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evildrcheese wrote:Looking good! The green works well.

EDC

I was hoping so! It creates a big contrast from the dark grim background.

LeminyFresh wrote:

 omgitsduane wrote:
The inspiration is my motivation. What you want to work on Leminy?

I recently gotten my hands on a bunch of my old 40k odds and ends that I have no practical use for nor the motivation to sell, so I am going to get to work on a modular "scorched earth" style battlefield with lots of wrecked vehicles and shattered fortifications. I'm far off from starting the project but your plog has gotten my creative goo flowing

I suggest a sketchbook or notepad. I've burned through a handful of sketchbooks/notepads in my time and they help me keep track of any inspiration that hits no matter how small.

Look forward to seeing it. Feel free to share some in here when you start



chimera WIP



Rhino WIP


Printer WIP

This is quite interesting. Subscribed.

 EmberlordofFire8 wrote:
This is quite interesting. Subscribed.

THANKS!

Mid way through this project I was approached to finish a display board for a tourney only a few weeks away and felt compelled as I already had a great idea in mind.

The thrilling part of all this, is I get to build, experiment with and design some of my dream boards and at the end of it all I don't have to store it at my house. Haha. It's win win!

So this board was for a smallish Nurgle CSM army, a few squads of marines, minimal vehicles, a daemon prince and a TON of zombies.

I opted to give the board some height to put the more sturdy elements of the army a more important representation on the board.

And so begun construction....

WIP


Slow Progress


Laying down some minor details.

Looks cool. I'll be waiting to see how those pipes compare to GWs ones (some of the best "miniatures" out there, but too expensive). If they turn out well, then I might have to steal them for my upcoming Eldar Armies on Parade boarderino. Good luck!

Ember

Curious to know what the studs are all about. Are they just random bits of detail to break up the monotony of the smooth foam or are they representative of something in particular? I'm looking forward to seeing more of this construction done.


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I really have to say that the more stuff you build the better your pieces look. I love the dynamism of the staircase, the odd bits use to make random machinery, and the modular sections. Overall just a lot of cool ideas in here.

EmberlordofFire8 wrote:Looks cool. I'll be waiting to see how those pipes compare to GWs ones (some of the best "miniatures" out there, but too expensive). If they turn out well, then I might have to steal them for my upcoming Eldar Armies on Parade boarderino. Good luck!

Ember

The pipes should turn out great. Plenty of photos to come. trust me. plus being your own "kit" there is way more room to play with the modular level of it.

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:Curious to know what the studs are all about. Are they just random bits of detail to break up the monotony of the smooth foam or are they representative of something in particular? I'm looking forward to seeing more of this construction done.


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I really have to say that the more stuff you build the better your pieces look. I love the dynamism of the staircase, the odd bits use to make random machinery, and the modular sections. Overall just a lot of cool ideas in here.

The studs are actually bugle head screws to break up the monotony of the pieces they're on. No fancy work there. Just detail.

Thank you! It's been a learning process, each job gives you new chances to try something and if you don't keep pushing yourself you'll end up getting bored with it.

I have been busy laying down some texture paint to create flow on the river section and also got started building the top piece for the board.


Another view of the board.

That is awesome. Great work!

We have SO MUCH to catch up on...

The palette is looking rough after the painting...



Sneaked in some pipes for the bluesteel table while mid painting of this nurgle board. A lot of fun to make. It almost feels like lego it snaps together so well.


And the final result!!!







The resin didn't pour as cleanly as I would have liked. I will have to spend some time learning how to properly use this material in the future.

The rusted effects add so much to it, the work put into the broken pipes and roofs makes a good system for this particular Death Guard army to place their troops in a tiered system to show off the biggest and baddest up the top.

Thats pretty cool. Great work here.

 EmberlordofFire8 wrote:
Thats pretty cool. Great work here.

Thanks! If you have any criticisms feel free to hit me up.


Straight back into working on the bluesteel project. The buildings are really coming together with the subtle olive greens and steel.





Also found time to whip up some quick propoghanda posters to go with the set. These will be everywhere!

So we have some crates and are doing some real work on the scatter pieces for this set currently including this cold fella.


All the scatter pieces together. There may be some not shown but its an impressive amount of portable cover.


And the warehouse wall itself with the racks.There was a lot of stress with these but they came out alright in the end. Very pleased with the result.

The printer and the last run of "The Daily Cult" that never made it to retailers...

A bit of a throwback on this one.

