Scenes from our games...
This scene shows the mix of storebought and homemade terrain that we usually play with. In this picture, it is possible to see my first walkways - black with yellow stripes - made out of cardboard. Unfortunately, this is not a technique I can recommend, as they tend to become wobbly and destabilize later in life. As you can see, I have tried strengthening the walkways with a kebab skewer. Not a bad idea because it is simple, but making new walkways is on the top of my list of priorities...
The silvery thing in the center is a piece of junk that one of my friends brought home with him from work. It is flexible and gives full cover to a model standing straight behind it - unless you are a bit above ground like Morten's Van Saar gangers on the walkway...
The black tower in the top right side has been made using a milkcarton. I cut out squares, but allowed the structure to remain. Then I have replaced the cut out squares with pieces of flynet. Placing cardboard floors at the right levels and adding ladders made the towers useful. Spraypainting in black, of course. The last touch is a bit of graffiti, courtesy of my Eschers (Van Saar Sucks!) and the watchtower is done.
Ok,
another confusing shot. More or less in the center of the picture you will
see one of my barrels. Made from two Coke-bottle lids, primed with black spraypaint
and then drybrushed with copper. This one got a bit too much copper, I fear!
In the top of the picture is a styrofoam ruin - quite good, I think. It is made with the simple "corners" technique described at the Mayor General's site. The styrofoam was then spraypainted gently with black primer - gently, because it was NOT protected against the paint with a layer of PVA glue... The effect is quite good, actually. Looks really ruined!
The small black structure with the red inside is my Raid objective. Since I started playing the game without buying the books and the official terrain (I have bought it since then...) I had to make my own Raid objective. It was really simple. I took a standard 1 liter milkbottle and cut the bottom off at an angle. Then I reinforced the opening with lollipopsticks. Using a lid from an alarmclock which was being "recycled" for spare parts, I had a good entrance to the underground hideout... At the back - of course invisible from this angle - I glued on a large, horrible earring as a decoration. The rest of the job is painting...