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Thanks.

Lookin pretty sweet.

Thank you for the kind words, GrimDork.

Just finished building this new model. It's another kitbash, based on the same basic model as the Cape Cod Collectables building, but Savaged by Trigger and myself into a Pinnacle Building.





The trifold figures are of my Daughter, Miranda, me, with the crowbar, and my late friend, Greg, who passed away unexpectedly yesterday, and never got to lay eyes on his paper doppleganger in action.





And now for something completely different...

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Someone had messaged me and asked if I would share the paper miniature of my daughter, so that their daughter could use it.

I have all the Murder Hobos, my gaming group, in a single easy to print PDF.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9VN2zzlPNmydG5PTTVEQTFhZFE/edit?usp=sharing

Also, slightly snazzier versions, set up for 4x6 photo printing

great stuff in this thread

would you mind if I borrowed your OFO idea? it's simply brilliant.

Go right ahead Vashu.

The 40K Universe could stand a few more OFO

Underground Missle Silo


Hatch Closed


Hatch Open


Hatch Closed, Top View


Hatch Open, Top View

The hatch slides back and forth on the track.

Foam core, thin cardboard for the edging, mounted on a CD.

Huh, nice and simple. It would probably make a good objective, or possibly even a hazard if the missile was fired during the game, things may get burnt!

I actually game with Ed too. I was just browsing dakka for terrain ideas and saw him; surreal!

I love this thread. I'm rebuilding all of NEC New Bedford's terrain and there's a lot of inspiration here.

 GrimDork wrote:
Huh, nice and simple. It would probably make a good objective, or possibly even a hazard if the missile was fired during the game, things may get burnt!

I'm figuring with all the new objectives in 40K 7E it should get some use. At the very least I'm going to use it to pour forth toxic zombies in this weeks Zombicide adventure.

 Boggy Man wrote:

I actually game with Ed too. I was just browsing dakka for terrain ideas and saw him; surreal!

I love this thread. I'm rebuilding all of NEC New Bedford's terrain and there's a lot of inspiration here.

Be sure to tell Ed he's internet famous now

I look forward to seeing what you put together for NEC NB, and I'm glad I could inspire.

If you start a PM Blog for the terrain, drop me a line here and I'll be happy to follow it's progress.

Got a base coat of Gray on the Silo and some yellow on my barrels. Made those pallets earlier this week as well.

The pallets are a great form of cheap, easy and versatile terrain....make sure you have a few broken ones too.

Got some paint on the silo.

Ooh that silo looks very nice with paint, awesome!

The idea of using bottlecaps for storage containers has been around for years, but I hadn't seen anyone pull it off until GrimDork posted some in his P&M Blog.

I'd been saving some to use as wheels, so I had a supply.



Now just gluing them together is courting disaster, so I measure and cut strips of thn card to act as supports. Also drilled a hole in the center of half of each container so there would be a little airflow for the glue to dry.

I'm going to let them dry overnight, and then spray paint a base coat on them.

Also found this toxic waste sign and put together a 4x6 print of it to add to the barrels.

now with paint the silos have me change my mind... at first I was hesitant... due to the rather bland and simple shape... but now they look stunning...

I like that you have thought the glueing of bottle caps through... I tried to glue them once too and it didn´t work that good... I think your air vent holes idea is a very good explanation for my errors... I will try that too! also supportive bands is also a good way to provide stability!!!

Ah hah! See you've just got to do something, even if it's not well, and then someone else will come along and do it better. Then you can just steal the idea right back That's a great idea, I'll have to use it when my own 'left to chance' barrels eventually pop apart. I may have to make some more too, as they're soooo easy.

Excellent work, Sir.

Built a few more....



Other than modern terrain, I haven't had a cohesive theme to the terrain I've built, in a long time. With the advent of 7th Edition and the new Ork codex, I forsee some 40K battles in my future, so I figured I'd steer my creative juices into that direction. I'll be digging out my Orks, once I get my hands on the new codex. In the mean time I figured I'd shoot for a tables worth of ruins.

Barrels look pretty sweet, looking forward to the ruins!

Got some progress done on the ruins







I tired to make the levels big enough to hold squads. The smallest perch can hold at least 5 models, while all the others should be albe to hold 10+.

Ooh, looks good in terms of structure, and it's always a good idea to think about the usability. I know I've made some stuff that's effectively pointless when you really get to considering it

When I started building terrain years ago, I spent hours building terrain for Warhammer Fantasy that would never get used. I was focused on making stuff look cool, and not thinking about what would fit on it.

Now, I try to make usability a prime concern

ah... those ruins rather look very good... how did you connect the floors to the walls? is it strong enough?

the barrels look very good too...and the sheer mass of it is overwhelming too^^

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
how did you connect the floors to the walls? is it strong enough?

Right now they are held in place with a thick bead of PVA glue. They should support anything plastic. I was thinking of using the off cuts from the rabbet cutter to make a ledge for them to sit on for additional support.

the barrels look very good too...and the sheer mass of it is overwhelming too

I plan on using the barrels 4-9 to a stand, and here and there as details on larger bits of terrain.

Once you pre-cut a supply of barrel components it doesn't take much concentration to assemble them while watching video, so their ranks will probably swell in number as I catch up on shows.

What did you make them out of, if I may ask? I may have skimmed over a how-to, but I don't think I saw one.

I find it hard to get good WIP shots of making the barrels since both hands are in use.

Cut strips of paper 1" x 8.5"
Put a bit of glue on one side.
Roll the paper around a AA Battery.
Cut out a circle of thin card the same diameter as the battery.
Stuff cirlce into one end.
Apply glue to inner lip to stick it in place.

Cut 2 thin strips of card, 1/8" wide, and wrap and glue them around top and bottom lip


If your feeling ambitious, glue circle on other end.

Huh, cool. Thanks, I'll use it if I ever find I don't have *quite* enough barrels and scatter as it is

AA Batteries for shaping the drums... genius at work!

The AA battery was the right size, smooth, and without taper.

I had also tried highlighers, markers, and a stack of pennies.

Little known Fact: Every marker and highlighter I own tapers, and are really crappy for making barrels with.

Stacks of pennies are just terrible to work with. Being ribbed may work for her pleasure, but is rubbish for sliding barrels off of.

What I did today
added detailed floors for both of the foamcore ruins
Built 3 new ruins out of cardboard (I wanted to try another material)
Detailed the floors on the 3 new ruins
base coated the 3 new ruins, and all my bottlecap containers gray.

Pictures to follow