The bases are all used CDs, while the walls are made from foamboard (which I got free!) and covered with imitation corrugated sheeting made from packing boxes. "Lumber" was from an old basswood sheet I roughly snapped into pieces or from coffee shop stirrers (note: Starbucks and Caribou coffee have excellent wooden stirrers - much tougher than balsa/basswood, sized correctly for 25/28mm, and free). I tried adding some interesting bits and pieces to the groundwork as well.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Terrain WIP - Shanty Town
In a fit of despair over The Great Recession, I decided to whip up a "few" simple shanties....this, like most things I undertake, devolved into an entire town of 17 shanties! Most everything here is super cheap or made from re-purposed materials - in keeping with the spirit of real-life shanties.
The bases are all used CDs, while the walls are made from foamboard (which I got free!) and covered with imitation corrugated sheeting made from packing boxes. "Lumber" was from an old basswood sheet I roughly snapped into pieces or from coffee shop stirrers (note: Starbucks and Caribou coffee have excellent wooden stirrers - much tougher than balsa/basswood, sized correctly for 25/28mm, and free). I tried adding some interesting bits and pieces to the groundwork as well.
The bases are all used CDs, while the walls are made from foamboard (which I got free!) and covered with imitation corrugated sheeting made from packing boxes. "Lumber" was from an old basswood sheet I roughly snapped into pieces or from coffee shop stirrers (note: Starbucks and Caribou coffee have excellent wooden stirrers - much tougher than balsa/basswood, sized correctly for 25/28mm, and free). I tried adding some interesting bits and pieces to the groundwork as well.
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Inspirational! I'll be adding this post to my book marks to remind me to have a go at something similar if I ever get the time :-)
Very nice. I got a big set of GZG's 15mm shanties, but will be supplementing them with exactly this sort of inexpensive scrtachbuilding. Bravo!
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