Cheap & Cheerful Star Wars/Sci-Fi Gaming Terrain

[Supercollider]

Having been inspired by a few excellent threads on LAF - I dug out a big bag of WotC bendy plastic Star Wars minis (which are untouched, so far) I found at the thrift store a few years back.  As I have nothing in the way of Sci-Fi terrain, and being monetarily challenged, I've tried to put some suitable stuff together using the materials I have at hand.  I'm planning to set the game in the Clone Wars era (as most figures I have are from that period).

The first things I made were a couple of storage tank style wossits



Made from a couple of large yoghurt cartons, scrap card, florists wire and whatnot.  Here's one before paint:



Next I used the cardboard center spool of something or other, to make a round building - again, I built up layers of card (hand cut, and using a variety of punches) then painted it - the roof still needs work - it is the bottom of a DVD spool.



The radar dish is made from an old radiator adjustment knob, a bit of a toy, and a spinner from a Chrismas cracker.



I also used the center spools of Duct tape to make stackable elements, and an old Bionicle canister lid for an interesting roof.



I've got a few more things to put together, including several repeats of the above, I want to keep it very modular.  Any hints, tips or criticism very welcome!

Cheers.

[Rhoderic]

Very effective! I'm impressed by how much can be achieved by building successive layers of surface detail out of simple, good old card. Nice job scavenging for scratchbuild bitz, too

[Mason]

Looking good so far.
 

I have a whole stack of stuff waiting for me to have a go at some 'junk' sci-fi scenery myself, so shall be watching with interest.
 

[Silent Invader]

Most inspirational 

[OSHIROmodels]

Very effective 

cheers

James

[Michka]

Spectacular work. Looks very, very Star Wars to me. I love all of these buildings, and plan to steal most of your ideas. Thank you!!!

[uti long smile]

Excellent stuff!

[Giger]

This is what the hobby is all about, great job.

[Muzfish4]

Looks great - very inspirational.

[Dr DeAth]

Junk modelling at it's best - don't stop! 

[hubbabubba]

Fantastic, great builds and lovely paint jobs.

More please

[eilif]

Excellent work!  Lots of folks try it with less-than-stellar results, but this is what card-over-container terrain should look like. 

Thanks for the pre-paint picture as well. The paper/card you used seems to have taken a drybrush really well.  Did you texture it at all before painting?

I do think the bare black plastic cylinder needs something though.  Even if it's just a coat of paint.  A couple of walkways and ladders to link the various towers would be cool also.

[Redmao]

This is really awesome.

[shandy]

Great work! I love scratch built sci-fi terrain, it always looks unique and it's fun making it - and you start to look at the world around you from a new perspective, seeing sci fi structures in every lunch box and piece of trash 

[Supercollider]

Cheers, all!

Eilif: I didn't texture the card, just scored it for the panel 'aztecing' - it's just basic card from Staples. The black cylinder probably does need something - I am definitely going for a less is more, minimal approach, but in this case, more would certainly be more!

I was going to experiment with some painted lighting effects... but it's a little bit intimidating, I'm not sure where to start, having never attempted it previously.  The black cylinder might be a good test piece in that regard.