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Table of Contents
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Showcase post
Project 1 start - Ork Rockit Faktory and the Final product
Project 2 start- Maelstrom's Edge Terrain and the finished pieces
Project 2 start - Cryx Necrotite Pump and here's the Finish
Project 3 start: Marks of Chaos Set and the completed set
Project 4 start: Steampunk Wasteland Terrain And the finish
Project 5 start Post-Apocalyptic Set
-----------^^ Finished Nuke
-----------^^ Finished Skeleton Building
-----------^^ Finished Yellow Girders
-----------^^ Finished Building, Highway Section, Wasteland Flora and Objective Markers
-----------^^ Finished Transmission Towers and Rocks
-----------^^ Finished Wasteland H2O Peddler's Shop
-----------^^ Finished Mini-Nuke 2.0
Project 6: Chaos Terrain!
Project 7: Ork AA Gun Emplacement

**I realize this ToC is woefully behind. It's low on the to do list, but it's there **

Hey all, so I decided to go ahead and make a P&M blog...I build commission custom terrain for all kinds of games and I'm hopeful that I can share my work here and do 2 things:

1. Post plenty of WIP pictures and get/give ideas for terrain building. This is really important to me! I love the shared knowledge sites like this promote, so bring on the constructive criticism and coomments!

2. Show off some finished stuff when life gets too crazy to build terrain. (so..most of the time :p)

So, if you see something you like, leave a comment. If you see something that you know how to do better, please tell me!
Apologies in advance if some of this stuff is redundant to you people who have been following on facebook.

Thanks for looking!

Here is the showcase of finished stuff!

Very cool stuff! I really like the prisoner cages, it makes for an interesting terrain piece.

Oh wow. Those gibbets are really cool.

Also love the ruined building with the bunting.

EDC

The gibbets are actually pretty simple to make. I wish i remembered where I saw the idea so I can credit it.

Materials are round 25mm bases, cocktail sticks, florists wire, mdf bases and bitz.

Here's the original photo I worked from. Don't have my own WIP for this one unfortunately. Definitely something I wish I had done more of in the past!

Alright, here is my current project.

It's a large 40k Ork ________ ..I need a title for this beast!

Basically, I've been making some smaller pieces and right now only have one comission, so wanted to make something bug while I had the chance. Some game store or dedicated player is going to appreciate it haha.

Anyways, what I have so far is the base of the model. I ran out of foamboard and the store was out, so i reverted to *shudder* cardboard. Had to add a crap ton of reinforcement to keep the stupid stuff from folding, but I'm getting there.

So I roughed out 2 buildings and started building one of the main features - a GIANT LIGHT-UP ROCKET!!! I wired 4 red LEDs into the main body of the rocket so the light will travel through the clear tube and make it look like it glows from inside. Unfortunately, my switch doesn't work or is shorting or something because I pretty much melted a 9v battery when I turned the switch to off. ...new switch on its way. Does anyone have good sources for getting cheap electrical parts from anywhere but china? this 3 week ship time kills me...

In the meantime, I have a lot of work to do on the outside of the buildings - adding texture and spiky bits and rust all over the place. I use baking soda in CA glue (superglue) to make the rust. since CA glue uses an acidic inhibitor to keep it from setting up in the tube, the basic baking soda insta-sets it and makes cool textures.

That's all for now. more gluing for tonight...

Alright, update. I've added a lot more bits to both buildings to cover up the ugly cardboard and add depth/ texture etc. I've been using a lot of the same things usually do, but in case you guys haven't thought of some of these for use as Ork wall bitz, here's a list:

corrugated paper made with a paper crimper
plasticard from whatever I had lying around
some plastic from some sample cards given out by an industrial lighting mfg company
"granny grate"
craft and cocktail sticks
random plastic bits

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Went ahead and cast a copy of a few pieces from my Maelstrom's edge terrain sprue These things are really hand for adding detail to terrain! I'm going to do a whole project log on some terrain using their bits so everyone can get a better idea of what possibilities there are with this sprue.

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Last major thing I added was a scratch-built gun for the secondary tower part of the complex. I used a 1/4" headphone jack and added a lot of pieces from an old Russian tank made l I've been scavenging for a while. Turned out pretty well. After I had built it, I wasn't sure if everyone would want it or if they played it as a heavy turret or something and wanted to make it destructible then it shouldn't be permanent. So I added a metal pin and make a matching hole for it on the tower. So now you can take it out or just leave it.

Aaaand that's it for today. Going to be a few days before another update. Till then let me know what you think!

Another update:

Almost finished adding bits to the surfaces of the buildings...so much surface area to cover. For time's sake as well as visually distinguishing the towers from the bases, I used larger, lower profile pieces of card for the bottom sections of the buildings. Framed in a few windows - those turned out pretty good!

Added the second ramp up to the rocket building and a few strips to stop models from sliding off. - There is going to be a ladder from that point up , as well as the other side of the building. That's mostly due to poor planning on my part - a slightly larger base and I could have added more ramps...oh well - next time! And with the ladders, they can be removable if the owner of the piece wants them to be.

A new material I found is these large zip-ties you see in the pictures. I cut them into strips and used them to trim out the buildings. They were being sold for strapping down or hanging air ducting. I think they were about 36"/95cm, so lots to work with!

I've been asked a few times how I do wood pieces. I use a serrated knife like the one pictured and drag it through soft wood or plastic card to get a grain. It needs to have smaller serrations or it will only make 2 or 3 grooves.

added a second coat of PVA to all paper-based bits like the corrugated paper and the card. should give it some rigidity and durability.

Next is finished the bits then texturing the base. I'm thinking about adding some piles of crates and stuff here and there.

Let me know if I'm missing a really cool add on before it's too late!

Need to find a better way of doing rivets...

That Ork base is looking amazing, cant wait to see it painted.

On the subject of rivets, I recently started buying mine. They come in all different types and sizes, and are such a time saver. although the 0.8mm ones can be tricky to handle .

Here's where I got them from, in case your interested:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/m.html?_odkw=&_ssn=dawid4386&_armrs=1&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2046732.m570.l1311.R1.TR12.TRC2.A0.H0.Xnuts.TRS0&_nkw=nuts+and+bolts&_sacat=0

Oh perfect! I ordered a few sheets of them. Thanks!

Did the final touchups - removed the ubiquitous dog hair that got caught in the PVA, removed any evidence that I used hot glue, added a few more bits and touched up a couple of areas of the ground that had a PVA landslide. That's what happens when you overdo it with the PVA.

--side note-- When affixing ground texture, it's better if you can place the texture then spray with water/PVA mix. I live in a REALLY humid place, so if I do this then I have to wait 2 days for it to dry...

Also added a pallet with some crates and junk 'round back cause that obviously belongs there haha.

