Sunday, 21 June 2015

HEAD`S IN THE SHED. MORE WIP SCENERY.

What`s occurrin` then?

Due to some technical issues with my comm's device, I was unable to post last week. Sorry about that. Still, some quick field repairs and we're back in business.

The fences last time didn`t quite quell the voices. "What about ATZ?". Over and over. Until the itch must be scratched. Aaaahhhhh! Sweet relief. So, a bit more WIP scenery.

More culture, in the form of another splendid piece of art by the outstanding Bryan Baugh. This beauty is called Creeper Peeper. Enjoy!

I LOVE THE BLUE TONE IN THIS ONE.

The welcome wagon is being brought out of the storage shed again, although it's really a welcome back. So a big BZA welcome for my latest follower, or is it returning follower, Major Diz Aster. WELCOME BACK MAJOR! The Major is back in command at The Quick and the Zed. Death Warmed Over blog. Go check it out and welcome him back to the blogosphere. He's starting again from scratch. Some very nice vehicles so far, and he's just got his first zombies, again.

Right then, scratching the scenery itch. So I made some fences last time, as mentioned not quite enough. Trying to stick with a more rural theme, I thought that some rocky outcrops might make a nice change from all the fencing, more natural even.

We ventured outside the bunker again, to take advantage of the light. Again not sure if it was successful.

ROCKY OUTCROP NO. 1

The bases started life as table placemats. I buy them at my local charity shop, usually four for a pound. This entire set was cut from two of them. After they were cut out, I bevelled and sanded the edges to better blend with the tabletop.

ROCKY OUTCROP NO. 2 

The boulders and rocks are scavenged stones from the garden, hot glued to the bases. A little filler was applied to cover any gaps and blend the stone to the base.
ROCKY OUTCROP NO. 3.

A few smaller stones and sand were poured onto a liberal coat of PVA. Left to dry overnight.

ROCKY OUTCROP NO. 4

All the pieces were then given an undercoat of chocolate brown emulsion, from a 99p tester pot, to basecoat and further seal the sand.

ROCKY OUTCROP NO. 5

Just need to be drybrushed up with some lighter browns, at least two to three colours lightening upwards.

ROCKY OUTCROP NO. 6 

And finish off with some flock. I've got some somewhere, just have to dig it out.

ROCKY OUTCROP NO. 7

The tree is from a GW piece my son brought home from the local shop one day, when he used to go quite regularly to paint. I don't think they do that anymore.

ROCKY OUTCROP GROUP SHOT.

Now we come to the titular shed. This started as a free download building but after mounting onto foamcore, the scale of the doors and windows started to bother me. Just too small. Project shelved.

STORAGE SHED FRONTAGE.

After finishing the fences, I still had a big pile of coffee stirrers. Wanting a rural set of buildings, I thought that this gave me the oppurtunity to see what sort of result I could achieve with them.

DOOR CLOSE UP.

So the result is this storage shed, not quite a barn, but bigger than something at the bottom of your average garden. As you can see in the photo' below, the inside isn't quite finished yet. A little more clipping and sticking to go.

BACK SHOT AND A BIT OF UNFINISHED INTERIOR.
The doors are hung using the patented Vampifan Masking Tape Technique. VMTT for short. When the interior is finished, it'll be time to think about a base. I'm pretty sure it will fit nicely onto one of those placemats.

This my first building ever using stirrers as planking, it's pretty easy, looks cool and is very cheap. I think a barn could be on the cards.

Well, I guess that's all I got for this time dudes and dudettes. So until next, follow the DUDE'S example and "take it easy".


HAPPY FATHER'S DAY MOTHERFUCKERS!
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28 comments:

  1. Vampifan21 June 2015 at 17:13

    That's a cool post, Bob. I want to read "Naughty Nightmares" with that stunning-looking lady that Bryan was drawn so well. There's just something about women in glasses that I find so appealing!

    Your rocky outcrops look great but I have to say, you have excelled yourself with your big shed. Good on yer, mate!

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    1. Unknown21 June 2015 at 17:28

      Thanks Bryan.
      To be honest I'd read anything with her, she's a real cutie. He does have a knack for drawing pretty damsels in distress.

      The rocks will look a lot better when painted and flocked. I'm quite pleased with my shed so far, it's taken ages, everything has to be clamped down to dry. Still should look pretty good when based, painted and a roof on it. Detachable naturally.

