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Here you can see ammount of foam I have turned into cobblestone paving. I still need to paint them black (some pieces have already been primed) and then start giving them layers of grey paint in different tones. The rat ogre and clanrat are there just for scale.

Wow Man! That is a lot of repeatitive work!

Yoau are ar regular Michaelangelo with crad and foam.

only that michelangleo was italian and he is spanish^^ so...anone have a spanish extraordinere sculpter up is sleeve...^^

that is some dedication you yet again show us... !!! wow

I am really glad you are enjoying my work!!

I just finished priming all the pieces black, and even did the gray basecoating on half of the pieces. I still need to highlight the stones one at a time, at least partially. That could take it's time... but I want to have the platforms coated with varnish by the 29th of this very moth.

Here is what I have already done,



And here you can see what I have not painted yet.



I have already discussed with a friend about buildings to fit in the spaces among these platforms. I hope we can raise a partial city soon, to play in a cool table with propper scenery!

you have been working those pieces with artistic paints? no primer involved? how do you intend to make them sturdy enough?

making a city to go with these platforms... sounds really cool already!

His paint is the primer Vik

yep...that is waht i thought too... tho it also still leaves the issue as to how he makes the whole stuff sturdier open ...

Viktor von Domm wrote:yep...that is waht i thought too... tho it also still leaves the issue as to how he makes the whole stuff sturdier open ...

The extruded polystirene is quite dense, and we have played at least 6 games using these very pieces of polystirene, prior to carving the stones out of them, and we experienced no problem at all with their sturdyness. I plan to apply a coat of varnish over it, however, just in case, as I have some kind of OCD regarding varnish on my gaming pieces and scenery...

As soon as I can get some games on these platforms, I will post some pics and my impressions.

have some kind of OCD regarding varnish on my gaming pieces and scenery...

does that mean you dont want anything varnished or that you varnish everything... even the bottle the varnish comes in

is that foam by the way pink insulation foam or something comparable to that? then i understand the density...

It is indeed insulation foam (extruded polystirene, as opposed to expanded polystirene) so it is sturdy enough as it is presented. I will, however, give it a couple coats of varnish, since everything related to wargaming that I own has been given two varnish coats (except dice and codices... but some day...)

varnished codex... now there is a thought ...

You are Insane! Your skills are incredible. The time and effort is unimaginable. I dont know how you do it. I can barely paint one marine in a month.

And finally, we can see the painted streets of the Mordheim port! Coating them with varnish is still pending.



As you know, I am way more interested in modelling than painting, but each stone is highlighted individually, so I will show you some closeups.

FANTASTIC! How tall are they?
You could make riser sections with stone stairs too!

wonderful basic terrain!
the higlights look very good and are totally worth all the extra work!

dsteingass wrote:FANTASTIC! How tall are they?
You could make riser sections with stone stairs too!

They are about 4cm tall.

I have almost run out of extruded polystirene, at least, I have no other pieces of the right size. I have created four small stairs, so I would be able to put risers above others and access them with no problem at all.

It makes me want to build some man!

I really relly must steal that idea for my Necropocalypse.
Great work there, loved it all!

Before applying a coat of varnish, I decided to arrange the pieces into a random "river" scenario, just for fun.

I think, besides buildings, I am lacking some cover on the river shores. The boats will act as fortresses, since miniatures can take cover into them and are in a high position, so they will be able to choose who they shoot at. Honestly, I am fine with that, since getting into a boat implies risk of falling into the water and drowning, but having absolutely no cover on the shores may be overdoing it. I have thought about building some wodden crates to mitigate that. What do you think?

that is already a full table! to say it would be easy would be an understandment, but it is made with rather simple items...just that the effort of your work is so much makes it way more than just simple

Yes! Now for the docks, yes (rubs hands together) many docks!
(Jetty's, piers. whatever you call them)

I love the stairs!!


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Now How about a seperate set of stairs that spans two risers! - for versatility.

dsteingass wrote:Yes! Now for the docks, yes (rubs hands together) many docks!
(Jetty's, piers. whatever you call them)

I love the stairs!!


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Now How about a seperate set of stairs that spans two risers! - for versatility.

To be honest, I know I should focus now on the dwarven ship. However, now I can only think about completing the buildings needed for this table to be functional.

I want something rather generic, in order to work in several configurations, but I would also like them to be thematic. A couple of stores, a tavern, a warehouse... maybe a church/tower? All built in the same style.

I will probably build them on top on their own 4cm high platforms, so they can be used to expand the table, to be standalone buildings in the river, or be in a higher level on top of the street. Now, if only I had unlimited time... (the ability to stop time withouth aging would also be accepted instead)

the ability to stop time withouth aging would also be accepted inst

now that is over due for all hhobbydom out there...^^

You might like these
http://cianty-tabletop.blogspot.com/2010/04/merchants-house.html

Really great scenery mate , love those modular tiles , is there nothing you cant do :-0

i would suggest barrels crates and cranes ,maybe even fishing nets ? and maybe the stone crenelations or posts with iron hoops that are used for moaring up the ships , for cover

This is really good stuff, dude.

will it be used for WHFB? Or another game?

mxwllmdr wrote:This is really good stuff, dude.

will it be used for WHFB? Or another game?

It will be used for whatever system the setting is suited for. It will be mostly mordheim, since neither I nor my friends have Warhammer Fantasy Battles armies, nor are willing to spend such ammount of money in that system instead of our main one, 40k. Mordheim is our "fantasy fix", so to speak. I expect the risers to see some use in 40k, however. And if we start any other skirmish medieval game, you can be sure we will be using this scenery too.






Now, regarding something completely different, I am going to make a purchase today, in order to test something I left behind a long time ago. It will be just a test, but I would love to see it working, and I hope you will like it too. I am really excited about it, but I don't want to tell you anything yet because I don't want to raise high expectations for something that might not work.

hmmm... I might create and E-bay account and learn how to use the dakka swap shop...

I don't want to raise high expectations for something that might not work.

now that totally backfired ^^