Telephone poles - update 29/04 : 5 more painted + extra details

[zizi666]

Nice! BUT   The isolators are too bright. Maybe some light brown/sebia ink.

True.

Then mattvarnish the whole thing and after drying gloss varnish just only the isolators, then its perfect 

Well, personaly, I think the gloss would contradict the dirty look. Either they're shiny white or they're dirty, dusty and matt (and save me extra work  )

[Wyrmalla]

How much spacing are you going to place between the poles? I usually play on a 50x50 board (I think), so I'm trying to work out how many would look suitable. I suppose in a town board there'd be more in use than say by the roadside out in the back o' beyond. What's the material like? I may see about hacking up a few of any I buy.

$9? What really? Those are 28mm? Damn that's cheap.

[zizi666]

How much spacing are you going to place between the poles? I usually play on a 50x50 board (I think), so I'm trying to work out how many would look suitable. I suppose in a town board there'd be more in use than say by the roadside out in the back o' beyond. What's the material like? I may see about hacking up a few of any I buy.

$9? What really? Those are 28mm? Damn that's cheap.

Not sure about the spacing. I probably thought it over before I ordered 20 of those poles 
Material rather hard plastic. I glued everything with 2C-expoxy as modelling glue didn't seem do the trick. (so probably no styrene)
They measure 7" so definitly 28mm material.
They do need some cleaning up :
some displacement of the mold halves mainly noticable on some poles and horizontal beams.
imprints of the ejector pins on the beams (I filed those away) and a big one between the 2 sets of bolts on the pole (can be seen in the closeup since I felt these are to deep to cover up)
Also the isolators are flat on the back (front left pole in the group shot)

[zizi666]

Added some dirt to the insulators as wall as more broken lines and gave it all a coat of matt varnish.
The initial power lines were made from 0,4mm brass wire and proved to be a pain in the lower backside to hold their paint.
Only afterwards did I discover that the roll of brown wire standing on my desk (in plain sight no less) was actualy of a thinner type and lend itself better for this purpose with the added bonus that I didn't need to paint it   

[emergencyoverride]

Those turned out nice and the brown wire is perfect. Thanks for the link as well!

[zizi666]

Finished another 5 but decided to make 'em stand out a bit more (well, at least 4 of those)

scratchbuilt some transfos and decorated one with a poor chap that had the misfortune to encounter the wrong crowd...

[Silent Invader]

Nicely done 

[Constable Bertrand]

Ha! 

[Messyart]

Very nice!

[Too Bo Coo]

I bought the same set and well, I plan to steal your techniques! Just great stuff here!

[zizi666]

I bought the same set and well, I plan to steal your techniques! Just great stuff here!

It ain't stealing if I'm sharing it

Most work crept in the isolators on the tansfos. I made those of stacks of styrene dics alternating between a small and a large one (small = 1,5mm diameter)

There's yet another 5 poles to paint up, but i'm out of (fender) washers abd they didn't carry the type/size I want in the DIY around the corner.
I'm thinking of doing at least one with more transfo's like this :



Dismemeberd body pieces dangling from one would be nice too, or maybe some gore sacks left by mutants...

[Wyrmalla]

Something that I've wanted to do since I played Spec Ops: The Line (go play it!) is make some lamp posts turned hanging posts. ...But I've considered it may bother people a tad, so I haven't really pursued it. Hmn, with the telephone poles perhaps something similar could be achieved. However the actual crucifixes in New Vegas are just cut down telephone poles, so I guess the way that you've already done that's more in keeping with the games. Still, I these are a visually appealing (if you're into uh...corpses) idea.

[zizi666]

Well, I think that is a great image to create a dark ambiance in a game.

[Wyrmalla]

Well I'll say that anyone looking for great post apocalyptic visuals then Spec Ops: The Line has plenty. I won't post them here in fear of going off topic however (and well not to upset people either. There's the infamous white phosphorous scene). ^^

[zizi666]

Well I'll say that anyone looking for great post apocalyptic visuals then Spec Ops: The Line has plenty. I won't post them here in fear of going off topic however (and well not to upset people either. There's the infamous white phosphorous scene). ^^

Just googled that for a video : that is some serious intense shit.
Gonna pass though : I'm losing way too much painting time already playing World of Tanks, Titanfall and Survarium...