20mm MDF ruins making progress

 Remember I bought these as a pack, along with an in-tact farm. Three of the buildings are pretty much four sided and are built as a damaged building. There is little to no customisation with them. The remaining ruins were a varied assortment of corner sections. A while back I made a decision that I would base the ruins. More recently I decided I would try and sort some corner sections into parts of the same building. You will see three of my ruin sets have two parts to them. I think they are pretty effective. 

The bases are wooden. They have come from the back of a mirror or a photo frame. I can't remember, but I saw it and rescued it from the bin. It has been in my cupboard for a year? Today I measured it up and wasted a lot of time sawing it to pieces. I started with the saw of my swiss army knife. I continued with a foldable garden saw meant for branches. In the end though I realised that if I scored the same area with a Stanley knife a few times, I was able to just snap the wood. Much quicker. But hey, we live and learn. 

I am not permanently attaching the three "complete" buildings to their bases. I have a feeling there might come a time when I would rather they be un-based. This may never happen and I might change my mind. Only time will tell. The remaining ruin sets will be generously covered in rubble and painted up. 

I sanded the edges and rounded the corners to make them less harsh. You can see that I labeled the ruins and the ruin bases so I wouldn't get confused later. 

This ruin is just a corner piece. I quite like it on its own though.

The thought of basing/storing tiny corner pieces like above was part of what made me think I will base them together as the same buildings. 

This is just the one building piece. I will put a lot of rubble around the edge and perhaps build up remains of a wall.

This one is tall. I like that. Once I have completed these I will need to get in the attic and dig out my other corner ruins from that Kickstarter many, many years ago. Been sitting in a box since 2013 probably. I reckon I put them together once or twice but have never, ever used them. After all, I switched pretty convincingly over to 6mm in 2016 I would say and haven't really looked back. 

MDF Ruins

 As previously mentioned I bought a Normandy farm in MDF. I also bought a pack of assorted ruins. This week I put them together. I am over all pretty pleased. You can see from below that some of them are literally a corner of a building. I will base those on a rough shape and add more rubble when the time comes. I mean they are pretty simple, I wasn't expecting much. I have other corner parts of buildings that are better - things I bought ages ago but have lived, unbuilt in a box since 2013. 

Below is some kind of workshop. It has doors for the front that I will put on at some point. I quite like it. Again, it will end up on a little base with some rubble. I am trying to work out how to make a tub of rubble that I can just pour onto the table when and where I need it. I have seen stuff you can buy but feel that is a waste. I have cat litter somewhere...

The frustrating thing about the below ruin is that the two walls don't fit together. Look, the longer wall extends out beyond where is should go. This complaint is minor. But it really does annoy me. 

Below looks like it is meant to be a flat topped building. I will probably just use it anyway in Normandy.

Below is one step up from a corner ruin. It reminds me a little of the Airfix Forward Command Post kit (which I have). I should dig that out and improve it. I built up a  bank around it to create a courtyard type area. I might add some bocage or something to it. This building will just go on as small a footprint as possible. 

What you can't see is the one ruin section where the first storey floor doesn't fit into the slots. It is frustrating because it is one of the coolest looking ruined sections. I will see what I can do with it, I might just leave the floor out of it. 

For the cost, these are a high recommend from me. They will certainly do the job I need them to do. 

Destroyed houses for WW2. Not sure manufacturer.

I painted up some more ruined houses. Unfortunately I have had these knocking around a while and don't really know who they are made by. The second story is removable. They could maybe be dusted up a little, but for now they will do nicely. 

These ones are surrounded entirely by rubble. Not sure how much I like that. I might need to pop them on a base and make it so the rubble has a non-rectangular edge to it. But as for now, they are useable.