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Thought I'd already posted this but guess I'd forgotten, anyways, this is a swamp or marsh board I've been planning for over 2 years I think now. I finally got the gumption to actually start making it.


I used some pink insulation 2x2 sheets to start:


There's going to be a small mountain or hill over there on the right, between the boards. I'm considering leaving it off so I can also play with it in a different area, but havent' decided yet.



This is a view of the left side, where I'm having the terrain be higher, but still flat enough to put armies (or other terrain pieces) on. It's going to have some forest, but likely not very "thick" really, compared to what you'd expect.



This is after all the sanding etc I did to help give it some more character and blend it in a bit. Those extra pieces in the center are going to be modular islands, that I can move around in the swamp.



I just got some paint on this today, as it wasn't very humid in GA for once. It's mostly on the land areas. A lot of washes are going to go over top as well, so it's just a basecoat really.


And my current state: waiting for glue to dry. Well, watered down PVA. I've added a lot of the rocks/sand etc. I didn't want to add too much, because I'd like to focus on it being a more water environment but I felt like not having any was just very boring and not as realistic. Plants will be coming up shortly as well. I still have quite a lot I want to make for it as well.

Welcome back! Sorry to hear that your vacation was only okay.

Also suck that you broke an airbrush, but some you clawed it back by getting a spare working and a load of priming by the sound of it.

The army shot of the orks looks rad, many dudes to paint!

EDC

Thanks

I'm getting excited about the horde, I promised myself the forgeworld biker boss if I get the rest of the boyz done lol

Also, did the wash for my board (can't wait to see my armies on it!)



Just a basic black/burnt umber craft paint, but it already is giving it a lot of depth etc.

It's probably going to take quite a bit more time on the next couple of stages as it's mostly making the plants and getting ready to add the water effects.

The battle board is coming along nicely. And it's refreshing to see.

Table is looking great dude.

EDC

Nice work on the table. Looking the part.

Thanks guys Having a lot of fun with this

Here's last few progress pics.



^^ Getting the swamp water painted on. I am going to use water effects, and tint the water which will mute the brightness of the yellows in this.



^^ Just a quick pic of it with the modular hills I'm making to use in it



Finally got flocking on!! I used a couple of greens of fine turf.



Got some static grass on the modular hills - haven't decided if I like it yet. It's not as dark as I'd hoped (it's still drying in this pic tho so it'll take a bit longer to see true colour). I also washed the 'dirt road' and haven't yet DB'd it. I got the plants on and started adding little tufts here and there. I want to keep it realistic but at the same time make it easy to play on (without crushing grass tufts during play etc).

Lovely table Guildenstern

When you're incapable of making a table that has any depth whatsoever, you become very jealous of painting logs like this! Great stuff, loving the board

@angel & Cat - thanks very much!

Now, to not mess it up (too badly) lol well, it's not likely going to be an issue, but it's a little nerve wracking working on a board this size. It's time to start sealing edges and pouring the water effects!

Looks great!

Looking amazing so far, cant wait to see the water effects on the table.

Guildenstern! That's awesome. I'm so glad you are using water effects, it will really enhance it. I may take tips

Ha! First thing: seal it well! LOL I ended up using hotglue + boards + tons of duct tape to keep the dams in place. I'll be posting pictures as soon as I get the second layer down and dried - so be a bit yet. Takes a good 24 - 48 hrs to dry here.

In the mean time, Happy Halloween all!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJCR6rHpTiE

^^ my video overview of the board has pix at end as well



^^ One of the finished pictures. More can be found in my Terrain Gallery:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-95040-49768_Guildy%27s%20Terrain%20Pieces.html

Stunning

Loving this board. I like all the skeletons and detritus on there. The light green parts in the water- are they moss/weeds? That's a nice touch also

Great job on the man-bat thing too .

Amazing work on the board. Really impressive.

EDC

Great job, Guild'. Looks excellent. Water came out very well.

That looks really good could be a tilt-shift photo of a real swamp

Really great. Makes me jealous. I've built my own too, but it is nowhere near as good.

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Loving this board. I like all the skeletons and detritus on there. The light green parts in the water- are they moss/weeds? That's a nice touch also

Great job on the man-bat thing too .

Sorry I missed your question!

Yup it is meant to be. It's really paint though I did a few layers of dark green going up to lighter green, dabbing it on so it came out mixed a bit. It helps give it some depth when the water is applied I find, as well as show as if it's moss on the top a bit. A little primitive but the other method is throwing some flock in on the top, which works I've seen it, I've just not tried it. I'm going to try and give it a go on a smaller project here soon I hope though

We get areas out here in GA that look like this:

http://www.forgottenplanet.com/guildenstern/SwampTreesGA.jpg

which I think would be really cool to try to model. And yes, that's water ^_^ I've another pic somewhere of the gators in that swamp too lol

Anyway, thank you all for the kind words!

I've been busy the last bit, playing on the new board lol so I've not gotten as much done as I usually do, or been around on the boards quite as much.

I did finish these guys up tho, for my #3 son, so maybe he'll deign to give us a game later this week (he's unfortunately discovered girls so not as much into Warhammer as he was )

Did some more work on my Jabberwock model, mainly on the wings, and a little on the eyes:





Took better pictures of my son's/hubby's HE Spearmen (playing with different backgrounds a bit to see how the pics turn out as well):

He's a very colourful chap indeed. Good work.

Nice rank&file.
Is the banner getting some freehand in the future?

I prefer the brown background for them in particular.
It's always worth trying out every possible background for each miniature though. I've had some surprises in the past as to what has worked best.

Thanks Dr H. Yup! I'm gonna do some freehand on the banner when I can get it together. At this point I just wanted to get them to where my son could use them lol. My other son is into different scripts and is working on some Elvish for me (too bad I can't get him to paint it on the banner )

I need to pick up some more foam for backgrounds! I think you're right it's surprising how they change the pic. I used a black on on this next bit because I couldn't find the others at the time lol Go figure.

Anyway finished Mr. Skittles finally! This is officially the biggest model I've every painted - in metal, of course. I've done a few Hellpits.

That's a great looking terrain board! Mr. Skittles looks really good too. Thanks for sharing!

Mr Skittles. Okay, I smiled at that. Thanks.

For eyes that are that large-- like Mr S's -- I've found that a thin application of glazing compound gives them a nice sheen without being glossy. Makes them look a bit more realistic.

The board looks too good for gaming. Very nice work.

@Cleatus - thanks
@Red Harvest - Nice! thanks for the advice, I'm probably doing a couple more large models ones, later so I'll definitely give it a go.

Trying to finish up my son's HE's atm and get my desk cleared up - I got my Goliath kit in and I'm itching to orkify it lol

Some WIP shots on the HE calvary:





just basecoated with some washes atm, some details are done need to do clean up, highlights etc. but they're like 75% done now at least.

That army just has two chariots, a dragon lord, a regular lord, and a bolt thrower (which I need to fix) to be done. I'm probably stopping for a bit after the calvary tho so I can finish more ork stuff.

Also have my Skaven bloodbowl team coming in soon!

Still waiting on the plasticard (only just ordered it so it'll be a bit) then I can do the bases.

Starting a new project: