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That is looking stunning bud, really nice work, agree with Solar Dragon symbols should be gold, but maybe Try your hand at salt whatsit, have the gold looking like very worn paint.

Comp entry is very promising I really hope you get it done in time, but we can extend if necessary.

Dr H wrote:

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Thanks! I had thought about using VJ Metallic Gold but I'm still scared of that stuff :/

Just slap it on something small and see how it behaves. Once you know it won't be scary. Knowledge is power.

also, there are no metals ANYWHERE on any of my bmg stuff. It's a comic thing

I "believe" your bell tower has some metallics in it.

Looks great. Nice work.

OK, OK, OK and, yeah, fair point

Gitsplitta wrote:I just love that graven.

Cheers mate!

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:Nice restaurant. Looks like it's seen better economies, though.

A sad indictment of our times..

Ruglud wrote:Excellent work, your collection of terrain just gets better and bigger all the time

Cheers, I really need to get it all laid out at some point!

Solar_lion wrote:Great work.. Howeverrrrrrr.. I will say I think the dragons on top should be gold. Tarnished and maybe some patina? Hollywood influenced? Currently I think it blends into the building colors too much. The dragons being much of an advertisement than just building dressing... 2 cent's.

Lastly,... add this graffiti... ' Lo Pan sucks' somewhere . Reference to a movie classic.

@D Just for you:

Camkierhi wrote:That is looking stunning bud, really nice work, agree with Solar Dragon symbols should be gold, but maybe Try your hand at salt whatsit, have the gold looking like very worn paint.

Comp entry is very promising I really hope you get it done in time, but we can extend if necessary.

I'm almost certainly going to need it, alas, though the cupola has begun:

Trying something completely new for the painting of this: to achieve layered, peeling rust, there is no primer and just a base coat of orange. It's painted black inside the transparent plastic and I'm gong to start layering over. No idea if it will work but, hey, that's what we're here for, eh? One has to push oneself I'm going to try some salt weathering on the main tower, also.

So, yeah, I took your varied advices, and am willing to conced the gold looks pretty good.


Sponged liquid gold, polished gold,1/2&1/2 gold and silver, and then a little silver at the end.

And in situ:

Yes.. looks much better..

Being a distinguished purveyor of the cinema .. you do know who Lo Pan is? Now you need Jack's Semi truck parked next to the restaurant.

Good show!

The Chang Sings approve of these additions.

The GIT Gits it! ( Drops Mic )

Yeah, I am a movie nut and media teacher, I most certainly get it I do need a mullet wielding Warrior and truck though , too true


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Glad y'all approve!

Amazing work on the restaurant!!

Thanks kindly!
Shreck's continues:

However, it is now primed and zenithally pre shaded, but drying v-e-r-y slowly in the garage because Winter.

Meantime, therefore, I got on with my Nightclub:

The sign is detachable, clipping the roof in place. I need to fix the "dancers" (they're starting to lie down on the job) with a leg to the floor or something I guess anyway.

I am fairly sure that the Penguin would troll the Joker by buying available ad space for his own club
And with more signage -

So graffiti and then weathering. I am debating the word Rhubarb tagged across the back but that may be a little too obtuse? Any other suggestions?

Up and down otherwise. Little dude broke his tooth (or rather, had it broken by another grrrrr), though to his credit he is being very stoical. Little lady managed to throw up all over me.
Fun times, kids are great, aren't they?
But feeling a bit more upbeat, having spoken to wife about feeling low. Just good to get it off my chest and be listened to by herself.

Anyway.
Had a great game of BMG with my old buddy Metropolis, and side by side with a couple of other mates who were learning with my Birds of Prey and a CW theme crew of Flash, Kid Flash, Hawkgirl and Arsenal.


I'm starting to be bothered by how good goons with guns are. Joker mook with machine gun and grapple just made a kill zone whilst holding the batsignal. It's partly a lack of experience on our part though, I think - we're not doing the finesse strategies and so gravitate towards old gaming habits.
We were using his TT Combat buildings - the bank is huge, looks cool but impractical, actually, in game terms - and another friend's plastcraft Infinity ones which went surprisingly well.

Interestingly, on the tactical note, the other 2 teams of all supers seemed really well matched, even with Arsenal and his shooty death arrows (though he did fall afoul of Ivy making him fall off a building )

I have way too many crews for bmg, I realise: Batman, Law, Arrow, Joker, Penguin, Scarecrow, Ivy, Court. Sigh
Ah well.

Onwards!
Graven

Looks like good times. Love the tall buildings on the table. Impractical or no.

At some point I'm going to have to get that batgirl mini. That cape looks too cool.

I hope that it wasn't a permanent tooth.

Looks like a blast graven! Glad you had a good time. Your models are certainly adding to the atmosphere of the scene.

So, my Red Beam Designs nightclub is finished:

I do wonder if I should've done something more with the door. It's kinda unassuming just now. I was going for dingy dive feel.


