| Ruins!; Because whole building are boring! | |
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| Topic Started: Jun 29 2009, 01:44 AM (1,035 Views) | |
| RavenFeast | Jun 29 2009, 01:44 AM Post #1 |
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This was generating enough traffic to merit it's own missive.   http://ravenfeast.deviantart.com/art/Ruins-Sneak-Peek-127546085 That's a little less than 2 weeks worth of work. Never underestimate the power of mass production. The 5mm foamboard walls mounted on 15cm x 15cm (not quite 6" by not quite 6") hardboard squares. Made a single, generic stencil for the windows/doors so everything could be traced instead of measured out individually. All the buildings have a standardized 3" height per level/floor. Individually was sacrificed for speed of production. Mr. Ford knew what he was doing. The hardboard bases are purchased from an art supply store http://www.dickblick.com/products/hardboard-panels/ . The foamboard walls are all glued together with white glue and secured to the hardboard bases with Liquid Nails. When you cut a single whole building diagonally in half - TA DA! - you get 2 ruins! And you can never have too many 6" squeeze bar clamps. Next step: Adding details like rubble piles and weapons' fire damage. A.K.A. glue chunks on and chop other chunks off. 
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- Al ___ "A few are born with the talent. The rest of us are just too darn stubborn to put down the brush and walk away." PA figures I've been working on --> http://ravenfeast.deviantart.com/gallery/#Sci-Fi-Post-Apocalyptic http://www.rivetsandsteam.com | |
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| freebooter | Jun 29 2009, 01:53 AM Post #2 |
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Ooh... You could even chop bits off and glue those same bits back on as rubble... Ahuh... Theres thinking right there...  lol Looking great. Now hurry up and get some better photos for us and add paint 
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| Tinker | Jun 29 2009, 02:01 AM Post #3 |
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Al, I like it! Too bad I'm not as industrious as this group 
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| RavenFeast | Jun 29 2009, 02:27 AM Post #4 |
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Freebooter - There should be a test run this week after detailing and coating one piece with wood glue mixed with a little paint texture additive powder. If that works: spray black primer, then drybrush gray, followed by a lighter drybrush white.  Tinker - be single and without a life and it's amazing how much silly shite you can get done.
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- Al ___ "A few are born with the talent. The rest of us are just too darn stubborn to put down the brush and walk away." PA figures I've been working on --> http://ravenfeast.deviantart.com/gallery/#Sci-Fi-Post-Apocalyptic http://www.rivetsandsteam.com | |
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| Ross | Jun 29 2009, 03:22 AM Post #5 |
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I'll wait until it's finished, then I'm flying over for a game!! |
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Bunker29 and beyond! Foray's into the dungeons! I'm outta paint and it sucks giant hairy monkey balls!! | |
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| freebooter | Jun 29 2009, 04:06 AM Post #6 |
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I think we should all fly to neutral game with boxes of toys for a massive post-apocalyptic battle
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A learning experience is one of those things that says; 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.' - Douglas Adams | |
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| RavenFeast | Jun 29 2009, 05:15 AM Post #7 |
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Ya don't wanna help?! Historically speaking, Belgium exists for this sort of situation, no? 
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- Al ___ "A few are born with the talent. The rest of us are just too darn stubborn to put down the brush and walk away." PA figures I've been working on --> http://ravenfeast.deviantart.com/gallery/#Sci-Fi-Post-Apocalyptic http://www.rivetsandsteam.com | |
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| freebooter | Jun 29 2009, 05:24 AM Post #8 |
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Nah... Its been invaded too many times to be truly neutral. They hate absolutely everyone Except for Jazz musicians that is... So I'm in the clear lol Switzerland? |
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A learning experience is one of those things that says; 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.' - Douglas Adams | |
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| Chrome_Cat | Jun 29 2009, 07:17 AM Post #9 |
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Good variety there. I very tempted to try out your idea of stencils and then chop each piece at the 45 degrees. Keep us posted. |
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| Ross | Jun 29 2009, 08:10 AM Post #10 |
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How about we converge in Amsterdam..... 
