WOW! thank you all for your comments.

OK here goes...
@ Dave, took a little longer than 8 minutes, but not much. Having to work between lots of stuff going on at mo so when I am in the groove I go for it.
@ SirDonlad, Ta.
@ Panda, much appreciated.
@ Vik, Thank you so much bud, really appreciated. Maybe one day I will be good enough to be paid for this stuff, I just love doing it at the moment.
@ Theo, Thanks bud, good to hear.
@ Gits, Thanks sir, how you doing?
@ Yorkright, Thanks.
@ OMN, Thanks bud, not my choice of weapon though it does not make any odds to me what was to be thrown on it. Blame SirDonlad for that, and the next one below.
@ Oldravavman3025, Glad you think so.
@ Shas, just when I thought I was done in the cockpit, but ok will do, good point, thanks bud.
@ Ruglud, Well spotted young man, and thanks.
@ DrH, Thanks.
@ Graven, never enough rivets.
@ Josh, Thanks bud, sure you can bud.
@ Capt. Brown, Ta chuck, much appreciated.

WOW that was a lot, awesome.

OK next up the other gun...Sir Donlad requested "a large scale Irradiation-engine type weapon like on myrmidon destructors? "
So...





Thoughts appreciated.Thanks for looking.

These Titan weapons are pretty baller to be sure! On the normal scale versions, each barrel has three of those fins on it. Are you going to do similar, or leave it at 1 per?

I would say you should actually double the fins to 6 per head, or at minimum do 3 per head to keep with the looks.

Cam the arms you make are brilliant, I may want some for my stuff.

level of detail is super awesome but i chime in with the "more-fins-crew" ...

Nice. I like the ridge along the bottom.

That thing is amazing Cam! Loving the level of detail, your scratchbuilds always blow me away.

Absolutely stunning!!

Creative genius confirmed.





The latest Experimental Titan Weapon really is a work of art without paint (ditto for the 'Camkeirhi Class Sonic Destructor'!) - i think i'm going to call this one an 'Irrad-Saturation Core'; "Egressing only the most harmful ionizing radiative particles of a deliberately de-stabilised Warhound pattern dual Plasma-Reactor core.."

I have so much fluff build-up from this model, i'm extremely flammable right now..




The lower fins made me think of the angle of the tail fins on the voss-pattern lightning strike fighter


So i'm going to champion the idea of mirroring the fins from the upper emitter on the lower emitter - but that immediately drags my thoughts into the corrupting influence of 'patrons' in early theatre; you can't influence art or the art becomes a corruption of the artists purest expression.


Nice work with the lower fin shape and also on the bracing between the two emitters - the holes cut for weight reduction was inspired man!

Jealousy inducing scratch-build skills!

I say you send pics to forgeworld and apply as a designer. Who needs CAD when you have Cam

 Theophony wrote:
IWho needs CAD when you have Cam

good one!

Have to chime in with another affirmation of your skill Cam- it's one thing to use brand new, clean sheets of styrene and/or cast purpose-made parts; quite another to combine scratch materials with found items (are those pen barrel ends I see?) plus greenstuff plus odd bits from other kits to make something that is dead-on for the original. For pure imagination, I'm minded of your first project in this thread, which was to build an entire Catachan jungle firebase/tower/firing platform from the sprues the figures came on and the box they came in!

Well done, indeed!

Meer_Cat wrote: For pure imagination, I'm minded of your first project in this thread, which was to build an entire Catachan jungle firebase/tower/firing platform from the sprues the figures came on and the box they came in!

Well done, indeed!

Whoa! I went back to look and had my mind blown! I have a lot of mostly-empty sprues lying around that I may have to try this myself. This P&M blog is a never-ending font of inspiration. Keep it up!

Thank you all so much.

@ Whalemusic360, Thanks and I kinda get what you are saying, see below.
@ Panda, Thanks bud so how long have you had this fin fetish? And just ask bud, can knock them up for you.
@ Vik, Thanks, and see below.
@ DrH, Thanks bud.
@ CK thanks bud really appreciate the kind words.
@ SirDonlad, Thanks bud, she is still quite WIP even if you see paint on it does not mean I wont rip it off and start again.
@ Theo. Thanks bud, nowhere near that good, can't help but wonder what I could do with no budget restraints and the free time.
@ Meer_Cat, Thank you, really grateful for the words, they mean a lot.
@ Josh, thanks just don't look too close.


Well started mucking about again.


Nice fuzzy trailer snap for the fins.

Before too much paint

And some paint starting to go down...





So trying a little something for the fixings for the arms.
Glue in nut, couple M6 bolts, and a metal bracket.

Drilled out and glued in the nut.



Thanks for stopping by.

"Today I think I'll come up with a Titan arm, build it using parts that I cast today, prime it and paint it." Said no one EVER...except cam

^
This is phenomenal work Cam, BUT something's been bugging me for a while, and I couldn't quite put my finger on it till now: it's the snout. The light "nostrils" I think distract slightly, moving the where the eye is drawn to and (to me) look with the front grill almost orky. I would darken them right down, personally.
Jusy my tuppence though.

Just a quick note, but full of love and best wishes, to all our friends State side, hope the weather is not affecting you, please take care.

@ Theo, LOL thanks.
@ Graven, Think you could be onto something, mind you I think the flash is picking it up a couple levels, does not look quite so bad IRL, but taken on board and I think I will give it a couple washes, maybe try something to Imperialise it.

Not going to get much done today got a road trip later, thank you for the comments and the views, really appreciate it.

I bet drilling those but holes in the body must've felt like defusing a bomb...doing something like that after you've done so much detail and paint work already, I would have been super edgy with working with a drill...my that's off to you sir for being so ballsy^^

Also...i am always pleased to see a red and white paint job...somehow this is my default scheme whenever I am planning to pay t something...

ROAD TRIP!!! good to finally meet you bro.

I am simply in awe of these updates, I live vicariously off your hobby mojo at present, as I have none currently

I keep stopping by and am still in awe of your modeling and painting skills Cam.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
ROAD TRIP!!! good to finally meet you bro.

so...that sounds as if you are having a rive-ting......really?...so envious...

Thanks.

@ VIK, was a bit nervous, but just got to go for it.
@ Graven, was brilliant to meet you.
@ Ruglud, it will come, and thank you
@ Yorkright, Thank you sir

OK did a bit today, got a fair bit off cleaning done, but started putting some serious paint down on these guns...












And the leg armour...Still WIP got a few bits to add yet...


Well thank you for looking, I think I will leave off updating this build now until she is complete, should be very soon. Got some other things in the pipe coming soon, and I really need an orky fix as well.

Hubba, hubba, hubba

I think the green glow is too much. Draws attention to itself to much, instead of the rest of the lovely model.

I like it (the green)

Also are those weapons legit for rules, or just rule of cool.

Also looking forward to more orksies

Just amazing work. I have to agree with whale, though - the green looks too... sprayed on and is distracting in its current form.

I think that looks lovely!

epic titan build/paint. Always nice when a project hits that finish mark.

Cam, this is looking great!

Have finally caught up after a long hiatus. The Titan is looking excellent. Going to be a very happy recipient when its done. I know you still have work to do and I am hanging out to see the Ratlings come together. But where do you go next?

If there was a clapping emote id just spam it dude

Outstanding work my friend!

 JoeRugby wrote:
If there was a clapping emote id just spam it dude

^^^^This^^^^


I look forward to seeing your next orky thing, i'm a big fan of your mobile big mek workshop and orky distillery.

Something i noticed about your ratlings; you have a catachan human with them - that catachan sniper must be the absolute shiznat, being able to hang with a ratling sniper team!!
That dude must be walking on all fours his entire adult life; the grimdark-sniper 'Mowgli'!

It's Done!!

That's it finished not doing any more. Got to move on. Please have a good look, all images are zoom-able, and votable (hint hint.) Will have to wait for the end of the month for posting it to SirDonlad.

Started out as just a project that I wanted to do, then heard on Dakka of SirDonlad and his recent issues, so since it wont fit on any of my shelves, and his baby needs some company and protection, it is his. It was his choice on weapons and colour scheme, though gave me free license to go however I wanted. He does have a large collection of large robots so I did have a look. However I decided after his brief to me that this would be a more veteran beast, with some embellishments.

OK enough waffle, here are the pics, again looking at them, wishing I could paint!





Thank you for looking, please feel free to critique or comment.

A great finished project Cam, still can't believe how short of time it took you to build it. Paint work is very good all those little gems hidden on the model makes me want search the pics so I don't miss anything.

Well done, Cam!

I just don't know what to say - it's just so epic!

