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

[FramFramson]

That's the worst pick up line I've ever heard.


























 

[FramFramson]

Progress! I'd say the building stage is about half done or maybe a bit more.





Hopefully the next update will be the completed version.

[gary42]

Triple cool!

[Mr. Peabody]

Yes, but will it fly?


 

[gary42]

Dunno, but I have one in my backyard.

[Mason]

Dunno, but I have one in my backyard.

 

[Constable Bertrand]

Oh that's a good start Fram! Looks ramshackle, but considered - a top shelf shanty.

Cheers
Matt.

[Major_Gilbear]

Not sure how I've missed this thread before now, but wow! There's some real craftsmanship and a good eye for detail in all these terrain pieces - very nicely done sir! 


I also liked the look of some of the Clix figures you've included for scale too - are they repaints, customs, or...?

[FramFramson]

Many thanks folks!

Not sure how I've missed this thread before now, but wow! There's some real craftsmanship and a good eye for detail in all these terrain pieces - very nicely done sir! 


I also liked the look of some of the Clix figures you've included for scale too - are they repaints, customs, or...?

Most of my clix which I have posted here are custom swaps (real clix dial with a replacement mini), though a couple are repaints. My clix figures can be seen in my thread in the fantasy section: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=41081.0

Though this shelter is for pulp games. 

My pulp figures are here: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=63559.msg802205#msg802205

[matthais-mouse]

Looks like something from borderlands. Very cool indeed, a joy to see new things here so often

[DeafNala]

There are lots of possibilities with this one. It has/is developing a pleasant Post Apocalypse chic that would work well with any "after the disaster" game. Survivors of a ship wreck marooned on a desert isle...why do they always describe lush tropical islands as "desert isles"?...would fit nicely as well. The Junk Lady from Labyrinth would love it here. It could be the model for my governments answer to homelessness also. The possibilities are there; AND it is also UBERCOOL & WONDERFULLY crafted...GREAT WORK!

[FramFramson]

Looks like something from borderlands. Very cool indeed, a joy to see new things here so often

I was looking at it and was thinking, it'd work well for traditional post-apoc games. Of course I would actually hate to build an entire town out of small fiddly bits like this! But on the other hand if it was an entire town, I could use larger building pieces (building parts, the traditional corrugated sheet metal, ruins of actual wrecked buildings, etc.) so maybe that wouldn't be as bad as all that.

There are lots of possibilities with this one. It has/is developing a pleasant Post Apocalypse chic that would work well with any "after the disaster" game. Survivors of a ship wreck marooned on a desert isle...why do they always describe lush tropical islands as "desert isles"?...would fit nicely as well. The Junk Lady from Labyrinth would love it here. It could be the model for my governments answer to homelessness also. The possibilities are there; AND it is also UBERCOOL & WONDERFULLY crafted...GREAT WORK!

Well, for my upcoming game, I can assure you this won't be a pleasant location - the shack's first appearance will be way out in Siberia!

'Course that doesn't mean it can't show up again on some sort of Gilligan's Island later on. 

[FramFramson]

Work continued. Here's a WIP of when I laid the roof supports in place.



You'll note I added some ropes. I have a pretty simple technique for rope. I take string and stretch it out, then I wash it with a little diluted brown paint and PVA, which prevents it from unravelling. Sometimes I wind it double to create a coarser, more "nautical" type of rope (see left-hand image).



I knew I wanted some of the roof tarps to be grommeted. But how to do grommets? I tried little wire loops as small as I could make them but they were still far too large (4mm outer diameter). Then I found these! I had no idea how I would paint them, until my wife suggested sticking them to a bit of tape. That worked... not great. But it was just enough to let me paint them and I was okay with that.



And the finished product, with all the little stupid fiddly details I felt like making or adding (the coleman lamp is made from wire, styrene rod, and a bead). Behold madness!

[DeafNala]

That turned out EVEN BETTER than I had imagined it would...keep in mind how over active my imagination can be. WONDERFULLY WELL DONE!

[rumacara]

If you call madness to this i dont mind to be mad like you.
Brilliant.
Well done.