Building a world on a budget.
In building the terrain for my tabletop I
wanted to recapture the style of my childhood.
In the late 1980s, there was a certain Blue Peter feel to the wargames
table. The average gamer would be ferreting
away things that would be consider rubbish by the uninitiated to be later turned
into unique pieces of terrain. This approach
was even encouraged in the original Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader rulebook. On page two hundred and sixty-two there are
three DIY terrain projects outlined. The
first project, the Control Tower, really grabbed my interest, so, I went about
collecting, not hoarding, the materials that I would need for it.
Project one: The custard pudding tower
Construction
At this stage I wish that I had made some
holes in the pots, so that I could have installed some LEDs, and some silhouettes
of the interior. This is something that
I will try on the next tower that I make.
Added other details to help disguise its
original nature and applied an undercoated.
I achieved the texture on the tower with an
old dried-up snow texture paint which I almost threw away, but I managed to
rescue.
Completed
At this stage I wish that I had made some
holes in the pots, so that I could have installed some LEDs, and some silhouettes
of the interior. This is something that
I will try on the next tower that I make.
Added other details to help disguise its
original nature and applied an undercoated.
I achieved the texture on the tower with an
old dried-up snow texture paint which I almost threw away, but I managed to
rescue.
Completed
Retro Awesomeness!
ReplyDeleteI love the old GW stuff that encouraged folks to make use of whatever they had lying around to make terrain rather than just the new plastic tat which just lacks the charm and originality of Rogue Trader/2nd Edition era!
Thanks. I know what you mean with the new stuff. They lack the right feel for me. I think that it is due to the uniformity, all the tables look the same.
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