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Post by ryryak2 on Jun 25, 2019 20:31:31 GMT
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Post by Horace on Jun 26, 2019 17:02:14 GMT
Looking good! Keep them coming  |
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Post by ryryak2 on Jun 27, 2019 0:39:16 GMT
Thanks Horace! You all may remember this guy - I started him a while ago. I ran out of twine when I was working on the thatch roof, otherwise my longhouse is finished!  |
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Post by ryryak2 on Jun 27, 2019 0:40:48 GMT
Here’s the other houses I’ve been working on - I’ve run out of twine and I’m waiting for my local Lowe’s to get it back in stock before I complete them.   |
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Post by ryryak2 on Jun 27, 2019 0:43:22 GMT
And finally...the other marshes that I’ve been working on! I’m experimenting with color palettes to see what I like, looking to try and build some more grimdark feeing pieces. Something that screams “abandon all hope ye who enter here!”    |
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Post by Horace on Jun 27, 2019 9:16:15 GMT
Those houses look excellent. How many bits of scenery are you aiming for? The whole 8th scenery chart? |
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Post by mottdon on Jun 27, 2019 10:53:18 GMT
I'm so glad to see you back Ryryak!
Loving the terrain! You'll have to do a tutorial on how you did that thatched roof! It looks quite impressive!
The marchlands look great too! I'm assuming you used insulation board? If you're going for grimdark, I like the second one you've done there. Less cheer in it. You might even want to add in some tall, dead grass along the water edge. Drill a small hole, cut the bristles off an old, done brush, and glue them in the hole at various lengths. Other than pumping in some dried ice, I think you've got it!
I love seeing your terrain develop! I'll be keeping a close eye on this thread!
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Post by ryryak2 on Jun 27, 2019 17:42:53 GMT
Those houses look excellent. How many bits of scenery are you aiming for? The whole 8th scenery chart? Actually...kinda yeah. I want there to be plenty of available scenery, and something for every type of terrain available. These marshes are a test bed for a new river concept I’m working on as well for my Mordheim table. If that goes well I’ll attempt a lake complete with lake-town boardwalk. |
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Post by ryryak2 on Jun 27, 2019 17:55:24 GMT
You'll have to do a tutorial on how you did that thatched roof! The marchlands look great too! I'm assuming you used insulation board? If you're going for grimdark, I like the second one you've done there. Thanks! If you google how to make thatch roof terrain you’ll come across a video by The Crafting Muse. It’s basically her method. I agree they look nice I’m just bummed I can get these off my “to-do” pile and into the garage for the table! Stupid Lowe’s and it being summer and everyone bought out my twine... I agree about the second one being the most grimdark. I did dried reeds on a couple of the pieces, problem is I ran out of cheap brushes to chop up and couldn’t do all of them! This one is one of the ones that didn’t get done. Truth be told I was also worried about storage- I can’t stack them with the dried grass sticking way up above the piece. That’s one I’m still working on solving. But yes, when I do my second batch of marshes (they’ll be more involved with dead stumps, mushrooms, rotten logs, leaf fall, etc...) I think I’ll stick to yellows, browns, and more muted greens. These ones are more to learn about pouring resin (never done it before) and what colors/techniques work and don’t work. And yes, these pieces were made from insulation board utilizing a dull box knife, a proxxon hot-wire table cutter, and a hot wire cutter. Here’s what’s next...  |
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Post by mottdon on Jun 27, 2019 21:38:03 GMT
Have you tried looking for twine at Hobby Lobby? My wife bought a HUGE roll of it there to decorate her classroom in a Cowboy theme one year. Took us forever to go through all of it. But we eventually did.
You have a really good point about the stacking issue. Maybe a storage system like an office paper tray stacking system might work? Really depends on each person's situation, I suppose. Just throwing ideas your way. 😊
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Post by ryryak2 on Jun 28, 2019 1:35:23 GMT
Have you tried looking for twine at Hobby Lobby? My wife bought a HUGE roll of it there to decorate her classroom in a Cowboy theme one year. Took us forever to go through all of it. But we eventually did. You have a really good point about the stacking issue. Maybe a storage system like an office paper tray stacking system might work? Really depends on each person's situation, I suppose. Just throwing ideas your way. 😊 I WISH I had a hobby lobby. Stupid Alaska it can’t get up here fast enough. Problem is I’ve already gone through a few hundred feet of twine (they’re packed pretty tight) I wanted to use the same stuff to make sure the color matched. I have some small round “pillars” amongst that pile of blue foam I’m thinking I could use those as spacers in between the marshes to keep the reeds from getting damaged - failing that I’ll buy/build some kind of shelving system that will allow them to be stacked. Got a base coat on the pieces today - gotta go back and do touch ups but I’m hoping these will be done by next weekend. I really want to get back to painting models |
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Post by knoffles on Jun 28, 2019 5:15:39 GMT
Very nice. You could also add half a skeleton representing the corpse of a poor individual having died whilst clawing it’s way out.
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Post by Naitsabes on Jun 28, 2019 5:40:47 GMT
Wow. That's great looking stuff. I feel your pain with the storage. Strategically shaped hills or stone columns as spacers are a good idea.
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Post by grandmasterwang on Jun 28, 2019 6:37:03 GMT
Great looking marshes.
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