Scenery

nosmo

It might tie in with the conversions thread, but I'll start one anyway. It's a large part of a good game, imo.
Has anyone out there made any scenery that they are particularly happy with? What materials do people use the most?
A few years back, I regularly tried making simple things and managed to bollocks them up, but recently I seem to have developed a knack for it with some Necromunda stuff. And Epic scenery, but then again, the smaller it is the less space you have to screw up in.

Lemming

I've made a lot of scenery over the years, ranging from epic scale, to the great big w40k scenario type stuff involving interlocking polestyrene sheets which require cars/vans to transport between locations (if anyone remembers the w40k participation game that used to be run at Gaelcon with the trenches, bunkers & razorwire)

I've found polestyrene a git to work with. You can do *really* cool stuff with it, but by god will you get p*ssed off with it at times. Glue is rather good for melting it for that rock-face/battle-inflicted damage, as are some sprays.

I've found wood really good, whether for buildings, or for bases. Sturdy, and takes paint, adhesive compounds, and whatever else you want rather well. And it's fairly easily worked with too (even more so if you have machine cutting tools).

The wire car-body mesh is a god-send for just about everything. It's very pliable stuff. Excellent for use as perimeter fencing/razorwire/exposed structural support wiring/etc.

Mr Kipplings cherry-bakewell foil tins are amazing for creating small craters. Just flip them over, then push the flat-top down with two fingers, stick on a base, and voila!! Instant crater.

You can use old batteries as oil-drums/barrels/ epic-scale refineries by painting them in a metallic colour, and then running some tin-bitz paint or similar for that rusted, oily, used look.

Even blister pack covers can be used for scenery. Yes, they do have a use!!

Runfree

Ah yes I made my own scenery.

Polystyrine is definitly the best. use a hot knife to cut it.

If you are making a wall I find if you get a lynx can and ignite it with a match for a second does great effects(but this is dangerous so please my advise dont try it).

Also its great for making craters as is paper mache.

I used a bit of alumium piping(1-2cm diameter) and glued it together to get an industrial look. also match sticks are great as you can pretty much use the for anything.

Go to a pound shop and buy ureself sum cheap matches and start cutting of the match heads(stick the match head in a little container and throw it in a fire, great effect). Used match stick to make a wooden cabin, bridges, stairs and many more things.

And even bog roll is usefull. Make a nice tower platform they do.

RunFree

nosmo

Originally posted by Runfree

I used a bit of alumium piping(1-2cm diameter) and glued it together to get an industrial look. also match sticks are great as you can pretty much use the for anything.

Ah, the elusive piping. GW always mentioned that aluminium piping was good for scenery, but I never managed to find it anywhere =/ I resorted to using a plastic lollipop stick and melting it for something I made recently

Pugsley

NEVER underestimate the power of cardboard and sticky tape

Can make some mad fort's and stuff out of it, for large buildings cant beat it, just use a thin layer ok that gritty stuff model shops sell to fill corners and givet he cardboard some texture, can make a full fort for about 30p with cardboard (which is free, gottap ay for sticky tape tho), then about a quid will patch it all up, and another quid to paint it, so for just over £2 you can get yourself a fort which could hold about 40+ troops. Made a fort before with fully raised walls on the outside, a center tower, and a drawbridge out of JUST cardboard + sticky tape, never got it finished tho, but used it in a battle once, unpainted or textured, just a cardboard fort really, and was really cool, real impact on the battle, we used it to play meat grinder, with defending marines vs tyranids, was mad fun