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got my armorcast piece in the mail today!! Tank with a couple of corpses at the bottom. It is just screaming for water effects. More to come

Mike

@jabbakahut

i will be sending you the altar monday, it has been a crazy couple of weeks here

This is the armorcast piece that I got for my city. I have lost my inspiration for the ALTAR for the moment so I figured this may be fun in the mean time. I am going to do water effects and wondering what you guys think.

So here is the question... " What color should the water be, Brown, TOXIC Green, or plain old Clear??"

Lets put it to a vote and the most votes will determine the color!! I am good with any of the above

In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only dirty water.

I would make it a very dark blackish colour, if possible. Clean enough to drink without making you too sick, but dirty enough to show it has been in the system for a long time and has picked up plenty of dirt and grime along the way.

Brown/muddy water imho. maybe some green at the edges of the pool.

Dark. Very, very dark. And grim. And dark. Grimdark. Did i mention Dark?

How about very dark, with an eerie shine to it and gory stuff floating on the surface.

Brown with algae.

And an unfortunate guardsmen.

the tank has a skeleton and a skull at the bottom so the color of the water needs to be translucent ,but I am think you guys are leaning to "DARK" if I am not mistaken!! I will be adding a lasgun, guardsmen helmet and other detritus.

Keep the votes coming!!


Thanks Again,

Mike


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CadianXV wrote:Brown with algae.

And an unfortunate guardsmen.

Algae sounds fun (but very, very hard)!! check this out

http://www.coolminiornot.com/229266
I love this guys work!!!

Remember when using the water effects use a little at a time in layers paint on the plant life so it looks like it is floating in the water and this might help some

http://www.hasslefreeminiatures.co.uk/range.php?range_id=48&subcat_id=23
happy modeling

just a quick post, I have just finished the pre build on my city's water pumping station!
I will have some photos soon and as always any help or feed back would be great.

Thanks Again
Mike

ps
Anyone had a KFC double down sandwich yet? I think I my try one today, only 69 grams of saturated fat!!! Let me know if you had one yet, and what you thought

I now know I'm old, I wouldn't dare put something that horrible into my body. Now where are dem photos!

ok well just a short story about this one. I was having an ADD moment trying to finish my altar and started surfing Armorcast's site . When out of no where I see this sediment collector, perfect for water effects. I have been toying around with water effects and wanted to do a fountain, but it didnt fit my over all theme. So whats the next best things?? A freakin water pump station. So I went to my local GW which is run by a really cool dude ( side note, he hooked me up with the zombie ) thanks Will, and picked up movement trays and a mechanicum building and voila a zombie infested city water pump system. WARNING dont drink the water!!!!!

This is a rough build but any ideas you guys have would be great!!

Thanks as always,
Mike

Looking cool, gotta love modellers ADD

Is that meant to be zombie coming out of the pool?

@ young logan

Yes ,it is a zombie from the fantasy undead line. What do you think?? Love it, hate it... feedback helps a ton

Looks cool so far

Look good so far though I'm not to sure about the Zombie. Have you decided about your colour for the water yet? How about mixing some thraka green wash into water effects for a kind of sewer water look.

Looks good. I might repose the zombie. Right now, it's obviously coming out of the pool to get someone. I think if it was hanging on the edge, it would be more nebulous - is it a dead body hanging on the pool, or a zombie pulling itself up? And maybe put a guardsmen helmet on him!

This project is, in a word, awesome.

Awesome!

Wow I have been away and a surge of interest hits! Thanks for all the comments, I have been REALLY REALLY busy with work and no time for mini building ( sad sad times ). But with all that behind me I can start working again. So let me start by saying thanks for all the positive feedback, it makes all the had work worth while.

1) Shrine Of Aquila: after weeks of toiling I am done trying to scratch build one soooo at the bottom of this post you can see what will become the Altar for my Shrine!!

2) Water color for the Treatment Plant... aaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnd the color is DARK!! hahahahahahah! After all the responses to the water color I have decided to go with a murky but see through dark green. Think sewer, there will be dark green flock in between the layers of Water Effects. It will take some time to perfect but it will look like trash floating in the water.

3) ZOMBIE!!!! I have not finalized the design yet but I like the idea of him coming out of the Treatment Plant. The IG Zombie is a neat idea but this is easier said then done. Believe me when I tell you have have torn that Zombie apart and gave him all kinds of poses. The lunging Zombie is my favorite. I did however get a ghoul from MANTIC Games that I will also have a picture of at the bottom. Let me know what you guys think.

Thanks for all the comments and support!!! As always PLEASE keep them coming, every idea makes this project a community project! This is for you guys as much as it is for me!!
Mike

The altar is looking good. if you want it to be a focal point though, I think it needs to 'pop' a bit more. Maybe a marble effect on the top slab of the altar?

Also, the ghouls just begs to be sitting on the edge of the basin, with an unfortunate victim trying to crawl away through the sludge and refuse - classic horror movie stuff

Ordered the ALTAR today and I am very excited to finally be finished the Shrine Of Aquila!! Also the Water Plant will be getting under coated tonight. I have finally convinced my wife to let me buy the Citidel Battle Board!!! YAY!!! Any way I will have some progress shots of the projects as the are ready. I really doubt you guys want to see a primed piece of terrain.


Keep the comments coming!!

Mike

And now for the New Altar... I really love this Altar and need some color suggestions. I am thinking Stone Grey, Boltgun, and White Marble!!! As always PLEASE leave feedback with any and all ideas or critiques.


Thanks,
Mike

Looks pretty sick dude! One thing I might add is some gs to the bases of those candles to mold them more into the surface they're sitting on and maybe some wax drips below. At the moment it looks a bit too much like they've just been stuck there.
If you wanted it to really look like an ancient shrine that's been getting some serious use over the years you could go really overboard with the wax, adding layers and layers of the stuff and big stalagmites of it on the floor below.

Looking good! Marble soundslike a good idea, and if you can pull it off, illuminated lettering on the open books would make it look more ornate, adding to the altar feel.

@CommissarKhaine- I am doing marble effects for the bulk of the altar and metallic colors for the rest. How would you go about illuminated letters? I am interested in that but how do you make letters look like they are written in fire??

@jackanory- The collected wax sounds awesome, I am def stealing that idea!!

As for an update the Dead Termmie is nearly done being painted ( pics soon ) and I am test painting the marble effect. It is not as easy as I thought it would be!! HAHAHAH

Thanks for the comments and keep um coming,

Mike

annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd here's Termmie

Where did you get the books and candles?

That alter is beginning to look off the charts! That Term looks awesome, I considered getting Space Hulk just for that piece.

BTW, I got your delivery today, I can't yet fully incorporate it into my cathedral, but I'll get photos once I do. Thanks!

@IronSpectre
I got them from MAXMINI! check out the web page http://www.maxmini.eu/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=12&products_id=56
they are kinda pricey but totally worth it.

@jabbakahut
I am glad you got the altar I hope you like it. Also did you get the Ghoul and Candle?? I started painting the NEW altar and had to start over, kinda sad!! I am probably going to skip the marble effect or at least only do it on the top flat part of the altar. I am glad you dig the dead termmie. BTW Space Hulk is totally worth every penny as a game and the mini's are better then ANY standard mini that are available in the GW line. You need pick them up for your army!!

Thanks for all the comments and keep them coming

Mike

The water treatment plant is on the painting table. Here are a few shots of the plant. In one of them you will see a skeleton reaching for a lasgun, I need to know if I should keep it in there or not ( note: it will not be the lasgun pictured, that is for another project ). Let me know what you think so far and as always keep the comments coming!!!

Thanks again,
Mike