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To create the wall, we cut a piece of 1/2"
thick foamcore from the larger sheet and measured where
it would be placed on the base. We used a hobby knife
to create the irregularly shaped edge, and the leftovers
became large chunks of rubble. We cut the floor on one
side of the wall from 3/16" foamcore and placed it
against the wall. Then, we cut a piece of plasticard (buy
plasticard with a smooth side and a textured side to save
money) to the same size and shape as the floor and glued
it into place (texture side up) with superglue. Finally,
we glued all the assembled pieces (the wall, floor, hardware,
and rubble) to the Masonite.
We made the rivets from the squared-off
textured side of the plasticard. We cut individual squares
from the Plasticard and glued them on with a small dab
of superglue. Once everything was glued down, we applied
wood glue to the Masonite and the ruined edge of the wall.
Sand was sprinkled on top of the glue, and it was left
to dry.
Once we sprayed the piece with black primer,
we drybrushed the broken edges of the wall, floor, and
rubble with grey paint, while we painted the metal parts
in suitably rusted metallic colors. For the inside and
outside walls of the ruined building, we used a bone color
to make them stand out from the grey and metal tones.
We painted the ground in the usual browns, but we also
left patches of grey around the sections of tumbled wall
to resemble pulverized stone.
To finish the piece, we added Static Grass,
Coarse Turf, and Field Grass. Try experimenting with larger
sections of wall or even ruined corner sections.
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