Rendara is doing a line of stone ruins. Probably mostly aimed at Frostgrave but of use to all of us.
Thought you might like to see a preview of the first frames of the new Renedra project - Ruins - we are planning to put 8 frames of mix and match ruins out - first ones within the next few weeks - this is the first of them - they will be available from us and Northstar - we will be showing more of these over the next few weeks - they are hard plastic frames
They're hard plastic and there will be several sets this is just the first.
Flashman wrote: Um... not sure an average modeller would find that overly difficult to replicate but YMMV
For me it is about time. I work 60 hrs a week. I would prefer to paint miniatures and game then build simple terrain.
Yup, I work too much nowadays to make terrain from scratch. This might be why I own about 15 of the LOTR terrain sets along with the prepainted GF9 ruins
It could just be the awful paintjob but those ruins are very uninspiring. Nice and generic though so I guess they could stand in for any type of tabletop game.
Flashman wrote: Um... not sure an average modeller would find that overly difficult to replicate but YMMV
It would be easy enough to replicate, but take up way too much time. Renedra makes stuff that's very reasonably priced, and they look like they could be painted in literally minutes (after a brief cleanup and spray prime).
Following on from yesterdays post regarding our new 28mm Ruins project, we have had a few emails asking about the size of the pieces, cost and what is
on the frames - we will be showing more over the next few weeks, but to give an idea of the size we have added a couple of Northstars Frostgrave figures to the first frames. The pictures show frame A and Frame B and also both frames together. Frame A will contain the full arch and broken pillar, frame B will contain the broken arch with the broken arch piece, each frame also contains a textured base to suit that piece of scenery, the use of the base is optional. There will be other various accessories where we have frame space and if the technical filling of the frame allows. The plastic frames
are the same quality hard plastic that we use for all our own and our
customers plastic products. We are looking at a price point for either
single frame of £6 and the set (frame A & frame B of £10). We are also
planning a box set later in the year All parts are easy to assemble with
location points to help to glue together. Figures shown are not included in
the pack, they can be purchased from Northstar. First set we are looking
at being released in a few weeks with the other sets following closely
behind. Thanks for the interest shown and your comments.
2 sprues 10 UKP, and they're pretty big, here there are with some 28mm figures.
Whew note that the Scotia Grendel stuff is drop-cast, so only contains details on that one side. What you don't see in that pic is that the other side is flat!
Reminds me that I wanted to repaint my club's one of those churches and add detail to the flat side actually...
I'm meh over this, though maybe that's because I'm in the do it yourself crowd. I picked up their middle east building that they came out a while ago and found it to be a bit dire when it came to putting it together (and yes, for the price I did consider that I could build the thing myself with a bit of foam and clay). ...Not that these look like they'll have the same issue with slapping them together of course.
The Scotia Grendel stuff is lovely - I've got lots of it but you've got to order it from the UK, and then pay significant shipping due to the weight of large chunks of resin (they don't remove VAT, either). Not really directly comparable to Renedra stuff that you can get with a 10% discount and free shipping worldwide at the very least.
Azazelx wrote: The Scotia Grendel stuff is lovely - I've got lots of it but you've got to order it from the UK, and then pay significant shipping due to the weight of large chunks of resin (they don't remove VAT, either). Not really directly comparable to Renedra stuff that you can get with a 10% discount and free shipping worldwide at the very least.
And the last 3 sprues have been reviled with some information on what might be coming. Looking like a must buy for me.
The next Ruin scenery frames to follow on will be Frame C and Frame D which will consist of broken wall sections and pillars and additional accessories that we can fit on the frame - at the moment it looks like bowls, pots, possibly a flying bat, possibly a raven, arm holding an orb. Frame E is a low wall section with large pillars and a long separate pillar for customisation.
I had high hopes considering they do some good stuff in plastic. But those ruins are entirely uninspiring. Not seeing anything there that tempts me at this point.
Seems like you could rough up a thin sheet of insulation foam and get a similar result. And they don't actually look like ruins of something, just stacked piles of bricks and tetris pieces.
