Well among other things I have got my MDF sci fi 'table-ready'. I have done no painting bar a black undercoat and a metallic charcoal spray from rattle cans. That's a job for future me.
Obviously I can spend time painting details and adding more greebles and bitz (I have some corrugated cardboard to make tin roofing) but I want to get playing before my holidays end so:-
I haven't added in all the supports and ladders but as you see you get a table full of terrain for ~$50. At that price it's not worth buying a laser cutter.
The terrain is very sturdy for gaming even without all the supports added. I've tarted up the terrain by adding some stick on rhinestones (you know, the sort they glue on painted fingernails) which make pretty sweet rivets/bolts. My kids stuck them on (with their much nimbler fingers) while we were watching TV.
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I added in some fuel tanks made from cola & Red Bull cans plus aforementioned spraycan lids; the four terrain pieces took about 20mins to build - faster than the MDF assembly I'd have to admit!
Besides the stick on jewel "rivets" the local $2 shop had lots of precut cogs and stuff which was quite handy. I also like plasterers' tape (it's self adhesive) to add a mesh look to catwalks to add texture to the rather bland flat MDF. I'm going to stick on some corrugated iron panels to further add texture and character.
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Some of my "supplies" from my craft box - these were fun and easy and stuck on with ordinary PVA. It's amusing while craft stuff is much cheaper than hobby supplies; but there is still a "craft shop" markup. Replacing a hot glue gun was $10 in the craft section, and $6 in the hardware section of the same store!
"You seem unusually focussed on one project!" you cry. But wait... what lurks on my workbench?
Well, my Formula 1 jet bikes (bonus points if you can guess the racing teams they belong to) are part of a homebrew Wipeout game (remember the old Playstation legend?)...
.....my daughter wants help with her Escher gang...
....I'm working on a Landcruiser Ratte "mothership" tank for my Tankmunda Mortal Engines-meets-WW2-meets Mad Max homebrew rules; and there's a viking longship to paint.....
....of course, it's not just ordinary vikings. Pooh. These are post-apocalyptic vikings who are exploring the ruins of our modern world - which is buried in dozens of metres of ice. Oh, and there's undead.
(Yes, I merely wanted an excuse for vikings with chainmail, axes and M16s to abseil down inside skyscrapers to fight zombies....)
