From the Front line

Finally, I finished the buildings I have been working on for the last couple of weeks.

In all, I have five buildings, a tower, one and a half columns, several wall sections, and ruined building.

Here they are, accompanied by the Tallarn Desert Raiders and Cadian Shock troops, from my Imperial Guard army. Click for larger versions.


















The two tanks are Leman Russ battle tanks, painted as part of the Tallarn Desert Raider troos. The squadron leader is identified by the red turret and Vox antenna.


Details of the construction, partly to remind myself in the future...

Buildings:
5mm foam board walls/floors for the later ones, and cardboard for the first two
All glued together using PVA wood glue
Surface texture - 125ml of paint with 3 dessert spoons of fine sand
Base coat - Dulux emulsion "Jamaican Bronze 1"
Highlights - Dulux emulsion "Jamaican Bronze 4"
Cardboard base with texture from Ikea decorative sand (larger pieces), Fish sand (smaller texture), GW green flock
Doors/shutters/hatches - made from wooden coffee stirrers (similar to lolly sticks)
"Wooden" floor supports - foam card (added after painting) or matchsticks (added before texturing - used on the first card buildings and does not looks as good!)

Tower:
A Pringles tube on a CD base, using the same texture etc and matchstick floor supports.

Wall sections:
Foam board

Columns:
Foam board, with polyfilla used to fills add rounded texture in between the square sections.

Phew. All they need now is a coat of varnish to keep the flock attached and to help protect against knocks.