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Excellent - a great big mountain with nowhere to put it....just what we like to see Makes us all feel comfortable with our situations

Also - there's some interesting looking bits on that Nagash sprue, might have to investigate further at some point......

I'm hearing "Night on bald mountain"

Dr H wrote:I'm hearing "Night on bald mountain"

Galorn wrote:

Perfect

That is a big block of foam.

Must have been fun making all that mess

the "where am I going to put it?" question usually stops me making big things like that, along with wondering if I'll ever finish making it let along paint it.

Nice columns btw

OneManNoodles wrote:That is a big block of foam.

Must have been fun making all that mess

the "where am I going to put it?" question usually stops me making big things like that, along with wondering if I'll ever finish making it let along paint it.

Nice columns btw

Its always fun making a mess, for me it's almost mandatory when being creative .
Yeah I have that problem too, wondering if I'll ever get it finished, but for this project I just remind myself how much I've spent
so far on everything .

Update:

So I've started the actual brick construction of the fortress, beginning with the corner tower.
I'm going for a built into the rock look, as if this dark city has been carved into the mountain.

That looks like it took forever!! Great work

Looks spectacular.

That does look impressive

i second what the others said!

This wont be a massive update, but I have made some progress In the form of two large support pillars,
which will hold up the remains of an old stone bridge.

In my mind this bridge would of been the main access to and from the fortress, and will lead directly into the large domed throne room
at the top (which I will be building later )

Not a massive update - just a few hundred bricks put together

Looking very nice. Liking the way those bricks are sticking out.

That looks great! how tall do you expect the build to be in total?

It huge. That's not a 28mm marine in the pic, that's HK1X1 in his cardboard powered armor standing there.

NICE terrain! That looks great!

This stuff looks great!

monkeytroll wrote:Not a massive update - just a few hundred bricks put together

560 bricks to be exact, but whos counting

Dr H wrote:Looking very nice. Liking the way those bricks are sticking out.

Thank you, apart from breaking up a plain flat surface those bricks will also hold wooden beams,
that will support a set of old wooden huts and buildings.

DiDDe wrote:That looks great! how tall do you expect the build to be in total?

Once the throne room goes up the whole thing will stand just over 2 feet tall.

Theophony wrote:It huge. That's not a 28mm marine in the pic, that's HK1X1 in his cardboard powered armor standing there.

No, the cardboard Armour's only for special occasions, that day I was wearing the plastic card set

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:NICE terrain! That looks great!

Thank you

slk28850 wrote:This stuff looks great!

Many thanks

Amazing. Looking forward to seeing this one progress hk1x1!

Amazing! Looks very grand and imposing.

You built it brick by brick? :O

Phutarf wrote:Amazing. Looking forward to seeing this one progress hk1x1!

Thank you

ckig wrote:Amazing! Looks very grand and imposing.

You built it brick by brick? :O

Yep, brick by brick, I find it's the best way to get a realistic brick effect,
plus it can give the structure a sense of gravity and weight, with one block pushing down on another.

Update: Sorry for the late update, been busy with other projects and things ,
but I have started work on a few of the actual miniatures that will feature in the Diorama.

First of is Nagash, who's undergone a little reposing, plus hes received a new sculpted left hand and pair of skeletal feet (still WIP),
as I really didn't like the silly pointy Armour shoes he came with.

Next up is the Ghouls, who will be carrying eight of the nine books of Nagash,
and be chained around a central altar where the rising ritual is being performed.

Great idea with the ghouls!

When I said your monolith was the best thing, I guess I was wrong. Because quite clearly, THIS is the best thing to exist, ever.

So I've finished the eight book bearing Ghouls, added some chains and strapped the books to their backs.

I've also done a bit more with Nagash, adding his shoulder pads and building the spine back piece,
both of which needed slightly converting due to the position I moved the arms, but nothing too complex.

They all look amazing, the book-keepers are very very good, love them. The chains etc. really work well.

Himself is pretty spectacular though.

Very cool, so far. Ghouls especially.

What did you have to do with the feet and left hand? A staff there originally isn't there.

Nice work on the ghouls. They look suitably... ghoulish.

 OneManNoodles wrote:
Very cool, so far. Ghouls especially.

What did you have to do with the feet and left hand? A staff there originally isn't there.

Yes there was the option to have a staff or a sword, but I decided on an open hand pose
which meant I had to build a new left hand.

Luckily there was a left forearm and a thumb, so I only had to sculpt the palm, back of the hand and four fingers.

Sculpting new skeletal feet was more a design choice, as he did have these silly looking pointy armored shoes,
that made him look like a court jester .

Hmm, the right had looks completely unmodified, but I dont remember having a hand like that on the sprue. Is it just the spirit claw without the spirit?

 Hive Fleet Cerberus wrote:
Hmm, the right had looks completely unmodified, but I dont remember having a hand like that on the sprue. Is it just the spirit claw without the spirit?

No it's the hand that holds the open book, I just re-positioned it a little.