Malifaux Pigpen bases

I decided that there wasn’t enough variety considering how many bases I need to cover, so I set out to add some accessories into the mix. I started looking at pictures of pig pens on google, and got a few ideas.

First, I started by cutting a styrene tube lengthwise, so that I had two C shaped channels. Then I covered the ends in card, and trimmed it down to size.

I was left with two enclosed channels, which make pretty decent looking feeding troughs for the piglets.

Big I hear you asking “But Mr. DD, how does the slop get to these troughs?” Well my friend, in the world of Malifaux they have a wonderful technology, brought to them by the wise mages of yore. They are known by many names, but most people like to simply call them: buckets.

Theres probably an easier way to make a tiny bucket, but I was in a hurry so I just decided to wing it. I cut some pieces of balsa wood into small slivers that would make up the slats of a wooden bucket. I then used blue tack to stick the slats down, making sure to keep them at an inward angle so that the bucket would widen at the top. I glued all of these slats together, and then stuck some card on the bottom.

Would these buckets hold water? Almost certainly not. Would the gremlins notice or care? Almost certainly not. Mission success.

I was going to try to figure out how to make a handle for the buckets, but then I remembered that my Ulix actually broke the handles off his buckets after he got into a fight with his cousin over some bacon bits. Thats definitely what happened. I didn’t just make that up so I wouldn’t have to fiddle with little wires and try to attach them to a 5mm tall piece of wood. Nope.

Also I made a half bucket that will look like its sunken into the mud. Same steps as above, except half the slats.