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This article discusses how I made two Warhammer 40k buildings out of recycled paper craft ideas packaging materials. I used a pair of this material to make Imperial Guard Command Posts. These 40k terrain pieces came out awesome and are perfect Warhammer scenery for Planetstrike. My plan is to use these 40k buildings for Planetstrike games as a command centre stratagem or bastions. The command centre stratagem gives counter-counter attack to friendly units within 6". I may also use it as a small bastion. And I don't see any reason you couldn't use it as both, of course. However, I'm not sure these work as Warhammer terrain for Cities of Death. They just don't have the right look to be part of a ruined cityscape. But, I guess they could work as pre-fabbed bunkers hastily constructed in a long contested ruined hive amongst trenches and piles of rubble.

The two command posts were fun to build and really inexpensive (probably less than $10 combined). They are a great 40k terrain project. While this article is focused on my success with this project, the general approach can be used to create a myriad of wonderful Warhammer scenery pieces.

40k Scenery Design
There are a few ways to go about making 40k scenery. You can buy ready made Wargames terrain. You can make kits as shown in their directions - Games Workshop has got several great ones. Or you can bash the kits, modifying them from within the parts of the kits, combining kits, or fabricating some of your own additions. Another option is to go to your bits box and make something up. Just going through the box and laying out stuff can be very inspiring.

My favorite items in my bits box are molded paper or Styrofoam packing forms - the kind that come in the various household appliances and electronics we buy. Some of these look great just the way they come and you can see right away what you can do with them; others are a bit more challenging and lend themselves to even greater creativity. I don't even remember what items most of these things packaged anymore.

Once you've chosen something, you might consider doing some concept drawings to get an idea of what you want to make. Many people are intimidated by this step - don't be. The sketch is for you, and you never need to show it to anybody (unless you are a budding web publisher like me). When doing the sketch, you're really trying to achieve a few specific things. First, you're trying to get an idea of modifications you want to make or bits you're going to need to add to your form. You may find you'll need to fabricate a few things from scratch. Second, you're trying to figure out the materials you're going to need. Finally, the sketch can help you formulate in your head your plan - it can give you ideas on how you're going to create you Warhammer scenery project.

I knew right away when I saw these two items when going through my bin that they'd be perfect for the Imperial Guard. I'd been working on my army and reading lots of Black Library fluff on the Guard, so that's what I wanted to do. I got out a pencil and a pen and tried some things out. This drawing told me I would need to make doors, windows, add some bits to make it authentic (Imperial architecture is fairly stylized and you need some Acquila's and technical bits). I knew I'd need to add some Warhammer terrain elements on the base, as well.

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