Building a world on a budget.

The fourth piece in my terrain building project follows the same theme as the previous terrain post, in that, I am once more returning to a piece that I made nine years ago. I am sorry to say that I do not have any pictures of the building process.

Project four: The Yakisoba bunker.

Construction

The bunker`s main structure was made from an instant yakisoba tub, in which I punched some holes for the door and the window. I really liked the shape of the tub it reminded me of the buildings in Mos Eisley which is never a bad thing.

To detail the bunker, I went back to my collection of gubbins and used straws for the pipes and the ladder, an old broken earphone for the window, a blister pack for the door, small pieces of cork for the wall details, and a piece of broken electronics for the door control panel.

I would love to say that I plan these things before I start making them, but the truth is I generally let the piece grow organically as I am making it.

The texture on the bunker was achieved by using a Tamiya texture paint. I think that I used their concrete texture paint for this build, but it was a long time ago and I may have used snow or mud.

Originally the building was painted grey, and I then used a Coat d`arms super shader. I was never happy with the finish, which is partly why the bunker sat in a box for nearly ten years, so I decided to spruce the paint job up.

For the paint scheme, I went back to basics and undercoated the building in black, applied a grey black base coat, then a black wash. After that it was just a matter of dry brushing several different layers of grey onto the building. The building looked a little dull all in the same grey, so I decided to pick out some different areas in a darker green grey to help break up the monotony of the paint scheme.

As a finishing touch for the piece I added several bits of graffitti and building designation numbers to the bunker. These are all transfers rather than any freehand work by me, but overall I think that they really add something to the building.