mightyatom13 Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 In my never ending quest for a nice looking Stalingrad table, I have made this destroyed row of stores. I took detailed photos so people can copy my techniques.I had picked up this Tamiya kit of broken walls, sandbags, and tank traps. Sorry the picture shows upside down. I rotated it on photobucket, but it still looks like this. Ugh.Here is the basic layout:Here is the corner detail. I later cut the street light off as I was worried it would snap off later.I ran out of wall sections so made one from foam core and made a rubble pile out of pink foam around it.Some more detail:Finished detailDestroyed city blockRear viewA little more detail 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMGraham Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 marvelous! I continue to love your terrain. You've combined the kit with your own work in a way that really tells a story. One question - what do you use for your various grades of rubble? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightyatom13 Posted February 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Thanks for the kind words. Honestly, I have become much more interested in making terrain than in painting minis. I feel like I have painted enough armies and if I never paint another miniature soldier, I will be ok. I still enjoy doing weird one off minis, like an enraged Tiki statue that I have on my bench now, but really i just want to make buildings and such. Gale Force 9 makes some basing rubble in various sizes. I usually use their largest chunks for the larger piles, but then I use model rail road ballast for the smaller rubble. It is much cheaper than the GF9 stuff and comes in different sizes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightyatom13 Posted February 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Oh... I actually used all GF9 basing stuff in this one. No ballast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blustorm Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 WOW! Simply Stupendous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcalla Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Looking great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkieft Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Good stuff. Many, many many years ago I had that set of Tamiya walls... man, those are some old molds (maybe redone, who knows). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esperatus Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Great stuff. May your never ending quest never end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightyatom13 Posted February 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Thanks, man. Well.... its going to come to an end for a while after the tourney this weekend. I have wanted to make stop motion animated films for about a decade now and have recently decided to take the plunge (since I turned 45 last month and realized I am going to die some day). My dream job would be making sets, so I decided to start doing it. Step one was to hook up with an animator to learn a thing or two. So, i emailed a guy I found on the internet with some pics of what i have done and am now his set builder. Starting next week, I begin construction of a large set for his next film. Woo hoo! Then I plan on building my own studio and sets in my basement. So... it may be a bit before I get back to making terrain. I will, of course, post pics here of the stuff I make, even if it isn't mini related. Here is a short the guy made featuring the character from the thing I am working on. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep5WnRdHRsI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluger Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Phenomenal stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoobert Posted March 12, 2014 Report Share Posted March 12, 2014 Great work! I'm envisioning a small and subtle street sign or window sign (in Russian) lying somewhere atop that rubble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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