I just don't think I have enough "recycled" stuff :-\ I had a terrain kit I had been holding off on building for this competition, but "new on sprue" doesn't count as recycled .
Okay, here's a pic of stuff that may feature in my build.
List of material. Containers from powdered drink mixes, Walmart version of kool aid. Pill bottles that I cut the neck and lid off and used scrap plastic card and tubing to make chemical tanks, made them a while back for a necromunda bloodbowl board. The tower has the lid from one of the kool aid containers on top of a tin can from a can of chili. You can see it fits on top of a black cd. The cd is an old ps1 game that is scratched, and didn't work even before the ps1 gave out, I never pitched it or the system. The black sticks in front are left over parts from installing shutters on my house. I don't throw away much out of my plastic card as I purchased a punch set that let's me make nice circles and rivets I miscue a bunch of squares that I was going to use as a bloodbowl pitch, and have been using those as a source of material for circles and rivets.
Dug out more recycling stuff, who am I kidding, I never pitch anything. Also I decided to rebuild from scratch the tower, slightly different of course, since it and the chemical tanks had been previously built, luckily I had more empty pill bottles.
Also in picture are some rescued hard drive rails that I got from dsteingass, the black tubes are saved scrap from Fourth of July, they were the tubes that held the glow sticks that my kids wore after dark. The clear odd bit is the package from my wife's razorblade package. The white bit next to it is from the ultrasonic cleaner I bought years ago to strip figure. More empty pill bottles.
Hey there! Hadn't seen your blog before but I'll give it a read asap. Gits and graven linked your competition and I thought I'd have a look. At first I wasn't sure because I don't have any ideas but I promised myself I'd enter more competitions so here I am. I'll put my name down and see what I can come up with! Thanks for running this.
inmygravenimage wrote:^Clearly they are lying this is what the garage is for!
I'd rather relegate the kids to the garage, my stuff is in he basement...AC is beautiful right now. Kids can tough it out or read in their rooms .
Briancj wrote:Welcome, Casey. Enjoy the madness.
Automatically Appended Next Post: The Posters:
I had that land raider poster hanging in my master bathroom right after we got married, somehow it got damaged when we bought our first house , wonder how that happened? Also the Horus heresy poster is beautiful, was that in a white dwarf? If so they finally managed to put something in one I could use
Okay, the rules are really well thought out and easy to understand so I just have one little question! What are the judges feelings on plasticard and greenstuff?
1) I'm entirely serious on the size of the piece. Go get a CD/DVD as your base measuring device.
2) A beginning gamer probably doesn't have much in the way of plasticard or green stuff, so an entry that uses such things won't score full points. Think about what they have, and use that.
It is my intent to post a tutorial for newbies featuring the entries (with permission, of course). Thus, the strict focus and tight scoring.
Briancj wrote: A beginning gamer probably doesn't have much in the way of plasticard or green stuff, so an entry that uses such things won't score full points. Think about what they have, and use that.
1) I'm entirely serious on the size of the piece. Go get a CD/DVD as your base measuring device.
2) A beginning gamer probably doesn't have much in the way of plasticard or green stuff, so an entry that uses such things won't score full points. Think about what they have, and use that.
It is my intent to post a tutorial for newbies featuring the entries (with permission, of course). Thus, the strict focus and tight scoring.
Most likely be able to fit on a DVD/ CD. A CD is 4.75 cir. What about height? I have plans for something ~ x in. tall. Need to know if your holding us to a 4. 75 square.
I've gone through your list of competition points, and realised If I went outside and found a rock (preferally one once used as part of a building) and stuck it onto an old cd, all I'd need to do is give it a reasonable paint job to fulfill most if not all of the points listed.
Edit: Yes the abovr is a joke, This is a very interesting (and hard) contest, but given how much is at stake for the prize I'm not surprised.
Probably just the way my mind works that I'd come up with the simplest possible solution .
OMN - I think you be missing the intent. Someone who accidently spills their drink on you and someone who goes out of their way to pour it on you results in the same wetness. One requires an apology the other a beating.
I suspect the judges know better and you'll be disappointed. You could try it and see?
ps.. Really like your IF's.. especially your Termies!
I forgot to add that I wasn't being serious and had just remembered that I hadn't said it was a joke, If I was serious it would have to be more than just a rock anyway that would be taking the mick to say the least.
p.s Thanks, I hadn't gotten around to posting them, so I doubt many people have seen them.
@ Lazarus: That is an awesome use for sprue, good luck getting it finished in time, I'll be watching this for sure now
Question: Does left over (ie: hardened) bits of green stuff or milliput count as recycling? You know, the little round (or flat) bits that are left over when you mix up too much of the stuff for a job? I have lots of that crap lying around.
Since the rock is not, technically, recycled material like sprues or paint pots, you'd get an A for effort and a 0 for the recycled materials section.
Small bits of hardened leftover putty are okay, as they fall into the "I went outside and found some rocks" category. But, as mentioned, if the average new-to-the-game player can't replicate your creation, you will not score full points. These players typically have no plasticard and/or putty.
No real height restriction, per-se. But we touch back on the 'what does a brand new player have in their bitz box' conundrum. If they cannot replicate your mighty creation...
I guess I need to add a judging clarification:
Judging will be based upon the ability for a brand new player to recreate your fine entry. Presume that they have a VERY small bitz box, sprues equivalent to a couple of vehicles, some packing material, and stuff they can easily find in their home, or just outside. Weight will be given to people who come up with UNIQUE, creative uses for things most people throw away.
So should we be more thinking of what folks would pitch, or what noobs would have? For instance, I was going to grind up some dried paint as dirt (steal away folks) for a sand replacement, however a noob wouldn't have dried paint any more than green stuff. Quite the opposite, they would be MORE likely to just go outside and get some authentic dirt like dirt.
Here's a couple of concept photographs for my entry: a security check-point such as you'd find in government buildings, airports and the like.
Just the bare bones so far. I'll be fleshing it out with other rubbish.
Materials used so far:
Bit of plastic sprue
Couple of the resin sprues you get your forgeworld mini bits on.
Six peices of packing wheat that came as padding in my last mail order for a miniature.
One City of Heroes DVD.
Future plans: Putting gravel on top of the packing wheat to suggest hesco barriers (and therefore a temporary checkpoint), use bits of cereal box cardboard to make a tiled floor. Snip the pointy bits off of the Forgeworld sprue.
While I'm biased right now towards 'noob', a creative use of other items will score. Dead paint and paint pots, for example. Hm. Gimme a moment to think.
Updated Rules, removed references to newbies, clarified suggested bits, adjusted one point category to award points to people whose entries are easy to duplicate.
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All right, let's crank this baby up.
WAFL* Contest! Everyone loves waffles, right?
Please spread this around on your plogs. Thanks.
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The prizes:
The ORIGINAL Nuka Cola machine that started the =]L[=.
A giant bag of bits and stuff. Seriously. Epic. Even I don't know what'll be in it. But I'm stripping down my collection to focus on Minotaurs and IG.
Way OOPGW Posters!
The contest theme:
Discarded treasure. I am on a major recycling kick in my life. Recycling, freecyling, upcycling. Reduce and reuse. And it drives me insane when I throw away what should be perfectly good materials!
