Warhammer 40000 Display Shelf

Parts list

• 10mm XPS foam board (38cm x 25cm)
• Very old set of Warhammer 40K ruined buildings, from the 3rd edition box set
• Bag of assorted grit/small rubble, etc
• PVA white glue
• Resin 'concrete barriers' from an Ebay seller

The concrete 'tile' effect was created by slicing the foam board with a craft knife against the edge of a steel ruler, than using a blunt object (a ballpoint pen works well), scoring down the existing cuts. After that additional random scores and pock marks were created into the foamboard to appear like battle damage.

The ruins were then glued in place and the grit and rubble placed around the base of the ruins to represent collapsed walls. A little bit of flock was dusted here and there to give a bit of texture to some of the concrete tiles. Everything was then sealed with a watered down mix of PVA glue.

A base coat of black was sprayed over the entire tile, and progressive layers of lighter greys were applied with large drybrush, highlights were given to the edge of broken concrete slabs. The ruins themselves were painted in Vallejo 'Sombre Grey', with some light grey drybrushing around cracked columns/edges. A sepia wash wash applied along brickwork, edges of windows etc.

Parts list:

• 10mm XPS foam board (38cm x 25cm)
• 3D printed 'Alien Bile Spires' from an Ebay seller (I didn't want to print anything this large!)
• Assorted grit/rubble
• Model railway ballast
• Cork boulders
• Static grass and flock
• Epoxy resin adhesive