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Wow.. Great thread Lord_Mortis - can't wait to see more progress on your board!

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:I vote for layout B. By layering I mean gluing down large rubble, sealing it with watered down pva glue (I use elmers glue) and then literally gluing a finer rubble mix on top of it. I usually put down about 3 to 4 layers of overlapping debris from large, bulky aquarium gravel, to coarse sand, to fine sand, and then individually placed bricks. I also embed carefully battered bits of the actual buildings in various layers, making sure some semblance of the architectural details are exposed above the debris, but also going out of my way to make those same pieces look half buried and not just stuck on. Conventional warfare does an amazing amount of damage to everything.


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I'd use a fine sand to blend the edges of your bulky rubble with the untextured foam.

Okay, I see what you mean. Unfortunately I don't have time to get that done this time around. Perhaps I will go back later and touch everything up after the convention is over. Thanks for the advice!

Phutarf wrote:Wow.. Great thread Lord_Mortis - can't wait to see more progress on your board!

Thanks! Glad you like it!




W.I.P. Wednesday update for April 23, 2014.

With the board sections done, I went about spray painting them this weekend. For that I used a can of Liquitex Professional spray paint, the kind that doesn't melt foam!



After they were dry, I put on the base coat of paint for the streets, using some craft paint I picked up at Hobby Lobby. Most of the buildings are probably going to be a light gray, the sidewalks a cream color, and the streets a shade of gray, but darker than the buildings. I will go back over the street later with a highlight of gray.





So in my research for different images of the Forgeworld tiles I came across this site: http://thepaintingbunker.com/2013/02/

This guy bought the actual Forgeworld tiles, painted them up very nicely, and built and painted buildings for the tiles. One of the buildings he made was this one (the bigger one in the pic):



With a bunch of Basilica tiles on hand, I decided I wanted to make a building like that. I had run out of floor tiles when doing all my other buildings, so I ended up using thick plasticard and some doll house vinyl tile floor sheets from Hobby Lobby to make the floors of this building (as well as the floors for my Shrine of the Reaper). I made it modular so that the second floor could come off and models could be placed inside. I still need to build the piping that goes on top and add the communications array.





And now we come to the Shrine of the Reaper. Once again, I was inspired by an image I saw on the paintingbunker.com. This imagine, to be exact.



I originally thought this was going to be a hard build since I was replacing the Aquila with the Reaper from the Fortress of Redemption and would have to fill the gaps and do a lot of cutting and adjusting. Turns out it wasn't that hard after all. After gluing on the left and right wall sections to the Reaper section, I took a sheet of thick plasticard and placed it over the back of the Reaper section. I then cut out an arch that would lead to the doorway that is on the Reaper, added a doorway from the Sanctum Imperialis to represent the first floor entrance way,and added some other bits to blend it in with the rest of the walls. I will probably add some more detailing to this section later. With the front of the building complete, I then began adding the other walls and floors.




For stablility, I cut out a piece of thin plywood and glued that to a section of insulation foam, topping that with a vinyl sheet of doll house flooring, and then attached that to the walls of the building to be the first floor. For the large roof section, I again used plywood and then glued the vinyl flooring to it. I then added the top section and bell tower.








Now, on the paintingbunker's Shrine, there was something about his bell tower that seemed off to me. Not that he didn't do a great job, because his building is awesome, it just looks to me that if someone were to actually try to ring the bell there wouldn't be space for the bell to actually move because it is blocked in by the posts. I can see why he did his that way, as the arches aren't very long and by placing them in the position he did he was able to make them reach the center point where the bell was to hang from. For mine, I placed my posts in the corners of the tower and I used the top of a mausoleum from the Gardens of Morr kit to top off the tower. I used the bell from the Skaven Screaming Bell, and the bell anchors fit nicely inside the Garden of Morr bit. I shaved off the Skaven head and replaced it with some resin cast skulls, then positioned the bell as if it were in mid swing.




