Terrain: Modern building first finished.... I think

This is the first of the more modern buildings I have been working on and the part of the process I was looking forward least to doing; the painting.

I kept it simple for the moment although I might return to it later and add some further details.

I gave everything but the windows and frames a coat of sandy masonry paint to begin with in an attempt to create a concrete type effect.

Then painted greys of various hues until I finished with white. 

Looking at the image below I realise that the join in the cat food box is clearly visible despite being filled with card. The next one will have to have something else done to it as I don't like that, perhaps a piece of card inserted into the window, the same size.

The windows were just blue then washed over with a black, very watered down.

Still not sure what to do with the inside quite yet, at the least I should give it some colour. The roof also comes off, so there will be that one to think about as well.

I have already built a load more carcasses and need to add the details next, will post again on this topic when all the construction is complete.

Overall I like them, but do worry that they may not get used that often and are very much dedicated to only one scale, 30mm ish. Only time will tell I suppose.

Terrain: Modern Buildings WIP

This is the beginning of a building project that puts me right out of my comfort zone. Namely the construction of a modern building which needs to look modern or futuristic without being straight up Necromunda type terrain. Something that you might see in a city. 

Obviously the other problem is the severe limitation of which materials I have available. So basically cat food boxes!

Also I wanted them so that they can be stacked to make tall skyscrapers or used singularly to make lower level buildings. Also I wanted them to have the possibility of interiors added sometime in the future.

This is the basic concept all separated. Creating the textures and painting is where it may well all fall apart. Only time will tell.

I had a look at some of my old Marvel comics to get ideas fro roof tops and they all seem to be littered with small sheds, water towers and boiler rooms, so the blocks I hoped would sort of represent those.

Have used cereal card, wooden blocks from Home bargains, coffee stirrers and PVAcrete.

I like the look and practicality of them but am not sure if I will be able to paint them well enough to look how I want them.

Soon as this one is painted I will post. Fingers crossed!

Five Parsecs: Odi Sante Mission 6: Jane's Port

Pre-Game

Going into this game the crew were a little quiet to say the least. Having lost 2 of the compariots in the last game all they wanted to do was leave Horst and put some distance between them and the Enforcers. They headed for Jane's Port where their shuttle was being housed. 

Eema checked her stash and going into the game had 8 creds. However with all the crew up and about 4 creds went on upkeep. Darrsha, Timtuc and Remi did a bit of trading to try to raise some cash, They scored a handgun, some trade goods and some worthless tack.

When the crew arrived at Jane's Port on Horst they quickly realised that Guild Troopers had their shuttle under guard. 

Five in total, one being the Enforcer who led the team who killed two of the friends.

Luckily the crew spotted the Troopers before the alarm was raised.

While Eema, Darrsha and Remi sneak up the right flank, Timtuc6 prepared to act as decoy to draw the Troopers fire.

While most of the Troopers stayed put, the Enforcer high up to the rear left of the field saw something in the corner of his eye and sent a Trooper to go investigate.

Timtuc readied his gun and stepped out felling one of the Troopers and drawing attention to himself. The troopers move toward Timtuc and one shoots back but misses their mark.

The rest of the crew continued to sneak forward.

Timtuc stepped back into cover and waited for more Troopers to arrive. However as he did so realised he could see another Trooper stealthing towards him and shot him down.

One Trooper starts to close on Timtuc's position so he backed off.

Eem, Darrsha and Remi get as close as they can to the shuttle.

Remi stides out form behind his cover and guns the Enforcer down, grinning as he did.

Darrsha had poked his head out of cover a little too far to watch Remi and the Trooper on the roof caught site of him and took a shot which missed wildly. 

At this point the Troopers decided that no amount of extra pay was going to be enough and fled the scene.

The game was over and the crew had successfully cleared the field.

The Troopers on the toes, leaving Jane's Port.

Final last scene from different perspectives.

The crew gained entry to their shuttle and decided to leave there and then heading towards the Odi Sante orbiting the planet.

And with no injuries or deaths! 

However the only way they could raise the 5 credits they need for fuel was to sell a blast rifle and a load of colonists rations. Eema had been forced to pay some unusual expenses held over from the last game at the casino. Sal Bleng was very unhappy about his tarnished name after the incident.

When they finally got on board the Odi, Timtuc6 and Darrsha had a bit of a row concerning the selling of the blast rifle and a crowbar send Timtuc to the sick bay for a turn. All good natured stuff!

Next game will be part of a new campaign on a new planet with a smaller leaner more hungry crew. 

Thanks for reading.

Crystal/Rock formations

Against my better judgement I began using cork to build some terrain once more. However these are quite different, smaller and much easier to control. The last pieces I made with cork were the large area terrain pieces which I gave away to WWarriors almost immediately. However the moderate success I had with the Golem made from cork last week spurred me onwards.

These already seam a lot stronger and will be easier to store with a wider range of uses.

They were glued onto cat food box card, what else is there, with some thick PVA glue.

With the base sanded.

So I started making another, having kept all the corks we have ever used for the last decade!

I think I will be aiming for 8 in the end.