Projects - Industry

The word 'project' is one that anyone who plays miniature games (Warhammer, 40k, Nescromunda, confrontation etc) will be familiar with.  Its the term used to describe any half baked dream you have to devote hundreds of man hours to the completion of some fantastical and creative work be it a new army (stunningly painted and individually modeled of course), an old army spruced up and ready for the next codex release or (in my case) terrain.

This project has been going on for some time, a bid to create as much playable but evocative terrain as possible.  If I'm going to invest hours painting and planning my force its only reasonable they have something suitably epic to fight over.

Industrial terrain is the current project.  It started with a few cans of coke and offcuts from the modular movement tray and is now attempting to become a set of industrial tanks.

The greatest challenge is planning, how do you want the finished piece to look?  My aim is a derelict and decaying industrial landscape perfect for Necromunda so imperfections and odd angles provide features to be highlighted in the painting stage.  Two coke cans form the body held up by  platform made from a modular movement base kit.  A length of 15mm pipe from B&Q with odd pits of plumbing make up the pipe work.

The base coat had sand and gravel (with a small amount of PVA) added to give a rough texture to break up the smooth surface of the cans.

Chadron Granite was applied before a 1:1 mix of Chadron granite and adeptus battlegrey was highlighting the upper surfaces.  Highlight again with Adeptus battlegrey directly to edges and exposed surfaces you think would catch the light.

Use Codex grey inside the adeptus coat to add to the original highlight.  For metals build up layers of codex grey with dry brush focusing on exposed edges and areas the light will catch, a spoon is useful for this to see how the light reflects at different angles from a curved metallic surface.  Skull White is used as an extreme highlight to add emphasis to the model on extreme edges directly catching the light.

With the project well underway I can begin planning the next stage, weathering and detailing the model.  Oh, and possibly an army to fight over it...