Author Topic: One-Hex-Wonders (post your own)  (Read 21014 times)

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Re: One-Hex-Wonders
« Reply #30 on: 20 November 2014, 16:39:08 »
Now you just need some 3D hexmap terrain to put them on :)
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Re: One-Hex-Wonders
« Reply #31 on: 21 November 2014, 13:05:53 »
These are awesome little accents to add to any kind of gaming setup, be it CBT on hex-maps or Alpha Strike.  I love all the detail in them.  Very well done!
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Re: One-Hex-Wonders
« Reply #32 on: 29 December 2014, 15:43:34 »
Inspired by Noisenerd's post http://bg.battletech.com/forums/miniatures/more-turretsemplacements/msg991716/#msg991716
i decided to make a few more gun platforms.

here they are, enjoy.
« Last Edit: 29 December 2014, 15:50:48 by theCrowe »

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Re: One-Hex-Wonders
« Reply #33 on: 29 December 2014, 17:17:29 »
What little bits and pieces did you use for those newest turrets, because they look awesome?  I may be very highly inclined to take inspiration from your designs if it's stuff that can be easily obtained.
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Re: One-Hex-Wonders
« Reply #34 on: 29 December 2014, 17:20:00 »
Those are really cool! I especially like the quad-barrel one. Glad I could help with inspiration. :)

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Re: One-Hex-Wonders
« Reply #35 on: 29 December 2014, 18:40:28 »
That quad barreled turret is awesome. I am also curious about what you used to put it together.

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Re: One-Hex-Wonders
« Reply #36 on: 30 December 2014, 02:59:11 »
Thanks folks. They're all made from junk so if you can find stuff the right size and shape you're all set.

Quad barrel turret: the base is a little cable tie point, that you would stick to a wall to keep a lamp cable or something from hanging loose.
The main body is just a bit of carved pvc foam from when I had my gutters replaced. The shape is like a box with the top front edge cut away and the lower rear one too.
The barrels are just thick wire. I found a large paper clip that was thick enough and cut some straight sections the same length. The ends are ball point pen ink tube bits. I jammed the wires in and cut the end off the tube and drilled a couple of holes in each side. They're mounted on some plastic bits from my bits box. I angled the mounts to give it a bit of character. Top barrels narrower than the lower ones.
Then the two armour plates on the sides were just straight out of my bits box.

The green one is mostly made from a UK child safety plug. You know the plastic covers you put on an electrical socket to stop kids poking in the holes. The smaller pins make the guns and the larger pin was cut down into the same shape as the quad barrel body. A couple of cylinders to attach the weapons on each side and the whole thing mounted on a spare marauder foot (hence the choice of mech in the photo)
a couple of wires on the back are glued in for the power feeds and some fine detailing on the weapon casing is thick paper.

The white dome turret starts with a bottle top, a Robinsons fruit shoot lid, the top of it is cut off to get the reinforced disc. Then I found a plastic dome the right size. It happened to be the lid of an Olbas oil inhaler. It's about the size of a chap stick lid. Anyway I cut the end off and cut a gap in the side for the guns. I also used the lip on the opening of the tube to cover the join.
Then I cut down some space marine scout shotguns flipped them upside down and glued them together then they were glued inside the gap and some detailing was added to the outside of the dome with paper.

There's a little four leaf clover on each one. I found these lying about and thought they'd help my new guns get some lucky shots.
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Re: One-Hex-Wonders
« Reply #37 on: 30 December 2014, 03:45:44 »
Amazing fabrication skills.  Here I was expecting a huge list of "scrapyard" parts that were used in the creation.  It sounds like I'm going to have to just start keeping an eye out for little bits that I can swipe here and there and start collecting them for fabrications.  I'll have to see if there's some stuff to scavenge for making a series of more uniform turrets and emplacements.

