City walls and Townhouses
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Theomar Pius
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Yeah, spackle is cheaper. I like the water effects because it\'s in a squeeze bottle, it\'s just less messy. I\'ve used both, and it\'s mostly just because I don\'t like getting spackle all over. I guess the bottom line for me is after having used both, it\'ssimply easier for me to use the water effects.
alextheartist
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Well, having just moved to a house with a cellar full of pink foam (and i aint joking) ive been thinking about building a little (well not tiny) fantasy scale harbour village. I\'m gonna draw some plans out then build out a basic structure them get building =)
Alex
Alex
Theomar Pius
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Originally posted by Aliengod3
This is awesome
One question. Do you primer the foam or just use black paint to basecoat? I once primered foam and it melted.
Strictly brushed on, latex based paints. spray primers will indeed melt foam, destroy hard work. Since I use a lot of paint, I bought a quart of black, a quart of grey, and a quart of green, two years ago. I\'ve used probably a half quart of each. I only use GW hobby paint for small details, since it is so expensive compaired to bulk paints. Mostly for my other colors, I use acrylics from the craft store.
Looking forward to the harbor alex, my best advice wood be get a box of 100 xacto blades. Only a sharp blade gets you a good, detailed cut, and foam can dull blades quickly. When I was doing the cavern of doom this summer, which is carved completely from foam, I probably used 30-40 blades.
alextheartist
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Thanks for the tip =), its gonna be loosly based on the archetecture from this place i visted as a kid which i remember (but no the name) where the village was just one long street which eventually had a slipway into the sea at the end, then a tiny harbour nevt to it. (which means i get to mess with water effects 
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Alex
)Alex
Theomar Pius
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I lit a fire under my ass the other day, and in turn got a ton of work done since the last update.
First you can see a lot of painting. I did the upper cote of paint on the negative space between the beams. On one I used bone mixed with mustard, on the other bone mixed with sage green. After those were dried, I did a light wash with dark brown to dirty everything up.
I then painted the beams raw umber, not really making it a consistant cote. It soundes weird to not paint an even cote on it, but when all is said and done, it will look more natural if there are variations in the color of the wood. 2nd step on the beams is a light drybrushing of light grey. This ages the wood, and brings out the textures. Let me just say that it takes forever to paint the beams, since every one of them has 3 exposed sides that all have to be painted without painting \"out of the lines\". On the plus side, if I do get the dark brown outside of where it should be, if I water it sown right away, it basically turns into the brown wash that I\'m already using.
What else. Well I built up the terrain that would be the ground, using thin shavings of pink foam layered on top of itself. I decided a while back that even flat ground realyl isn\'t all that flat and level. So this gives the ground a bumpy look. Unfortunately, it means that any topheavy minis will probably fall over when on it. I sealed it to the board and filled in the gaps with water effects. Did I mention I love this stuff?
I then covered the whole thing in a cote of green paint, brushing the high points in browns. This is so that when it is flocked, if any wears off, it will be green and brown, and not pink in the bare spots.
Lastly, I added some foam boulders, and gravel for the pathways. These buildings won\'t be on te main streets, so I went with dirt paths rather than cobblestone. They are made up of 3 different coarse sands, from rough, to medium, to fine. I start with the coarse, then work my way up to fine. These will be painted too to give a more uniform color, with highlights.
This is coming a long nicely. Up next I\'ll paint the paths, and flock and detail between the buildings. Once that is done, I can glue the houses on, and start the woodwork for platforms and stairs, this one will have lots of them.
First you can see a lot of painting. I did the upper cote of paint on the negative space between the beams. On one I used bone mixed with mustard, on the other bone mixed with sage green. After those were dried, I did a light wash with dark brown to dirty everything up.
I then painted the beams raw umber, not really making it a consistant cote. It soundes weird to not paint an even cote on it, but when all is said and done, it will look more natural if there are variations in the color of the wood. 2nd step on the beams is a light drybrushing of light grey. This ages the wood, and brings out the textures. Let me just say that it takes forever to paint the beams, since every one of them has 3 exposed sides that all have to be painted without painting \"out of the lines\". On the plus side, if I do get the dark brown outside of where it should be, if I water it sown right away, it basically turns into the brown wash that I\'m already using.
