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WOOOOHOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It'll be the best looking thing on my board

Hey

Looking good. While the sarcophagus looks cool the armour cast mausoleum fits better.

I think Whalemusic360 makes a good point, tree roots would look good...only problem is model placement?

Really cannot wait to see is finished.

Peter

madmartykmf wrote:

Apostle Pat wrote:Really nice work on everything you've done so far Mike,

1. Altar looks fantastic
2. Graveyard looks superb

I was curious as to what you used for your base to the graveyard and if you ever decided to use the Home depot stuff.

Well thank you very much for your kind words. The bases of all of my buildings are modular movement trays!!http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440151a&prodId=prod1095472. They are very versatile as you can see. As far as the "home depot" question I am not sure what you mean, can you refresh my memory?? Now the basing as far as flocking goes, well lets just say I went a little nutty at the model train store Dead grass, gravel, and moss are being used on this one. Stay tuned...

As always thanks for the comments and keep um coming!!

OH BY THE WAY... Whalemusic 360 is the winner of the SARCOPHAGUS, congrats!!!

Mike

Ya know I honestly couldn't remember what I was referring to with Home Depot... I believe it was the wood they sell that I use to base stuff with such as MDF board, but I like the trays, interesting touch, can't wait to see more of your work.

Apostle Pat wrote:

madmartykmf wrote:

Apostle Pat wrote:Really nice work on everything you've done so far Mike,

1. Altar looks fantastic
2. Graveyard looks superb

I was curious as to what you used for your base to the graveyard and if you ever decided to use the Home depot stuff.

Well thank you very much for your kind words. The bases of all of my buildings are modular movement trays!!http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440151a&prodId=prod1095472. They are very versatile as you can see. As far as the "home depot" question I am not sure what you mean, can you refresh my memory?? Now the basing as far as flocking goes, well lets just say I went a little nutty at the model train store Dead grass, gravel, and moss are being used on this one. Stay tuned...

As always thanks for the comments and keep um coming!!

OH BY THE WAY... Whalemusic 360 is the winner of the SARCOPHAGUS, congrats!!!

Mike

Ya know I honestly couldn't remember what I was referring to with Home Depot... I believe it was the wood they sell that I use to base stuff with such as MDF board, but I like the trays, interesting touch, can't wait to see more of your work.

Ahhh gotcha. I tried MDF but after I saw the movement trays I knew I had a winner. They are thin enough to not have a "CURB" effect and still ridged enough not to warp. Plus you can cut them to size and also use them as roof tops.

Thanks again
Mike


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Also Whalemusic, what is the paint pot thing your talking about?? I may do roots with green stuff but I wanted to know more about your idea!!!

Mike

Well, if you use GW paints, they often get a build up of paint in the top part. If you grab the dried (but usually still flexible) paint with so tweezers, it makes pretty good roots. Not sure I have any examples, I think the models they were on took a Simple Green bath.

Got ya!! I am a bit of a neat freak and I use a pallet when I paint... no crusty paint pots in my house Looks like green stuff it is Thanks for the neat idea though


Mike

Finally got the base coat down on the graveyard!! It has been a loooooong week between this past week and now!! I am glad it is finally over, Halo Reach is pretty freakin sweet though!! Anyway I should have some pics up at some point today. Also I bought a little surprise for the graveyard

More to come. And as always thanks for the comments and support. Whalemusic enjoy your package, let me know when you get it!!


Mike

Here is a little teaser to tide you guys over!!! Let me know what you think

The first one is very imperial. Not to sure on the second one tbh.

Question that's been bugging me for a while. As your using the movement treys, which have once inch squares (I think, I dont play fantasy), do you have any concerns with people being able to measure distance without having to measure?

Thanks for the comment. Question number one: Thanks and yes it is super awesome and lookin very Imperial! The guy on the spike will be modified to look like a priest that was left as a warning to anyone coming to reclaim the city!! Question two: I have never really thought about that before; I guess that you could but the whole table will be the RoB board. Only the city buildings utilize the movement trays. I just always thought that they look cool ,kind of like a real city street sidewalk, curb"ish" look.


Mike

Well at the very least now you can use that to your advantage when planning assaults and whatnot. They do look cool, I was going to steal the idea until I thought of that. I may still anyways.

Wow this stuff is right up my grim rusty dark gothic 40k back alley, truly beatifull work on the alter, and the termie but especialy the alter, just glanced over but will definately look more thoroughly , and thanks for the alter skulls scrolls candles link, have looking for a while for apropriate stuff like this. keep up the great work

Out of sheer curiosity I just measured the squares, they are actually NOT 1 inch squares they are more like 3/4 by 7/8 inches!! I guess you could estimate movement but it would still need to be measured with a tape of some sort!! Just an FYI

Mike

Ah cool. Thats what bugged me about the GW "roads" was they were easy to pre-measure with. That and they suck

Love the archway

neil101 wrote:Wow this stuff is right up my grim rusty dark gothic 40k back alley, truly beatifull work on the alter, and the termie but especialy the alter, just glanced over but will definately look more thoroughly , and thanks for the alter skulls scrolls candles link, have looking for a while for apropriate stuff like this. keep up the great work

Thanks for your kind words, your stuff is pretty ace as well!

