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Was tempted to do a variation on this


As it's mostly cereal box + bits box.

But that would be boring so I'm going to try making a sci fi wind turbine either a big one if I can work out how to get the propeller to move (without blowing on it)
Or two small ones on a base.

Can I get the extra holiday points if I make it/them out of Christmas present packaging? :p

Red Harvest wrote:...Doc, you'll need to set aside time and space. It is a time consuming process because of the drying times for the glue, and space consuming because you'll want to do something else while waiting for the glue to cure.

Yeah, don't I know it. Making that tower was an education in patience.

Thanks guys! appreciate the advice - haven't had time to do more than think about it atm, what with Christmas coming and all (omg 5 days arrrrrrgh!)

Anyway, have a base of an idea, will see where it goes. Hopefully I'll get something together to show you guys soon!

Okiday so here's some shots of my WIP:



^^ Trying to cut the cardboard straight...




^^ cuz this is why... I'd thought at first to turn 1/2 of the pieces I cut out 90o, but they weren't tall enough even doubled, to match the height of the corrugated showing piece. So I decided to cut corkboard instead into strips to intersperse and make a nice pattern.

So it's going a pace, not sure how much more I should show will probably put up in my terrain thread later as well. Obviously it turned into a house. I'm thinking it will be a Malifaux style western mercantile shop for my eventual western board, I've in the back of my mind for our Malifaux games.

that floor is the bravest use of corrugated cardboard i have ever seen...

Busy boy! Most impressive.

Beautiful work, very busy, very much appreciated, very inspirational, simple materials brilliantly used to create something amazing, very very good.

That's at least two entries moving along very nicely, I know we are all going to get very busy, next few days but would love to see any and all progress.

I will very likely be on over next few days, but for those who may have to disappear, Merry Christmas one and all.

That is an impressive ammount of balsa. Very nice work so far.

Very clever floor. I've decided to do a bridge.

Nice ideas and done well, Guilden'.

Here's the start to mine - cross posted from my civilian thread, hope that is OK!

Here's the start to the Bridge- although the contest is to showcase cardboard, all the cardboard will be on the surface for detailing. The actual structure like most of my stuff will be wood, plastic and gorilla glue. My terrain needs to be able to survive pretty rough handling.

My original concept was a very elaborate bridge that had a house built on it so the bridge keeper could live there - charging tolls, fishing, netting salvage out of the canals, that sort of thing. However, the contest encourages one to do stuff that will "Fit on a CD", and that is good advice. This will ensure that I finish it.

So it will be a small bridge, the sort that might join two minor neighborhoods in an area where the canals are too narrow for all but the smallest boats. The bridge includes a tower and can be gated. This allows Arbites, militia, or whoever to seal the bridge, forming a natural barrier to criminals, mobs, invading armies, etc. The tower and bridge will make a natural strong point (or at least choke point) for gaming, and be designed to house at least a small squad during play. The second story will be ideal for heavy weapons teams, though the current "6" base" weapons teams won't fit. I swear GW's end game is for terrain to be irrelevant as model bases will cover the entire gaming surface. Anyway, here are the pieces cut out and being glued (excess glue will be trimmed away with a knife).

Some nice stuff going on. I have my mostly completed entry up:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/90/474587.page

I have a few bells and whistles to add to the base, to finish it/add rivets, but overall I'm happy with how it turned out. I ended up with enough skewers that I will make myself a few bits of bamboo forest scatter terrain. I'll do one on a CD, and 3 on smaller bases. I should do a path, or a shrine, on the CD...

Going to give this one a go, last time I fell short on finishing the paint job in time. This time I'm keeping it small-ish.

Got tonnes of cardboard from Chrismas stuff laying around.

Plan is to do something like this + some piping made from wrapping paper tubes.



Will keep the paintjob nice and simple this time

Ah, a nodding donkey/grasshopper...as someone in the oil industry, awesome!

That would make a very nice piece. Especially if it has moving parts. Cam mentioned moving parts in the intro to this contest too.

Nice progress Guildenstern and Kestral.