The Rad weapon is a thing of beauty - the new more subtle OSL is so perfect dude!! it really looks like the material itself is overloaded with energies its form can't really withstand! I love the round vent to the rear of the weapon with it's own subtle OSL, hinting at the searing radiation contained within!

The Camkeirhi class Sonic Destructor is stunning, i end up staring at it over a cuppa and the pad i'm writing the rules in till the screen starts asking me to press buttons to keep it turned on - three times is my record for that in one sitting..
The slight blue effect is perfect, it really gives off an aura of hidden power without being a 'glow', and the way it is a stronger effect toward the rear of the weapon on its capacitance section is realy nice!

The really nice thing in the cockpit is how you got the way the multiple light sources interacted just right - Not only does your painting of the cockpit look amazing and far better than anything i could do, its also a FAR better job of making a cockpit than i managed to do in a knight - i remove my hat and bow to your superior skill sir!

The colour scheme really is spot-on, and perfectly embellished! The freehand planets and stars on the carapace are fantastic! They just get better with time! I don't do reliquary usually, but i am sold on what you have done here! I can't emphasize that enough - i'm a Magos Reductor with the 'stubborn' USR and a cyber-familiar but even so, i failed my characteristic test to resist the charm of the iconography... ... Legio Atarus's Forgeworld 'Atar-Median' on one side, and the household Col'Khak knight world 'Atar-Planitia' on the other with 'Atar-Median' in the background!!!1!!!
The edging with its name carved into it is beaut! It has that look of a thousand campains about it - properly venerable!!

The legs really are a master work dude - I'm an engineer by trade and everything we see here looks functional - the pneumatic cables, the points of rotation, the positioning of armour; it all looks kinematically correct, like it could just saunter off at any moment...

And that little gem you kept 'till the end, those arm mounts are brilliant!! So characterful and really functional looking; like the legs, they oooze the feel of the Lucius-pattern Warhounds 'unsophisticated yet functionally correct' design aesthetic - Fantastic!!

I'm going to make a thread in the Painting and modeling showcase section when we greet the 'Iustus Indignatio' to honour it and you Cam' - the depth of my gratitude will become clear then, my friend.

For now i'll detail my reaction to your finished pictures...
as i saw the first image and my jaw slowly dropped and as i scrolled slowly down through the images i began to verbalise to myself.. "oh my ... ...feeeth! ... no fething way!!! ..[uncontrollable chuckling with glee].. ...thats jus..... ..... fething amazing... .... oh, he didn't!!! oh my fething god!.... ...feeeth!... ..no waaaaay!!!! dude! you.... ..fething... ...nutter-genius!!.. ...man!.. ..feeeeeeeeth!

etc, etc.


I'll be posting again in a bit - there's just so much awesome i need to take two sittings to get my thoughts from brain to screen...

It's truly magnificent. You are the master, sir, and we salute you!

Epically cool good sir .
I still think the leg armor was a stroke of genius, but it's hard to tell since it is all inspired by genius. The weapons are also top notch.

I think SirDonlad says it all really.

We're not worthy...

A triumph.

Well don there Camkierhi. Quite the large project.

Cheers,

CB

Truly amazing Cam! I bow to you sir! The hobby effort is what we should all aspire to!

Dude, watching this model come together has been one heck of a ride. Thanks for sharing it with us!

Very, very impressive. You are a very talented man.

Amazing! Every time I look at it there's another little detail I didn't notice last time

CAM!
Wow, this baby looks ace!
Really well done - congrats and hat off to you Mate!

Man that is so sweet Cam... just awesome!

Has it been spayed/neutered? What with it being a hound and all....

Hell of a project. Really fantastic. That's an Orc skull on the one greave though. Thought you could slip that by us?

The next one you build... radio controlled. Yep, motorized and all that. Adepticon ( in Chicago... yeah it really is a toddlin' town. ) has a tournament for titans. How cool would it be to have a titan that actually 'ROFLstomps' the others... literally?

Amazing work. It reminds me of why I like this hobby so much.

Thank you all so much for the amazing feedback.

Still WIP but getting close the Snipers...








And started on a Pox Walker scheme, Mini from Sedition Wars, pretty good proxy..


And thanks to Graven relieving me of a couple bits, got room to spread out, and see that I need to repaint....


well as always thanks for looking and C&C welcome.

The titan is spectacular. Lucky recipient. How are you planning on packaging it?

I really like the back drops of your shelves, I definitely think I will need to rip that off. Its such a great idea.

Just wow.

The rest of these folks are more eloquent than I, but amazing job d00d.

Hobbit snipers are pretty sweet too

Great work on the titan, Cam'. Well done on getting such a large project done (and quicker than I do small projects).

Sniper dio' is looking nice.
I do feel that the waterfall should be breaking up more for the lower half of the fall. It's either thicker than water, or gravity is much stronger than 1g (which might explain the sniper's stature).

Can't give much help as to how to achieve that though. Waterfalls pretty much turn into heavy rain over a long enough fall. Maybe cotton wool with water effects brushed/poured over? Worth an experiment before changing anything on an actual model.

Now i've had time to calm down i just wanted to give some kudos for some of the more subtle things on the 'Iustus Indignatio'

It's covered in hidden litanies! good job the dakka gallery has a zoom function! very nice, sir.

The use of hazard striping is nice and restrained - that one panel on its left leg was such a good call - in my mind it's an auxiliary power input/output port for when it needs a reactor upgrade/refit.

I also like the little red warning symbol under the crew lift platform - it's tiny things like that which really fill out the universe around a model, same goes for the downward looking lenses on the underside of the main carapace - very nice.

The brass detailing on the main carapace is particularly good - the shot of the detailing on the rear of the hull actually looks like steampunky brass strapwork, nicely done!



Moving on to your current project - i agree with Dr H that the waterfall should be breaking up quite early on in it's descent - i saw a video by one of those water effects companies where they made a waterfall that was really nice - here y'go, the bit you want starts at 2:30, but be warned - it is trying to sell you stuff; RESIST!!!



That one rattling dude on the top left (as you face the dio) is absolutely epic! i swear i've met that guy...
You need to do his fingernails and toenails as well as doing the two brass rotary knobs on the bands holding the scope on his rifle and the brass button on his cuff - the face is perfect, like i mentioned, it looks a bit like someone i met once!!

Keep "knocking it out of the park" Cam'!

Thank you.

@ Archer, Thanks, and packing will be.....carefully.
@ Grim, Thanks bud.
@ DrH, Thanks bud, and will take it under advisement, giving it a couple days to settle in my head.
@ SirD, Thank you bud, really hope it lives up to the hype once in hand. Will be later this week. And yes waterfall will have to looked at.

OK, for better or worse, I am burying my head into hobby, don't much like the world at mo. Done an entry for the LoER comp, on Orky blog, it is done enough to enter, but may go a step or two further yet. Here, well I have several things on the go.

First up, test model for plague Nurgle things. Thoughts?





And I am starting some work on some AoS terrain, not really sure at the moment what really constetutes AoS terrain, all the batreps I have seen just have rocks and trees, not a great deal of buildings, and those that are present are ruins!




Having to paint under the floor before I stick the boards down.

Well comments etc, welcome as always, thanks for looking.

Warhound is some hot gak for sure! Very well done, good job dude. I'm not a fan of the ratling snipers, but that is just in general, nothing against your current work. I agree the cliff could use some "wetness", even if not a full waterfall.

Appropriately disgusting...

Sedition wars figs being painted . Never thought I'd see that again. Good job hiding the cybernetics in the paint. The board looks really promising.

Nice to see them as they should be, rather than Zombiefied by me

That would make an excellent ruined tavern. The pic walker is Good, but the blue jeans are a bit too blue for me. Make them dirtier perhaps?

Fab to follow you cam.

 Camkierhi wrote:

Ugh! GROSS!!!


I think that means you did it right.

Congratulations Cam! Between the maniacal merry-go-round and the terrific Warhound, you're dominating the galleries- well done!

Thanks all.

@ whalemusic360, Thank you, very much appreciated. Will be working on the wetness soon.
@ Gits, Thanks bud.
@ Theo, Thanks bud. And thinking I might proxy them in as pox walkers, not sure.
@ Graven, nothing wrong with zombified. Thanks bud.
@ Panda, Thanks bud, noted on the jeans, will do.
@ WP, Thank you sir, looks like I got it close at any rate.
@ Meer_Cat, Thanks bud, feel honoured to get on the Gallery page. And comments on the gallery or even votes, really makes my day, bit sad really.

OK so got a fair bit to do as some wonderful Canadians have asked for a boards worth, for AoS, so sorry few terrain pieces coming here, will be working on a few orky things over on my other blog as well.

Well Panda, tavern it is, but for now lets just lay a floor...



