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Industrial Terrain; and other terrain by Digits.
Topic Started: 2 Nov 2007, 06:04 PM (21,421 Views)
Ω Digits
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Fuel predominantly.

Well I've primed it and will start painting it this weekend.

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Chance visit to B&Q on the way home from work just now and picked up these goodies for a future industrial plant area. All for £6!

The toilet ball cocks will make three great gas storage tanks once raised on legs. A quick ladder up the side, hatch on the roof and a few rungs up to it - et voila!

The two copper elbows, self explanatory.

The real find (well I think so :P ) is the plastic air brick vent. Picture it being the side of a processing plant or atmospheric generator which reqires HUGE vents! Looking forward to using that.

It's well worth a good scout round a DIY store for bits and pieces. I hope to get two good scenery pieces from these items with a bit of mdf, plastistruct, some foam card and a little imagination.
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Ω Digits
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OK, so my resin tanks won't arrive for a week or two yet, but I've painted it (bar the gate sign - my freehand sucks so I need to look for a suitable picture I can print off!).

I'm really pleased with this as I went for more rust! IMHO a very atmospheric piece!
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Pictured alongside the two tank bunds, I hope you can see that this kind of terrain is a great alternative to CityFight buildings. Better yet, every piece you scratch is unique!
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I've enjoyed making these so much, I'm going to make more! I just wish I had the same drive to want to paint figures at the moment! :(
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♠Deadley Hedley
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Sweet mate ,they look spot on :) I think you will have to bring them on Saturday for our game ;)
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Ω Old Guard
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Nice job! simple yet effective and flexible, would work in urban and open country battlefields alike. great inspiration.
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Ω jasevx
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loving them DD, really look the part!
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thewizardofoz
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those are lookin ace digits, i really like em.

how many more do you have left?
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bram kuijpers
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is there gonna be a defensive wall of some sort?
and hows that power lifter coming along?
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mummoose69
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Knew they'd look good, but they actually look fantastic dave. Dont wory about not painting any models, they're not important! :P
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Ω Digits
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Thanks guys (& Sal :wub: ) for the comments!

Yes I'm on a roll! May well make another set of tanks (hence the ball cocks) and I was given a large coffee tin earlier today so I'm going to have tanks coming out of my ears! Think I'm cornering the market on Promethium!! lol

I already have bunkers and defensive positions (see Rictus's thread) for the refinery. I am howver thinking it could do with a large corrugated sheet metal warehouse (damaged for playability) and I'll start on that when I get some plasticard.
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Digits
Nov 13 2007, 10:51 PM
ball cocks

hehehehehe........

sorry, my immaturity overwhelmed me just then, i couldnt resist.

you are indeed cornering the market on promethium! but that may be a bad thing, next thing you know, a warband of orks is gonna come and krump da place an' steal all uv da oil!
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Nov 14 2007, 12:43 AM
next thing you know, a warband of orks is gonna come and krump da place an' steal all uv da oil!

american orks hu? (no offence) well i think you could mimic oil by simply aplying water effect or gloss vanish to black paint

hmm damaged terain... let jase dogs at it they already chewed uptanks they can destroy your factory as well.
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american orks indeed... can't wit to see what you make of those... ball cocks... lol :P .
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Ω Digits
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This.

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And for the titilation of those who like to smirk and giggle when the the two words "ball" and "cock" turn up in the same sentence, here is another type (as indeed is the one on my first bund)!

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Ω jasevx
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Thats Brilliant DD, oh you were on about Hamster balls last time we spoke, they are in Wilkos for £1.99 now, cheap as chips!
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Ω Digits
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Wilkos? Not sure whether we have one around here but thanks!
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ball cocks.... hehehe

i'ld laugh more if the result werent so damn purty.

and yes Bram, American Orks indeed. or really ork Warboss followed by boyz who think he is a dumbass and dont like what he is doing... same thing really...
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Your big orange ball is looking mighty fine digits! ( i never thought i'd be saying that to someone other than jase!) :rolleyes:
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Ω Digits
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He has orange balls? :o
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I am ginger!
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Disturbing mental picture alert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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