What else. Well I built up the terrain that would be the ground, using thin shavings of pink foam layered on top of itself. I decided a while back that even flat ground realyl isn\'t all that flat and level. So this gives the ground a bumpy look. Unfortunately, it means that any topheavy minis will probably fall over when on it. I sealed it to the board and filled in the gaps with water effects. Did I mention I love this stuff?
I then covered the whole thing in a cote of green paint, brushing the high points in browns. This is so that when it is flocked, if any wears off, it will be green and brown, and not pink in the bare spots.
Lastly, I added some foam boulders, and gravel for the pathways. These buildings won\'t be on te main streets, so I went with dirt paths rather than cobblestone. They are made up of 3 different coarse sands, from rough, to medium, to fine. I start with the coarse, then work my way up to fine. These will be painted too to give a more uniform color, with highlights.
This is coming a long nicely. Up next I\'ll paint the paths, and flock and detail between the buildings. Once that is done, I can glue the houses on, and start the woodwork for platforms and stairs, this one will have lots of them.
freakinacage
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looking awesome!
Theomar Pius
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Things are still moving pretty well on this one.
I decided to try something new, so I repainted the undercote as brown rather than green. We\'ll see how it goes.
I also painted the roofs on both buildings. They are both custom mixed greens, with grey highlights to bring out the individual shingles.
I painted all of the dirt paths brown, then tan, then grey. I also painted the foam rocks, dark grey to light grey.
Finally, I flocked between the two buildings. It was important to do any work between the two before gluing the structures in place, simply because there is only about 3 inches between them, and the room to work is limited.
I always use a coarse flock around teh buildings, to hide the joins between the building and the base, followed by a lighter flock for the actual grass. Since this is a human town, I use a reddish brown flock, simulating a dying grass, giving it an autumn feel. When I do Elvish stuff, I imagine it would be the ideal setting, and use a much greener spring feeling grass.
I decided to try something new, so I repainted the undercote as brown rather than green. We\'ll see how it goes.
I also painted the roofs on both buildings. They are both custom mixed greens, with grey highlights to bring out the individual shingles.
I painted all of the dirt paths brown, then tan, then grey. I also painted the foam rocks, dark grey to light grey.
Finally, I flocked between the two buildings. It was important to do any work between the two before gluing the structures in place, simply because there is only about 3 inches between them, and the room to work is limited.
I always use a coarse flock around teh buildings, to hide the joins between the building and the base, followed by a lighter flock for the actual grass. Since this is a human town, I use a reddish brown flock, simulating a dying grass, giving it an autumn feel. When I do Elvish stuff, I imagine it would be the ideal setting, and use a much greener spring feeling grass.
Theomar Pius
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Originally posted by krom1415
Wow, looks fantastic, i must try this some day
Thanks krom, let me know if you need anything.
Theomar Pius
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Quick update from this weekend, I did the woodworking for the platforms and stairs, etc...
The idea for these buildings is that there are several residences packed into the two buildings, so there are many different doors at different levels.
All that is left is the flocking, details, and weathering. Oh, and painting the minis for it.:flame:
Hopefully, everything will be wrapped up within a week or so.
The idea for these buildings is that there are several residences packed into the two buildings, so there are many different doors at different levels.
All that is left is the flocking, details, and weathering. Oh, and painting the minis for it.:flame:
Hopefully, everything will be wrapped up within a week or so.
ScottRadom
Shogun of Saskatchewan
Ugh. You make me phycically sick with the quality of work you do. Outstanding stuff, without question the best terrain I have ever seen! Thanks for your tips and inspirational pic\'s. Stuff like this is why I enjoy this site so much.
Hold your head high sir! You have a gift!
But why, oh why, don\'t you play with your terrain?
Hold your head high sir! You have a gift!
But why, oh why, don\'t you play with your terrain?
freakinacage
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stop making me want to build scenery!!
Theomar Pius
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Well guys, this project is pretty much wrapped up. I\'ll try to get out tomorow to shoot the pictures, and submit the piece. Once that\'s done I\'ll wrap it up in this thread and post links to the discuss submissions, covering any steps I didn\'t point out. If it\'s not up in a couple of days, it\'s because I\'m still painting two minis for it, but those should hopefully be done and out of the way by tomorow.
Thanks for the comments, pics soon!
Thanks for the comments, pics soon!
