Jans Sci-Fi Stuff - Pic Heavy [Update April 2019]

[vodkafan]

Excellent ! Thank you for posting them here and giving us the opportunity to see. 

[von Lucky]

Very nice - great choice of colours too.

I'm guessing you also have a dog?

[Hawkeye]

I'm speechless. Amazing.

And I have to ask - as others have - are the buildings scratch-built? They're stunning! Weirdly, though, I think my favourites are the hexagonal columns - they make me think of the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland.

[axiom]

Weirdly, though, I think my favourites are the hexagonal columns

You're not alone! They stood out as being something very clever, simple and strikingly different. I'd love to know how they were made!

A real feast for the eyes.

[Jan]

No dogs here. Why?   

The basaltic columns (like you saw them on a titanfall 2 map: https://ougaming.com/images/news/large/184-ougDLCGlitch.jpg) and the newest buildings were made out of foam + some bits (scratchbuilts). I have a proxxon hot wire cutter.

The columns were easy to make. You just need a hexagonal piece of board as a pattern.

Here are some wip pictures of some buildings:
https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2019_03/IMG_20190121_182443894.thumb.jpg.e2c84d382711e9dd8ed26302adaa042c.jpg

https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2019_03/IMG_20190121_182455161.thumb.jpg.d8398b10c556eeabcc770c436aa5ab1c.jpg

https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2019_01/Bild007.thumb.jpg.474c74e859802e960afff2e98489c2c4.jpg


Most of the furniture you saw in the "med lab" were out of a Spartan Scenics Set. Sadly oop.


Greetings,
Jan

[Anselm van Helsing]

Mightily beautiful terrain!

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Nice selection of models.

[fluffy05]

 

Absolutely stunning terrain!

The attention to detail is brilliant and the terrain remains very playable.

Many thanks for sharing 

[Mason]

 

That was certainly 'Back with a Bang!'

Great new additions to your project.
 

[Bahir]

Really nice stuff! How did you cut the hexagonal rock formations?

[Jan]

Thank you guys!



Hexagonal Columns (basalt columns)

The columns were easy to make. But you need foam (not styrofoam) and a stationary hot wire cutter (like the proxxon "micronot" one).

Look at the attachment.

1) Build a hexagonal piece of board as a pattern (download a hexagonal shape; maybe resize it; print it on a sheet of paper; glue it on a sheet of [paste]board and cut the lines).

2) Cut a square column out of foam.

3) Use needles to put the pattern on one end of the foam column.

4) Cut the column along the sides of the pattern. You have to adjust the angle of the wire of the wire cutter for that.

5) Repeat this multiple times to get more columns and cut them to get different hights.

6) Take a Piece of aluminum foil and crumple it to form a ball. Use this ball and roll over the foam to get a rocky looking surface. (one of the best hints ever!)

7) Glue the columns together (hot glue or "wood glue" or both).

8) Paint it with acrylic colours (For foam Terrain you can use cheap one for wallpapers, maybe mix the prime layer with "wood glue" to prtotect the foam better; i did not). I did the priming BEFORE step 7.

[Genghis]

This is some amazing terrain, with some very imaginative repurposing of random objects - keep up the good work.