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The starting point. A shiny, newly constructed container. I love these kits.




The tools. Boiling water, a suitable receptacle, some tongs to keep the floaty plastic thing submerged in the boiling water. And a hammer.


The method. Submerge in water, take out of water. Let internal water drain. Hit repeatedly.


Preliminary results. It worked ok first time round. I was hoping to cave one side in a bit with the hammer but I think I had the container cooling for too long while it drained so the plastic had hardened again by the time I hit it. Regardless you get a rather nice warped effect just from the heating and cooling.




Second chance. So I glued it back together a bit and the submerged it in newly boiled water. Because the kit was rather less well fitting this time around by managed to get a decent swing at softened plastic so got a bit more of s dent. However the whole container rapidly disintegrated this time around. However that let me take one piece at a time to do some individual and detailed abuse to get a bucket and abused looking result. I'm just waiting for the bits to dry and cool before glueung it all back together one last time.




Result. I'm happy and I think I've got a nice unique terrain piece that I can paint quickly in a rusty and knackered format.



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