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 ====== Warhammer 40000 Display Shelf ====== ====== Warhammer 40000 Display Shelf ======
  
-This display was designed to span the entire width of an Ikea 'Billy' shelf, so I had the thought of two opposing forces - Space Marines on one side, and icky, Plague Marines on the other.+This display was designed to span the entire width of an Ikea 'Billy' shelf, so I had the thought of two opposing forces - [[blog:miniatures:gw:wh40k:spacemarines|Space Marines]] on one side, and icky, [[blog:miniatures:gw:wh40k:chaos|Nurgle Plague Marines]] on the other.
 I'd never played Space Marines, nor had I played Warhammer in some 20+ years, but on seeing some of the latest designs in 2023/2024 I had an urge to build a display after I had cleared the shelves of this bookcase of //clutter//. I'd never played Space Marines, nor had I played Warhammer in some 20+ years, but on seeing some of the latest designs in 2023/2024 I had an urge to build a display after I had cleared the shelves of this bookcase of //clutter//.
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 The scenery building ended up being loads of fun, and reminded me of one of the main reasons I started playing miniatures games all those years ago. It's creative in a way that building and painting models alone can never match. The scenery building ended up being loads of fun, and reminded me of one of the main reasons I started playing miniatures games all those years ago. It's creative in a way that building and painting models alone can never match.
  
 I also got to use some bits and pieces that I had stored away decades ago, and would have simply sat in a box otherwise. I also got to use some bits and pieces that I had stored away decades ago, and would have simply sat in a box otherwise.
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 ===== Space Marine Tile ===== ===== Space Marine Tile =====
  
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    * Cork boulders    * Cork boulders
    * Static grass and flock    * Static grass and flock
-   * Epoxy resin adhesive+   * Epoxy resin adhesive (approx 100ml)
  
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 I mixed a very small amount of Vallejo //Game Colour// __Camoflage Green__ into the resin, no more than 4 drops, and it produced a wonderful, disgusting, vomit-inducing dirty green/brown/yellow water effect. Just what I was hoping for! I mixed a very small amount of Vallejo //Game Colour// __Camoflage Green__ into the resin, no more than 4 drops, and it produced a wonderful, disgusting, vomit-inducing dirty green/brown/yellow water effect. Just what I was hoping for!
  
 For any normal water effect, I would have probably used a hair drier on warm to get the bubbles out of the resin, but for this Nurgle-tainted river of slime it actually looks better all //frothy// and //putrid//. For any normal water effect, I would have probably used a hair drier on warm to get the bubbles out of the resin, but for this Nurgle-tainted river of slime it actually looks better all //frothy// and //putrid//.
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 === Under display lighting === === Under display lighting ===
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 ===== Finished Display ===== ===== Finished Display =====
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 +[[:blog:dioramas|Back to Displays and Dioramas]]
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