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2012/02/05 05:06:34
Subject: Re:Tired of Throwing Away all Those Piles of Sprue? Turn it into Very Cheap, Yet Effective Scenery!
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Black Templar Servitor Dragging Masonry
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WIP, i don't quite know what to do with it yet,
probably a platform for a bullding...?
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2012/02/06 12:15:32
Subject: Tired of Throwing Away all Those Piles of Sprue? Turn it into Very Cheap, Yet Effective Scenery!
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Shroomin Brain Boy
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looking very good...and finally someone did something new!!!
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2012/02/08 04:54:37
Subject: Tired of Throwing Away all Those Piles of Sprue? Turn it into Very Cheap, Yet Effective Scenery!
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Jealous that Horus is Warmaster
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Thanks this helped alot
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2012/02/08 13:29:59
Subject: Re:Tired of Throwing Away all Those Piles of Sprue? Turn it into Very Cheap, Yet Effective Scenery!
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Drone without a Controller
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Of course I read this the day I throw out all my sprue >_<
Awesome tutorial as well, just looks like GW will have to squeeze more money out of me 
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2013
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2012/02/08 20:09:18
Subject: Tired of Throwing Away all Those Piles of Sprue? Turn it into Very Cheap, Yet Effective Scenery!
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Blood Angel Terminator with Lightning Claws
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Nice, just discovered thread, I've been using plastic part trees as rubble for years. But I dig the idea of cutting it into construction material to build something. Brilliant.
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2012/02/23 17:41:31
Subject: Tired of Throwing Away all Those Piles of Sprue? Turn it into Very Cheap, Yet Effective Scenery!
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Jealous that Horus is Warmaster
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Nice job now I save money on terrain
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2012/02/23 23:58:25
Subject: Tired of Throwing Away all Those Piles of Sprue? Turn it into Very Cheap, Yet Effective Scenery!
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Freaky Flayed One
Australia
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Thanks OP, never considered using it as wood, I've been using my old sprues as rubble filler or hedgehog tank traps (which look good used en masse IMO).
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2012/02/24 04:38:30
Subject: Re:Tired of Throwing Away all Those Piles of Sprue? Turn it into Very Cheap, Yet Effective Scenery!
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Hellish Haemonculus
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Years ago, a friend of mine was going to a tournament, and at the very last minute found out that they were required to bring a piece of terrain with them. So I slapped together a swingset out of spare sprue lying around. I regret that I never took pictures of it, but there you go.
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2012/04/19 02:35:22
Subject: Tired of Throwing Away all Those Piles of Sprue? Turn it into Very Cheap, Yet Effective Scenery!
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Scuttling Genestealer
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Some really awesome ideas here, thanks. Now I finally have a use for all those mostly empty spruces.
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2012/04/19 02:36:06
GENERATION 7: The first time you see this, copy and paste it into your sig and add 1 to the number after generation. Consider it a social experiment.
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2012/04/24 18:43:52
Subject: Re:Tired of Throwing Away all Those Piles of Sprue? Turn it into Very Cheap, Yet Effective Scenery!
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Drone without a Controller
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As I was told in a PM, I realized my link now goes to some random page. Hopefully I will find the time to get it back up as a new thread on Dakka, and maybe make an article while I'm at it. It should take a few days at best, as I have a lot going on now that the school year is almost over(Can't wait to go to college next year!). I'm really sorry! 
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T'au Empire: ~2500 Points
 Eldar: ~1500 Points
 Chaos Marines: ~1000 Points
 Orks: ~1500 Pts.
The (New)Dark Tally: [W/T/L]
Orks: 4/1/0
Chaos: 2/1/0
Eldar: 4/1/0
Tau: 3/1/0
Tyyr wrote:That's like converging nerd-gasms.
Capitansolstice wrote:Wow you must have a lot of time
Sam__theRelentless wrote:No he doesn't, because he spends it doing things like this.
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2012/05/20 00:17:38
Subject: Tired of Throwing Away all Those Piles of Sprue? Turn it into Very Cheap, Yet Effective Scenery!
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Regular Dakkanaut
Detroit, Michigan, US
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This is the greatest thread ever! Thank you all for posting in it! I have so many sprues laying around I simply didn't know what to do with them... Now I do! 
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"A good soldier obeys without question.
A good officer commands without doubt."
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2012/05/28 17:53:36
Subject: Tired of Throwing Away all Those Piles of Sprue? Turn it into Very Cheap, Yet Effective Scenery!
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Bloodthirsty Bloodletter
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Nice work, lots of great ideas here, I used them as pipes in my Oil refinery, the hots were left to hold valves and other bits. No photo though, sorry.
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The Good: 8,000
Ultramarine, Scouts, Blood Angels, Dark Angels
The Bad: 8,000
Chaos, Daemons, Dark Eldar, Orks
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2012/06/01 12:23:38
Subject: Tired of Throwing Away all Those Piles of Sprue? Turn it into Very Cheap, Yet Effective Scenery!
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Unhealthy Competition With Other Legions
York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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YAY!
I Love sprues!!
I have lots! 2 crates full in fact! 
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Imperial guard: Because quantity has a quality of it's own.
Sisters of Battle can be used in any game, with the exception of chess, Monopoly and of course, Warhammer 40,000.
After 8 editions, you might have thought that GW could get fantasy right. |
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2012/06/01 15:21:35
Subject: Tired of Throwing Away all Those Piles of Sprue? Turn it into Very Cheap, Yet Effective Scenery!
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Slippery Scout Biker
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Unfortunately link at the top doesnt work anymore
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Nocturne's Sons: w/d/l 4/3/6
Thunder Lords 18/12/5
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2012/06/03 08:42:28
Subject: Tired of Throwing Away all Those Piles of Sprue? Turn it into Very Cheap, Yet Effective Scenery!
