Dunno if it's of much interest to people, but here's a step by step run through of a project I worked on this week.
A cardboard box forms the basis of the terrain...
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| Author: | The Bissler [ Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:35 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | Building Defences | ||
Dunno if it's of much interest to people, but here's a step by step run through of a project I worked on this week. A cardboard box forms the basis of the terrain...
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| Author: | The Bissler [ Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:37 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Building Defences | ||
Using a dinner plate, I draw and then cut a semi circle of card. This gets glued on to the box...
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| Author: | The Bissler [ Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:38 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Building Defences | ||
More card is cut to form a sheer face for the front of the base. I didn't mean for that to rhyme though...
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| Author: | The Bissler [ Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:39 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Building Defences | ||
More card is added around the sides. The box is now completely hidden. Is this is beginning to sound like a magic trick?
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| Author: | The Bissler [ Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:40 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Building Defences | ||
I score a long piece of card with a stanley blade and fold it in half. This forms the shelf that juts outward. Sadly I didn't realise that this sloped so much until the model was finished. I've also cut another big section of card and mounted the whole thing on to this. At this stage I realised I wanted stairs running up the front of the base. I had to take the stanley knife to the card and cut sections to create a rough slope upon which the staircase will be built.
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| Author: | The Bissler [ Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:41 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Building Defences | ||
Recycling toilet rolls to form tunnel entrances for vehicles to access the shelf...
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| Author: | The Bissler [ Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:42 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Building Defences | ||
At the rear of the base another toilet roll forms the exit main tunnel for vehicles entering the compound. A series of tunnels within the rock will connect this to the shelf and the upper level.
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| Author: | The Bissler [ Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:43 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Building Defences | ||
I needed a lot of polyfiller to build the rocky walls. Thanks Poundland! The staircase is formed by slapping on more filler and shaping it with an old dinner knife.
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| Author: | The Bissler [ Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:45 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Building Defences | ||
Loads of filler forms the basis for all of this "rock"...
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| Author: | The Bissler [ Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:47 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Building Defences | ||
2 coats of spraypaint later... Note also more recycling of toilet roll to form an entrance to go on top of the base (bottom left). The structure is inspired not by the Sydney Opera House, but the Glasgow Armadillo.
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| Author: | The Bissler [ Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:48 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Building Defences | ||
Rear shot of the base post-spraypainting...
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| Author: | The Bissler [ Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:50 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Building Defences | ||
Some hand-painted detailing. (Also, I had added in pieces of plastic sprue that represent steel beams supporting the overhang).
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| Author: | The Bissler [ Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:52 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Building Defences | ||
The exit tunnel was painted black. Now with a load of silver paint it's supposed to give the tunnel a look of having being built with aluminium.
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| Author: | The Bissler [ Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:54 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Building Defences | ||
Same effect on the armadillo. I've painted the supports silver as well but am less pleased with the outcome. (I may yet repaint these black.)
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| Author: | The Bissler [ Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:55 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Building Defences | ||
Next up, a paint rinse is applied (hand-painted). This has the effect of really showing up the detail of the "rock" surface...
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