Finally I have now finished my factory-build and the
result is quite nice.
Left to do is to put some base-coating and then finalize
with a "lick of paint"(I qoute my friend Joe).
I started this project with a vision to have a factory on my
gaming-table in july when some friends came for a visit to
play a campaign of Warhammer 40k. The factory was far from
finished when my friends arrived but it still proved its place and
game me some more inspiration to use when my
project progressed. I have used almost only left-overs and this
is the fun part, to make something out of nothing.
The base is 10mm carboard (I don´t use anyting thinner
because it will bend if you glue anything on top of it).
The big accumlator tank is a paperroll-cylinder
and 5mm thick in dimension and coated with corrugated paper.
The house is originally a cardboard-box that contained a clock.
The horizontally mounted tank on the back of the building is a
toilet-paper-roll with internal support made of polystyrene.
The big pipe placed on the side of the building
and the chimney are also paperroll-cylinders used for
wiping-paper in the kitchen. The roof is manufactured out of
3 mm cardboard and coated with corrugated paper
and used big wooden tindersticks. The base of the chimney and
also the top is made of holders and plastic profiles from
cannisters used for washing laundry.
All the rivets are made out of cutdown plastic toothpicks.
The cylindrical housing on top of the roof are corks taken
from Juice-cannisters and the handles are leftovers
from metalbuttoms used for textile clothing.The ladders are
all cutdown from plant-sticks. Finally I have made a ventilator-
housing out of my daughters cork taken from
"in-between-meal-cannister".
The bricks on the house and the chimney are all cut out of
polysterene and glued with pva. Some critics think that the
method of cutting down each brick by hand is
to time-consuming but I like it and I think the look of the build up
looks very rough and industrial. Finally I have made lamps out
of the hat from a pen and the electrical is metalthread with plastic-
coating.The grass is left overs from artificial football-grass
made for interior use. The basing is a mixture of sand and pva.
The only thing that I am a bit curious about is that I am not sure
if I should make a gate with two doors or not!?
Busy days but I got lucky and visited the local fleemarket
together with my wife and family last weekend.
I was not looking for something in particular but I found
some very useful vehicles to use in Post apocalyptic games.
The little toy with tracks will be converted to a russian
mecha to the game Secrets of the third reich and equipped
with flamer or antitank-rockets. I have been scetching in
my mind how this mechanical-monster will look when it will
be finished and it will be a grim sight. :)
The ambulance will also be converted to a more versatile
van.
My factory-project is still in progress but I am almost there
for the paintjob. Making the roof was a good thing and I will
also make some windows to get the right look.
Way to go is to make fences and also a ladder to the chimney.
Sand on the ground and a LOT of rivets and small warning-signs
and information-texts and arrows.To finalize the building I
will experiment with dust and rust-effects.
To be continued! :)
During the last days of my vacation I managed to
complete my build of special-characters and knights
to my own game Hugg och slag.
Now I feel that I have a set of figures to cover the
most of my planned scenarios.
It was great fun to build and especially the fool and my
field cook. I have used bits from GW, Conquest games
and Fireforge games. To finalize these figures with
some paint will also be a big joy.
Now I only have the rest of my medieval
fighting force to build, but the winter is long. :)
Last sunday I was invited for a test-game in Bolt Action by
my friend Peter. The points were set to 1000 points each and
the participants were a total of 5.
I and two other players(Andreas,Henrik) chose to play the russians
and our opponents were Peter and Mikael that chose the finns and
germans. The sideboards at Peters were filled with good
refreshments and after the game we also ended up at dinner-table.
The objective of the gamewas to take the crossroads and also to find
a missing document that was hidden somewhere at the scenery.
Any fraction that placed figures adjactent to a crossroad at the
endturn controlled the crossroad.
The game was set to 300points to each player for a start and
got reinforced with more troops each round until all figures and
models were placed on the gaming-table.
The russian tactics were very defensive and this was because
we thought that the axis would put in more armour at the end
of their setup but we made a false calculation.
Eventhough the advance for the russians was slow we managed
to occupy two buildings and take three buildings and got a
total score of 7 points and the axis only 6 points.
A russian victory was celebrated eventhough it was a close one.
This was a very nice testgame of Bolt action and I liked using
the BA-dices very much becuse the game became very clear
for an overview.
I will end this battlereport with sending out a big thankyou to
Peter for holding this test-game and also for his great hospitality
and nice dinner.Looking forward for a new game very soon.
For a couple of weeks ago I held a tournament in 40k at
my house and for me this game is at its best when using
scenery that shows factories and ruins.
To make my own twist to this I started making a factory
of my own but this was a too ambitious project and I
was not finished when I got my visit from my friends.
Now I have added more big details to my factory and
it looks great so far. I will also add more fences,
a lot of bolts and finally I will paint it.
This factory will be one out of three buildings and
I made it very compact to make a more robust impression.
Yeasterday I was invited to a game of Bolt action at
my friend Peters and it was a fun game and the meeting
was very nice. I will publish a full report about this
game very soon. On this game-session I also got two
nice gifts from the players at the meeting.
From Peter, the host I got nine very nice medieval
figures that will come handy in my game Hugg och slag.
The archers with crossbow are divided into two groups:
one with armour and one without. I will convert the
archers without armour with different heads to give them
more personality. The rider will be painted as a noble-man
and will be used as a key-character in the games.
From Andreas I got coffee-stirrers and this was a very
good gift that will be used for making doors and all kinds
of carpentry.The dimension of the stirrers is very usable
and you can even use a pair of scissors to cut them.
Thankyou very much both Peter and Andreas. :)
