Stormwall Magnetizing

One thing that seems to make storage and transport of huge figures easier to move is magnetizing.  I like to magnetize the waist and the feet at a minimum so the piece can be taken apart and stored.

Here's a pic of my StormWall in pieces that made him manageable to paint and store.

What you can't see is that the base is also magnetized.  When the Stormwall does get killed, I can put away the model in its foam and leave the base right on the table where it was destroyed.  No extra wreck marker needed and the template left in place LOOKS GOOD.  Here's a pic of the Stormwall and the base.

The real benefit is that the model now stores in a much smaller foam footprint that fits inside my existing case.  No need for a custom foam or additional foam outside my case special for the colossal.

May Prototypes

Made some progress with the new buildings.  Here's the street scene with just a few buildings.

The buildings need paint next but I wanted to work out the kinks with this prototype set.

Some more sign options and a few cross-hair markers for Bill.  In the background is a vending machine that got too close to my gray overspray and now has an unintentional design on the front.
 

Here are the bus stop and subway entrance pieces -- cut out but no add-ons attached.  These are just the prototypes -- after putting them together, it was clear that some design improvements were needed.  When I cut out the next set, I'll put the transparencies on them to look like plexiglass.

While cutting things out, I found that it's super simple to cut out 3", 4" and 5" rings for use in Warmachine.  Fifty cents of materials makes a useful game aid.

Here's the work / paint tray I cut out to make the rest of the artistic work go a little easier.  The intent is to make some that allows me to do some painting and then put the whole tray away easily.  The tray protects the kitchen table too.