Thank you, greatly, for taking the time to describe how everything is built and the process you used for all of it.
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Re: One-Hex-Wonders
« Reply #38 on: 30 December 2014, 04:59:21 »
No problem. Everything you see here is made just the same way so if there's anything else you'd like to know how it was made just ask. I have very little by way of junk yard mech parts so it's almost all just bits and bobs.

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Re: One-Hex-Wonders
« Reply #39 on: 01 January 2015, 05:03:49 »
Now I am trying to find where the plug covers from Christmas light sets ended up because I do not think they were thrown away. 

I had thought of taking some of the bamboo from chopsticks my wife gets when we get Chinese food to go to turn into artillery or AT Gun barrels.  Tried using one on a hex base as a fallen tree the mech was stepping on but I needed more time to work over the chopstick chunk and it would not fit with the mech I was building.
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Re: One-Hex-Wonders
« Reply #40 on: 01 January 2015, 10:53:03 »
Those are super nifty. They do an excellent job of bringing the scene to life and making it seem like there's a story there.
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Re: One-Hex-Wonders
« Reply #41 on: 01 January 2015, 13:15:53 »
Love them! These make me want to make some one hex wonders. ;)

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Re: One-Hex-Wonders
« Reply #42 on: 05 January 2015, 09:04:12 »
Where did you get the little clover?
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Re: One-Hex-Wonders
« Reply #43 on: 05 January 2015, 23:50:41 »
Lovely stuff!

I need to add some life to the mapsheets fought over the past 20 years or so  :-\
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Re: One-Hex-Wonders
« Reply #44 on: 06 January 2015, 03:54:29 »
Where did you get the little clover?

they came out of a little wish jar. You write your wishes on piece of paper, roll it up and stick it in a jar that has these little plastic shamrocks or four leaf  clovers in it for luck. Then maybe you're supposed to bury it. In this case a child left it in the restaurant I work in and I shamelessly pilfered her luck for my shooting dice rolls.

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Re: One-Hex-Wonders
« Reply #45 on: 11 January 2015, 13:56:30 »
theCrowe, hope you do not mind me posting these here. Loved your one hex wonders so much I made two of my own to try out. These are such a great idea and where fun to manufacture.  :)

First one is a Sat Dish. Used a water bottle cap as the base for it.

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Re: One-Hex-Wonders
« Reply #46 on: 11 January 2015, 13:57:46 »
Here is a PPC emplacement.

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Re: One-Hex-Wonders
« Reply #47 on: 11 January 2015, 14:32:55 »
Those look really good, Cidwm.  Very well done.
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Re: One-Hex-Wonders
« Reply #48 on: 11 January 2015, 19:29:59 »
Really nice work Cidwm.

It's funny the things I'm looking at that, from a fabrication perspective, I find are really making these pieces. The little square on top of the bottle cap that helps break up the symmetry and just adds a little tech to an otherwise basic shape. So simple but so effective.

And the little power wire at the back of the weapon connecting the ppc to its base. Not essential but again such a simple and effective touch just to add a little more detail.   And the little bushy grass at the back just helps ground the piece nicely.

Thanks for sharing is great to be part of the inspiration chain. I should probably mention that it was seeing Overkill C7's communication towers posted here

http://bg.battletech.com/forums/terrain/communication-towers-and-dropship/

that got me started in the first place. So thanks OC7 for that.
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Re: One-Hex-Wonders
« Reply #49 on: 11 January 2015, 19:42:00 »
I like the PPC emplacement but the sat dish is definitely the best of Your works.

I did not know we hijacked this thread from theCrowe, I would have added mine here, too. ;)

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Re: One-Hex-Wonders
« Reply #50 on: 11 January 2015, 21:08:28 »
Those look really good, Cidwm.  Very well done.

Thank you very much.

Really nice work Cidwm.

It's funny the things I'm looking at that, from a fabrication perspective, I find are really making these pieces. The little square on top of the bottle cap that helps break up the symmetry and just adds a little tech to an otherwise basic shape. So simple but so effective.