And I decided to play along. Hopefully, to inspire and maybe offer a useful tip or two.
Start with cardboard and cut it precisely

Glue the strips to keep the thing from warping.

A little assist from gravity to help it dry straight.

Give the piece a backing

And finally, assemble the pieces

We have a start of something interesting, no? I should put some weights on it, just to see how much it can support. Anyone care to guess how much?

N.B. This is not an entry for the contest. This is just me playing at home, so to speak. Think of it as a form of cheerleading.

^Titan?!

Great work so far all

Making me look forward to starting my entry next week

I'm going to enter but it's not going to be to impressive equally I've been wanting to do 2d dungeon tiles for Frostgrave/Open Combat etc and this is as good a time as any.

Happy New Year everyone, wishing you all a great year ahead.

Fantastic work guys and dolls splended stuff, excellent examples of building techniques on display. I recon at least 20lbs Red, looks plenty strong to me. All great work everyone, and now you should have a glut of materials from all the wonderful prezzies Santa dropped by.

Thank you all for making this competition great, look forward to seeing more over the next few months.

Cam, you wound me. 20 Pounds?

That's a mere 80 pounds. It can take more; I'm certain. The table, I'm not so certain about. Remember, this is just for inspiration. Showing the potential in paper.

Well folks, The Holidays are over ( unless you celebrate Orthodox Christmas. That's the 7th?) So to work, to work.

^ RH

that is all...

*sigh*

Turns out I'm in.

And I'm vaguely thinking of this



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And I'm vaguely thinking of this

That is too funny .. triple dog dare you !

Later Version looks more convincing...so you show your eating habits here...chuppa chups and Pringles...

Yeah, I think v2 is better but need a middle layer somehow. Hmmmmmmm. And yeah, giant chupa stolen from kids (fun fact: chupa chups logo was designed by Salvador Dali) it conforms to "festival" theme because as everyone knows Batman Returns is a Christmas movie AND it's set on Gotham's bicentennial. That's twice the festival (Harvey Dent would approve)! However, I may make it derelict and add some corrugated cardboard fencing also.


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Oh, and the base is a Xmas CD

Oh well. Challenge... Accepted!

Yup, way better...!

Here is a bit of inspiration for those who haven't chosen yet. A lot of sci-fi terrain lacks urban greenery. In a bombed out setting, that make some sense, sure....

However, for other things like Infinity, you could get a lot of mileage out of putting some rooftop gardens in, planter boxes, and the like.

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170106-incredible-rooftops-around-the-world

The Fichtebunker in Berlin and Vertical Forest in Milan have a lot of promise for inspiration.

Fujimoto and the Penthouse gardens in New York would be very simple to do, and add a lot of character.

Rooftop gardens is a cool idea, and I do like nice found object tower...

Here's some progress on my Bridge:

Trying to step things up a notch from my usual I've added interior detail. Unfortunately some of it will be covered by the corner pillars it turns out. I've been doing a bit of gladiator themed graffiti "Lydia has no equal" and "Corax will win" have been cropping up on my ruins and buildings. Clearly they have a match coming up.



Since it is a project showcase what cardboard can do, I tried out a technique I've been meaning to give a whirl to make the roadway. I took thin cereal box cardboard, crumpled and tore it, then flattened it out and glued it down to plastic.



Then painted and drybrushed it. Good for a weathered and battered road I think.



Now on to assembly of the basic span.

Lots of great projects going on here. Red, thanks for "cheerleading".

OK, throwing my hat in the ring.

I'm imagining a structure being climbed by Grots, and then when they reach the top the little guys slide down in some fashion. Perhaps from corrugated awning to awning.
I don't have much to show yet, but here's some cardboard I've cut to size to get the ball rolling for the tiers:


Taking inspiration from these images:
(spoilered for size)


Make of those what you will...

Funny that you should mention greenery, Maniac.

I'm in (if there's still time), and I think I'm gonna use the flexibility and potential fuzzyness of card to create some plants and stuff.

Giant ferns, trees of various kinds, maybe a mechanical bush...