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6mm Trench Systems
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:01 am 
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Ok,

So I am back from the Middle East and still have ten fingers and toes so all is well. I am on leave and making up for lost time working on terrain projects. The first of which is 6mm trench systems with bunkers. To that end my very talented mate Glynn and I have been busy today on the first project.

So this system is for use with any army and will hold a variety of stands. The first one has space for eight 10 x 40mm stands within the trench and the bunker central. So the trench is a double dogleg with a central bunker.

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So the base is check plate plasticard, the sides of the trenches are corragated plasticard and the bunker itself is 3mm plasticard.

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:06 am 
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Ok so more, we have glued the base to the glass and have added the base terrain to work with adding texture with brushes and some rocks, craters, I beam and some destroyed trees for flavour.

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Trench and bunker complete



Adding the base detail



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:11 am 
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So finishing the base









So that is it for now, we have been working on the roof of the bunker which will be a separate piece from the base. More to follow on that one. So Monday Australian time will be the next post with the finished product for show and then casting the silicone mold and then production and painting.

Cheers, its nice to be back
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:17 am 
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Looks great Aaron.  What putty did you use?  Does it come of the glass easily when you are done or do you leave it on for casting?

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:25 am 
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Hi Mark, it is clay, not putty, and it will be left on the glass as the master if Glynn needs to make a new mold in the future. Glynns business is resin and he is the talent, I am the ideas on this one. I have learnt alot from him and will be making the second trench this weekend and taking it out to Glynn's on Monday. Glynn has been my go to man for resin terrain for quite some time now. I was thinking of you the other day when looking around his shed in wonder, he has a great array a bases that I am looking at for our next project.

Cheers, and all kudos to Glynn
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:33 am 
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Looks great Aaron. ?What putty did you use? ?Does it come of the glass easily when you are done or do you leave it on for casting?

G'day Mark. ?The 'putty' is, in fact, DAS air-drying clay. ?Once it is dried completely in a day or two, we will seal it with a coat of Dullcoat and then 'box' it with some plastic and then pour in the silicon for the mould. ?Hopefully when we pull the mould off the original about 24 hours after pouring, it will stay stuck to the glass and we can leave it that way to make other moulds in the future if needed (by that I mean if we wear out the first mould because all you blokes are buying heaps of them). ? ? ?:D

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:37 am 
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Ooops, yeah, what Aaron said too!   :D

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:47 am 
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Fantastic work mate, and welcome back!

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Thanks mate. ?All Aaron's idea and a joint effort on the construction though. I can't steal all the credit. ?:)

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:20 pm 
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Have you thought about mostly buried bunkers and foxhole style affairs (like in the GW book 15 hours which is the basis for my Siege set up).

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 3:18 pm 
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That is great work guys, very impressive.

How did you do the texture on the clay CAL?

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 3:26 pm 
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Fantastic work, guys. What's up with the piper? Is he there for scale reference?

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Excellent work, Cal :cool:
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 12:59 am 
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Welcome back to the World, CAL !  A Very, very nice looking piece there. Verdun in Epic ?! :D

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Welcome back indeed mate.

Great looking trenches (I've always said, Its not what you know but who  :;):  ).
Looking forward to seeing the finished terrain.




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