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Oooh ooh ooh - The sofa was mine! I've been trying to make a dumpster as well.

If you're still looking for ideas, something that I've been playing around with is a raised railtrack system. I feel like mass transit would exist on all levels of a hive (even if it is decrepit and abandoned, it must have had transport links at one point!) and with a bit of track stolen from model train kits it would serve as a nice centrepiece. Plus it could work over multiple levels, and would give you the chance to model a wrecked transport if you wanted! Just an idea, feel free to knock away if you don't like the sound of it

Holy Crap Vik! Thanks man! I'll wade through them at work today! Man! That is too much work my friend! But Thank You!


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YES! SCARPER made the couch! Sorry Scarp! Very well done too I might add!
Absolutely man, I love the idea of transit lines, the ruined sections can be used as platforms with makeshift walkways too!

well... i hope it helps... it is quite an ambitious project... note that the scale is mostly 1:47... how long should the car be anyway? some measurements you want on the table would be nice too... actually i only used ford and buick as a name tag... so the caddy tag i havent even explored yet...

Quick question for you pro terrainers that frequent this cornocopia of inspiration and amazing conversation! when building terrain ourselves and it needs to be primed, does it matter if it's primed with a matt black spray or does it need to specifically be a primer? I've found some matt black at a local auto shop and as i need a bit of it I wanted to check with the ones in the know before i wasted my money! money that could be spent buying Nuka Cola!

Primer just gives your detail paint layers something to stick to. It depends on what the terrain is built out of, for most metals and plastics, any cheap $1 can of spray will do fine. You need proper primer only when the material won't take paint (or it will be prone to rusting), then you need to chemically bond or etch to something (like soft plastic- paint will stick, but when you flex it it just peels off) to allow the upper layers of paint something to stick to. Krylon makes a spray specifically for plastics that actually etches into the surface chemically and allows the bending without peeling.

For styrofoam, the propellant in the rattle can tank melts it, so you need to seal it first (the pva method sucks, not recommended), or use water-based spray paint, or just brush (or airbrush) any acrylic paint. This seals it.

Color of primer is only personal preference, I use flat black on terrain to help me cheat with shadow-painting later on, however with miniatures, or any terrain that will be painted a lighter, brighter color (like the nuka Cola machine), I use white. I also use white on miniatures, followed by a thin wash only so my dysfunctional eyes can see all the details.

Gesso is very good for foam too as you can put any texture you may want into the gesso itself brfore you brush it on.

Yep! Also, if you want a concrete texture, it's super easy just by mixing some fine sand into the paint (or Gesso)


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@Vik- I waded through them, I think i'll stick with the cheap plastics for conversions, but at 8 Euros, I still think it would be cheaper to buy them from the US ebay, I also found some Mexican Marx knock-offs too. I will think on this some more, but thanks for all your work man, really appreciate it!

I like that Gesso will take tints well too....

I haven't used it myself but my buddy uses it a lot and his stuff looks good. he is a douchebag though because he plays Tyranids and won't leave his unnamed forum to post here........

Thanks guys, I'll seal the styro if I use it and just blast away with some cheap spray when i get going, but I'll no doubt update my own blog when i start to record my mistakes and tribulations! :-) I just didn't want to pour time and effort into some terrain and then have it go to rubbish with the wrong stuff! this whole thread has been a massive help to me to make sure i'm not floundering looking for how to approach things to do with terrain, it's pretty darn inspiring and the way you do it all is great for someone like me to follow, i'm pretty crafty and plan things out to the nth degree before i start, so i've still got time up my sleeve to keep watching what you do before i begin!

thanks again!

If any one can build terrain, it's Dave.....

mxwllmdr wrote:If any one can bitch about building terrain, it's Dave.....

Fixed that for you

Thanks man!


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@nerdfest- the best thing about priming/sealing white foam with say cheap black acrylic craft paint is that you can easily see where you missed a spot- better to seal it by hand than let the spray paint melt the foam there. Oh, and don't bother trying to melt the foam with the spray can as an effect, it only looks like melted foam in the end. The same way that toilet paper tubes always look like toilet paper tubes unless you cover them with paper or plastic.

Yeah sorry. thats what i meant of course.....

no problem dave! i am glad i could made your working day a bit brighter with the wading through the ebay stuff^^

also it sounds promising that you have other sources as well... but you know the rule in the interwebs... no pics...?

Well, Dave has plenty to ponder, dumpsters, old sofas, paper machines, delivery boxes, hovels, cars,

Yeah, all I'm doing is pondering. No motivation lately.


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My workday in the idiot management industry is draining me of my will I think.

dsteingass wrote:Yeah, all I'm doing is pondering. No motivation lately.


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My workday in the idiot management industry is draining me of my will I think.

Then if you really feel that stymied, it's time for a Nuka-Break my friend! Just go to the local Nuka-Cooler and grab an ice covered, sweet tasting, and refreshing Nuka-Cola!

put a pin inside your pants... whenever you might feel the need or the lack of energy... just have a seat... and then the fight may commence anew...



and while searching for good pics i found this one...:totally unrelated but i nearly wetted my pants when looking at that one...

HAHAHA

Funny one Vik!


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Remember kids!,

see?!

Oh man... THAT's got to be a billboard down in your underhive!! I's a moral imperative!

..without a doubt! I have ideas for billboard structures already

actually that sparks a new idea... we need a joker themed gang... definitely this!!

Or:



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Found this too!

oh yeah!! wonderful...

And in FO:NV

hmmm... the orange look puts me off a bit...but only just...

All of the above!
Plus the Corvega and Super Duper Mart signs

yes... tho one might ask... do you have enough brickwalls for that?

No, the freestanding highway-type billboards vik, with the walkways and lights.