Future Wars Update 012 - Additional Buildings 3

Following my last update quite sometime ago on the Additional Buildings for my Future Wars Project, I have recently been getting some progress on these terrain pieces to get them into a usable state, which included adding a few pieces to the collection.

I had decided around the end of last year to expand my collection of this range of models and looked to pick up additional habs, hub units, walkways and a few bits and bobs to make my set-up much more adaptable and potentially high-rise (ish).

Time flies as they say and when I picked up the original CASHstack set pieces they were produced by Warmill who are now defunct and their ranges are now produced by TT Combat, though I note several parts of the previous Warmill ranges have never made it back into production which is a shame. The Warmill Ultra-modern terrain range were particularly good.

It would seem that several bits, specifically the large and small hab units have been re-tooled (to a much lower quality IMO) and very annoyingly with slightly differing dimensions. The units being slightly shorter in overall length with the locating lugs/cut-outs in differing locations. This means you can't stack the old Warmill units with the new TT Combat pieces (without quite a bit of butchering that is) and the newer pieces lack the internal partitions that the Warmill ones had, plus the detailing lining is much coarser and often inaccurate.

I have assembled, primed and base coated all the original pieces along with the majority of the additional pieces and accessories (with the exception of one large hab and a couple of hubs and supports still to assemble in the fullness of time).

All the pieces have been grey primed and spray base coated in a light ochre/bone and then a heavy directional coat of white to give a bit of graduation from top to bottom which has worked fairly well. I've now started detailing the panelling etc and am looking to complete the windows with coloured film to add to the 'moderne' look. I'm maintaining a limited colour pallette throughout and still deciding if I'm going to apply any weathering to the completed models or not. I'll probably go with a limited effect and not too worn look, but might try a couple of pieces as bit more 'used' to see if this appeals.

The main area's and details have all been air-brushed but find it's actually fairly easy to do the details with a filbert brush and stay within the lines and a lot less faff than masking off fiddely bits anyway.

I have also made up some small infill pieces from the off-cuts and push-outs from the mdf sheets for balcony end pieces and stairways landing rails to keep things looking less open. The other manufactured accessory I'm working on is to produce simple 'pavement basing' for the additional roof balcony pieces that are not used when stacking the hab units so they can be used to double up as fencing or walling.

All in all enjoying the upgrading and progress to date but things have stalled now as I'm looking to push on with some figure painting between other projects, mainly DIY and woodworking along with some Man-cave upgrades occupying my free time recently.

Will up-date on progress on this one as it happens.