It works a lot better to imagine an actual building first, then create ruins that look like parts of it, rather than intentionally start to make ruins that look like nothing.
Given Renedra's pretty good rep, you'd expect something better than what's shown. Maybe they're just badly posed with a bad paintjob and bad photos, but it's not like the Rackham walls above took me long to do or photograph with my cheap-arse camera and they look a ton better than the Renedra ones at this point. Hopefully they're just badly painted and photographed, since I'd like to have nice cheap & easy ruins to be available. I know I won't be the guinea pig buying them until there are a few reviews with good quality images out, though.
I'm also a little wary on the angles of the damaged archway in the first shots. They just look ...off.
Yeah, after seeing them all, the sculpts are just plain bad.
The stonework doesn't bear much resemblance to real-life stonework. The blocks are too large for a dry-fitted wall with no mortar, and there isn't any surrounding debris. The confrontation ruins (which looks quite similar to quite a few old ruined monasteries and such that I've visited), or even any of GW's OOP terrain are much better. Ideally you have the cladding on the outside, and then parts where it has been damaged to reveal the rougher stones and mortar in the centre, creates a good variety of texture.
Finding good reference material for historical european ruins is very straightforward, and it shouldn't have been too difficult for the sculptor to take their time to build it properly, stone by stone as tabletop workshop does with their terrain.
The quality isn't great, but I'm hopeful the cost will be low. I need to order a boatload of tombstone kits from them, and I'd love to pick up some scenery while I'm at it.
Those ruins are terrible and a big missed opportunity. As many others have said, they don't look anything like actual ruins and the texture on the enormous stones just looks lazy.
Those look terrible. Super crude and bafflingly bad texture. I am amazed that they would show this off, even as a prototype. Shame, too, as they do some very good work.
That arch on the left really bugs me. It should have fallen over without the keystone in it. Just another detail that adds to the visual appeal of a lump of coal.
Seriously, why no vines or anything to add a little visual interest to the pieces? Why are all of the stones so enormous? The textures are seriously awful. Like the stones were quarried by blind baboons or something.
Gotta agree with the general reponse. Is it me or are the lines of stones crooked, too? The bottom row on the first part seems to be sloping, just a bit.
It looks like they didn't bother to hire an experienced sculptor to do them, instead they were made by someone with 5 minutes experience of using green stuff.
It's a terrible missed opportunity, especially when you consider how much plastic tooling costs.
AndrewGPaul wrote: Warlord Games' ruined farmhouse is more pricey, but looks much better, IMO.
It depends what you're after. I spend too much money on miniatures to think that "cheap" is better than "looks good" when it comes to terrain.
The painting isn't helping, either; something a bit more interesting than "black then drybrush grey" would have made those look better.
I'm not sure if you've seen that one in person. I bought their ruined hamlet kit which is basically the same kit a few times over. It looks good on their website but a lot of stuff doesn't line up very well at all and the building is closer to 25mm scale or smaller. I use mine for Mordheim and built them as large as I could manage out of the kit but next to my Escenorma ruined village set, the two do not look like they belong together. They do however match up fairly well to the cardstock Mordheim buildings.
Yes, I've seen them in the plastic. Not the biggest, since they're designed for a platoon-level historical game rather than a skirmish game, but still good enough.
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That tower is decent enough. I'd consider it based on price. Those ruins look bad, and should feel bad. I can't believe someone paid the money to make a HIPS mold out of what appears to be a small child's clay sculpt.
The tower looks promising but it will depend on price and versatility of the kit(s).
The other ruins aren't exactly terrible - if I saw them for sale at a dollar store, I'd be ecstatic and buy a handful of them. The problem is, I expect better quality from Renedra, especially at their price point, rather than $1.
That tower looks like it would fit pretty well with the Pegasus cathedral kits. You could combine the two for a pretty convincing.. uh.. thing.. (maybe a keep or something like those big Bavarian castles?)
It's crazy how different the ruins are in quality from that tower kit.