The rules:
You must create a piece of terrain the size of a CD/DVD. The terrain must utilize leftover modelling supplies. Examples of this are paint pots, plastic sprues, discarded packaging, and leftover plasticard. The debris of completed projects, normally placed into the dustbin. The terrain must be usable in a game of Warhammer 40K, but there are bonus points for making items usable in more than one game system. Multiple terrain pieces ARE allowed, as long as, collectively, they are the size of a CD/DVD. They should also maintain a similar theme (IE: You've taken four 40mm bases and built 4 jungle-themed objective markers). There is no required terrain type, the goal is to show people how to recycle things they would normally throw away into usable game terrain.
While there is no height restriction, consideration for newbie players and/or workability on the battlefield should be kept in mind.
Scoring:
A maximum score of 100 is possible. Ties will be broken by the judges. If the judges are deadlocked, I will call upon readers of this plog to vote. If THAT deadlocks, I'll declare a tie, and divide up the prizes appropriately.
Competition requirements:
These are not cumulative. A few bitz used to enhance the terrain does not count toward percentage, but loading up your entry with bitz (instead of recycled parts) will not score high. Imagine you're a new modeler, and you have a few leftovers from your initial purchases.
Entry is 25% recycled materials or less - 0 points
Entry is around 50% recycled materials - 10 points
Entry is around 75% recycled materials - 25 points
Entry is around 100% recycled materials - 40 points
Modeling:
These points ARE cumulative. A focus on techniques and designs that are easy to copy/emulate will score more points, here. You're helping the masses make terrain. A unique entry might be something that makes the judges go 'ah-ha, that's a GREAT idea'. This is where you can score points for originality of design and making a cool scene or mini-diorama.
Entry is easy for a newbie to duplicate - 10 points
Entry shows a unique idea - 10 points
Entry is visually interesting - 10 points
Entry is usable for more than just Warhammer 40K - 10 points
Painting:
Points are not cumulative. Minimum three colors. Washes and highlights to qualify as well painted, at a minimum. Amazingly well painted is something that wows the judges.
Entry is painted - 10 points
Entry is well painted - 15 points
Entry is amazingly well painted - 20 points
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Weight will be given to people who come up with UNIQUE, creative uses for things most people throw away. Things thrown away: bits of dried putty, paint pots, dried paint, sprues, packaging materials, chopped up plasticard.
You may not use existing terrain or other creations, as with all League competitions, show your work. Deadline for entries is August 8th, 2013. Judging will occur a few days later, over the weekend. There will be no extensions allowed, as this is not a complex 'theme'.
Submit your "WiP" photograph ASAP. With your completed photograph, submit an explanation of what you've built, and what materials you used, as if you were writing a short tutorial.
Also, just for my clarification, are these hobby things people throw away, or general things? Like, if I were to use parts from a VCR, or some old chicken wire?
Interesting, very interesting - I may have to take a punt at this compo... I have so much rubbish lying around like sprues, cardboard tubes etc. Just need to get back in the mindset of when I first got into the hobby 25+ years ago and work out what to build with it all... maybe a recycling centre
Okay, so I changed my mind again after reading the new rules (skimming them anyway). Let me know if this will work brian
On to competition news couldn't sleep last night, even after two showers I still smell like a turkey burger. But while I was tossing and turning I was trying to think of an idea for the terrain competition. Drawing from what got me into warhammer fantasy (my first miniature wargamesfactory), I remembered the one piece of terrain that was THE objective to take every game....the outhouse . So I figure I can make one of those for fantasy and one for 40k, and I think I have the perfect starting pieces for it.
They had to be something a new warhammer would have. Who doesn't have loads of dice? The cubes are the dice boxes that one gets from buying bricks of d6s, and I have had them sitting around for years doing nothing. So that should fit the requirements of recycled/repurposed/reused. Both together would fit on a cd, so I think I'm safe there. The 40k version will just be turned into a Johnny on the spot and the fantasy one will become a true outhouse. Bothe will get treatment using plastic card that any new gamer can easily get for free by grabbing a few gift cards at Walmart, or using the spent I tunes cards they have gotten on birthdays and holidays.lets not throw those in the rubbish bins. Time to start chopping
Gitsplitta wrote: Is that knight on the right holding a baseball bat??
Yes he is, my brother in law loves to make up rules for games, so recently we have been working on a fantasy baseball game. Similar to bloodbowl, but there's a lot more work to it that still needs to be done.
Here's progress so far on the 40k version, needs detailing to go. The black bottom is still removable, so you can take the top off and place the model inside. We used to gain victory points for whoever got their general inside, each turn was bonus points towards final outcome as the two armies struggled over use of the only functioning facilities for hundreds of miles . The longer the general was inside the more points you got as he was feeling more relaxed each turn.
I'm still in.. won't be posting till I have free time Aug. 1st.
And as for my materials.. cardboard box lids and plastic sprues only. Will get a picture if needed.
As for my design.. I'll let the judges decide .. I gonna build what I think is cool.
had me to translate "outhouse" those words for a change never get teached at school... I think that is a very vital word in a foreign country you suddenly happen to be... so teaching such words would be rather helpful ....
Well if I'm playing to the audience I better make a gutter .
Here's about all I'm going to do with the 40k version, I know more could be done, but since we're looking for easy to copy for newer gamers them I'm there. I guess I should cover up the gap between the box and the roof though, and add a straw pipe to the roof.
Luckily my name is John, so I used an expired card for the new company logo on the front. When painted up the circle will have a y on it. The circles were cut with a hole punch for a here ring binder. The number on the side is part of a member number on my old card. The larger number will be people served, the smaller number in bottom corner will be the unit number.
The vents were made from the same gift card stock just cut to really thin strips and glued on. The back has raised date stamp on it for last service date also from my old card. That's right above two more of the three ring punches, one for clean out (dirty stuff), on for refill.
What I might suggest, having been in a few porta-potties myself and a dozen outhouses (yay working at summer camp for 6 years!). Put vents on the front and back as well to cover that gap. If they're able to do it on the sides, they already have the skills to do it on the front and back
Currently trying to find some pieces to use, I've got a blender ball and an old dry erase marker that has long since died... will think of other things... I don't have sprue or empty paint pots, etc... :-\
You must create a piece of terrain the size of a CD/DVD.
plastic sprues
My poor fingers probably won't thank me for this and I don't really expect to finish in time (I don't work quickly, y'know like glaciers) but...
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
Spoiler:
That will become a wooden hut...eventually... (I may resort to card if necessary for some bits...)
Eep.
Theophony wrote:Silly graven, we already made the toilet paper changer months ago. He's a member of the league of extraordinary janitors in my thread.
Solomon Lok would be proud!
Alfndrate wrote:Currently trying to find some pieces to use, I've got a blender ball and an old dry erase marker that has long since died... will think of other things... I don't have sprue or empty paint pots, etc... :-\
Dry markers make great IG cannons, did that for a griffon once.
Gitsplitta wrote:Wow... I picked the wrong competition to judge!