And the little power wire at the back of the weapon connecting the ppc to its base. Not essential but again such a simple and effective touch just to add a little more detail.   And the little bushy grass at the back just helps ground the piece nicely.

Thanks for sharing is great to be part of the inspiration chain. I should probably mention that it was seeing Overkill C7's communication towers posted here

http://bg.battletech.com/forums/terrain/communication-towers-and-dropship/

that got me started in the first place. So thanks OC7 for that.

theCrowe, thanks man I happy you like it and for taking the time to go over my pieces. Personally I was not 100% satisfied so it is nice getting another's prospective on it. Also thank you for passing on the inspiration from OC7. 8)

I like the PPC emplacement but the sat dish is definitely the best of Your works.

I did not know we hijacked this thread from theCrowe, I would have added mine here, too. ;)

Thank you Kret69, the dish was fun. Even amazed my wife with that one.

I did not mean to hijack the thread, it is just that theCrowe's works inspired me enough I thought that my two works would fit in with his works. There was a plus side as well, I wouldn't have to start another thread.  ;)

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Re: One-Hex-Wonders
« Reply #51 on: 12 January 2015, 01:50:25 »

I did not mean to hijack the thread,

No worries. Hijack away. I haven't anything else in the pipeline for this thread myself so I'm more than happy to see others take over.


( I just added a Post your own tag to the thread title)

 Thanks, you're keeping the hex map objectives scene alive.
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Re: One-Hex-Wonders
« Reply #52 on: 16 January 2015, 19:32:07 »
No worries. Hijack away. I haven't anything else in the pipeline for this thread myself so I'm more than happy to see others take over.


( I just added a Post your own tag to the thread title)

 Thanks, you're keeping the hex map objectives scene alive.

Thanks Crowe. :)

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Re: One-Hex-Wonders (post your own)
« Reply #53 on: 29 January 2015, 22:44:40 »
That PPC turret is giving me a great idea.  I know I've got plenty of clicky tech Ghosts to tear up.


Here's a few pieces I made awhile back that are still waiting to see some paint.

The little tank is just some stuff from my bits box along with a little wooden knob.   The other two are GI Joe pieces.  The tall one used to be some kind of missile launcher.  I simply cut off the handle and added a square piece of plastic card to the top.  Thought about adding detail to the top but in the end decided that I liked being able to set a model on top of it.   The littler one was the back pack off a pyro viper.  Just removed the nub that attached to the figures back and a hose that looked a little out of place for the scale I was going for.




This one is another bits box(es) raid.  Includes parts from WH40k, Battle Fleet Gothic, and MW:DA.


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Re: One-Hex-Wonders (post your own)
« Reply #54 on: 30 January 2015, 09:10:39 »
Looking good. Nice to see 40K being put to good use.
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Re: One-Hex-Wonders (post your own)
« Reply #55 on: 31 January 2015, 15:40:34 »
Very nice, I can see these as scattered around a hex map to represent an industrial facility of some sort, with points awarded for damage on specific items. 10 points for destroying the "primary Generator" 5 points for The research tower 1poont for the silo etc

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Re: One-Hex-Wonders (post your own)
« Reply #56 on: 16 February 2015, 20:43:48 »
Here is another objective that I thought of after being inspired off the GHQ forums.

Generic Radar station to capture or destroy. Do not mind the Mechs, they are only there for scale. Have not finished painting them.

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Re: One-Hex-Wonders (post your own)
« Reply #57 on: 17 February 2015, 01:23:06 »
Very good.

And hint for somethin unusual - add a photo to turn it into a roadside advertisement.

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Re: One-Hex-Wonders (post your own)
« Reply #58 on: 17 February 2015, 07:53:18 »

A solar array made from an eyedrop cap, piece of dvd case and some plastic from the corner protector of a pallet of crackers (which i got to make hex road base)

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Re: One-Hex-Wonders (post your own)
« Reply #59 on: 24 February 2015, 10:39:01 »
Very good.

And hint for somethin unusual - add a photo to turn it into a roadside advertisement.

Ideas... :D