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  2. Hobbyworker21 June 2015 at 17:19

    Great rocky outcrops and a nice start on the storage shed!

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    1. Unknown21 June 2015 at 17:31

      Thanks Andre.
      They're all coming together nicely.

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  3. Blaxkleric21 June 2015 at 17:19

    Great stuff Bob and those rocky outcrops are so good that you momentarily had me fooled into thinking you'd gone out and bought some wonderfully made styrofoam scenery which you just need to paint :-) The store also looks like a cracker and should prove a stonkingly good building once finished. Well worth the wait my friend...

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    1. Unknown21 June 2015 at 17:42

      Thanks Bk.
      That's high praise indeed, dude!
      With my limited budget, I'm trying to make everything where I can. The storage shed has proved to be an interesting and enjoyable experiment, I'm sure it will be repeated.

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  4. Simon Quinton 21 June 2015 at 17:40

    Very impressive mate. That Barn or is it a gamers den? looks great. The out crops look good. I think some grassy tufts or a bit of coarse flock here and there will make them really pop. I shall have to have a go having seen how impressive these have turned out. I keep meaning to pick up some trees as well.

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    1. Unknown21 June 2015 at 17:49

      Thanks Simon.
      Gamers den, great idea dude!
      I'm pretty sure I have some tufts hiding with my flock, will be digging it out this week. You should have go, they were real simple to do.
      If it's any consolation, that's my only tree so far.

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    2. Simon Quinton 23 June 2015 at 23:50

      I've got an auto wreck I keep meaning to buy a tree for to stick inside for my Post Apoc board.. Just keep adding to the leadpile instead.......

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    3. Unknown24 June 2015 at 13:25

      You could always make a tree, they're pretty easy to do, lots of tutorials on line too.

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  5. Mallius Vane21 June 2015 at 17:45

    Great terrain pieces!

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    1. Unknown21 June 2015 at 18:39

      Thanks Gordon.
      That's high praise, dude!

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  6. Unknown21 June 2015 at 21:54

    Now that you have discovered the coolness of coffee stirrer planking I believe I'll be seeing a lot more wonderful buildings from you. Don't forget you can use wood stain to stain the coffee stirrers instead of paint.

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    1. Unknown22 June 2015 at 08:52

      Thanks Rob.
      Coffee stirrer planking is very cool, I think it's very likely you'll see more of this kind of building. Stain it is then.

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  7. Zabadak21 June 2015 at 22:28

    All good stuff Bob, very impressive modelling.

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    1. Unknown22 June 2015 at 08:55

      Thanks Joe.
      That is some high praise from the king of coffee stirrer modelling himself.

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  8. BROODE22 June 2015 at 03:15

    Love the terrain pieces, especially the shed! I'm going to have to try making something like that to add to my terrain collection.

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    1. Unknown22 June 2015 at 08:59

      Thanks Major.
      You should do it, if an idiot like me can do it anybody should be able to pull it off. Plus it's really cheap.

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  9. Finch22 June 2015 at 03:20

    Cool. I'm rather partial to outcrop #7. The tree looks right at home.

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    1. Unknown22 June 2015 at 09:03

      Thanks Finch.
      Yes, no. 7, is my favourite too. Small yet perfectly formed and the tree's nice.

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  10. Mike C22 June 2015 at 07:10

    They are really impressive. I might have to give them a go.

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    1. Unknown22 June 2015 at 09:12

      Thanks Mike.
      Glad to be of inspiration. It's pretty easy, I'm no master craftsman.

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  11. Anonymous22 June 2015 at 14:54

    That's some useful looking terrain! It's giving me ideas :)

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    1. Unknown22 June 2015 at 17:32

      Thanks Roy.
      Always glad to stimulate ideas dude.

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  12. Baconfat22 June 2015 at 19:16

    Beautiful work. The wood must have been really mind numbing.

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    1. Unknown23 June 2015 at 14:49

      Thanks Bf.
      It's not so bad, just tune it out dude!

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  13. FourEyedMonster26 June 2015 at 16:04

    The things one does for the hobby. That's a whole lotta work but I'm sure it will all be worth it during gaming time. And they look great to boot!

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    1. Unknown27 June 2015 at 13:43

      Thanks F.E.M.
      Just trying to build a game from the ground up, literally.

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