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I'd go with option 2 personally, but leave it for a day and see which one appeals when you come back to it

Well of course if you can make it soon that's certainly... Ambitious

progress... glue has been used...and i started using hot glue to obscure certain structures to generate a plasma cloud like effect for the teleporters...now i just need to know how to paint that effect...

pics...:





cheers, vik

Edit: Vic, those are starting to look like some creepy mechanisms I'd rather not stand anywhere near

Before I brave my polyfilla experiment I decided to work on some of the details. I thought I'd share with you guys a quick, cheap method of mass producing razor wire. You've probably seen this method before, but it's something our gaming group came up with 'back in the day' and I always liked it for it's simplicity.

First we cut off a strip of some chicken wire fence, nice and roughly.


Then we coil it around something (NOT your fingers, which we used to do as teenagers. The wire hungers for flesh.)


Voila, instant fortifications.


As a bonus, the plastic packaging from the cutters I bought folds over into a perfect Sci-Fi desk so I will be using that to furnish In fact, I may have to pay the store another visit to see what other packaging gubbins I can liberate as there seemed to be a lot of it laying around, discarded.

Edit: Vic, those are starting to look like some creepy mechanisms I'd rather not stand anywhere near

well...actually quite te oposite...the teleporters are meant to be for just running through these small vortex´s...well...either brave or flatfooted^^

the barbed wire is a classic...my only suggestion here would be a thinner pen/ thingy to coil it around...btw...looks like lipstick???
i´d use a pen and then put two sections of barbed wre over each other....that will look MEAN!!!

I may have to pay the store another visit to see what other packaging gubbins I can liberate as there seemed to be a lot of it laying around, discarded.

THAT will be the end of your sanity...been there bought the junk, stored it...now my hobby area looks like a disposal site... i literally can´t go doing groceries anymore without looking for potential materials... ishould do a pic of my most recent stuff what i hide under my desk...and cuboards...and cardboard boxes....and on the floor...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:

the barbed wire is a classic...my only suggestion here would be a thinner pen/ thingy to coil it around...btw...looks like lipstick???
i´d use a pen and then put two sections of barbed wre over each other....that will look MEAN!!!

It's a cigarette lighter!

But I think you are right. More spikes = better. Sounds like solid logic to me!

You've just doubled my workload

You've just doubled my workload

totally not intentional...

the perspective kinda told me otherwise lol...

Heh- at work we now serve these little applesauce pouches, and the caps are basically engine cowlings for aircraft- It's taking a lot of self-control to not grab a couple (buy them first!) to make myself a Dakkajet or other Orky airkraft.

I like those (or something similar depending on the yogurt/applesauce brand) for modern roof ventilation bits. Turtle whatevers.

Somewhere on Littletower's thread is a nice barbed wire tutorial... ah here is the thread anyways... http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/547112.page

I find that this sort of knife is good for foam cutting
Extend the blade so that it is long enough to do the cutting. And foam cutting will dull the blade quickly too.

 GrimDork wrote:
I like those (or something similar depending on the yogurt/applesauce brand) for modern roof ventilation bits. Turtle whatevers.

<< works in a pre-school ^_^ Mucho access to applesauce/fruit mix tops plus I like the little propeller ones we sometimes get.

They also work well as tank wheels!


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Ok so here's a suuuuuper rough outline of what may be going down... Remember folks that we're still in the 'plans are bigger than time to execute them will be but I'm still having ideas!' phase. Anyway.

Gallery where I'll be putting everything: http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-70053-50678_Vault%20117.html

And then:


Supporting structure for the vault-concealing hill. The X has to come out and so was the straight line but now I'm thinking that just making the dotted line come off/out would be enough and may be more doable.





And if I embed it permanently to a board section it may look like this. Watchtower would be more wasteland chic, and only some scatter would be permanently installed. Some kind of water tower at the far end (fence desirable) to offset the height advantage a tower on the far hill would allot one side.

@GrimDork - cool! I always look at those moulded packing pieces and see some form of terrain hidden within. Great concept.

i totally wanna see this piece finished grim dork!!!!! nice packaging material you have there! could be all cliffs like grand canyon style...


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at graven... man...never thought of these caps as wheels for a tank...... nice tank btw...

Little update from me,

I've carves some sprue into spiky struts to make the posts for the barbed wire fence



Next I've covered this thing in filler to give it a nicer texture and hopefully strengthen it a little. Also installed the spikes (the huge, wonky one was fixed after looking at this picture!)



Once that's all dry, I'm going to cover the outside in filler and stick a bunch of stones to the outside wall to make the whole piece a bit more interesting. Then I've got a tiled floor to fit, and a bunch of gravel / rubble / gubbins to jazz it up. In the meantime, I return to "barbed wire factory" mode.

That's coming together nicely

That's pretty neat! What purpose will the hole/opening serve? Right now the whole thing looks a bit like a sewer drain letting out into a fenced-in cesspit but if you're talking about fitting a tiled floor I'm assuming it's gonna go the building route (which the squareness readily suggests, I'm just running away with the opening).

Thanks TP, feeling better about it now I've done my filler experiment and gotten a nice shape together.

Grim, the opening is going to be the remains of an old entrance. I'm making terrain for a hot, wasteland world and I figure whoever used to use these dwellings before the war broke out had a thing for circular doors. I'll probably craft half a hatch door to put on the ground inside, all twisted up, or with a hole blasted through it.

Anyone know if a thick layer of filler will hold small stones in it? I was thinking of slapping PVA on the back of them before I press them in. I don't want the stones to be constantly falling out!

Edit: I'll do a small test piece to see how well it holds the stones. If it works, I'll have a nice little cobblestone wall.

Guys (and gals), exciting stuff all round! Very interested to see how cardboard packaging works out, I've tried and failed there before.

Now, given your enthusiasm, I've modified the prize slightly - there is now...

Mystery prize!


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That's right, if you win you could take it all or swap it for... the box!

Oh the box of course. Sure its a speedboat but look at that Box! There could be anything in there!

Having some fun with Boolean tools in Blender. I'll post some more picks in a bit, but suffice to say that I don't think I'll do the fancy thing and make it spin. It will be modularly constructed, though.

I'm looking forwards to all the fancy little details that'll be on this guy- inset runes, stone block wall textures, all that.

 GrimDork wrote:
Oh the box of course. Sure its a speedboat but look at that Box! There could be anything in there!

Even a speedboat!

Why would you leave off the punchline!

Been awhile lol.

Not much progress, but just wanted to post something to show I’m still alive and in this.


Put new batteries into my hot wirecutter, and they did the trick! Warning: those things get hot. So now that I have my tools in order, I’m going to get to work on cutting some rough shapes out and get moving.

´m currently building a raised platform for the kids to sleep upon...i am still on the job with my entry...fear not... got everything primed too...just need to find time and space to really get going with the painting...^^

Great to see what yall are up to! Remember, though there is plenty of time left, it does run away like... Tears... In the rain

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Great to see what yall are up to! Remember, though there is plenty of time left, it does run away like... Tears... In the rain

OK, who’s going to do their portal as Tannhäuser Gate?

For those who don’t make the connection:

 Nevelon wrote:

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Great to see what yall are up to! Remember, though there is plenty of time left, it does run away like... Tears... In the rain

OK, who’s going to do their portal as Tannhäuser Gate?

For those who don’t make the connection:

Spoiler:

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears...in...rain. Time to die.

Awesome =D <3 blade runner

Really need to actually get something started here - but at least I found my Malifaux book! (Inspiration source)

Just planting seeds