That's a bit bright...


And stairs..


In the process of working on the walls, will be adding a bar, stove and some furniture. Most likely it will not be a nice scene, as this will be an abandoned Tavern, roof might be caved in a bit. Going for the derelict, abandoned town look, ideas on this are most welcome.

Thanks for looking, please feel free to comment.

That looks spectacular.

Amazing! Can't wait to see more.

I like the stone effect, it looks good - were there any special tricks involved?


edit: you're not alone on the thrill of gallery interaction - the first time i got five votes on a single picture i made myself a celebratory hot chocolate...

Your tavern floor is making me inspired to try and build some Japanese buildings with a similar floor. They have kits, but I was thinking of doing some along the line of what you did there....just not as well.

Sweet work on that titan - the weapons, the head, the leg articulation - all awesome! None of the awkwardness in proportion that you see in many scratch builds, usually in the legs. The paint job is solid as well. Nothing stands out like a good solid red.


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That sonic weapon makes it even better. I lament the lack of weapons with radar dishes in this day in age.

Gotta be said, the bent nails in the timber frame are just perfection

Yeah, I'd noticed those too. Really masterful touch.

Really nice foundations on that tavern Cam. Looking forward to seeing the detritus and neglect!

Been a while since i ventured into the P&M blog, Nice work Cam

Sheesh Cam slow it down man I cant keep up, j/k ;-). Ratlings kewl, tavern awesome, nurgly zombie disgusting. Nuff said!

I know Yorkright, Cam can really pump top notch stuff at a really depressing rate.

Cam your Warhound is really something special, really well done on, firstly, getting that finished so quickly I think I can count on my hands how many models I painted in the time it took you to build AND paint that beast.

Snipers look ace.

Not too fond of the zombie, but maybe that's because I'm not a fond of green on my zeds.

Rally cant wait to see what you do on the tavern!

Good job on the Z.

Liking where the woodwork is going.

Thanks,

@ Gits, Thanks bud, really appreciate you commenting.
@ SirDonlad, Thank you, nothing I do is special, sometimes a bit off the wall, but nothing spectacular, honest. I will be doing more so will do a step by step.
@ Theo, Thanks bud, and go for it, some long matchsticks and some baking sheet and you will have some nice sliding interior walls/doors. and I know how good you can do stuff so less of that.
@ Kestral, Thanks sir, very appreciated, and agree with the lack of dishes.
@ Ruglud, Thanks for noticing and thank you.
@ Einibbus, Thanks bud, and soon, couple bits first.
@ Jehan-reznor, Thank you, and thank you for taking the time, really makes a difference.
@ Yorkright, Actually hoping to speed up a bit.
@ OMN, Thanks sir, and on the Z, well it is more a tester for plague type stuff, Nurgle and all. Going for necrotic flesh rather than just puss oozing everywhere.
@ DrH, Thanks bud.

OK not a great deal done today, bit of running around so just got these under way...

Walls...



Thanks for looking in, back soon with more I hope.

If I don't see one hell of a bar fight going down in this tavern, I'm going to be very disappointed Cam.

What are you using for the lattice? That would make some excellent leaded windows.

Awesome job, Cam! Those woodworks look ace!

Will make a wonderful board!

Liking the techno zombie, and that house project, a town huh?

Ooo that building is coming along nicely!

Thanks for the kind words.

@ Maniac_nmt, It is from hobby shop, used for needlecraft, cheap and great.

Thank you all, really, it helps me so much.

Well onward...

Bit of detailing to the interior walls...


Then a lick of paint and fit them..





Then a few internal bits and pieces starting to get added...



So then needed to start on the exterior...




Quick scale shot, Chaos warriors of the fantasy type...


Then did a bit of worn out paint on the outside..



And started currently on the roof...


And named it, currently it's the "Green Inn" Though that's open to change. Thoughts appreciated.

So thanks for looking and c&c welcome and encouraged.

Green on the outside and pink on the inside... it's like the love child of Nurgle and Slannesh!

Nice woodwork, Cam'. an' I should know.

Thanks gents.

So had a bit of a go at roofing...






And destressed the exterior wood work..










Not really finished but started on next one...




C^C welcome Thanks for looking in.-

I envy your speed and skill. I crank some stuff out from time to time, but you must have your kids working overtime helping or something. I'm trying newer methods that I've gleamed off of videos,but seeing you use the foil covered foam may just push me to grab some when I'm out next. Trying to do stonework on regular foam with a pen is taking forever .

Man, that's cool work on the roof!

Wow!

1st, I LOVE the ratlings
2nd, the FUNGUS on the walls is amazing! I was just thinking that place would be DAMP as I saw your amazing floor treatment! Some green moss would seal the look!!

Wowzers, that new building is amazing. It just looks so real! Can you build me a house?

:awe:

Man...the speed your working at, you're through with that table in a month...love the buildings to pieces!!!

Also since I have postponed project of building a wild west town on my schedule too, would love to here about the measurements of all your buildings as a way to get dome perspective...my buildings are too all meant to be playable inside...thus the saloon is a bit bigger than a Din A 4 sheet of paper...and three levels... also on that scale it is interesting to see the ratio of wall length to the amount of Windows your willing to make on each level...

The buildings are looking great! i love the wood effect, it looks very realistic - but that realism brought out a problem to my eye; what happened to the debris from the roof?

Keep at it Cam'!

Thank you all guys.

@ Theo, Thanks bud, no kids, commission work needs to be me. Though Shinagami-Ren may give me a hand occasionally. The foam is one of many different materials, and some times it is the tools, I got a foam cutter, so can do straight mortar lines easy.
@ Gits, Thanks bud.
@ Dave, Thanks and yeah I am fond of the little guys. And yup see below.
@ Boundless08, Thanks bud, and both in real life and in model form, what did you want?
@ Vik, Thank you sir, much appreciated, scale is difficult, these buildings are a bit small probably, done for game play of AoS, so big enough but not too big or there is no room for all your movement trays. At least one of these buildings will be super scale, will get into it when I get there. One of the biggest difficulties is ceiling hieght, This is 2" (50mm) and looks about right for a 28mm man, but if you wanted to cater for larger models or some dramatic poses you will have to rais the ceiling to 3" (75mm) which is OK and seems to be a standard in terrain manufacture, but is unrealistic, that would equate to something like a 18' (5.5m) ceiling. More later.
@ Sir Donlad, Thank you sir, I agree except for 2 points, first the floor would be unplayable, and second its been a while so the wood etc from the roof has been used by various adventurers in that stove. At least that's my story and I am sticking to it for now.

Thank you all so much for the wonderful feedback, not calling it finished as I will revisit it once I have all the buildings together to tie them all in. But for now here are some nice-ish pics to look at fully zoomable.





Thanks for looking and as always feel free to critique.

That scale discussion is a constant murmuring inside my brain and can often lead to total hesitation to work on a piece...

Looks really good, but if I could suggest a thing...the moss on the roof looks way too cheery...a wash of devlan mud or just plain brown wash would tone it down... other than that, the inside shots really make me wish I could play therein...you're truly the scratchbuilding master!!!

Amazing work, as usual, leaves me without much to add besides that!

The woodworks specially, almost sorry you covered most of the roof structure, burnt and stained beams turned out great.

As for the moss, agreeing with Vik there, could probably gain from a bit of tan washing.

I'm with LT - those rafters for the roof were gorgeous - almost criminal to cover it all up Having said that, the end result is just as good

Would to see you do some burnt out timber frames, would be very cool for Mordheim or Frostgrave type terrain

Chimney?

Excellent work on the interior. Nice... and playable.

Thank you all.

Noted on the moss and will do. Thanks for the great comments.

Tonight I had a brain fart.....

Took a bunch of cogs and a battery operated coffee stirrer....


Made a gear box and wiring , mounted it all...

And it fits in the base of the windmill....


So the Windy Miller, will have turning sails.

Thanks for looking.

More amazing buildings! I LOVE the hut, what did you stain the floor with? and how on earth did you manage to get the old iron stove to look like an old iron stove so well? i'm at a loss how you can make some super realistic decorated models! the roof was brilliant with the ruined beams and allows you to look inside for gaming and display! clever man you! :-)

all for actual moving terrain pieces!

I'm lovely your Trumpton brain fart looking excellent indeed. As for the other house, sorry for not commenting before: love it, green on the roof looks a little bright maybe? Love the details, especially the shrooms.

The finishing touches on the inn are just right. My personal favorites are the mushroom. Always loves me some mushrooms!

No idea how you put the cogs together... and what the heck is an automatic coffee stirrer??!

 Camkierhi wrote:
Thanks for the kind words.

