These modern 28mm fences were built for during our Weekly crafting and painting session (Motivation Thursday). The theme of our weekly challenge was to build modular fences. I opted for a modern variant to use in our Sci-Fi games like Space Weirdos or One Page Rules Grimdark Future Firefight, two very fine games we play.
Building the fences
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Materials used: plastic coated textile mesh (barbecue mesh?), BBQ skewers (square), lollypop sticks, cutter, wire cutter, metal ruler (not strictly needed), hot glue, PVA glue, basing material: small pebbles, rough and fine sand
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Cut the posts to the desired lenght/height. I used 6 cm.
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Draw template on the cutting mat for precisely cutting the mesh. The height of the mesh should be lower than the posts, but it’s a personal preference.
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Hot glue the posts to the fence
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Secure the other side of the posts with a line of hot glue for increased stability.
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Hot glue the assembled fence to the base.
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Secure the base edges of the fences on both sides with hot glue an keep the posts straight while the glue cools down.
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Mix watered down PVA glue in a cup and apply to the base with an old brush.
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Apply the coarsest basing material first and finish with fine sand last.
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I brushed on the rest of the watered down PVA glue to the posts for additional strength.
Leave the finished fences to fully dry … and wait until next Motivation Thursday where I paint them!
Painting the fences
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I spray primed the fences in black.
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I then over brushed the mesh and the posts with acrylic burnt umber.
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With a sponge I sporadically applied orange paint to simulate fresh rust.
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Afterwards I dry brushed the metal parts (posts and mesh) with a silver paint.
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The posts were then very roughly painted in a light grey, leaving the underlying paint coats (rust and metal) visible here and there.
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At the end I dry brushed the base in grey …
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… with a final dry brush of a light grey tone.
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My homemade terrain wash* ties it all together and gives it that grimdark look I’m going for.
* recipe in a future tutorial.
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While the wash dries, treat yourself to something fine.
The result
And here’s the final result after a coat of matte spray varnish:
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These will be tested in our next Space Weirdos game!