I'm taking a break from some online games of Mythos to get back to scratch building. I've neglected my
6mm sci-fi tank platoons for a long time, but I got some inspiration from a couple of excellent library books and my homebrew tank v tank solitaire rules are coming together again.
The only way these solo rules will be any fun is if the table features a lot of cover. I came up with a way of making cylindrical towers from polystyrene cups that takes just a matter of hours. After getting a proof-of-concept design 70% complete and learning a number of valuable lessons, I rushed off to the dollar store to get more supplies. The total cost of materials was just under $7.00 US, not counting things already on hand like glues, paints and bits for details. I should be be able to get about 7 to 10 buildings from this purchase.
Below are some pics of the proof-of-concept building. The tower proper is not yet complete, nor is it based. I'm very happy with the roof detailing, but the ground floor needs some definite work to really make it look like a real structure (like a door perhaps...) I'll finish up this building and then start mass-producing the others, based on the lessons-learned from this first one. I'll take pictures of these subsequent towers and post a tutorial.
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| Scratchbuilt tank is 31mm long |
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| Detailing on the roof really makes the building |
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| Need to base and add ground-level details |
You could create a rectangular base out of cardboard, styrofoam or what have you. It could look like a below ground garage or the like. A bigger base could be used to make a cluster of these towers look like a complex.
ReplyDeleteYou bet. My normal basing technique is to use a very thin piece of scrap polystyrene from food packaging. I apply wall repair fiberglass tape (it's cheaper than it sounds) and then coat with Durham's Water Putty. I plan to do that with these towers, if I ever get back to tank games. I will keep them individually based though, so I can constantly change the city.
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