Primed with some cheap matte black spray paint and added the basecoat (dark brown)

This is one of my favorite parts of the build process - when you first get some paint on it, even if it's just the primer. It hides all the colors of the junk you used to build it and shows what you previously could only see in your head. all the shapes and textures. Unfortunately that's where I'll have to stop until the weekend. I also have a monthly commission for a dozen minis at tabletop standard to get done. Can't wait to get more paint on this!

Deciding where to put colors.

I'll have to improve my red metal painting skillz for this one.

Got some base colors on all the metal bits and yellow bits. Started layering on the drybrushing for the ground, but wasn't happy with it, so I gave it a light wash with black and smokey inks to bring back the contrast. It should be good once I add in a few light drybrushes.

I'm really liking the continuity that buried cable gives :p

This is coming together nicely, I'm loving the attention to detail.

Thanks! doing some more painting tonight - should have another update soon. Not much longer, then done and on to another project!

I've finished all of the base colors and drybrushed the wood pieces since that will be the messiest. It look kinda cartooney now since everything is so flat-coloured, but I wanted to update since it's been a little while.

Went ahead and started in on distressing the yellow-painted metals since those tend to be easiest for me and it's been a little while since I've done any. The method I use it to paint the piece with a brighter version of the color I want it to be, then using a darker silver, paint all of the areas I want to be chipped. Then use a lighter silver (I use an enamel silver) to highlight the edges. Lastly, a few washes of different inks and paints to finish it out. Sometimes the metal bits need a little re-highlighting to bring out the worn areas again.

I snapped these photos on my phone immediately after the first layer of washes went on, so pardon the quality.

I'd be really interested in hearing any tips anyone has on painting worn, chipped colored metal! It's not something I'm very good at and would like to get better.

Added a round of washes everywhere and started i non the detail weathering. I'm going with drippy rust and patchy rust mixed in where appropriate.

Started painting the rocket - just decided to take a page from Fallout and paint it all red.


Not a whole lot left, just need to redo/touch up the ground - I'm still not happy with it yet - and add in some dead grass here and there. Finish up the weathering, and I'll probably add in a few posters or warning signs from my collection too.

Oh, and I still have to paint on a few checkered areas!

That Ork Stronghold is looking absolutely amazing!

Fantastic work.

EDC

Project Update: Pretty much finished. Only thing left to do that I know of is build and paint the ladders! Going to do a few more studio photos this weekend, but this is pretty much it! Thanks for following along!

Sneak Peek of the next project coming this weekend too!

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Sneak peek of the next project! Making terrain using the terrain sprues from Maelstrom's Edge and whatever we can find lying around!

Got our pieces all primed and ready to go and a pile of junk waiting to be upgraded!

Great looking stuff dude

Alright, i put these 3 pieces together using the Maelstrom's edge terrain sprue pieces. My goal was to see how fast it was to build compared to full out scratch building and to see how much variety I could get using the provided pieces. I gave all of the pieces a black wash after priming them to try to help out the WiP photo quality, but after handling I might have jsut made it worse

I timed myself and it took about an hour to put all 3 pieces together - now, I haven't added any final details or textured, but that's a pretty good time. I tried to avoid using any specialty bitz or pieces and just stick to what is typically available to the common terrain creator. I started with an empty screw box for what we'll call piece 1 (the slopey bunker), an old container for something for piece 2 (the rounded building) and a paper coffee cup and juice bottle lid for piece 3 (the round one).


Adding on the bits was really easy and natural - had a bi of trouble with the round piece. I probably wouldn't make a round one again. But a candle and some patience and I was able to round them off enough to pass muster.

Also, I'm really happy with the crate I made from 5 of the square panel pieces. After I glued it on I wished I had made a mold the stupid thing so I don't have to keep building them haha.

I'll add on a few more bits and texture next, then we can see how they look painted up! Any suggestions on color schemes? I want to make them stand out a lot. Obvious choice seems to be White buildings with some color highlights or make just pale concrete. Or make the ground mostly grass so there's a lot of green? Other?



All for today!

Got everything textured and finished up. Still need to add a few rivets before painting.


Also still need a color scheme! someone help me out with a few ideas otherwise I'm going with white and blue

Primed all 3 pieces and gave the buildings a quick spray of white to speed up the process. Not too bad! I like the clean lines and shapes of the bitz!

Man I love seeing scratch built terrain go from a pile of random bits into some amazing scenery. Awesome little buildings!

EDC

Interesting work. Check out the terrain competition ( link in my sig) Seems like it may be right up your alley.

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Interesting work. Check out the terrain competition ( link in my sig) Seems like it may be right up your alley.

Hmmm looks interesting! Count me in, I'll put something together since there's a little time left, then I'll put in a real proper effort for the next one!

Thanks!

Interesting and inspiring!

good stuff!

amazing stuff!

Thanks guys I appreciate it. Also, (I will add this note to the 1st post) I do really appreciate constructive criticism. I think shared knowledge and experience a big part of the community and the reason sites like this are so great, so bring it on!

Dooood, this is a great blog! As someone who's always dreamed of a board chock full of terrain, you're inspiring me to actually get out there and start making some for myself.

~Tim?

Do ittt!!! I'll be posting a lot more here too, so follow along!

Leaving for a wedding this weekend, so here's a quick update. Went ahead and did the ground base color. Here's a picture of it in progress to show the technique I use. I Paint the entire thing (or an area at a time if it's a large piece) then while still wet, I do some wet blending of 2-3 other similar colors into the base. In this case the base color was a medium-dark brown, then I blended in a burgundy red and an orangy tan to give it variation. These colors tend to work well for me to get a reddish desert/martian sand look to the soil.

When I'm done with the base blending it tends to look like a crappy camo paint job, but once the drybrushing is done it just looks like variation in tone which is hard to achieve after the base layer is done. Plus it's easier than trying to use 2 or 3 different palettes for drybrushing.

More next week! Oh, also, I have a photo of the beginning stages of the next project I'm saving for later this weekend. Hint: it's going to Warmachine terrain!

So, I got sidetracked with a side project - I was making a picture frame for my wife's work - they have a wall for employees to put up a picture of themselves in a custom frame...hers is now the best Ill put up a picture of it.


Back to the project on hand - I have so many things going at once right now, so I decided to paint the Maelstrom's edge stuff very simply. Albeit a shortcut, it's really part of what I was trying to accomplish with these sprues - to see what I could make in minimal time with minimal effort or using special skills. So basically - what could the average gamer come up with and would it be as cool as it seems it would be.

I gave the ground a few layers of drybrushing, then gave the buildings a wash with a dirty brown then an off-white drybrush to clean it up a little.