Tell me about it! I suggest we two fail everyone and claim the prize pool for ourselves.
so... my one entry is an eldar energy thingy...with glow effect...:
Spoiler:
First the ingridients... as per regulations it must come with a CD as a base... an old copied version of the first Hitman game... and a tissue..
then cover the CD with PVA and wrap the tissue around it so to have a covered CD that never lets loose of the tissue again...cover everything with watered down PVA... let it dry...
then to the glowy stuff and the main ingridients of the terrain piece...i took an old illumiated picture holder... added gemstones i have in abundace to the body...
and what you currently cant see in preperation is an old clear plastic egg i got from a fleamarket... i scribbled some lines inside...and then roughed up the inner surface with a dremel tool... now it has an almost flowery or crystal like look to it... added a wash of puple wash to it... done!...
then i added four lego bricks of a nice shape and inserted tooth picks into them... gloed them also to the body...done...
the still unprimed WIP is here:
next... add a carboard control panel to the back...
did you know that CD´s are quite easy melted down? some mere minutes in the oven and you have a nice melted down amount of raw plastic ... you can even cast simple shapes from it...and a chemisty teacher told me it isn´t hazardous to do so in your kitchen... no poisonous vapors and stuff...
Now that's handy! I've even been reduced to using glue in my instamould from time to time. Slightly concerned that the hot plastic might not be good for the instamould, mind you, but it's worthwhile giving it a go.
assuming the instamould is a RTV silicone rubber, I think it might be safe. Many of the silicone rubbers can be used for low temp metal casting, so why not relatively cool plastic?
Viktor von Domm wrote: so... my one entry is an eldar energy thingy...with glow effect...:
Spoiler:
First the ingridients... as per regulations it must come with a CD as a base... an old copied version of the first Hitman game... and a tissue..
then cover the CD with PVA and wrap the tissue around it so to have a covered CD that never lets loose of the tissue again...cover everything with watered down PVA... let it dry...
then to the glowy stuff and the main ingridients of the terrain piece...i took an old illumiated picture holder... added gemstones i have in abundace to the body...
and what you currently cant see in preperation is an old clear plastic egg i got from a fleamarket... i scribbled some lines inside...and then roughed up the inner surface with a dremel tool... now it has an almost flowery or crystal like look to it... added a wash of puple wash to it... done!...
then i added four lego bricks of a nice shape and inserted tooth picks into them... gloed them also to the body...done...
the still unprimed WIP is here:
next... add a carboard control panel to the back...
i hope this counts as a viable entry?
cheers, vik
I'm not kidding wheni saw the beginning of it before the egg and though old Star Trek prop. Then I thought vik was making Area 51. It looks great vik.
i already did the console... looks suitable alien... quite in line with the rest of the model... will take the last pre pimer pics tomorrow... then priming and painting... this will be a quick one for a change...
So, I've decided what I'm going to create and will start work on Saturday. The build will include the following materials;
1x CD (for the base), plastic sprue, rough grit sandpaper, 80gsm paper, cereal box card, paperclips, tissue/paper towel and some gauze or fine netting
I'll document the build as comprehensively as possible on my random stuff blog so as to make a newbie friendly tutorial... will also throw some WIP pics on here
Ramos Asura wrote: assuming the instamould is a RTV silicone rubber, I think it might be safe. Many of the silicone rubbers can be used for low temp metal casting, so why not relatively cool plastic?
instamould is a plastic compound not an RTV silicone.
Ramos Asura wrote: assuming the instamould is a RTV silicone rubber, I think it might be safe. Many of the silicone rubbers can be used for low temp metal casting, so why not relatively cool plastic?
instamould is a plastic compound not an RTV silicone.
Please don't pour anything hot in your Oyumaru guys, if it becomes pliable in boiling water your going to have a serious accident with anything the same temperature nevermind hotter!
Ruglud wrote: So, I've decided what I'm going to create and will start work on Saturday. The build will include the following materials;
1x CD (for the base), plastic sprue, rough grit sandpaper, 80gsm paper, cereal box card, paperclips, tissue/paper towel and some gauze or fine netting
I'll document the build as comprehensively as possible on my random stuff blog so as to make a newbie friendly tutorial... will also throw some WIP pics on here
Oh and Vik, that's looking great...
thanks mate... and your list of ingredients sound totally old school... this sounds already failproof!
Priming already Vik I've not even finished making the bits I need to make the bare frame of the model nevermind thinking about sticking it together or doing little details or painting it...
On that note, Got Wood...
Spoiler:
this is all the wood so far
The long poles are the uprights for the hut (the two slightly longer ones for the front and the shorter at the back).
And two "flavours" of plank; the thinner ones from the upper half of the sprue trapezoid and the thicker from the lower half.
I'm aiming for as much variety as possible
I can do a "how to" tutorial section for your cheap starter's terrain tutorial Brian if you want? It's not terribly difficult and may be obvious, but I'm taking plenty of pictures just in case.
@ DR H - Please show how you made that wood out of sprue leftovers, looks very nice.
Ok, so here is a pictures of some of the materials i'll be using.
A cd, dentalfloss container, bottle, dust filter from a washing machine, hairbands (girls use to make pigtails), bottle caps, some weird green gizmo from a surprise egg, gardenhose connector, pen, lego thingie, tracks from a kids educatlional kit and some left over plasticcard.
I put the bottle and the gardenhose connector together.
Made the basic shape for the building from the plasticard and put both together on the cd, with the bottlecap on top.
Popped in and out of your blog Braincj, not sure of I've commented before. Some nice work from what I've seen, will have a proper look through later!
Anyway, the competition sounds very interesting, I'll try and give it a go as I've never completed a competition on here before, despite signing up for a few :/ not sure I have much left over war gaming stuff at the moment, haven't built any models or done anything for absoltutley ages. But I'll give it a go.
While I let my fingers/back/arms etc... relax a little from making wood, I've done the tutorial.
Spoiler:
Just a quick tutorial on how I make my sprue wood:
1. First find yourself a piece of sprue and remove all the sticking out bits (clippers will be fine for this as it'll be tidied up later).
Then, cut it to length. I use a Number 10 blade in my scalpel and this allows me to use a rocking motion to cut the sprue, little by little, into two (Don't try to go all the way through in one go as you'll likely end up snapping your blade and/or cutting yourself).
Clean up any rough edges from where you removed bits before continuing.
2. This is probably the most difficult step (yep, it's downhill from here).
Using the same technique that you used to cut the sprue to length, cut the sprue in half, lengthways (the shorter the plank/sprue the easier this step is).
There's two ways this can be done and will give you the results shown in the diagram (I'm cutting along the green line as this leads to a variety of sizes of wooden planks. The red line will give you all identical pieces. Probably just a matter of taste).
You have to be careful to get the cut as straight as you can, but a little unevenness can be solved afterwards with your scalpel and/or gives a bit of variation to your wood.
3. You pieces will likely end up bent after this but can just be straightened by hand.
4. The texture is built up by successive scratches with the side of the point of your scalpel (this gives thicker lines than using the "front" of the tip).
Starting at one end, make many small scratches of roughly the same length and try to cover the whole width of the sprue, the more lines the better the result.
5. Moving further up the sprue, keep making small scratches of even depth to the same length, making sure that you fit in as many lines as possible.
