Cheap & Cheerful Star Wars/Sci-Fi Gaming Terrain

[Predatorpt]

I used the same hot glue trick to join together electric wire nuts (the ones without the "wings" on the side), like these:



They make some really nice sci-fi containers, albeit smaller than your lids containers.

[eilif]

Those cap containers are nice. I've seen alot of bottle cap containers and they always seem to show their origin clearly.  Your mod really takes the idea to a better place.

[MagpieJono]

Only just seen this thread and am well impressed with your work. Am definitely going to do some yoghurt pot buildings.

[Supercollider]

Another quick update.  I made a few more doodads/terrain pieces.

The first is a red variant of the tofu packaging I did a while ago - feels  little more 'Sithy' in these colours

 

Then I made some versatile objectives/obstacles from a card tray I found in a thrifted board game (can't remember the game).



Before paint:



They started out life looking like this.  Large enough to hold half sized cards (about the size of X-Wing upgrade cards). I changed the cutout atthe back of the pice so they can sit flush against curved surfaces, as well as flat surfaces.



About halfway through building them, I realized that if I added detail to all their sides, they could be used/put together in a number of versatile ways.  So I added consoles and stuff to their hidden facets, and ended up with this:







I've got a  couple more of the card trays to detail and paint, I think having four pieces like this will be a very useful addition to my sci-fi terrain.  Also, I might repaint the light grey bits, they were an experiment in minimalism, and I'm not sure they work.

Thanks for looking

[Mason]

Brilliant!
And so many ways to use them too.
 

[War In 15MM]

Really creative work!

[Muzfish4]

The versatility of those card trays is pure genius.

[Andym]

Fantastic! And extremely well executed idea!

[blacksoilbill]

Brilliant again! The versatility is a real bonus.

[Supercollider]

Just a quick post showing something I recently discovered - you can buy C3PO bobble heads (made for McDonalds) for cheap on ebay (mine was 79c).

They start off looking like this (not my picture):

http://d2ydh70d4b5xgv.cloudfront.net/images/b/f/star-wars-bobble-head-mcdonald-s-2008-happy-meal-toy-c-3po-8e1ac3ea0aa63936158be5f1e408f2c3.jpg

With a bit of snipping, I managed to put some simple seats in it, and after a a bit more tidying and a quick paint job I reckon it will look the part!  It's about the right scale, and a lot cheaper than some of the alternatives.



Would also be good for quick wreckage/clutter if you didn't want to bother with the interior

[Andym]

Good find! I'm sure with your painting skills you can make that look the part!

[OSHIROmodels]

Scale looks good 

Off I go to Ebay then 

cheers

James

[James Holloway]

The card-shoe pieces are amazing. You're definitely capturing that Star Wars feeling of having lots of futuristic stuff of slightly unclear purpose. They look great.

[Supercollider]

Yeah - the unclear purpose came mostly from watching the Clone Wars animated series, very inspirational in that regard.  Also useful from a gaming POV, with so many panels buttons and gribblies, you can designate which are the important ones according to the type of game you want to play

[Billchuck]

I love the idea.