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Click the images below to see larger versions.
| You'd be surprised how easy it can be to make 3D Space
Hulk sections with the help of a few co-opted building materials.
The bulk of the supplies for this corridor came from the roof
gutter section, the ventilation section, and the lighting section
of our local home-improvement store. With a little plasticard,
a few metal bitz from the GW inventory, and a plastic crochet
grid from a nearby craft store, we put the following corridor
board section together. |
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1 |
Vinyl gutters
are great for this project – you
can get 12' of it for about $10, and that
length
will last you a while. Plus, it's fairly
easy to work with (though it can warp
a bit). For
this corridor section, we measured out the
length of a 5-square Space Hulk board
section (with 40-mm squares for the new
Terminators).
Decide on an appropriate length and mark
it with a permanent marker. |
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2 |
Next, cut off that length of
gutter. You can use a variety of cutting tools
to accomplish this step, from a hack saw to
a band saw. Regardless of the tool you employ,
make sure you take the necessary precautions
(kids, ask your folks for help). We used a
Dremel rotary tool with a disc cutting tool
attachment – it took a while, but it
worked just fine. |
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| Step
3 |
As you can see in the pictures
above, the side wall of the gutter will serve
as your corridor floor. To finish with the
cutting, mark off a line where the "overhang"
of the gutter starts to curve up dramatically.
You want to clear enough room for you to reach
in and place models on the section while maintaining
the feel of a corridor. Cut off this overhang
with your cutting tool. |
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4 |
Crochet grid is great
for 40K grating – the only problem is that
primer won't always stick to it right off the shelf.
We found that a good scrubbing with soap and water
eliminated this problem (they must use a releasing
agent when they make it). With a permanent marker,
delineate the board section area. Obviously, the
picture above shows a room section, but the same
technique applies to the corridor sections. |
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5 |
You'll need some structure to lift
the deck grating off the floor to clear the
doorways
and look more like an actual Hulk. We found the
perfect thing: the covers you put over fluorescent
light panels. Find the one that looks like the
picture above (the one we got was called "white
egg crate"). It should measure about 1/4"
in depth. You can get a 2' x 4' sheet of this material
for about $10. |
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6 |
Cut out the crochet grid area you
marked out before with scissors. Lay this section
over the lighting grid so the grid will provide
the most support and mark off this area. Cut out
this section from the lighting grid with sprue clippers
– be careful, this stuff can go flying. You'll
likely have to trim down your lighting grid section
to make room for the doorways, but you can do that
later. |
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