'Gribbliest' Kit for 6mm terrain

[Jagannath]

Heya folks,

I'd like to start building a lot more 6mm sci-fi terrain, and one thing I'd love is some crashed dropship debris/desert/jakku tyoe scenery.

What kits are out there with interesting shapes and loooots of gribbly bits? I think I need to find some cheap 1/300 battleships, and I've cannabalised some nice bits from a 1/72 Y-wing. Any thoughts on other relatively inexpensive kits that might work?

I'd love to see some pics too if anyone has done anything similar...

[Daeothar]

Some of the best kits to use are 1/35 or 1/24 model car kits. They usually have the entire engine modeled, with all parts moulded seperately, making for a huge range of different greebles.

They were used extensively on Star Wars models, and I recently used some parts from a 1/35 M3 Halftrack on a kitbashed/converted space station in 1/10000 scale.

Especially taking a part and using it in a vastly different scale takes all the associated context away, and the shape is disconnected from its origin.

Oh; I also used parts from a 1/700 (I believe?) battleship kit, which also worked great.

Long story short: just find a place that sells (old) model kits at discount prices, buy them, and have fun playing around with all the bits

[Jagannath]

Thanks - that's great to know, I hadn't thought of jumping scale that much.

[gary42]

1/72 Anzio Annie for the "Universal Greeblie"! 

[Daeothar]

1/72 Anzio Annie for the "Universal Greeblie"!

Be sure to cast many of them though...