Monday, 24 June 2013

Battle Domains Ruins Kit

Hi All

I have been working on a couple of projects and working on some techniques.

On the website there is a part built church, I have finally gotten around to finishing it

This is an initial grey drybrush
Thatch and door with brown/chetnut ink wash


The stonework was given a green ink wash the drybrushed white, just need to change the thatch as it looks like fur 






I have also been working on my Ruin kits to make a painted example of what they can look like.

I made 2 corner ruins and placed them onto a single base, I added some debris and the whole thing was then painted black

I dry brushed the ruins with grey before using washes to add colour to the floor tiles and bricks

I also used a green wash to add colour to the external lintels

I still need to get the inside floor done but this will be just fine sand and a couple of floor panels. I think the pavement outside the walls is in need of colour too.
I will get a final piccie on the website once it is complete, until then bye for now.

Wednesday, 5 June 2013

WOW What a year!!

Hi all

well it has been a remarkable year with me getting married, going to Italy on honeymoon and it has  also been the busiest time at work. I have undertaken a new martial art recently and have been working on learning wood turning. I have not been completely idle regarding wargaming, I have gotten my hands on some 100mm Blu-Foam and have been making Hills and rock formations.

This monster hill is made from a piece of 100mm foam and flocked with home made flock. As you can see it can easily accommodate large units of troops.

I also made some rock columns. I took a piece of 10mm foam from the corridor and floors kit and cut it into rough sections.
I used a sharp craft knife to roughen and profile these rocks before impaling them on a bamboo skewer. They are also glued in place with PVA.

Once the glue is dry I trimmed the skewer and painted them with some brown emulsion and left them to dry. I dry brushed them with lighter colours to bring up the details.

I glued some modelling gravel to the bases and once that was dry I painted the base again with thinned PVA. I added a wash of brown ink to darken the sand a little.
Here are the finished items with a couple of skellies for scale.

Coming up are hill projects and standing stones as well as finishing some items I started a while ago.