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 Viktor von Domm wrote:
congratz for the well done casting!... looks very cool!...

will you try lighter materials next for casting? i bet that plaster will not ship easy if you want to try to sell that stuff...

Thanks vik, and yeah I have looked into casting in resin but it's quite expensive, so i'll need to do more research.
The plaster I use though is a hard casting plaster and is actually very durable, and not as heavy as some other plasters.

ah... is it that famous dentist plaster then?

I've seen that dental plaster used by other people and it does seem to work well, but no, the one i'm using's called Crystacal R.

lol... that sounds like a drug^^

i think we even had that discussion before...

lol, If we did discuss it before I dont remember it...

Well that's a side effect they don't talk about

well... from time to time i suffer from selective forgetfulness too

Some very inspirational scenery here! keep up the amazing work! Im looking foward to seeing a collection together and painted its gonna be something else.

After spending the last week turning out cast after cast, i've actully found the time to start building somthing.
This is just a rough test piece, built so I have an idea of how the cast parts go together, and also to give me somthing to test out a few painting tecnique's.

Here's a few early WIP shots, will post up more shortly.

the only downside i see with the current build is the gaps between the broken statue... i think they are a bit too wide apart... but the general look is plain breathtaking!

WoW this is incredible!! your sculpting skills are fantastic! I cat wait to see more.

For the emperor statue you should make it a tarnished bronze or gold. Don't make it stone.

That ruined wall piece is excellent. I'm glad you made molds of that piece, because I'd hate to see you bust up such nice work.

I started folowing this thread about a year ago....the last post I remember was the Inquisitor. Man have I missed a lot!!!


You do realize you put us all to shame, right?


You really have a lot of talent. Keep it up! I'll be watching!

Is there no end to your power? You're inspirational mate

Thank you all for your comments, please keep them coming their most appreciated.

I've made some progress on my ruin terrain, and it's starting to come together.
Just need to add a few more bits of rubble and some little finishing details, then it's on to the painting.
I've already collected a load of techniques for painting it, but if anyone has any tips or idea's for painting weathered stone or marble, please let me know, and I'll give them a try.

Here's a few pics, will post some better ones soon.

Wow, that is impressive and huge and impressive !!

I've started painting my terrain ruin and have completed the first two (off many) layers.
I'll be posting up a new pic every time I finish a layer, so you'll be able to see the whole process from start to finish.

Here are the first two stages, more to follow shortly (as soon as the paint drys).

That brickwork is looking good already. Looking forward to seeing the final final piece if this is just the early stages of the concept...

i will be watching this with great pleasure!

Done another two painting stage's for my Terrain ruin.
Plus here's a few pic's of the final piece to my ruin Cathedral set, the Eagle Buttress, and all the pieces together as a set.

More soon.

Wow, I just got caught up and I'm staggered. You have excellent skill and your most recent work is amongst the best that you have shared. The temple is amazing. It must weight a few lbs though I imagine.

Thanks Skalk, and yeah it's a little weighty, but I can still easily hold it in one hand so it's not too bad.

holy carp... that buttress is looking so cool... if you sell that this piece alone will get you set up nicely!!!

Flying buttress that looks like it could really fly . Excellent work, this just keeps getting better and better.

I've decided to hold off on releasing any more pics of my large ruin Terrain piece until it's finished, as I want the final result to be a surprise .
In the meantime though, I've painted up all the pieces to my Gothic ruins terrain set, and built a small brick ruin as a test piece, check out the pics below.

In other news, I'm planning on starting a new thread sometime soon, which will cover the designing and building process (probably more building than designing) of my next scratch built Titan project.
I don't want to reveal too many details as of yet, but I will say that this next one wont be Tau, and it will probably be bigger than the last one.
For anyone who hasn't seen my Tau Battlesuit Titan, Head here.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/507896.page

As soon as I'm ready to begin work on it I will let everyone know, as I'd love to have your feedback, ideas and suggestions,
which I'm sure you'll have plenty of .

Nice. The odd coloured bricks really make it work.

 hk1x1 wrote:
I've decided to hold off on releasing any more pics of my large ruin Terrain piece until it's finished, as I want the final result to be a surprise .

Dude! that's not very nice of you, teasing us like that! but i'm sure that when you do post the finished project it will look amazing.


and a new titan you say! you can count me in on that one already!



also, those Gothic ruins look great. and i second what Dr H said.

Hi all, been quite a while since I posted anything on here, just been insanely busy .

I've finally finished my Ruin Shrine Terrain, and have a mountain of pics to show off,
so here's the first batch, the rest of the painting stages.

More soon.

Because the ruins were going to be all overgrown, I decideed I wanted a large dead tree in the background,
so I built one .

From wire frame to sculpting to painting.

That tree and those bricks are great. This project is epic