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Other Stuff => Workbench => Topic started by: eilif on June 08, 2015, 04:16:18 PM
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Just finished up 2 Cyberpunk buildings made by combining Mantic Battlezone panels and Dust Warzone Tenements. I've previously built a bunch of structures based on the Warzone Tenement kits, but this combination really brings them further into sci-fi.
Lots of pics and construction kits hints here:
http://chicagoskirmish.blogspot.com/2015/06/dust-tenements-mantic-battlezones.html
A few teasers to get you interested. I really think you're going to want to read the whole post...
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Very good use of those kits, reminded me of the Dune film in style 8)
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Wow, that works! I can practically hear the Blade Runner soundtrack in my head! The colours are just right, too.
Sometimes I'm a bit standoffish to plastic terrain kits on the basis that everyone ends up having the same terrain (Citadel Realm of Battle gameboard, I'm looking at you!), but this... this is innovative and surprisingly effective. A good idea well executed.
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Thanks Germy.
Wow, that works! I can practically hear the Blade Runner soundtrack in my head! The colours are just right, too.
Sometimes I'm a bit standoffish to plastic terrain kits on the basis that everyone ends up having the same terrain (Citadel Realm of Battle gameboard, I'm looking at you!), but this... this is innovative and surprisingly effective. A good idea well executed.
I very much agree about many terrain kits, especially many of the GW kits that can only be used a few different ways. However, multipart building-kits like these and the pegasus hobbies line of terrain (gothic, platformer, chemical plant, etc) are ripe for kitbashing and customizing. If you haven't seen it yet, I previously used Dust Tactics Buildings to make 7 structures. Not quite as original as these, but I think I managed to keep things from looking too samey.
In Progress:
http://chicagoskirmish.blogspot.com/2015/01/getting-most-from-dust-tactics-tenement.html
Finished results:
http://chicagoskirmish.blogspot.com/2015/01/fully-painted-dust-tactics-warzone.html
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I have seen them, yes, although I hadn't registered who made them first time around. They can certainly bear another viewing :)
I have one of the Pegasus hobbies platformer sets, cut up into a million pieces for other terrain projects. I forgot there was a chemical plant set as well - I'll have to get one of those, now.
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I have one of the Pegasus hobbies platformer sets, cut up into a million pieces for other terrain projects. I forgot there was a chemical plant set as well - I'll have to get one of those, now.
If you can find a Chemical plant, get one fast! Last I heard Pegasus was out of stock and possibly having trouble ordering more from "Tehnolog" the Russian company that manufactures them. Airfix might also have sold the kit for a while, though I don't know. I know that for a while they carried the "Platformer" and Hexagon" kits along with the the Robogear line.
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If you can find a Chemical plant, get one fast! Last I heard Pegasus was out of stock and possibly having trouble ordering more from "Tehnolog" the Russian company that manufactures them.
Ah. Well. Will keep a look-out but adjust my expectations, then. Thanks for the heads-up.
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Really most interesting! Clever use of pieces, thumbs up!!
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I like those
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Inspired stuff!
One of my complaints about the Mantic Battlezones is how "samey" they start to look, but you've really mixed them in well here.
I can see how much work you've put into these to break up the modular look - covering the connector holes, adding little rivets round the window in the last picture.
Excellent!
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Thanks for the high praise folks,
Motomaro
As for the riveted corners, they're actually part of the hatch/window! The whole piece is a "Hexagon" system panel that I clipped the connection points out of. The connection points on hexagon panels are where the clips attach and are real visual give-aways to their origin. However, if you clip them out, it looks instead like a panel with riveted, reinforced edge sections.
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Oh man that is HOT HOT HOT! Love this Bladerunner style. It works very well and it is pure hardcore Cyberpunk. Pure win.
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They look fantastic! I too have been a bit relucant regarding plastic terrain for some the reason mentioned, but your results have got me to wonder and look a bit harder - top class work!
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My second June Terrain project.
A resale shop "Rokenbok" playset provided me with the basis for two more industrial terrain pieces.
More pics, WIPs, and process here:
http://chicagoskirmish.blogspot.com/2015/06/rokenbok-terrain-bonanza.html#comment-form
A Storage Tank
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A Gravel Elevator
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That's me green with envy, then. Really have to start checking toy stores for stuff to use.
And I've said it before, but the colours you use are really hitting the sweet spot. There's a sense of neon light-suffused nighttime about those shades and hues.
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Thanks!
Do you have thrift/charity/resale shops in Sweden? That's where I find nearly all my terrain asside from some of the kits (Dust and Mantic). Broken toys or those missing pieces usually go for pennies on the dollar and can be an excellent starting point for terrain.
As for the paint, I love your description, but can't claim that I intentionally did it. The fast washes and drybrushes do result in a certain warmth though. One neat thing I stumbled across the Elevator section and the legs of the tank are ruddy brown primer with aluminum drybrushed and tan drybrushed across that. It's a fast way to get a finish that's not overly rusty in a literal sense (no orange for example), but still suggestive of wear and corrosion.
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Thanks!
Do you have thrift/charity/resale shops in Sweden? That's where I find nearly all my terrain asside from some of the kits (Dust and Mantic). Broken toys or those missing pieces usually go for pennies on the dollar and can be an excellent starting point for terrain.
We do have some. Will have to start checking those as well, although from experience I don't seem to have the knack for turning cheap plastic junk into good-looking terrain. But I'll keep at it. Thanks again for the tip.
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No Problem.
If you find something that you think has potential, but aren't sure, feel free to post it up here and we'll see what we can do. As you suggest the initial conversion can often be the hardest part. Once you get the core of the piece done it's often just a matter of greebling and once you prime it it's almost like magic happens and the disparate elements become one unit.
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More buildings from toys and junk to show today. A multi-level chemical facility from a plastic egg box and a smelter from a Creepy Crawlers molding toy.
More Pics, WIP and details here:
http://chicagoskirmish.blogspot.com/2015/06/more-toybashing-creepy-crawlers-and-egg.html
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