Infinity Office Block paint test 2

We (http://www.lasercutcard.co.za) are working on a set of buildings designed for the Infinity game system. These are futuristic city buildings made of heavy card. The first building we did was an inner city shop that you can see here: http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/scifi-store

I made up a test model of the next building... a five level office block

The basic construction is layered sheets of card. For this test we wanted to see if we could add balconies

This is the layering in the normal configuration

Here, a few windows have been cut for the balconies

The same windows are cut into the outer layer

The test balconies are just a single piece of card folded

These are glued on the inside of the building

The balconies from the outside

For the paint test I started out with a blue undercoat using an airbrush

The top left corners of the "windows" were then shaded a darker blue

The bottom right were highlighted with a pale blue

The outer layers were spraypainted gloss white

I then went over the windows with black ballpoint pen to represent the window frames

Access to the building is via three doors at the street level lobby

The roof is accessed by the lift motor room (this is a rough mockup)

The overall effect with some models enjoying the sun

The original paint test is on the right -it is LOT more difficult to paint once the outer layer is glued on.

I started this one but it looked like a TIE fighter so I stopped :)

Spaza Shops with Salt Weathering Technique

The spaza shops (featured earlier) are a kit available from the LaserCutCard web store. I thought I would try the salt weathering technique on them at the same time as I tried it on the Casspir. The only difference is that I thought I would skip the matt varnish undercoat and see if the card could handle the water with just a layer of paint.

To start off I undercoated them matt black

They then got a coat of Tamiya Hull Red

I then wet them with warm water using a paint brush and sprinkled coarse salt onto them.

Once this dried (overnight) I sprayed the one flat blue and the other flat yellow

I then let them drya nd then scrubbed off the salt with a big dry paint brush.

I love the effect! Now I must avoid over-using it.

Container Retail Set

Here's a slightly off-beat modification of my standard shipping containers :)

From the battlefields of the far future to the strife-torn shanty towns of the current age on thing remains constant: man cannot survive on bread alone. Beer is important too.

Introducing the container retail set with a decidedly 3rd world bent: the spaza shop and the shisa nyama.
The "spaza shop" is a small retail space converted from a shipping container. Customers order their goods, be it food, weapons or pirated computer parts,  through the hatch (trust is in short supply).

The "shisa nyama" is a pub / restaurant. When you need a break from the zombie apocalypse, grab a beer and relax on the sun deck above it or take a load off at the two picnic tables.

Both models have removable tops to allow the action to move inside. Keep that shotgun under the counter handy... for close encounters.

The kit is available for sale here: http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/scenery/container-retail

So these are now companion pieces for my standard containers (http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/scenery/shipping-container-44mm) ...

and the container site office http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/site-office

Artillery pieces

This is a project that has been on the go for a while now. It is a collaboration between Steve, an Ozzie designer, and myself.

This is a new type of kit for LaserCutCard. It combines MDF, card and plastic tubing to create something that no single material could do on its own.

The basic artillery chassis and barrel is the same for all versions: each type has a details sheet that has a custom shield plus some faction-specific details to add to the rest of the gun. The barrels can also be built in various lengths and configurations.

The kit, if assembled carefully, has working mechanisms for raising and lowering the gun and the gun can freely swivel on its base plate. The gun components can be kept separate for ease of storage.

You do not have to glue the gun to the base plate... it can be used to add firepower to your vehicle models too.

The orc version is available here: http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/orc/artillery-orc

The chaos version is available here: http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/artillery-chaos

**EDIT** The standard version is here http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/artillery-standard

Standard version

Orc Version

Chaos Version