Operation SHED: I Hate Trees!!

The downside of my garden is that it's thin, very thin. In fact it's only 12ft wide, on the plus side it is 160ft+ long!

If, like me, you have a thin garden the last thing you want is a thick row of trees that takes up 1/4 of the gardens total width!

As I wanted a shed that was 8ft wide it meant the base needed to be 10ft. If you've done the maths you'll have realised that with the trees in place this wasn't going to work...

The only course of action was to take the trees out!

This task was going to be easier said than done, the conifers are tall and thick (from counting the rings they'd been there at least 15 years).

To make space for the shed we'd have to take down 9 trees, trust me taking down that many trees with a hand saw and loppers is no easy task! (What I would give for a chainsaw!!)

Once the trees had been stripped there was then the joyous task of dumping all the remains.

To carry all the branches and trunks from the bottom of my garden to the skip that now sat of my drive was a bit of a workout!

Now with the trees gone all that is left to do is have a bit of a final tidy up and we're in a position where we can order the shed!

Operation SHED: Thor's Hammer!

Having selected my chosen shed, it was time to do the job I wasn't looking forward to, getting the site ready...

My garden already had a shed, the problem with it is that it's knackered and rotten so had to go!

An easy task I hear you say? The problem is that the previous owner had used it as a store so it was full of built in units and shelves, these were all ripped out leaving just the shell.

Holdeness – A Lovely Place To Visit...

At the club recently we've been on a bit of a boat kick, specifically ‘splishy boats’ (aka Uncharted Seas from Spartan Games).

We’ve also been having a bit of a scenery purge as well...

The combination of these two factors has resulted in ‘Holdeness’ the island everyone wants to visit (or crash into at high speed...)

So here’s how a lump of wood was transformed into an island...

A Case Of The Squats

Back in the "good old days" there was an army of space dwarfs. They promptly got "eaten by Tyranids" and retroactively removed from all fluff, had the model moulds destroyed and now so much as mentioning them on workshop sites gets you a perma-ban. They also had a stupid name. I am referring of course to the Squats.

I happen to LIKE the idea that in the 41st millenium, there are still a race of engineers who actually KNOW what they're doing, and are busily inventing new tech to throw back the Tyranid and Ork invasions that are threatening thier race with extinction. I happen to LIKE the idea that these embittered and now sadly depleted strongholds are still stubbornly refusing to give up the ghost and keel over. I also happen to LIKE the fact that other companies are not as short sighted (pardon the pun) as GW and still produce some pretty cool Space Dwarf models.

What I don't like is the fact that i have to use a substitute codex or write one myself.

Infestation

Scenery is a vital part of every battlefield, and as a club we have talked about making themed terrain pieces for our armies. With Tyranids this poses a few interesting challenges, what does a Bug-infested world look like?

Having had a long think about it (and watched Aliens a few times) I figure i'm going to try and attempt 5 distinct pieces of scenery. These are as follows:

1: A Spore Funnel

2: Digestion Pool

3: Egg Cluster

4: Hatchery

5: "Hived" facility

These will likely increase in complexity the further down the list I work.

So, Brainstorming time!