The result is pretty impressive considering. It took about 30mins to build each building, then another 30mins or so to paint them. So for 3hrs of work we end up with these pretty cool little buildings! Kudos to Maelstroms Edge for their idea and execution. It's important to note that in a few of the photos there are some air bubbles in the pieces - that piece is NOT from the sprue, but is a (sloppy) recast because I ran short on pieces - always go to the Manufacturer for quality!

Time to throw these up on eBay then move on to the next piece of terrain........

Very nice work here

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Making a necrotite pump of sorts for extracting the liquid form of the aforementioned substance (shhh it exists). I wanted to add in some sweet green LEDs but I'm not sure where the best place is to get what I need. Not being too familiar with calculating ohms for resistors and such, I was thinking about just getting the pre-wired ones, but then I have to figure out the best way to do a power source...in the end I just decided to wait for another project.

So here's the basic startings of the base rocky area and the board-reinforced dredge pit.


I'm sure many of you are familiar with using wall filler a.k.a. spackle a.k.a. drywall mud, but I included a picture of it's application. The stuff works very well for filling in gaps in things like this and sands very well (outside or in your worst enemy's house) to give a nice finish. I'll probably have to drill through to add in the supports for the pump, but that's later.


Also, I'm struggling to find proper inspiration for cryx-styled terrain. There are the shape on the jacks' armour and such, but not really a lot of buildings or architecture out there. The best I can figure out is that it's sort of like deiselpunk meets pirate meets 40k necrons...soo, we'll go for something like that. I'd love to hear any ideas or see any photos that anyone has lying around!

More photos to add soon

So i sort of just went to town on this thing - gluing on bits and trash and whatnot. I built the base of the machinery from an old fire extinguisher handle/cap and used random stuff for the rest of it. Still think it needs more to make it more cryx-esque, so we'll see how that goes. Maybe some more pipes and the like...

I also opted to make the pipe broken away from the machinery with ooze spilling out and some creatures I built crawling their way out to wreak havoc in true balrog style. Should add some interest and story to the whole thing.

Great, love your inventive use of STUFF!

#Upcycle haha

Looking good so far. Always use whatever junk you find; random crap makes the best bits.

Finally am happy with the structure itself after a few more modifications. I sculpted some horns/spikes from sculpey and added some exhaust pipes for the machinery. I also added jets of flame coming out of the pipes - I used some old paintbrush bristles that I had used for epoxy before...Not sure how that's going to look, so I may end up pulling them out - we'll see.

Also finished texturing the base with a lot of PVA and dirt, sand, gravel, dental plaster stones and sawdust.

Once that all dries I'm going to figure out how to do the creatures and slime puddles.

Finished building the creechers coming up from the depths. Primed, base coated then painted the base. I might add another highlight. Starting in on painting the pump. I'm going to go for dar, dark metal and bronzy bits

All done here. After these photos were taken I did a little more edging, but this is about it! I'm pretty happy that the hot glue/zip tie creatures actually turned out well.

I'd really like to do more of this style if I get time, what else would you warmachine fans like to see?

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Photos:
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Front view


Rear view:


Side view:


Rear detail:


Hot glue Creechers detail:


Freehand detail:


Pipe/pit detail:

A lot of wonderful stuff. I love the Ork base, very characterfull. Stiff building-pace you have btw

Thanks! This is my second job, so I keep at it

computer just BSOD on me though, so I may not be as active for a little while :/

Awesome thread, I always love looking at great terrain.

The Ork rocket tower is amazing.

Thanks guys, I still need to go find a home for that ork base. I was going to sell it to my FLGS, but it burned down a few weeks ago as I was finishing, so it doesn't look like that's going to work out :/

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NEW Project Start: Marks of Chaos Set
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Alright, a while ago I drew out an arch utilising the symbol of chaos and left it on a shelf...well I'm finally going to do something with it. I was thinking about doing a full board, or maybe a modular one, but I don't actually have a commission for it (this is just a one-off, sell on eBay type deal) , so I decided to make the arch and accompanying rocky area one large freestaning piece and a set of smaller scatter pieces for each of the 4 main gods of chaos - with each piece centering around their respective mark.

So in all there will be 5 pieces one large, four small.

To get started, I traced the arch onto foam and cut it out. Also getting a start on 2 of the smaller pieces by drawing, tracing and cutting them out. I started with Khorne and Nurgle because those area really easy themes to represent, I'm having a little trouble coming up with ideas for the Tzeentch and Slaanesh pieces beyond color schemes, so let me know if any of you have any ideas!


For the Khorne piece, I decided to make some fire looking areas on the run itself, throw a few skulls here and there, and then carve some gashes in the base and paint them up to look like gaping, bloody wounds.


The Nurgle piece has a few bits I sculpted from sculpey, some little boils (every good Nurgle piece needs boils) and some snakes I made from those little toothpick spears and a candle. I think I'm going to fill the circles with goop. Goop makes everything better.







and the start of the others:

Impressive stuff! Love the creativity in your blog. Will keep an eye out on this one

Cool stuff

Re Tzeentch - a giant tower, and some wrong things.
Like floating rocks. Trees with water/glass for leaves, water flowing up into nothing etc

Re Slaanesh - strip club?

Ahahaha I like the ideas! Especially the water rising or something to that effect

glad to help, For me Tzeentch would be like looking into a surreal landscape painting.

I did plan long ago do try this as a piece of scenery



Starting with one of those cardboard masks, but the melts effect was always beyond me

Hmm that would definitely be an interesting concept if it could be pulled off

Alright, got the first two all painted up. Moving on to the next two and the large piece once I can pick up some more basing material! I only have small pieces left.

Built the next two runes. For the Tzeentch one I made some water flowing upwards as recommended by someone. The best result I could get for the water was to mix some resin with too much catalyst then pour it immediately - it cures before it falls from the cup. But it gets REALLY hot due to the exothermic reaction of the resin and catalyst. Also added a lot of lightning-like cracks to the stone and some runes and crystals in the ground. Should be enough to give it some variety.




For the Slaanesh mark, I had some trouble finding something that was appropriate for most ages but still represented the theme well. I ended up making a ton of Sculpey tentacles and used a hot knife to make some gashes in the foam, then filled them with teeth. A few spikes here and there and some more tentacles and it looks good enough to pass!







Next step will be painting these then on to the big piece...

The Chaos gods would approve!

EDC

looks awesome so far mate!

Love your use of anything you can get your hands on in true terrain builders spirit!

If you do any more chaos stuff I recommend checking out an artist called Zizdislaw Beksinski his work is amazing here's an example

Thanks for the inspiration!

