Ok, time to get this beast wrapped up. I have had the base finished for a few days but have been leaving it all to dry and making sure i have not missed anything.
Before the final pics, heres a few of the completed base. I didn't want to go to over board with the rubble. I wanted a damaged single house rather than a flattened street. I started out with some celluclay to give some bulk to the rubble and give me somthing to attach other bits with. I mixed in some fine pumice with the celluclay and even where it shows throug i rather like the effect. For the rest of the rubble, i got a couple of pots of Urban Debris from Dio Dump in the Netherlands which included bricks with mortar, fine rubble dust, dusty planks and load sof other bits. To this i added lots more lose bricks, stained wood and some left overs from the window frames and skirting boards.
I was realy pleased with the end result, especially for my first urban dio. Sorry about the pics. My pop up photo booth is not really designed to handle stuff this big. I am in the process of converting a spare bedroom into a dedicated model den and hopefully i can set up a better photo area. If so, i may take some new pics then.
And then just to add the big guy himself. I used some rubble pigments on the running gear as well as on the figures to tie them in with the base.
Convention would probably have this build side on, with the house behind the vehicle. But very early on i decided i wanted this head on. Before i added the side framing, which is determined by where the front is, i did some checking on the layout, and yep, definatly front on.
And there it is. Really pleased with how this turned out. As always, some lessons learned and ideas for improvment next time round.
Thanks for all the comments and ideas. I am really pleased with the camo uniforms, the black is a nice addition, so a big thanks to Jack for that. Now i just need some where to put this, i think i might need a reinforced shelf, this thing is damn heavy.