Sunday, 22 November 2009

Cheap and Cheerful Stunties and Movement trays

Over the last month i've been working on some Dwarfs I got with skull-pass last year and the odd Dwarf I had laying around. The idea behind this army is that I wanted to do a cheap small army for things like Doubles tournaments.

The only unit I've completed so far, is the Thunderers.


Normally for movement trays I use the Games-Workshop's ones. But keeping with the cheap theme, I made them!

I've got lots of cork flooring tiles (that's the material picked), so I marked out the tray's I wanted, leaving a 1cm lip round the edge.


Cut out. Cork is really easy to cut and bendy! (but we will forget about that for this tutorial).



Then I added a shed load of filler round the edge.



Trimmed of the excess filler with my knife and made sure the Dwarfs still fit.



Then I flocked, forgot to photograph and painted.
And there you go, my quick guide to making movement trays.

3 comments:

  1. Looks good! I tried to do something similar but I grew tired of the thick trays. I found they needed some support underneath to keep from breaking.

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  2. They look great! If you're ever looking for something a little more sturdy but just as easy to cut. Try Balsa plywood. Most craft/hobby shops sell it. I might get a how to up of how I did mine soon. :)

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  3. That is a very cool idea - cheers for posting it

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