No problem

Some painting done,



but I got sidetracked by an Amazon package...Got some more silicone rubber and Sculpey so Obviously I had to spend an evening sculpting (if you an all it that) and making some molds. When I was working on the Nurgle mark I realized it was pretty easy to make Nurgly bits to spruce up terrain, so I went ahead and scratched out about 20 more pieces in Sculpey, baked them then made a few molds I learned the hard way to separate the taller pieces from the flat ones and make 2 molds rather than one big and really thick mold to accommodate the tall bits.


I also made a tiny Nurgling with the leftover clay!

Looking good. Nice work on the Nurgling and other bits.

EDC

Haven't been active due to some R&R at the beach. Back to your regularly scheduled terraining this weekend!

There is a downside to sculpting tiles in chocolate coloured clay.....


Been working on a commission (which will debut here eventually) but am almost back in track to finish this marks of chaos set and then on to whatever the commission horde wants next!

Alright, I should have the photos of the Slaanesh and Tzeentch marks up by tonight or tomorrow. For now here are a few photos of those bits I had sculpted and cast for later use when I made the Nurgle mark. I'm selling the pock-marked bits as a set and will eventually offer the rest of the bits once I get the casts fine-tuned. should be pretty neat!

Finally finished all 4 Chaos marks!

beautiful work!

Very cool indeed.

EDC

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New Project Start: Steampunk Wasteland Terrain
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Working on this at the same time as another commission that was spawned off the Chaos runes set, and it's looking like this one will finish first, so here's the first photos of our Steampunk Wasteland Terrain. Couldn't really think of a name to describe this because...well just look at the pictures. I have no Idea what it is...but it looks cool, and that all you need right?

Apologies for the photo quality...it will improve. I now have a shiny new hard drive installed in my computer, so I can use my regular camera instead of the phone camera!

Building the pieces:



Primed:


Starting on the ground:


Base colors:


After a couple of washes/glazes:


More later!

Alright, wrapped up the steampunk stuff. Had to do several test pieces (aka 12) to find a verdigris look that I didn't hate. I still don't think it's as good as it gets, but it'll do for now.

Also went ahead and gave this set a good coat of gloss varnish, then a matte varnish to protect it since it will get a lot of handling on the exposed pieces.

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New Project Start: Post Apocalyptic Terrain Set
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So I'm really excited about this project. We were commissioned to make at least 6, but up to 15 pieces of "Fallout" themed post-apocalyptic terrain. We're talking unexploded nukes, radioactive crap, big transformer towers, ruined everything and so on. Should be a ton of fun!

So we started at that natural starting point. The nuke.

Here are the WiP shots. I'll upload the finished shots of the nuke soon. Or for those who follow our facebook page, they're already up there.

I thought about using a plastic easter egg for the bomb, but decided to go with clay, so I could make it sturdier and more dented.

the start

gave it a flat bottom to rest on

covered in clay and fired

cut out a bunch of plastic bits. I decided to model it roughly on the mini nuke from fallout. ish haha




glued it to the MDF base and added some foam around it to be the rough shape of the dirt it's embedded in


added more bits, and a toppled wall section

started painting


at this point I decided to add a little fence to fill in a pretty bland area (and by decided, I mean my wonderful partner suggested it and I took credit for it haha)

some more paint



and finished photos will be up tomorrowish or you can go over to the facebook page.

bomb looks very cool!

Nice idea with the bomb, it very much reminds me of fallout

Good! Cause that's what the client wanted haha.

Should be at least 2 more pieces on the way Probably more!


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Here's the finished nuke!

After these photos were taken I did a bit more weathering and touch-ups. Also added a bit of slime oozing from underneath the bomb (naturally)

Next one

Awesome. I love the nuke, made me slightly nervous just looking at it!

EDC

Great nuke! Love post apoc, so will be following your efforts

Here are the finished photos of piece #2:

Main photo

Sign Detail

Side View

Top-Down view

Rust Detail



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Let me know what you all think about the rust effects. I'm really happy with the signage, and pretty happy with the I-beams. I'd like to improve though. Give me your tips!!

Love the sign! and the rust looks really good, but I'm not sure about the design itself, I'm saying that there wouldn't be a building that shape in the first place.
So maybe next time make one in a L shape so that people can see that its a collapsed corner of a building and then it would look really awesome. (not that it isn't awesome already)
good start though

Good points, thanks!

aaand here goes pieces #3:

I started with a piece from one of the many eBay lots we've snagged over the years. I think it used to be part of a train bridge...regardless, it's some wrecked stuff now.


Chopped it up, then threw it in my destructo box (box with rocks and sharp metal) and gave it a good shake.


Added some foam concrete chunks, some foam bricks, some of these metal and piping bits


purchased here



I'll add in a rusty, muddy chain-link fence once the ground is base coated.

that's all for today

Wow ! Great work , the chaos stuff is pretty rad , but nice and simple. Can't wait to see where this goes!

Looking good.

EDC

Thanks guys!

Here are some more photos:

looks great dude

Thanks @STG

Your giving me an itch to scratch(build) with all these cool post apocalypse terrains. Unfortunately I'm trying to paint zombicide Black Plague currently so it's distracting. Keep up the good work, oh and subbed.

Haha thanks Theophony it's addicting! Once i get back from a break next week there should be a dozen more or so for the same client, so plenty more to come!

Very cool! I love Fallout and I love Terrain so this is awesome =D

Alright, still on break until next week, so here are a few pictures from a project we did for someone last year. I would really like to make more Necron terrain, but I think this technique can really be improved upon. The painting skills have progressed since then, but I'd like to improve the modeling specifically.

So with that in mind, can you guys give some ideas on how to do this better?

I know one thing that I would do different is make the glyphs raised to avoid all that sloppy paint. That being said, I need a quicker way to make them than cutting out each little piece from styrene. I don't min cutting out all of the straight pieces, but all those curves and circles gets really tedious. Maybe there's something out there already?

Anyways, here are the pictures...bring on the constructive criticism!






I wouldn't mind tips on painting really dark metal from those of you who are better at it. Just a base, highlight and edging? Super secret technique?? haha

Thanks!

I have not found a better way to create carved or raised details on a surface, so can't help you there.
Nice effort there though.

As for dark metal, if it's not NMM (Not something I do), you can try a dark basecoat with a gentle dry-brush of metallic...
Or, mix a little metallic into the basecoat paint and then a highlight with metallic.

Nice terrain work throughout.

Yeah, i don't do NMM on Terrain either.

What I did here was mix a little metal in with the black basecoat then did a slightly lighter metal then some (sloppy) edging. I thiink trying it again with a higher quality metal paint will help. I've been using craft paints except inks and washes...I think it's time to add metalics to the "buy quality" list haha. We'll see what other suggestions I get too. Plenty of projects on the table for now :p

Thanks!

