Author Topic: Blakes 7 terrain (Read 7328 times)

Michi · « **Reply #15 on:** June 19, 2013, 09:22:14 AM »

Quote from: carlos marighela on June 19, 2013, 08:58:11 AM

Very nice, but shouldn't anything sci-fi from the Beeb look like it was filmed in a disused quarry?

Apart from that filmed in Cardiff - yes!

The Voivod · « **Reply #16 on:** June 19, 2013, 09:59:08 AM »

Blake 7 is a distant and vague memory for me, but I do remember the finale. Who wouldn't......
This is awesome terrain, to be sure.

Steve F · « **Reply #17 on:** June 19, 2013, 10:04:16 AM »

That's absolutley spot-on, Ranger. Terrific!

So you've got a quarry and a domed base with plastic furniture. A replica of the Guinness factory next?

JollyBob · « **Reply #18 on:** June 19, 2013, 10:45:10 AM »

Lovely, perfectly captures the feel of the series.

Earther · « **Reply #19 on:** June 19, 2013, 10:59:37 AM »

Absolutely brilliant!

DowVooVoo · « **Reply #20 on:** June 19, 2013, 12:53:26 PM »

By the GODS!!!!! it took me 20min to find all the pieces of my mind from all over the room! Totally mind blowing WOW!!!!!

Mason · « **Reply #21 on:** June 19, 2013, 03:15:03 PM »

That is simply stunning and so full of character!

Great idea, perfectly executed!

Brummie Thug · « **Reply #22 on:** June 19, 2013, 03:27:40 PM »

Superb job that looks Brill!

Giger · « **Reply #23 on:** June 19, 2013, 04:44:01 PM »

Outstanding, now lets see some miniatures on it please

Daeothar · « **Reply #24 on:** June 19, 2013, 04:55:05 PM »

Together with UFO, Blakes 7 is by far my favourite scifi show from back then. And having rewatched the entire series a couple of times on DVD over the last couple of years, I can vouch for the look and feel of the table!

Makes me want to do something similar some time...

But I will have to join the chorus here and demand a how-to for your magnificent piece of work, preferably with WIP pictures, of course...

joekano · « **Reply #25 on:** June 19, 2013, 06:49:04 PM »

That is great! Even better than BBC original models for the era

The_Beast · « **Reply #26 on:** June 19, 2013, 07:01:37 PM »

Proving once again how much a dilettante I am, you score this on your sixth post...

Quote from: carlos marighela on June 19, 2013, 08:58:11 AM

Very nice, but shouldn't anything sci-fi from the Beeb look like it was filmed in a disused quarry?

I was about to say, 'Don't Panic!'

Doug

uti long smile · « **Reply #27 on:** June 19, 2013, 07:06:09 PM »

Do I recognise a cake stand in there?

FramFramson · « **Reply #28 on:** June 19, 2013, 07:34:31 PM »

Yes, definitely hoping to hear what went into building this. Some sort of display stand for the dome complex? And what are the rock strata layers?

Ranger · « **Reply #29 on:** June 19, 2013, 08:51:48 PM »

Hello Everybody.
Thanks very much for the kind comments.
I will of course comply in full with the requests of the online community and answer questions.

The quarry is made from cardboard ceiling tiles I scavenged from a skip. They tear very easily with a nice jagged edge or cut with a craft knife to give a crisp finish. They then need to be PVAed to harden them. Grey paint and dry brushed in lighter grey. I used 2 colours of builders sand which I left unpainted. The inside of the base is, as a couple of people guessed, a two tier cupcake stand bought from Ebay, I left the green protective plastic on the lower level as it gave a nice federation green finish.
The furniture and equipment in the base is from Copplestone and Antenocitis.
The dome I brought from a craft store.

I love the Crooked Dice Blakes 7 figures. They have hinted that they will be making more for the range, Mutoids, Scientists, officers and such, so I'll have some staff for the lower level of the base.

Anyway here are more pictures.

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