Need ideas for terrain

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**Try Again Bragg**

Ok so a preface, I am hopelessly addicted to a particular type of mint. As a result of this addiction I happen to have quite a few of their cases. lying around I am hesitant to pitch them but stumped with what to do with them. I am sure that I can make terrain out of them but I have no idea what or how.
Here are some pictures of the tins, I need some ideas of what to do with them. some details include that the metal is thin, maybe 1/8 in, and they hold a magnet, so there is some iron in it. Any ideas would be wonderful

**Clang**

I think that 'mint tin' look is going to be hard to disguise, unfortunately. I'd either:
- hide their shape entirely, e.g. cover them with filler and make a hill or building
- or have them represent some sort of large cargo cannister. e.g stacked and chained down on cargo vehicles/trailers.
- or take them apart and use them to represent armour panels on a fort/bastion/barricade - but due to the apparent lack of detail on them, I suspect you'd have to spend a whole lot of time and effort supergluing detail onto them to make them look good.

**Teek**

Fill one with bandaids, antibiotic creme, needle and thread, and some matches, and keep it in your car.

For terrain, I'd take 4 or 5 and stack them together in a line like a loaf of bread. Build a retaining wall around them (about half the height of a tin, or so) and add all manner of wires and conduit.

Whammo, minty power station!