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Frantic progress!

I finished and based the haunted tank hulls:


and the other one:


Got an assist from Patrick, a fellow member of DorkaMorka, on painting the tank ruins:


The various elements are starting to cohere:


And I've begun painting the Warp Gate:


Tomorrow's going to be busy! And productive! And then just plain crazed. But this thing will be done....

Like the use of the skull temple

Wow! Excellent work as always! You really have a way with GS. Love the melted look you gave the shrine by burning it a bit. Looks like it's going to give the whole thing that mirage look like the entire scene is bathed in the vapors of Chaos! Hope to see some pics of the tournament from this weekend

I agree, the green stuff work is pure Art

Im quite interested to see the finished product here!!

Very creative work so far!

im still very impressed with this wip.

Its looking great so far!! Keep it up!

Awesome work, really inspiring. Subscribed.

Forgive me for my newbieness, but how did you achieve the warping (funny me) on the buildings and tank?

yay more tinfoiled terrain. looking forward for the finished product.

This is looking fantastic!

Really good use of greenstuff.

Well, putting this thing together turned out to be kind of challenging.

I fiddled so long painting the "showpiece" terrain elements ... and meanwhile dithered about how to base them ... and meanwhile procrastinated.....

Finally on Friday morning I cut out and beveled the bases:


My original plan for these was to texture some caulk to create some kind of bubbling landscape effect -- something that would look chaotic and profoundly unstable but that people would be able to put models on easily. But then, of course, it rained on Thursday and really rained on Friday. I bought some quick-drying caulk, hoping it would firm up despite the humid atmosphere, and slathered some on a trial piece. After six hours it was still soggy.

So on Friday midday I switched to plan B, applying a coat of PVC to my terrain bases and sprinkling kitty litter on top. But by this point it was pouring rain outside, so even that hadn't dried by 6:00 p.m. My younger daughter was in a play which I had to go to Friday night. At this point I realized I had to prime them early Saturday and see what I could do in the four hours or so I'd have before the tournament started.

When I got back from my daughter's play, I painted until about 1:00 am that night.


This effort brought things close to a presentable state -- though by no means finished:


Thankfully, Saturday turned out to be a clear, dry, beautiful day. So I woke up at 6:00 am and primed the bases:

and


Then I hurriedly applied a few coats of painting and dry-brushing, slapped things together and packed them in time to drive at 10:30 to the tournament.

The results were fair, I think. The table looked kind of sloppy, but it did create a certain atmospheric setting. Here are some pictures I took of one of the games played -- pitting Ragnar's Fallen army against Todd's Ultramarines:


Kind of cool, I think:


I do plan to spend some time over the next few months polishing the painting.

And meanwhile architecting weirder elements. I'd love to work up stuff unbound by the laws of Newtonian physics....

It looks great, even with the rush job. I don't think I can even really tell it is rushed - looks very good.

A lot better than some of the tabels I've played on! Beats one hill and two small woods any day.

Any plans to add to it? Patches of spiked bone bursting through the ground? Bubbling pools of some unknown liquid? A fissure in the ground that looks like a leering face?

Awsome work all that time and effort paid off great table!

If that is rushed standard, finished is going to be off the scale.

Awesome work... especially considering the time table you were on. Would love to see some close up shots of the fully painted cathederal.

Wow, it looks amazing! It has given me some really good ideas for my own terrain!

Wow, I'll take your rushed over my completely finished any day!

I love your choice of colors. The terrain is very slick looking. I'm glad you got a little help at the end there. Good work, my man!

You know, at first I thought the table looked like pants, especially next to all that awesome terrain. Once all the parts are on the table and in use, though, it really does start coming together to form a cohesive, atmospheric battlefield. I'd love to see how these things turn out if you do eventually go back to modify and/or add to them.

sweet