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2011/03/14 15:28:24
Subject: Abandoned Fortress
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Roarin' Runtherd
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2011/03/14 15:37:46
Subject: Re:Abandoned Fortress
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Very nice. Really simple, but obvious you have put some work into it, and its done very well.
What exactly have you used to make it?
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2011/03/14 15:38:53
Subject: Abandoned Fortress
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Chaplain with Hate to Spare
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Awesome! love the detail and the paint job, the weathering and rust is just about spot on! would love to see more?
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2011/03/14 15:46:49
Subject: Abandoned Fortress
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Mighty Brass Scorpion of Khorne
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Lame, can't see the pictures at work. Could you maybe upload them to the Dakka gallery? This sounds interesting 
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2011/03/14 15:49:52
Subject: Re:Abandoned Fortress
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Roarin' Runtherd
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rodgers37 wrote:
What exactly have you used to make it?
For the base I use hard foam board coverd with plaster,model grass,the rubbels its broken pieces of plaster together with cat sand,oil paints for washes and some pigments
the cobblestone its made with cork and plaster
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This message was edited 3 times. Last update was at 2011/03/14 15:57:14
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2011/03/14 16:08:37
Subject: Re:Abandoned Fortress
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Wow, those close ups make it look even better. Really nice 
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2011/03/14 17:15:01
Subject: Re:Abandoned Fortress
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Long-Range Land Speeder Pilot
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It's good, but I think it can be better? The pristine green grass doesn't go with the image well, and in my opinion if you mix something ellow or brown to those parts it'll make the piece stand out more and make it more cohesive. But good job!
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2011/03/14 18:30:46
Subject: Abandoned Fortress
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Gargantuan Gargant
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The wash and pigment work really bring this piece to life. I do agree with starsdawn, though, that the lush green grass doesn't quite fit the mood of the rest of the piece. Even with that discrepancy, though, it's a fantastic piece of terrain.
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2011/03/14 19:04:01
Subject: Abandoned Fortress
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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This is absolutely gorgeous.
I agree though again with the green grass not fitting, but for two reasons. On the one hand, it ought not be so happy green, on the other, if it is that kind of happy green, it needs to be more overgrown, some bushes or trees, in that nature has reclaimed the fortress.
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15 successful trades as a buyer;
16 successful trades as a seller;
To glimpse the future, you must look to the past and understand it. Names may change, but human behavior repeats itself. Prophetic insight is nothing more than profound hindsight.
It doesn't matter how bloody far the apple falls from the tree. If the apple fell off of a Granny Smith, that apple is going to grow into a Granny bloody Smith. The only difference is whether that apple grows in the shade of the tree it fell from. |
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2011/03/15 05:15:43
Subject: Abandoned Fortress
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Roarin' Runtherd
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Thank you all, I will try to fix the green with dark green and brown maybe
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2011/03/15 08:08:26
Subject: Re:Abandoned Fortress
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Foxy Wildborne
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I wouldn't really call something with windows that big on the ground level a "fortress" 
But it looks great. I am especially impressed by the level of detail you put in the rubble - very convincing.
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2011/03/15 11:59:04
Subject: Abandoned Fortress
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Splattered With Acrylic Paint
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That's awesome. Inspiring me to try and make some sort of building for myself. Brilliant job and I love all the details.
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2011/03/15 23:03:32
Subject: Re:Abandoned Fortress
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Roarin' Runtherd
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lord_blackfang wrote:I wouldn't really call something with windows that big on the ground level a "fortress"
Ya ok its not look like a fortress, but this word comes in my mind when I finished 
thanks for watching!
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2011/03/15 23:35:08
Subject: Abandoned Fortress
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Mysterious Techpriest
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Airbrushed?
Looks good amazing, though in my nit-pickyness it looks more like a watchtower than a fortress
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2011/03/15 23:55:37
Subject: Re:Abandoned Fortress
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lord_blackfang wrote:I wouldn't really call something with windows that big on the ground level a "fortress"
But it looks great. I am especially impressed by the level of detail you put in the rubble - very convincing.
