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Appartmant Street ‘Terrain Challenge’

Appartmant Street ‘Terrain Challenge’

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Project Blog by wilco92 Cult of Games Member

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About the Project

Due to a life getting in the way i never have time to enter any of the Terrain Challenges or even get involver in the forums as much as i like, and still don't have the time. so i thought for my Terrain Challenge why not let it build itself!! about two years ago i backed a Kickstarter by Z1Design whom had designed a modular modern day, 3D printable Buildings. I've only just got my 3D printer going and why not whits I'm at work have it build my Terrain Challenge for me HA HA HA. i hope to keep you all updater on my progress, troubles and successes as my work horse of a 3D printer churns through the filament and i can show what can be made. keeping it on topic. i will be making a tourist of American city style apartments t use in my games off Walking Dead, DC Universe and Fallout. the major thing i will need to contend with is time, for me to have time to keep up with the project and the time it takes to print everything to build this project. hope you all keep with me on my first ever Project, Terrain Challenge and first major forum posts.

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I Think Thats it for this Project

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I think its done but there is still plenty more room on the mat and many more files for direct buildings i could build so i don’t thin this will be the last time we will be seeing these.

 

A Job well done.A Job well done.

Getting Minis on to the Table.

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The Bat comes out at Night

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What do they look at night.

Three Cheers for Barry (My 3D Printer)

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I think my 3D Printer should take some of the credit for such an amazing project.

2 months of solid printing and 7KG of ABS Filament later and i have such an amazing pease of terrain on the table.

Fully Furnished.

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All the Apartments have fully furnished interiors, Bathroom, Kitchen, Living Room and bedroom.

 

Starting to Bring it all together.

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Finally i have all the elements made, painted and prepared.

Time to set up a table using the new edition to my terrain collection.

 

Lets look from another angle. Looking up.

Window Fitting

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Time to add some Windows.

I got some think clear perspex to use as glass for the windows, i didn’t want to make the apartments look demolished just abandoned so i still wanted glass.

i glued the clear plastic between two painted window frames and then aded some soft tone wash to make the glass all grimy and dirty.

I Think the addition of the windows Finnish of the building perfectly.

Added the odd air conditioner unit on each building as an exist detail.

The Art of the Street!

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Printing out Posters to apply to the walls of the buildings, apply in the asme way as the billboard with PVA before and after.

At last I’ve been able to go some graffiti. some relevant graffiti in the ally “the end is nigh” (spelt correct Lance) HEHE

 

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ICE CREAM VAN!!!!

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Have Shown my Billboard before but now I’ve added some advising, i decide to add a layer behind the main Ad to show through as i wanted to make some of the sheets from the front had pealed away to show behind.

i applied the first layer with PVA and gave i a crush over the top as well

then applied the full Ad over the top in the same way

you maybe able to see lines over the top of the image, this is to denote the individual panels that would of been applied to the billboard to make the image. i have used a knife and cut along the lines and pealed away the parts to show whats behind swell as distress the edges and corners to give some weathering.

OH and yes i have graffited over the to as well

AND YES the Graffiti dose read.

 In the event of a zombie apocalypse find a Ice-cream van, You will be safe there.

little one for Warren and Justin.

ICE CREAM VAN!!!!

Black Out

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Using the army painter matt black i painted the top of each floor to black out the walls to clean up the visible surface at the tops of the walls

Add some scatter.

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First Build.

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First Build of all the painted parts to see what is left to do.

Layout starting to take shape

Final Ally Painted.

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My Favourite part painted The Ally.

i decided to ad some additional details to this part including the rust effect where the bins have been siting over time swell as the drag makes from when the bins would have been pulled to the truck. added that exist detail that make the area come together.

on the sidewalk..

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Painting the sidewalks. Using a soft tone in the airbrush i darkened where the sidewalk meets the buildings to show the grim swell patching out in black and white mess left by birds and giving more of a texture to the surface. Gives such a great effect,

Also you can see that i have done the same to the concert stairs.

Building and Painting Sub-Assembles

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Sub-Assembles built to help make the paint transition better over multiple sections.

Adding Bricks..

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Now time to add red to the bricks. a long part of the painting stage.

I’ve uses a spunge to apply the paint to help speed up the proses of applying the paint.

Final Week and all the Painting still to do...

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Only a week left on the terrain Challenge and I’m determined to get my project done in time.

starting to add paint to all the parts this is a long conveyer of parts to paint and in stages.

First Up is washing with a soft tone wash all the brick work.

More Painted Scatter

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I’m now looking good for nearly every room in all three apartments. just need to do them and we are golden….

Under Coat Filially Done..

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Singly Undercoated everything i need to start the long job of painting.

Adding more base colours to the parts.

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Still waiting for more skeleton bone spray to drive for the brick work primer colour, in the mean time I’ve been trimming anything that is ant skeleton bone.

this includes the fire escapes and ladders, the doors and filler priming any other parts that need pre priming.

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