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@ Chelnov - that's fantastic use of old tat. I will now be looking under all bottle tops as that find is pure magic...

@Dr H, I said it before and I'll say it again - superb woodwork fella

Sneaky peeky time for my effort... A little blurry but you get the idea.


Much more work to be done yet, with more materials - so far I've used 1xCD, sandpaper, cereal box card, scrap paper and sandwich bag ties. Other household items also used to help in the construction stages... More info and pics over in my Random stuff blog

@ Ruglud - The bottlecaps come from 2 liter bottles Freeway orange, sold at Lidl. I was at a BBQ last week and noticed the inside of the caps...so next day, of to Lidl

For those of you wondering what kind of building i was building. Here is your answer.





It's a communication tower.





Take care.

Love the gear! Does it really move up and down those teeth? it looks like it could!

My Materials ( sorry the pic is sideways ) .. Sprues and box top.

Hows that fer a start?

 Chelnov wrote:

[The inside of the bottlecaps looked like small vents, so i cut them out.

That is brilliant, Chelnov.

And I'm really liking this bit here, too:

Nice work!

I've gained another judge....dsteingrass! This makes three, which allow me to be...SUPERJUDGE! Yes! I break all tiebreakers! AHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

Anyways. Dave has kindly offered to add...ANOTHER PRIZE! He is providing a package of styrene plastic. GOD ONLY KNOW WHAT THIS WILL CONTAIN.



--Brian

Dave's leftovers are the stuff that dreams are made of. I know, I got a load from him a while back and am still using it. This also means that the standards just got higher. Glad I have Dave's address, bribery might get me a point or two .

Look forward to seeing what you do with all that sprue Solar_Lion.

Miss Dee: I like the layout and the idea, but it's not looking very recycled in the materials front, is there more to come?

My goodness, if the prizes keep increasing at this rate, after 3 weeks the winner will need a full size container to house it all.

On my front, I've made the side wall with it's window.

More in my blog if you're interested.

 dsteingass wrote:
Love the gear! Does it really move up and down those teeth? it looks like it could!

I am very tempted to say yes...but no i doesn't move. I glued it in place, if i had made it moveable, it would go lame/faulty/kaput, after moving it up and down after so many uses, and it would just stay at the bottom.

I made it for a upcoming scenario in our (almost finished) Sisyphus complex setting. One (hopefully) or more of the warbands will have to contact the authorities about what's going on, and hope they will send some backup, in any way, shape or form possible. After the survivors having noticed that the main/original communication room/site inside the complex is either destroyed or overrun, they will have to go outside the complex to locate an emergency broadcast beacon of some sorts, upon which they will find this.

Anyhow...i base coated the whole thing, so now it looks like this.






Next is adding damage, rust and other details.


Take care.

the clothpeg details you do always suprise me... !

That bottle-cap idea is genius. Honestly, it doesn't matter what I do to spice up my concept, it will never look anything like that cool. Still, where's the fun in calling it quits, eh?

Made this a while back, so not sure if it's allowed to be entered.

Even if not it might give you guys some ideas?

The full ingredients and more WIP shots are on my warseer 'budget terrain plog.

Used Cork tiles, staples, an old cassette, disposable razors, coffee stirrers etc.

@andyT, great work, never thought about using staples and cork to make a ladder. Consider that stolen.

And a quick update on mine. Decided o skip the outhouse for now and just go with a Porto potty. Worksite terrain for 40k, sci fi, and contemporary modern mini games.


Thinking of adding some chopped up sprue as crumbled concrete, but will probably just stick with what's here. Most items are self explanatory, but ask away if here are other questions.

i like to present a WIP of my eldar terrain piece that got seriously updated... the spikes have gone and in their place are now fins...

looks suitably more eldar now?







thanks for looking... oh... and the newly added parts are simply thick cardstock and PVA... lotsa^^

cheers, vik


oh and at andyT... that tower looks cool... i think i saw that via google from time to time when i search/hunt for scratchbuilding ideas... very cool ideas... the shaver for instance is a new item i have to look into a new way now^^...

also... i hope you haven´t got rid of the cogwheels of the old cassette...there is high value for scratchbuilding on these!!!


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forgott to mention to theo... make bricks from sprue and stack them !!!

Yeah, looking Eldar-y there Vik.

Looking forward to seeing your potty painted Theo.

Tower looks good Andy_T, good job.

Keep at it Lead Legion, inspiration can strike at any time and can make a model in that one step.

and Look forward to seeing that painted Chelnov.

I'm currently working on the base of mine, which is necessary before finishing the build of the hut.

Andy_T, we prefer to see new projects for competitions, not older creations. Sorry.

--B.

That's no probs- enjoying the thread anyway unlikely to make anything new at the mo as I have a 3 day old baby! I can however type on my phone whilst holding her!
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CONGRATULATIONS!

What's her name?

Congrats Andy!

Congratulations. Children are machines for turning money into poo

Congrat on your new arrival!

And Graven.... how is that different than the rest of us! Poo Happens!

Congrats Andy, it's a better prize you have anyway. remember texting while holding the baby might be okay, but no super gluing. Your already stuck with her for life

i chime in with the others ...congratz andy... well done... be sure of my envy^^... a newborn baby...ach!....*sighs*

With two contests running I couldn't resist building one piece to combine the two. Brian's 'built-on-a-cd' contest, and the League Gun emplacement contest can easily be combined, if you are me
Here's some prelimenary pics now i finally found my charger, camera, and all the supplies for my modelbuilding again. The idea is to build a gun emplacement, on a cd, hidden in a heap of garbage. The beginning is here, now its on to adding more and more garbage, junk, bags, sacks and discarded stuff. Garbage bags will be built created after everything else, as they cannot and should not be primed... Here's the pics, please leave comments...


The obligatory cd, in this case a copy of the Best of Bon Jovi. An ideal cd to screw up...


Surplus model stuff, the other requirement in Brian's contest. The garbage bags will also be filled with excess junk.


What is a gun emplacement without a gun? Twin linked heavy bolter with either laser targeting, or maybe just a flashlight...


The beginnings of a hidden emplacement. Not yet hidden, but it will eventually be covered in a mountain of garbage.


Leave comments please

Interesting concept MauS, good start.

I'm at the stage in my hut build where I am trying to find a suitable roof.

Here's the structure as it is now.

Concepts and discussion are in my blog.

Looking great everyone!

H, I'm going to mark my efforts against you for this one if you don't mind. I'm doing a building as well, kind of, so they are comparable in that sense. Also I absolutely adore your entry so it's a good pace setter for me. I don't think I can do as good ad that but it's a healthy target for me to better myself. Plus a little friendly rivalry makes this all the more exciting.

MauS, you should add an assault marine zooming over the top and enter it into C&R's competition too! Three in one!

Thanks Casey. I look forward to seeing what you come up with. Where's these pictures???

 MauS wrote:
With two contests running I couldn't resist building one piece to combine the two. Brian's 'built-on-a-cd' contest,

As mentioned earlier the CD is a refrence in size and doesn't actually require a CD. Intresting that so many have taken this approach.... (Where is that Marky Mark CD again!)


Question for Brian... Do you require WIP shots? I am planning on just the starting materials and the final shot at this point. Anything I've seen so far and in the spirit and restrictions of the contest should make the reproduction fairly obvious. Just want to know before I get to far along.

Just the start, WIP not needed.