However, continue your scratches to the bottom end of the sprue and allow the scalpel to follow whatever path it likes. This will deepen certain grooves that were there from the previous step and eventually the scalpel will only fall into those grooves and will therefore leave some of the grooves as smaller scratches.
6. Continue this way along the sprue.
Once the grooves are deep enough at the lower end of the sprue you do not need to keep going over them and you therefore work your way up the sprue, all the time keeping the leading end of your scratches as evenly spaced as possible and allowing repeated passes to deepen grooves at random.
7. Keep this going until you reach about half way up the sprue, then turn it around...
8. Using the same technique, start at the other end and work your way towards the middle.
9. Make sure to go over the middle, where the two halves meet, until the grooves are an equal depth and appear to continue the whole length of the piece.
10. Repeat this for each side of your piece of sprue.
Then paint in your desired manner.
I also forgot to mention that you can add small cuts to the ends of the finished planks to roughen them up, or a deeper cut to produce a split, or just cut random diagonals to give a broken look.
@ Dr H - Thx for the wood tutorial, it actually looks like wood, i think it's brilliant. The wall looks great, can't wait to see the finished product all painted up. Goodluck
Excellent work from everyone, you guys are fast! I've produced some sketches for reference and knocked out a full size test version. I'm starting the real version tomorrow and I'll take lots of pictures at each stage.
@ Chelnov - that's fantastic use of old tat. I will now be looking under all bottle tops as that find is pure magic...
@Dr H, I said it before and I'll say it again - superb woodwork fella
Sneaky peeky time for my effort... A little blurry but you get the idea.
Much more work to be done yet, with more materials - so far I've used 1xCD, sandpaper, cereal box card, scrap paper and sandwich bag ties. Other household items also used to help in the construction stages... More info and pics over in my Random stuff blog
@ Ruglud - The bottlecaps come from 2 liter bottles Freeway orange, sold at Lidl. I was at a BBQ last week and noticed the inside of the caps...so next day, of to Lidl
For those of you wondering what kind of building i was building. Here is your answer.
Dave's leftovers are the stuff that dreams are made of. I know, I got a load from him a while back and am still using it. This also means that the standards just got higher. Glad I have Dave's address, bribery might get me a point or two .
dsteingass wrote: Love the gear! Does it really move up and down those teeth? it looks like it could!
I am very tempted to say yes...but no i doesn't move. I glued it in place, if i had made it moveable, it would go lame/faulty/kaput, after moving it up and down after so many uses, and it would just stay at the bottom.
I made it for a upcoming scenario in our (almost finished) Sisyphus complex setting. One (hopefully) or more of the warbands will have to contact the authorities about what's going on, and hope they will send some backup, in any way, shape or form possible. After the survivors having noticed that the main/original communication room/site inside the complex is either destroyed or overrun, they will have to go outside the complex to locate an emergency broadcast beacon of some sorts, upon which they will find this.
Anyhow...i base coated the whole thing, so now it looks like this.
That bottle-cap idea is genius. Honestly, it doesn't matter what I do to spice up my concept, it will never look anything like that cool. Still, where's the fun in calling it quits, eh?
@andyT, great work, never thought about using staples and cork to make a ladder. Consider that stolen.
And a quick update on mine. Decided o skip the outhouse for now and just go with a Porto potty. Worksite terrain for 40k, sci fi, and contemporary modern mini games.
Thinking of adding some chopped up sprue as crumbled concrete, but will probably just stick with what's here. Most items are self explanatory, but ask away if here are other questions.
i like to present a WIP of my eldar terrain piece that got seriously updated... the spikes have gone and in their place are now fins...
looks suitably more eldar now?
thanks for looking... oh... and the newly added parts are simply thick cardstock and PVA... lotsa^^
cheers, vik
oh and at andyT... that tower looks cool... i think i saw that via google from time to time when i search/hunt for scratchbuilding ideas... very cool ideas... the shaver for instance is a new item i have to look into a new way now^^...
also... i hope you haven´t got rid of the cogwheels of the old cassette...there is high value for scratchbuilding on these!!!
Automatically Appended Next Post: forgott to mention to theo... make bricks from sprue and stack them !!!
That's no probs- enjoying the thread anyway unlikely to make anything new at the mo as I have a 3 day old baby! I can however type on my phone whilst holding her!
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Congrats Andy, it's a better prize you have anyway. remember texting while holding the baby might be okay, but no super gluing. Your already stuck with her for life
With two contests running I couldn't resist building one piece to combine the two. Brian's 'built-on-a-cd' contest, and the League Gun emplacement contest can easily be combined, if you are me Here's some prelimenary pics now i finally found my charger, camera, and all the supplies for my modelbuilding again. The idea is to build a gun emplacement, on a cd, hidden in a heap of garbage. The beginning is here, now its on to adding more and more garbage, junk, bags, sacks and discarded stuff. Garbage bags will be built created after everything else, as they cannot and should not be primed... Here's the pics, please leave comments...
The obligatory cd, in this case a copy of the Best of Bon Jovi. An ideal cd to screw up...
Surplus model stuff, the other requirement in Brian's contest. The garbage bags will also be filled with excess junk.
What is a gun emplacement without a gun? Twin linked heavy bolter with either laser targeting, or maybe just a flashlight...
The beginnings of a hidden emplacement. Not yet hidden, but it will eventually be covered in a mountain of garbage.
H, I'm going to mark my efforts against you for this one if you don't mind. I'm doing a building as well, kind of, so they are comparable in that sense. Also I absolutely adore your entry so it's a good pace setter for me. I don't think I can do as good ad that but it's a healthy target for me to better myself. Plus a little friendly rivalry makes this all the more exciting.
MauS, you should add an assault marine zooming over the top and enter it into C&R's competition too! Three in one!
MauS wrote: With two contests running I couldn't resist building one piece to combine the two. Brian's 'built-on-a-cd' contest,
As mentioned earlier the CD is a refrence in size and doesn't actually require a CD. Intresting that so many have taken this approach.... (Where is that Marky Mark CD again!)
Question for Brian... Do you require WIP shots? I am planning on just the starting materials and the final shot at this point. Anything I've seen so far and in the spirit and restrictions of the contest should make the reproduction fairly obvious. Just want to know before I get to far along.
I am calling my entry ready (even though i might add change some details), as tommorow we make the big move into the new house, finally.
Here are some pictures.
Really enjoyed this competition, as it gave me an oppertunity to create something i could actually use. The deadline helped me from butterflying into other projects
Goodluck to all the contestants, and Brianjc, goodluck on the judging.
Ps. The big red tubing was made from the hairband thingy dipped in some woodglue with red paint. When it was almost hardend i bent it into the shape i wanted.
Yet another prize: Warmachine "Retribution of Scyrah" battlegroup. Because even privateer press couldn't resist succumbing to the lure of 'shoving anime into our product line', and I don't play the game.
Just finished reading through your blog! And apparently it is now morning so I'm going to snatch some sleep while I can. I'll give you a little rundown on my thoughts when I'm refreshed and alert.
Coming along Lazarus. There's a lot of potential in that build.
Look forward to seeing you make that sketch reality Casey.
Good call Brian, Spread the plastic love around.
The Hut now has a roof (with rivets of course):
The "metal" plates are made from scrap card and the rivets are left-over putty and the base is mostly dried paint/glue and some plastic shavings.