It's the fourty-first millennium: it doesn't have to make sense!!!!
Besides, space marines are fat, they cant squeeze their fat guns through tiny windows! XD
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15 successful trades as a buyer;
16 successful trades as a seller;
To glimpse the future, you must look to the past and understand it. Names may change, but human behavior repeats itself. Prophetic insight is nothing more than profound hindsight.
It doesn't matter how bloody far the apple falls from the tree. If the apple fell off of a Granny Smith, that apple is going to grow into a Granny bloody Smith. The only difference is whether that apple grows in the shade of the tree it fell from. |
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2011/03/16 01:00:59
Subject: Abandoned Fortress
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Squishy Squig
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I really like the design of the ramp up into the ruined building. Great detail and excellent photos.
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2011/03/16 01:20:07
Subject: Re:Abandoned Fortress
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Fixture of Dakka
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Fantastic attention to detail!
beautiful!
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Come again some other day
The devil has my ear today
I'll never hear a word you say" Weak and Powerless - APC
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2011/03/16 01:39:20
Subject: Re:Abandoned Fortress
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Savage Khorne Berserker Biker
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Absolutely fantastic work on the shading of the walls and the perfect amount of debris on the floors and the ground. As for the idea of NOT having the lush greenery, i disagree, that is exactly what you DO want in a terrain piece that is painted so nice. You see, the vibrant greens of the grass are in direct contrast to the dismall, forgotten look of the building. it provides some color for the building to react off of, for example look at the same pictures in black and white and you will see that the building just sorta blends in to the foundation, It doesn't "pop" like it should without the stark contrasts of the greenery, just my opinion YMMV.
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It is the 3rd Millennium. For more than a hundred months Games Workshop has sat immobile on the Golden Throne of Nottingham. It is the foremost of wargames by the will of the neckbeards, and master of a million tabletops by the might of their inexhaustible wallets. It is a rotting carcass writhing invisibly with business strategies from the early Industrial Revolution Age. It is the Carrion Lord of the wargaming scene for whom a thousand veteran players are sacrificed every day, so that it may never truly die. Yet even in its deathless state, GW continues its eternal vigilance. Mighty battleforce starter-sets cross the online-store-infested miasma of the internet, the only route between distant countries, their way lit by a draconian retail trade-agreement, the legal manifestation of the GW's will. Vast armies of lawyers give battle in GW's name on uncounted websites. Greatest amongst its soldiers are the Guardians of the IP, the Legal Team, bio-engineered super-donkey-caves. Their comrades in arms are legion: the writing team and countless untested rulebooks, the ever vigilant redshirts, and the writers of White Dwarf, to name only a few. But for all their multitudes, they are barely enough to hold off the ever-present threat from other games, their own incompetence, Based Chinaman - and worse. To support Games Workshop in such times is to spend untold billions. It is to support the cruelest and most dickish company imaginable. These are the tales of those times. Forget the power of sales discounts and Warhammer Fantasy Battle, for so much has been dropped, never to be re-published again. Forget the promise of cheaper digital content and caring about the fanbase, for in the GW HQ there is only profit-seeking, Space Marines and Sigmarines. There is no fun amongst the hobby shops, only an eternity of raging and spending, and the laughter of former employees who left GW to join better companies. |
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2011/03/16 05:20:57
Subject: Re:Abandoned Fortress
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sub-zero wrote:Absolutely fantastic work on the shading of the walls and the perfect amount of debris on the floors and the ground. As for the idea of NOT having the lush greenery, i disagree, that is exactly what you DO want in a terrain piece that is painted so nice. You see, the vibrant greens of the grass are in direct contrast to the dismall, forgotten look of the building. it provides some color for the building to react off of, for example look at the same pictures in black and white and you will see that the building just sorta blends in to the foundation, It doesn't "pop" like it should without the stark contrasts of the greenery, just my opinion YMMV.
