Updated the website with the beginings of my Full Thrust Fleet and asteriods, today I have been painting sponge and foam asteroids and undercoating my ships.
My Fleet WIP
I added in a little base on one of the 'roids using some Brads from Ruby's card making stash. Brads are like the paper fasteners you can get with the 2 little legs that bend once you fasten paper together. In the card making world you can get legless brads, these can be found on a saturday night in the local taxi rank lol, they are actually formed paper domes that make great miniature radar dishes, I'll get some more piccies on the website tonight
TTFN
Sunday, 25 September 2011
Monday, 19 September 2011
Ruins Kit Tutorial
Hi All,
Today I am hoping to show you how easy it is to make the ruined corner from the Blu-Foam Ruins Kit.
I called it the Ruins Kit as this was the first thing that I made from the pieces in the bag.
First cut one of the larger 10mm Blu-Foam sections across the diagonal and mark out your floors and windows.
Once you have cut out your wall section, it is time to add a little damage. Cut a thin slice of foam, this will be the damaged plaster/render on the wall.
Here we can see the damaged wall and with a pen or sharp pencil draw in the underlying bricks. The sharper the pencil, the easier it will impress into the foam, so keep a sharpener to hand
After adding in some additional damage and a few bullet holes, I have used the 3mm Blu-Foam to add detail to the outer wall of the ruined corner. I have used 10mm wide strips under the windows and 5mm strips above each window. You can also see a few cracks that I have drawn into the walls
Below is the assembled corner section, you can clearly see the exposed bricks and the broken plaster. The floor section is made in the same way, the 1” tiles are drawn on and the edges are sliced back to represent broken tiles and exposed concrete. Small lengths of wire are inserted into the foam as reinforcing bars
Once based you can use the off cuts to make rubble for your ruin, you will also find that you have enough Blu-Foam to make another and still have some left to enhance your structure however you imagine.
Remember, when you come to paint this, don’t use aerosol unless you seal it first, I use old emulsion from the shed or get sample pots from the local DIY shop. You can paint it with watered down PVA first and once that dries, hit it with the spray paint, the choice is yours, have fun.
The Ruins kit is available from the shop and can be with you shortly.
Today I am hoping to show you how easy it is to make the ruined corner from the Blu-Foam Ruins Kit.
I called it the Ruins Kit as this was the first thing that I made from the pieces in the bag.
First cut one of the larger 10mm Blu-Foam sections across the diagonal and mark out your floors and windows.
Once you have cut out your wall section, it is time to add a little damage. Cut a thin slice of foam, this will be the damaged plaster/render on the wall.
Here we can see the damaged wall and with a pen or sharp pencil draw in the underlying bricks. The sharper the pencil, the easier it will impress into the foam, so keep a sharpener to hand
After adding in some additional damage and a few bullet holes, I have used the 3mm Blu-Foam to add detail to the outer wall of the ruined corner. I have used 10mm wide strips under the windows and 5mm strips above each window. You can also see a few cracks that I have drawn into the walls
Below is the assembled corner section, you can clearly see the exposed bricks and the broken plaster. The floor section is made in the same way, the 1” tiles are drawn on and the edges are sliced back to represent broken tiles and exposed concrete. Small lengths of wire are inserted into the foam as reinforcing bars
Once based you can use the off cuts to make rubble for your ruin, you will also find that you have enough Blu-Foam to make another and still have some left to enhance your structure however you imagine.
Remember, when you come to paint this, don’t use aerosol unless you seal it first, I use old emulsion from the shed or get sample pots from the local DIY shop. You can paint it with watered down PVA first and once that dries, hit it with the spray paint, the choice is yours, have fun.
The Ruins kit is available from the shop and can be with you shortly.
Monday, 12 September 2011
Shop
Finally got the shop working, i think, seems to work ok anyhow. It took a little longer than I hoped as I wanted to get the ruins plans done tonight, might make a start on them though, they are pretty simple to do and I have already made then once.
I am thinking of adding in a page that has all the plans and designs for you guys to use and am looking into a Flicker gallery so you can post your Blu-Foam creations for all to see
Catch you all later
Ian
I am thinking of adding in a page that has all the plans and designs for you guys to use and am looking into a Flicker gallery so you can post your Blu-Foam creations for all to see
Catch you all later
Ian
Colours 2011 part 2
Yesterday was just as busy as Saturday and by the time we got home and sorted I was too knackered to do a thing. I am amazed at how much interest there was in the Blu-Foam. I ended up speaking to hundreds of people and the feed back was just brilliant so thanks to you all for your interest.
Today is Ruby's Birthday so I have again been busy doing things with her.
2 Things that stood out for me at the show were the interest in the ruins kits and the little crocodile statues I had on my table, everyone loved them, I ended up giving one away to a little girl and I also let go the example ruins I had made, I haven't even photographed them LOL. I will do another set with dimensions so people can copy them, they are nice and simple to do.
I am also going to do a plan for the crocs so you can make them too for your desk or for your armies, they do not take too long to make either, that is the beauty of Blu-Foam. Every one needs one of these on their desk and they are a good little practice piece to help get to grips with the foam.
Today is Ruby's Birthday so I have again been busy doing things with her.
2 Things that stood out for me at the show were the interest in the ruins kits and the little crocodile statues I had on my table, everyone loved them, I ended up giving one away to a little girl and I also let go the example ruins I had made, I haven't even photographed them LOL. I will do another set with dimensions so people can copy them, they are nice and simple to do.
I am also going to do a plan for the crocs so you can make them too for your desk or for your armies, they do not take too long to make either, that is the beauty of Blu-Foam. Every one needs one of these on their desk and they are a good little practice piece to help get to grips with the foam.
This picture was taken before he put his teeth in, retrofitting them was not difficult but the new editions will have teeth carved as part of the build. Look out for them coming shortly
Saturday, 10 September 2011
Colours 2011
well today was just amazing, my first show as an exhibitor with my new product. And we get to do it all again tomorrow!!! Even my daughter is excited, she has been a great help to me these past few days and thoroughly enjoyed the show.
I managed to get 4 types of Blu-Foam done, did the Battle Domains Mesh and made a load of flock.
I spoke to a lot of gamers and modellers and all seemed to like and be impressed with the Blu-Foam. The examples I had drew a lot of attention and certainly helped with the sales pitch.
What I need to do now is get the images and prices into the shop page. The latest one is the ruins kit, I called it the Ruins Kit purely because it was the first thing I made with it, the Ruin took me about 1.5-2 hours to do, I will take some piccies of the ruins tomorrow and get everything posted on here shortly. The mesh is stuff I have used for my leaded windows but I also made some electric/laser fences. The mesh can also be used for floorplates and bulkhead detailing. Again images and detailed instructions to follow soon.
I managed to get 4 types of Blu-Foam done, did the Battle Domains Mesh and made a load of flock.
I spoke to a lot of gamers and modellers and all seemed to like and be impressed with the Blu-Foam. The examples I had drew a lot of attention and certainly helped with the sales pitch.
What I need to do now is get the images and prices into the shop page. The latest one is the ruins kit, I called it the Ruins Kit purely because it was the first thing I made with it, the Ruin took me about 1.5-2 hours to do, I will take some piccies of the ruins tomorrow and get everything posted on here shortly. The mesh is stuff I have used for my leaded windows but I also made some electric/laser fences. The mesh can also be used for floorplates and bulkhead detailing. Again images and detailed instructions to follow soon.
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