I'm going for a rather quick job today. I could say it was a work of opportunity. As an introduction, I'll tell you that I built this observatory vault some time ago, thinking of placing it somewhere on my Qala Debdou board.
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| This is way simpler than it looks |
It's just a bottle cap. I replaced the straw with a scratchbuilt telescope:
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| Sorry I didn't build the interior |
The thing is that I never found the right place for this. I tried it on a different number of buildings and towers and it never felt right. Well, then I stored it, hoping that I'll eventually find the right place for it.
Opportunities present themselves if you are looking for them (Dammit, that sounded like a coaching book or something!)
But anyway. More life advice: you don't have to go mad everytime the kids break something.
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| Trust me, sometimes it's an opportunity |
You see, this plastic tub experienced some... issues. But you also know that we are totally pro recycling at home! Oh, well, I know. For most of you that expression means I take this stuff to the proper container. Right. We also do that, right. But recycling also means this...
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| Oh, you can't say you didn't see this coming! |
You can see I took the easiest approach, just glued a few random bits here and there, but I really didn't think I needed to overdo it, so I kept it relatively clear. After that I just white primed it and added the basic colours, in the usual way of my other buildings:
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| Terrible simple, yet functional |
It feels almost embarrassing, but I have to say that this is almost everything. From this point on I just have to get it as dirty and weathered as I can:
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| You call this dirty? |
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| OK, better, but not there yet... |
Once I got it really battered, just had to add the dome:
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| A modest observatory |
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| Maintenance crew is not doing quite an outstanding job here |
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| They all come top of the hill to spot the stars |
It was a fun thing to do, pretty quick work, but I think that the building didn't really ask for much more. I think it fits well with my other buildings of the like, and in fact I do have quite some now! I should put up a board some day only with these.
In the meantime, I'm working on more projects, so I hope I'll be able to bring more stuff soon!
I love this! This brings back memories of the Rogue Trader days when my friends and I used to make scenery out of the craziest stuff.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Haha, the way to build stuff has stuck to me since then!
DeleteA building full of character. I look forward to the creation of companion ones. Inspiration filled post.
ReplyDeleteAlan Tradgardland
Thank you! I'll be sure to make more buildings as I gather enough junk LOL
DeleteAnother piece of (conversion) art!!
ReplyDeleteThanks! A moedst and easy one, but I'm happy with it!
DeleteAwesome Observatory Suber, I think you've got the perfect level of details and gribbles on the building, and the weathering ties it all together.
ReplyDeleteAs for recycling broken stuff, that's the rule in my house, I get to check to see if it's useful before the recycle bins ! LOL
Thank you! Haha, every piece of junk has a potential second life if you really try!
DeleteThat is full of character!
ReplyDeleteBill.
Thank you! It is pretty simple, maybe with less details than other buildings I've done before, but i was aiming for this kind of looking :)
DeleteGreat work Suber. A neat piece of terrain that suits either a urban or rural battlefield.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Some day I'll have to address the delicate issue of how is it possible that my buildings look so rusty... on a desert setting, with almost no humidity in the air! But that's a problem for another day...
DeleteO nice! Using that kids' drinking cup lid is an inspired choice! If I had space to keep stuff like that I'd have so much material to create with my kids old cast-offs as starting points for projects like these. So simple but looks very effective mate. How does it look on the terrain board?
ReplyDeleteHaha, I've been amassing tons of stupid, unusable pieces for years, only to end up discarding them in some clean up. But this one was a matter of "now or never", I felt the urge and had to do it!
DeleteI haven't set it on my board with my other buildings, but I'll be sure to do so, and let you know with proper pics!
Very nice! I really like the building of the telescope. A great use of bits.
ReplyDeleteThank you! It all started with the bottle cap. I could have done some AA gun, but it didn't really fit in my mining town, so a telescope looked more suitable. I really have to set a board with all my stuff...
DeleteSplendid bit of scratch building!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thank you! Something easy and quick to build, I'm happy with it!
DeleteGork and Mork approved!
ReplyDeleteHaha, thanks! I feel the itch to build many more!
DeleteAt first I thought it looked too empty, but all of that weathering really helped bring it together and make for a really cool piece.
ReplyDeleteI felt the same at the beginning, I really thought that I had made some other buildings that were much more crowded of details than this one, but I think it somehow worked in the end!
Deletehell yeah, that's perfect
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'm not sure if people can actually see the stars from there, but at least they can show off their fancy observatory!
DeleteVery nice indeed!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I hope it's atmospherical enough for my board :)
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