HAHAHA, I'm keeping that YMMV.
I mentioned something similar to this, though the foliage seems to be insufficient for the color to be so bright. I might vary on that mileage, but what's your five cents on that? (inflation) Automatically Appended Next Post: I ask for personal reference
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15 successful trades as a buyer;
16 successful trades as a seller;
To glimpse the future, you must look to the past and understand it. Names may change, but human behavior repeats itself. Prophetic insight is nothing more than profound hindsight.
It doesn't matter how bloody far the apple falls from the tree. If the apple fell off of a Granny Smith, that apple is going to grow into a Granny bloody Smith. The only difference is whether that apple grows in the shade of the tree it fell from. |
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2011/03/16 08:09:39
Subject: Abandoned Fortress
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Roarin' Runtherd
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FM Ninja 048 wrote:Airbrushed?
Yes its airbrushed
Thank you all
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2011/03/16 09:06:47
Subject: Abandoned Fortress
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Journeyman Inquisitor with Visions of the Warp
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great job , with the build , lots of really nice detailed touches , i bet it took a while to paint? also grats on the cool photography , really like thopse shots especially the last few!
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2011/03/17 00:25:54
Subject: Re:Abandoned Fortress
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Savage Khorne Berserker Biker
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poda_t wrote:sub-zero wrote:Absolutely fantastic work on the shading of the walls and the perfect amount of debris on the floors and the ground. As for the idea of NOT having the lush greenery, i disagree, that is exactly what you DO want in a terrain piece that is painted so nice. You see, the vibrant greens of the grass are in direct contrast to the dismall, forgotten look of the building. it provides some color for the building to react off of, for example look at the same pictures in black and white and you will see that the building just sorta blends in to the foundation, It doesn't "pop" like it should without the stark contrasts of the greenery, just my opinion YMMV.
HAHAHA, I'm keeping that YMMV.
I mentioned something similar to this, though the foliage seems to be insufficient for the color to be so bright. I might vary on that mileage, but what's your five cents on that? (inflation)
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I ask for personal reference
Well it could do with some more greenery, I personally would like to see some creeping vines or something similar.
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It is the 3rd Millennium. For more than a hundred months Games Workshop has sat immobile on the Golden Throne of Nottingham. It is the foremost of wargames by the will of the neckbeards, and master of a million tabletops by the might of their inexhaustible wallets. It is a rotting carcass writhing invisibly with business strategies from the early Industrial Revolution Age. It is the Carrion Lord of the wargaming scene for whom a thousand veteran players are sacrificed every day, so that it may never truly die. Yet even in its deathless state, GW continues its eternal vigilance. Mighty battleforce starter-sets cross the online-store-infested miasma of the internet, the only route between distant countries, their way lit by a draconian retail trade-agreement, the legal manifestation of the GW's will. Vast armies of lawyers give battle in GW's name on uncounted websites. Greatest amongst its soldiers are the Guardians of the IP, the Legal Team, bio-engineered super-donkey-caves. Their comrades in arms are legion: the writing team and countless untested rulebooks, the ever vigilant redshirts, and the writers of White Dwarf, to name only a few. But for all their multitudes, they are barely enough to hold off the ever-present threat from other games, their own incompetence, Based Chinaman - and worse. To support Games Workshop in such times is to spend untold billions. It is to support the cruelest and most dickish company imaginable. These are the tales of those times. Forget the power of sales discounts and Warhammer Fantasy Battle, for so much has been dropped, never to be re-published again. Forget the promise of cheaper digital content and caring about the fanbase, for in the GW HQ there is only profit-seeking, Space Marines and Sigmarines. There is no fun amongst the hobby shops, only an eternity of raging and spending, and the laughter of former employees who left GW to join better companies. |
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2011/03/17 09:42:09
Subject: Abandoned Fortress
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Splattered With Acrylic Paint
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Agree'd, Maybe some more over grown grass with some actually looking as if it's grown up through the rubble around the outside of the fortress itself? I think that'd add to it too. =)
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