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Other Stuff => Workbench => Topic started by: Skrapwelder on October 19, 2010, 05:43:59 AM
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A while ago I posted some pictures of model in response to some ideas Pappa Midnight was throwing around:
(http://rotanddrivel.com/factory.jpg) (http://rotanddrivel.com/Alchemist/factory_2.jpg)
I finally brought it off the shelf and make it a major player in a VSF/Horror game I'll be running at Kublacon in May.
I'm basing the game heavily on the Unhallowed Metropolis milieu and plan for the rundown mill to be where all the zombies start issuing forth from. The piece will be fairly large with the main building and a smaller outbuilding surrounded by a brick wall.
I ordered some pipefittings from Reverisco that fit on quarter inch tubing.
(http://rotanddrivel.com/Alchemist/factorypipefittings.jpg)
I put some together and leaned them against the building to get an idea of how they'll look.
(http://rotanddrivel.com/Alchemist/factorypipes.jpg)
And finally I did some work on the main gate.
(http://rotanddrivel.com/Alchemist/factorysign.jpg)
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Nice! The gate is perfect!
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Wow! Very atmospheric already!
I think the big pipes over the front door might be a bit distracting. Have you tried them running along in the same position but on the floor above?
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Forgot about this, great building and I like that gate - I had to read it out aloud before I got it lol.
Looking forward to see how this develops.
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Love the mill name lol
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That's a really beautiful model! I especially love the gate.
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Wow!
excellent, one could say ;)
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Beware, PM, competition is at hand!!! ;)
Very nice!
Rudi
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Amazing. Is the factory built from scratch or can I get it anywhere?
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Looking fantastic, I agree with Christian about the pipes above the door, any chance of them going over further up or perhaps the other way around the building?
Haarken
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LOVE IT!!! :-*
Looks awesome before any paint. I've never seen those pipe fittings before, they have loads of possibilities.
May I ask where you got the frame for the sign?
Interesting that you are basing a game on Unhallowed Metropolis. I've just ordered a train (1/50) and am looking for suitable miniatures for the same reason ( Undertaker,Mourner etc)
Can't wait to see this finished ( pretty sure it'll be done before mine as you've already done all the hard work!!!)
BTW:I know I've asked before, UK supplier of your goodies....?
Regards
PM
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Love the sign :-* and the name lol
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Thanks everyone. Watching Life on Mars and hearing DCI Hunt use the phrase gave me the name and galvanized into doing something with the model.
Lt Hazel: The building is made from parts I have cast in resin. You can see more of what I have done in this kind of thing here:
http://rotanddrivel.com/halloween09.htm (http://rotanddrivel.com/halloween09.htm)
PM: No UK supplier, not even a US supplier as such. That may change in the coming year as I hope to devote more time to the project in general. This game I'm setting up may become one giant advert.
The iron work on the gate came from a 1/35 scale street scene with tram lines put out by a company called Mini Art.
The pipes will be raised and straightened a little before they are secured but I had actually intended that they break up the aesthetic of the building. I will probably run some more pipe into the walls in other places as well. My goal is to have the thing look like an older warehouse that has been hastily converted to meet the needs of a mad scientist.
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Great building :-*
Love the gateway.
I am being a bit slow tonight though because I had to try Thunderchickens read a loud idea a couple of times before I got the joke. lol lol lol
Maybe the accent thing ;D
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I would be interested in this model when it becomes available.
Took me a while to get te joke, lol lol had to read it aloud in different ways about 10 times.
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Painted that factory yet?
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The building is made from parts I have cast in resin.
cool!
did you completely sculpted it or did you used some pre-made brickwork sheets?
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Forgot about this, great building and I like that gate - I had to read it out aloud before I got it lol.
Looking forward to see how this develops.
Thats okay if you hadn't said abouy it i'd have missed the joke.. :?
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cool!
did you completely sculpted it or did you used some pre-made brickwork sheets?
I use an embossed brickwork sheet made by Heki that cuts like foam core. I've posted a WIP for a similar building here:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=24133.0 (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=24133.0)
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that's cool! i would seriously be interested in that material! ^^
do you use plaster for pouring into the moulds?
EDIT: took a look to the Heki site. i couldn't understand the price of the --platten: it is 4,60, but the size? that's relevant!
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They are 290 cm by 150 cm.
The pieces are cast in resin. Smooth-On 300 to be exact.