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Hey folks sorry for the delay between updates.. kinds got absorbed into research..


@ vIK QOUTE not complaining about the other stuff tho .. Not what i heard cheers mate .. the flash's of creativity are most often followed by bouts of depression and inactivity so it evens itself out .


@ Rogue Thanks rogue .. still appreciating the encouragement mate i do like terrain and really enjoy creating it ., i see it as telling the stories of the mini that might pass through it. i have tried to make this transportable and modular as well as being interesting to play on .. from any side .. it lacks height though for a regular necro board .. something i hope to change in the coming weeks.

@ HF many thanks for the link Izangi .. i really enjoyed reading that .. albino sump spiders here i come.

@spudkins cheers mate.. will definitely be done by the 6th of October..

@AnUnearthlyChilde No tree as yet i waiting on a product to allow me to visualise the tree as i saw it.. i have it now so the tree is next on the list. i dont think the tree will be huge though . i dont want it to dominate the board too much..

i like the idea of folks worshipping it because of what it does not because of its size.. ( leat thats what i tell myself )


@GiraffeX thanks mate .. never got round to that tutorial did i




@ Pdh Cheers Pete.. roll on october ..


@Baiyuan Hey .. Baiyuan great to see you posting again mate .. loving what you doing with your modular board mate..


@TGG Thanks man.

@ Dst qoute " Wait...you chopped up the WHOLE 4x4' ZM board " well its only 2 by 2 the mdf makes it strecth to 4by 4.

can anyone have enough crates and barrels ?

@Lone DD thanks matey .. i suppose it is a giant diorama tbh . that's how i see all terrain.. i see the design of terrain akin to video game level design . there is no reason we shouldn't have a board for every different battle.. well except time space and money

@ Hyenajoe mon amie the respect flows both ways .. many thanks.." bows even lower and removes cap "

@scarzza aye so should i cheers scrazza.


so now thats out of the way..

the sump finally dried so i cut it up and moved it off tha table .. so sick of staring at it . thought i would do the entrance next originally the pandoricalle was going to sit in front of the entrance.. now relegated to the interior ,,

forgot to mention the board is part of a water treatment works inside a huge gothic imperial ship that is now part of an even bigger conglomeration of space hulk /ark / Argo

i was inspired by this pic from one of my favourite films stalker..



and this pic from metro 2033 game



special thanks must go to the excellent Bruticus for sending me a wonderful care package of goodies to go on the board.. ( even though i failed miserably to return the offer .. coming soon mate i promise i already made use of the fantastic dozer blade and some pump station sprues..

WOW Really amazing work the rail car looks like it actually will work the detail on this is brilliant even down to the damaged floor sections, I cant believe that you even have the bolts still attached to the corners like they have been ripped out

The more I look the more I notice, I really am lost for words this is astounding, all the small details the real life approach just amazing

I have to ask 2 questions one how do you create your rust effect on that barrel and the support for the stair section second are those bolts scratch built or bought either way do tell

I have to say this has been a real pleasure to explore, if I could shrink down and enter a terrain table this would be it.

Nice board!!

Wow, this is just beyond amazing...big fan of all your work tbh...but this, wow, just wow!

I am frikkin' jealous of you guys who are going to play on this board...enjoy

Aw Neil man this board is sooooo damn good...Peter was right! Hats off! If you guys weren't so bloody far away I'd totally try and get in on this...forcibly if necessary...haha again just amazing!

R

fething sick.

Just keeps getting better and better every time you show us new shots. The attention to detail is just gob smacking.

is that railroad scratchbuilt with sprue? man... i knew they had that conical shape... but i would never have had that idea...looks totally convincing... and it takes many, many,many, many,many, many more lookings at these pics to fully grasp what cool ideas you´ve included on these new parts...

and i knew you would be someone to see the inspiration in the metro theme...

how big is this whole piece supposed to become when finished???

Big enough to fit in my car shhhh

well... i would never get it through customs...

Viktor von Domm wrote:well... i would never get it through customs...

Good I want it

but.....























you can´t have it

over to you neil

Neil buddy it doesn't matter how many times I see this gif but watching the handcar move along the tracks is something special....and it isn't even painted yet. This is going to be brilliant.

WOW

quote of the day

why can i see the gif working in PDH´s comment but not in neils post? stunning work yet again...

Neil, seriously now, let's have babies!

It's official, this is the first terrain that has ever made me gasp.. I've loved other peices of terrain here on dakka, but none has ever made me gasp.. untill now

Baiyuan wrote:Neil, seriously now, let's have babies!