I understand that by declaring my intention to no longer support GW, I set myself up for this. So I DO apologize for being somehow misleading. But, once every week or so, I get a PM that boils down to "Can I have your stuff?"
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So, for the record: If I am going to make something available for sale (and it WILL be for sale, or direct barter of equal value) I will make it VERY clear what is going on.
At this time, my plan is to keep my Minotaurs and IG. I am debating the Adeptus Mechanicus, but since both Minotaurs and the Mechanicus were my Maelstrom/Adepticon Armies, they have meaning to me. At some point, I will begin the conversion from Cadians to Praetorians (I already have artillery crew and carriages on order from Col. Gravis' kickstarter), and the infantry portion of my IG will be well and truly liquidated. I'm also fairly happy with my flyers, as at some point I am hoping that there will be some new Apocalypse action locally, so I can go all Robert Duvall on some unsuspecting tables, in a glorious exit.
Thanks for understanding, and, again, I am sorry for the confusion.
Sorry about the sideways picture - not sure why my phone uploads them like that...
However, my first WIP's:
A small mound made from broken up packaging, pinned with cocktail sticks and covered with PVA and tissue paper. More cocktail sticks poked through to form spikes. Some resin pour gates to form anti-tank style dragons teeth. A bit of MDF spure from some laser cut terrain, along with some injection moulding inlets from model bases to form a telegraph pole.
Once it is dry I will add some sand to the mound, add broken wires to the telegraph pole and mount the gun on the ring. I hope it can be entered into both Briancj's contest and also the -=]_=- terrain contest
Another little preview from me. My first proper WIP from when I started:
And as I said, I read through your blog last night Brian.
I have a huge backlog of blogs to read but for some reason yours wasn't on the list, I guess we just hadn't crossed paths until now. Well I couldn't in good conscience enter a competition you were graciously holding without reading through so I jumped in.
Firstly I was struck by your IG, with their rich background story which clearly had been well thought out. And then bam! you hit me with the awesomely sexy Ordinatus thing. You executed it brilliantly and I was glad you gave it a lovely paint job as well. After that the hits just kept coming. armour upon armour upon armour. So many beautiful tanks and flyers for me to oggle over! And your skills with converting, adding to and elongating them are intense, you should be really proud of them.
Aside from the miniatures I really enjoyed reading your commentary! I'm not at all vocal about my feelings towards GW because, frankly, most of that chat is just ridiculous bandwagoning that I don't want to be associated with. Yours was not like that though, it was nice to read how passionate you were but most importantly what you had to say was intelligent and delivered clearly. Yours is a voice I needed to hear on the subject. I'm really impressed at the lengths you are going to to support other games instead and make that transition based on a strong moral decision. This also gave me some nice insight into the motivations behind this competition. In that vein, I also enjoyed reading about your efforts to repair miniatures and not waste materials, this recycling thing is a very honourable pursuit and you've got me thinking about what I should be doing about it too.
Lastly, it was upsetting and yet nice to read about some of the difficulties you have faced recently. This is, sadly, a topic I know all too much about and it's always helpful to know there are other hobbyists dealing with similar situations and more importantly triumphing over them. Thanks for being candid about your experiences!
I hope I can join you on the next 75 pages of your journey!
I've been a follower of these blogs for some time, and I think it’s time already to step forward and join in. This is my first post, and, as such it will also be my first participation in a competition, if I'm still in time to join.
(This is a note to help me stay organized. There is the possibility that a monthly narrative/scenario-based 40K play group will restart in the fall/winter, plus the possibility of other, narrative-focused and/or beer-and-battle type non-tournament options.)
inmygravenimage wrote: Briancj - good of you to start organising your property so we can have you killed off and steal your stuff
I like this plan, and I'm excited to be a part of it.
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Littletower wrote: I've been a follower of these blogs for some time, and I think it’s time already to step forward and join in. This is my first post, and, as such it will also be my first participation in a competition, if I'm still in time to join.
GM Power Generator Ingredients List:
CD
EVA rubber, (cork?) textured, leftover from kid’s school assignment
Assorted wire cuts (Mainly from multi pair – data & coms – wires)
Various random pieces, mostly plastic, rescued from discarded toys and household items)
Plasticard clippings
Car spark plugs and light bulb (We had our car serviced last week, and in the repair centre they gave us back the parts replaced, as proof of the work done. Getting those at the same time a competition based on using recycled items was on, was too much of a coincidence to let go by)
Required initial pic, and a couple more WIP shots.
dsteingass wrote: ..But what good is an assaulty-army sitting in a defensive position?
It isn't an assaulty army. It is a shooty army. It is a VERY shooty army that can call down 3d3 Str6 ap4 pieplates or 3 str 10 ap1 small blasts a turn, plus supporting fire from the dread and the arrival of a Stormraven fitted out for anti-vehicle/TEQ work.
dsteingass wrote: But what if your objective is on the other side of the table?
In the 6th edition meta, objectives do not matter. Additionally, this would be for the team tournament, and so my 1000 points of teammate could go secure objectives, if necessary, or the entire army could be packed up into the Stormraven, and deploy on an objective.
dsteingass wrote: I don't think I wanna play against you I prefer narrative campaigns over all the competetiveness anyways.
This, Dave, is why I withdrew from the Adepticon team tournament. Well, one of a few reasons. I want to play scenarios and narrative battles, using the entire codex, with cool conversions and good friends. I know, full well, how much cheese is packed into that container, and I would never use such a list outside of a tourney event.
I also believe that this 'separation of state' has gotten so wide, it has irreparably changed the tabletop wargaming hobby here in the US.
Ahh, we need more guys sitting around gaming, drinking beer, eating pretzels, laughing, having a good game of "toy soldiers" You should go back to what made it fun for you in the beginning. For me, it's the hobby.
@inmygravenimage – Thank you, it’s good to be on board.
@Briancj – Thank you, I’ll try to use that time well…
@Dr H – Thank you. Painted it is (Or at least, painting is under way).
Update:
Added some detail: wiring, cardboard-made inspection hatch (Mainly as an excuse to clinch a few rivets, although it doesn't show too much in the pics) and hazard stripes (Hand painted black over yellow self-adhesive vinyl tape), and started painting.
Yet to decide how to finish painting the small stub next to the control panel (Just based yellow for now), weather it a bit and maybe spend some time on the base too.
I think this got lost in the updates on the previous page.
Casey's Law wrote: And as I said, I read through your blog last night Brian.
I have a huge backlog of blogs to read but for some reason yours wasn't on the list, I guess we just hadn't crossed paths until now. Well I couldn't in good conscience enter a competition you were graciously holding without reading through so I jumped in.
Firstly I was struck by your IG, with their rich background story which clearly had been well thought out. And then bam! you hit me with the awesomely sexy Ordinatus thing. You executed it brilliantly and I was glad you gave it a lovely paint job as well. After that the hits just kept coming. armour upon armour upon armour. So many beautiful tanks and flyers for me to oggle over! And your skills with converting, adding to and elongating them are intense, you should be really proud of them.
