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Author Topic: Scratchbuilt Large Construct "Garbage Wagon"  (Read 2190 times)

Offline CPalmer

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Scratchbuilt Large Construct "Garbage Wagon"
« on: February 03, 2017, 05:49:40 PM »
     While on a trip to the local Dollar Tree store a couple weekends ago, I spotted a pack of Baby Buggy party favors that I thought would make great 28mm wagons.  As I thought about this, I remembered reading in the Frostgrave Bestiary that some Large Constructs could in fact be living wagons.  I began to form a picture in my head of a wagon with a face and arms, perhaps carved from wood; but where to get such pieces?  And then I remembered a copy of Reaper's Ice Troll I had.  The faceted nature of that sculpt would make very good carved wood looking parts.



     As I began, I was thinking about what I could put into the body of the wagon to hide the smooth plastic interior.  I came up with the idea of a magically animated refuse wagon, animated by the Feldstad City Council wizards to go around the city picking up trash on it's own.  Since it thawed out after the big freeze, the Wagon Construct is now going around cleaning up the dead bodies laying around the city.  So my plan is to fill the body of the wagon with assorted debris of rotting bodies and other garbage. And, I got the idea that maybe it might have some trouble telling which bodies are dead, and which quiet aren't.   So I equipped it with an axe to help handle some of the more troublesome garbage that fights back.  :)

Shown with a Reaper 28mm figure for scale.








For the full article and photos on building the Construct, please see my blog: http://onemoregamingproject.blogspot.com/2017/02/scratchbuilt-frostgrave-large-construct.html



 
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if I give one hour's joy,
to the boy who's half a man,
or the man who's half a boy!"
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Offline jp1885

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Re: Scratchbuilt Large Construct "Garbage Wagon"
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2017, 07:29:48 PM »
That's brilliant - great job!

Offline Doug ex-em4

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Re: Scratchbuilt Large Construct "Garbage Wagon"
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2017, 10:47:51 PM »
Great originality and execution. Well done...!

Doug

Offline Urquhart

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Re: Scratchbuilt Large Construct "Garbage Wagon"
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2017, 12:20:15 PM »
Very good idea!
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Offline CPalmer

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Re: Scratchbuilt Large Construct "Garbage Wagon"
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2017, 01:00:45 PM »
Thanks everyone for the comments!  I'm glad you like it!   It was a lot of fun to build.

Offline LiamFrostfang

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Re: Scratchbuilt Large Construct "Garbage Wagon"
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2017, 01:16:14 PM »
 8)  very well done.   8)

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Re: Scratchbuilt Large Construct "Garbage Wagon"
« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2017, 09:13:37 AM »
Fantastic idea!

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Re: Scratchbuilt Large Construct "Garbage Wagon"
« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2017, 02:00:50 AM »
Thanks for the comments!

Offline Grimmnar

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Re: Scratchbuilt Large Construct "Garbage Wagon"
« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2017, 04:26:46 AM »
Chris,

The deep well of imagination in that head of yours is amazing.

Grimm

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Re: Scratchbuilt Large Construct "Garbage Wagon"
« Reply #9 on: April 26, 2017, 07:26:57 AM »
Haha! Amazing! Love the determination in its pose!

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Re: Scratchbuilt Large Construct "Garbage Wagon"
« Reply #10 on: April 26, 2017, 02:16:50 PM »
Chris,

The deep well of imagination in that head of yours is amazing.

Grimm


 Thanks, Grimm!  Lol.. There's very little deep about me.  :D



Haha! Amazing! Love the determination in its pose!


Thanks, critsmash!  He's a construct on a mission!


 

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