Fram's general buildy thread (Update 12-24 - Overblown gramophone)

[Mason]

The scenics have come out great!
 

You obviously have far more patience than I do.
 

The shelter is coming along nicely too.
 

[FramFramson]

Great rescue on the water Fram and the grasslands look great  
LB

It's funny, I almost feel like the grasslands are the real rescue, since they've been sitting for so many years!

Beautiful stuff.

Thanks!

Nice work Fram!!!

Your wee scratch built bits of wreckage look cracking so far!

Thanks Andy! I'm just building pieces for my Lego set here...  

The scenics have come out great!
 

You obviously have far more patience than I do.
 

The shelter is coming along nicely too.
 

Haha, not half so much patience as I used to... I thought that was supposed to go the other way as one ages!  



In general, I think I would be okay with using the clear gel again, now that I'm a bit more familiar with how it works. My biggest mistake was pouring it over the clear gloss, which was a problem for some reason, even though both were acrylics. However for anything of any real size, resin water is probably better.

[DeafNala]

Haha, not half so much patience as I used to... I thought that was supposed to go the other way as one ages! 

Actually from personal experience it's just the opposite. "Isn't that EVER going to #@$!!* dry!?" Has become my most used phrase. I thinks a matter of the amount of available time left before The Big One that cuts into the patience thing.
Well I've finally stumbled on your inspiration hide away, SO now you are going to have to deal with the occasional comment from moi....GREAT STUFF! I think I like your collection of shacks the BEST, but it's all VERY WELL DONE!

[FramFramson]

Actually from personal experience it's just the opposite. "Isn't that EVER going to #@$!!* dry!?" Has become my most used phrase. I thinks a matter of the amount of available time left before The Big One that cuts into the patience thing.
Well I've finally stumbled on your inspiration hide away, SO now you are going to have to deal with the occasional comment from moi....GREAT STUFF! I think I like your collection of shacks the BEST, but it's all VERY WELL DONE!

Haha, I assure you I'm not trying to hide my threads... how else am I supposed to get my ego stroked?

I agree the patience might be tied to seeing how much time one has left. On the quick drying, I suggest investing in a cheap hair dryer!

[DeafNala]

I agree the patience might be tied to seeing how much time one has left. On the quick drying, I suggest investing in a cheap hair dryer!

Now that you mention it, I picked up a heat gun quite awhile ago. I cant' remember exactly why I got it, but it was inexpensive & it can reach temperatures of several hundred degrees Fahrenheit. If I timed it wrong...or right if doing something like Space Nazis aka Marines, I would never have to wait for that piece to dry ever after. Who said miniatures weren't an exciting pass time?

[FramFramson]

That's why I bought a cheap junky one - it's hard to overdo it with that! 

[FramFramson]

Further progress on my pile of junk 

I wanted some larger bits, so I put together this bit of hull/fuselage/whatever from plasticard and wire



Bits and bobs coming along here...



Have I ever mentioned the utterly insane way I build crates? First you cut a small foam chunk and glue the main planks on to it



Then you do a nice wash for the colour, in this case a more weathered grey. However, since glue blocks the wash, I have to pre-cut all the bits where glue might show. This is insanity and idiotic! But I like the way it looks... 



I also decided I wanted to have a table out front that is cobbled together from a "real" tabletop or countertop rescued from the wreck, placed on a crate. Here's an in-progress shot. After this I stained the tabletop portion a cherry brown (using inks - I didn't have any real stain on hand), and then adding a gloss coat to simulate varnish.



Here's where we're at now. I'd say that's more than enough to start putting something together.



Detail of the hatchway door, front and back.



I'm having quite a bit of fun with this so far.

[OSHIROmodels]

They look great mate 

cheers

James

[Andym]

Tops!!

[rumacara]

Great stuff you have on this thread Fram.

Lots of ideas and well done scenario pieces as well as a very good painting.
Keep it coming.

[DeafNala]

GREAT LOOKING Thingies! It's details like these creations that make finished pieces special & give them those interesting little discoveries that reward return visits. VERY WELL DONE!

[FramFramson]

Thanks all. Hopefully I will have something more complete to show soon. I'm also going to incorporate tarps/sheets as well as fallen/repurposed logs, but I didn't have to prebuild those!

[gamer Mac]

Some lovely details
Have you said what it is all for?

[FramFramson]

Yes, I'm trying to make a shelter assembled from bits of "indeterminate origin" (i.e. they could be from a ship, an aircraft, who knows).

The first use in a game will actually be by the survivors of an airship crash, but I hate building scenery that can only be used for one thing and once only, so I am trying to keep it flexible!

[Mr. Peabody]

If it proves to be too 'rigid', I'll store it on my table.