Scratchbuilding Archive

  • In a few hours I’m heading off to Wales. My good friend Mark is getting married to his fiancée, Marie, on Sunday, and I’m the Best Man. Needless to say, I have been worrying myself silly trying to write a speech that’s not going to send everyone to sleep. The...

    Too few tanks: Auf wiedersehen, folks!

    In a few hours I’m heading off to Wales. My good friend Mark is getting married to his fiancée, Marie, on Sunday, and I’m the Best Man. Needless to say, I have been worrying myself silly trying to write a speech that’s not going to send everyone to sleep. The...

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  • The board is done, and I’m getting on nicely with some walls to create corridors for warring in. I’ve popped a lot of transfers on the walls to embellish them prettily. It’s always good to have some nice numerals stencilled all over things, and some wee words on computer screens....

    Too few tanks: Gaming Board: Part 3 and some rabbits

    The board is done, and I’m getting on nicely with some walls to create corridors for warring in. I’ve popped a lot of transfers on the walls to embellish them prettily. It’s always good to have some nice numerals stencilled all over things, and some wee words on computer screens....

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  • That order I made from 4D Model Shop arrived at lightning speed! So I have already been able to finish off my mini board. The squares follow the standard 1.5″ by 1.5″ pattern, so it’s a pleasing 18″ by 18″, which is enough for a very small game. It also...

    Too few tanks: Board of Gaming: Part 2

    That order I made from 4D Model Shop arrived at lightning speed! So I have already been able to finish off my mini board. The squares follow the standard 1.5″ by 1.5″ pattern, so it’s a pleasing 18″ by 18″, which is enough for a very small game. It also...

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  • Last time grammar, this time spelling – am I not a regular laugh riot? Oh. OK. Well, anyway, this time I display the beginnings of a board designed for gaming. I have ordered a spot more plasticard, and mean to have in total 4 boards of 18″ square. The mesh...

    Too few tanks: Board of gaming

    Last time grammar, this time spelling – am I not a regular laugh riot? Oh. OK. Well, anyway, this time I display the beginnings of a board designed for gaming. I have ordered a spot more plasticard, and mean to have in total 4 boards of 18″ square. The mesh...

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  • See, that colon makes that title make sense. Remove the colon and it’s quite different in meaning! I have got pretty close to finishing off all the terrain for Space Hunt, well, er, for the time being, because I have run low on plasticard and need some more. I’ll tell...

    Too few tanks: Terrain: Generator

    See, that colon makes that title make sense. Remove the colon and it’s quite different in meaning! I have got pretty close to finishing off all the terrain for Space Hunt, well, er, for the time being, because I have run low on plasticard and need some more. I’ll tell...

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  • I have been continuing my work on the walls for “Space Hunt”, and it’s been going pretty well. I had completed a load of large walls, and so decided I needed one or two wee ones. Needless to say, I got carried away! In total I have seven long walls...

    Too few tanks: Big walls and little walls, and so ad infinitum!

    I have been continuing my work on the walls for “Space Hunt”, and it’s been going pretty well. I had completed a load of large walls, and so decided I needed one or two wee ones. Needless to say, I got carried away! In total I have seven long walls...

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  • That’s giant in the scale sense of giant. I don’t live on a film set or a run-down industrial base or in Nakatomi Plaza, so giant fans play no part whatsoever in my daily life. I just wanted to make that clear so nobody would feel let down or upset...

    Too few tanks: Giant wall-mounted fans and why we love them

    That’s giant in the scale sense of giant. I don’t live on a film set or a run-down industrial base or in Nakatomi Plaza, so giant fans play no part whatsoever in my daily life. I just wanted to make that clear so nobody would feel let down or upset...

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  • The Plasma Generator is coming along pretty nicely. She has had her grey undercoat and her basecoat of Ford Midnight Sky. I brought her in earlier, and started wrapping her ready for a coat of white for the hazard stripes (they’ll be yellow eventually), but ran out of masking tape....

    Too few tanks: Generator Room, increase power!

    The Plasma Generator is coming along pretty nicely. She has had her grey undercoat and her basecoat of Ford Midnight Sky. I brought her in earlier, and started wrapping her ready for a coat of white for the hazard stripes (they’ll be yellow eventually), but ran out of masking tape....

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  • Or else what would they pump round the ship in pipes? Searing hot plasma is the only thing for any self-respecting starship captain to have in his ship. First things first: this idea is not mine! It is from this excellent blog. It’s the creation of a facsimile of the...

    Too few tanks: Plasma Generator WIP: every starship needs one

    Or else what would they pump round the ship in pipes? Searing hot plasma is the only thing for any self-respecting starship captain to have in his ship. First things first: this idea is not mine! It is from this excellent blog. It’s the creation of a facsimile of the...

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  • Here, ready for gaming, is everything I have so far got to a vaguely painted stage for my Aliens/Space Hulk/Crusade set of bits and bobs. There are a few more walls outside with paint drying, and several of these pieces need a lick of paint, as you can see! But...

    Too few tanks: Space Hunt: putting it all together

    Here, ready for gaming, is everything I have so far got to a vaguely painted stage for my Aliens/Space Hulk/Crusade set of bits and bobs. There are a few more walls outside with paint drying, and several of these pieces need a lick of paint, as you can see! But...

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