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Unhealthy Competition With Other Legions
York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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I want to do an ork vs chaos diorama, but I only have damaged ork models. Perhaps they are all blown up and warped by chaos... This is a really good way to make scenery for free!
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This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 2012/06/03 08:43:03
Imperial guard: Because quantity has a quality of it's own.
Sisters of Battle can be used in any game, with the exception of chess, Monopoly and of course, Warhammer 40,000.
After 8 editions, you might have thought that GW could get fantasy right. |
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2012/06/03 10:24:38
Subject: Tired of Throwing Away all Those Piles of Sprue? Turn it into Very Cheap, Yet Effective Scenery!
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Esteemed Veteran Space Marine
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ive tried chopping up my sprue's in a kitchen machine/shredder/chopper but it didnt really do anything but spin them around. what is a really good way to chop them up without me having to cut them by hand and roughing them up with my dremel?
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2012/06/03 11:12:13
Subject: Tired of Throwing Away all Those Piles of Sprue? Turn it into Very Cheap, Yet Effective Scenery!
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Shroomin Brain Boy
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i bet a meatgrinder or mincer would do...tho the part where the minced meat usually comes out you have to take away...
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2012/06/03 12:57:59
Subject: Re:Tired of Throwing Away all Those Piles of Sprue? Turn it into Very Cheap, Yet Effective Scenery!
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Purposeful Hammerhead Pilot
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SO MUCH SPRUE !!!  
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2012/06/03 21:49:07
Subject: Tired of Throwing Away all Those Piles of Sprue? Turn it into Very Cheap, Yet Effective Scenery!
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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Cool.
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You know what they say kids, drive it like its a rental.
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2012/06/08 16:11:22
Subject: Tired of Throwing Away all Those Piles of Sprue? Turn it into Very Cheap, Yet Effective Scenery!
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Bloodthirsty Bloodletter
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I like the ideas coming from this,
I will make the Ork Tower from sprue, and I will place there command satellite in it.
Only so many objectives an Ork can control right?
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The Good: 8,000
Ultramarine, Scouts, Blood Angels, Dark Angels
The Bad: 8,000
Chaos, Daemons, Dark Eldar, Orks
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2012/06/08 17:34:53
Subject: Tired of Throwing Away all Those Piles of Sprue? Turn it into Very Cheap, Yet Effective Scenery!
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Incorporating Wet-Blending
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The link in the OP takes me to a thread about marker lights....
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2012/06/08 17:44:32
Subject: Tired of Throwing Away all Those Piles of Sprue? Turn it into Very Cheap, Yet Effective Scenery!
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Virulent Space Marine dedicated to Nurgle
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what happened to the link?
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For those whovians out there, I something planned.
Something big.
MWOHOHOHOHAHAHAHAH! |
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2012/06/08 18:34:30
Subject: Tired of Throwing Away all Those Piles of Sprue? Turn it into Very Cheap, Yet Effective Scenery!
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Twisted Trueborn with Blaster
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Runer60000 wrote:Wanting to help as many people as I can, I thought I would bring my tutorial from Second Sphere over here. The only purchase necessary is plastic glue, and a pair of clippers if you think its necessary, because this will involve a lot of cutting. I must warn you to be careful, this process can produce flying shrapnel in the form of tiny plastic bits. Other than that, I think this a great way to use up sprue that you have lying around, it will give you some use out of all that sprue you purchased, and less sprue being thrown away means less pollution and trash!  Everyone wins!
Now, if you're really going for a high-quality set of scenery that your willing to invest a lot of money/time/materials into, this isn't for you, but if all you want is some simple scenery for a gaming table at home(like me), or your just looking for something interesting to build(I find this is a great thing to do when I get tired of painting lots of models), this is perfect! Here's the link, since I'm not willing to put this up for a third time :
http://secondsphere.org/index.php/topic,769.0.html
I hope you all enjoy this tutorial, and get some use out of it! 
Sorry, probably just me being a dofus, but when I click the link it takes me to a page that says a thread about 'markerlight sheninegans' or something. Could you repost please?
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2012/06/09 05:30:33
Subject: Tired of Throwing Away all Those Piles of Sprue? Turn it into Very Cheap, Yet Effective Scenery!
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Freaky Flayed One
Australia
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Also found a tutorial on using old sprue as rivets that looked pretty good; http://www.heresy-online.net/forums/showthread.php?t=42559
You get some metallic mesh with circles in it as your template (or whatever shape really), then you heat up the sprue for 2 seconds and poke it gently into the hole. The best way to go about removal involved using pretty much the hole sprue so there was lumps all over it then he cut them off afterwards with a knife, then he would keep reusing the stick until it ran out (3cm of sprue is maybe 10 rivets). Best part it is very easy and cheap to get different size meshes if you want to mix and match rivets, not to mention you get tiny bits of sprue left over for rubble or the like.
Hope this helps someone!
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2012/08/18 18:17:19
Subject: Tired of Throwing Away all Those Piles of Sprue? Turn it into Very Cheap, Yet Effective Scenery!
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Repost the images please, link's dead :/
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2014/02/27 19:33:58
Subject: Tired of Throwing Away all Those Piles of Sprue? Turn it into Very Cheap, Yet Effective Scenery!
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Fresh-Faced New User
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I couldn't find the article on Second Sphere, but I was able to find a copy on the Internet Archive. Hopefully this will help people read the original article, and maybe pull it into a permanent article here.
http://web.archive.org/web/20110318045905/http://secondsphere.org/index.php/topic,769.0.html
Neep
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Blood For The Blood God !!! 