This competition ran in August-September 2007 and was run by Tuco. We also owe a word of thanks to Eazy-O for compiling this summary from the information posted on the forum.
The theme for this competition is a place where your army, platoon, warband, posse etc. can quench their thirst after running around on your gaming table and slaughtering enemies. This can be a natural or man-made (or alien-made) place, and offer natural or man-made (or alien-made) drinkable liquid. Please note that refilling the tank of a machine is not the same as drinking, even if the liquid is water and the machine a Warjack.
An interstellar bar, a tavern, a brewery, a wine cellar, an oasis, a well, a small brook, a fountain would be acceptable entries, but not a river or a big lake, unless you can prove me you ever drank from a river and didn't catch something dreadful.
It's been ages since I got stuck into a model making project and I've really enjoyed doing this. I created it for use with the "Bar Room Brawl" rules that appeared way back in issue 223 of White Dwarf (you can download them as a .pdf from the GW site).
It's mostly foamcore and cereal packet card. There are a few Hirst Arts blocks however the walls are Styrofoam that I embossed (with a pen) to look like Hirst Arts. There are lots of items from the ol' bits box and I made heavy use of the printer for things like the banners, the playing cards, and the dartboard. The bottles are the stems from GW bases for flying figures.
For additional images and info, check out this album in our gallery.
As soon as this competition was announced I immediately knew what I was going to make. I had the idea of a large inn kicking around my head for a while, and felt this would be the perfect motivation to get it made.
The main structure is made as per my usual, slices of Styrofoam provide the sturdy looking main floor with thick card walls for the upstairs. The main issues when building were the details and the roof. Individual tiles cut from cereal box card gives the roof the slight variance it needs. Many of the details (plates, food, bags, bottles, etc.) were hand sculpted with FIMO. This proved quite a challenge as I had never undertaken any moderately complex sculpting before. Overall I am quite pleased with how it turned out, making it the pride of my terrain collection.
For full details about the construction of this piece, please check out the article in our archives