Aside from the miniatures I really enjoyed reading your commentary! I'm not at all vocal about my feelings towards GW because, frankly, most of that chat is just ridiculous bandwagoning that I don't want to be associated with. Yours was not like that though, it was nice to read how passionate you were but most importantly what you had to say was intelligent and delivered clearly. Yours is a voice I needed to hear on the subject. I'm really impressed at the lengths you are going to to support other games instead and make that transition based on a strong moral decision. This also gave me some nice insight into the motivations behind this competition. In that vein, I also enjoyed reading about your efforts to repair miniatures and not waste materials, this recycling thing is a very honourable pursuit and you've got me thinking about what I should be doing about it too.
Lastly, it was upsetting and yet nice to read about some of the difficulties you have faced recently. This is, sadly, a topic I know all too much about and it's always helpful to know there are other hobbyists dealing with similar situations and more importantly triumphing over them. Thanks for being candid about your experiences!
I hope I can join you on the next 75 pages of your journey!
The competition is tossing up some real diamonds guys, ace jobs all round! Here is a little WIP from me, also posted in my blog if you have C&C.
Okay, a touch of semi-bad news here. After consulting with my guest judges, and spending a few days thinking about it, I have made a decision:
Contests are supposed to be fun for the people who enter AND the person running the contest. I realized that I am not happy with people using the same entry in my contest and the other contest. So, my choice is to either require unique entries, or assess a score penalty on people who are submitting to more than one contest.
I have come down on the side of requesting that people submit unique entries.
As such, I will be pushing the contest deadline back to August 18th, which should give folks who want to make an entry for both contests plenty of time.
I apologize if this seems harsh, but I have to do what my gut, heart (and a smidgen of my ego, yes tells me to.
I think that's probably a fair call on the multiple competition entries and it's really good of you to give extra time because of the late decision. I'm sure those it applies to will understand. And those it doesn't effect get some extra time to mess about with their entries if they need it, that should make sure more people are finished on time too.
Actually, I have a little question to ask if that's okay? I'm in two minds about something. I don't get much of a chance to play games so I'd quite like to do my entry like a diorama. Would that lose me points? The changes I would make would be cutting the terrain off at the edges and painting the outside cross section a flat black, like a base. It should still be clear how to finish this like terrain for anyone who would want to copy it. I hope that makes sense.
I think that's probably a fair call on the multiple competition entries and it's really good of you to give extra time because of the late decision. I'm sure those it applies to will understand. And those it doesn't effect get some extra time to mess about with their entries if they need it, that should make sure more people are finished on time too.
Actually, I have a little question to ask if that's okay? I'm in two minds about something. I don't get much of a chance to play games so I'd quite like to do my entry like a diorama. Would that lose me points? The changes I would make would be cutting the terrain off at the edges and painting the outside cross section a flat black, like a base. It should still be clear how to finish this like terrain for anyone who would want to copy it. I hope that makes sense.
Yeah, that all seems fair enough from where I'm sitting (but then I'm only making one model for one competition). It's your competition, you're the boss.
We worship you O' Brian, tell us what we should do...
Thanks Brian! That means I can use it for photographing miniatures and for display. I'll add a note when I submit my entry showing how to finish it like terrain.
What are the limitations (If any) if we are including models? Just wanna make clear in case someone makes that leap. "Diorama" too me implies figures...and yes I got the fact that he is painting it like a base.
Yeh I won't be including miniatures, diorama just seemed like a 'best fit' term for what I was trying to describe. Basically terrain that just stops an abrupt edge. You pose a good question though because I noticed in the last League Competition someone used miniatures and conceivably you can add miniatures to any terrain.
Fair enough - I did think it was a bit cheeky. I will complete my entry for this contest and make something else for the gun emplacement contest - also means I can possibly add something else to the top of the mound which is a bit more fun... if I can think of anything anyway
Also, Casey's Law - love the Eldar glade type thing you have going on
The contest features terrain. Any additions to the terrain that are not...terrain...will not be judged/considered as part of the contest. I suggest not adding figures and such, and I want to see working tabletop terrain. If you choose to feature it diorama-style, that is up to you, but the judges may not score full points, if there's any issues/discrepancies and so forth.
Just so that it might be made clear, the non chapter based marine i posted in the pictures was not there for dioramacal purposes, just for scale measurments and such.
My creative side failed me this evening, and most of the day was with he kids, so no much to show. I did take he last hour to work on the competition entry I have for Brian's recycle project. Here's what I have, and it might get a few more touches done, but needed to at least have somewhat of an entry done for one of the competitions.
Mine can be used in any modern, or sci fi setting, was going to do a fantasy version, but hen two other competitions started. I think his would be an excellent backdrop for a zombie movie, or horror movie. Anybody see the second "the hills have eyes"?
Materials used in the project: CD, drinking straws, old gift and credit cards,dice cube container, sprue, paperclips,wire from toy purchase (wraps the toy to the cardboard backing), and a wheel off a broken toy truck. Oh and toilet paper made from the Easter egg basket fake grass.
There is so much awesome going on in here guys. Please don't take the relative silence by myself and the other judges as anything other than polite detachment until afterwards and, keep up the
Good work LittleTower, looks good. Keep it up people, look forward to seeing more of these entries.
Speaking of which... ...after 31 wooden beams (made of sprue), 112 planks of wood, whole and partial (made of sprue), 244 "nails" (painted on), 9 metal plates (made of scrap card), 119 Rivets (as it is a League competition. Made of left-over putty), 3 bottles (made of sprue), and 12 plants (also made of sprue)...
It's time for a photo-bomb. The Hut (spot the relevant name above the door) is complete.
Outside:
The roof and ladder are removable for access to the inside and variation in playability:
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Inside, there is a table and bench (which are also removable). One of the bottles is giving a nod to one of the prizes on offer.
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The basing is made from PVA soaked tissue over the CD (I had a couple set aside for basing use anyway) and then covered with dried paint and the fine rubbish that builds up on your modelling desk over time, including more plastic which may or may not be sprue.
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I've made this using what I feel are simple techniques that a novice should be able to replicate (and I may write up a proper tutorial for each and every step required soon). Being a wooden hut and therefore (mostly) timeless, this should be usable in many different tabletop wargame settings and should be "in scale" for any 25/28 to 30 or even 54mm (at a push), I used a Space Marine Terminator with a raised thunderhammer for scale and space testing (a Tyranid Warrior would probably need to duck to fit in). The roof is accessible (via the ladder) for games that like that kind of thing and the table and bench can be removed to make more space inside and there is a window for taller (or more upright) figures to see and fire out in that direction. I think that's everything covered that I thought about for this build, other than trying to stick to mostly using sprue for the whole model. I've added a lot of small details and the pictures are highly zoom-able.
Most, if not all, of the wip is covered in my blog but I'm happy to answer any questions about any part of the model.
This project was made from a CD for the base and the box and left over sprue, from one box Catachan Jungle Fighters. The idea being If you are a new gamer this may be all the scrap you have. And with your first box of troops, you can build a piece of scenery also. There are some tutorials on my blog as to how I did this.
I leave you with my humble efforts.
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Thank you for the competition and good luck to everyone.
Hard stop due date: August 18th. And, yes, entries submitted after midnight will be DQ'd. I'm a stickler. Don't wait until 11:59:59 to push that submit button!
