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arhurt wrote:I follow your work on facebook and I'm glad to have found another venue of awesome!

I'll keep an eye over here too. Keep rocking man!

Thanks! Make sure to comment on there and let me know what you're thinking of how we're going. Feedback is really important.

EmberlordofFire8 wrote:Are those... actual cartridges? I need to try that out...

Would it be any other way???

r3n3g8b0y wrote:Howdy goqwdy! Looking grand. You make me want to obtain some that there foam board....!

There must be places to find it. Maybe try The Terrain Tutor youtube, he might mention where to get it in the UK.

Silentz wrote:

 r3n3g8b0y wrote:
Howdy goqwdy! Looking grand. You make me want to obtain some that there foam board....!

Yes, exactly this. Wish I could work out what it was called in the UK. I've looked in our hardware stores and just can't see anything like it for sale. Having a big raised plateau thing would be very cool, though. Really nice work.

I will see if I can find some places that do it. Stay tuned.

Scarper wrote:Very excited to see where that big gun goes! Love terrain pieces with a bit of narrative.

@Silentz and r3n3g8b0y - You can find some foamboard that's not crazy expensive here in the UK, just can be a bit tough to locate!

I struggle like-wise finding materials I see UK builders use in Australia. Every country seems to have a different color!

Construction has been a difficult issue. Making sure the foamcard is cut to the right angles so it can slide down the angled walls of the space hulk.

The customer had this hex piece of foam laying about as he wanted his army to be able to connect with other display boards down the road.


Details inside the rear. From the start I wanted this to be a very open piece so there is more room for the customer to keep his models. It adds another dimension when you come around the side and see a unit of scouts hiding out behind the walls of the hulk.


The whole thing came together really fast once I had the floors erected. trying to get crisp straight edges has always been difficult for me with the tools I have but I was really happy with the flush top of this.

For anyone following I had a look on some threads over facebook and asked where to find the foamboard as some followers were struggling..

Details on the internal floors. Lots of fun widgets and mechanisms purchased from a mate of mine who does laser cutting @ miniaturescenery.com

The door details were really fun to try and find pieces that would form a mechanism to close and open the doors.


I have filled the bottom up with expanding foam so give the impression of wind swept sands into the cavity below the crashed ship.


I've been told that Range https://www.therange.co.uk/ in the UK has the foamboard as well as Hobbycraft.

We begin with the blue texture!!!!

This is rendering paint, as I get a lot of questions about it and it's changed the way I do hobby. No lies.

It's a thick texture that you can paint on wherever you need it, add grainy rocky desert or even thinned down can create small rusting effects. I have used it on every piece I've made since we got it and I don't intend to go back to sanding with PVA ever again.



The sand will help cover the unsightly expanding foam, plus protect the actual soft foam edges from damages during spray.


Because its painted on, you can use it to create drift and flow through the areas you want it quite easily too!

We added a lot more work to the front of the board for the models to blend in with, plus the customers basing is very debris heavy.

Back of the board needs attention too!


We got around to spray painting finally. The assembly coming apart for ease of painting was a great idea. I'm super happy that it actually worked as well as I hoped.

How is this going to fit in with the rest of the board? Is it a hexagon bord?

looks like a great concept, but....am I the only one who can't see the first page and half of the second page pics?

FantasyBob wrote:looks like a great concept, but....am I the only one who can't see the first page and half of the second page pics?

Yeah I had them linked to a photobucket account which must have gone over it's data. When I get time I guess I'll relink the lot up on another way. Sorry :(



We began with trying to shade areas I felt would have a lot of sand coverage and flow from the winds as well as obviously painting the sand itself. Very dark at first.


Laying down some basic colors other than sand. The purple strip was to help establish the space hulk as part of the customers army as he has a purple themed Blood Angels legion.

Gradually getting lighter as we went on.

It all starts really coming together at this point. Weathering powders, tones with the airbrush, grease and oils and machinery colors.

The gun carraige I was really proud of, the movement of it also adds a lot with the gun being able to rotate and elevate.


Very dark and grim looking pipelines with gauges and sanded internals.

More painting work. Refinement and other painting effects to be done to bring the grimdark up a few notches so its seen.

A nice angle shot here from the side and getting a little into the depth of the actual ship.


A closer shot with the rusting on the backs of the pipes and layers of dirt we piled up.


Internals of some compartments. Really happy with the hundreds of straws that died for this board and the MDF bits haha.


Some work on the cannon emplacement. Absolutely stoked with how this turned out. Couldn't have been more pleased.