Ahoy!
So, the bad news first: there is very little chance that the thing will be done and painted by the deadline. If I push myself hard, I could probably finish the building part, but there is no way I can paint this in an afternoon. The only thing in which I'm slower than building stuff is painting stuff
Also even if I "finish" building it, the only way I can do that if I don't do the interior. But I want a playable inside and I cannot consider the thing done if I would still work on it later. I did some calculations as well and it seems the one bottle of water effect (200 ml) I bought for the competition is not enough to cover the base as much as I would like. It would be around 1 mm thick and I wanted at least 5 mm. I don't have the time and money to buy two more bottles at the moment. And applying it would take 2 or 3 days as well...
After last years fiasco with the big and complicated spaceship, I planned to do something simple, which I can finish on time. It seems I cannot do that though
On the bright side I did manage to make progress. Lots of pics below.
The Pringles tube is done.
I added some gs nuts to the rim, but forgot to make proper photos of that. You can see them on the next couple of pics though.
After the Pringles tank, I started on the structure of the bar.
I decided that the stair tube was/is an air vent, so I added a little ventilator to the side. The builder cut into it and floored it to add some space.
I cut the base for the roof as well.
The floor of the bar was done next.
After this I got to the part I really enjoy, detailing the place. I started with the owner's room. It is his/her living place and doubles as a safe room, if tempers get heated after on to many drinks.
I added some magnets so I can take the door out if I want it open.
Some more gs nuts.
The other side of the door and the wall between the room and the bar area. I added a video/computer screen, also magnetised, if I want this to be more high tech. I think I will add a little magnetised satellite unit to the top of the Pringles tube somewhere to make some sense for it.
I don't have any furniture, so I made some as well.
For low-tech settings, I made two lockers.
And the last two walls. The bed is on the opposite side to the computer and the wall with the gun and escape hatch is facing the door. In hindsight it would have made more sense to make it the other way, as the hatch opens over the toxic sludge. I mostly make things up as I go which complicates things sometime. But I come up with a solution for this, which I will implement tomorrow.
The shelf will be over the hatch. I don't have many useful bits to make the place lived in so I added whatever I could find in among my stuff. The gun can also be taken off the wall. That is for a scenario I have in mind for the place, when it's done. Taken of it can be used as a token to indicate who has it. And I can make one with a more 40K like weapon later.
The bed need some gs work. I need to do a mattress, some covers and a pillow. Or maybe I will try to do a sleeping bag.
After this is done I will start on the bar/kitchen. And after that comes the drinking area and the roof. THEN I can start painting it...
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