Objective markers

A quick project for this morning while my wife is off shopping - objective markers themed to the table.

Steampunk jewellery parts from Hobbycraft - I think they were £2 for a pair of brass coloured clocks, easily clipped off with cutters and glued to 40mm plastic bases. I put white glue on the base, superglued the pieces down and dipped immediately into coarse sand, which made it very easy to keep the sand off the top of the metal parts. Took about an hour in total, plus drying time.

Now looking for a cloth to go with this stuff - seems like Hotz do the perfect mat with their Mars Red series, though I want to get the version without a grid.

Clockwork planets (3)

I have finally grabbed the time to do some more on this set of scenery. I now have two hills, half a dozen barricades, a set of pipes and a watch-tower.

The pipes were just narrow drainpipe sections with a bit of grating in the front; the watchtower was more grating and K'nex. All very quick and simple. I will be making some LOS blocking scenery at some point, but I need to come up with some ideas...

One does not simply walk into Mordor

Go to Google maps, ask for walking directions from the Shire to Mordor...

You have to love the caution...

15mm buildings from scraps

In December 2010, Wargames Illustrated did an article on how to build 15mm desert buildings. Unfortunately that article hasn't made it onto their website, but they were dead easy. Foamcard for the basic box, some blue foam for bits and pieces, and scrap card for detailing. Oh, and plenty of white glue. I ran masking tape over some of the joins to hide the raw ends, but it's probably not necessary under a coat or two of textured paint. I'm going to make another four of these, then try something similar with corrugated card roofs and walls.

They'll end up being used in 15mm sci-fi games; I have a game of Hammers Slammers planned for the new year so I need to get some scenery together before then.

More clockwork planets

I have finished off the first hill, built the barricades, and made a start on the second hill. I have dropped the idea of a metal planet; I couldn't make it look right, and fell back on the 'red martian soil' concept. And it gives a contrast with the dark metal, which is also good.

Building the second hill is easier, since I now know that I don't need holes in the base board for the pegs; the lowest cog is tall enough to make a sturdy foundation for the platforms. I simply pushed all the components together, checked for alignment and height with a couple of figures, and
then epoxied the bottom of each cog to the board. The axles slip in easily enough, so I will paint the parts separately, clip the axles to length and assemble afterwards.

Next step will be to rifle the local charity shops for a set of plastic Meccano to make some buildings from...