Where do we fight?

You buy and paint your minis, what then? You want to play a game with them, obviously, but a blank, featureless table isn’t really an inviting game for anyone is it. The folks who put Rogue Trader together knew this, and actually mention it in the book!

Well, it just so happens that the recycling bin at home had these in;

These look close enough to what was used in the book almost … 40… years… oh boy! Ah well, let’s get some thick card (you’ll have a box from something that’s been delivered) and the glue gun (mine was very cheap from a craft shop for hobby things, if you get me).

Inner circle is traced around the pot top, the outer ring is just guessing how far out I want the base to be to give stability.

I used a Stanley knife, you can use scissors, be careful with either.

Hot glue and press down. You can use PVA, but it will take longer to dry. Superglue can work, but you MUST apply the glue to the plastic first, THEN press it to the card, if you glue the cardboard it will soak in and not stick.

More hot glue.

Then it’s just gluing the pots together until you have as many levels as you like! This used two large pots and one smaller one.

One important tool for crafting, gaffa tape! I cut several sections done the above size, and one long bit for the whole top. The reason will become clear.

Some old broken headphone wire to the outside, bit more visual interest.

Then a full covering on Concrete paste to get that authentic ‘80’s prefab’ look. Rougher than sandpaper, but looks good.

And this idea why we used the tape, peel off, we have some smooth areas, why? Because we don’t want windows that look like concrete! Keep the paste on hand to touch up any bits that flake off.

Outside for an undercoat

Now, here I apologise, I got into a flow and stopped taking pictures, but yes, I also did a second one. They were both given washes of different shades, the windows and doors were painted with greens and browns, with a thick black marker to line them. After this, the cables were painted and the basing to match my force, and we got…

Boom! Two scale buildings to fight between, done as period as possible, might as well keep on theme!

I did these with a few hours after work over a couple of weeks, drying times made the longest parts, and even with the flaws I can see, once you start playing, you really don’t notice.

Even now, you don’t have to buy terrain, a bit of time and looking at shapes of boxes or packing, you can do some cool things. Plus, we will need more terrain for the game.

Be magical folks.