You can also paint in metallic and then wash over that with many layers of dark wash. If you use a variety of colours you could give it a nice depth and realistic variance in tone, rather than just one colour.

You may also want to try a gloss or satin varnish:
I have a black metallic paint, which appears to just be black with metallic flake mixed in, but the black is quite glossy.
Your's there appears to be a matt finish, and this makes the final piece look a bit more dull than metal. You may like the alternative.

There's a good idea. I could mix sone satin/matte varnish in. Or start with a gloss base. Or do what you said before and start with metallic then wash with gloss colors...hmmm this calls for a round of test foam chunks. ...Eventualy haha

Perhaps inspiration can be found for different shapes and patterns from the Cron kits? I think more variety on the shapes and a more cybernetic feel would benefit for Cron terrain.

EDC

@edc - likely very true. I have a folder of "Terrainspiration" on my computer - I should stock it with some good necon art

Back from a vacation - look for updates in the next day or two. Furiously doing sketches for now!

Making craters!

Here are a few WiP shots. Working up to adding in the water effects at the end. What color should I tint the water? Or should I just paint the bottom and go clear with some swirls maybe? Don't have a lot of personal experience with post-apocalyptic radioactive pools of waste unfortunately.

I'm thinking maybe something like this?





Regardless, I'd like it to look nasty and probably dangerous. Bring on the ideas!

Some seriously cool craters.

EDC

Wrapped up the craters. water effects are so tedious when you have 2 cats running around the house shedding like the little beasts they are!

On to the rest!!

By the way, I don't think I ever posted my agenda for this set. Client wants: 1x ruined buildind, 3x transmission towers, 2x pools O' death, 3x dead flora, 4x post-apoc rocks...seems like they'd still be...rocks, but whatever aaaand a bill board and a ruined on-ramp to a highway.

So lots of work to do!

Anyways, on to the photo spam:

Nice craters.

Like the colours in the water.

Thanks! I have 2 or 3 more to go. Got some really good suggestions from some folks, so the next ones will be better hopefully!

Apologies for the lack of posts. Been too busy making things! But here is a massive photo dump of the last few projects. Discuss, dissect and enjoy!

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Let me know what you guys think! I really appreceiate all the feedback and discussion here and it helps all those reading later

Good work. Liking the tree and highway pieces in particular.

yeah dude your terrain is seriously good quality! would love to play on one of your boards!

those are awesome

they look like they're pieces from Fallout or from a movie tbh

Especially like how the tree is bending, really draws the eye across the whole thing, and I can easily imagine a sudden blast having gone through that area

the little touches on everything are just awesome!

the stains on the concrete, the placement of gravel/rubble/dirt, all very realistic

really really well done

Where/how did you get the little water bottles and larger water containers btw? they're really cute

Thanks! They're from Meng miniatures, I got mine through scale hobbyist i think. About $6 something for a set. Pretty cool detail with little extra work.

Put together a few tower kits from Walthers for the part of the post-apoc set. Was thinking about scratch-building, but I think this is much better for the sake of durability and time spent constructing them.

Also finally got some rocks built - as you can see from the photos of the rocks, I am in need of a good LED lamp for night photography. Getting a tripod next week, so that should help.

Enjoy!

Here is an H2O Peddler's shop.

Once again, used the little water bottles made by Meng. Really like them a lot.

Also been testing a new method for painting rust and stumble upon some buff colored concrete dye (it's really orange) and that has been working really well. It's iron oxide based pigment so it's kinda of perfect for rust. Bring on the feedback and questions!

Another nuke! Really fun scratch build

Great stuff

Those little water bottles are awesome think I'm going to have to get some

Here be chaos:

I've benn following you and I must say your terrains are between the best I've seen lately!

Thanks b-tone! Always good to hear from all you people who lurk :p

We usually do a better job of updating our facebook page if you'd like to follow there too

It's been awhile....when life gets crazy the internet pictures are the first to go :p

Anyways, back at it. have a lot of photos floating around on various cards and devices. Here are the first photos - an Orky AA Gun Emplacement! As you may have noticed from the various photos, the gun is on a pivot and swivels about 120°. pretty fun feature at the cost of very little extra work.

As always, I love to hear from you guys in the form of constructive criticism (and lavish compliments :p )

It's been a while since an update!

We've been working on a lot of bases and objective markers for a company to cast so not a lot of photos unfortunately. The currect project is a large post apoc set! Same theme, different client haha. This one will be less fallout/future retro-esque and more near future/industrial.

Here is the first piece off the table! A Fueling Station Hideout:

















As always, questions and comments are welcome - suggestions as well!

Nice piece to come back with. Good job.

Thanks Doc

MOAR TERRAINZ

Nice scatter pieces.

Wonderful work, scatter looks great, nicely different. Great things as usual here.

long time - no update

Beautiful work, is that a Spitfire?

Sure is Camkierhi! The story here is that in the post-apoc near future, most electroics don't work ('cause science) therefore people have dredged up old WWII prop planes for war. in an alternate universe, I found it in a thrift store for .50c :p

TerrainWalker, those are great! Reminds me of the Falllout universe.

Thanks Cleatus, quite a few of these were made for This is Not a Test - which is set in just that universe

Nice work on the bridge pieces. Like the graffiti girl too.

Here's another building finished recently. I think it neds some paper littler or maybe some signs. Suggestions and constructive criticism welcome as always

Brilliant work, love it. Weathering is spot on. As to additional, maybe some posters. Or a couple bins lying about. Maybe even a billboard on one side.

Love the blue stonework.


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It goes really well with the rusted metal. Very striking!

Great piece. I agree the weathering is excellent.

I really like the irregular shape of the roof and back top corner!

Thanks guys!

@Cam - added some paper litter on one side and a little sign. Looks good!


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And here's #2/3 photographed. On a roll with the pictures this week :p

Here's last building for this set. On to a few other pieces for this set then time to take a break!

Really nice work, looks very usable too.

I love the simplicity of these pieces coupled with the high quality paint job.

Nice work. I'm liking the winch/lift thing on that tower.

Hey all, it's been a busy summer for us. Took a trip to NZ (see photos) for some terrainspiration photo collecting. We're also moving and experiencing some of those less than great surprises that life likes to give you when you're least expecting it. So all that to say, there hasn't been much terrain built recently :/

The good news though - starting near the end of next month, we'll be moved and ready to build some terrain again. Realy looking to build some big boards or large pieces. It's been nothing but scatter terrain for the past year or so, so looking to mix it up. Any interested parties should get in touch in the next few weeks so we can start discussions.

Really excited to get building again, and really inspired after catching up on a lot of your blogs!


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Oh...alright dakkadakka, go ahead and rotate those. no worries :p

Very nice, and great to see you back.

Welcome home bud.