@ Maniac_nmt, It is from hobby shop, used for needlecraft, cheap and great.

Thank you all, really, it helps me so much.

.

Thanks, never even thought of that. I will have to go down and take a peek.

Its called granny grating or plastic canvas...

Has a brain fart and creates a working windmill you sir are amazing. Loving the bar and the windmill build. Just enough shrooms on the walls to make it nice and homey.

Love the ruined house, the interior is especially eye catching!

Windmill that actually spins under it's own power, that is awesome...

Keep up the great work

the one tavern? looks beaten to hell, so awesome! Windmill will be a spinning one? that will be great!

More terrain goodness going on I see, your brain farts and out pops all these great ideas. My brain farts and I forget to pick up eggs...

Smashing job on the tavern.

Good brain-fart.

That makes sense, and the moss contextualizes it nicely. Its a beauty of a terrain peice!!
So you get creative bursts when having a 'brain fart', huh? no wonder you keep coming up with amazing stuff!

I have a good feeling about your windmill!

Could you work in a 'creaking unit'? - a bit of the mechanism that performs a repetitive action to produce a 'creak' sound in time with the rotation of the sails?

Keep at it Mr Cam', man..

Thank you all so much for the comments, really appreciate it.

I will reply properly, but bit tired, been a mad few days IRL, so not had much modelling time. Did get a little done.

Windmill is moving along....



Still got a lot to do, but taken a bit more time than I really wanted to sort the mechanics, but yes in the end the sails turn at a nice sedate pace. Got to work on the noise as it makes a but of a whiring at the moment, not the asked for creeking!




Oh and started on another piece for this board, and again experimenting...





So Lets see..
@ Nerdy, Thank you sir, floor stained with home made washes, one is made with Golden Fluid Acrylic Van Dyke Brown, then a black wash over it, then I sanded it, then I varnished it then I washed it with a light grey then I cleaned the surface with Meths, leaving the grey in the corners. Iron stove is usual rusty methods, including adding bi-carbonate of soda as a dusting in between when the paint is wet, gives that slightly gritty look.
@ Vik Thanks bud, at the moment feels a bit much but really not that difficult. My head just a bit fuzzy is all.
@ Graven, yeah going to revisit that roof tone down the green. Thank you.
@ Gits, Thank you bud, cogs is easy...and the stirrer is a useless bit of kit available in various places, I guess it is actually for frothing your millk, but basically it is a small motor with 2 AA batteries and a switch, cost about £2, I expanded the wiring and added a proper switch, but thats it, will be motorising a few more items this way I think.
@ Maniac_nmt, Definitely worth a look.
@ Theo, Thanks bud.
@ Mad, Thanks sir.
@ Shas, Thanks bud.
@ Yorkright, I forget the eggs too, just have a few moments is all.
@ DrH, Thanks bud.
@ SirDonlad, Thanks sir, much appreciated.

Well thank you all for looking in and the comments are most welcome, back soon I hope.

Windmill needs snotlings hanging on the sails .

That festering fountain is awesome , slimy yet satisfying.

You are amazing my friend... love all the new work!

Windmill is work of genius, but I really like that slime fountain. If you put snotlings on the windmill I want Nurgling swimming in the fountain, if your taking requests.

Windmill looks like a fun build. Whimsical even. Do continue...

I really love that fountain. How did you make it? I'm a fan of papa nurgle myself but I think the first picture that's all white is really beautiful. It looks like Eldar wraithbone, really nice flow to the shapes

the fountain is disturbingly realistic! how you´re always achieving this is beyond me...

one hint for the windmill...i think since you are going for a general rotten look i think the sails need t be ripped and torn...this whole build oozes so much memories of frankenstein and other horror movies!!!

Thank you all,

@ Theo, Thanks bud, if it was mine I probably would but this is for someone else.
@ Gits, Thank you sir.
@ Yorkright, LOL thanks bud.
@ Red Thank you sir, much appreciated.
@ Boundless08, Thanks bud, will give a tutorial soon on it.
@ Vik thanks sir, please see below, and know what you mean about the memories.

Well Did a bit more to the fountain...


Did a door for the windmill...yes I turned down a cocktail stick for the door knob.


And we are getting somewhere...


So I slapped a bit of paint around...



Yup got the mechanics worked out in the end and the sails turn nicely. Have to work out the whole video malarkey. These are still slightly WIP as I will be revisiting and doing a few embellishments.


Well Thganks for looking and please feel free to comment..

Fantastic work again Cam, fountain looks good and polluted (still needs some Nurglings taking a bath in it). Windmill is a work of beauty, you really pulled off the look of an old broken down building with torn sails and rusted bits.

Bravo sir!

Absolutely amazing.

The fountain and windmill look awesome Cam, very nice work

The windmill is exactly what the doctor prescribed...and then some! The door is so lovely ... and the fountain looks amazingly too, a wash over the slightly bright grass...tho I only say that to contribute something...youre doing so splendidly well on your own

Thanks everyone, really appreciate it.

@ Vik Thanks much and noted and when I have a bunch of the pieces together I am going to work on the ground effects.

In the mean time...

Cut up a bunch of laminate flooring, bought this ages ago dirt cheap in hardware store for £1 a pack as it was the end of a line and only a couple boxes worth, cuts easy enough with a utility knife but I used a circular saw on this occasion.

Than got to cutting out some foam for the exterior walls...

Then have put on the brickwork pattern...


And started to build, ....
The walls will not remain so intact and will no doubt be shorter, the idea here is a ruined church type thing, going to do the four corners so it can be laid out in different formations.


Well only a brief note tonight, thank you all for your wonderful support.

Oh, that's all you did tonight? Totally slacking.

Brief note....built a church...

Did you make a tool for the brickwork? Or did you do each line by hand?

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Oh, that's all you did tonight? Totally slacking.

Exactly my thoughts... even for the cutting up the boards I would have needed a fortnight...

The "fountain" is looking particularly disgusting. Perfect for a Nurgle backdrop. The windmill is simply amazing. It turned out beautifully.

Thanks folks,

Quick update before off to work, laid a floor...




Carved up some popsickle sticks and made a couple moulds....

Windows in production...




Interior plaster walls...


Oh and trying out making a cart wheel...


@ Theo horizontal lines are done using a hot wire cutter, vertical I made a tool to do them one at a time, will get you some pics up soon.

Thanks for looking folks, really appreciate the comments.

You do a better job laying a model floor than I do a real one!

Stunning!

Just added these three to the list of awesome terrain pieces you've made that i want on my gaming table!

That church may well become my new favourite..

So in the time it takes me to stick some cardboard together, you build a medieval village............

Another amazing piece Cam!

Considering how cool the floors and walls of this church look already, I'm keen to see how the rest pans out.

Looking great!

Window molds... very convenient. Also, cheating.

Now here is where I give you a hard time about building ruins instead of intact buildings.

Okay, that's done. You can atone by building an intact village. Yup. That'll do it.

Oh yeah, the windmill. It's fantastic. I'm blown away by it.

It really is a great terrain piece. I do like the idea of animated terrain.

How you build your model church easily competes with the real deals.

Will the church be run down? It looks great Cam can't wait to see it come together.

Thank you all.

Afraid not up for long replies at mo, had a slight slip with a wall piece and a lot of hot glue, so progress is a bit slower tonight.

Got 2nd quarter started...



Threw together a roof section...





Sorry not replying properly to comments, they are wonderful and really help me, but typing hurts a bit.

Thank you for looking and thoughts are always appreciated.

So this town is a war torn one I take it as so far, no buildings look as though they escaped damage, makes for a characterful bit of terrain. Liking the broken stone pillar.

Nice looking church, but the neighborhood seams a bit rough. Might want to send that big red dragon packing if you don't want to see your insurance premiums go up.

Sadly this looks like a few of the catholic churches I've been to here in the past few years. The budgets are strained because more people are leaving and going to more modern churches. The trivia night we did a few weeks ago was prime example of it, with sinks that were all the rage in the 1950s being the newest and best part of the facility.

Looks good, sounds like you've done yourself quite the injury though.

Oh....that bandaged arm makes me worry for you...i hope everything heals up a treat real quick...are you now at least staying sick at home?

The church looks simply lovely? And the more I watch your work on this progress the urge to Nick the methods and such a project intensifies...

The church is coming along nicely!

Thats quite the bandage dude, how badly has your mechantendril epidermic layer been damaged?

A bit of synth-skin and some polymorphine should fix it i recon; i'll start looking for the polymorphine..

Un... yeah. Take care of that arm bud. Church is looking great though. Suffering for your art isn't supposed to include 2nd degree burns...

Thank you all.

