Re: [DL] Newbie question: miniatures

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On Sat, 10 Mar 2001 02:05:43 -0500 "Loco Marshal"
<loco_marshal@hotmail.com> writes:
> Two more questions,
> 1.  Have any of you made vehicles other than the velociped, and the 
> cardboard ones in Derailed?

People in my normal GRW group have made all sorts of vehicles.  I think
that, at this point, the only ones we haven't built or used in games have
been the boats.  According to Shane, they've got the actual models for
the steam wagon and ornithopter done, and they'll be in the first new
mini release.  I'll probably get an ornithopter, since the two I've got
aren't very good substitutes.  But steam wagons are very easy to
scratch-build with balsa or basswood.

> I was recently in my local hobbie shop and realized that O guage 
> model trains are the perfect size for DL minis, So I picked up a
flatbed 
> and a boxcar, any ideas on how I can turn them into war cars?
> Also the model houses for the O gauge a good too.  They've got 
> churches and all sorts o' good buildings.

I'd convert the boxcars into war cars before doing the flatbed.  As the
rules go now, you can mount weapons on flatbeds, and you don't have to
worry about making a whole enclosure.  Get clear sheet plastic and glue
some aluminum foil to it, dull side down (or shiny side, if you want it
to look very chromed).  Then you've got some nice-looking metal paneling
that will actually be durable when you glue it onto your boxcar.  You can
also make rivets and bolts out of tiny bits of putty or sculpey.  For the
guns, I'd try to cannibalize bits from another model.

> 2.  Have any of you made terrain tables, and have any advice on 
> making them?

Kitty litter makes nice-looking gravel, if you're doing a railyard-type
scene.  You could also get aquarium gravel, if you were so inclined. 
There's about a million different things you can do for terrain,
though...you're probably better off asking for more specific advice.

Also, there's usually a lot more discussion on modelling on the GRW list:
e-mail grw-subscribe@melnibone.org if you want in.

From Whom It May Concern,
Rich Ranallo

"History is the joke that the living play upon the dead."

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