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Title: Cheap Stacks of Boxes
Post by: stroblight on December 08, 2012, 12:08:59 AM

On a trip to the Dollar Tree store today, I stumbled across some cheap Rubics Cubes.  I saw some potential...

(http://i474.photobucket.com/albums/rr102/astroblight/December72012045.jpg)

I didn't bother with trying to take off the stickers on each cube.  Instead, I primed them black after gluing some card to the bottom of each one to cut down on the cubes moving...

(http://i474.photobucket.com/albums/rr102/astroblight/December72012047.jpg)

Then I used the airbrush to lay down some Vallejo US Olive Drab Surface Primer...

(http://i474.photobucket.com/albums/rr102/astroblight/December72012048.jpg)

Some Vallejo Model Air Hemp served as the highlight...

(http://i474.photobucket.com/albums/rr102/astroblight/December72012050.jpg)

I could have stopped there, but they needed a little something more.  A quick triangle cut into some spare card did the trick...

(http://i474.photobucket.com/albums/rr102/astroblight/December72012053.jpg)

I think the Vallejo Model Air Light Sea Blue is a great accent.  Love those great cheap finds for terrain!

(http://i474.photobucket.com/albums/rr102/astroblight/December72012056.jpg)

(http://i474.photobucket.com/albums/rr102/astroblight/December72012062.jpg)

(http://i474.photobucket.com/albums/rr102/astroblight/December72012065.jpg)

Title: Re: Cheap Stacks of Boxes
Post by: Za Zjurman on December 08, 2012, 12:33:38 AM

Very nice, might have to steel... I meant borrow that idea in the future.

Regards,
Za

Title: Re: Cheap Stacks of Boxes
Post by: magokiron on December 08, 2012, 03:19:26 AM

Cheap, simple, ingenuos and EFFECTIVE!

Thanks for sharing your idea.

Best wishes.

Title: Re: Cheap Stacks of Boxes
Post by: Marine0846 on December 08, 2012, 04:10:13 AM

Great idea.
Thanks for sharing.

Title: Re: Cheap Stacks of Boxes
Post by: beefcake on December 08, 2012, 06:46:27 AM

That's great work. so effective.
As an extra bonus. however you turn the cube now you've always won!!!! (even though you stopped them moving)

Title: Re: Cheap Stacks of Boxes
Post by: Lovejoy on December 08, 2012, 11:11:05 AM

That's really clever, and works well too - great stuff!

Title: Re: Cheap Stacks of Boxes
Post by: FramFramson on December 08, 2012, 02:08:51 PM

Now's that's an eye for minis terrain!

Title: Re: Cheap Stacks of Boxes
Post by: SBRPearce on December 10, 2012, 01:29:38 PM

Suggestions:

* Use a scalpel to cut electrician's tape into very thin strips, then "strap" the stack of boxes together. That's what we do in the warehouse to keep even stable loads from shifting.

* Print and apply some barcode labels - in the grimdark future (or the shinybright future) all things will be barcoded. :)

Great find, and a great application!