WH40K: Small Watch Tower out of a Spray Bottle Cap

Hi there! I was in the mood to make some scenery for a change, for I got inspired by a spray bottle cap on my hobby table. I just saw in an instant what needed to be done... And here's what happened :)

I got some cheap materials laying around. I used some thin cardboard (for vertical supports and hand rail), grilling sticks (for rivets and ladders), and some mesh + kapa-board to make the grill. Everything but "rivets" were assembled with hot glue. To attach the small rivets I had to use some white glue.

All was covered with Mephiston Red.

And after some washes and high lights I had myself a small Watch Tower. I added some
40K skull bitz to finish the look :)

Side view...

And finally with a marine, to give some scale of this... That was fast, cheap and fun. I should make more of these :)  Bye now!

Dungeon Wall

Hello there! I made a new wall section for my 2.5D modular dungeon set. This one's in "full 3D", for I made it to work as a effect wall, for a boss fight room, secret door puzzle, or whatever... Here's some pics.

I made the frame work out of plywood. Main wall is 18mm, and on back of it, I shot a 4mm plywood with a nailgun.

Then I cut little pieces of cardboard to represent masonry and stones. Glued them on...
On top of the wall I glued a piece of foam board, and sculpted the stone patterns on it.

Back of the wall...

Painted with a sponge...

Painted back side...

And here's the wall in action. I only got one statue ready for this pic. I think I'm gonna make a set of three animated statues, as one choice to use this wall.
-"Did that statue just move Garth?"                  
-"Hopefully not... The GM wouldn't be that dorky. It's the oldest trap in the book man..."

2,5D Dungeon: Basic set Done!

Hello there! In my little moment of precious hobby time,  I managed to finish my first set of Dungeon Blocks. Here's some pics...

Five floor sections, and 31 wall blocks... I have five more floors coming up, and also some curvy walls, hopefully soon.

Here's an fast example of the dungeon tiles in action...

Different angles and some props...

There you have it... More to come soon. Bye now!

2,5D Dungeon: Square Blocks

Hello there! Just a quick update with my dungeon project... Here's some square blocks that I tried out.

Here's the idea... with these blocks I can give different shapes to rooms or use them in other ways.

Here we go... as with the "wall blocks", these were made from 18mm plywood. They were cut to 45mm x 45mm size. Then a thin piece of foam board was hotglued on top. I made some stone pattern on the foam with a pencil, then cut along the lines with carpet knife.

Here's the painted and "stamped" blocks ready for action...

I tried it out with a dungeon board. Room looks much more interresting with a little different shape. On the inner corner pieces could be some torches or lanterns... Have to make some now :)

Here's a wine cellar...

And with a little different props and minis... turned into a crypt.

Here the blocks are used as pillars in middle of the room... Ok there you have it. More to come soon :) Bye now..!

2,5D Dungeon: The Walls

Hello! I found some time to craft "easy to make" walls for my Dungeon project. Here's how it went...

First I cut some pieces of plywood at my workplace... Three different lengths at first. If these turn out good, I'll be doing all kinds of wall bitz :) This is 18mm plywood cutted in 20mm wide slices.

Here's the idea where I'm aming at with finished and painted wall sections...

This is made with band sawing machine... at my workpalce again. Thin slice of insulation foam board. Kapa-board might work as well.

Here's a bad picture of the foam board sculpted as stone pattern... and attached to the plywood with some hotglue.

Next I primed the wall section with dark gray acryl mix. And carved a stamp with a carpet knife, for making tile pattern to the side of the wall... The same foam material used here.

Wall section painted from the top and stamped to all four sides... nice and fast.

I apply different tones of gray and browns to the stamp with a sponge, and press it on the wall. That's all...

Here's the first set of walls. Quite nice... And most important, did'nt take long to finish.

Here's some testing with the Dungeon Floor bitz.

Added some props and minis... A cell with goblin guardians.

A Wizards study... I think the blocks work out Ok, and I'm going to make some more now. I'll be back with these soon I hope. Bye now!

Dungeon Floor Stamp: Experimental...

Hello! It's been a while... I have been painting, but lazy at posting. This one I wanted to share anyways. The "dungeon floor stamp" is an idea from DM Scotty again, as in my earlier posting, with the "barrels from corrugated card board"... And I recommend again, to go and see he's brilliant ideas from youtube!!! Here's a link to he's 2,5D dungeon system starter video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG5x8yY48LM.

Here's how my floor turned out...

 First I divided a piece of foam board to 25mm sections... The piece itself is 125mm x 125mm large.

 Then I used a carpet knife to cut along the lines.

Next I cutted some stone patterns to the tiles... And the stamp is done!

Next I took some hard board pieces, that I got awailable for free... I cutted them in 30 x 25cm size.
I primed one of them with black and brown spray paint.

Here's my  palette for the stamp... I applied the paint to the stamp with a sponge.

And here's the results for my first stamping... As you can see I need some practise to find the right lines to press the stamp. Maybe I'll make some kind of liner tool for it... But still I'm pleased with the results..! It looks quite good, and I'm inspired to do some more. Stamp itself is easy to clean with warm water and a brush. I'll be back with this later. Bye now!

Barrels Part II: All Done

Hello there! Got nine more barrels done. Here's some painting pics...

Well... Here's a pic before painting first :)

Ok... first I primed the barrels with two different colors, Skrag Brown and Steel Legion Brown (to make older looking barrels). Metal parts were painted with Boltgun Metal.

Washed the barrels with Nuln Oil all the way...

Then I painted some wood looking patterns with the prime colors again...

Added white to the prime colors and painted high lights on the patterns.

Finally I high lighted the metal parts with Runefang Steel... And made some rusty spots to the "old barrels".

Ok, that's nice... But what do I do with Ten barrels. Can't I get along with five? Well...

Now I can make a pyramid of barrels...

A wall of barrels... (for defend the beer scenario)

Or a wine storage for taverns :) So there you go. Barrels done and done. Bye now!