Lot of amazing stuff! Eagerly waiting for your next project.

You've nailed the colours for worn concrete and rusty fittings beautifully. Great job.

Thanks Graven and Cam. Good to be back!

And thanks Ilgloth & Clanmac, I try. Still have room for improvement!

Welcome back. Hope your trip to Middle Earth was a pleasant one. Did you see a wetapunga?

Holy gak, your stuff is amazing! Have to ask- are you 3T Studios in disguise? Choice of palette and the cinematic style you achieve is very similar..

If you are, cheers for the tutorials I've watched, if not, just keep on trucking because your stuff is stellar!

@ RedHarvest - Thanks, It was a ton of fun. Didn't see any Wetas outside of the Te Papa museum in Wellington, but did get to go to WETA workshop and see their sets for Thunderbirds...that stuff is amazing...casually dropped off a resume and portfolio while I was there...one can dream right? haha

@Skinflint - Thanks for the compliments! 3T is on Dakka as username Terraformer if I recall correctly - I'm not quite up to that quality level yet, but that's a massive compliment to be confused with them haha, so I thank you for that..

I shall keep an eye out! I'm a massive fan of 3T but your stuff stands up- awesome!

welcome back lovely vacation shots!

kinda funny, I found about 90% of my vacation shots were also just terrain/weathering inspiration shots in disguise lol

Looking forward to more stuffs!

@Guilden - it's very true. We found an old bridge and I spent...longer than preferred...taking shots of rust and peeling paint haha. In fact, I'll go find a few of them...

So, this was built about 7 months ago, and I'm just now getting paint on it haha. Turned out alright, but I think wind blew some grit onto it while the primer was drying :/ Oh well .










Starting back commissions next week. Any interest in full boards, shoot a message

Looks aces! Wonder what's about to come out from behind the gate...

Contemplated making something, but end the end went with mysterious blackness haha

Fair enough love the altar on the altar btw

That is a beautiful piece, really pro level stuff. Love the little story it tells and you can imagine lots of scenarios to bring it to life, let alone just a brilliant piece of terrain. Leaving the tunnel, leaves it open to be used in many different games.

Sorry should have said before the Holiday pics are beautiful and very inspiring.

Good luck with the job! hehe, but you are right, you never know bud, and you are easily good enough.

Looking forward to seeing some stuff from you soon.

Nice job on the temple. It just screams with character.

EDC

Looks great. Nice work.

@Dr. H, EDC, Cam & Graven - Thanks for the words of kindness

@Graven, that's the Chaos Sorcerer's Version of a workbench I assume :p Need to have those tools handy in case the need for a spontaneous sacrifice pops up haha

Did a few old crusty roads for a guy. Next up is a set of pieces that may or may not include a 2ft long model C-130 plane O.o Had a hard time finding a 1/48 or so scale place that wasn't really expensive. Ended up finding out that the GI Joe comany made one that's about 20" or so long - waiting on it to get here to see for sure, but it has plenty of detail for my purposes. Also, the client wants it to be BRIGHT YELLOW so all concerns with historical accuracy went straight out the window haha.

After that it's looking like I'll be leaving the wasteland for a while and spending some time with the vikings. Like a lot of time...20-30 pieces of terrain worth of time likely haha. Always good to mix it up, and it'll be nice to knock the dust off all of my green flocking and bushes and whatnot.

Those roads are great, what did you make them from?

Some cork sheets (from the office supply shop) and thick styrene as a backer. Really, REALLY fast to build.

Also made a stencil for doing the dashed lines. Saved a lot of time.

Oh wow how have I not seen this until now!!? instantly subbed and following with slavish attention :-) i'm just getting into making some terrain and boards and seeing such wonderful work has been very inspirational to me already!

Awesome! Glad to hear it! We also post a good bit on our facebook page (same name) if you'd like to check in there as well.


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Ok, so I made something other than terrain O.o

Tried my hand for the first time at two new skills - sculpting, and conversions. Wanted to make a warband for This is Not a Test that was different from the usual mutant/peacekeepers etc. so I did some browsing...

I saw this

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I think next time I'll change a few things including using a different mini for the human half of the centaur, but overall quite please with it.

Well...put some paint on it so it's tabletop ready. Kinda happy. Back to your regularly scheduled terrain now :p

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Lol that is so cool! nicely done and the paint job is what makes it work imo! very different.

That is spectacularly good bud, want an army of them, led by a blonde moostach and goaty, love it, and really great work for first try as well. I think a Catachan might work better, all brawny and tanned.

Love the greys on that road and the metallics on the chaos shrine. Keep up the great work!

@Nerdfest - it's that Wastelander paint scheme where you just never clean your brush

@Cam - yeah, I was going to use them for a TNT warband, and I think guy will be my leader and I can give him power armor, then I can do more with either Catchans or some of the Necromunda plastic goliaths I have maybe...need more horses either way haha.

@kestral - thanks for the compliments!

Now that's what I call a rough rider! Love him!

Nice job on the cent'.

Some photos - unfortunately, my main project may not have photos for a little while.. hold up while waiting for some custom parts.

While waiting, I knocked out some random pieces to use up some scraps. Here are some 3-generations old phone quality photos of tuesday evening/wednesday morning's build:





will likely do some more pieces this week for fun then send them to eBay with this one.

Also contacted a waiting client and got the ball rolling on that large fantasy viking project, so we'll likely see some carved dragon head beams and thatched roofs soon!

That reminds me, I have a lot of reference photos of thatched roofs, but no experience modeling them. Anyone done that before? I'd appreciate any tips!

Working on some odds and ends - here's a Viking/Nordic Fantasy building. This was mostly a test piece to work out some looks and paint schemes for the next pieces. Still haven't found a grat way to do thatched roofs (without actually thatching them) that i like the look of. Kinda like this slate grey look. May end up doing that - just with a little more variety on the tiles...we'll see.

SIDE NOTE: Took some better, closer photos of the refinery as we've taken to calling it. Also got one with a mini for scale. Enjoy.

Really excited about this one. Here are some photos from up to a few days ago. We're taking this C-130 (ish) GI-Joe toy and smashing it up for Joey at This Is Not A Test.


First steps were to decide where to bisect it...ended up trisecting it into three main parts. Then bashed it with some chain, hacked at it with a knife for 2 hours, melted some bits and sanded all the smooth areas so the paint will grab better.



Eventually got that done and based the plane chunks on MDF, added some variety to the shape of the ground, some mounded up dirt, etc. and textured.


Next up will be detailing the interior - already have some awesome laser-cut seats in the main chunk of the plane. Working on sculpting some furniture and luggage piles to cast for decorating the rest of the base.

Once smooth-on gets their package shipped here that process can start.

