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Thank you, gentlemen. I was beginning to worry that it was bordering on madness, or looked childish. And to be honest I've never tried something this involved before. It's hard to maintain perspective sometimes when you're deep in a project. I'm glad you like it.

Once I finish the build, the really difficult part is next: painting. I prime with gesso these days. This means I need to seal paper and cardboard before painting it, otherwise it will warp. I've had some success in the past with sealing cardboard. I've used Americana Multi-Purpose Sealer on some projects, and on others I have brushed on a thin layer of PVA. Matte varnish would probably work too, or ModPodge, or maybe even carefully drybrushing the cardboard with acrylic paint. Once I read about a scratch builder who soaked his cardboard creations with super glue from the $1.00 store, which not only made them water resistant but also extremely rigid! Anyway, once that step is done, I plan to apply a coat of gesso (2-3 thin coats really), then paint as normal. I'm a messy painter, and often keep on painting until something "looks right". Luckily Orks are pretty forgiving of this style.

Very cool, very labyrinth vibe.

A little late, but I'm finally getting to some buildings.

here's the pile o' crap I delved from the junk bin and some early WIPs.


*edit* spoilered those pics

That's big and chunky!

Here's where I'm at:

I love the textures in the cake board I've used for the large platform, it's got a weird sort of filigree treadplate to it and have started cutting corrugated cardboard for fencing (leftover from last summer's warehouse project). Need to work on the giant head for the top, I'm thinking of using toilet roll tube unravelled to give me the ear shapes.


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Base evolution. Corrugated cardboard, car mesh, coffee stirrer, balloon stick, gravel, cardboard bricks.

Oh nice! I like it Graven. and yah, Mine is going to be a lead-sheathed radioactive material storage building. nice and chunkay

Is that the one you just put up on Facebook? Sweet.

yessir it is, just got the painting done this morning. Thanks

One month to go folks. Y'all can make it.

Nice favela, Cleatus.

Terrainwalker, I think you can always spoil attachments, although you may need to sandwich them between a word of text... {spoiler}Word. Attachments. Word{/spoiler} Give it a try. Now I have to see what Fuze-It is.

Looks like folks are building tall. Excellent. Taller is better.

@RedHarvest - I don't see how to do it if I use the "attachments" button. only If I've linked from my gallery. Seems that images uploaded directly to the message will not spoiler. I went ahead and deleted attachments and linked from gallery for the sake of future generations of terraincomp browsers

As for FuzeIt...that stuff is the stickiest goop I've found. stays a little flexible when cured. I use it more for prop building that terrain, but good to have on hand. A little on the pricey side as well.

In my ongoing effort to use every cardboard technique I can think of: You can emboss cardboard with a rounded punch. So here's a door:

Start with two sheets of cereal box cardboard glued together:



Score your design on to it carefully after priming grey:





Ready for use. It slides into a space between the wall and the floor. You can ink wash it and drybrush it since it is a 3D design and done very easily.



Another good use is layers of cardboard to give some three dimensionality to blank areas of a design like so:

Excellent Kestral, and helpful.

TerrainWalker, no worries, got your entry in and looking brilliant, so I think that makes it two, Maniac nmt I think has finished, though would like a PM to confirm.

February to go, all looking very promising and great competition, thank you guys.

Good technique Kestral. Any trouble embosssing curved lines? I guess maybe it would depend on how much "grain" the card has..

I do owe a pm with final photos. I will try and get that out this week

Curved lines can be embossed, it is harder but doable.

 Viktor von Domm wrote:


. so a statue to honour cardboard would be hilarious but rules wise fully acceptable...

Statue you saiy? Cardboard? Toilet rolls? Challenge accepted!


I use card board about everything, from buildings to vehicles. Plasticard is too expensive and cardboard is more easily worked to diffrent shapes.

@Morhgoz: Just a thought - for cheap plasticard, I get yard signs form the big box stores. It's just sheet styrene - so same thing as the super expensive plasticard. My store has 3 different thicknesses. I think it's 1.99 for a 12"x16" sign.

Only downside is that it can be harder to find the really thin or really thick stuff. Worth a look at least.

 TerrainWalker wrote:
@Morhgoz: Just a thought - for cheap plasticard, I get yard signs form the big box stores. It's just sheet styrene - so same thing as the super expensive plasticard. My store has 3 different thicknesses. I think it's 1.99 for a 12"x16" sign.

Only downside is that it can be harder to find the really thin or really thick stuff. Worth a look at least.

Cardboard is free. Anykind of plasticard I would have to order online, at least if I want it cheap. Local craft store or DIY stores don't sell any...

And we use wooden yard signs here in FInland...

Ah, shame :/

I was planning, first, just do either some imperial statue vandaliced by orks or ork watchtower made out of Warhound's head, but then I decided why not do imperial statue vandaliced and turned to watchtover?

dsteingass, where are those windows from?

I've sent in my pm with a link to photos. Let me know if they are okay or if you would like some different ones.

I am happy enough, but waiting to here if the other judges want more, great work, so that is 2 entries in definately, how we going people, got a couple weeks yet. All still welcome.

Sigh. Struggling, but getting there!

¡Ánimo, Graven! You'll do it. Still plenty of time folks. you all can make it.

As a general rule, 4 photos in which one can see the front, r. side, l. side, and back are a minimum to make a good presentation. A top view is also nice, and close-ups of any details which one thinks will merit special attention. And oh yes, VERY IMPORTANT, all the photos need to be IN FOCUS. Apologies for the shouty-shouty.

I am currently involved in a "Faschings-"costume for my son Oskar (he's a sith...) and then we're about to celebrate the birthday of my other son Felix (11)...it will be a nerf battle themed party...I will try to build some stuff for that event...

After that I will jump to the painting of everything I've already built...so I still plan on finishing my entries...*fingers crossed*

 bbb wrote:
dsteingass, where are those windows from?

The windows were a sampler bag from Grandt Line http://www.grandtline.com/products/arch/quarter/quarter_scale_architectural_windows.html a Model Railroad supplier.

I am most likely, NOT going to be able to finish in time. Things literally just went crazy.

Right, progress:

Plastic sprue AND mdf sprue

And started to build up the "face"

Joy of cereal packets!

OK, I think the build is done.











Now to paint. Paint like the wind!

Looking good cleatus and graven!

Not all sprue is plastic