Hadley's Hope: a Weyland-Yutani WIP

[Braz]

Quite a bit of progress on the casino module. The interior is pretty much done barring a few minor details. The alternate furnishing of a catwalk with pole and extra tables is also completed.  No pictures. Next to finish is the exterior detailing and painting.  What do I mean no pictures?  Well, my camera that I managed to resuscitate died the final death. Sent an urgent request to Santa at which point I will be able post some pictures.

Michka, good idea. Now I'll have to scratch-build a Big Wheel.
Bako, just a lot of patience and some luck unfortunately.


Okay. I do have some pictures. This is a side extension to the casino module for when it is not used as part of the LV426 complex. Got to keep the builds multi-setting useful. It's a general employee room/change room/staircase and it can also be used as a stand alone hut.

Here is the basic structure made of illustration board with a hardboard base.


Painting the edges of the illustration board for general looks and to seal the edges for durability. It's easiest to do this at this stage.


Corrugated cardboard paneling added to close the walls .


Added bamboo skewer trim to hide ugly construction details.


Scratch-built a cereal box cardboard door and the 4th wall. This last wall is added later after the interior is painted and detailed as it is much easier to do it this way.



Camera dies at this point. Arghhh! Lots of undocumented construction.

Cheers all.

[mattblackgod]

Wow - this project gets better and better every time I look in on it. Great work and very inspiring.

[Bako]

Excellent stuff.

[YIU]

amazing as usual.

[Braz]

Time for an update.
Casino is mostly finished...a final ink wash/dry brush coat, gotta resolve some minor warping on the roof, and I'll call it a day...pics as soon as I set up some proper lighting.
In an effort to avoid working on the Ops block (or shoveling snow), spent a few hours today and assembled most of the vehicle maintenance access ramp as well as started the three small huts.

Base made of hardboard cut to proper dimensions. Basic structure made of foamboard.

Basic assembly

Added side supports made of illustration board and edged the exposed foamboard sides with cardstock strips.


Added the bulk of detailing made of cardstock, illustration board and electrical wire. A few more items to add to finish the detailing. Still need to manufacture and add the side trusses. Behind the vehicle entry can be seen the mockup dry run of one of the huts.




Here's a preview on the alley without the concrete pads for the buildings.


Cheers all.

[uti long smile]

Looking great!

[Anpu]

I am in awe this project is superb 

[Furt]

Amazing build.      

This has to be up there with THE zeppelin.

Should there be some kind of award for the most extravagant and epic builds?

[mattblackgod]

Looking amazing.

[Bako]

Loving that street-level shot! It's already out there.

This has to be up there with THE zeppelin.

I dunno', I think I like this one better.

[Braz]

First of all, thanks for all the great comments.
Special thanks to Bako for some invaluable reference pics.

Apologies again for no casino pics (soon). I've been flitting from one item to the next and back again instead of uber-concentrating on one item so lots of in progress pics of different items. I've been building lots of the smaller structures from the west side of the colony that can be easily adapted to generic games.

Three huts...self contained structures with different interiors. Foamboard walls, functioning doors, hardboard base and cereal card detailing. Here I'm dry-fitting the floor texture which will only be glued in place once the walls are painted so no paint mess on the floor.


Building the roof structure. Illustration board top glued to insulation foam to bulletproof the structure...two young kids and a cat about. I'll probably use cereal card for the next roof though.


The rest of the insulation foam is covered with card paper. I'll probably use cereal card next time as it does look a bit wavy due to the thinness of the paper but most of that will be covered with detailing so no big deal. Template was planned, drawn, and cutout to make the roof structures from cereal card.


The roof structures get reinforced with whatever scrap pieces are laying about within reach...in this case foam-board.


More detailing added to roof

and to the sides.


Still lots of small details to add before detailing the interior. Second and third huts are at the first picture stage.


Also in the works is the tower structure located behind the Bar and Grill.
Started with two templates, one slightly smaller than the other. Taped them together so they are centered and labeled them carefully to indicate alignment and orientation.


Next drilled 8  holes for the 3/16 inch dowel support columns. With the two templates taped together when drilling, I'm insured that all the holes will be aligned between the top the bottom plate. That's why labeling the orientation is important. Tip: drilling on a sacrificial block of wood prevents splintering on the bottom piece.


Dry-fitting the structure together. The dowels were cut to length and two simple cube structures were made from foam-board.  I'm not sure what function these  have and to keep maximum flexibility, the cubes were given interior floors so that figures can be placed inside comfortably. That way I can use them as elevated science huts or as simple water tanks.


Batteries died. More pics later
Off to make pizza now.

Cheers

[Anpu]

Superb!   

[AKULA]

Off to make pizza now.

Any WIP photos of the pizza?

Looking great mate - keep it going.

 

[Braz]

Any WIP photos of the pizza?

Only pieces of crust left now. Will endeavor to better document future meals.

[mattblackgod]

Great work. I look forward to seeing these pieces finished.