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Wider Wargaming => Painting & Modelling => Topic started by: Norm on 18 August 2014, 01:32:22 PM

Title: Oil / Gas storage tanks for 10mm
Post by: Norm on 18 August 2014, 01:32:22 PM
I have just been putting together some hex based scenics for my city scape WWII game, These tanks are probably under scale, but they work quite well with the figures and from a hex point of view, it allows both the terrain and the figures to co-exist easily in the same hex.

I picked up some floor protectors from Wilko's (UK) for just £1. Ignore the cycle caps next to them, these will be machinery or silo's on another piece. Six protectors stacked (they are self adhesive) and toped with a cork protector (sold for £1.50), the whole thing is wrapped in paper, painted and then the 'runners' added.
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Post by: toxicpixie on 18 August 2014, 01:54:31 PM
That looks spot on, and dead handy!
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Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 18 August 2014, 01:59:57 PM
Good idea
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Post by: Leman on 18 August 2014, 03:25:48 PM
Excellent for early WWI in the industrial regions of Belgium and  Northern France.
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Post by: Subedai on 18 August 2014, 04:12:06 PM
Looks interesting, I'll pop into our local Wilko's tomorrow and have a gander.
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Post by: Hertsblue on 19 August 2014, 08:41:25 AM
Good work, Norm. Round constructs for 10mm are a pig to make usually.
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Post by: WeeWars on 19 August 2014, 02:33:58 PM
Quote from: Hertsblue on 19 August 2014, 08:41:25 AM
Round constructs for 10mm are a pig to make usually.

MiniBits round MDF bases? Must be cheaper, too.
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Post by: Subedai on 19 August 2014, 03:01:52 PM
Found, purchased and stored away. The cork bits are in a pack of 24 in different sizes of which 8 fit our bill quite nicely.