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Hey everyone! Welcome to my first post. Ever since I saw this tutorial over at ironhands.com I have wanted to do my own version.

The base is a 2 outlet gang box. I cut several of the outside details off with a razor saw then attached some of the Administratum building parts. I also added some bitz from the hardware store as well as a few odds n' ends pieces from my bitz box.





Then I decided it looked cool but it needed to glow since it was a generator. So I hacked up a flicker LED candle to stick inside but when I looked down into the side vents I could see the exposed LED. So I created a little burning furnace center. It is made from a bottle lid, some piece I scavenged out of a printer and crushed red plastic aquarium "jewels" aka little blobs of plastic. So now it lights up orange and flickers. You can see it looking down the side vent tubes best. I joking said it was a Prometheum furnace, then someone reminded me that Prometheum is a liquid so if you compress a liquid enough it becomes a solid right? Or I am just making this up as I go along, hehe.





Next came some paint. I decided to go with a blue/gray scheme with copper accents.






Finally came the base, which is a piece of MDF I carved the bricks in with a wood carving tool. I also added the LED's in the sides, there is a small hatch on the bottom so you can change batteries and a switch.





Full power Mr. Scott!



Now it just needs the pipe coupling glued onto where the pipe meets the ground, some debris, some weathering and rust and then some sealer and it's done. Whew takes a while.

I will put up some finished pics when it is complete.

Cheers!

That's some really nice painting and lighting! Fantastic work, is that your first ever effort?

My only beef is with the Imperial appearance. If it's a simple generator you're making, it's best to keep it industrial-looking, without any of the big wings and aquilas.

Hes got some great step buy step guides! I made a fw of his things a while back, just havent gotten round to painting them. Yours came out pretty good. I like the lights.

Heres a link should anyone else want a guide to these.
http://www.ironhands.com/h2_gen1.htm

(Jaw Drops) Surely this isn't your first terrain piece...... I refuse to believe it, following a guide or no. It looks absolutely stunning bro.

I've looked for these things all over, anyone know where to get outlet boxes in the UK?

Great terrain dude.

Hehe, not my first terrain piece, I have been making terrain for years. Just my first post on Dakka Dakka. Long time viewer first time poster lol.

I just pick my stuff up at the DIY store locally. So try them or a Electrical supply store.

Absolutely gorgeous. I see things like this, and it only fuels my procrastination.

Very nice. The lighting effect is perfect. Nice clean painting and good kitbashing as well.

Meph

I finished up the list of terrain I will be building to complete the set:

Incinerator: Similar style to this piece but on a longer base, exhaust pipes on the back side.

Pipe sections with walkway

Storage Crates and Barrels (Barriers)

Landing Pad

Gorgeous, except for that chunky mould line on the pipe O_O

Psshh mold line smold line. That thing looks WAY cool. Next time just remember it.

Actually I looked over industrial piping on a number of sites, they don't bother to clean off mold lines on most of them. So I left it.

looks great,nothing to change in my opinion

Looks awesome. Love the lighting effect and it oozes that Gothic Imperial flavor. Nice brush work also.

absolutely superb!

I love when people do this. Part of the reason I'm thinkin about going back to school for electrical engineering is so I'll know how to do stuff like that.

Simply epic going above and beyond what normal terrain is.I would love to be the proud owner of this

Well I am going to be teaching terrain building classes at Origins Game Fair in Columbus in June.

http://www.originsgamefair.com

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747 Sci-Fi Mapmaking, From Slums to Cityscapes Thu 6/25/2009 10:00 am
720 Fantasy Mapmaking, From Dungeons to Kingdoms Sun 6/28/2009 12:00 pm
776 Terrain Building 101, Intro to Miniature Scenery Thu 6/25/2009 2:00 pm
802 Terrain Building, Design and Technique Fri 6/26/2009 10:00 am
832 Terrain Building, More Designs and Techniques Fri 6/26/2009 2:00 pm
864 Terrain Building, Fantasy Design and Techniques Sat 6/27/2009 10:00 am
879 Terrain Building, Sci-Fi Design and Techniques Sat 6/27/2009 12:00 pm

I still have slots open for all the classes, the sci-fi one covers things similar to this generator and using LED's

Cheers

Chris