Hi Folks,

After cutting in two an armoured container for my 12 MoH plodding along pledge, I stroke again. Lastentry was a kind of first time for me using med gauze as cammo net:

Two out of One – something for my plodding along - Bouargh´s miniatures´ closet clean-up - The Bolter and Chainsword

I've repeated the experiment but this time multiplying small stuffs into bigger deposits.

The first test was with crates, that were simulated by styfoam block with a certain benefit. As previously, adding just a few genuine scenery elements strengthen the illusion.

The third attempt was with drums. This time I even tried (not to forget) taking pic of the work in progress.

The main DIY material was a PVC tube, with the almost ideal diameter of 15 mm. Cut in small parts it give an almost  perfect 3D shadow shape of a drum.

It is important not to forget painting (at minimal effort) the parts that will be underneath the cover as it might leave some transparency. But no need for nothing clean and detailled

And as it is a dump, no need for being too clean and precise. on the table top, it is general outlook that matters, details not so much.

You then apply the paint and PVA glue soaked gauze and you get that final effect (still under drying process when I shot the pic). 

One in one the final result is quite interesting, giving options for some 3 medium sized scenery elements out of a limited amount of genuine material: 1 container, 6 drums and 4 5 crates. Shouldn't I have had left over drums and crates from previous sprues, it means that this result is almost achievable with a single Armoured Container sprue. Plus all bits you might have here or there. Not that bad... (and if you work more precisely than I did, you could use halved genuine drums and reach the same result by proper positionning of the latter and of the gauze. And in that case a single sprue would be enough. as far as crates, 2 used ones are redundant and could have been saved)

Time to shift to the next project: rescue operation of mistreated 2nd hand Ryza pattern set of ruins, including uneven wall panels that cannot be assemblied being groove and groove and not groove and tongue (it is what happens with stuff from the attic, sometimes it has losts parts and you need to work with the material you have for doing something out of these...)

See you.