building size?

[The silent but deadly king]

I just cam across an old 40k building that was unfinished but looked decent.

The thing is it's 10x10x4" and intact.

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/187483042@N03/50872362767/

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50872363307_f1c9155e13_k.jpg

 

 

I was thinking od making it look kinda industrial, maybe adding an old PC cooling fan to the top, some piping, a few other details and calling it an industrial building, maybe a generatorium or a processing plant. Of course I'll add a door or two, closed.

Catwalks and stairs would be nice but too expensive for this and fragile, maybe some sprue ladders possibly.

Is it too big to use intact as a terrain piece or what? Should i jaggedly cut it in two and make two partially collapsed building out of it? Do you use buildings this size without blast holes normally? Sould I jusut ass some big blasted out holes in a couple sides? Maybe collapse one end wall and put some holes in the others? I kinda like using it as a single building with like a coolerfan or two on top. I don[;pt try to make my buildins look like they're really buildings but i do try to give them some painting and a little detail.

 

Edited January 26, 2021 by The silent but deadly king

[ThePenitentOne]

If the lid is removable, put it on a base and detail the interior. I use a lot of nylon mesh for grating on floors with plasticard frames. If your walls are 3 layers thick, leave gaps in the middle layer you can accommodate removable doors. Doors that pull out from above are easy enough. I have a project coming up and I may try a set of sliding doors.

[The silent but deadly king]

If the lid is removable, put it on a base and detail the interior. I use a lot of nylon mesh for grating on floors with plasticard frames. If your walls are 3 layers thick, leave gaps in the middle layer you can accommodate removable doors. Doors that pull out from above are easy enough. I have a project coming up and I may try a set of sliding doors.

 

 

Well it is 4" high so it's below the magic 5" level.

 

[Focslain]

 

If the lid is removable, put it on a base and detail the interior. I use a lot of nylon mesh for grating on floors with plasticard frames. If your walls are 3 layers thick, leave gaps in the middle layer you can accommodate removable doors. Doors that pull out from above are easy enough. I have a project coming up and I may try a set of sliding doors.

 

 

Well it is 4" high so it's below the magic 5" level.

 

 

If you add piping/roofing elements it will hit that 5" mark easily.

[Doctor Perils]

Looks like a cool shape for a building - you could fluff it as some kind of aircraft hangar, in which case you might want to carve out some big doors (or simply stick popsicle/lollipop sticks to look like the "slats" of sliding garage doors).

 

As focslain says, with a few bits and bobs on the top level (the fan you mention, some pipes/guitar string, hand rails, a trap-door...) you can reach the 5", and/or you can build up some "hills" underneath it which are themed to the rest of your terrain (which could be rubble for the industrial/urban theme, or grass or sand, etc.)

 

In your position, if the material isn't too tough (it looks like polystyrene, is that right?), I'd dig in a few holes in the walls, for bullet holes and shell blasts.

 

 

For further terrain resources, the YouTube channels Geek Gaming Scenics and the Terrain Tutor have great tips, especially for working with a low budget :)

https://youtube.com/c/LukesAps

https://youtube.com/c/TheTerrainTutor