Saturday, 29 September 2012

Finished that Scavvy

And got round to basing it too.




I think the model captures what I think a Brood Brother should look like.

I've also decided that snow covered rubble is the direction I'm going to go with the bases as it ties in my Imperial Guard and Blood Angels forces.

Saturday, 1 September 2012

The £10 Challenge - A Partial Success

The Challenge

Well I'm back from my challenge and despite me completing it, its not as successful as I originally thought it might be.

I managed to pick up a few key pieces for scenery building but most of the money went on unexciting things.

I got a large sheet of foam core for £3.50 (which took the biggest chunk out of the budget). Whilst this sheet will last me for a while (its at least A2 in size, maybe even A1) its not a very exciting purchase.

The next biggest spend was a long (2m) outlet pipe that I picked up for £1.99. Its a lot of pipe to use but will come in handy.

After that, I got some backing card (card that is thicker and stiffer than cereal box / thin card). An A3 sheet was about £1.49.

By now, most of the budget has been spent and its all useful but not that interesting. The remains of the budget were spent on some cheap, vinyl floor tiles that should be good for basing as they have an uneven texture to them and were very cheap (£1 for about 4 square feet) and on two 90 degree pipe bends (for toxic waste pipes) - each one costing 99p.

So as you can see, I've hit my budget but I'll have to do a lot of rummaging through my spare bits and recycling to turn it into something interesting.

The £10 Challenge

At work we've been discussing the possibility of starting up a Necromunda campaign but unfortunately all our scenery is aimed more at 40k and not very three dimensional.

So this morning, I issued myself a £10 challenge to build a few pieces of Necromunda scenery by spending just £10 and using the odds and ends I have lying about.

At the moment, I've got an almost blank shopping list - the only item I need to get is some foam core for better looking bases, everything else is just what I can find.

The challenge is not to find the best deals on stuff or anything like that, its simple to set myself a budget and see what I can make.

I'm still working on the Scavvy however.