I do have a question to pose to you all today though. "TO PAINT OR NOT TO PAINT?", What I mean by that is I am going to be using more flocking and sand, ballast etc then I have ever used before. I am by no means a rookie painter ( I like to think I have a good degree of skill ) but I wonder if I need to paint the ground cover? I will be using tons of static grass so the first thought is it would be a waste of paint. I have never based anything with natural items, I have always painted it. So I guess what I am asking is do you or would you think less of the final product knowing that the modeler did not paint everything ,relaying on the natural color of the basing material to do all the hard work?

Here is a quick pic to wet your appetite for the finished product. Unfortunately I have been so busy at work I have had little time for painting By the way Dead Rising 2 Rocks! Anyway I will be hard at work this weekend to make some major progress so stay tuned for updates!

Thanks as always for your comments and critiques,

Mike

Crap another game Im going to have to get. And then Fallout in a few weeks! ugh.

Oh, OT. Tree looks good, very tree-ish.

I've never really thought unpainted ground cover works very well, something to do with the scaling of the colours and light, but if there's plenty of static grass going on a wash or two might be enough.

monkeytroll wrote:I've never really thought unpainted ground cover works very well, something to do with the scaling of the colours and light, but if there's plenty of static grass going on a wash or two might be enough.

That was sort of what I was thinking. Woodland senics offers so many pigmented ground coverings it seems as if they are designed to not be painted. The color I picked out is a small ballast with a darker brown color. I may do a few test examples and let you guys decide which one looks better.


Thanks for the input,
Mike


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@Whalemusic360
I am glad it looks like a tree to you and not a shrubbery

Fall Out New Vegas looks good, but my short attention span leans me more towards faster paced games!

I use the GF9 small grit and large grit to base pretty much everything (along with some field grass and GF9 static grass). I never paint it or wash it.

I've not used any "natural" stuff (twigs etc) though. I would echo monkeytroll though - the scale of the colouring might look off.

Though I am planning on adding a few more scenic bases into my Eldar army, and nothing but scenic bases for my IG when I get rount to them

I think I am going to paint the ground covering minus the static grass of course. I am not using any "NATURAL" items per say just ballast that is already pigmented I am really excited to start this project back up and looking for any ideas for my next piece, Any Ideas? I have an Imperial Bastion done already here is a pic. I am just itching to start planning my next building. I was thinking of doing a Landing Pad.

Thanks as always for all your comments,

Mike

Why not try and make an Arbites Precinct with attached landing pad. Like for SWAT insertions and stuff.

Golden Eyed Scout wrote:Why not try and make an Arbites Precinct with attached landing pad. Like for SWAT insertions and stuff.

That sounds kinda cool, I am thinking more like an old destroyed PDF landing pad though. Sweet idea Golden Eyed Scout

Thanks

Mike

madmartykmf wrote:

Golden Eyed Scout wrote:Why not try and make an Arbites Precinct with attached landing pad. Like for SWAT insertions and stuff.

That sounds kinda cool, I am thinking more like an old destroyed PDF landing pad though. Sweet idea Golden Eyed Scout

Thanks

Mike

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb5jgnaI8SU
Fast forward to about 1:20

The idea came from watching this vid. Plenty of other good ones to plunder for inspiration from as well.

Nice work on the bastion, it looks like it needs a small splash of colour somewhere to break up the grey.

Yeay! A Bastion not painted Cadian green!

Great job on the details.

Commander Cain wrote:Nice work on the bastion, it looks like it needs a small splash of colour somewhere to break up the grey.

Thanks Commander Cain. The lighting is off in these photos but the gray is actually three different shades. The entire bastion is covered in rust and battle damage burns. Thanks for the comments and suggestion. I wanted the bastion to look like it is all steel and concrete. I was going for a simple hurried look.

Yeay! A Bastion not painted Cadian green!

THANK YOU When I was planning the color scheme that was the first color I threw out!

Thanks for the comments

Mike

If you leave the ballast unpainted, you might want to give it a really thinned down wash of PVA, just to make sure it's not going to go anywhere. Sort of filling the same job the primer normally does.

Morgrim wrote:If you leave the ballast unpainted, you might want to give it a really thinned down wash of PVA, just to make sure it's not going to go anywhere. Sort of filling the same job the primer normally does.

I was planning on that but great point and thank you . Woodland Scenics will used throughout the whole graveyard. I will be "Inking" as needed, but mostly I will be using pre-painted ballast and static grass.

I did see a great video by an incredible modeler at Terranscapes here is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O5TxneYTIc The Spanish moss is amazing and I will be using that technique in the graveyard. Make sure you check his work out! This guy is amazing

Thanks as always and keep the comments and suggestions coming

Mike

Amazing, just amazing. I admire your patience to see this through. Keep it up.