Building the Docks part 6 Nearly finished | Free 12x12 shed plans download

Building the Docks part 6 Nearly finished

Hi Folks

Real life keeps getting in the way of the hobby, the work  (and more travelling) add in a heady mix of World Cup Rugby , a daughter learning to drive, and visiting universities for same said daughter and my project for BLAM has been seriously curtailed.

Enough of my complaining. Actually quite a lot has been completed since I last updated the blog on this project so here goes a short pictorial summary.

If you have been following this Blog you will know that once a year I meet with a group of like minded gamers from the Lead Adventure Forum for a weekend (3 days of beer and games). This year 30 souls descend on my local pub !!

My project this year was to build a 1930s Port - I plan to use this in my VBCW and Pulp games. I started back in June ( gosh that surprised me only 12 weeks ago !), and with the numbers turning up we are constrained to use tables no bigger than 4ft x 6ft.

I actually need to create 5 of these tables all painted blue for a big pirate game on the Sunday...more on this in another post

a 4ft x 6ft playing area

Onto this table I placed the dock boards I had created (se previous post) and these were rested on slabs of pink foam

The dockside walls were built using precut 9 mm MDF and topped with a ridge of thin wood stripping. These were painted black then dry brushed up greys and browns. The mooring posts are some old bits of timber and jenga pieces. They are quite weighty so will not move around too much.

I am quite pleased with the way these have turned out. The advantage is of course that I can reconfigure the shape of the dock in many ways.

The thin gap between the wharfs is supposed to represent a canal

So onto the buildings...one side of the docks is going to be an industrial refinery and factory

The storage tanks are £1 money boxes from Poundland sprayed green - these will be dirtied up. The pipework, valves etc are just 15mm plumbing stuff sourced from B&Q.  This all needs finishing. But you can see the work in progress.

The Bridge crossing the canal is a Warbases box girder bridge bought at Colours  - for £14 I was really pleased and wanted another. Alas it is no longer on their website so I have ordered a different one from Sarissa. There will be two bridges crossing the canal to aid playability.

You can see the finished factory and factory buildings from Sarissa behind the refinery. These are more or less finished.

The Canal separates the industrial zone from the warehouse area. I bought the barges ages ago off ebay - they are cheap tourist gifts.

The crane on the left is my impression of an old steam crane (its actually ripped off an old Hornby loco)

The warehouse area needs the most work - doors still need to be fitted to the buildings. Goods still have to be painted and other paraphernalia added.

The ship in the foreground is a trawler model bought on ebay - it came as a waterline model and is perfect for 28mm

The above photo gives a better shot of the refinery - the grey tank building came from Table Scape games (£18) - as did all those Oil Drums

The black crane (still to be painted) was originally a Thomas The Tank Cranky the Crane toy with a new arm added.

This particular photo was taken from the lighthouse into the port...

Yes the lighthouse is finished

As I progress Ill upload more photos...

Damn just realised I need to finish this for next Monday - dress rehearsal for the Blam game and the fifth part of the Scales of Anubis campaign...maybe...

Until next time


Building the Docks part 6 Nearly finished Free 12x12 shed plans download

Leaky Shed and Bo Bunny Product Swap Teachers Gift part II | Generator shed plans free

Leaky Shed and Bo Bunny Product Swap Teachers Gift part II

Hi everyone!  Laura here...

I can not believe Christmas is over already!  

Oh well the count down to next year is on!

Leaky Shed and Bo Bunny have been teaming up all month with a fabulous product swap between their designers...we have had too much fun!

A couple days of ago I showed you the swag that I made for Tys teacher....

today I am sharing the other part of her gift

Isnt it cute?  I wanted to it to go with the swag - so again I cut many 1" circles out of the vibrant and festive Bo Bunny papers and began gluing them on a paper mache tree.

I cut one snowflake off the large snowflake border

painted it with gesso, covered it with diamond dust then glossy accents.  I also added one of the Bo Bunny stickers to the center of the snowflake tree topper!

I also made a tag for a friends bottle of wine that I gave as a gift

 lots of layers with the Bo Bunny papers and I used the small snowflake border

that I painted pink, then used the BoBunny glitter paste and added some BoBunny pearls!

 Now check out this amazing Prize Pack

BoBunny has generously provided this fabulous give-away package for one of our fortunate followers. 

To be eligible to win you need to do the following:  

~ Leave a comment on each Leaky Shed Studio Facebook Page Post during the swap, December 9 to 31. You have until midnight EST on January 3rd to leave your comments. 

~ The randomly selected winner will be announced on January 5th, 2015.  Be sure to check out our links for more inspiration from our talented team.

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Thanks so much for stopping by today.

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Shed Foundations a Part of the Drawing Package | Free shed plans on skids

Shed Foundations a Part of the Drawing Package

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If you develop a creating of any kind, it is an investment decision of significant time and cash. You want that investment to be there for a long time to arrive. It would pay to devote all the time you want to ensure the foundation is made from the correct supplies and installed properly.