Tower looks great, ruins are terrible sculpts, even with a great paintjob and a lot of care and attention (like in the pic below), you're still better off with some .mdf ones from 4ground, for things like Frostgrave/ Mordheim etc.
They're just not worth it for £5 per frame and just look like something you could make by taking a rolling pin to some clay, cutting out shapes and then scoring some lines across with a toothpick for the bricks. In fact, that was probably the process used to sculpt them. :(
Tower/Castle update - things are moving along nicely with the project, and we now have some ideas of the costs that we thought we would share with you, these are not yet set in stone but are not expected to be far off. The Tower will consist of 12 frames, these will build a three tier Tower, it will be boxed as our other buildings and will cost £36. The Gatehouse will consist of a boxed Tower with an additional bag containing frames to build the 4 tier product and will cost £42. The wall sections will consist of 4 frames and will cost £10. To build a castle of 4 Towers, 2 Gatehouses, and 8 packs of wall sections the cost if bought separately will be £308, but will be offered complete for around £250 to £260 this will build a Castle about a metre square. The Tower will be approximately 28cms high and the Gatehouse approximately 36 cms high, the Wall sections will be approximately 15 cms high by 21 cms in length. The complete Castle frames will be packed into a large carton with instruction leaflets not in separate boxes. We are also looking at deals for various combinations which we will offer on our webstore. We are on target to complete the Tower for a Salute release, and the rest to follow shortly after. We have today got the base section for the Tower, see picture attached, also another picture showing how easy it is to adapt and customise the product to have an open Portcullis with internal doors, as we continue over the next week or two with the next frame (crenellations) will post more.
The Tower sprues are now finished and we now are on target to get the official artwork, instruction details finalised and boxes printed so all ready for a Salute release on 16 April. The Towers will be available on our webstore from 18 April and from our distributor North Star the following week.
The ruins are still very meh.. though they at least look more at home next to that nice tower. The actual kit for the castle/tower is looking really nice.
The box contents to make this are - 4 x frames with cross bow slits to build the lower levels, 2 x Window frames, 2 x stone effect bases, 2 x frames of crenellations, Gargoyles and Wall Torches and 2 x frames with Doors, trapdoors and Portcullis this frame also has the corners designed to make it a bit more fantasy if required - so 12 assorted frames in each box. If you don't glue the upper base in place this can be removed easily to allow miniatures to be put inside the tower so they can be placed firing through the windows. Walls for the Castle are currently being manufactured, and these we feel will give our customers a lot of options to customise and add extras at a later date, and to make a Castle/Tower/Gatehouse compound to suit particular table sizes etc.
The two pix above are without the gargoyles and fancy capstones.
Here is a pic of the top of the tower with some of the fanciness:
Fugazi wrote: Anyone know where to get Renedra stuff in the US?
I know BrigadeGames and Warstore hava a handful of their stuff. Anyone else?
I wish I could remember where I ordered the fences and stuff I have of theirs.. it was US but it wasn't either of those. If I think of it, I'll shoot you a PM.
RE- Cost and contents of tower/castle kit.. How long are those wall sections? The DF KS had me thinking really hard about what I would even do with a castle, which isn't much but those wall section have some uses that I can think of immediately..
Fugazi wrote: Anyone know where to get Renedra stuff in the US?
I know BrigadeGames and Warstore hava a handful of their stuff. Anyone else?
I wish I could remember where I ordered the fences and stuff I have of theirs.. it was US but it wasn't either of those. If I think of it, I'll shoot you a PM.
RE- Cost and contents of tower/castle kit.. How long are those wall sections? The DF KS had me thinking really hard about what I would even do with a castle, which isn't much but those wall section have some uses that I can think of immediately..
Thanks, I appreciate it.
Walls: on their FB, they said they were still finishing those. Hopefully their next post will have some scale shots and size info. Saw this buried in the FB comments: "wall sections approx 15cms high by 21cms in length and about 3.7cms at the thinnest section in width - there are overhangs and buttresses that make parts a bit thicker"
scarletsquig wrote: Tower looks great, ruins are terrible sculpts, even with a great paintjob and a lot of care and attention (like in the pic below), you're still better off with some .mdf ones from 4ground, for things like Frostgrave/ Mordheim etc.