I will announce the winners on the 23rd of August, to give me time to recuperate from Gencon.
Okay, a touch of semi-bad news here. After consulting with my guest judges, and spending a few days thinking about it, I have made a decision:
Contests are supposed to be fun for the people who enter AND the person running the contest. I realized that I am not happy with people using the same entry in my contest and the other contest. So, my choice is to either require unique entries, or assess a score penalty on people who are submitting to more than one contest.
I have come down on the side of requesting that people submit unique entries.
As such, I will be pushing the contest deadline back to August 18th, which should give folks who want to make an entry for both contests plenty of time.
I apologize if this seems harsh, but I have to do what my gut, heart (and a smidgen of my ego, yes tells me to.
I'm on route to getting this in on time, lots of progress cued up for today. Covering the building frame and begin detailing tonight, detailing and begin painting tomorrow. Back on track! Thanks again Brian, the theme is really getting my juices flowing, I'm really feeling the moral to this story. I put a little update on my blog yesterday, another one later today which I'll repost here.
I regretfully withdraw from the contest Brian. I will not be able to do another piece for this contest, and with the new rule i'll just concentrate on one contest, so as to at least have a little bit of a chance...
So while I hunt for someone around me that carries VMA paints, I'm left with time to mess with my entry.
It works out rather well, as I am a bit of a pack rat, ahd I have an entire drawer filled with junk!
In particular, I was inspired by an old gooseneck lamp and the can of mountain Dew i was drinking at the time.
Cut to a few hours of hacksawing later, and the junk drawer has produced the beginnings of an odd little refinery or something
Thus far, I have used 100% recycled bits and pieces.
The wood base was a botched cut for a flyer base, then theres a paint pot, the gooseneck lamp, some wierd plastic pieces from who knows where, and a spray paint lid!
Rather pleased with the result, as I've not only managed this very quickly, but also avoided any usage of my normal hobby supplies, ie plasticard.
The railing is part of a salvaged WW2 boat model I had built almost 10 years ago- It was in bad repair, and I had dismantled it for parts months ago. From there it was to the Drawer of the Damned, where junk can find no escape!
Additions to the list of recycled bits are parts of a metal cookie tin, some red plastic tube from an old kite, junk scraps of expanded aluminum mesh, 2 pens, a bottle cap, a half-dried tube of squadron green putty, staples, an ancient pen-sized digital camera, an in-store display ad from Walmart (almost plasticard, but RECYCLED!), and finally a good healthy dose of sand from our backyard sandbox!
List of ingredients used:
1x old printer drive CD, no longer needed
1x sheet of used sandpaper
1x sheet of A4 scrap paper
26x spare sandwich bag ties (v. thin wire coated with plastic)
8x wooden coffee stirrers
1x length of balsa strip wood
1x cereal box card
1x length of picture hanging brass wire
1 x facial tissue (unused !)
1x used plastic sprue
1x piece of netting
Superglue, stick glue, PVA glue
1x spray can of undercoat (I used red vehicle primer)
Basic paint colours: (brown,black, white, green, blue
Several paint brushes
Afraid I haven't made it back to my comp entry for more paint touch ups. I've been too distracted by mold making and having my brain in the sewer. So my entry will have to Stay on its merits.
just realized my mind went from the toilet to he sewer. Well at least it's not clogged.
Thanks vik and cam.
"In the War torn grim dark of the 41st millennium there is only one latrine, and enough toilet paper only for one general, this has caused strife and the armies are lined up to see which side will prevail. Woe to the side that fails as it all goes downhill "
Right, had some terrible news tonight and it's put me right off, I pretty much want to chuck the thing out. I won't of course, I'll see if I can force myself to slap down some paint but honestly the piece has been tainted by a bad taste in my mouth so it's unlikely. Good luck everyone and thank you for hosting Brian, the theme really gave me a new perspective.
Theme: In every game we play in the fluff tells us of either a master race or an ancient civilization long since past or those that have fallen. The Piece is based on the statue of liberty. It represents what could have been a massive statue buried or severed in some uprising or conflict.
I plan a similar type theme with my future terrain. More industrial, more mechanical seemingly buried under the rubble of previous great works or remnants of industry. Though this probably was some great work or perhaps some industrial inspiring Art in the past it is just now a frame, shoddily maintained and repaired by people long since forgotten. With little work it could be used as a alter, in either fantasy or sci –fi themes. The bottom could be sunken or laid on its side to provide additional terrain opportunities.
Like my pre- picture indicated there is only 2 materials used in the construction; sprue and GW cardboard boxes (tops). It used superglue, white glue and paint to assemble and cover. All the rivets are small cardboard squares. There are over 400 rivets. The base is covered in small rocks. Its overall base is less than 4.5 inches on a side (diameter of a CD). I’ve included a figure to reference it’s overall height. ( its actually my forearm and hand size.)
This Technique could be used to form almost any shape. Cardboard is easily plyable when wet.
Thanks, and hopefully enjoy!
There are more pictures in my general section of my gallery
As for my entry, my servo skulls have returned with valuable data!
May I present the absolutely 100% recycled terrain piece "Tank DM-4"
What could be inside? What could DM-4 possibly mean?
Is it some long-lost chemical weapon? A source of fuel? Or perhaps the last remaining supply of the fabled Devlan Mud Wash!?
I leave you to ponder the answers to these questions with a quick FW-esque photochop featuring Chief Epistolary Cyraxes leading his Marines Errant squad through the ruins:
So, didn't get as far as I would have liked with the painting...but then, I ended up leaving myself an hour this evening to paint it...
Then as I was uploading the image to post it in time...it uploaded upside down! Thats what I get for leaving it to the last minute! Still, I'm happy with where I got in the limited time I gave myself to complete it...
Edit: I made this piece to fit in with my Necromunda terrain collection, but it could easily be used in any 25mm to 32mm game with a post-apocalyptic setting (as there are no specific details that tie it into one 'world,' yet!), or with 40K proper. The roof is almost exactly the same height as a standard Necromunda bulkhead, and the two back edges of the roof are straight and at least 3 inches long...so it should work nicely as a bridge transition piece for level 1 platforms in the Necromunda card terrain collection. I'm a big fan of the Borderlands games so you may see some design influences from there as well.
I added a Gryphonne Sepia wash to most of the metal and red areas...amazing what a little wash will do. Pic over in my P&M blog...but it was done after the deadline, so disregard for judging.
List of materials...
concrete walls- Huggies diaper box cardboard corrugated metal sheeting - cardboard box from Costco crackers assortment rubble - Huggies cardboard and chopped up bits of sprue generator thingy on roof - old orange 3-prong to 2-prong plug converter from junk drawer wire - bits of wire from junk drawer vent pipe - discarded pen casing vent pipe cover - cut off the top of an old scented marker cap roof hatch - lid of GW paint pot shanty wall, door, raised details on door and wall - Trader Joes organic peanut butter crackers box card round vent casing - cut from top of red Target pharmacy prescription Rx bottle slats in vent - Trader Joes organic peanut butter crackers box card glue- LocTite super glue from Home Depot, old bottle, nearly dried up...dispenser had to be cut away to get the remaining glue out! old empty wire spool - sewing machine bobbin cable pipe in ground - spacer from an 'under cabinet mounting kit' for an iHome radio (in the junk drawer) base - old CD base texture - beach sand from local beach mixed with coarser dirt/sand from yard base texture adhesive - Elmers 'PVA' glue spray primer - .99 cent flat black spray from Home Depot, nearly empty can filler for thick cardboard edges - last of a nearly dried out bottle of liquid green stuff paint - Adeptus Battle Grey, Khorne Red, Boltgun Metal, Steel Legion Drab
Thanks, my friend! I'll probably re- mount it on a more permanent base or part of a larger section of terrain to make it fit in with the rest of the table.