There are a selection of varieties of shed foundations. Permit us discuss about a three: dirt, concrete, and concrete piers.

Grime Foundations: Naturally, the simplest basis of all is a filth ground. A dirt flooring would be suitable for a pole sort barn. You might be familiar with pole barns. They have been close to for several a long time, and provide a variety of purposes, for housing livestock to flea marketplaces.

The filth basis ought to be a stage, firm, dry surface area. If you frame up the walls, they require to be on cement blocks to preserve the shed off the floor.

In some places, the floor appears to be moist all the time and when it rains, drinking water tends to stand. If that is what goes on at your spot, be positive the partitions do not rest on the floor.

If h2o drainage is not an issue, you could want deliver in crushed gravel, about six inches deep. Some of us want to place the blocks on the gravel, and then set the shed floor supports on best of the blocks. That is a excellent way to keep the get rid of off the floor.

Concrete Slabs. Concrete slabs are good, they previous a extended time, and they can be pricey except if you pour and complete the concrete yourself. Let me remind you that concrete absorbs h2o so be positive to use strain handled wooden at any spot wood will come in make contact with with the cement.

Concrete Piers. Concrete piers have their place in the development of structures, too. Piers are poured beneath the floor, which implies you are likely to want to dig a hole for the cement.

Right after the cement has cured, you will connect beams to the piers, and on the beams your drop will rest. In this way, you have a solid help of the concrete foundation. Also you have lifted the creating off the floor.

The get rid of should be completely stage. Otherwise the doorways and windows will not fit or operate correctly. Drinking water should be drained absent from the foundation so you may need to dig a ditch to route the water absent.

If the drinking water is allowed to stand, the floor can become delicate and cause the creating to "settle." When buildings "settle" the corners sometimes separate. And partitions can lean in or out, and even the roof can have trouble, all because the h2o was not correctly drained absent.

You do not want to give up on developing your drop because excellent drawings generally have a detailed description of a lot more than one shed basis that would be suitable for the structure.

Often keep in mind to verify the creating codes for your element of the globe. If you live in a local community and belong to the house owners association, be positive to get authorization from the affiliation for the drop you want to build.

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Something very Different from the Shed 28mm Daleks part 1 | Free tool shed plans diy

Something very Different from the Shed 28mm Daleks part 1

The thought occurred to me a few weeks ago that I could add something different to VBCW universe and give the players something different to think about.

Imagine the scenario two sides rushing towards a hill to capture what they think is a downed experimental aircraft from the other side. Conflict ensues between the two forces as both push towards the objective.

Whats happens next is unplanned, a shock and totally alien...from the belly of the downed ship emerge strange noises and shapes followed by that immortal word...Exterminate...

Yes folks Eric the Shed has decided to put together a Dalek Army...

I cant take credit for the discovery of these gems (just google search 28mm Dalek) but for the princely sum of about £30 I have acquired over 80 of these boys. That works out at less than 50p a figure.
Yes they are cheap plastic and yes most of them are the wrong shape (idaleks I believe) but they do look the business. These originally saw life gracing the front cover of a Dr Who magazine for kids.

The following illustrates how I turned mine from horrid plastic toys into one of humanities darkest nightmares.

I wanted my force to giver the impression they were hovering so to fit the dalek I glued a small piece of plasticard to a 25mm washer (also adds weight) and once dry I added some sand for the base.

The dalek was then glued down onto the base and primed all over. Aside from painting those horrid domes these were a doddle to paint. If you are looking to paint a Dalek Army look at this useful tip...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R_xSbpaX-Q

I painted most of mine as standard warriors with a few variations to denote units. The Patrol Style Daleks were painted in various colours to denote leaders.

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Leaders

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Warriors

More Warriors

For a great resource on Daleks including colour schemes head here

http://www.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/dalek/types/


In terms of rules I was delighted to find that there were some unofficial rules for Daleks using the Bolt Action ruleset - you can download these on a pdf from here (Scroll down the page to find them)

https://boltactiontimelord.wordpress.com/tag/daleks/


So whats next  - well I have to finish painting about 35 of these and then start on the final 17 I won on ebay earlier this week. At this point I have stopped buying

So if you are bidding for Daleks you know that you are not up against me !


I have also ordered a Davros from Black Tree Designs Doctor Who range along with two of my favourite doctors - Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker (I already own a Tardis). Should Davros be too small Ill cut up one of the plastic ones and do a conversion job.

This should all be done by next weekend so Ill post progress then..

Until next time


The second part of the Dalek Army can be found here

http://shedwars.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/28mm-daleks-army-takes-shape-part-2.html


Something very Different from the Shed 28mm Daleks part 1 Free tool shed plans diy