Well, that is all for this week. Hopefully by the next update I will have everything that has been built so far painted.

They are coming along just great.
Good work with the steps etc, as it adds a lot to the effect.

 Skinnereal wrote:
They are coming along just great.
Good work with the steps etc, as it adds a lot to the effect.

Thanks! I appreciate all the comments and suggestions that everyone has offered.



So now, time for another W.I.P. Wednesday update.

Finally, all major construction of the table is now complete. Only thing left to do is some detailing and painting. Over the past couple of weeks I have built the skyshield landing pad section and built the fortified wall. I also started painting the Shrine of the Reaper. I discovered that Liquitex "Unbleached Titanium" is a pretty close match to "Bleached Bone" and the Army Painter "Skeleton Bone." I will cover the Shrine of the Reaper next week.

Here is the skyshield section. I added a building to it and added some wall sections to the area underneath it to flesh it and the board section out a bit. I was inspired by this pic that I found on the web:



For my section, I added a toy crane that I had lying around in my bits box and some barrels and containers. I added magnets to the bottom of the crane and the base of the crane so that I could remove the crane for storage/transport and so that the crane could be repositioned. I also based the skyshield, barrels and crane on some hard board so that I could remove it from the styrofoam section and use it on other tables.



The fortified wall took the better part of a week to build in between work and sleep. It is made mostly from insulation foam, with some wood trim. It is 6 feet long and comes in 3 parts for easy storage and transport. It will rest upon three 2x2 foam tiles like the rest of the city board, but I am not gluing the walls to the 2x2 sections. In the background of the first pic is the city board.




The city gate. I have added some plasma cannons, assault cannons, and a hellhammer cannon that will be automated weapons.






Using magnets glued to the inside of the gate section and screws inserted into the top of the gate itself, I am able to raise and lower the gate as needed throughout the game.



I needed some doorways at various places on the walls and the gate, so I took a bastion that I had and some mold putty and made a mold of the bastion doorway. Then I cast several doorways and glued them on the walls and gate with a hot glue gun.







I also made a mold of the heavy bolters that come with the bastion kit and glued them to the wall sections as automated weapons.






With everything built, I now have 8 days to finish up all the painting before Nashcon begins...

Is that giant wall on a glass table? Or are you holding it above your other terrain? It looks a little surreal hovering over everything. I like the mold of the door you made. ANd overall that section is really impressive. I advocate for more detail like strips of styrene or even wooden coffee stirring sticks glued on in vertical lines along the exterior wall at maybe 6" intervals to give the impression of structural supports.

 Warboss_Waaazag wrote:
Is that giant wall on a glass table? Or are you holding it above your other terrain? It looks a little surreal hovering over everything. I like the mold of the door you made. ANd overall that section is really impressive. I advocate for more detail like strips of styrene or even wooden coffee stirring sticks glued on in vertical lines along the exterior wall at maybe 6" intervals to give the impression of structural supports.

The city is sitting on a 6x4 piece of plywood that is lying on two plastic fold out tables. The white underneath the walls is the fold out table that the walls are sitting on. Not enough room to get the walls and their 2x2 sections on there. lol.

Any progress made? You are one of the logs that inspired me to make my own terrain. Granted I cheated to start and combined 3 Pegasus Hobby kits, but eh...

 foto69man wrote:
Any progress made? You are one of the logs that inspired me to make my own terrain. Granted I cheated to start and combined 3 Pegasus Hobby kits, but eh..

Yeah, sorry, once Nashcon was over I had to catch up on some other things before getting back to this blog. Glad to be some inspiration for you, and Pegasus Hobby kits are always a cool addition to any table.

Here are some pics of the semi-finished project before and at Nashcon. Most of the painting is completed but I just need to go and hit the details, like skulls, paint chips, the flowers and greenery on the Garden of Morr fences, etc. I will post pics of the individual tile sections soon.