Theophony wrote: Dude solar lion I return the high I've that statue is giving I might steal that concept for a necromunda terrain piece in the future.
Thanks, Yeah, this would work well for any industrial theme. Orks ect. Easy to do . There are things to keep in mind when building with this method.
1. You will use a lot of superglue
2. You need to use superglue instant set ( you need to get some pieces to hold before you can do others)
3. You glue a lot of your fingers ( and more) together. Be safe.
4. Use Sprue that still has some pliability. The older the sprue the more brittle. Newer sprue can be bent without breaking. Breaking means more glueing, glueing means more superglue, thus more fingers glued together.
5. Cardboard can be shaped by wetting. Too wet cardboard separates, try to manipulate first without. More superglue…more stuck fingers.
6. Heavily coat the cardboard with a sealer. Painting with water based paints does not work well on very porous material. Spray paint works well but spray outside!
7. Always treat your bladed tools with utmost respect. Blood should never be a component of your work. ( thou it has happened to all of us)
Thanks Ramos, I think your entry should have a thought bubble coming from your devastator…..” sniper rifle, pufftttt. Who need a stinking sniper rifle”
Yes, great entries all around, I am particularly blown away by the precision paintwork on Ramos Asura's soda-can-bendy-arm-lamp-tank...might be an an airbrush involved. Nice work! But really, I'd be proud to field any of these entries as terrain on my game board. Good luck to everyone, and thanks Brian for running this...I look forward to getting in earlier on the next one
Viktor von Domm wrote: did you use a glove maybe? could have made the fingers glued to´gether a bit less often happening...just saying....
There are so many plates on the thing that glued fingers were inevitable. I needed a third hand! I didn’t use a form; I just did it free hand ( no pun intended ) My intent was to get the basic curves down, I didn't want a anatomically correct piece just closely proportioned representation.
Thanks, It's really 1 piece of sprue at a time. Now if I could paint as realistic as you or Ramos. I'll brobably do some re-painting when remount it to match the Terrain boards.
Lead Legion - DNF
Maus - Withdrew
SilverMk2 - DNF
Casey's Law - Withdrew
Miss Dee - Withdrew
The prizes are:
Best Overall
Best Recycler
Best Unique
The contest theme:
Discarded treasure. I am on a major recycling kick in my life. Recycling, freecyling, upcycling. Reduce and reuse. And it drives me insane when I throw away what should be perfectly good materials!
The rules:
You must create a piece of terrain the size of a CD/DVD. The terrain must utilize leftover modelling supplies. Examples of this are paint pots, plastic sprues, discarded packaging, and leftover plasticard. The debris of completed projects, normally placed into the dustbin. The terrain must be usable in a game of Warhammer 40K, but there are bonus points for making items usable in more than one game system. Multiple terrain pieces ARE allowed, as long as, collectively, they are the size of a CD/DVD. They should also maintain a similar theme (IE: You've taken four 40mm bases and built 4 jungle-themed objective markers). There is no required terrain type, the goal is to show people how to recycle things they would normally throw away into usable game terrain.
While there is no height restriction, consideration for newbie players and/or workability on the battlefield should be kept in mind.
Scoring:
A maximum score of 100 is possible. Ties will be broken by the judges. If the judges are deadlocked, I will call upon readers of this plog to vote. If THAT deadlocks, I'll declare a tie, and divide up the prizes appropriately.
Competition requirements:
These are not cumulative. A few bitz used to enhance the terrain does not count toward percentage, but loading up your entry with bitz (instead of recycled parts) will not score high. Imagine you're a new modeler, and you have a few leftovers from your initial purchases.
Entry is 25% recycled materials or less - 0 points
Entry is around 50% recycled materials - 10 points
Entry is around 75% recycled materials - 25 points
Entry is around 100% recycled materials - 40 points
Modeling:
These points ARE cumulative. A focus on techniques and designs that are easy to copy/emulate will score more points, here. You're helping the masses make terrain. A unique entry might be something that makes the judges go 'ah-ha, that's a GREAT idea'. This is where you can score points for originality of design and making a cool scene or mini-diorama.
Entry is easy for a newbie to duplicate - 10 points
Entry shows a unique idea - 10 points
Entry is visually interesting - 10 points
Entry is usable for more than just Warhammer 40K - 10 points
Painting:
Points are not cumulative. Minimum three colors. Washes and highlights to qualify as well painted, at a minimum. Amazingly well painted is something that wows the judges.
Entry is painted - 10 points
Entry is well painted - 15 points
Entry is amazingly well painted - 20 points
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Weight will be given to people who come up with UNIQUE, creative uses for things most people throw away. Things thrown away: bits of dried putty, paint pots, dried paint, sprues, packaging materials, chopped up plasticard.
You may not use existing terrain or other creations, as with all League competitions, show your work. Deadline for entries is August 8th, 2013. Judging will occur a few days later, over the weekend. There will be no extensions allowed, as this is not a complex 'theme'.
This is a disruption army that requires another 1K points, so useable for Team tournaments. The Necron character has the ability to bring in deep striking units on the enemy player's turn. It is designed to drop a pair of monoliths when the other player gets their reserves in, on their turn two. You always choose to go second. If facing someone with no reserves, then you can start the 'liths on the table.
The two Night Scythes do what they do best, but you can pull the troops OUT of the night scythes, or out of reserves, and deploy them out of the 'liths. An amusing little Necron trick.
So, full objective hold/disruption, two AV14 bricks, which 6th edition meta has proven hard to deal with due to the switch to S6/7 weapons, and a pair of flyers, for giggles.
Oh, and a semi-bad-ass IC on a really-bad-assed chariot.
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Waiting on my last judge's scoring tableau, before moving to the final round of judging. Expect results soon!
Hey again guys! Thanks for your concern, I'm back now and moving on. I've posted a bit of an explanation to my blog if you'd like more detail or want to know what will become of my withdrawn entry.
So many sweet entries to this competition! Have fun judging them Brian, certainly not an enviable task. Good luck everyone! And thanks again for running the competition, I've taken something from it so it's certainly a success in my opinion.
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I miscue a bunch of squares that I was going to use as a bloodbowl pitch, and have been using those as a source of material for circles and rivets.
this is what the garage is for!
, wonder how that happened? Also the Horus heresy poster is beautiful, was that in a white dwarf? If so they finally managed to put something in one I could use 
LCC 
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League contest?
I've not even finished making the bits I need to make the bare frame of the model nevermind thinking about sticking it together or doing little details or painting it...
forgott to mention to theo... make bricks from sprue and stack them !!!
