Moe's Random and Chaotic Wonderland.
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moetle
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No worries, my friend, I always look forward to your advice. I will try that when i get inspired to paint on it again.
However i just can't bring myself to paint a mini this week. I'm just not feeling it. I decided i would work on terrain instead. That being said i got a good deal on an Imperial bastion and an Agis defence line from GW. I also have some other terrain pieces that need to be finished so i will work on them as well. Anyhoo here are some wip pics from this morning.
All put together:
I waved the magic Moe wand and WHOOSH! Base coated:
I'm painting this in reverse (light to dark) to what i normally do (dark to light) after watching a miniature mentor video that had nothing to do with this at all. I know right? I like the way it is looking though so....
I think i will finish the 2$ terrain pieces too
More later
Moe
However i just can't bring myself to paint a mini this week. I'm just not feeling it. I decided i would work on terrain instead. That being said i got a good deal on an Imperial bastion and an Agis defence line from GW. I also have some other terrain pieces that need to be finished so i will work on them as well. Anyhoo here are some wip pics from this morning.
All put together:
I waved the magic Moe wand and WHOOSH! Base coated:
I'm painting this in reverse (light to dark) to what i normally do (dark to light) after watching a miniature mentor video that had nothing to do with this at all. I know right? I like the way it is looking though so....
I think i will finish the 2$ terrain pieces too
More later
Moe
moetle
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Thanks for stopping by Cass! I'm not sure if it is supposed to be concrete, ferrocrete, plasteel or whatever other material but i like the way its looking.
Speaking of, I finished(they aren't finished totally) the aegis walls and the guns stands/guns/comms things and touched up the bastion a tad. How are they looking?
When i was Downstairs grabbing the Peanut storage tanks i grabbed this lonely looking thing here:
It works great for the games of malifaux we have played on it. I'm sure it will do well for 40k also, if i can find someone to play against
Anyhoo as i said it looked lonely. So i added some leftover cork board pieces that i have been saving from working on my 40K armies and glued some on the base. I then mixed up some PVA glue and some ballast rock for texture and now it is drying:
I don't think it looks as lonely anymore. I'll paint it up and add some aquarium plants i got a good deal on. I plan on using the plant parts for some of my 40k and malifaux bases also.
I mixed up alot more rock mix then i needed and i really hate to waste anything but i didn't have anything ready to use it on. Or so i thought. A quick jaunt downstairs and the dice towers i made a while back (that work like a charm btw) Needed a little something too. So i started doing the same thing to them for some added character. I'm only going to do one side at a time cause the GF probably wouldn't like me getting glue everywhere.
I got the SW Box and although i haven't started putting everything together i have been thinking it might not be too hard to make some more 3-Dish terrain from the boards. Far future if i do that one!
More later
Moe
Speaking of, I finished(they aren't finished totally) the aegis walls and the guns stands/guns/comms things and touched up the bastion a tad. How are they looking?
When i was Downstairs grabbing the Peanut storage tanks i grabbed this lonely looking thing here:
It works great for the games of malifaux we have played on it. I'm sure it will do well for 40k also, if i can find someone to play against
Anyhoo as i said it looked lonely. So i added some leftover cork board pieces that i have been saving from working on my 40K armies and glued some on the base. I then mixed up some PVA glue and some ballast rock for texture and now it is drying:
I don't think it looks as lonely anymore. I'll paint it up and add some aquarium plants i got a good deal on. I plan on using the plant parts for some of my 40k and malifaux bases also.
I mixed up alot more rock mix then i needed and i really hate to waste anything but i didn't have anything ready to use it on. Or so i thought. A quick jaunt downstairs and the dice towers i made a while back (that work like a charm btw) Needed a little something too. So i started doing the same thing to them for some added character. I'm only going to do one side at a time cause the GF probably wouldn't like me getting glue everywhere.
I got the SW Box and although i haven't started putting everything together i have been thinking it might not be too hard to make some more 3-Dish terrain from the boards. Far future if i do that one!
More later
Moe
TrystanGST
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Moe - have fun with SW, and remember to heat the Grnedlrs first!
http://studiomcvey.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/grendlr-assembly.html
http://studiomcvey.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/grendlr-assembly.html
cassar
BALLSCRATCHER
I think your Bastion and walls look epic you have done evrything you can to make it as realistic as possible, im no paint officianado but i would go down the weathering route now rust spots/stains running down from the iron work, chips, cracks possibly graffiti or political posters, "the emperor needs you" i've seen dio's with that type of stuff and just think it would personalise your terrain pieces and make em stand out from the rest....just a thought and im always floatinging about keeping an eye on the good stuff lol
and im always floatinging about keeping an eye on the good stuff lol
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wargamesculptor
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Moe your a terrain monster, love what you've done with it all !
moetle
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@Tryst- I hope to be playing it with my kid soon, but he may be having a change of heart before he heads off to the military.
