and add clump foliage to the gap with the posts.

Something to ponder tomorrow.

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Calling this Done…

Sort of!

So I got this far. I need to add the biohazard signs etc but there is still something missing.

Dirty down rust came out and was squirted with a pipette to get it to run along the cracks. I really need to do the section next to the control panel.

I will sleep on it, but if you have any ideas then let me know.

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A Bit of Colour

Although a little achy after going splat  whilst gracefully (yeah right) leaping across a flooded drainage ditch. I did manage to achieve a bit of painting…

Still a long way to go, but getting there.

Hot glue for gunky stuff coming out of the tank. Biohazard signs and at least one skeleton.

Ohhh and lots of rust and crap around the place.

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Housing Crisis

I worked on these a bit today…

I shall carry on in a bit and get more done. Hopefully tomorrow will be undercoat time and then onto painting.

After that…who knows.

Does anyone have any ideas…I have too many. I am going to make plaster rocks, as well as using expanding foam for hills… But I reckon how to make Wargames Terrain by GW will be coming out soon lol.

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House Two Started

So I added the card ‘wood’ beams to the first house and made a start on the second.

With the second one I am going for the card walls but adding in a bit of foam… It isn’t glued down yet. I’ll do it tomorrow.

Now the beams are a bit thick on house one so shall be rectified on house two.

Can you tell I am making it up as I go along?

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Ruins

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This is another Cardstock building from Dave Graffam. I still have to edge it in a grey Sharpie. Sitting elsewhere is another one with a different stone pattern on the outside and bleached wood on the inside. It also has a chimney 🙂

I was about to go out and get MDF ruins and indeed bought a Black Ops mdf building as a starter. however I have come tho the conclusion.

Firstly the card is a whole lot cheaper. I got the above for $3.95, However it has multiple layers so the cost of 3.95 can get me at least 4 different models. Basically it gives me this amount of variation:

  • Stone walls
  • Wood walls (exterior and/or interior)
  • Stone corners
  • Stone foundation
  • Brick walls
  • Plaster walls
  • Beams
  • Several window and door positions
  • Flagstone floor
  • Stone floor
  • Wood floor
  • 4 layers of debris
  • 2 chimney positions (or none at all)

Now to be fair, I have to factor in print costs, which I am frankly not sure about. But I have found a quote from Ryman for 86p per colour sheet on 160gsm card. So for the building above £3.44 multiplied by 4 will give me a total cost of £17.66 including purchase of the pdf.

Now my dark ops mdf ruin is £16.00 plus £3.50 postage. I still have to build and paint it.

An equivalent sized ruin from Dave is 5 sheets with roughly the same purchase cost.

The MDF is a lot more sturdy, but both it and the card can warp if they get damp, and both don’t do very well if they are dropped and stood on ….I know from experience.

I have however cardstock buildings that are over 10 years old.

Dark ops mdf is really good as they design their pieces to avoid any of the gaps in the walls and roofs where the bits fit together. And to be honest their walls are a bit better in scale.

This is one of my earlier ones:

Three sheets of card from what I remember.

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Dave Graffam Ruined Building

Dave Graffam Model’s Rock!

I have had a pile of Dave’s card models for a while, so as I bought Frostgrave I thought it would be good to do up some more of the buildings. These will also work really well for my Flintloque games too.

I got mine from RPG Now, but the site below is Dave’s own

http://www.davesgames.net/

 

 

I ran a piece of acetate through my printer to get the leaded windows.

To be honest I messed up this kit a fair bit. I forgot to join the two walls together before I stuck them down, this meant that I have had to glue the boxes down onto the wall to support the the corner not to mention adding one to the wall.  I will put one on the other wall to support the joint to the base too, because being the pillock that I am I cut of the base supports too!

All in all this is a really nice kit. I would advise actually reading the instructions which are very comprehensive, unlike me. I had forgotten to print them off and though how hard can it be – thereupon lies the problem :). I  have a number of others to build so I will hopefully learn from my mistakes.

I can make my own ruined buildings out of blue foam etc, but with this costing  $2.95 it doesn’t really seem worth it. I got another three ruined buildings in this purchase, one each with a number of skins so I can have quite a few buildings from the 4 sets.

I have a couple of these with accessible interiors as well as a number of others…http://www.davesgames.net/catalog-fantasy-accessible-interiors.htm