Terrain - Building 4Ground Corner Ruins Type 3 Plus D.I.Y Additions Part 3

Hi all,
          This is my next stage photos of my d.i.y. section of the ruins.

"My knife must be here somewhere."

There are still bits of final decoration to add.

Added more wall, texture, and floorboards.

 Some of the floorboards were supplied, (I did not use them all here, I saved some for later use on other projects), others were made from more lolly sticks. The texture is made from brown umber paint and sand.

I think that will do.

"Anybody home ?"

With better lighting

More defences were added (mainly against nasties) from floorboards.

The spike section, lower right, is removable for entrance / exit. 2 spikes then remain.

Diagonal spar now removed.

Can you see the broken glass in the window?

With added walkway

Some of the defences still need painting, but I thought it was about time I posted again with something new and this was all I had.

I'm pleased with the results. Are you going to buy one now and see what extras you can add to it?

Thanks to 4Ground for putting in the effort and making great products.

Ivor Cogdell

P.S. It has now taken residence in Mordheim, along with other goodies. See The Journey and WHF - Arrival at Mordheim.

Pause 3

Hi all,
           You will be pleased to know that I have finally got around to purchasing some more models  for the Blog. em4 and Crooked Dice Games came up with the goods for me. Thanks to Colin on the Nordic Weasel Yahoo Group Forum for pointing me in the right direction with some handy suggestions.

As someone almost once said, "Mr.Scott, ready to beam down goodies."

"Aye, Sir. Energizing now."

The postie has arrived, unfortunately, so has the Xmas move around at my shop. this means I will not have much free time to do my other stuff for a bit. I'm also mid decorating, but I may do a bit of priming during a break.

Just added a few names to the Hugemont cast list.

I do want to be generating more posts than I am at the moment, but real life keeps butting its nose into everything. Just had to buy a new Digital aerial, I have fitted it and it works ok, I have just got to get some more co-ax cable to reach the tv downstairs.

Just painted the missing bits on the model. Pictures posted

Next day, loose keys - so have to change lock barrel on front door after I get home (had a spare key to get in with), check for cable extenders while shopping, all gone.

Frustrated, yet again.

I have finished off my Corner ruin, unless I find other bits to add to it.

Thanks to the person who bothered to vote in my poll,which is situated right at the bottom of the blog, on the left. I will try a different question and see what results I get this time. Maybe a different place would be better, if you think so, leave a comment here.

Another shout out and thanks everybody who has taken the time to have a look at my site, I have now topped the thousand mark. Please feel free to comment on anything I have done or suggestions.
                   I am wondering, what is the difference between a follower and someone who has me in their circle ? Google plus is in a world of its own.

Ivor

Terrain - Building 4Ground Corner Ruins Type 3 plus D.I.Y. Additions part 2 of 3.

Hi all,
           This is part two of my 4Ground "Corner Ruin Type 3" build, with additions made with foam core and recycled bits of lolly sticks. Originally posted in one part, it was getting too long, so I decided to put it into three parts.
                     The wooden floorboards on the upper layer have been glued in. They were carved so that they would rest on the walls to give extra support, not just having the line of glue along the floorboard edge. There is mock brickwork added, to the right of the soldier.

The things you can do with lolly sticks. (Still to be weathered).


"Looking for tracks."

The back of the house, showing weathering details.

This project is continued in Part Three.

Part One.

Regards all,
Ivor

Terrain - Building 4Ground Corner Ruins Type 3 plus D.I.Y. Additions part 1 of 3.

Hi all,
          This was meant to be just a short, quick post for the Wastelander's out there. You are not forgotten. It did run away with me a bit. On the 25th September, I built the 28 mm scale pre-decorated "Corner Ruins Type 3" from 4Ground. It is mainly aimed at 19th century to WW II scenery, but it will do for the "Post Apocalypse" setting with no problems, even fantasy with some extra props.
              Please note - their difficulty rating is - 14 and older. PVA wood glue is recommended. There are simple easy instructions or photographs, apart from the door. The door in the diagram is painted dark green and it is hard to make out the details.
             Item V (a choice of two colours) is the handle and goes sideways into the door slot, item W goes on the inside of the door, fairly low down. I added a piece of sellotape along the inside of the door to give a working hinge.

