You may have noticed I've been trying to build up a stock of scatter terrain over the last 18 months or so - crates, barrels, barricades and so on are invaluable for in game cover and reinforcing the 'realness' of a table set up.
At some point in the distant past, I also bought myself some Warsenal Construction Pallets - handy little laser-cut kits:
I had stored them away in my space under my desk and forgotten about them, until the other week my daughter knocked the box they were in over. I put them in the pending pile, and devoted a couple of evenings to assembling and painting them.
Assembly is pretty simple, if a little repetitive with 8 pallets in each kit.
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The laser cut sheets. Thicker MDF for the main supports, and thinner plastic for the struts. |
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One pallet - 3 supports, 5 thick structs and 4 thin struts. |
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End struts glued to the underside. The supports have grooves cut to allow you to align them easily. |
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Central strut glued to the underside. |
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Central support glued in place. |
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Flipped over and the end struts added to the top side. |
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The four thinner struts glued in place. |
Yes, I could probably have built my own using balsa wood and coffee stirrers, but this kit takes out at least 50% of the assembly time. Yes, you can get cheap toy pallets (which I might do at some point). But these do look pretty nice!
I wanted to paint up my pallets to look something like this - notice the odd pallet that has paint on the ends, or is painted a different colour.
So I painted mine a neutral brownish colour, lightly drybrushed a highlight, added some random paint on some of them, and then washed on some stains. Here's the resulting stack of 24:
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In a couple of piles. |
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A hasty barricade. |
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Store configuration. |
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Neatly stacked. |
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Pallet tower. |
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Pallet steps. |
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Background scenic clutter. |
As you can see, these are incredibly versatile and useful. They could also be arranged as boardwalks, or raised platforms. I probably need about the same number again I think!
Very useful. Pallets as you say can appear in a lot of places, and could easily be barricades, fences, or other blockers as well.
ReplyDeleteMultifunctional, perfect for any setting :P
DeleteAgain well executed Axiom. They do look like the real thing on the photo. Different coloured wood granted but still realistic.
ReplyDeleteClose enough to suspend belief from 1.5m ;)
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