Maenas
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Great tips from Bailey's thread WIP on how to add self sustaining rope to a magnificent ship base. You will see also a wonderful pirate dwarf and the base designed for it!! :brushwave:
There is further info on how he does this at: http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums...Bailey03-s-WIP&p=801033&viewfull=1#post801033
Happy holidays, everyone! I hope all of you are enjoying the long weekend.
Here are a few better pictures of the dwarf. I did more work on the sword, pushing the highlights on the texture to bring it in line with the rest of the figure.
Since the figure is almost complete, I went back to work on the base. You may remember from a previous post, the main structure was built using balsa wood.
To match the sword, I decided to add some texture to the side. I used pro-create (grey stuff) to create some barnacles there as well. Then I used the same baking soda + matte varnish technique to fill in the spaces around the barnacles. I also added some rope and a portion of the rigging. This was done using string. I used superglue to coat the strings and lock them in the desired shape. A bit of regular superglue can be helpful in attaching specific spots, but mostly I used thin super glue. This quickly soaks into the string and is really useful for fixing large sections. You've just got to be careful since it can get all over the place and you don't want to touch the strings as they'll be coated in glue. Needless to say, I got a lot on my hands and there were numerous times I almost glued the myself to the base!
There is further info on how he does this at: http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums...Bailey03-s-WIP&p=801033&viewfull=1#post801033