They're just not worth it for £5 per frame and just look like something you could make by taking a rolling pin to some clay, cutting out shapes and then scoring some lines across with a toothpick for the bricks. In fact, that was probably the process used to sculpt them. :(
The only thing they've got going for them is that they're massive. Making walls like that can be done with foamboard from the dollar store and an ink pen, let alone actual putty/clay. Am I the only one that read White Dwarf when it used to teach people how to do all of that?
Automatically Appended Next Post: Some of the pics on FB show that the interior is somewhat detailed. With dungeon furniture and other furniture kits out there, it could be kitted out pretty well all around.. The modeler in me is wanting this more than the gamer in me at the moment.
Q: What shape of Castle can be built?. A: Square or rectangular
Q: is it possible to shorten the wall sections? A: Yes it will be possible to shorten the wall sections, the front and rear sections are approximately 2mm thick - measure and score the front and the back of each piece with a scalpel, it's best to use a straight edge, then it should snap cleanly along the line. You will also need to shorten one of the top sections of the paving, and crenellations to suit and leave out the necessary internal support/supports, this will depend on how much you want to shorten the wall sections by.
Q: How high and how long are the wall sections? A: The Wall sections are from the base to the top of the crenellations 15cm high and 20.5cm in length
Q:What is the width on the top of the wall sections, is it wide enough to stand a figure on with a base? A: The width of the wall sections with the crenellations is 49mm wide, which will leave an internal walkway of 39mm wide for those who want to place figures with a base on.
Q: What will the wall section pack consist of ? A: The Wall section pack will consist of 2 frames of Wall (front and rear) 1 frame of crenellations which includes two small doors for customisation and 2 frames each consisting of supports and half the top base. A total of 5 frames, cost £11
Q: How big is the 3 Tier Tower as shown? A: 16cm x 13cm with a height of 27cm without the fantasy corners (these are included on the frame but as the gargoyles are optional, the 4 Tier is the same dimension but 35cm in height, and if you want to buy packs to make the 2 Tier version you can and it is 19cm high. To make the 4 Tier version cost £42 and the 2 Tier around £30, we will be doing deals on multiple packs - these are to be confirmed.
Q: Will there be breached walls, other add on packs? A: Yes we do plan to add these to the range
Q: What is the material that the Tower is made of? A: Everything we manufacture is in high impact polystyrene (HIPs) - the same plastic material that we make our own range of bases, scenery, etc., and that we use for our external customers plastic figures.
Q: What is the cost of postage A: UK orders over £20 are post free (under £20 flat rate of £2.50) - Europe £4.50 or 15% of order total whichever is the greater up to a maximum of £10 p&p - Rest of the World £7.50 or 25% of order total whichever is the greater up to a maximum of £25. Initially these products are only available direct from our web store or from Northstar.
Today we were pleased to have first shots of the main Wall sections, this is earlier than we expected but we are still working on the supports, base and crenellations frames. We have also approved the artwork and that is now with the printers. Once again thank you for the interest, enquiries and comments, I hope I have answered some of the questions, we will continue to update as we progress, but we will have available at Salute the 3 Tier Tower and packs available to build the 4 Tier and 2 Tier versions. The Wall sections if not available at Salute will follow soon after.
The Perry Miniatures twins have been busy building a medieval abbey using the upcoming hard-plastic tower sprues from Renedra Limited (release at Salute) Looking really great and showing the awesome versatility of these upcoming scenery boxed sets.
