Recently I've been trying to think of ways to expand my sci-fi battlefield inexpensively. There are some absolutely top-notch, beautiful terrain pieces being produced for 15mm SF these days; not only in the way of figures but also buildings and scenery.
To name but a few (not an all-inclusive list):
And while I plan on acquiring them all at some point, my personal financial situation requires me to wait. So I was thinking about how to make my own buildings and what nots when I got a little hungry. After my snack I went to rinse out the pudding cup and turned it upside down to dry...and the proverbial lightning struck!
I realized then that hardened concrete bunkers were in my immediate future.
I didn't put a ton of time or energy into this project, as I wanted to see if it was going to pan out first. I think, for being rather slap-dash, it looks pretty good.
In the pictures below (which, as usual you can click on to enlarge) you will see my source material. I can assure you I bought the sugar free version by mistake. Bleah. The best thing is, there are 4 cups to a package: voilà, one set of Imperial Bunkers.
Next a closer view of the cleaned cups. This part is crucial: you must turn them upside down! Things begin to take shape....
Here are the six buildings after super-gluing some thin card to them, to represent doors, windows and armor plating.
Below shows two of the bunkers with a 15mm Imperial Trooper for scale.
Here they are after being spray primed grey. I was a little worried that the walls would be too smooth, but as it turned out my spray paint was a trifle coagulated and I got a nice grainy texture that would normally have sent me into a towering fury.
After a quick paint job, here are my Imperial Battle Bunkers in action. Nothing's more exciting than seeing buildings in action, y'know. (Side note: they look a totally different color from the grey above because of the daylight/lamp conditions under which I took the pictures; those below are closer to the actual color.)
The best thing is they're easy to store: they stack!
So now my soldiers have someplace to either defend or capture, and all it cost was...well, nothing really, since I already had the pudding to begin with.
And just wait until you see what I plan to do with this tasty snack....
