Scenery: Tables and Stools and Construction Barrels

Thanks everyone for the notes of encouragement and the well wishes, I appreciate it all!  I've managed to get back to some gaming activities.  My leg is still pretty sore but at least I can do some stuff.  I've decided to get back with some smaller projects.

Tables and stools

Starting out I decided to go with some scatter terrain pieces I've been meaning to make.  I'm copying a quick and easy plan for stools and tables from another blogger, Nathan "Ironworker" Miller, who has a fun sci-fi blog.  It's basically just some wooden spools and thumbtacks painted for stools.  I made five sets of four, and painted the 'seat' a different color for each set.  The tables are some pre-cut wooden shapes (circles/squares/etc) used for table tops on some pegs.  These went together quickly and easily, I base coated them with a mix of black and terracotta spray paints, but left the tops unpainted.

Tabletop choices

For the tabletops, I tried a couple of different finishes, the grayish was painting, I was trying for a more modern composite look, it is usable, but not what I wanted.  The other two are two different wood stains.  I like how they turned out and used those for the rest of the tables.

Zombicide fig moves towards Dawn

They look pretty decent, and can be tipped over to use for cover if needed.  I may make a couple more batches of tables if I find a need.  Otherwise they will appear in various shops (like my Starbucks building) for cover and interest.

Now I need some chairs...

My other project was painting up some construction barrels.  They are a pretty common sight in construction zones, and I got a couple of sets from Secret Weapons at Christmas last year.  They are a nice molded barrel, and look pretty accurate.

Bags of Barrels!

They painted up very easy.  I washed them, then primed them white.  I masked off two stripes for each barrel (rather than try and paint a straight line, I thought this may be easier/better).  I used Krylon safety orange spray paint.  This is the same paint I used for my PEF markers, it has a reflective quality, and recreates the reflective nature of the barrels pretty well.

Typical Wisconsin road...

Dawn stands among the barrels

Reflecting Safety!

A small start, but I'm hoping to be able to get back to more gaming soon.  I downloaded the 'new' melee rules for tweaking the melee rules from ATZ:FFO to Fade to Black.  I'm not sure if I will make the change right away, but I am considering it for the next time I play just to try them out if nothing else.

Stay tuned!