"A couple of days ago our mates at Renedra asked if we could take some photos of the upcoming Tower kit. Whilst Alan was taking the pictures he couldn’t help thinking how versatile the kit was. He’s always been intrigued by the siege of Orleans in 1429 and thought that most of the main structures could be built using these parts. The three buildings that dominated the action were the Augustins Friary, the Bulwark (which may have been and earthwork) and the Tourelles (a substantial fortification covering the bridge). These were all very close to each other and were heavily fought over so would be ideal for a game." Source Perry Miniatures Facebook Page
scarletsquig wrote: Tower looks great, ruins are terrible sculpts, even with a great paintjob and a lot of care and attention (like in the pic below), you're still better off with some .mdf ones from 4ground, for things like Frostgrave/ Mordheim etc.
They're just not worth it for £5 per frame and just look like something you could make by taking a rolling pin to some clay, cutting out shapes and then scoring some lines across with a toothpick for the bricks. In fact, that was probably the process used to sculpt them. :(
The only thing they've got going for them is that they're massive. Making walls like that can be done with foamboard from the dollar store and an ink pen, let alone actual putty/clay. Am I the only one that read White Dwarf when it used to teach people how to do all of that?
Yes you are. Because no-one else made comments about how easy it would be to make something better. Back when Squg posted that picture. Last year.
Very quick update - today we got test shots of the internal supports and top section of the Walls - the Walkway, we are nearly there just the Wall crenellations frame to do and then all the moulds to build the Castle are complete, Towers can be used as stand alone items, or if you just want Wall sections these will be available to purchase separately it is entirely your choice. If purchasing the 3 Tier boxed Tower there is a standard set of assembly instructions on the reverse of the box, but being plastic it can be customised with a little imagination as in the case of Alan Perry who is building an Abbey using our frames.
Looks pretty solid. I'm comfortable with the price/quality ratio. Sounds like they want to add wall breaches and other extras in the future. This could be my castle solution.
Put this on my Salute '16 thread, but thought it worthwhile posting here as well..
Salute 2016 - Plastic Tower Kit Previewed Assembled and Painted Renedra previewed these pictures of the assembled plastic tower kit that will be released at Salute! The kit as shown below was assembled and painted by the talented Dave Marshall @ TM Terrain. The individual tower kit will be retailling for £36.00.
That's a good looking kit, much more affordable than the insane Dwarven Forge kickstarter. Plus it looks like it will fit with in with the Pegasus buildings. The ruins look like buttstank, but the tower should do quite well!
Final update on Tower / Castle project - Its FINALLY FINISHED - (well for the time being - until we start on breached walls, ladders, interior buildings and furniture items to compliment the basic Tower / Castle - thanks to the guys who have been sending emails etc.., we are always open to suggestions like these). The final frame for the Wall section (Crenellations and small doors) began moulding yesterday - a couple of weeks ahead of our expected schedule, hopefully boxes for the 5 frame Wall section will arrive before Salute and we will have these for release as well as the Tower.
We are busy getting the diorama finished that we will have on show at Salute - this is of the Large Castle, its just to show what can be made, but of course we will be selling the parts as separate packs.
Confirming the prices of the packs -
3 Tier Tower boxed £36
4 Tier Gatehouse (Boxed Tower and Mid Section bag) £42
Wall Section box (5 frames) £11.
We are also going to do for a limited period a couple of special 'Renedra Castle Deals' on our webstore and at Salute
The Standard Castle (consists of 5 x 3 Tier Towers, 1 x 4 Tier Gate House and 8 Boxes of Wall Sections) cost if bought separately £310 but as a 'Standard Castle Deal - £250'
we are also adding the Large Castle Deal which has 7 x 3 Tier Towers, 1 x 4 Tier Gate House and 8 Boxes of Wall Sections cost if bought separately £382 but as a 'Large Castle Deal - £290'.
Final sizes for these Castle Deals are - Large Castle 86cm frontage and 80cm side - the Standard is 86cm frontage and 65.5cm sides, I did point out to the guys that when I asked for an approximate size they told me about a metre square - typical men always exaggerating the size of things.
Here is a couple pictures of the Wall Sections - with a couple of figures showing scale. We have made this to compliment 28mm scale figures.