Big thank you for the well wishes, it smarts like a sob, but I will live I guess. My beloved is a tad worried and fussing alot, I am all "pass the glue gun!"

@ Theo, It is one of the things that bugs me most about the enlightened times we live in, whether you are a religious person or not, the good solid values that our world is built on are in these stones, and is it not a statement to say we have let those foundations rot!

So a little more progress, wish it would go a little faster.









Can't wait to get paint on it, just 1 quarter left to do and the roof for this end, brain is already brewing up for the next few pieces.

Thanks for looking folks and all comments are most gratefully recieved.

There are not enough Orkmoticons for me to use for this building Cam.

At first I though the red marks in this photo was a bent up folding chair , i wouldn't put it past you to build a few dozen of them.

The little room you built on the side looks identical to our area behind the pulpit at our church, ours just wraps around the entire back of the sanctuary, but the piece on the wall inside it is a dead ringer for our fluorescent light kits back their.

Fantastic church ruin.

This thread bullies me too often to use words like amazingly or beautiful...man for once I would like to see you built something that makes it possible for us to say you made rubbish...but I can't see that in any possible future timeline...

I dunno if it ever has been said before, and since you don't watch tv shows or play video games like the rest of the nerd crew here...it is a miracle to me where you draw inspiration for your expertly and almost 1:1 fitting transition and execution of sour works...?

Hey Cam, I'm sure you've mentioned it before but how do you paint your foam? Aerosols will dissolve it... so do you brush paint it or treat it in some way so that you can use spray?

Epic doesn't even come close. Love it.

Thanks all.

Just a quick reply for Gits.

I will give a step by step when I do it. But basically mix up some paint and brush it on, usually add a little PVA to the mix. You can rattle can it after that. But I don't bother, bit hard to describe, but I "wash" the stone work, blending wet paints and generally make a mess.

You can just spray it, but you will get some shrinking and a nice texture, I believe it is the propellant that does the melting, I have got descent results from spraying at a distance.

Hope that helps.

Thanks Cam!

How are you so good? Amazing!

Great job on the church. Looking excellent.

Hope the hand heals well.
Try using your nose to type and save your hand.

You can't buy polymorphine apparently - some people in the street offered 'polymephedrone' but i've never heard of it.

The church is great dude! easily the match of what i had in mind when you first started!
Will it have a 'Manse'?

I like the scope of the cathedral and the great attention to detail on the floor and roof. You don't see that very often!

Thank you all for the comments.

So windows...


Oh and I guess I better start on the 4th quarter...



Still a lot to do but here is where we are...







And lastly..DO NOT BE SILLY WITH YOUR HOT GLUE!

Do not open spoiler if squeemish.

Healing ok, have function, but it is like anything, I knock it every 5 minutes, just sods law, never would normally.

Well Thank you again, thanks for looking and please feel free to comment.

That's quite the commitment to the cause with the hot glue! Hope they heal up fast

Those four church quarters look great, can't wait to see them painted up and ready to go.

Nice work as usual!

Ach....now you ruined her....and I'm not referring to the church...

Looking very good (church), one thing...the bell tower collapsed quite "organized" it seems...referring to the perfect edges there...but I bet you have a cunning plan already...

Again best healing wishes from my part...hopefully you're not traumatized to use not glue guns in the future...

Hey everyone! As is the tradition (two of us so far) when receiving something from the right honourable Camkeirhi (i hope i'm saying it right in the video!) you gotta post a reaction pic/vid on his right honourable blog on dakka, so here is mine!

Its a rather long video because i kept getting lost in looking at it....




i love the collapsed section of the church/cathedral - this is one of those terrain projects where each peice has a story to it and i love it!!
Really badly want to have a game on it..

Cam's piece in the video is bigger and better than that FW Warhound, cool for SirDonald he now has Warhound and pup!

Church is shaping out nice for a damaged town, fits perfectly Cam!

The church is looking great , the fourth corner is how it feels like when I walk into our church in the morning, hopefully it looks like square 1 when I’m done.

Great work on the church, Cam! I've tried to do a ruined wooden floor like that before and never could get the look to come out right. Building the model like the real thing would be done (with joists) came out looking extremely realistic on your model, because that's the way a carpenter would put it together! I don't know if I'm going to live long enough to try all the techniques you're demonstrating!

Amazing work Cam, sorry about the hand looks like you are healing up well though.

Very cool church. Great job!

Thank you all.

@ Mad..Thanks bud much appreciated.
@ Vik, Thanks bud, and see below.
@ Sir Donlad, Thanks for the comments, and love the vid, watched it several times already, love the look on your face, worth the effort. Wife and I LOL'd when you chuckled a couple times in the vid. Interested to know how you feel now after it has hopefully sunk in, and you have had a day or two with it.
@ Shas Thanks bud, very much appreciated.
@ Theo, Hopefully not quite as bad! Thanks bud.
@ Meer_Cat, Thanks bud, and I aint nothing special bud, your skills are pretty mad, this is easy stuff.
@ Yorkright, Thanks sir.
@ Geifer, Thank you very much sir.

OK Thanks everyone, now a couple bits to go over, lets start with that tower Vik...



And use the bits you cut out to add to the rubble below...



Next Priming.
This is the paint I am using, any acrylic will do, this is just what I happen to have.


Mix is probably close to 6 parts white, 2 parts black, 1 part brown, 1 part PVA. Add a dash of water.



After hand brushing this over everything except the wood, I then put a black wash into all the corners and with my cheapy airbrush catch all the recesses. Then Drybrush the lot white. Quite a heavy drybrushing.



This is now at the stage I would call "primed", ready to start painting.

Quick little shot of one of the windows in situ...


Thank you all for looking, and feel free to comment.

you probably never will know how much i look forward to your next update..and then the next..and so on...

never lost faith....and you deliver...looks absolutely stunning and a heck of realistic!
i recently go me a foam cutter set...and at first i only worked on hills and such...would love to see a bit more in-depth tut on how you really made those brickwalls...the wire i am able to use would only make me able to build small and short wall sections...

windows came out great by the way!
i have recently got us a sector imperialis and with all these wall and window sections i am thinking making this effect here for the windows...:

http://www.bildburg.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/bleiglasfenster.jpg...

i know you did that really beautiful ruin with the casket back then...but i am lost on how to start with these little GW window frames... (probably old age and whatever else made me loose my wit when it comes to scratch building^^)

Thanks for the ongoing how-to's Cam. It's really cool to see how you make the magic happen.

Awesome! Greatly appreciate your pictures; giving the info with the image is the MO of alfred hitchcock who i regard most highly, and great minds think alike i hear...

I'm using your techniques for stonework from hereon - eagerly awaiting next weeks episode!

I really can't thank you enough Cam! I get a hit of joker venom every time i lay eyes on the 'Iustus Indignatio'; sat with It's knight-titan protectorate irradiating its feet - Fluffier than a bunny-rabbit sat on a van-der-graff generator!!

Thanks everyone, really appreciate it.

@ Vik, Thanks sir, will give a run down on the walls with the next lot I do shortly. These I have used the aluminium mesh, going to try some more with them yet.
@ Gits, Thanks bud.
@ SD , Next week! don't have to wait that long.

OK, Got a little time today, got the basic painting somewhere near half way. still a fair way to go, but can start adding details now.

First up after the grey ...washes, couple light brown washes fiollowed by a black wash, here you can see contrast..

The black wash is ragged, i.e. I bathe the surface with black wash and then "rag" it off with tissue, in a stippling motion, careful not to take too much of the black away.
Plain wash..

Stippling the rag..

Gives a nice mottled effect.

Might want to wear gloves for this...

Then hit it with another heavy dry brush of white...

Then a complete covering of a grey wash and a black watery wash.. and the green tide mark around...



And a bit more washing and some gravel and general work and here we are,





Got to work on the joints where they all join, and still lots to do yet, can start adding details now.

For now here are a couple silly shots..






Thanks for looking and please feel free to have a close look, still WIP but by all means point things out if you don't like.

And on today's episode of home improvement...

I especially like the information shots, the last three pics...you really get a feel that way how you're pushing everything...looks fantastic...the green is still a bit cheery in places but that'll change in due time I am sure...

Why my stuff probably will never look as stunning as yours is because of my laziness...all these trillion of coats...in washes or drybrushes really make the difference...

Good thinking to build in sections. Looks like its seen better days.

Really impressive work as always cam

going to be tiling or maybe shingling the roof as well?

Love the interior shots especially- really great effect!

Welcome to High Gothic Emperors Flip It. This episode run-down church. Luckily churches are always on the buy-in in today's imperium. You literally can't lose money fixing up an old church.

The walls are full of character but old and overgrown with moss. The roof is new, but shot too high heaven, but what appears to be the average PDF accuracy.

