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I love to scratch build and modify models, some times more than I enjoy actually playing a game.

Start of Death Guard
Fun with Dice HERE
Start of Ork Gorkanaut Project HERE
Start of Chaos Daemon Soul Grinder HERE
Start of Ork Trukk Project: HERE
Start of Tyranid Tryannocyte Project: HERE

In this thread you will find scratch built, or at least heavily modded:

D&D Dungeon Terrain

Modular SciFi Walls 4"x2" (templates)

Modular SciFi Walls 3"x2" (templates)

Space Marine Drop Pod (templates)

Space Marine Drop Pod Version 2 (templates)

Modern Printed Buildings

Necromunda Terrain

Ork Stompa

Imperial Bastion

Skyshield Landing Pad

Aegis Defense Line

Ork Army ( Mega Armor Warboss, 'Ard Boyz, Killa Kanz)

If you have any consturctive comments, suggestion or questions I'd love to hear them.



This should give you an idea where this is going


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Like the way when terrain is accomplished from non-hobby related pieces like some bottles, straws, etc. Keep up the good work. What object is base to ladder?

Thanks !! I hate spendiing a fortune on terrain. Back when I started playing, RT era, there were no kits to cut up and use for terrain.

The ladders are made from plastic crosstich materioal/Granny Grating.

I'm trying to keep a loose guide of about 3" per level.

Wow dude that looks good! I agree totally with the scratch building of terrain, fun cheap and can look awesome!

If you haven't checked out his blog yet dsteingass made a lot of necro terrain based off the old card cutouts. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/399826.page
might find a few useful tips there.

Can't wait till this stuff gets painted, thanks for sharing. Keep us posted : )

Actually, seeing his blog the other day is what inspired me to start mine.

There are few more pieces I forgot to take pictures of, that I'll add soon.

Right now, I need to focus on detailing the pieces I already have. The little details are what make terrain really pop, but they are also the most tedious.

Im loving it ! Thanks for sharing your scratch built structures I only wish more people would do this .

Upgraded one of the towers to have an additional level.



I had inadvertantly made most of the pieces with levels at 6" and not many at any other height.

Wow, these are amazing. Truly inspirational.

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Thanks !!

Sometimes I think I enjoy building terrain and miniatures more than I enjoy playing with them.



Here's a platform I built. 8" across 3" high. I wanted to do something that wasn't circular.

This piece was too plain for my taste and not very functional, other than blocking LOS, I added a platform at the 6" height, and some pipes, as well as a ring at the base.

This tower is some sort of moisture collector. It's syphons water molecules out of the rank air of the underhive and creates drinkable water.I want it to look less sleek and high tech, and pipes give it more low tech steam punk vibe and less Tau Tech look.

This s really great stuff. Reminds me of old times in the best possible way. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome stuff, kudos to you dude...looking forward to seeing more!

R

Thank you for the encouragement.

Some random details while the glue is drying

Most of the items are based on CDs. I had a ton of them I was saving, so I figured it was about time to use them. They provide a standard size base that doesn't warp or chip.

A lot of detailing is done with 1/4" strips of cereal box

All the clear containers are left overs from my lunch break at work.

I use tacky glue, almost exclusively, to assemble everything

I just polished of a jar of nutella and I'm determined to find a way to use it for terrain

The little robot I'm using for scale reference is a paper model I created myself

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Updated photo of tower. Added more pipes and covered the exposed edges of the foam core.


Hows this for an objective marker ?


It lights up !!



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Made a new piece this morning

Hey cool tubes, what are they water filter parts?

Those tube bits are great, I'd also like to know where they are from. Really loving the level of detail you've put into this stuff, it ought to look great when painted. Could maybe use a few rivets to make it look a bit more industrial rather than high-tech.

You say you base stuff on CDs, do you use a few CDs glued together for the extra depth?

Small towers are the way to go for Necromunda scenery, gives so many options compared to big bits. I think you could use some cover on your walkways though, I found that walkways with no cover were just death traps. Also maybe a few more ladders to get up the towers?

Thanks guys.

The blue bits are repiratory supplies. I have sleep apnea and sleep with a machine at night, and I work in medical supply, so I have access to all kinds of strange bits, that normaly would get thrown out.

The thicker bases have a layer of foam core to them to bult them up, on top of the CD.

I agree with the rivects suggestion. They were already on my to do list. Just a tad tedious to cut and glue all those tiny rivets.

Still trying to find an easy way to add guard rails/low walls to the walkways that looks right, with the supplies I have on hand. I was thinking of making foam core walkways wit low walls attached.

I love the retro 1960's Sci Fi feel the terrain has. This is awesome. I might have to steal you grated bridge idea. That is simple and easy, looks amazing.

Adam when you gonna slap some paint on these bad boys?

R

Still adding little texture details to them before painting.

I just punched out a few hundred "bolts" for that purpose.

If the local weather is co-operative I intend to start base coating and painting this weekend.

Some DIY stores sell great textured spray paint in dark metal shades which give an amazing coarse iron look to things like pipes and boilers, especially when dusted with rust. I think it would be really suitable for some of your pieces.

That's an interesting idea. I'll look into that. My only would be that the texture obliterates the fine details of the model.

Nice terrain, love the omnipresent robo-guy

Thanks !

I was wondering if anyone was going to mention him

It's available, for FREE, on the One Monk Miniatures Website




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Bruticus wrote: Also maybe a few more ladders to get up the towers?

After you mentioned it, I took a look at my collection here and realised that I didn't have enough ways for figures to get up between levels.
Since most of them are already built and their design doesn't really support slapping on Add-On ladders, I'm opting for stairs.

I got a prototype built before coming to work today. They are functional and they will also provide much needed cover.

I'll post some pics when I get home tonight.

Took a few pictures, but the new detail work was white on white and it didn't photograph well.

A bit of a diversion.

Hahahah cool car dude, I like the suspension =)

Also I looked over your stuff and didn't realise your bat-symbol lit up! gotta show us pics once your terrain is painted.

I will. I will. I'm procrastinating painting in part because I'm not really sure how I want to paint it and partly because I keep going back to each peice and adding more detail and texture.

I'm a better modeller than painter, so I'm trying to play to my strong suit. Terrain with lots of flat surfaces needs a better paint job to look good than a really textured model.

Aww, that care is very cute. Reminds me of Carmageddon.

As for painting I got a can of that textured paint - it's called Rust-oleum Aged Iron and I reckon it would be suitable for some of your stuff, it makes things look like old corroded wrought iron if you dust it with pigments, I'll be using mine soon and will post a few pics if you want to see how it looks. Alternatively maybe go for a very modern/clean look like how people do Infinity scenery, that could be interesting, I love rust and grime but that's at least partially because it's easier to do than clean and neat.

I'd be very interested in seeing how the Aged Iron paint works out for you. Please post a link or pics here when you have them,