I've never heard of a construction company putting out a progress report for the public before, but I'm going to be different- I'm going to show pics of the progress! We've spent the last week just building these wonderful kits and it's been a blast.
I spent a few dollars on this stuff and was quickly amazed when it showed up only a couple weeks later (remember, this is European). I stashed it for a week, posted a blog about it, and then got to work. In the span of a day full of distractions, we got to work.
My favorite part of the project is that my wife jumped in headlong. I gave her the giant air turbine and opened the instructions on the website and let her go. She didn't have the confidence since she's never built this kind of terrain before (to be fair, I have very little experience with MDF terrain as well). But she had no problems and I came home from work to find this:
Super awesome! And the scale is huge, meaning I can even hide Land Raider tanks behind it! This is key as my terrain collection isn't exactly overflowing with LoS-blocking stuff... Speaking of blocks- I spent that time working on the much simpler slum blocks. In total, I built 15 separate buildings that can be stacked. Including platforms and walkways, this is perfect for those populated areas of the Underhive.
If I'm going to use it for a particular game, I need to test the scale. Let's see how a Space Robot from Space looks:
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Now that I have those built, I have to consider painting them. I've done some research and it appears I am going to have to prime them before painting them. Besides the overwhelming amount of ash dust from the laser-cutting process staining my hands, it also turns out the MDF also absorbs paint like a magical artifact. This worries me as the detail isn't deep or wide, meaning it will basically disappear after that coating. While I ponder the plan for this, I will spend more time building the rest of the kits:
Have you been working on terrain lately? Let me know in the comments below.
Happy Hobbying!
