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So I'm back to doing my 15mm salvage crew HQ. So far I have done my main admin block/junkyard, and I had another piece part done that goes on the front of it, a section on road with odds and sods on it. However, a good examination of the model revealed it was bland. Hardly… Continue reading 15mm scratch built junk shuttle craft WIP
It's me again, here with another installment of my model making tips for low cost or free materials to use in your various projects. Here I will give you some more ideas for stuff you may not have thought of before. Remember, this is not intended for the more experienced scratch builders out there, but… Continue reading Grim’s Modelmaking Tips 2: Another 10 Cheap or Free materials for scratchbuilding
So, I finally got the model finished. I can now tick it off on my "to do" list! I had thought it was a good idea to let everyone see what the end result looks like. I can take you through a few stages to completion, I do add that this is more for my… Continue reading The Black Dog Salvage Co. Finished at last!!
As you may have gathered, I tend to have many projects on the go most of the time. This time I'd like to share my part done castle interior, I plan on doing the outside later with some towers and such, so I can use it as a castle ruin on the battlefield as well… Continue reading Scratch Built 28mm Castle/Dungeon Interior WIP
I know this article probably won't be as useful to some readers here, already well into the scratchbuilding bug like me, but I would hope that some of you that may have little or no experience in this subject will find some or all of it useful in some way. I intend to put up… Continue reading Grim’s Modelmaking Tips: My top 10 Cheap or Free materials for scratchbuilding
Here is the finished model, I thought I would share the pics to show you how it's turned out. With a few rocks, flock and static grass and moss, I reckon it's a nice piece in the end! The skull were suggested to show that it had eaten previous, at first I was against the… Continue reading Finished Carnivorous Plant photos!
So, stage two, painted and drybrushed with with a few washes, billboard added and extra light on post. still plenty to do, but on the home stretch. Pics: Incidentally, the scrap in the scrap yard is made from a broken R/C mini helicopter as well as loads of bits from electronic stuff broken up,… Continue reading The black Dog Salvage company WIP shots, Stage 2
I am in the process of creating a established colony set of terrain for my specific sci-fi 15mm games, the piece I'm going to show you, is a large piece, a similar size to the 28mm zombie ghost town I did (see earlier posts) and represents my HQ for the Salvage crew game. We play… Continue reading The Black Dog Salvage Company HQ, WIP stage one shots
I was sorting through some old fishtank bits and junk from my shed a week or two ago, I was going to chuck a load of stuff, but just in case there was anything useful that I'd forgot about, I checked throught it all the same. Amongst the grotty unused bits there were some cracking… Continue reading 28mm/15mm Alien Man eating plant WIP
I got bored one day and decided to make a tank from junk bits and cereal box card. I thought I might make a small merc force for 40K, just not spending much cash on it instead of forking out a wedge of cash from GW or similar, so as I usually do, set to… Continue reading 28mm Future Tank, scratch built from junk and card!
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