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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Carmine on January 29, 2019, 03:05:16 PM

Title: Carmine's Trash Terrain (rubbish Sci-Fi terrain made from household rubbish)
Post by: Carmine on January 29, 2019, 03:05:16 PM

I was going to show off some of my trash-built terrain on the thread that I already started for my minis, but I figured it'd be better to let them stand on their own.

All of this stuff is made with around 90% recycled materials that have been rescued from the bin or fished out of a skip.

To kick it off, here's "1 Crater Cottages", a des res in the rad waste and a small defended compound all in one.

Title: Re: Carmine's Trash Terrain (rubbish Sci-Fi terrain made from household rubbish)
Post by: Mason on January 29, 2019, 03:06:34 PM

I like that.
Very effective!
 8)

Title: Re: Carmine's Trash Terrain (rubbish Sci-Fi terrain made from household rubbish)
Post by: Carmine on January 29, 2019, 03:08:01 PM

Quote from: Mason on January 29, 2019, 03:06:34 PM

I like that.
Very effective!
 8)

Thank you - it was a fun build that turned out better than I expected.

Title: Re: Carmine's Trash Terrain (rubbish Sci-Fi terrain made from household rubbish)
Post by: Shaved Dwarf on January 30, 2019, 12:57:52 AM

Simply great!

What is the hut made of... (looks like a tennis ball)?

Title: Re: Carmine's Trash Terrain (rubbish Sci-Fi terrain made from household rubbish)
Post by: Carmine on January 30, 2019, 10:02:01 AM

Quote from: Shaved Dwarf on January 30, 2019, 12:57:52 AM

Simply great!

What is the hut made of... (looks like a tennis ball)?

Thanks for the compliment.

It's actually made from papier mache (Art Mache being the particular brand) using a cupcake package as a mould - the papier mache really takes on the appearance of concrete with the right undercoating and wetbrushing.

Title: Re: Carmine's Trash Terrain (rubbish Sci-Fi terrain made from household rubbish)
Post by: Suber on January 30, 2019, 06:51:38 PM

Well done :)

Title: Re: Carmine's Trash Terrain (rubbish Sci-Fi terrain made from household rubbish)
Post by: Carmine on January 31, 2019, 10:21:40 AM

Thank you.

Title: Re: Carmine's Trash Terrain (rubbish Sci-Fi terrain made from household rubbish)
Post by: Carmine on January 31, 2019, 10:24:55 AM

"The Block House" - made from a gift box, various pieces of packaging and a couple of bits from a terrain sprue.

Title: Re: Carmine's Trash Terrain (rubbish Sci-Fi terrain made from household rubbish)
Post by: Carmine on February 06, 2019, 02:31:17 PM

Muller's Lonely Comm Tower - yoghurt pot tower inspired by the terrain featured in the original RT hardback.

Title: Re: Carmine's Trash Terrain (rubbish Sci-Fi terrain made from household rubbish)
Post by: axiom on February 06, 2019, 04:05:56 PM

That's got the classic RT look, no doubt! Very effective.

Title: Re: Carmine's Trash Terrain (rubbish Sci-Fi terrain made from household rubbish)
Post by: Suber on February 06, 2019, 09:31:19 PM

I missed the previous one. Wow, I love both  :-*

Title: Re: Carmine's Trash Terrain (rubbish Sci-Fi terrain made from household rubbish)
Post by: Dr Mathias on February 07, 2019, 02:31:00 AM

I like that dome hut, simple and effective. Would be neat to see a village of those :)

Title: Re: Carmine's Trash Terrain (rubbish Sci-Fi terrain made from household rubbish)
Post by: Carmine on February 07, 2019, 01:07:12 PM

Quote from: axiom on February 06, 2019, 04:05:56 PM

That's got the classic RT look, no doubt! Very effective.

That was the first piece of terrain that I ever really worked on, and I was very happy with the way that it came out in the end.

Title: Re: Carmine's Trash Terrain (rubbish Sci-Fi terrain made from household rubbish)
Post by: Carmine on February 07, 2019, 01:07:51 PM

Quote from: Suber on February 06, 2019, 09:31:19 PM

I missed the previous one. Wow, I love both  :-*

Thank you - trying to put together an entire run-down sci-fi township eventually.

Title: Re: Carmine's Trash Terrain (rubbish Sci-Fi terrain made from household rubbish)
Post by: Carmine on February 07, 2019, 01:09:20 PM

Quote from: Dr Mathias on February 07, 2019, 02:31:00 AM

I like that dome hut, simple and effective. Would be neat to see a village of those :)

I'd originally intended for it to be a stand-alone dome, and I still would like to knock out perhaps half-a-dozen for that purpose.

Title: Re: Carmine's Trash Terrain (rubbish Sci-Fi terrain made from household rubbish)
Post by: Carmine on March 22, 2019, 11:20:08 AM

New blog post just went up on the subject of converting a £1 fire truck from a charity shop into a utility vehicle for sci-fi tabletop wargaming:

https://indelibleinchobbyandcustoms.blogspot.com/2019/03/trash-terrain-sanitation-truck.html