@KB thanks! I think i should have done model RR dioramas instead of wargames
@Cassar- Thanks for the great compliments. I do plan on doing some weathering to the shields and the Bastion. It is far from finished.
@WGS-Thanks a lot!
@Alexandra- Not sure what you mean. Pics maybe? I was thinking about putting some foam board crenelations and have some old GW fantasy orcs hanging off them with some graffiti or something.
I'll update later tonight or tomorrow
Moe
@KB thanks! I think i should have done model RR dioramas instead of wargames
@Cassar- Thanks for the great compliments. I do plan on doing some weathering to the shields and the Bastion. It is far from finished.
@WGS-Thanks a lot!
@Alexandra- Not sure what you mean. Pics maybe? I was thinking about putting some foam board crenelations and have some old GW fantasy orcs hanging off them with some graffiti or something.
I'll update later tonight or tomorrow
Moe
Alexandra
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Yeah, I didn't explain it properly either :S Here's some pics for you. This one is a good example cause the stones I'm talking about are in lighter colour.
View attachment 18331
You could use those orcs to make gargoyles!! Just an idea...
RayzrYR
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I guess it doesnt help to say "I knew what Alexandra meant" :/
I googled "stone tower" to get pics, but got a bunch of boring stuff that wasn't stone towers, and some other pics that weren't that helpful
BTW Moe, I looked up the wamp contest you mention, I thought it might inspire me to at least finish my Malifaux stuff. But I didn't see what prizes there are?
I googled "stone tower" to get pics, but got a bunch of boring stuff that wasn't stone towers, and some other pics that weren't that helpful
BTW Moe, I looked up the wamp contest you mention, I thought it might inspire me to at least finish my Malifaux stuff. But I didn't see what prizes there are?
TrystanGST
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They haven't listed them yet, that I know of. I'm looking forward to that one as well. I have three crews all waiting to be painted. Now just to decide what to go with.
Coyotebreaks
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I like the choice of colour on the bastien, looks good and different....
moetle
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Thanks everyone!
The orc gargoyle idea is nice. I think i may use that.
I watched a bunch of paint tutorials from awesomepaintjob.com Instead of painting and i learned some cool things to try. After getting the mini primed for paint with a white or grey undercoat i "preshaded" the darker areas black. The example I'm going to use is a forgeworld Khorne dreadnought and a Spacewolf Dreadnought. As of writing this i think i really like it.
Now the arms and head we already done for the most part, So i put them all together:
I thinned the paint to almost water and just applied the main red, "khorne red" by GW, in this case. You can see your blending come to life as you go and adjust accordingly.
More later
Moe
The orc gargoyle idea is nice. I think i may use that.
I watched a bunch of paint tutorials from awesomepaintjob.com Instead of painting and i learned some cool things to try. After getting the mini primed for paint with a white or grey undercoat i "preshaded" the darker areas black. The example I'm going to use is a forgeworld Khorne dreadnought and a Spacewolf Dreadnought. As of writing this i think i really like it.
Now the arms and head we already done for the most part, So i put them all together:
I thinned the paint to almost water and just applied the main red, "khorne red" by GW, in this case. You can see your blending come to life as you go and adjust accordingly.
More later
Moe
moetle
New member
ok the space wolf dread. He was primed grey, then i painted the areas i wanted darker with a water black through the air brush. The darker i wanted it the more coats i would use.
Blurry i know but you get the idea.
I watered down some fenris grey and added flow aid and drying retarder and started going over the whole thing with the air brush at about 10psi getting heavier in the areas i wanted to be lighter.
Neither dreads are done but they are off to a good start to me
No pics but i darkened the bullets holes with black on the bastion and shield walls.
More later
Moe
Blurry i know but you get the idea.
I watered down some fenris grey and added flow aid and drying retarder and started going over the whole thing with the air brush at about 10psi getting heavier in the areas i wanted to be lighter.
Neither dreads are done but they are off to a good start to me
No pics but i darkened the bullets holes with black on the bastion and shield walls.
More later
Moe
