SandPort - rock outcrops WIP - 22.01.2019

[OSHIROmodels]

Does the job nicely, now do one in 28mm 

cheers

James

[Silent Invader]

Looks great 

[Dr DeAth]

What is the Blue foam you use?

Not sure what the technical specification of it is, but I buy it from here http://shop.panelsystems.co.uk/craftfoam/modelling-foam/craft-foam-blue.html.  The build uses 10mm and 5mm thickness sheets.

[uti long smile]

That's spot on!

[Prof.Witchheimer]

Like it 

[sean_68333]

As always, fantastic. 

Thanks for sharing such great stuff.

[Oldben1]

Still my favourite thread!  I really like the cloud car docking bay.

[Malamute]

It sure does!
 

It surely, surely does!

[Argonor]

Hmm... this would do nice as terrain for X-Wing games to fight over, too (I THINK the X-wing stuff is 10mm sized, but not quite sure about it...).

[Dr DeAth]

Hmm... this would do nice as terrain for X-Wing games to fight over, too (I THINK the X-wing stuff is 10mm sized, but not quite sure about it...).

I'm building SandPort for 15mm so it'll be a bit too big for X-Wing.  The Cloud Car in the photo is a Micro Machine Action Fleet model which looks just right for 15mm

[Argonor]

I'm building SandPort for 15mm so it'll be a bit too big for X-Wing.  The Cloud Car in the photo is a Micro Machine Action Fleet model which looks just right for 15mm

Ah, yes, I know; what I meant was, the principles and materials (especially the plastic lid) could be used for some smaller scaled terrain as well. 

[Mason]

Ah, yes, I know; what I meant was, the principles and materials (especially the plastic lid) could be used for some smaller scaled terrain as well. 

I was thinking along similar lines.
Having recently been lured to the Dark Side myself I was looking at playing X-Wing on my standard game board, which would work well for a desert scene, and some buildings similar to this would work well, I reckon.
(X-Wing is 1/270 by the way, so pretty much 6mm scale,......just in case you are tempted too.  )

[Argonor]

(X-Wing is 1/270 by the way, so pretty much 6mm scale,......just in case you are tempted too.  )

OK, I think I've heard that before, but all those 'scales' get mixed up in my head... 

[Dr DeAth]

Made a bit more progress on the landing pad.

I've painted the internal walls - poster paint dark grey directly onto the blue foam - it's got an interesting texture that looks like concrete to me so I don't want to spend time covering it with plaster/filler.
I then airbrushed successively lighter greys till I got the finish I was after then mixed a little brown in to the paint to airbrush the weathering around the bottom of the wall. Painted the fans and door with the airbrush to start with then finished with a normal brush and sponged on the chips. Mould patches and rust runs on the walls are thinned GW washes.

It's glued down now in preparation for the groundwork and the external walls getting the normal SandPort pva+sand coating before final painting.





View through the entrance

[Captain Blood]

Looking very good Mark.