What you get

This is almost the complete official assembly, minus the ladder, window. door and the brick and floorboard rubble supplied. I was enjoying myself so much, that it inspired me to put a base on it and get out some foam board and continue to add to the model. With a bit of recycling of lolly sticks and cutting, I am now at this stage.

I have some more work to do on it, painting the white walls brick red to roughly match the original, putting down more floorboards and adding the details provided by 4Ground, (spare bricks, wood, ladders and tiles).

He is one of my partially painted Heroes of the Wastelands.

I've weather worn the back section to blend better, not sure what details I shall add. The floorboards need adjusting, perhaps more weathering.

Continued in Part Two  and Part Three.

Regards all,

Ivor Cogdell

12 July 2015 - Barrage Wargames Show, Stafford UK

Hi all,
          Here are some pictures taken at the Barrage Wargames Show this year. The venue was in a School about 15 minutes walk from the Railway station and about an hour to walk to the Castle, (There was a pub on the way). Unfortunately I cannot attribute tables to their owners, as I was not expecting to be publishing them at the time. All Copyrights reserved on behalf of their owners.
          This was my first time attending the show. There were two halls, one of which I nearly missed out due to lack of signs. The catering was basic, a Burger Van in the car park, but the burgers were tasty. The participation games were virtually all booked up before hand, so I did not get to play any of the games.
     
All being well, I shall be back next year.

Stafford Wargames Show Barrage 2015

Ivor

P.S. There was a music event at the castle, (approx. £3 entry fee), so check if this is happening again in 2016.

Dropzone Commander _ Hawk Wargames.

Dropzone Commander

WH 40 K ?

That's something you don't see everyday down the High Street.

Horror setting using Very British Civil War Rules ?

Aliens v Predators.

"Holy Gothic Guns, Batman"

Russian Campaign

 Barrage Wargames Show, Stafford UK

Drop zone Commander

A very British Civil War ?

Victorian setting

Wh 4ok. Getting stuck in.

I hope you liked them.

Ivor

Thoughts - Aliens

Hi there Wargamers all,
                                       I have just been trawling through the Wargamers Net, looking for 28 mm Mini's to add to my cast of heroes for my science fiction campaign, (C) 5 Parsecs From Home. I did see some very fine work and have found some I think will find a home with me, but some cast members positions are still vacant. I still have some sites to check out, so my findings are not totally set in stone yet.

Two things did stand out so far.
                     Firstly, there are not a great many civilian mini's out there, apart from those carrying dirty great big guns. Male and female in all sorts of get up with BIG GUNS. Unfortunately, not what I was after today, next week, possibly.
                     Secondly, aliens, or rather, "not so very", alien. Most were two arms, two legs and a body, with an alien head, slightly longer or shorter shaped arms or legs, with more BIG Guns, maybe, but they were just not ALIEN enough. Aliens should look nothing like us at all.
                     An Honorable Mention goes to the "Avian aliens", (ones with a long neck and a bird head) and the Aliens with the 4 claws instead of legs and there is the big plant-type one and a small blobby one, The 6mm Starship Trooper Bugs get a wave too, but they were designed from a film. At least the artists who sculpted them were thinking outside the box and trying to do something different. Where are all the weird critters that make you go WOW ? I'm still looking, I hope to find them yet.

I'll leave you with this quote from one of my friends today, They ask, "Where are all the Aliens ? If you were an alien, would you come here with the amount of troubles we have going on ? Not in a million years ! Just occasionally, throw big rocks at us. Job done".

Ivor

P.S. So, am I putting myself in too narrow a field ? Do you know of any good Alien figures to match my desires ? Who would you nominate as the baddest baddie figure out there and please leave a link to it.
       It seems like there are no baddies out there, or just maybe they are in hiding, or should that be plotting up another evil plan.