Oh so sigged

I just love just the little details that make this soooo awesome. like the pile of skulls and knife,
Just keep it up.
Peace Spud

Off the hook man.

There has been some serious gak going down in this thread neil - serious gak indeed

Lots and lots of lovey neil goodness, and you were instantly granted Hero status when I saw that railroad.

Outstanding use of old sprue . . .

Haven't posted in a while but I have been following along almost daily. Very impressive work, specifically enjoy the 'functional decay' look you have, like it's all going to pot but it's still in use. That's the theme I'm striving for on my own table.

I've taken a lot of ideas from this and together w/ everything else I've been compiling I expect the winter of '12-'13 is going to be very busy and very productive. Thanks for sharing all of your work, it's inspirational in construction and excellent in painting. l

Hey folks .. still chuntering on with the board .. not much progress as i am painting and detailing s i go ... whilst trying to find a happy medium with the board layout .. the zone mortalis lack of roof is creating a few obstacles. for addig height in other areas.but making sure the whole board works aesthetically is quite a challenge .. looking forward to doing some work on the pandoricalle or the tree soon... beein partuicullarly inpsired by silent hill other wolrd of late.. so some barbed wire fences are bound to find a way in.. the head/ skulls cleaning area is part of a larger idea of selling skull candles to the pilgrims .. and the food stuffs are going to be part of the trade for the travellers .. bring another income to the Pandoricalle clan..

heads curtsey of my gang the illium

i must give credit to Dst for inspiring a bbq barrel i made.. i saw the pic on his blog a while back and it stayed with me when i started making stuff .. cheers Dave.. sorry for stealing i couldnt help it .. such a good idea...

@ lone dirty dog Hey mate .. glad your enjoying it .. the rust effect is Modelmates opaque rust effect.. very handy for me.. being impatient.. bolts are from antonocities workshop .. dont recall whcih ones though..

@Rechmarine cheers

@Chelnov hey mate .. very kind of you to say.. hope i can do petes minis justice .. no easy task..!

@Ghostflame ha ha ha .. that made me lol cheers matey

@ Vitruvian XVII cheers Vit !

@GiraffeX .. startying to blush here.. taking its time to add all the details though.. so big a space .. to fill up.. with cluttering..

@Vik hey matey .. Aye scratch built .. but i missed a trick really.. i should have added the chairs/ the pieces of metal that the rails sits in .. oh well.. next time.. and to answer your question 4fy by 4ft.

@Pdh cheers mate.. i forgot dakka doesn't accept animated gifs

@Baiyun.. just imaging a love child betwixt me and Biayuan the world needs that child.. lets get it on you big white ape

@Rogue.. now i am blushing ,, making babies with big B and rogue gasp.. i am obviously doing something right.. shame i cant do that when it counts

@Spudkins cheers man.

@ monkey " Off the hook man" what is its with the siggable monkey and baiyuan one liners.. You know me monks full gak.. cant keep in myself..

@Ash1 .. hey Ash thanks mate.. you can by the tarck chairs seperate to add to the sprue for a more realistic effect..

https://railsofsheffield.com/manufacturer/jjp0-jjm9-jjs2-jjc7.aspx

@ Skalk Hey skalk .. functional decay.... i like that.. some would say "entropic" lots of great websites out there for this sort of thing .. its no wonder i am perpetually downbeat .. look forward to seeing your work come to fruition mate..

Ridiculously good. I love the gore especially. Did you use special crackle effect for the peeling paint?

 Bruticus wrote:
Ridiculously good. I love the gore especially. Did you use special crackle effect for the peeling paint?

^ How did you do that peeling paint? I love it!

cheers folks..

@Bruticus and @ Rogue..

Its tim holtz crackle paint.. tricky to get hold of for me in the uk ..

 neil101 wrote:
cheers folks..

@Bruticus and @ Rogue..

Its tim holtz crackle paint.. tricky to get hold of for me in the uk ..

Thst, is the best bit of information for a long time!!!! I need something like this for my citadel walls!!!

Its tim holtz crackle paint.. tricky to get hold of for me in the uk ..

Thought so, seen it used to good effect on these guys. But does it flake off? Will it get scraped off by a model standing on it? Also your rust looks great, have you sealed it at all? I have had mixed results with sealing.

Oh I have just run out of good stuff to say now. Well, just the usual praise, stuff about attention to detail, great use of bits, superb weathering, you know the drill...

Love the bucket with the skull in, nice touch!

This is some of the most mind-blowing, creative terrain I have ever seen man! Damn fine job!

Remarkable work. The atmosphere of industrial decay here is so thick I feel like I can smell it. Seriously, I'm downloading several of the last batch of pics you posted so I can study the technique.