The rubble is quality in this shindig. I can see a couple banners, and a statue of the big man himself and this place will do great for the 4 arm emperor of mankind. (lovely church, and the windows are good.

It's looking really awesome Cam!

Just cant say how good all of this is. Can't think of anyone who would not want to play using all this fabulous terrain. Good stuff Cam, you should do a mini bat rep using your town terrain.

Those 'atmosphere' shots are just fantastic. Not a thing silly about them. I really like photos like that.

Now my fellow class-mates, funny thing is, on his commute to and from work, Professor Cam drives by a church that looks just like that, only not so ruined. (I'm just guessing. The UK is full of churches like that.)

Too many years ago, one of my art teachers taught the class to paint what we see, and draw what we see. Cam is building what he sees (I think). It works magnificently. See class-mates, learn from the professor's example. This is how it's done.

Now we need to pester Cam to build a 1/50 model of one of those cool Scottish Tower Houses. And not a ruins either. And with a proper interior.

Cam, will there be ivy growing up the exterior of the walls?

And perhaps a rabbit hole somewhere

Yorkright wrote:
Just cant say how good all of this is. Can't think of anyone who would not want to play using all this fabulous terrain. Good stuff Cam, you should do a mini bat rep using your town terrain.

There will be batreps on this set, don't worry

Great work all round the church, Cam'. Looking great.

Good atmosphere photos too.

Thank you all.

@ OMN and Red here you go, a little progress....


Roofing...
Made a simple mould with plastacine and knocked out a few resin sheets of roofing.

Snipped it up and stuck it to the timber frame...

Started a coat of paint..

And getting there...


And did a little more to the other bits as well...










You may have noticed the mushrooms...



So far..



Oh and I think my wife is trying to cut down on my salt intake...


Well ok thank you for looking, and all comments are greatly appreciated.

Salt shaker of doom. That roof really sells this place. Amazing. I really like the church but fear it is actually too small

Cthulu shakers.
Or from the Alien movies?

Beautiful work mate. Classic Cam!

Simply amazing Cam! I wish I had your motivation/drugs

That's Professor Cam to you guys... and me too

The windmill inspires me to think about what a futuristic one might look like... Something more visually engaging than the wind farm wind mill/turbines we see nowadays. Although Doc made an interesting one...

Great table full of lovely models. Good theme, all tied together well.

One thing I'll add for the roof tile casting. I'd be tempted to cast the pieces with uneven edges (one in, one out) so that they can interlock with a separate cast piece and disguise the meeting points without needing to add greenery (a perfectly valid method though). Or just cut them out of the casts. I get very caught up in aiming for the "perfect" cast when I do it (one reason why it's been a while for me).

 Red Harvest wrote:
... wind farm wind mill/turbines we see nowadays. Although Doc made an interesting one...

I did a bit of one, and not the "important" bit, and not moving or motorised.

Jealousy inducing work, yet again!

Great results, and am totally copying the plasticene mold idea - the resulting roof looks superb!
Did you press the tiles into it yourself?

Very nice, the mold and moss effects look really good on the church.

If you are ever in the area, I recommend stopping by Witley Court. It is owned by English Heritage, and is the ruin of an old manor house. It is useful in that you can see how such building were constructed. As a ruin there is still remnants of plaster on the wall, which you don't tend to think about. Interesting from a building perspective and as an idea source for building terrain.

Thank you all.

@ Panda, Thank you sir. You could be right on the size thing need t go bigger next time.
@ Jeff, Hi bud, and they are a loot crate special Alien egg shaker set.
@graven, Thank you bud, not sure about classic, possibly typical, not sure I qualify as classic.
@ Dave, Thank you sir. Motivation is easy, don't want to look at the world to scary, and have chosen this as my only vice, (well nearly).
@ Red, Thanks sir, you might just see one around here before long, the guys I am doing this for want a Mars table later on so might just have to go there.
@ DrH, I hear you on the mould making, I should probably make an effort in that direction, especially if the buildings are in one piece, not too worried, these are derelicts and I am happy enough with the result, just hope twinner and crew are.
@ SD, Thanks bud, and please see below.
@ nmt, Thanks bud, going to have to start stopping and taking photos for the reference folder.

Well a couple pics by way of a how to, since a couple peeps have asked.

Quick and dirty plasticine molding and casting.

Press out some plastacine between some lego blocks, you could use any container, has to be able to take the resin later is all. Here I have got a 6" by 3" ish tray laid out, and smoothed the surface.


Then I have shaped the end of a coffee stirrer stick, but you can use anything here...


Next having coated the end of the stick in vaseline, I start to press in the tiles


Work your way across, remember to stagger the tiles, and keep it rough, not too clean a job, you could spend time and get it perfect, but certainly in this case a roof would not look like that


Once complete coat in vaseline or oil...and you are ready to go.


You might have to touch up the mould between casts and it is only realisticly good for maybe 6 casts at best, but if you only need a couple bits it is perfect.


Well thanks for looking hope it is helpful.

Yet another stroke of genius...it takes a special twisted mind to think about how to makenannegative mold that way...my hat is of to you sir!

One minor question tho... have you looked into cake making and fondant molding silicon stuff? Our clever Chinese fellows are inventing/replicating things that could be of use for hobby enthusiasts...

Cam you are an unrelenting genius
@Vik have occasionally stolen/used some of the wife's cake stuff to such an end. Equally, she has stolen land raider tracks off me, amongst other things, to make impressions

If you want to see further Cam brilliance you should check out the amazing sewer board he's done for me:
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/8070/300224.page#9643248

Thanks guys.

@ Vik, Thanks bud, and yes I look at the cake decorating gear often, in fact some of my favourite sculpting tools are a set of plastic decorating tools from the supermarket.
@ Graven, Thanks bud, glad it worked out ok.

Talking of Graven, he made a request, you can you know. I enjoy nothing more than a good modelling challenge.

Here we have the start of a 7" two face coin for his gaming.



Made a mould and ran off a couple copies in dental plaster...


Then scrapped them up a bit for the "B" side....



And this is the one Graven has gone for, so am currently casting in resin, once they are cast will glue the two halves together.


Back to the buildings today, this was just a distraction, to break up the building queue.

Thanks for looking.

holy shark spray batman... what in three angles names needs graven such a giant coin for???...regardless of how good it looks and how good you made the nod towards two face there... are you building a batcave for him as well then?...iirc that is the only place a giant coin could be found...(remember that big t-rex too...ach that were the times^^)

The coins are truly awesome. In the comics was it a double headed coin also? I really like the grotesque look of the second one, almost looks zombified.

Great work. I approve. You may carry on now....

I have really enjoyed watching that Chapel take shape. The casual way you make and use molds just blows my mind.

Thanks guys.

@ Vik Thanks bud, and I do not know is the best answer, He just asked me for a really big coin, had to go research the coin needed.
@ Theo, Thanks bud, and I have no idea, in the movie it was a two headed coin, just kinda makes sense.
@ Ruglud, Cheers Bud.
@ Josh, Thanks bud, and the whole casting thing is easy honestly.

So waiting on some supplies before I can finalise the coins, so in the mean time, back to buildings....

This is one of a few "homes" I am going to do, for scale it is just under 6" across.


Then did some brick work, here you go Vik straight lines for the courses...


Then just a shaved popsickle stick as a rough tool to do the verticals...


A little paint to start the ball rolling....



Feel a bit better, hit a bit of a block the last couple days, and I have a visitation from pap Nurgle at the mo as well, but after this evening I feel back at it.

Thanks for all the support and thank you for looking.

Do you use anything to help protect the foam beyond paint? I have seen people use watered down glue and varnish (army painter quick shade).

Interesting process on the casting.
For that, with what I said earlier, I'd go for cutting out alternate tiles in the finished casts to interlock them. Can't say how well that'd work though. Something to think about.

Nice work on the new building (which you've constructed and painted in the time I've taken to do a bit of flooring and a couple of hatches).

Thanks guys,

@ Maniac_nmt, I mix the pva in with the paint as a primer, works well for me.
@ DrH. Thanks bud, Am thinking on it, always open to improve.

OK here...





Oh yeah, working doors...








Scale shot...


So that is a row of 3 homes that can be separated, I am progressing, but tired so off to bed in mo.

Thanks for looking,

I don't know how you manage to keep pumping out such great projects one after another. You don't have little elves that come in and help out do you?

Minions. He has minions...
Doors especially impressive.

The devil's advocate in me is questioning the doors lon g livety abilities...the art appreciate in me drools...:awe:

I'd add a rug or two on these cold flagstone floors...the poor former residents must've had quite the cold feet otherwise^^

Love the mini-tutorial Cam. Keep them coming. That way not only are you inspiring us, but you're teaching us how to do it as well!

