hen asked to devise some fast, effective, and inexpensive terrain, our Hobby Team experts came up with industrial storage vats made entirely of "off-the-shelf" materials (otherwise destined for the trash bin!). Below, you will find an example of how we prepared the tin cans and two of the buildings we created with them.

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Cut some thin cardstock paper to fold around the outside of the can. Don't glue it down yet!

Use a ballpoint pen to press rivet indents in the paper on the opposite side. Once done, glue the paper in place.

A speedy paint job of Boltgun Metal with some rust spots turns the piece from cast-away rubbish to industrial scenery.

REFINERY FUEL TOWER

The tower was designed with two functions in mind. It could either be used as standalone terrain, or it could be combined with the storage depot to create a bigger piece of scenery.

REFINERY FUEL STORAGE DEPOT

The idea here was to create a secondary piece of terrain that fitted with the idea of an objective around the central refinery. It allows the player to deploy infantry either on the walkways or within the depot itself. We also made sure a Basilisk could fit there too – after all, who wouldn't want to put their highly explosive heavy ordnance next to their highly explosive fuel depot?!