Tuesday 17 March 2020

From DaveD - Snow Lord's Peak - It so needs a communications tower (90 points)


Ok Big Blue wanted to see something a little less historical and a bit more sci-fi. Well I have a new project in the form of a dystopian world set in the future - well in all honesty this could be just a few weeks away on planet earth at this rate. So I thought what better  place to put a comms tower than the peak  - well there is one... but..




It is an MDF kit that uses a "Pringles" tube as its centre made by Products for Wargamers. I picked up a whole bundle of stuff at Crisis over two years ago - so its time to progress them.


D-M-J "Connecting your worlds" if its doesn't fry you with RF
Perhaps a tin foil hat is in order
The top part is an upturned yoghurt put with part of car aerial added in. There is a red LED - "spacecraft warning light "wired to the top of the aerial , the battery and switch stuff is all contained within it. The whole piece is removable



The figure is a Necromunda one I did last year



so here is the stash of stuff to build !



Size - 8 inches diameter , 15 inches high to base of the aerial. = 753 cubic inches so 60 points 
Snow Lord's Peak = 30 
Total 90 pts

And that is me for this challenge. The day job is now manic due to CV19. Maybe we will end up with the “self isolation” challenge on the spring.

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This is just brilliant Dave and what a great centerpiece for a game! Hopefully that explosion in the background isn't the other communication tower down the line... The dark green and yellow is very striking and the LED hazard light is an excellent touch.  I also really like how these kits incorporate household bits and bobs - it's recycling at its best.

As to your treasure, well, I think the cat was let out of the bag early in the Challenge but it's no less impressive. Here is James' wonderful WWII vignette of a American command group somewhere in Normandy.


Well done Dave and thanks for taking the Snow Lord's Peak Challenge and the Challenge itself! I hope your week isn't too hectic at work and you have some time to check in with us as we grind to a close.

-Curt

11 comments:

  1. What a brilliant idea, cool as you like!

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  2. Nice work Dave! Will be interesting to see where this project will lead you.

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  3. Lovely piece of sci fi terrain!
    Best Iain

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  4. A recurring Comms theme as well - how fitting!

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  5. Great work on this very sinister looking tower.

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  6. Brilliantly done Dave, it must have been a great chore to collect parts for this, eating all those Pringles and all.

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