Okay, for those of you in warmer climes this may not seem all that exciting, but those of us in snow bound Canada where the temperatures have been sub zero for many months now, a chance to go out into the garage and get some stuff primed in above zero temperatures is just too great an event.
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So, I have had these models for a few years now and they have remained boxed all that time. But this year I have finally got around to them. The are from Things from the Basement by way of 4Ground. As per many 4Ground models they are pre-coloured so limited painting will be required. However unlike 4Ground they were a breeze to build! The instructions lack a lot of words but lots of pictures. For the most part it really was very easy to build these. This set also came with 3D printed guns and cord for the railings.
So, this is mostly done, all that is left is to paint the guns and add the railings. Also I will need to do a bit of weathering/touch ups. I think I will have to wash the deck to add some depth.
This is more than a little mad, I am not so much teetering on the brink, but racing on the down slope towards insanity. I have started to build a 4 panel arctic mountain game table, four 2' x 2' boards. Two will have a large hill/mountain on them, one will be a shoreline and the last one will be rough ground with a bit of a rise on two edges. They will be interchangeable to some extent, not 100% but enough to offer some variety. The elevated area will be 18" long leaving a scant 6" edge, or a 12" valley if the orientation of the boards is altered.
My typical spreading out of all items of potential use, and a bit of a mock up, sketch out of plans. The four L shaped bits are from a previously abandoned project, they are more or less straight edges and the original plan was to use them to facilitate the lining up of the corners. Plans changed.
I now have decided that the boards do not to be fully interchangeable, so I do not have to match up all four boards. The two mountain squares will still be able to match up with each other just not with any other boards that I might make. The other two boards will be able to switch places and that will give me enough variety.
However as I started working on the big boards a bad idea entered my head. I have now decided to make the mountains hollow to allow for some set up inside.
So the WIP shows my very rough assembly. I had drawn up a basic plan, but with the decision to make the mountain hollow out went those plane to be replaced with nothing but hit and miss almost random placing of items. Oh I have laid out some items that might fit inside and I am trying to leave my options open for what could go in, but I am flying by the seat of my pants for this.
The madness part of all this is not the building of it but the fact that I want to get this built and painted this week in time for Tuesdays posting. Not only that but I am at the same time working on a butte for Mars, a Planet of the Apes board [2' x 2'] and 50 figures for PoTA, 50+ arctic figures and another 50 figures for Mars. Not all can be done this week. At very least Mars will have to wait. I should be painting my arctic figures but instead I have almost finished off 28 apes.
Final pic for today. You can see that I have also cut out panels so that one can reach inside without removing the top and one can also have something extend under both mountain areas.
So, the plan as it stands, is to produce a lot of ships this month. I have a number of hulls ready to be built upon. The example above will be a steam driven attack craft. It is one of a number of speed boats that I am converting.
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The eggs with some dry brushing |
