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<td>Bill has used all manner of junk and found items to make his
Battletech board. Battletech is closer to Epic than 40K scale.</td>
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The entire look of my base is done after the fact of the planet
that it is located on in the battletech world. The area of the planet
where the base is located is very inhospitable, rocky and barren. The
structures are made with this rock and therefore are naturally
camouflaged easily. Those ones that are not of rock are painted to
resemble the surroundings.
I used styrofoam extensively and almost exclusively because of its
natural rough and rocky texture. Most of the pieces weigh next to
nothing and are easily transported.
The terrain is undersized in scale for warhammer but we have used
them and actually not many people noticed that fact. I will send some
pics with mechs and space marines for scale comparision.
This is an overhead shot of 70% of the base pieces. The main boards
in the middle of the pic are just styrofoam sheets that have the edges
tapered on 3 sides and fit together with the depression on the right
lining them up. There are several pieces set on top of them. I'm in
the process of painting a large canvas tarp (15'x15') that will be
under everything.
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<td>This is one of the power plants. The base and over head pieces
are styrofoam that has been covered with drywall tape to give it
the look of hardened concrete to prevent overhead bombardment.
The actual generator is a circut board with 2 large switches
added. I then bent several pieces of tubing that connects
between the 3 main sections and gives it the look of having
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<td>This is one of the large underground access buildings. It is
carved from a single piece of styrofoam. The guns on top are off
of a battleship model. Every terrain builder should have at
least 2 of them around as they are bristling with guns that fit
into 25mm and epic scale quite nicely.</td>
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The best models are of the Bismark and the USS Missouri as they
have the most weaponry. The above deck structures and even the deck
itself come in quite handy.
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<td>This is a direct copy of your plant with many of my own
features.</td>
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<td>This is the Special Forces Headquarters complete with multiple
mech and vehicle bays, landing pad that will accomodate up to
medium size dropships and it own internal power plant. Made from
a solid piece of styrofoam and carved into the final shape. Many
extras, especially electrical parts, make up the majority of the
detail work.</td>
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The landing area is made from a piece of aluminum that I cut out on
the NC router at work. The supports are standard I beam found in any
hobby shop. The elevator on the side of the landing area is the fuel
injection and intake section from a car model. The finned surface
looks just like the large industrial lifts.
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<td>This is the main communications array. The main structure is
styrofoam covered with plasticard for better mounting of the
equipment. The dish support is a cable connector topped with a
switch that has had a small eliptical area sanded out to
accomodate the dish more precisely.</td>
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The dish itself is half of a film canister. The secondary antenna
is thin wire with a mech jump jet off of a early Phoniex Hawk.
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<td>This is the main mech production facility. The styrofoam base
was already formed. The large circular object is a fire alarm
with a great feature, a slide out battery holder that when
opened looks great.</td>
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The structure right next to it is an overturned wagon from one of
those cowboy and indian play sets. ( See why my son stays upset with
me!) At the ends of the piece are a transformer and a rubber floor
protector from under my old desk. The other small pieces are all
circuitry.