well i got bored today and wasnt ready to start on my CVN 65 so i decided to play around with my Dragon Light Infantry set.
Never did an Urban theme before so i figured i would give it a go. No particular place or conflict just something to build.
Just a bunch of pics of what i have done so far today still alot of work to go with the base and kit but it is a start. hope you enjoy.
Kenny
Hey Kenny,
What material did you use to build that wall and ground work? Is that Celluclay?
By the way, I had dinner with my clients at Piccolo Venetia in your neck of woods tonight.
hey M1. no it isnt celuclay it is another artists clay dont remember which one i took it out of its bag and put it in another. waiting for it to dry so i can sand and shape it and get some more work done on it.
looks great! i love the tutorial. I especially like how you made the drainage grate-thing with jsut a bit of wire or pipe or whatever. Ill have to try that. Cant wait to see more work on the wall!
thanks Ian i still have a lot of sanding and shaping to do but it will be worth it i hope. the rebar out of the top of the wall is made out of cut paper clips and the drainage is made out of the smallest brass rod i could find at the hobby shop.
i will keep taking pics as i progress and keep you all updated.
kenny
looking good, Kenny. Don’t see enough dio WIPs.
Steve
thanks steve hopefully the boy goes to bed early and i can get some sanding done and add a little more clay to even things out.
i guess it would be helpful too as i go to tell you what i used.
from michaels :
7x7 wood base (they have a variety of sizes)
paperclay is what i used on the wall and street. isnt really clay but works just the same.
7/16 inch styrofoam board to cut the wall out.
amaco 1/4 inch copperform mesh to form the side walk.
from my LHS :
1/16 or 1/15 brass tubing for the sewer grating.
from my draw :
paper clips for rebar. the rigid kind of paper clips look much better for this but i was out and got lazy so i used plain old paper clips.
match sticks which i burnt to put in the 55 gallon drum.
spare parts box.
55 gallon drum from tamiyas
the 55 gallon drum i took my dremel to it and made some holes then i scuffed up the whole drum with a metal polishing wheel to give it that not so new look
i will keep better progress reports as i go along
kenny
Great work Kenny!!!
I especially like what you did with the 55 gallon drum.
Looking forward to seeing and reading more!
Cheers,
Jurgen.
thanks jurgen gonna try to get some more done tonight and get some pics up. the base has dried fully and the side walk sank some have to level that out. the street i dont want perfect but make it look like a New York City street which are far from perfect.
kenny
here is a little update on the build.
i sanded down the sides of the building trying to give it a more square look.
i added another layer of clay to the sidewalk to even it out and filled in the seems around the curb so there is no gap.
i was going to put like a ditch at the front but it didnt look right so i filled in the ditch and made the street level.
i decided i want to put a man hole to experimenting with it right now but i may make a solid one out of the clay and have it open a bit or not, not sure yet.
keeping the scraps of clay around to make some debris from the blown up wall.
i used a file and scored the top of the wall to give it that not so smooth look about it.
hopefully some more building tonight and more pics 
kenny
Kenny,
Hey, I really like the WIP pics of your dio. Shouldn’t you really be working on that CVN??? (No reason… just askin’… no alterior motives cough cou TURTLE AWARD gh [:-^]… Man, I gotta see the docs about this cold…)
Anyways, what I wanted to comment on most was what I noticed in the background of this pic… You have a Cuisanart on your workbench?! Nice!!! Is there a beer fridge underneath??
boyd what is this turtle award you speak of [:-^]
unfortunately my work bench is my kitchen table so the beer is close at hand
Unfortunately you say?!! UNfortunately…? UNfortunately!!! Kenny, beer close at hand is next to godliness… I’m sure I read that somewhere… [angel]
i say unfortunately cause soon as the beer comes out the modeling slows down it is good and bad
i think that is one of the modeling commandments
just some more pics of what i have been up to.
Hey, you finally got around to do some more work on your diorama! Looking good my friend!
just a couple of blurry pics getting a tripod this week.
added some woodlandscenics realistic water set it down to dry over night it looks thick but once it sets it shrinks
Looking great, Kenny. Nice figure.
Steve
thanks steve hoping to have it finishe dup this week just been too busy