Great method for the doors Cam'!
The row of cottages are looking good, theres a lot of potential for humour in a garden as well as modelling prowess - looking forward to the upcoming episode on foliage and plants!

Thank you all.
Pic heavy update, but first...
@ Yorkright, No elves, just the Pictsies running around in my head.
@ Graven, If I had Minions I would take over the world, and all would be right and green.
@ Vik, Thanks bud, yes you are right about the doors, I guess I hope they will not be played about with that much, they are durable enough. I may do an improved version were I insert bushes in the door. And yes some details to be added yet to the interiors, but not too much, want them to remain playable.
@ Gits, Thanks bud, very much appreciated.and will try.
@ SirD, Thanks bud, will do shortly.

OK Pics I guess...
So here are the terrace...





Whilst I was letting them dry a bit and needed to make some materials, not going in to great detail here unless requested, whole bunch of vids out there and Theo has covered this recently too, but here is some flock I made...
This batch was from the dust I collected whilst sawing up some MDF for the bases.

Also did a little experiment..
This...

Became this...

Which I sieved...



Will see how it looks once it is dry enough to use...

Supplies arrived so got a production line going for Gravens coins...



And did a little woodland piece to ad to the board of stuff for twinner.


So the trees are some woodland scenics armatures stuck to wooden dowels which are coated in hot glue for texture....did I mention they are magnetised...


Made the base with the inserted magnets and root system on, then put some tin foil down and having stuck the magnets to the end of the dowels used the glue gun to run stripes up and down the trunk. Foil stops it sticking, but allows it to roughly contour the ground.



Cleaned up a bit and licked with paint..

Then drilled holes in the top of the dowels and inserted the WS armatures to be branches..

Scale shot...

and after starting to add flock etc..



Thanks for looking and please feel free to comment, none of this is finished work yet, going to get a couple days at it now so should see some proper progress.

Loving the way the church came out, all getting taken over by the local plant life, coin is interesting, and the row-houses are also amazing! Tree base looks good!

Lovely trees. Really the best

Is that a weetabix? Are you now making terrain out of breakfast products? Astounding!

Loving all the buildings, they're looking great

I've recently played with saw dust and I have to say it is a highly overlooked material... together with paint or PGS it highly versatile and looks really good as grass or tree collage for a given value of"good"... also...if you add too much paint in the mix the whole junk gets solo hard you have instant high density and low weight rocks...

The tree tutorial is pure awesomeness...so a cam run of the mill
Could you show us a link to the tree armatures? I found some only recently, but the cost efectivity back then didn't motivate me to get me some too...but with the addition of dowles I think they make excellent trees!

Smashing work all round.
Good looking houses.
Clean looking casting.
Good flock.
Great trees, nice tutorial, good ideas there.

Thanks everyone, really motivates me to see people comment.

Just dropped in to put up a link for Vik...
http://arcanesceneryandmodels.co.uk/shop/tree-armatures-114-deciduous-trees-34inches-2-inches-woodland-scenics-tr1120/

Though they are about £15, you do get 114, at 3 to 4 a tree with the dowels that's a lot of trees for your money.

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo coins!

Those trees are really good! Thanks for the link!

Magnetized tree terrain for the fething win!!

I'm really liking the results of your terrain work. Nice job.

stay calm, I am posting step by steps, painted some batroids and showing in images their basing. I will be back to the Tank-destroyer.

There is no denying the awesome work done here on terrain.

Cam, that tree foil thing is all I needed to call you Master.

Thank you all for the comments.

@ Shas, Thanks bud, really appreciate you commenting.
@ Panda, Thanks bud.
@ boundless, Yep Weetabix. dirt cheap and that is from just 1 biscuit.
@ Vik, Thanks bud.
@ DrH Thanks bud.
@ Graven, Yes indeed, packaging it up tomorrow, might not be all I wanted to send, just hope you are happy.
@ Gits, Thanks sir.
@ Sir D, Indeed.
@ oldravenman, Thanks bud.
@ Dave, I will always think of you among my greatest influences, Thank you.

OK Here we go, more smaller ish stuff...


Bit of foam and board and a few coffee stirrers...

A throne..


Bit of reading matter, for wiping your.....and reading to pass tyhe time..



Got to work on the tones....as it stands tonight.



And other bits...




Well thoughts?

Thanks for looking

Trees and coins look good Cam, but this little outhouse brought out a chuckle in me. You are a mad genius .

Very cool. I want to have some sort of Game of Thrones reference there though

Ah the thunderbox, Gorgeous work there cam.
See someone is putting their reader's digest subscription to proper use.

Trees & stone walls look great just as you see in the railway magazines!

Matches the cottages perfectly!
Really great stuff as usual.

The little details you put in Cam, are one of the things that make your terrain pieces so memorable.

Wot? No porn mag!?

I would use this peice as a primary objective in games.

Worth d3 VPs.

Great work, Cam'. Looking lovely, for a bog.

Well that is the prettiest dump site I have ever seen. I just want to use it. Lovely tones fits a real theme for me. Rare to get that in terrain for me.

that tree is amazing!
about trees...thanks for the link to the armatures... ordered me some...took me three attempts tho....what a weird web page...^^

the outhouse looks fantastic too...tho...just for food for thoughts...:would you think anyone would use parchment/ paper for the throne in a middle-age setting?...here i would expect more leafs and such things...

Love that outhouse, so many details and that makes it so awesome!

Thank you everyone, much appreciated. Love the comments.

Well RL being it's usual self, but sticking at it, just not as fast as I would like.

Here is a quick step by step on how I am doing these terrain bases...

Laminate floor boards, which can be bought very cheap if you get the end of the line, I paid £1 per box (1.2m sq.) 5mm thick MDF.Cut them down to rough size with a circular saw, but if you are patient you can cut this with a knife. Trimmed up the edges to give a slight slope...


Then I get a piece of 10mm thick foam, ( I buy this off ebay, it's underfloor heating insulation foam) cut a bit smaller than the board.


Hot glue and PVA glue to stick it down.


For this base I want a small wall going around the outside, so I cut a line 10mm in all the way around except where I want the gates..


Then out comes ye olde blowtorch, and a bit of "sculpting" can begin...


Where I want the wall to stay I shield it with a non-flammable piece of metal...


A minute later I have a contoured piece of ground...



Next for this little piece I need some expanded PVC 3mm thick. and a rough grid, it is meant to be rough for a reason.


And a bit of scratching around with a pointy stick and I have something on the go here..


Well hop forwards to a few licks of paint and here we have a WIP shot.



Also gradually working on the cottages.




And the last couple bases tarted, thats another 2 tree bases, and a smithy.


Thanks for looking in and hope you like. Let me know.

Terrific work Cam! And terribly prolific. I'm always amazed at how original, innovative and _fast_ you work. Apologies if you've mentioned this already and I missed it, but is this town in aid of a specific project for someone, or for a game coming up?

Thanks Meer_Cat, It is for twinner and friends in Canada, they have a channel and requested a tables worth of AoS terrain in my style, I am very honoured and love the challenge. Of course the biggest challenge is yet to come, how the hell am I getting this lot posted to Canada!!!

Just a quicky sorry just remembered, been asked several times about prepping the foam, Most of the time I hand brush a oaint and PVA mix all over and then maybe will rattle can it, I sometimes airbrush it with a half decent acrylic, And sometimes I don't mind the texture I get from the rattlecans. There is also coating the foam in plaster or hotglue, giving it a very quick once over with a flame (blowtorch) forms a skin and is very hard. So you see I am a bit all over the place on it, but the main go to is hand brush a paint and PVA mix all over, it is easy and really sticks well. Since I am funny in that I will often apply many different layers to a project, like priming the basic, then adding gravel and painting that, then adding flock and painting that and then static grass and putting a wash over that, all that builds up to a crusty mess that is durable and I hope looks effective.

Thanks for the tutorial. Your stuff has really been inspirational to me. I wouldn't have even attempted any terrain work this year otherwise.

That heat gun trick with the foam is quite innovative!

Nice ideas, Cam'. Great result too.

Thank you all.

@ Josh, I am honoured, and that is the aim of my efforts, to inspire, I ain't necessarily any good, but if I get you thinking and doing then I have got it sorted.
@ Dave, Seen it done a few times though I do my own twist as usual.
@ DrH, Thanks bud much appreciated.

OK got a serious question for you.

Have a look through these pics and please let me know if I need more, and if I have missed anything, or I should add something. Some is obvious like roofs on the cottages, which I will work on, but my mind is flighty to say the least and I am having to concentrate quite hard on this now. I want to get it shipped before the Christmas rush, so within the next couple weeks.

