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Offline chantyam

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Re: Using up the scraps
« Reply #15 on: June 24, 2010, 12:13:06 PM »
wow just wow -not only using up "scraps" but generic enough for many peroids/genres -what you figure on using for the tripods? I like the look of the ones Eureka are to put out.
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Offline ballistic_bro

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Re: Using up the scraps
« Reply #16 on: June 24, 2010, 02:06:55 PM »
 :o wow (again) nice work, wish I had that much space. :)
Look forward to seeing this finished.

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Re: Using up the scraps
« Reply #17 on: June 24, 2010, 02:17:32 PM »
That's what I like to see, plenty of rubble! I hate seeing 40k type boards with huge great building corners everywhere and no sense of where the building was. Having said that, is the rubble level enough to balance figures on without them falling off easily?

A neat trick, if you are using metalic bases, throw a magnet bit in the rubble every inch or so (not two, too close together).  Just get a thick fridge magnet, hit it with a hamer or break off a chunk with pliers, and it looks like a brick that's been smashed.

No more figures falling on the rubble.

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Re: Using up the scraps
« Reply #18 on: June 24, 2010, 02:35:58 PM »
A neat trick, if you are using metalic bases, throw a magnet bit in the rubble every inch or so (not two, too close together).  Just get a thick fridge magnet, hit it with a hamer or break off a chunk with pliers, and it looks like a brick that's been smashed.

No more figures falling on the rubble.



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Offline Lupus

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Re: Using up the scraps
« Reply #19 on: June 24, 2010, 04:36:12 PM »
As always Hutch the stuff looks amazing can't wait to see more of it :D

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Offline Sangennaru

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Re: Using up the scraps
« Reply #20 on: June 24, 2010, 06:37:47 PM »
WoW! i'm really waiting to see it finished! :)

Offline dijit

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Re: Using up the scraps
« Reply #21 on: June 27, 2010, 09:29:56 PM »
Wow! very nice, it's always great to see a table full of buildings. Bring on Lebenon!

Offline Rabbitz

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Re: Using up the scraps
« Reply #22 on: June 29, 2010, 03:17:40 AM »

So a quick update.

Rubble applied (second layer on a different set of buildings.)  I didn't bother with adding paint to the glue this time around though.  The flat piece on top is one of the upper floors that slides in to the building on the right.




Boards 2 and three with rubble added






Photo taken just above models head height.


Cant wait till all the rubble is done, but it takes a while to dry as the air is a little damp.

Offline Luckyjoe

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Re: Using up the scraps
« Reply #23 on: June 29, 2010, 04:27:32 AM »
Very nice. I never knew rubble could look so good.  :)

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Offline Sangennaru

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Re: Using up the scraps
« Reply #24 on: June 29, 2010, 07:49:43 AM »
cool!
what did you use for the rubble this time? cork?

Offline kingpin

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Re: Using up the scraps
« Reply #25 on: June 29, 2010, 11:04:10 AM »
Wow excellent job I'm looking forward to more progress reports.

Offline Lupus

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Re: Using up the scraps
« Reply #26 on: June 29, 2010, 04:22:22 PM »
cool!
what did you use for the rubble this time? cork?

Yeah looks like cut up bits of cork tiles.


Offline Cheeky Monkey

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Re: Using up the scraps
« Reply #27 on: June 29, 2010, 04:33:07 PM »
Very impressive! Can't wait to see it finished.
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Offline thejammedgatling

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Re: Using up the scraps
« Reply #28 on: July 19, 2010, 09:26:26 AM »
Really good stuff..you see so many ruins where people just don't appreciate just how much mess and rubble buildings make when they collapse..and not  just rubble but bits of glass (acetate sheet), wooden planking from balsa or lolly sticks, roof tiles (I know how much you like cutting individual ones). Like to see how you intend to finish the walls..that will really give them more of a date. I reckon some use of brick sheets bonded with pva then plastered around would give the desired effect. And maybe sprinkling some of your rubble mix atop the walls prior to the final plaster coat would make them look really ruined. Also like the idea of sections of buildings which have been re-inhabited and have been patched up with tarps/ packing crates and bits of pig iron.

Can't wait to see how these turn out.

Offline Muskie

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Re: Using up the scraps
« Reply #29 on: July 19, 2010, 10:06:23 AM »
Yeah looks like cut up bits of cork tiles.



That's my guess.  I think I'll be stockpiling up on cork tiles.  I found a craft store that is selling them for 50 cents each.  She gets all sorts of weird stuff in then just prices it and sells it.  Weird little business but it's been around for a while...