Lets build scenery - building a log bunker for Bolt Action
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- Опубліковано 2 чер 2020
- Hello and welcome back to the channel and some scenery building for Bolt Action! Recently, I set myself the challenge of building a piece of scenery using nothing but bits and pieces that I could find on my hobby shelves. No buying extra parts, all I had to use was all that I could find and forage from my own hobbying collection.
I found the willow edging that I recently made a video about, link below, and so decided that I would use these to make something else……but what? I have built quite a lot of scenery for our games of Bolt Action set in the Pacific jungles and so I decided to make a log bunker!
In the video I will show you each step of the construction of the bunker and all of the various bits and pieces that I used to build the bunker. I’m not a prolific builder of scenery or terrain but I do like to have a go every now and then and I’m actually pretty pleased with how this bunker turned out.
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Nice job Ste.... I can see another use now for all the sticks I picked up on walks!
Cheers Dom, that's definitely true! Since building this piece I've been thinking about what else I could make using these willow edges. Eventually I want to build a bit of a bunker complex with trenches, command posts etc 😀
Excellent video Ste with good instruction, very useful as you said for Europe and the Pacific. 👍😁
Cheers Lee! I was quite surprised at how quickly the whole thing went together to be honest and keeping it generic was definitely the best thing to do. It's actually got me thinking about more scenery now 😁
Great work! It looks like they just built it in the field.
Thanks Victor! That's the look I was trying to achieve, like the bunker has just been hastily constructed. I think by keeping the foliage etc very basic, this adds to the overall look rather than by covering it in jungle plants and tufts :)
Great idea Ste, and looks brilliant two theaters in one model
Thanks Sean! I'm actually really glad that I didn't turn this into solely a piece of jungle terrain. It's definitely given me more ideas for future projects 😀
Nice job mate
Cheers Nick! I'm not exactly a prolific terrain builder but this was relatively quick and easy to build. The only problem is that it I am now looking at other bits and pieces that I could build this way :D
This was brilliwnt mate
Thanks Justin, much appreciated dude. It's always good when you try something without knowing how it's actually going to turn out. Really pleased with this one 😊
Very nice mate. Simple and very effective. 👍
Thanks Jim, yes it was a lot simpler than I thought it was going go be actually. I never thought I would be able to get it completed so quickly. More bunkers are being planned 😁
Useful and very nicely done!
Thanks Phil! I'm not much of a terrain builder but this actually turned out ok. I'm tempted to expand with bigger bunkers now 😁
A great looking build. Will look really nice with your jungle stuff.
Thanks Cal, much appreciated! I think I'm definitely going to be making a few more of these.....and even some trenches. That would actually be a pretty awesome project come to think about it :D
Love it, same method could be used to make a log cabin or ruined log house.
Thanks buddy, much appreciated! The willow edges that I use are so versatile and easy to work with, I would imagine that a log cabin would be quite funky to make 😀
Outstanding video mate.
I'm a recent 40k refugee and in the process of getting a bit of non sci-fi looking sceanery together.
Cheers James, really glad you enjoyed the video, hopefully it gave you a few ideas. I've actually been the opposite and been making more science fiction themed scenery. Definitely the joys of the hobby 😃👍
Love this mate great video. I really enjoy seeing how people build there terrain 😀👌
Cheers Jonny! I'm not normally one for building terrain and haven't for a good while but I thought I would challenge myself to build something. I shall definitely be making some more of these :D
Looks fantastic. Gonna have to find some of that willow edging. Seems a nice versatile addition to the toolbox.
Cheers Duncan, much appreciated mate. The willow edge things are really useful and I've used them for both basing and scenery and they are wonderfully versatile. I'll be making more bunkers and trenches like this 😀
Nice one bud. Picked up a roll of the sticks from Poundland after watching your vid about them. As fun as it is building army’s some nights it just nice to kick back and build some terrain.
Hey Rich, good to hear from you buddy. They are great aren't they? Cheap as chips but with so many possibilities with them. It's been a while since I made any terrain but yeah, it was a nice change of pace and definitely something a bit different 😊
Great work!Very interesting to see the work process!
Thanks buddy! I'm glad you found it interesting, I wasn't sure what I was planning to do with most of the stages so I thought it was a good way of showing exactly what steps were taken 😊
Good job
Thanks Lew! I've actually made a second bunker twice the size of this one but I've not yet got round to putting the finishing touches to it yet. I'll be sure to make a video about it in the near future 😊
Nice tutorial Ste.
Thanks Paul, terrain isn't something that I normally build but after finishing this bunker I think I'll be making a few more bits and pieces. The willow edges are a really versatile material ☺
Just found this. Great job! :)
Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video! I have actually made a second larger bunker and was going to try and build a trench system to go with them. The willow edging is definitely a very versatile material to work with 😀
@@OnPointHQ Fantastic. It's amazing what natural scenery items can be found by getting out for a walk and having an open mind.
'The strange material' looks a lot like Coco Coir.
You are spot on there! After the video, I did a bit of asking about and it turns out that it is coco coir. I seem to have tons of the stuff but its a really versatile material to work with :)
Hey, what would you say is good width for the sticks? Would 5mm be good, or maybe 8mm?
I've just checked the ones that I use and while they aren't all uniform in size, the majority of them are approximately 5mm. Hope that helps 😃👍
@@OnPointHQ yes it does help, thank you very much, i went out into the woods and found straight sticks from a bush that would be perfect for this
Great stuff, glad it helped :)
How does this work for cover? Its a bunker, but its wood. It it going to add 4 or 2?
We've not actually got round to using this ,or the bigger bunker I built, in games yet. As it's meant to be more of a temporary bunker rather than a concrete pillbox or something, I think we'll just use it as a minus 2 for hard cover 😀
@@OnPointHQ ok, thqnks for clearing that up 😁
Thought of using hot glue gun? Nice work .
Cheers David, much appreciated! You know, using a glue gun never even crossed my mind, that's a great idea! I'm planing on making a few more of these for some winter based terrain and I'll definitely be using the glue gun for them 😊