| Cacique Caribe | 25 Nov 2006 12:00 a.m. PST |
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| chronoglide | 25 Nov 2006 3:05 a.m. PST |
Whiskey Outpost…but if I remember correctly it also doubles as Fort Joe Smith, the Mormon colony building in one of the webcasts…shot from a different angle and dressed up a bit… |
| 14th Brooklyn | 25 Nov 2006 3:34 a.m. PST |
There was one at Crisis last year: link (3rd row, far right) and I have seen two more somewhere on the net. There was a proliferation with Conflix Platformer system. Cheers, Burkhard |
| parejkoj | 25 Nov 2006 10:46 a.m. PST |
One made with the Hexagon/Platformer kits was featured in an issue of Mongoose Publishing's Sign's and Portents several months back. |
| Detailed Casting Products | 25 Nov 2006 11:58 a.m. PST |
Thanks parejkoj, but the one you mentioned was a generic fort that made use of the Pegasus Hobbies Technobridge kit, garnished with Platformer and Hexagon pieces. It was mostly meant as a way to show that the Technobridge pieces could have alternate uses. Last year I showed a few pics of my rendition of Whiskey Outpost. Here are a few easy links, but I sure won't stop any from downloading back issues of S&P, heh. NOT Whiskey Outpost, but if you want to call it "Moonshiner's Outhouse" that's ok by me  picture
picture Here is my version of a 3-panel high W.O. The original was two panel rows tall. picture picture |
| Jakar Nilson | 25 Nov 2006 3:38 p.m. PST |
Years ago, I did some modular cut-out templates: link And some small cut-out shelters to with it: link |
| CmdrKiley | 25 Nov 2006 3:56 p.m. PST |
I did one that was not exactly all metal, mostly concrete with metal details. picture link It was originally intended for Warzone (as an addition to my "McCragge Line" modular Martian Trench battlefield), but after I got into Starship Troopers, I had to do something based on the battle at Whiskey Outpost. I built it out of styrofoam using the Hotwire Foam Factory's 3D scroll saw and applying some detail pieces (the metal plates, railings, ladders, and towers) from Tehnolog's Syberclicks sets. |
| astronomican | 25 Nov 2006 4:41 p.m. PST |
Use 3.5-inch floppy discs for your outpost. :-) |
| Cacique Caribe | 25 Nov 2006 11:30 p.m. PST |
Very inspiring! Thanks for the wonderful links. CC |
| CeruLucifus | 26 Nov 2006 6:00 a.m. PST |
Gary James of Terragenesis did a scratch-built Fort Apache a few years ago. link |
| Detailed Casting Products | 26 Nov 2006 8:40 p.m. PST |
Don, that's the one that CC originally linked to as a sample, but I'm sure he appreciates the effort just the same. CC, as one way to create fort walls with the Platformer kit pieces, this is how I fit the parts together. This version needs a false floor piece about 1" off of the board, but the movie fort looked like it was suspended in a similar manner. The second pic is the original fort with 2 rows of panel pieces making up the perimeter wall. There were a few reasons I extended the fort later. First, the movie filming prop did use three rows of panels. Secondly, the Arachnids can climb six inches vertically per action, so this places them back just a bit from vaulting easily over the top. I had built the fort while waiting for the game to be released, so I didn't have any rules as yet. Thirdly, when the MI Army Book was released It places a wall description as up to 6" in height and 10" wide (or long I suppose). If you considered a wall section to be defined as a 3x3 arrangement of these panels, it keeps within the defined rules in the Army Book (if you are using that). The updated rules also allow for the wall to have a ledge for defending infantry. picture
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| Cacique Caribe | 27 Nov 2006 5:03 a.m. PST |
SciFi Gamer, I love it!!! CC |
| Detailed Casting Products | 27 Nov 2006 3:36 p.m. PST |
CC if I had the room I'd love to build the much larger Fort Joe Smith, but it would need four table legs as it would be its own gaming table, lol. |
| Cacique Caribe | 18 Dec 2006 10:30 a.m. PST |
For those who may want to make towers to their metal forts, here's some additional inspiration: link
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| Cacique Caribe | 18 Dec 2006 11:15 a.m. PST |
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| Detailed Casting Products | 18 Dec 2006 11:35 a.m. PST |
I guess the first one is a tower of a sort, but is intended as an outpost. The others are watchtower variants. picture
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picture The last one was fun to do as I was trying to reuse the card-stock fort piece that came with the boxed Starship Troopers game. I made an elevated causeway between two fort pieces, added entry steps for each and fitted a watchtower made of course from Hexagon and Platformer pieces. The other fort piece is a "comm station" made from a lighted fishing float, a plastic adding machine paper roll core and safety covers for disposable razors. |
| Detailed Casting Products | 19 Dec 2006 4:41 p.m. PST |
CC, you should have your answer now that they work fine! |
| Cacique Caribe | 19 Dec 2006 5:24 p.m. PST |
SciFi Gamer, It may take me a while, but I will attempt to replicate your effort. Wish me luck. Thanks for all the great photos. CC |
| Detailed Casting Products | 21 Dec 2006 5:46 p.m. PST |
"CC, I wish you luck". It's now official, heh. Oh, a tip on the Platformer panels would be to go ahead and glue the alignment pins into the holes when assembling the pieces. If not, the clips fit too loosely when attaching the panels to each other. On my Whiskey Outpost fort, I was a bit picky and matched the patterns up, trying for a bit of symmetry in the panel relief. This made me open more boxes of kits to make the fort walls, but since then I've easily used up the "change" on other projects. |
| Cacique Caribe | 01 May 2007 6:36 a.m. PST |
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| Cacique Caribe | 01 May 2007 7:13 a.m. PST |
By the way, my Platformer (large set) is coming in the mail this week!!! CC |
| Cacique Caribe | 23 Sep 2007 4:47 p.m. PST |
Here's another photo showing details of the perimeter wall of the fort: picture As for the tents, great news . . . TMP link CC |
