For some reason I saw this as a good opportunity to make some additional science fiction buildings for the next installment of our Antares campaign.
I trimmed the rough edges a bit, and added two spires from an egg carton, as well as some polystyrene half-domes I still had lying around (and that once served as chaos vortices in my Warhammer 3rd edition games over 20 years ago). I think they look convincing so far :-)
Next I should add some details (raid the box full of plastic bits), then spray paint the things and add more painting details such as numbers, decals, some weathering ...
I tend not to spend too much time on such projects, since the likelihood is they will be used once or maybe twice, and then end up as giveaways at the next con for whatever player thinks he can use them for his own games.
Hey, they look good--packing material, whether styrofoam or pressed cardboard, ir really handy. And if they look a bit strange, who cares? They're from a galaxy long, long ago, and far, far away, right? Who can say how those beings made stuff, anyway? I also find the clef plastic shapes used on carded items can be useful, too. Those covering light sockets, small light bulbs, etc., often look like generators. What's weird is when that stuff is used in a convention game, and on-lookers want to know where that neat stuff came from, ignoring the nicely painted miniatures!
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Chris Jhnson
Good idea regarding plastic packaging shapes!
DeleteWhoops, that should be "clear" not "clef".
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