Well how about this for a real siege - with the Towers and Walls painted for our diorama to take to Salute on 16 April - we thought that it would be appropriate to put these to the test and where better than at Michael Perrys house using his 'little gaming table' - this is the set up using the Towers and Walls in our large Castle configuration (sorry people the figures are not included). These pictures are to show the size of the Castle if bought complete - but of course each Tower can be purchased separately or in pairs (we are offering multi deals), this also applies to the Wall sections and the Gatehouse - please see our webstore for details. The figures used around the Castle are all from the Perry Miniatures War of the Roses range - these are 28mm scale and this shows how they can be used in a battle around the castle if you so wish, but mainly to show the figures as a scale comparison to the actual castle. The top base on the Tower can be removed to put figures in the top section firing through the windows. The 7 three tier Towers, 1 four tier Gatehouse and 8 packs of Wall sections come unpainted and unassembled but there are instructions for assembly on the back of each box. Total cost for the Large Castle is £290, the Standard Castle is £250 and we have been asked by one of our customers if we can do a Small Castle deal, so to oblige this is it 4 x 3 tier Towers and 6 Wall Sections (footprint size is 65cm frontage and 51cm sides) deal price is £155. We are also doing multi-buy deals for the Tower, Gatehouse and Walls please check them out on our webstore, all the components are now available for pre-order (dispatch will begin on Monday 18th April). It would be great to meet up with those who are at Salute please pop over have a look at the new products and say hello - we are not let out often so it would be great to see you, We are on stand TE13
Shame it looks like it won't be much use for fantasy gaming - considering how dinky Perry models are compared to your usual heroic fantasy models, all the doors & windows would look hilariously out of scale.
Yodhrin wrote: Shame it looks like it won't be much use for fantasy gaming - considering how dinky Perry models are compared to your usual heroic fantasy models, all the doors & windows would look hilariously out of scale.
Actually that would be pretty good, a lot of castles originally had pretty low doors even the shorter people of the time had to bend to get through as it helped in defence, and windows were also really tiny
Yodhrin wrote: Shame it looks like it won't be much use for fantasy gaming - considering how dinky Perry models are compared to your usual heroic fantasy models, all the doors & windows would look hilariously out of scale.
Actually that would be pretty good, a lot of castles originally had pretty low doors even the shorter people of the time had to bend to get through as it helped in defence, and windows were also really tiny
I second this fact. While I haven't been in any castles due to living here in the New World, I've been to a number of historical homes in the Arizona/New Mexico area from the Manifest Destiny era of the US. All of them had doorways that were roughly 5 ft tall, and set up in a manner to allow for better home defense during the American-Mexican war in 1846.
New 'Paved Effect' 25mm diameter bases - these are now on our webstore, there are 2 frames in the pack for £4 - each frame contains 26 bases (52 bases per pack). Also this is a picture of the masters for the first pack of add ons for the Castle - Breached Walls - we will be cracking on with this after Salute. Finally we would like to clarify that we are not the manufacturers of the Warlord Games Citadel, that's someone else's work - reason we found out that we were being credited with it was when we were asked if the round towers were the same height and were we doing a combination deal? We have contacted our mates at Warlord and they are amending their details on their website.
Yodhrin wrote: Shame it looks like it won't be much use for fantasy gaming - considering how dinky Perry models are compared to your usual heroic fantasy models, all the doors & windows would look hilariously out of scale.
Actually that would be pretty good, a lot of castles originally had pretty low doors even the shorter people of the time had to bend to get through as it helped in defence, and windows were also really tiny
I second this fact. While I haven't been in any castles due to living here in the New World, I've been to a number of historical homes in the Arizona/New Mexico area from the Manifest Destiny era of the US. All of them had doorways that were roughly 5 ft tall, and set up in a manner to allow for better home defense during the American-Mexican war in 1846.
I'll have to ask my wife what she remembers. She's in the Navy and has seen a lot of ancient buildings. I have been to historical homes though and yeah. A lot of things were far more compact back then. Shorter yes, but also very very narrow.
Also.. those bases look good.. but I had no idea Renedra had their own webstore. I've always bought them at other online stores.