The eventual plan is to have the old plane look like it's been lived in by scavengers and make a few more scatter pieces to fill out the area.

Cool start.

Loving this blog. This is awesome and full of inspiration. Can't wait to see this plane finished. Looks awesome.

So cool. Really brilliant idea and looking good so far. Inspirational work as usual bud.

This is really exciting stuff mate.

Thanks guys, I'm really excited about this one.

Got some more texturing done tonight, this thing is going to be heavy!

Plane looks very promising!

Working on some mold boxes tonight. Sculpted a few little pits - some piles of clothing and boxes plus a few neat looking bits I had lying around that I wanted copies of. Also had a decent amount of scrap wood pieces that I wanted a mold of as well so got those all prepared and ready to pour.

Also got paint on a few barricades. Never too many of those!

Those barricades are neat. Gonna try and make some myself this weekend I think.

@Staggsy - perfect weekend afternoon project (or bright and early before everyone else wakes and distracts you )

Tried out a new rust technique showed me by a friend.

What you do is to gather some iron filings - I literally, just took a pair of bastard files to a piece of stock steel.


Then glue them on to the areas you want to be crusty rusty. Let dry then coat with vinegar. Repeat as many times as you need to get it thoroughly rusty.


These last two pictures are of a piece that was coated thinly with vinegar 3 times with at least 15 mins between coats. It's still a bit wet around the outside actually.




The texture comes from stippling filler material onto the base plastic, then coating in PVA before priming - another new idea I'm trying out for rusty areas that's looking to work pretty well.

That's pretty damn snazzy.

Trying out some more of that rust effect and I'm really pleased. It seems that the finer the filings - the better and faster it works. Also, stronger acids and oxidisers seem to work better, but I'm hesitant to recommend anything stronger than household vinegar to the internet haha

Gave a galvanized metal effect a go today.



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Turned out kinda 'alright' - and this is the 7th iteration

I like the idea of using iron filings for rust - thanks!

It's so hard to wait to de-mold...I want to see!!

the rust and metal effects are really impressive..

Outstanding weathering sir.

Tried some pre-shading with the primers for the first time. The one with color is only a (4 layer) flat yellow and a thin brown wash wiped off, so seems to give a decent amount of depth right from the go. I'm definitely going to start using that more for lighter colors. Also adds a nice gradient to smooth surfaces so they're not as plain...PLANE.

Truly magnificent work, agreed totally on the primer, been mucking about with it myself, and really makes a difference. Looking brilliant bud.

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It's so hard to wait to de-mold...I want to see!!

I hear you on the moulds. I know your pain.

Nice yellow you have going there. Good work.

Thank you gentlemen, I appreciate it.

Off to the weathering. Started out doing some brown smoosh on and wipe off but it ended up being to dusty looking. Went back to plain yellow and hit it with a red-based bown color. Again, did the old smoosh on and wipe of technique (side note: I'm really starting to prefer that to a wash for broad areas of shading. Must be prop-buuilding that's corrupting me :p ). Anyways, the red base really helped keep it vibrant so stuck with that. Did a little bit of spot shading with the same color thinned to a wash.

Next up will be doing the ground before I get too much on the plane in case of mistakes. Then I'll be adding rust, chipping and smoke stains to the plane.

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Looks excellent. Funny you mention the smoosh and wipe Technique, I've just started using it again after years of not, and I can't think why I stopped!

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Looks excellent. Funny you mention the smoosh and wipe Technique, I've just started using it again after years of not, and I can't think why I stopped!

It really is great. I often find techniques or tricks that I've abandoned for one reason or another come back later and work well. Probably just means I wasn't doing it right the first time

I'm doing set/prop design for 5 rooms at an escape games place near me, so learning/relearning all kinds of new tricks and techniques.

That yellow is looking fantastic. May I suggest a purple wash over the yellow to deepen the recesses.

I use the wipe off method too, I also have taken to painting many different layers and then getting a cotton bud and some strong thinners, such as pure isopropyl alcohol, or methylated spirit, or (being very very careful) acetone, and rubbing the layers back, gives a great worn effect. Please forgive me, your work is so brilliant, not suggesting for one second there is anything I could do better. Just wanted to share.

@Camkierhi Not at all, please do suggest things. Best way to learn

Never tried a purple for yellow shading - will have to give that a go for sure! Planning on doing some more work this weekend. Thanks for the ideas!

I'd second that, it can be really effective for yellow, orange or flesh tones.

Hi my neglected dakka friends. I brought some new photos

I took the advice and used a couple of purple washes to finish my weathering. Ended up starting over twice on the small wing piece which was my test piece, but quite happy with it in the end.

I also grossly underestimated the amount of time it would take to do this build. It ended up being 9hrs. to build then another 18 to paint and finish haha. Oh well, it's one of my dream build so just happy to have the chance to build it.

If any of you are interested in seeing this in person, it will be displayed at Adepticon 2018 at the This Is Not a Test booth. You can also try out their post-apoc skirmish game if you're so inclined.













I took a lot of photos, so I'll spoiler the rest for the sake of scrolling. I also included a few shots at the end with my post-apoc Wasteland Centaur for scale . He still needs a name now that I think of it...


Thanks in advance for your constructive criticisms and comments

Outstanding work, that is a masterpiece right there bud, excellent.

Thanks Cam. Appreciate it!

Oh man that's cool, really good job on that plane, great details and execution puts me in mind of camkierhi's work, very inspired and passionately built.

That is some lovely work!

Stunning work dude.

Thanks guys, appreciate it

Great work and techniques!

Smashing job all round.

My goodness, what a wreck! A really great looking pieve of terrain, congratulations!

Latest off the bench - another building! This is probably as close as I get to building things that aren't wrecked...precision and clean builds are kinda my greatest weakness haha. Even on this, the spacing of the triangle bits is off...

Had a bit of a rough time filling all of this flat area with enough texture to keep it interesting. Ended up painting the green in 3 layers of progressively lighter stippled greys, and the reds in a cream color which I hit with scrunched up newspaper while it was still wet like the spray paint street artists do. Then used a green then muddy brown wash on the grey and a red then dark brown wash on the cream. Turned out alright!






These last two photos are of the core materials used for the building. I tend to build this way when the building doesn't need to be opened. Saves a lot of time and work - plus the box shapes usually give inspiration for building shapes. The round bits are the punch sheets from a board game - always love using those!




Comments and constructive criticism welcome and needed as always

Excellent results. Really nice finish, worth the effort I think.

KNow where you are coming from on the "tidy" thing.

Oh and strictly from an engineering/architectural point that roof on the little bit on the side is really bad slopping toward the building, all the acid rain will get to the building at that point!

