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I have long been meaning to base my buildings.
I have seen plenty of people do it and it looks good.I think, laziness aside, that my main reason for not doing it, is that it is easier to display and transport individual buildings for shows, so that customers can see what is available to purchase.
But, seeing as the only show where I sell stuff is Blast-Tastic! and that is but once a year, what excuse do I have now?NO EXCUSE!!
So with that in mind, and also possibly as I am working on a new Junker building (bar/pub/knocking shop) which has revitalised by inner Junker, I am going to base and make a pretty Ansham, home of the Junkers.
Below is what I have so far and my plan on how to base it.
The advantage of small tiles, is that you can move them around, plus it is much much easier to transport than some great whacking steel sheet.
I will be ordering some more steel tiles from the ever helpful Ian ‘feel the steel’ Carbutt quite soon.
I quite enjoy getting a full metal packet from him, ahhhhh, i r so sad.
ha, hit a snag already!
The marketplace needs a lot of building still, so whilst making a nice building to go in the marketplace I stopped when I realised it would be better as a standalone model for the website.
So I have a new building for release soon, but one less for this.
I have not looked at the marketplace for months and upon doing so noticed all the fine details I have made… could be a lot of long nights!Now, whilst the junkers are pretty much a big commune of like minded souls working together, they are also scavengers, so anything close to a grand plan will be hampered by their lack of resources, as such their roads are more like tracks at best.
Here I have laid out a rough pathway of broken stone, metal sheets and pallets.
The market place is on my desk having the buildings made.
I have been adding texture to the bases in several coats as when it dries out it shrinks a bit.
I hope by Wednesday it will be finished and dry and ready to paint on Thursday.Whilst that has been drying I have been painting some more buildings to go on the tiles and also making and then painting the Junker market place:
It is not finished, but it is not far off.
I hope to have it show ready for the weekend, then after that I can come back and add the little details.Cheers, once the show has been and gone I will spend some more time on it to get nice and pretty, rather than just functional.
The base colour for the ground is done.
Just some washes and dry brushing and we are almost show ready.
So it is almost show ready.
The edges are based and sorted, just adding a few details then will call it a day until I want to get it super ready.
It is ready for the show so here are some shots of the model.
I will take some nicer shots next week, with people on it and so on.
Until now though, this will have to do:
Man this thing just keeps getting more awesome every time you post ann update!
Do like that parkin’ space
Jayne’s is done for now:
though no doubt I will come back and add more bits as I have done with this bit and added some Chinese style hanging lanterns across the ‘street’
New layout:
My word, that is fantabulous!
Look’s like a world of hurt for the RDF if they got bogged down in that. Brilliant!Cheers chaps, yeah I want to use some rules for individual figures for Anshan fighting, I have some PA rules and may read Necromunda to see which is the best fit.
I see some house to house clearing as the RDF look for their man and the JI hiding as civvies and opening up ambushes and sniping from roof tops.
Managed to get a bit of work done on this today, nothing worth showing off yet though.
But I have come up with the official Anshan flag:
Finally got around to finishing another tile of Anshan.
Also stuck on some of the flags and some Hex2Go cargo container adverts.
Finally doing some more.
Working on those last* two tiles and have set out some shiny steel thin strips that will be used for the perimeter walls, styled after Anvil Gate.
The start of the end is almost in sight!
Thanks, my plan is to finish the tiles.
Have a game.
Then add some walls to protect them.
Have a game.
Then build upwards as the walls stop outward expansion…I have been dragging my heels with Anshan, I need to get a move on and get this tile painted.
Hopefully putting here will encourage people to pester me until it is done….
*Pesters AB*
Pester, pester. Pester, pester.
That’s a really neat project. I can imagine people in anoraks and hand-knitted woolly jumpers walking about, bickering about Marx and Engels, organic farming, pirate radio and the best way to practice druidism in an extraterrestrial biome. Or something like that
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