04.28.07
Posted in Fantasy, Terrain
at 6:00 pm
Here’s another couple of pieces I built recently. Both come from a resin terrain kit I purchased 6 or so years ago from Crusader29 (now out of business). This kit has a number of single and double story wall sections that can be combined in a number of ways to create complete or destroyed buildings. I have assembled five buildings from the kit and am showing two here (the other three are sitting on the painting table.)
The first is a two story ruin mounted on Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF). I generally try to put all of my terrain pieces on MDF as it makes them more sturdy and customizable. The floor on the first story is cut up cardboard square, the second is styrene sheeting gridded in 1/4 inch squares available from the hobby shop.
The second piece uses sections that were initially twelve inches long and as high as shown in the picture. I broke the segments up so they would fit on a smaller base. This is roughly nine by six inches. The floor is parakeet gravel available from discount stores.
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04.26.07
Posted in Fantasy, Terrain
at 2:41 pm
We are holding a WHFB tournament here this weekend and I have spent a lot of free time on terrain to be given as prizes.
First up is a ruin made with Hirst Arts’ fieldstone molds. I decided to paint this one brown with tan highlights as I have never painted one this color before. I think it turned out nicely…
The next piece comes from the cavern mold set. I just received this a few weeks ago and have not had time to play with it yet. I decided to use it for an outdoor picec and cast it in resin.
This final piece is from dental plaster and one that Bruce has plans for on his site. It is *not* an easy piece to build as it uses a number of smooth blocks that need to be sanded. It is *huge* once you get it together and can dominate a setting. It’s heavy so if you irritate your opponent too badly you’d better duck!
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04.17.07
Posted in Fictional Countries, Terrain
at 9:32 am
This is a resin, six piece building that my friend, Brent Collins, designed and sculpted for our use as a for retail sale, stand alone, wargaming item. This is a fast painting job on the building but I think it still came out looking boffo! I used a black gesso for priming the roof and then dry brushed it with Red Gore and Bright Red. The walls were glued with Super Glue, then primed with grey auto primer in several light coats. The rock sections were painted black and then dry brushed with two colors of grey. The wood was painted with Bestial Brown and then lightly dry brushed with Vermin Fur. The panels were painted with Bleached Bone and then I used diluted Skull White to give the whiter color towards the center of each panel.
The roof comes in two sections and does not have to be glued so the roof can come off. We are looking at having separate detailing panels for the interior.
We are looking at selling this for a retail price of $19.95. Comments would be appreciated.
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