Hahaha, good point on the roof. There must be some sort of industrial downspout

I've been told over on our facebook page that I don't take enough for-scale shots , so here's one with my favourite for-scale mini :p

Nice little build.

Just the sort of quick project I often intend to build, and then I get carried away and add interiors and mechanised forklifts to it...

@Dr H - hahahaha, I definitely can relate. I'm realizing that I really enjoy weathering and trying out different painting techniques, so that helped motivate me to get to the paint stage :p

You should check out the Maelstrom's Edge terrain accessory sprue... looks like it would be right up your alley!

@ MajorTom11 - yep! I've used their sprues before - may have even done a post here on it. Not sure. Best parts on that sprue are the corner bits so I don't have to be as exact when I line things up

Finally made my way here. Amazing work. I'm a huge fan of terrain, it's my modeling passion and when I see excellent work I like to offer acknowledgement. People that have the vision to see a sub-thermal plasma generator in a broken DVD player and an electric junction box always interest me. Do our brains work differently because we take inspiration from items in the recycle bin? Or perhaps we're simply the ones that get excited enough about the idea to actually build it. In any case, it's the modeling skill to build it and artistic ability to bring it to life with paint that truly defines the finished product. You are in good company on Dakka Subbed and looking forward to whatever you share next.

Thanks for the kind words Skalk - I think it's just the ability to conceptualize in 3d and execute that makes terrain makers terrain makers. Some of us just have more of a tendency to be junk builders :p

More terrain coming soon. Working on a new piece this evening

Mid-weathering on the latest and greatest.

Used grey primer here then painted a streaky cream undercoat with a chip brush to give it texture. then the usual 47.5 washes/glazes

More photos this weekend hopefully. Been busy making props lately for a local escape room, so the terrain has suffered somewhat

That streaking is just glorious. Filthy, but glorious.

Here are some WiP shots to tide you all over while I finish up the detailing. (side note - anyone know a easy way to model cigarette butts for 28mm scale :p too tiny.) anyways

Did the cutout for the sign with a knife and regretted it... really would like to get a laser cutter...


Some people were asking me how I got the streaky look, Did a grey primer to dull the finished result, then did a cream streak with a drier paint, then a fairly opaque wash of a dusty red then a translucent brighter red then some touchups here and there with a really thin yellow ink to add warmth in where I killed it too much.

Here are the few photos I have of that process...it's hard to remember to stop and photograph haha





Use 3 different brands of baby food caps for the roof vent - the perks of having nephews. Get to hang out with them and steal their food caps then send them home for their parents to deal with haha



And finally here are a couple slightly more recent photos of some of the interior details:





Next post should be the completed project!

Fantastic and stunning work as usual bud.

Think we need to rename you the Streak!

Hahaha, thanks Cam - nasty weathering is an addiction and dark washes are a gateway drug. One day I'll get clean

This build is probably 90% finished - just need to do a few touchups to some stray drips and add in some paper litter and such .




Really like how the rounded top turned out





brushed some of my dental plaster into the nooks and crannies then used different colored washes to set it. takes paint really well and makes for some good nasty grime buildup



interior shot:



three different brands of those overpriced child food packs - good for vents though!





little bit of a perspective shot there:



the fruits of my painful labor with the utility knife haha



and of course, some shots with the wasteland centaur for scale - I think he needs a name at some point:





Probably my favourite photo of the centaur:




I've had quite a few questions on the facebook page regarding the streaky bits, so I've copy/pasted the method below fo inquiring minds.

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brown spray paint primer, white spray paint at a steep angle over that while still wet to get a drippy warm grey color. once dry, streaked with a cream paint that's pretty dry - not drybrushed, more like left the paint open for half a day to get this texture. Also have been known to mix plaster in with cream colored paint, but that gives a slightly different result.

then mixed an orangey brown with some translucent red and did the darkest streaks. The other streaks were done with thin greys. browns, blacks and such.

Final touch is to take a translucent yellow (i used vallejo for all the translucents) and thin it REALLY thin and use it to add warmth to the red/brown stains.

Interior staining was done by priming in the same way, then when dry 2 or 3 rounds of just brushing on thinned grey paints. then a few brown streaks then flicking on some darker colors here and there.

Oil stains on the floor are a puddle of thin black paint then, when dry, a puddle of dark brown on top.

Nice work on the Red Rocket stop. Looks perfect for the setting.

Thanks Doc, just need to have someone come over and hold me down and pack this up so I stop adding little changes and details haha

I just love this building, and it would look great for walking dead or Gotham - everything you could ever want!

Thanks Graven, that's one of the things I love about building postapoc stuff - good for so many different games.

Been quiet lately around here. Most of the builds the past month has been work for an escape room that I'm doing the setbuilding/props for. Can't post too many pictures of that unfortunately.

Did manage to get time to finish up a piece of terrain that I've had sitting around half finished for a while:














Here is one WiP photo of a couple of the props in such poor quality that I don't think it'll spoil any secrets

Good work and nice gig you have going for 1:1 work.

Thanks Doc, I'm pretty excited about it. I really enjoy both scales and it's been a long time since I've left 1:60 so it's a nice change

Some great terrain pieces here - loving the wrecked plane and the Red Rocket

That's really lovely. Are they LEDs or just amazing osl?

Those are LEDs. That would be some crazy painting and take forever hahaha. Still took a while to climb under there and solder all those little wires to one power supply

Hey all! I have clearly been AWOL from dakka for what...a year? maybe more? We've been building escape room puzzles and doing set design, so not much time for miniature work and LOTS of secret projects that I can't post pictures of :/
While doing the large scale work and learning all about wiring and fancy electronics has been a blast, I kind of miss doing small scale modeling work.

I have a big pile of plastic bits that I have been saving for an epic build, so hopefully pictures of that will be arriving shortly. Also some of you are very persistently trying to get me to do more commission work, so *maybe* something will come of that soon as well.
The latest update on the modeling front, is that I will be on a panel of judges for an international terrain contest! This is super exciting and the contestants are already piling in.

This contest will be judge by myself and 4 other big names in the terrain and crafting world. We're all super excited to finally pull together what I believe will become the gold standard for competitive terrain building and will doubtlessly bring out some of the finest terrain from builders around the world.

The link for more info on the competition is here and the here is the Discord server for this competition.

Check it out and watch this blog as well as our Facebook page for more info.

Good to be back!

I just saw this blog for the first time. Lots of great stuff here. I really like your weathering effects. I’m looking forward to see what’s next.

-Rids

Thanks! Weathering is my favorite.

Always great to see well made DIY terrain. Your stuff is brilliant! Definitely looking forward to seeing your future projects.

Thanks mcmattila, much appreciated. Spent the last 13hrs carving up my $600 pile of pink foam - hopefully I can get some sneak peek pictures once the paint goes on soon