Cheap & Cheerful Star Wars/Sci-Fi Gaming Terrain

[Mason]

Brilliant AND bonus easier storage options.
 

[Andym]

Brill!    How are you doing your control panels? Scratched and painted or printed?

[The_Beast]

Brill!    How are you doing your control panels? Scratched and painted or printed?

The before sure looks like scratch-bits, with the real character coming with the paint, but how have I been wrong before? Let me count the ways... 

Oh, just to show I'm in line with the majority, the WHOLE looks awesome. 

Doug

[Supercollider]

Thanks, chaps!

The control panels are made with a simple press mold, created in a lego box with some intant mold stuff - I just smooth some greenstuff into the mold and wait for the batch to cure.  It was just a test (hence the blank hexagon) - and I need to finish it, and redo it.



Here's another terrain configuration (still need to finish the black parts).

[Andym]

Cool! Thanks for that! It looks like I need to invest in some mould making stuff!

[Supercollider]

I've found making little greeblies this way has a couple of benefits: 

You can make several identical wossits.
You can stick them to curved surfaces more easily, as they are flexible.
you can trim the bits you make into smaller pieces in whatever way you prefer!
you only have to make fiddly control panels once!

[Mason]

Brilliant idea!
 

Consider it thoroughly stolen!
 

[YPU]

Now I am very curious what sort of "instant mold stuff" your using, as this does seem very handy. (and maybe cheaper then using my 3d printer for stuff I want a lot of)

[Supercollider]

It's this stuff - drop it in boiling water, then press it onto the shape you want to duplicate, it sets after a minute or two.  Doesn't stick to anything (even itself), so you can make 2 part molds if you want.

http://www.amazon.com/Miniature-Accessories-Instant-Mold/dp/B004XT279Q?SubscriptionId=AKIAI6U7POQ2ZYWBW7JA&tag=tps03-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B004XT279Q

[eilif]

This gets better and better!
Any chance for a pic that better shows the bead/wire/jem detailing before paint?

[Supercollider]

I didn't take many WIP pics, and this is about the best view I have of it:



Thread the little beads on before you bend the paper clips.  The thicker wire has sections of styrene tubing on it, or is wrapped with short lengths of paper soaked in PVA, both methods work well. You can just about see the bling jewel things over on the left.  They come like this:

http://www.designed2bsweet.com/vibrant-square-self-stick-rhinestones-79-pc.html

You can get all sorts of shapes and sizes, and they look pretty good when painted

There's a better view of the jewels in action in this pic: They are on the turquoise skiff.




I'll try to remember to take some better pics when I make more terrain.

[huesped]

NIce work indeed!!!
i like your skiff design!! 

[Andym]

Brilliant stuff and loving the skiffs! What's the base for the model?

[Supercollider]

Cheers. The skiffs are based on lids from old Bionicle canisters, like this one - turned upside down, with added deck, console, and so on

[capthugeca]

Now I am very curious what sort of "instant mold stuff" your using, as this does seem very handy. (and maybe cheaper then using my 3d printer for stuff I want a lot of)

You can buy it as Instant Mold where "Cool Mini or Not" have heaped on a huge profit or you can buy it as Oyumaru which is quite a bit cheaper. It is exactly the same material.
You can find it on eBay.