11-02-2016, 12:49 PM
Getting a head-start on this competition.
It may have been done before - but I needed some scatter terrain in the form of barrels boxes and general sea-port debris.
Boxes
Small blocks of foam are cut to shape and covered with balsa wood.
Cardboard is glued around the boxes to add metal details.
![[Image: 30103564504_ffa38e878f_c.jpg]](https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5553/30103564504_ffa38e878f_c.jpg)
Then there was experimentation with other kinds of crates.
![[Image: 30100441253_e4a1342ce8_c.jpg]](https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5592/30100441253_e4a1342ce8_c.jpg)
Barrels
1' Lengths of dowel are cut (pretend I am not using a metal saw - I am waiting for a replacement band-saw blade and could find no better alternative).
![[Image: 30103573954_f8d749a624_c.jpg]](https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5707/30103573954_f8d749a624_c.jpg)
![[Image: 30100451013_55d81b6ea8_c.jpg]](https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5561/30100451013_55d81b6ea8_c.jpg)
Then I used a belt sander to get a rough barrel shape.
![[Image: 30735940785_640f9896cb_c.jpg]](https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5325/30735940785_640f9896cb_c.jpg)
This will be refined later with sandpaper and files.
Here is where it stands so far:
![[Image: 30103583564_c1ba1873d9_c.jpg]](https://c5.staticflickr.com/6/5568/30103583564_c1ba1873d9_c.jpg)
It may have been done before - but I needed some scatter terrain in the form of barrels boxes and general sea-port debris.
Boxes
Small blocks of foam are cut to shape and covered with balsa wood.
![[Image: 30100425323_5b50770bdc_c.jpg]](https://c4.staticflickr.com/6/5545/30100425323_5b50770bdc_c.jpg)
Cardboard is glued around the boxes to add metal details.
![[Image: 30103564504_ffa38e878f_c.jpg]](https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5553/30103564504_ffa38e878f_c.jpg)
Then there was experimentation with other kinds of crates.
![[Image: 30100441253_e4a1342ce8_c.jpg]](https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5592/30100441253_e4a1342ce8_c.jpg)
Barrels
1' Lengths of dowel are cut (pretend I am not using a metal saw - I am waiting for a replacement band-saw blade and could find no better alternative).
![[Image: 30103573954_f8d749a624_c.jpg]](https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5707/30103573954_f8d749a624_c.jpg)
![[Image: 30100451013_55d81b6ea8_c.jpg]](https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5561/30100451013_55d81b6ea8_c.jpg)
Then I used a belt sander to get a rough barrel shape.
![[Image: 30735940785_640f9896cb_c.jpg]](https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5325/30735940785_640f9896cb_c.jpg)
This will be refined later with sandpaper and files.
Here is where it stands so far:
![[Image: 30103583564_c1ba1873d9_c.jpg]](https://c5.staticflickr.com/6/5568/30103583564_c1ba1873d9_c.jpg)