Styrene rod and tubes, along with thick gauge floral wire, were used to add pipes under the walkway.Ī heavy cardboard tube was the base of the tower. The stairs fit over the top of the lower platform and I used some diamond plate-textured plastic card and parts from resin moisture vaporators to add some tech details.

The walkway over to the tower was also made form foamcore with styrene trim, trusses, and stairs. Some trusses were used as supports for the stairs. The outer work gantry went together in several parts– For the lower platform, I built a foam core box and covered the corners with L-strips. The bridge out to the landing platform is made from a length of foam core board with styrene trusses along the bottom, U-strips to cover the edges, and sheet styrene punched with rivets for the trim. The support truss on the bottom was also from Plastruct. The framing around the mesh grille is made from small U-strips and larger L-strips, with some quarter-inch flat strips for the separations. The stairs are Plastruct styrene stairs, and I used a ladder on its side for the railing. The mesh comes in various colors, but black is the best because you don't need to worry if the primer doesn't get into every nook and cranny. The gantry over the hangar was made using black plastic canvas mesh for the deck grille. The final step was to wash some rust color in the recesses of the rocks and sulfur flats. Over this I built up the brightness with orange and then yellow in the center, and then blended the edges with more red. Then, I sprayed a dark red along the lava rivers. The ground received more brown and ochre colors, up to a straight yellow ochre and cream color highlight in the sulfur flats. The entire board was sprayed black and then again with grey, and the rocks were drybrushed with various greys and a little brown. In the level areas I smoothed the Liquid Nails into a flat, even 'river' and where the lava runs down the rock face, I used the natural shape of the 'bead' from the caulking gun so the lava would look like it was dripping down the side of the cliff. The lava itself was made with lines of Liquid Nails construction adhesive, applied with a caulking gun along the channels that I cut. Once the putty dried, I coated it all with a thin coat of wood glue and sprinkled sand and gravel over the ground. The last step before painting was to cover the seams in the foam with wood filler putty. A few depressions were also cut in where I could add clear resin for areas of water. Toward the front of the table, I sliced off layers of foam to create a stepped surface that would represent the sulfur flats. I also added some resin doors that had been provided by Fantasy Flight. Another platform was added at ground level and all of the seams around the foam core structure were covered with L-strips and flat strips.

These were made with foam core board and the edges framed with styrene L-strips. Some platforms were added on top of the rocks. I also cut channels for the lava and used a fork to rough up the texture. The rocky cliff face was cut into the foam using an extendable snap-off knife. The two boards were designed so they would fit together on either side. The piping was made with styrene rods that I bent with a heat gun (check out my pipe tutorial for more detail on how these were made).īecause it would be difficult to reach after all the foam was set in place, I painted the hangar insides separately and then covered the opening with paper to protect it while I modeled and painted the rest of the table. Inside the hangar, I built some details like the doors and pipes. The walls of the mining complex and hangar were made from foam core board. Another 3' x 3' board was also made so the two could fit together as a 3' x 6' battlefield. More foam was stacked up to create a cliff face and rocky mesa. I took plenty of photos while building this table, so I can talk about the construction process a little more: The landscape was made from insulation foam, layered on top of a 3' x 3' wooden frame. The other scenery board I made for Fantasy Flight's upcoming miniatures game Star Wars: Legion was this Imperial mining facility, set among the sulfur flats and lava flows on the planet Sullust.

Scenery for star wars legion