{"id":1598,"date":"2019-11-30T10:49:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T10:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/?p=1598"},"modified":"2019-11-30T10:49:25","modified_gmt":"2019-11-30T10:49:25","slug":"%e2%80%8badvertising-billboards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2019\/11\/30\/%e2%80%8badvertising-billboards\/","title":{"rendered":"\u200bAdvertising Billboards"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Stephen goes Mad Men<\/em><\/p>\n

I was in the mood to make a few terrain pieces and since the more clutter the better for skirmish games, I thought I\u2019d make some sci fi terrain. To help create an urban, post-apocalyptic, vibe I thought I\u2019d make some advertising hoardings.<\/p>\n

The first thing I did was a bit of Googling to find suitable images. I did struggle a bit to find futuristic looking adverts. Just typing in \u2018sci fi adverts\u2019 brought up a host of cinema billboards for films, but that wasn\u2019t really what I was looking for. Nevertheless, after a bit of perseverance I find what I was looking for and printed them out.<\/p>\n

Then to make the actual hoardings. I used a backing of thick plasticard. I cut this to the dimensions of the picture plus the edging I was going to add. This edging was also made from plasticard, and it was stuck around the\u2026er\u2026edge. I had some plain EM4 dice and I thought these would make an ideal control box on the rear. So that\u2019s what that is. I also had quite a lot of box-section polystyrene extrusion from a previous project and I thought that would do for legs.<\/p>\n

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Since it would be quite a light model it was obvious it would need a hefty base to keep it anchored down, so it was all stuck on a 40mm diameter metal washer from Wilkos. I also sanded the edges to tidy it all up.<\/p>\n

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Painting was next. It was given an undercoat of Humbrol \u2018Dark Earth\u2019 spray.It was then dry-brushed a pale cream, and then a rough dry-brush of white (so it stayed looking dirty and grubby \u2013 this is post-apocalyptic, after all). I then gave it a bit of splotching with a terracotta colour for rust and dirt effects. I also thought I\u2019d add a bit of graffiti on the back of some of them.<\/p>\n

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All that was left was to cut the advert out and glue it in place, and then flock the base.
\nThere it is \u2013 an advertising hoarding all complete.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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