I made this piece, planned it for PAX2015 that my gaming group ran to show off 40k to new and old players and we needed a story and some pazzaz to it all.

This was the fated warpgate on the planet Deathguard legions and Imperial Fists faced off on.

The crystal at the centre between the wraithlords is the objective, whoever holds it wins at the end of the game.

But then the eldar arrive...

I had bought a Farseer, a Fire Prism, and 2 squads of Wraithguard that pop out to protect their web world.







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Man that's fantastic! I love the overgrown look. Do you have any WIP shots?

The printing press for the Daily Cult is pure genius too btw

Wow, this is incredible. Do you airbrush or is this all hand painted? Love the detail touches

Ynneadwraith wrote:Man that's fantastic! I love the overgrown look. Do you have any WIP shots?

The printing press for the Daily Cult is pure genius too btw

I don't actually. I built and painted it within the space of a few days so it was just rush rush rush.

Thanks for the comment. I am pretty proud of the printer. It finished up just as I expected.

Scarper wrote:Wow, this is incredible. Do you airbrush or is this all hand painted? Love the detail touches

Airbrush. The tones you can get from it and just the ease at which it paints is not doable with painting by hand. I do a lot of hand techniques too but airbrush for base coats and some contrasting colors.

So we have got the snow down on some parts and it's looking crisp.

I'll let the photos do the talking.

Some of the buildings put together now. The posters are looking great on the walls and floors. I'm trying to make it look as though these were just as much rubbish as they were helpful.



There is still weathering and plenty more to do. I try and put a lot of depth into washes on the finished pieces because the mix of tones really appeals to me.


The machine shop is by far my favourite part of this. Down on the level of the models this looks like it was a once busy factory churning out weapons and gadgets for the cults.


An overall view of the pieces that were made for this set. A lot has gone into this in terms of sweat and blood and just hard work. I am so happy and it's not even finished!

I love this blog. Fantastic terrain, really inventive stuff.

 Corrode wrote:
I love this blog. Fantastic terrain, really inventive stuff.

Thank you. We're constantly trying to find new ways to get old things done.

A few shots of the factory again to get this started.

We are calling this bad boy done!!!!!!!



And set up as a complete board with all the smaller pieces.




The pipe section is a little hard to see but I had fun with it in that it actually comes apart in a lot of places for you to build in a series of different ways.

A cold marine stares through the ruined walls of the factory looking for targets.



Squad Sarge leads his troops into battle trouble ruin and wreck!

I didn't quite like the board that I had for the terrain so with a couple of cans of spraypaint I flipped over the icy blue and turned it into a winter-scape.



AS you can see it adds a lot of depth to the finished product.

Wrecked tanks lie dormant after battle in this frozen landscape.

Also made a forklift for the warehouse as a last pieces to tie it in.

This kit was available from miniaturescenery.com and I also bought the girders you see in the warehouse from them.



Subtle blue washes around the engine components didn't come out as much as anticipated but I'm happy regardless with this entire set.

That change of board colour is so much better. Good decision.

Good to see it all together - looks great!

That's looking stunning! Definitely the right choice to swap over to a snowy base. Looks much improved

Corrode wrote:That change of board colour is so much better. Good decision.

Good to see it all together - looks great!

Thanks! I'm glad I made the change as well. The blue was really not designed for this table haha.

Ynneadwraith wrote:That's looking stunning! Definitely the right choice to swap over to a snowy base. Looks much improved

Thank you very much!!




And all packed up! two big boxes full of goodness.

For more pictures I have a facebook set up under https://www.facebook.com/DistrictTerra/ and we appreciate all feedback, all comments and even criticisms of our work. Would

love to hear from you there.

After a long hiatus we are back with more!

Had been sketching stuff out for a little while in prep for a crashed space hulk board.

I follow your work on facebook and I'm glad to have found another venue of awesome!

I'll keep an eye over here too. Keep rocking man!

Are those... actual cartridges? I need to try that out...

Howdy goqwdy! Looking grand. You make me want to obtain some that there foam board....!

 r3n3g8b0y wrote:
Howdy goqwdy! Looking grand. You make me want to obtain some that there foam board....!

Yes, exactly this. Wish I could work out what it was called in the UK. I've looked in our hardware stores and just can't see anything like it for sale. Having a big raised plateau thing would be very cool, though. Really nice work.

Very excited to see where that big gun goes! Love terrain pieces with a bit of narrative.

@Silentz and r3n3g8b0y - You can find some foamboard that's not crazy expensive here in the UK, just can be a bit tough to locate!