Desert Outpost (Part 1) - 15mm SciFi WIP

I've been working on some buildings for a desert outpost.  I started these when I began this project in early January, but I haven't worked on them since.  At the beginning, I thought I could completely scratch-build them with doors and other details.  I was wrong.  15mm is too small for me to get the kind of detail I wanted.  So, in frustration, I set them aside.  A few weeks later I came across some scratch-built buildings that included bits from Ground Zero Games.  That very evening I went to their online store and ordered one pack each of the following sets:

V15-BLD02 Large Doors
V15-BLD03 Civilian Building Doors
V15-BLD06 Roof Fittings A
V15-BLD07 Roof Fittings B
V15-BLD09 Solar Arrays
V15-BLD12 Circuit Panels and Junction Boxes

It came to about US$62.00 with shipping.  That is more than I wanted to spend on these buildings, but I figure all these bits will come in handy on other projects I have in mind.  My shipment arrived within two weeks of placing the order.  I'm very pleased with them!  They are just the thing to help these scratch-built creations come to life.

Three buildings made from plastic, single-serve cereal boxes mounted on CDs.
You can see my failed attempts at doors, etc. on these.

Here's a closeup of the power station, with a figure for scale...and a poorly built door.

This closeup shows the crap door and the texture gel stuff I used to texture the bases.

Here are the same buildings with the GZG doors being installed.
Looks MUCH better! 

I cut away some of the slope of the walls in order to recess the doors.  It looks a lot more realistic than just sticking the doors to the wall.  You can also see here that I've mounted some roof bits.

Since the cuts left gaps, I needed to fill them, so I broke this stuff out.  It is good stuff but I don't know if they sell it any longer.  This tube is older than I care to think about.

Here I've gooped some stuff around the door.  Once I've finished filling the gaps I will go back and sand/file the goop down to make it all blend.  I'm calling this piece a power station.  I like it so far!

Liam approves!

I'm not sure how I want to paint these for my desert table.  I was originally thinking of using shades of ivory/off white, but I don't want them to look like buildings on Tatooine.  Since they are supposed to be Earth Force, maybe I will go with some khaki and dark green combination to match the minis I'm painting.  We'll see.  I also want to experiment with some spray primers. Maybe I can come up with a quick and easy way to paint them.

That's all I've had time for this week.  Until next time, carry on!