Renedra 20 foot container as cover

 I reviewed the Renedra 20 foot container earlier , but mentioned that I would take some photographs of the container in use as cover.

Empress Miniatures HMMWV.

Empress Miniatures GAZ Tigr.

Empress BMD-1

Clockwork Goblin/Warlord M8 Grizzly walker.

Warlord M4A4C

The cupola peeking over the container.

Empress Miniatures Challenger 2.

Renedra 20 foot container

 At Salute, Renedra released their injection moulded 20 and 40 foot containers (plus barrels and pallets).

I bought two of their 20 foot container packs.

The 

The pack builds two containers with opening doors and four pallets.

Each container requires three sprues - top and bottom sprue; sides sprue; end and doors sprue.

What is not clear from the instructions is that the sides sit on top of the base, not on the outside. The fit is good once you work out how the bits go together, however there is no assistance in holding the walls together (it does require at least three hands to balance them).

Once assembled, it looks like a corrugated container. 

A nice detail is their is a ventilator on one side.

The end brackets - which in real life are used to attach them to a wagon or lorry, or to hold them together when stacking - are lacking in detail, and the normal slots (which are used by the big fork lid trucks) are missing. However, these are gaming pieces and not model railway

The door detail is good, and the doors open and the interior walls are detailed.

This one has been undercoated with Citadel Chaos Black spray, then Citadel Corax White.

I do need to get some suitable decals, probably from model railway suppliers.

Comparison shots

Ainsty (~1/62), Renedra (1/56), Unknown but either 1/48 or 1/50,  O Gauge (1/43)

Of course, there is always a need for something to carry it.

I am thinking of trying to extend a Crooked Dice Tortuga lorry. The container fits in the flat bed. I could probably do with another set of wheels as well as extending the frames.

Retro Games Workshop Books

There is a thread on the Lead Adventures Forum about the Games Workshop terrain and tanks books. 

This book was published in 1996. It covered Warhammer and 40K terrain and buildings.

This one was published in 2003. It added coverage of terrain suitable for Lord of the Rings as well as Warhammer and 40K.

The "How To Paint Citadel Tanks" was published in 2009.

Sofa

This was the inspiration.

This is a Debris of War Arm Chair.  It is on a Products for Wargamers MDF base.

Dead Trees part one

Crooked Dice Dead Forest.

 Another Products for Wargamers MDF base.

The trunks were painted with Citadel Mechanicum Standard Grey. The exposed inner wood was painted with Army Painter Skeleton Bone. This was then dry brushed with Citadel Mechanicum Standard Grey followed by a wash of Citadel Nuln Oil.

Oil Barrels

Another piece of terrain. A barrier made from Debris of War barrels.

Based on another Products for Wargamers MDF base.

 Again undercoated with Citadel Chaos Black followed by Citadel Death Guard Green.

More Industrial Scenery

Last year I bought the Crooked Dice Pump and Tank Set.

I have been playing around with it, trying to get something multi-purpose out of it (more later on that), but I did think that a cut off pipe with a valve would make a nice simple piece of scatter terrain.

I chose to base it on a Renedra 30mm base as that would give a small amount of space for some grass and stuff. On that I glued a Renedra 20mm base. This would be textured with Citadel Typhus Corrosion to appear as a concrete base.

I drilled the valve and the wheel with a 0.8mm hole and used a piece of 0.8mm brass rod to pin the wheel to the valve.

The 20mm base was painted with Citadel Typhus Corrosion to give it some texture.

It was then sprayed with Citadel Chaos Black. The concrete was painted with Citadel Rakash Flesh and the pipe with Citadel Mechanicum Standard Grey. It was dry brushed with a mix of Citadel Mechanicum Standard Grey and Humbrol 34 White. Everything was then dry brushed with Citadel Terminatus Stone. Rusty dribbles are original Citadel Flesh Wash. The whole thing was then shaded with Citadel Nuln Oil.