{"id":659,"date":"2018-08-13T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T08:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/?p=659"},"modified":"2018-08-10T22:41:40","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T21:41:40","slug":"sci-fi-gubbins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2018\/08\/13\/sci-fi-gubbins\/","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Fi Gubbins"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Stephen has been tinkering again…<\/em><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s some sci fi scatter terrain I put together for a recent game. A lot of the parts came from the bits box or shops like Poundland – so it can be very cheap to put together terrain pieces.<\/p>\n

As we all know, extraplanetary deserts are well known for having jettisoned escape pods buried in them. And this one\u2019s no different. The escape pod is a Revell 1\/144 Apollo Command Module kit. It was mounted on an old CD and then filler was slapped on.<\/p>\n

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And if alien deserts are known for their escape pods they are just as well known for their enigmatic dinosaur skeletons.<\/p>\n

I bought this about a year or so ago in The Works. They had several different dinosaur skeletons, in clear plastic tubes, for about \u00a32 each. So I bought one of each, just in case. This was actually more hassle to put together than it looks like it should be. The trick is filling the rib cage. I used expanded polystyrene bits where the ribs would be (which would also keep the weight down) and then slathered it in filler before pushing the skeleton into it.<\/p>\n

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The next piece is a generic bit of industrial waste. The wheels and the cement mixer tumbler were from Poundland kids toys. The grey container thing is actually an empty stapler cartridge from an office printer\/photocopier.<\/p>\n

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This bunker\/shack\/whatever is another bit from a Poundland toy. It\u2019s actually the scoop from a toy tipper truck turned upside down and then bits of plasticard and other odds and ends stuck on.<\/p>\n

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The fun at Poundland doesn\u2019t stop! I can\u2019t take credit for this one – I stole the idea from someone else on a forum somewhere. It\u2019s a pair of toy guns, the handles cut off and covered with plasticard. The end of the barrel is also cut off and used to make some kind of exhaust vent. Then given a slap of paint.<\/p>\n

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Yup, finally, more Poundland! A toy truck, tyres removed, and given a new paint-job and rusted up as a derelict.<\/p>\n

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