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Title: Toybashing. 3 in-progress Urban Terrain Pieces.
Post by: eilif on August 07, 2014, 03:28:23 PM
I've been working for a long time building terrain from bits and toys, using many of the techniques from Necromundicon and some of my own. Building things like the hi-rise I posted earlier:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=69505.0(http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2014/7/29/633753_md-Battletech,%20Steampunk,%20Terrain,%20Void.JPG)

Recently, I've decided to have another go my self at doing a of an in-progress how-to, sharing some of the techniques I've learned or created as shown on 3 projects from building through priming.  Finished versions to come later.

The full tutorial with in progress pictures and construction tops is here:
http://chicagoskirmish.blogspot.com/2014/08/toy-bashing-urban-terrain.html

But here are some pics of the 3 projects within

A Power Station made from a Hot Wheels Launcher
(http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2014/8/5/635671_md-.JPG)

Building under construction, made from a toy car parking garage.
(http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2014/8/5/635647_md-.jpg)
(http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2014/8/5/635637_md-Industrial%20Terrain,%20Junk,%20Kitbash,%20Toy-bashing,%20Toys.JPG)

Elevated Train Station from a Fisher Price toy.
(http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2014/8/5/635664_md-.JPG)
Title: Re: Toybashing. 3 in-progress Urban Terrain Pieces.
Post by: Mason on August 07, 2014, 05:20:08 PM
I have enjoyed seeing your previous builds so am really looking forward to seeing these progress.
 8) 8)

Title: Re: Toybashing. 3 in-progress Urban Terrain Pieces.
Post by: Bobble on August 07, 2014, 06:29:04 PM
Very impressive stuff :-*

Looking forward to seeing how these come out!
Title: Re: Toybashing. 3 in-progress Urban Terrain Pieces.
Post by: eilif on August 07, 2014, 09:51:07 PM
Thanks,  I'll try not to disappoint with the paintjobs!
Title: Re: Toybashing. 3 in-progress Urban Terrain Pieces.
Post by: Cherno on August 07, 2014, 10:05:41 PM
The train station looks splendid, even unpainted! Well, except the oversized steps on the staircaase ;)
Title: Re: Toybashing. 3 in-progress Urban Terrain Pieces.
Post by: mysteriousbill on August 08, 2014, 02:48:43 AM
They are oversized, but are they big enough to hold a figure? I always hate it when you have to leave a figure at the bottom of perfect looking steps (or a hill) and say how far they are up, because they'll fall off if you put them on.
Title: Re: Toybashing. 3 in-progress Urban Terrain Pieces.
Post by: eilif on August 08, 2014, 03:25:53 AM
The steps are terribly oversized, but they do comfortably hold a figure on a 25 or even 30mm base if it's turned correctly. I had thought about trying to plascard them over and make intermediate pseudo-steps that the figures' base could still slide under. However, I'm all about the fast-and-dirty when it comes to terrain, so I decided that the size of the steps as-is was a fair trade for ease of figure placement
Title: Re: Toybashing. 3 in-progress Urban Terrain Pieces.
Post by: pocoloco on August 08, 2014, 05:21:47 AM
Nice!  8)

That train station is indeed looking cool already at this stage.