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Bunker29 and beyond! Foray's into the dungeons! I'm outta paint and it sucks giant hairy monkey balls!! | |
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| Dimitri | Jun 29 2009, 10:04 AM Post #11 |
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Sweet looking stuff! And that's without any paint.. You know, we -should- really consider a forum greet&meet kinda' thing in a year or so.. That might be enough time for us to get out of our individual financial woes/get out of school/whatever.. Wouldn't be a very big thing obviously: How many people are one here regularly? 15 'maybe'? Wouldn't be a problem to find a decent place to hole up for the nights, or venues large enough to slap down a table full of overpriced toy soldiers so we can fight each other and make obnoxiously loud 'BANG!' 'BOOM!' 'FWOOSH!' noises, along with screams of rage, anguish, and other such things at unpleasant defeats. ... I'll try and smuggle a few boxloads of terrain with me. |
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| Ross | Jun 29 2009, 11:58 AM Post #12 |
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The only problem with that is plane tickets, we're split over a half dozen continents 
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Bunker29 and beyond! Foray's into the dungeons! I'm outta paint and it sucks giant hairy monkey balls!! | |
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| RavenFeast | Jun 29 2009, 06:12 PM Post #13 |
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Exactly my point! What's one more invasion, even if it is only the dozen or so of us?  Ross & Dimitri - Airfare is an issue, as is shipping our toys to the eventual destination; my stuff would not pass the scrutiny of airport security. Oh, nothing, Mister Homeland Security, just models and figurines. Yes they all have guns. What's that? I'd be delighted to wait over there... Chrome_Cat - Stencils are the way to go. I made all the windows and doors oversized for ease of moving the figures around. These are gaming items, not architectural models. There are 3 types of buildings in the works: 1 - lots of windows (firing positions). 2 - some window and some solid walls to break LoS. 3 - a few windows and lots of solid walls to break LoS. Set up the stencil to have the maximum number of windows and doors you want. If you want less for a particular building, then don't draw them. 
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| mattblackgod | Jun 29 2009, 06:31 PM Post #14 |
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Hang on Ross, we have members in Africa? What about Asia? South America? Come Speak up you know who you are! If we dont invade Belguim or Holland there is always Wales...  How about Cuba?
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| v_lazy_dragon | Jun 29 2009, 06:41 PM Post #15 |
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I vote for Wales! We can get our own back for the number of times they have raided england! Quick chaps, break out the war axes and mail shirts (I've been thinking about the sagas again.... :$) |
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| mattblackgod | Jun 29 2009, 07:21 PM Post #16 |
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I thought it was the other way around? Mind you they did give us Ruth Maddoc... 
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Mattblackgod - Warlord in Charge and Wargames Anarchist! Bow Down to the Wasteland Warlords!!!! Mattblackgods world - A Post Apoc minis site Mutate & Survive! | |
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| freebooter | Jun 30 2009, 02:15 AM Post #17 |
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Hmm... Amsterdamn sounds like fun  I'm in Aus too... So he and I would have fun getting over seas. He'd have to get it past his mrs. too
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| thewizardofoz | Jun 30 2009, 03:23 AM Post #18 |
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ooo... Amsterdam would be lots of fun...
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"Rogue Trader was an RPG. 40K isn't an RPG, and it isn't really a wargame either. It's not really easily catagorizable, but think about that cross dressing heroin addict uncle that nobody in your family talks about, and compare him/her to your Grandma. That's the difference between Warhammer and wargaming." - Jade Tseng ^lol | |
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| RavenFeast | Jun 30 2009, 09:54 PM Post #19 |
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At the risk of getting back on topic...  http://ravenfeast.deviantart.com/art/Ruins-WIP-Front-127823302  http://ravenfeast.deviantart.com/art/Ruins-WIP-Back-127823668 The doors and widows are huge to facilitate figure placement and removal. I'm a bit of a klutz and have large hands, so design accordingly. |
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- Al ___ "A few are born with the talent. The rest of us are just too darn stubborn to put down the brush and walk away." PA figures I've been working on --> http://ravenfeast.deviantart.com/gallery/#Sci-Fi-Post-Apocalyptic http://www.rivetsandsteam.com | |
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| dicehead | Jun 30 2009, 10:02 PM Post #20 |
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Looking really nice, good thinking about the scale too I'm forever getting my paw stuck or knocking stuff over. |
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