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Here's a quick shot of the parts I grabbed. I have no idea what any of them are except for the pipe-cleaners I had lying around. They looked cool, so I decided to use them.


After some quick reference from what actually comprises the Defense Line, I did some cutting of the plastic track pieces and got the barrier wall pieced out in a few minutes.


The next step was making the barbed wire (since I was still thinking on how I wanted to do the guns).
Easy barbed wire:
Step 1: get pipe-cleaners and a lighter
Step 2: go outside and burn off the furry stuff until it's nice and melted plastic
Step 3: wrap pipe-cleaner husk around a pencil or some other similarly shaped object
Step 4: stretch out to desired length, and glue into place. I find that cutting out bits of sprew actually makes wonderful side pieces for barbed wire hazards
That's sprew and pipe-cleaner in that picture, if you hadn't figured it out.


Since there were two different style of weapon mounts that could come with the Defense Line, and I had limited parts, I decided to make slightly different variations on what I had to work with to tell the difference between the two.

The Quad-gun


The Icarus Lascannon (I realize now that the Lascannon actually looks like it's got missiles coming out the front. I hope to remedy this with the power of good painting!)


The comm station I made a while back as a marker token, but I think it fits very well in the Defense Line. I made it from spare Necron and Marine bits glued together on a base.


Finally, here's the whole thing set out similar to the Defense Line in the book. I put barbed-wire on only some of the pieces because I wasn't sure how it would look. I may go back and add more later and I'll probably prime it tomorrow to paint it up at some point, , but for now this is how it's going to sit.


Hope you enjoyed the work of a well-spent afternoon, and if you have any questions or comments let me know!
As always, thanks for stopping by to check it out.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/542958/5895536.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/542958/5895536.page GMT
Question, though... What are the dimensions for the ADL? It says in the rule book 4 long and 4 short, but what comprises "long" and "short?"

I'm wanting to make an Ork version of it but I need to know the sizes.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/542958/6052618.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/542958/6052618.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/542958/6052870.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/542958/6052870.page GMT GW. Can't recall what it was off-hand... But thanks for the comments!


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Re-measured for you. Sizes are about 5" for the long pieces and 2" for the short.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/542958/6295983.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/542958/6295983.page GMT