War was always here...

I’m getting tired of running around the same old trees, walls and gothic arches as backdrops for every climate and epoch imaginable.

I want some terrain that will suit a fairly generic 20th cen > scene of ruination. The internet is all too full of inspirational photography to this end.

Wrecked cars to run around.

A ruined building – something more medieval looking. Walls made by using a roller on cheapo polyclay, mixed with wood framing(lolly sticks, glued and shaped.) and greenstuff plaster.

The last is stick I-beams. (There’s something very satisfying about making them.) Chopped-up toys, rubbish and cork.

Next up, very generic destroyed walls to sit comfortably in any environment.

Made with foamboard, the paper removed and detailed, beams created from lolly sticks and detailed with shaped sprues and model tank bits and pieces.

Next, Turbines and Machinery – inspired by a beautiful abandoned Deco substation.

This is all either packaging from inks, bottle caps, canisters and chopped up sprue. The shaped paper elements mâché technique and stiffened with poly varnish. That is time consuming but pleasurable if you like making stuff! I like that coloured foamy stuff that craft shops sell, it’s very easy to cut and glue and adds nice form.

I want them to sit in a factory-type environment so will need some height. I’m using some Fisher Price toys as a base (Car boot fair fare!) and will make some stairs for them.

Also, more lolly I-beams. Fencing created from a magazine rack. I’ll try using the high quality card stock remnants from board games to create some window shapes for walls…. I’m not confident that this will look good though…