Resin Ruins - Measure Twice, Cut Once...

Before tackling the 3 story monster I decided to start off with a small ruin to act as my trial piece.

Trail dry fit

With the dry fit complete it was time to look at the ruins and decide how best to assemble them, the kit itself came with floor sections but I wasn’t really keen on them (they were a bit thin and bendy for my liking).

While I pondered what to do about this the wall sections were glued together, filled (more polyfiller) and sanded, this left me with a good solid building.

For the base I decided on hardboard, yes I know it has a habit of warping but it’s easy to work with and light, plus with the strength of the resin walls I was confident that it’d be fine. The first floor was a job for foambaord (every modeller has to love foamboard!).

Assembled and basic details

As I knew I’d be making a number of ruins I opted to theme the building base so that they would all sit well together, so a number of 1 inch square bits of plasticard later and the building base had a paved edge.

When I looked at the ruin it didn't quite look right as the destroyed walls didn't fit with the floor, to solve this two small section of foamboard were added to made so more damaged walls and balance the model.

The first floor also had tiles added to give it detail and with that I basic building was done, the next stage was to think about additional details...