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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Gunbird on 21 April 2025, 09:37:47 PM

Title: Broken Pencilsharper? Nah, a scifi doohickey you mean!
Post by: Gunbird on 21 April 2025, 09:37:47 PM
Turned a broken pencil sharper into a bit of scatter with some additional bits, a base and a quick paintjob. 28mm figure and older scatter for size. Another item saved from the trashbin.

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Title: Re: Broken Pencilsharper? Nah, a scifi doohickey you mean!
Post by: Aethelflaeda was framed on 21 April 2025, 09:39:52 PM
Totally cool.
Title: Re: Broken Pencilsharper? Nah, a scifi doohickey you mean!
Post by: snitcythedog on 21 April 2025, 10:52:55 PM
It is only broken if you can't use it as terrain.  Otherwise it is an interesting bit.   lol
Very nice work and it certainly fits the bill for a bit of sci-fy scatter.
Title: Re: Broken Pencilsharper? Nah, a scifi doohickey you mean!
Post by: The_Beast on 22 April 2025, 12:03:42 AM
Continued awesomeness!

Only wish there was a before piccie or two...

Doug
Title: Re: Broken Pencilsharper? Nah, a scifi doohickey you mean!
Post by: HerbertTarkel on 22 April 2025, 04:00:10 AM
Brilliant work on a piece of terrain - from idea to execution. One might say it’s… really … SHARP ;)
Title: Re: Broken Pencilsharper? Nah, a scifi doohickey you mean!
Post by: syrinx0 on 22 April 2025, 04:05:26 AM
The great thing about sci-fi doohickeys is you don't have to explain what they do. They just have to look cool.  Nice work.
Title: Re: Broken Pencilsharper? Nah, a scifi doohickey you mean!
Post by: Gunbird on 22 April 2025, 07:47:33 AM
Thx guys!

Brilliant work on a piece of terrain - from idea to execution. One might say it’s… really … SHARP ;)

 lol

Continued awesomeness!

Only wish there was a before piccie or two...

Doug

Balls. I knew I forgot something.
Title: Re: Broken Pencilsharper? Nah, a scifi doohickey you mean!
Post by: nozza_uk on 22 April 2025, 01:57:28 PM
Lovely stuff and would work at different scales as well.
Title: Re: Broken Pencilsharper? Nah, a scifi doohickey you mean!
Post by: Inso on 22 April 2025, 04:54:31 PM
That works nicely :) . The texturing sells it :) .
Title: Re: Broken Pencilsharper? Nah, a scifi doohickey you mean!
Post by: Scarper on 22 April 2025, 07:46:32 PM
A convincing doohickey! The texture work is really nice, and your greebling sells it.
Title: Re: Broken Pencilsharper? Nah, a scifi doohickey you mean!
Post by: The_Beast on 23 April 2025, 02:05:52 PM
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Balls. I knew I forgot something.

Only slightly wistful in comparison to awesomesauce result.

Just wondering, was that the sharpener case or 'innards', as I went looking for similar and couldn't find something to allay my curiosity.

Doug
Title: Re: Broken Pencilsharper? Nah, a scifi doohickey you mean!
Post by: Orctrader on 23 April 2025, 07:51:03 PM
Brilliant.  Love it.   :)
Title: Re: Broken Pencilsharper? Nah, a scifi doohickey you mean!
Post by: Gunbird on 24 April 2025, 05:50:19 PM
Only slightly wistful in comparison to awesomesauce result.

Just wondering, was that the sharpener case or 'innards', as I went looking for similar and couldn't find something to allay my curiosity.

Doug

Doug, the lower part with the "ribs" is actually the screw on/off top that held the 2 pencilsharpners, everything above that was the transparant part that held the shavings. So it is up side down.

I had picked this up during one of my office jobs in the early 2000's, and the basic model is unchanged, just the bit with the sharpners went from a ribbed bit to one with 2 slanted sides, like these: https://www.marjospeelgoed.nl/media/catalog/product/cache/4bd788211a16205d940f35aaa3cf145c/1/2/120185_a_kopieren_1.jpg (https://www.marjospeelgoed.nl/media/catalog/product/cache/4bd788211a16205d940f35aaa3cf145c/1/2/120185_a_kopieren_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Broken Pencilsharper? Nah, a scifi doohickey you mean!
Post by: The_Beast on 25 April 2025, 03:33:46 AM
Thanks so much!

I fear dealing with the idle queries is more effort than the project itself...  ::)

I did say awesomeness, though!

Doug
Title: Re: Broken Pencilsharper? Nah, a scifi doohickey you mean!
Post by: DivisMal on 25 April 2025, 06:25:15 AM
That’s the way to do it!
Title: Re: Broken Pencilsharper? Nah, a scifi doohickey you mean!
Post by: Gunbird on 25 April 2025, 07:32:21 AM
Thanks so much!

I fear dealing with the idle queries is more effort than the project itself...  ::)

I did say awesomeness, though!

Doug

Nah, give me a "How did you make/find/hit your head to get/make an idea for this and what parts?" question any day of the week, over a 1000 likes anyday*. Just glad to have helped and given you an idea for something to make :)

*Not that I don't like likes, but I prefer interaction and questions, it makes me stop and think about it as well. And the LAF is just perfect in that respect.