There's always more city

The city expands. I think I've got enough for a full board now, with a variety of sized terrain pieces, from craters to woods to buildings. I think I'd like to make some proper trenches, now that I think I've figured out how, and maybe some more craters. Then I'll move on to do some special pieces, like that cathedral or an [i]Enemy at the Gates[/i] fountain.

First up, the woods. The trees on these are from a craft store Christmas village collection. My mother-in-law saw them for cheap post-Christmas and gave them to me. They're about exactly the right scale, so I just glued them to some templates for area terrain. I figure every city has some green space.






All the bunkers, including the one I just made.




All the barricades:




The craters:




One of the three new buildings. I decided to make this one a little more damaged, like it's taken direct artillery fire or something.




The second building, mate to the previous one.




And the third building, mate to the large one in the last post.





Now that I think about it, the fountain is totally going to be next. I'll save the trenches until I'm going to play a game that needs 'em.

The Armour of Carboard

I have fortifications! Along with further proof that Starbucks is awesome (as if we needed more proof...)


Defense Tower. It kind of reminds me of the castle towers in Samurai Jack... Once I've got MDF I'll give it a proper base and some razor wire and rubble barricades around the bottom.



I made the platform large enough to comfortably fit three Heavy Weapon team bases, and about twenty Guardsmen (or Marines, or any other man-sized model I would assume) fit up there. It's a little over six inches tall, but I figure it can be treated as though a full turn's movement can take a squad from the base to the platform.


A bunker! I want all my towers to be the same height, and since my wife gets grande instead of venti I had to find something else for this cup. Thus, a small pillbox/bunker thingy. Again, fits a Heavy Weapon base snugly. I saved the top half of the cup, and I think I'll use it as the centre of an [i]Enemy at the Gates[/i] style fountain/statue, because there's always one.





Defensive barricades/mini-trenches. I couldn't do a proper trench, so I knocked these together. Once I have some kind of putty or something less expensive than green stuff I'll fill in the fronts.




And the barricades with the bunker. I forgot to crop this one, and the last one apparently, so you get a guest appearance by my knee. ;)

The Cardboard City Begins

I've decided that I'm tired of mooning about the internet, thinking "I should build some terrain someday", and just to build some. That said, I'm more interested in getting enough stuff built to be able to play with, without resorting to the Book Pile of Doom and hopefully be able to get some variety. I've got a ton of cardboard boxes lying around from the last move, plus a lot of bits I've been saving over the years.


On to the pictures!


A Manufactorum. I got this kit for my birthday a year or two ago, and only finally built it properly a couple weeks ago.



A bunker. It has a removeable lid. I patterned it roughly on the templates in the 4th Ed rulebook.




A small ruin. The broken floor is new (to me, at least). I only just noticed it while taking the pictures, but I think I'll work with it as it adds a nice touch to the piece.



The above ruin's mate. This one got some CoD bits I had left over from the Manufactorum to spruce it up.



A little barricade thingy.



A big ruin, again patterned on the template in the back of the 4th Ed rulebook.






So, yeah, that's the city so far. They're very plain, and unpainted, and they're likely to stay that way until I've got enough to do a good table, at which point I'll probably come back and do a second pass to add rubble, gubbins, etc.

Any suggestions for what to do next? I was thinking the remains of a small church.