Studson Studio

 This man is utterly mad and this is brilliant. Watch him and wonder!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDQ-sDDqWvk

Beautiful indeed!

Studson Studio

First part of What I do and how I do it.

 This will be a series as I transcribe the notes I have taken from my messing about with bits, parts and scrap. Photos of other projects will appear as soon as I can see again. Eyes and age coming in here. Hope you get some use from these ramblings. Excuse the mess ups!

Why For What For and How To?

Preface: Why For?

I was told to give this a try. I have been a Wargamer and Roleplayer for 37 years up to this point. I always got massive inspiration in the visual aspect of the hobby. Good looking figures, terrain and scenery, always made me want to play more.

At the start of my interest in the hobby. I would buy figures as and when I could get my hands on them. But I could never find much if any scenery to accompany my early attempts at painting them.

As the years moved on. More and more companies began appearing with accessories to aid the visual aspects of the games.

I purchased from Ral Partha, Minifigs, Ground Zero Games, Games Workshop, Ainsty, Snap Dragon and many others. If someone did a piece I could use in micro 1/300^th scale or 28/32mm scale I grabbed it when I could afford it.

Later I started to realise that I could use some things from manufacturers such as Airfix, Hornby, Matchbox and other plastic kit manufacturers. Especially those that were not really scale specific. Most of the time a storage tank could be used in multiple scales. As long as you left off certain items like walkways or doors. So Hornby items for railways always attracted my eye.

After being Unemployed or semi-employed I realised I couldn't really afford the newest stuff coming out on the market. A shame as there is a lot of stuff that is really lovely. But there were objects I started to notice that I could use to build my own scenery.

Wooden puzzle mind teasers, Ornaments, Food containers, Boxes, Electrical components, Artists canvas boards. I just had to keep an open mind and imagination.

Hot Wheels and Matchbox vehicles from the Poundlands were another source of inspiration in many forms. Drones and Robots for £1 they are great for making.

Charity shops, the out of the way “Goods and fancy gifts” shops had army men bags on the cheap. Army men are pretty bad now. But now and again there is a jewel to be had in the bag. Watchtowers/Guardtowers for instance. Again £1 a bag and you can always just give the army men to a charity shop.

I have even found myself making interesting add ons to a lost city out of Salt and Pepper pots.

Chapter 1

Sources of Resources?

If you are going to start building your own terrain. You do need certain tools and crafting aids.

These don't have to be complicated. But sometimes you will find a tool that just makes your life or a build easier to achieve.

Mainstays are. Sharp craft knives, Glues of various types, Tape measures or better would be a stainless steel rule in inches or centimetres (Both on the same rule is fantastic!) brushes, paints, sculpting tools and a cutting board or surface no one minds you cutting stuff up on!

Do not use your Mother's best polished dining table!

Sources of these can be your local gaming store, online shops, DIY shops, Supermarket DIY sections, a shop you just happen to be passing and pop in to look through, local markets, Gamesday shows, Poundland, Works Publishers and Toy fairs.

You will see that some of these will be re-used!

Sources of inspiration.

If you are gaming you know about your field of interest. But I have found Youtube and watching “Let's Plays” a great source. You can see designs for building and terrain from watching someone on youtube playing a game. Just make sure you can stand the person who is doing a commentary while you watch.

Bill Makes Stuff. Youtube marvels on the cheap!

 Try out this channel for more inspiration. Very much in the style I like.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiTdBmbtnvl7jBz99hXXDHA

Great results and lots of technique!

Ready to Robot Conversions to Weird combat armour.

 These were the brightly coloured packaged collectable figures I got from Poundland £1 each originally. I got 5. Now they have them in again but are £5 each! Good but not brilliant models and totally random in their packaging. Arms, legs, weaponns you don't know what you're getting! So you are warned!

First one. I could make 2 of these so made a standard Mecha.

This one will be a one off. The pilot was made from bits and pieces of various ranges including Warlord miniatures.