Author Topic: 3 Gazillion bricks in the Wall (Read 9345 times)

Gunbird · « **on:** February 25, 2019, 11:33:34 PM »

Friday night we had a build night, and I had planned to make a entry way for my 20mm Dragons teeth. Oh, how wrong I was......

4 Hours later, with many, many bricks, some scrap MDF and scrap foam, I had this:

So, naturally, with the kids out of the house the next day, I did some more work. And added another bit of scrap MDF and foam.

By now I had realised this is seriously boring and mindnumbing work.

I don't think my Brain got the memo, as I pressed on even more on Sunday.....

...and added 2 more of the frigging things....

As I can't work very fast atm, building these took me about 15+ hours. I was happy, they look nice, no idea how to paint them and I'll be damned what game I made them for. Thanks brain.

So...Monday comes, I drop off the kids at school, come back home, prep a lot more MDF offcuts for basing, and then start cuting more foam. A lot more foam. Turned the radio on, zoned out and went to work.

And this is as far as I got today.

I do not reccomend you do this. It is incredibly repetitious, boring to the extreme and you will question everything in life up to this point. Will look grand though when it is done

. I think I will have to put in about 35 hours at my current speed to get it all done, and I've already made notes to add 2 more single based ruined colums so it can stretch 4 feet across, and playing with the idea of a ruined house on top of a ruined section of viaduct. Oh brain, why can't you just be like the rest....

Gallahad · « **Reply #1 on:** February 26, 2019, 01:39:07 AM »

They will look great when you are done, but yeah, that is a lot of time to pour into these.

jhonpog · « **Reply #2 on:** February 26, 2019, 02:44:45 AM »

you are clearly a glutton for punishment love it!

Billchuck · « **Reply #3 on:** February 26, 2019, 03:22:59 AM »

I’m disappointed you’re using white foam as a frame like that. I expected them to be blocks all the way through.

Those look incredible.

Ethelred the Almost Ready · « **Reply #4 on:** February 26, 2019, 04:48:50 AM »

Looks great but can understand how boring this must be. You have done well, I would have done ten or so bricks and given up at that point.

DivisMal · « **Reply #5 on:** February 26, 2019, 07:30:15 AM »

Well, it may feel like punishment, but it looks amazing. Very nice results so far!

Berg · « **Reply #6 on:** February 26, 2019, 09:53:02 AM »

It looks fantastic! Just the look i am after.
Did you make the bricks yourself?

has.been · « **Reply #7 on:** February 26, 2019, 10:49:47 AM »

Looks great now, just think how fantastic it will be painted with figures playing around it.
I must admit I would have wimped out and (using an old Biro) impressed a brick pattern
directly onto the structures. I might even have done a few bits of brick & given the bulk
of it a coat of 'plaster' covering the worst bits with ivy etc. But that's me, lazy.

Dr DeAth · « **Reply #8 on:** February 26, 2019, 07:37:12 PM »

Your brain has a lot to answer for, most of it good!

Lovely work - keep going.

Gunbird · « **Reply #9 on:** February 26, 2019, 10:35:09 PM »

Thx guys. Yes, I make the bricks myself. With a proxxon foamcutter and a empty Pringles can with rough gravel in it its really easy to make loads rather quick.

Little progress today due to other commitments, but the original 4 set of walls now has the 2nd coat of dark grey Gesso and Modge Podge paint and is drying so I can start the basic stonework tomorrow night. Maybe.

This gives it a nice strong and lasting basecoat to work with. The large span now has the first bits of brickwork as well.

I've decided to go all out, with a leasurely pace, for this project. And I always say, when in doubt how much you need.....double it. So I will look into my ready made box of pre sanded MDF for enough shapes to do another set of bridge/aquaduct parts so I will end up with 2 metres instead of the 1 metre I have now.

OSHIROmodels · « **Reply #10 on:** February 27, 2019, 06:41:35 AM »

Cool

Berg · « **Reply #11 on:** February 27, 2019, 07:52:36 PM »

Quote from: Gunbird on February 26, 2019, 10:35:09 PM

Thx guys. Yes, I make the bricks myself. With a proxxon foamcutter and a empty Pringles can with rough gravel in it its really easy to make loads rather quick.

I will give that a try, thanks.