Blakes 7 terrain

[Michi]

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]

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]

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]

Lovely, perfectly captures the feel of the series. 

[Earther]

Absolutely brilliant!

[DowVooVoo]

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]

 

That is simply stunning and so full of character!
 

Great idea, perfectly executed!
 

[Brummie Thug]

Superb job that looks Brill!

[Giger]

Outstanding, now lets see some miniatures on it please

[Daeothar]

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]

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

[The_Beast]

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

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]

Do I recognise a cake stand in there?

[FramFramson]

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]

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.