Like the Tatooine Buildings, there are no in progress shots before what’s shown I’m afraid. Construction here consists entirely of foamed pvc and styrene. I then did a little detailing with some plastic kits. The seat and dish on the front are from a Tamiya M113 kit, the exposed mechanicals are all styrene offcuts and kitbashed pieces. The ribbed tubing on the top of the cargo bed are from Anakin’s podracer.

For the engine I tried to V-35 Courier pods, albeit a little more simplistically. I did like the idea of this being a slow, underpowered utility speeder.

This is my first attempt at Star Wars greebling. I did my best to try and get enough detail in there for it to feel authentic to the setting.

For consistency I used the same crates as seen in front of the small hut seen below. I will be painting these ones blue to match.

I really enjoyed making the cargo speeder, a very different scratch build to usual. A lot more thought went into what’s going where and why.

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You’ll have to forgive this entry on being short on WIP pics. I finished these before I decided to give the site a reboot, so I didn’t take in progress shots.

Constructions is incredibly simple. Stupidly simple in fact. The one above is a square of 1 inch blue foam mounted to some foamed pvc, with a polystyrene hemisphere on top.

Then I cut a small archway to fit around my 3D printed door and fastened it to the front. Finally a layer of decorator’s caulk was applied to the whole building. Base coat in mod podge mixed with cream house paint, simple dark brown wash and a lot of drybrushing. Then for fun I did a final airbrush of Vallejo Earth to try and make it fit better with the gaming mat.

The blue crates shown above I’ve had for years. They were bought from Antenocitis Workshop I believe (though I could be mistaken). I cut the base to fit around the crates. That way they should blend with the mat but still stick with the building.

Really happy how they sit together, should act as a nice centrepiece for the 3′ board. I need to do some rocky spires or something to sit in the surrounding desert. Otherwise I suspect it’ll turn into a killing field.

I also have a plan for a landing pad for the owner’s personal ship, but that’ll be another post.

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