A Place to Shop

 Everyone needs a place to shop...

An aerial view shows the back of these three 'establishments'

Here we have the front of them, along with the 'added' extras that can be removed to adjust the level of gubbins on show and in the way of line of sight.

I will have to get a better picture of the inside... this will be the 'Docs'. There is a medical seat to go in here from the objective box set. Is the ratskin asking or demanding treatment here?

This is the 'All In Shop' which caters for a wide range of needs.

This is the local 'Guns R Us' with its own resident shell shocked shopkeeper.

Getting Grubbier

 Now they are starting to take shape.. this is before making them very grubby and dirty with a big wash ...I want them to seem very run down and rusty and dirty and muddy... I cannot imagine they would be pristine shops in the depths of the underhive.

On Display

 My painting skills are very limited but occasioanlly some of the models might almost reach a tabletop standard.

I wanted to think about how to store and present them. We do not have room in the house for the standard 'Detolf Solution' so I looked around on Ebay and saw some display cases for an almost reasonable price.

Finding some air dry clay around I started to make a base for them

The base has since been washed to within an inch of its life so I will take a picture with the final look.

I am happy that part of the gang is now protected from grubby fingers.

Taking Shape

The buildings are now taking shape. I have slowly added some shelving, some counters, some junk and lots of gubbins and bits everywhere.

I have knocked up a shop keeper with sort of bionic / damaged arm and some weird helmet (ok ok.. it is an out of scale WW2 helmet)

I have PVA'd every surface to within an inch of its life and I found some black sand in the garage so I have sprinkled that on everywhere.

Escape hatch in the bottom (it IS a weapons shop... you never know what sort of undesirable customers you might get)

Broken up the surface with all the offcuts and sawn off bits lying around after cutting down the sprues for the containers to make the stuff.

Plenty of old Jenga blocks with some bits make some nice makeshift crates.

It is taking shape now.

A place to hide

Everyone needs somewhere to shop... having seen all the other outstanding posts about reusing the armoured containers from Games Workshop as 'shops' in Necromunda I fancied having a go myself.

My budget could not stretch to £30 for a set of three so I ordered these for £6 including postage from the excellent Trolltrader on Ebay.

This also prompted me into spending a good few hours tidying up my Warhammer cupboard and trying to get my umpteen boxes of bitz down to a more manageable size.

I had been tucking away all sorts of bits and pieces (in boxes in the garage.. some of which I still can not find!) in the hope they would come in useful for scenary.

This one I see as a weapons emporium. None of the insides are done yet. They will eventually have a counter and shelves and all sorts. For the moment I have been putting together the rough outline.

This will be a well stocked shop, perhaps with the bulk of the weapons stored underground?

Not many places have a heavy flamer on the door and a missile launcher on the roof. Does it work? Would you want to find out?

This one will be more of a general store. Perhaps the blue gubbins is a water filter? I should imagine decent quality water would be at a premium in the underhive. Maybe that is why it has a storm bolter on the top.

Again I have a lot of bits and pieces to add to these...

I have glued these together with PVA and used old hardboard backing from photo frames for the bases. I have also put a watered down layer of PVA over almost everything as a base for painting. Plastic to plastic uses the traditional Revell plastic glue and everything else is stuck with pound shop superglue (the sort where you get 10 to a pack).

This last one will be the 'Docs'. I have the medical chair and bits from the objective box that Games Workshop do and this will fit in nicely. The blue and white thing laying outside on the bricks will probably be glued on the ceiling upside down.. a bit like the modern surgery room gubbins...

The metal pack on top is just loose.. this will move outside for 'power'... there is clearly some sort of communication tower out back and lighting provided by a spotlight out front.

All in all I am  very pleased at what you get for £6. The quality and fit is excellent and I think I will look at some more of the TT Combat stuff from Ebay to expand on this project.