Those paved bases are nice and great value at £4. I just ordered 4 sets the only slight issue I have is how thin they are but if you glue one of their plain 25mm bases to the underside they end up a more "standard" height.
Wehrkind wrote: I like those paved bases, though I would really like to see 20mm rounds instead.
probably not what you want to hear but Reaper sells 20mm bases and that pattern is really not that difficult to sculpt with a small bit of putty. Unless you mean enough to do 10+ then I could see it being tedious.
Out of curiosity, what are you basing on 20mms?
Gotta agree - I was very impressed by Renedra - so much so that I'm desperate to find a reason to buy the large castle and some extras... They told me that there is an expanded range being planned depending on how sales go
Ruglud wrote: Gotta agree - I was very impressed by Renedra - so much so that I'm desperate to find a reason to buy the large castle and some extras... They told me that there is an expanded range being planned depending on how sales go
I really want to see more of their expanded range because that ruined wall looks amazing.
yeah,
I bought 1 Tower and some ruins at salute.
The tower looks amazing. and Sold itself!
The ruins look better in person that I expected; I think the painted photos shown here really let them down.
Still not sold on the £5 per sprue price, but decided to buy anyway.
I picked up 6 sprues.
1x Frame A - Big arch with base
1x Frame B - Small window arch with base
2x Frame C - Wall segments(no bases)
2x Frame D - Wall with base and small based corner piece
Frame C has no bases for the walls meaning ABD will be based and C free standing... unmatching terrain... meh...
Anyway the good news is sprue C has twice as much wall.
After you've spent some plastic card, greenstuff and TIME; you end up with more wall.
my 2 sprues made 5 wall sections that match the length of sprues A,B,D...
Going to be painting these for frost grave.
Anyone got good wash/glazing tips for making stuff look frozen.
its gotta match this Game Mat I also bought at Salute.
Spoiler:
and i need to be able to apply the frosting to other terrain thats already been painted.
Woodland scenics and a few other places sell snow flock. I've also heard of people just using baking soda. Past that, think directionally. The snow falls straight down and settles on prominent points. Give a heavy overbrushing of light blue followed by light grey then white... but only in the areas that snow would logically fall on. Then frost over the adjacent surfaces with a light drybrushing of white for a bit of that frozen effect.
Look at some photos of frozen places and try googling Space Wolves.. a lot of PLOGs for those armies have heavy snow effects. Best of luck. Also, don't forget to work in some water effects.. snow melts
I've done baking soda for snow before, it works pretty good. I mixed 1 part water, 1 part white glue and 1 part baking soda together, then just splotched it on my base. If you want to give it a more wet slushy look you can brush on some gloss varnish when it's all dried and hardened.
The snow falls straight down and settles on prominent points.
Unless there is wind. In which case it drifts. (To the point where in one part of my lawn I can see grass while there is several feet of it in the driveway. Of course...)
Wehrkind wrote: I like those paved bases, though I would really like to see 20mm rounds instead.
probably not what you want to hear but Reaper sells 20mm bases and that pattern is really not that difficult to sculpt with a small bit of putty. Unless you mean enough to do 10+ then I could see it being tedious.
Out of curiosity, what are you basing on 20mms?
Sorry, had a kid and din't get to the interwebz for a bit.
Didn't know Reaper sold those, thanks! I have been waiting for RiTides to cut me some with his lazor, but apparently people keep buying ModCubes from him...
I am planning to start mounting just about every model I like on 20mm rounds now. They fit on 20mm squares, 25mm rounds (just the size of GW base tops) inside 32mms etc. I figure it works for just about everything I want to do with normal man sized models without having to rebase the world every time.
They look good, but I would love to see some thin plastic base toppers that were designed to fit inside the lip in the warmachine style bases. I know theres some resin and laser cut wood stuff out there but plastic would be cooler
Oh wow. That's a really long time in between updates here.
A windmill could be useful in some cases. But because my buildings tend to have interiors as well (for skirmishes and RPGs), I think that that one's not for me.