Pure photo dump...















Some of the questions are:

Do I add foliage to the trees?
I know I have to match the grass a bit, but how hard do I try, I mean not all grass is the same, some is greener, usually in the next field.
Is it any where near enough, this is sat on a 4 x 3 board at mo, and I have been asked for a boards worth! which I would guess is a 6 x 4, so if this lot is spread out a bit is it enough?


Thank you for all the support, and really appreciate your thoughts. Some I might be covering any way, but it will not hurt to have them confirmed.

What about adding a town hall building? Or something to do with merchants or a bar? Old haystacks...a chariot...?

I've thought I was enough flabbergasted with all the former pics...but the fallen tree is for me the pinnacle...true stroke of genius!

And yes, add fallen leafs...no actual foliage needed...that town has something of deserted and lifeless feel about it, so leafless trees fit the bill...but some lost leafes would be good...
Also what about a cow carcass?

Wow Cam that is an impressive lot of terrain. Please do not put down your skills they are way above what you think they are.
I dont think you need to add anything for a fantasy game, the grasses not being the all the same makes it look more natural. Not everyone has a golf course for a lawn. As for the trees I like the starkness of them without foliage, it makes the town look more haunted or lonely. And you know how much the slime fountain appeals to me..

Great work.

 Camkierhi wrote:
... let me know if I need more, and if I have missed anything, or I should add something...

I can't say how much is needed for gaming, I just don't know. More the merrier is how I think.

However, as Vik mentions, you have homes and a church, windmill, tavern (if I remember right), but no shops; every village needs a corner shop / post office.

Do I add foliage to the trees?

It appears to be an autumn theme you have going, with fallen leaves. Trees can't have both (although maybe add an evergreen, there's always one somewhere).

I know I have to match the grass a bit, ...

I can't see any major issues with the grasses. You could add patches of each colour to bases of the other colours (not all expanses of green grass are totally uniform from edge to edge). They don't all have to have an even distribution of every colour on every base, just a little corner here, the edge of a path there...

Damn, that is some fine work, Cam. Your little town is really well done.

That's a pretty swell set-up. Is that all of the wall sections you'll be making? You might consider some corners and/or at least one gate.

A Smithy? A place for Police Constable Plod?

I'd leave the trees bare and add some fallen leaves at the bases. Autumnal. Why not be seasonal?

Magnificent. Needs a red phone box though and great tutorial on the tiles.

Hmm.... if it were up to me I would build a missile silo because old towns that are bombed out for me reak of military bases.

Excellent work Cam.

Oooh, yes! loving the fallen tree dude!!

Equally as impressed by the heat gun technuique too - i didn't see the graveyard idea coming and it's perfect!

Brilliant work. I actually can't believe it's that much already, that came together really quick.

As for what's missing, other people mentioned the shops but staples of any medieval town was a blacksmith and a stable for livestock. If you're going for accuracy most small villages(especially with 3 houses ) wouldn't have had shops or markets but tradesmen such as the blacksmith or a lumberyard etc. and they'd trade with traveling merchants or travel themselves to bigger towns to trade.

Thanks all.

Just a quickie on my mobile. Having issues with internet. Basically rang the tax man to get a £25 rebate, which took a month to get here, then discovered the call has cost me £700 !

Back soon.

Well that doesn't seem right.

What? I knew they're into robbery...but that seems far fetched even for these shifty fellas..

Centre one are cheeky swine. Shocking.

AT&T does business in Scotland? Sign the Apocalypse. Next sign, Comcast shows up. (The most hated corporations, or corporations in the Estados Unidos.

Thanks all.

Trying to get to the bottom of it. Difficult.

Anyways, main bind is pics. Going to struggle in the mean time to get you some. Will be a serious post when I do get the chance to upload. Been working on the houses, and getting everything to look like it is from the same place. Started on a smithy, and going to do a couple more smaller bits.

Got some crazy (even by my standard) ideas for next project. Feel the need to paint some minis, got a few orky ones, and a couple strange ones.

Thanks again for the thoughts. Back soon

Your level of detail is amazing as always - things like the books in the privy and the fallen tree with the roots exposed really make it all come alive!

Sad to hear about the telephone thing - my strategy is to keep demanding to speak to someone higher in the company until I get what I want. Hope it works out - that is insane!

 Camkierhi wrote:
Thanks all.

Trying to get to the bottom of it. Difficult.

Anyways, main bind is pics. Going to struggle in the mean time to get you some. Will be a serious post when I do get the chance to upload. Been working on the houses, and getting everything to look like it is from the same place. Started on a smithy, and going to do a couple more smaller bits.

Got some crazy (even by my standard) ideas for next project. Feel the need to paint some minis, got a few orky ones, and a couple strange ones.

Thanks again for the thoughts. Back soon

And the system is set up so there is nobody to shout at.

Here's hoping they refund you to avoid the bad publicity - be sure to tell us who they are if they insist on stinging you anyway, i'll avoid their business if they do.

Very much looking forward to seeing your smiths shop! LED in the furnace?

Thanks all, trying something here.

Smithy....


No LED, meant to be abandoned.

If this works may try some more.

Gorgeous weathering there, and lots of sooty goodness.

Agreed.

Smoke stack is da bomb! Amazing verdigris and that anvil...self made. Looks bought...but since you is you...everything is possible...

Slight distraction.

Thanks all much appreciated. Got a bee in me bonnet, and needed to do this. Don't worry twinner will be working on the terrain as well.

So got an itch couple months ago when I saw a picture in WD. Got all sorts floating around in my head, the GW go and release a beautiful model for it! Bugger! No way I can do better than that. But I will have a go at sculpting up what is in my head. Bit of a teaser pic....Morty



Thanks for looking and really appreciate you staying with me in difficult times.

complete selfmade sculpt...that is brave! the intestines look very troublesome...

and what we can do to help you, we do!

Very cool work Cam. Keep at it!

Whoa. I love the sooty effect on the forge.

Oooh Nurgly stuff from Cam, I am intrigued.

nice forge, and that sculpt is intense. Excellent execution

I am always so amazed by the stuff you create. That AoS village you are making is beautiful and will be great for twinner to play on. As impressed as I am by that church, I think I like best that you made the windmill motorized, so cool!. The verdigris looks so realistic on the forge chimney. More than anything, I can't believe how amazing that super warhound titan you made is. I stumbled upon SirDonald's unboxing video on youtube before catching up on your blog, and furiously searched through the pages of your blog to find it. So amazing....

Thanks all really appreciate the comments. Would you like a WIP of not-Morty?

Also quick question, am working on the wings, trying various ideas, but do any of you have a direction I should check out?


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The pics have come out a fair bit more colourful than irl. Thoughts would definitely be appreciated.

Thanks for looking.

I think maybe some thin purple to shade the green? Also, good you're still around and about!

Thanks bud.

Not great images, but something to look at.....

Love the houses with the ‘ivy’ growing up the sides

Lovely terrain.

Good progress on his-nurgleyness. Quite the wingspan he'll have then.

Thanks, much appreciated.

Sorry its a bit rubbish at mo, BT are real douchbags.

Some progress,

Wings are ace!

That is terrific work- the wings are spot on. And I'm not a big Nurgle fan. Not-Morty is very well done.

What a way to celebrate a century! colours are looking great.

Wow, the wings are great. Really gribbly and icky looking

That is phenomenally cool Cam. Wow!

Hmm not-Mortarion looks vaguely familiar... He looks very cool Cam, once done I would love to see a shot of him flying over the village. In a not-Mortarion kind of way of course, splendid work as usual.

Thanks all. Much appreciated.

Just a proof of life post....



Cheers and thanks for looking.

Disused forge is class! you're good with your oxidization effects (i have a lovely example of this in the irrad weapon on the 'Iustus Indignatio')
The houses are really nice, overgrown, but not turning to jungle - i know the recipient is going to be stoked!

Liking that little nod to the original plauge marine in the feet in your mortairion - the cloven hoofs are classic nurgle!

I love a bit of hazard hatching and old models - moar please!

Love the old Ogryn. Proper

Thanks all, and thank you for following, sorry it has been a bit hap hazard lately.


Hi everyone, thanks for staying with me.

IRL..


Next up Not-Morty...
I was not 100% happy, and Shinagami-Ren offered to have a little go. It's better but I am still not happy.













And some pics I did not get chance to post of the village houses. It is all packed up now, trying to get organised for the postage at the mo.











And some better shots of the gang..























So huge pic dump to try and make up for lost time...more to come.

Got bitten by the orky bug yesterday so off over theren now.

Thank you so much form dropping by, and really appreciate the comments, really help tom keep me going.