Working our way round. The neon sign is not attached so you can detach roof and access interior.



Generally really happy with the reverse, by contrast.

I reckon the Penguin would troll the Joker by buying available ad space for his own club



Filthy roof.
Oh, and functional lights:
https://youtu.be/HpedtOkFxr4

And side by side with Lo Phat Chinese Restaurant


Finally, meantime, started on my loer painting:



Going to do the cat ball verdigris for a bit of variety. Posters next, then more weathering.

Even got a game in today - great game of X-wing with the boys. They were Imperial, but separate, #1 with 2 phantoms, #2 with slave 1 loaded for bear - both competing to take my The ghost and the phantom. Good fun.

So, loering ahead!
Cheers
Graven



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Got a bit more done

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Great job on the club. I'd still go there.

Good progress on the tower.

Excellent seeing the terrain in action. Still more battle report type pics would help us ( entertain ) feel like we in the moment!

Thanks guys. The plan for our next game is to use as much of my painted terrain as possible - plus lots of pics, naturally.

Speaking of terrain...

Done!
Who'd've guessed, eh?

LOER contest entry: Shreck'd

15 years since the bicentennial, he found it hard to believe that all that remained of the temple of avarice that was Shreck's was its iconic tower.
"What's the matter, Batman?" purred a voice from above, "I know that it's not because I've got your tongue." He ignored Selina, who preened within the ruined cat-cupola like some bizarre Shakespearean inversion, instead on the hunched shadow that emerged, framed by the flickering light.
"Nyah! This is private property, see!"
A step forward; the Penguin half-stepped back, "Nyah. But, the view's free. For old time's sake, eh?"
And the three of them stood, on the brink, gazing into a city of hope and ruin.


So, an idea that's been brewing for a long time.
Component list

Trying to embrace the quasi-festive theme, there's a sign for the Gotham Bicentennial on the building also (plus, Batman Returns is one of the greatest Xmas movies ever )




I enjoyed decorating this appropriately. I tried a few new techniques, too: layered up kitchen roll with pva and paint to make the flaking white on the cat, and used Humbrol Rust Red weathering powder in a couple of ways (dusted, combined with tamiya mud stick, and with VJ smoke) to add some depth to the crud.


I always imagine domes made of copper, and this gave some nice colour contrast to the piece as a whole.


A lego blog I was reading pointed out that builds often neglect undersides, and it occurred to me that, from a model's eye view, that's very important. So I made a point of rivetting, as well as weathering, below the cupola.


Numerous references in the many posters and graffiti.


Went a bit 4th wall here with the Deadpool poster also pleased how the wanted poster turned out.


Functioning, flickering light.




Lots of fun with graffiti

I've enjoyed this. I've tried to push myself in all sorts of ways. Thanks Cam for a great challenge!

Next? Well, maybe a mini or two. I've got the Apartment building primed and ready, but think I need a break from terrain for a bit.

We'll see

Cheers y'all,
graven

OOOoooooOOooo that building looks good.

Brilliant use of posters and graphiti!

That's very cool graven, great job!

That's quite a tower. It looks great.

Stunning stuff, looks brilliant, posters and graffiiittttiii taken to next level.

Talking of levels, how usable is it in game, I mean a lot of games it would not be great as movement to upper levels would take too long. How does it play in Batman?

TerrainWalker wrote:OOOoooooOOooo that building looks good.

Thanks, I don't think I've ever done so much sponge weathering in my life!

kestral wrote:Brilliant use of posters and graphiti!

Cheers the posters have become quitea common theme in my buildings - I spend a lot of time looking at urban decay! Graffiti likewise, I got a lot of inspiration from a book of tags in the Oakland area. Plus I wanted a LOER tag on there I'm not sure how obvious some of them are - the teeth and lips are over a Superman 'S' for example.

Gitsplitta wrote:That's very cool graven, great job!

Cheers mucker!

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:That's quite a tower. It looks great.

Thanks! Can't believe it's actually stable, too.

Camkierhi wrote:Stunning stuff, looks brilliant, posters and graffiiittttiii taken to next level.

Talking of levels, how usable is it in game, I mean a lot of games it would not be great as movement to upper levels would take too long. How does it play in Batman?

It's very specifically playable The height of it is 25cm to the platform; grapple guns (eg batclaw, or characters like Slipknot, although all factions can buy a couple as gear for mooks) are 30cm in a direct line (uses 2 action tokens, characters get approx 6 tokens a turn depending on rank, experience etc); it was always a key consideration I actually widened the original platform (it was just the cd initially) to increase playability: it can comfortably take half a dozen minis slugging it out. No pushing, it's the fall that will kill you Likewise the inside of the cat head has a stable platform that can take at least 3 models (well, as long as no more than one is on a large base) and so it gives some elevated (therefore more defensible) terrian.
I tried to put my terrain into boxes today. I need another terrain box, it turns out
In tangental news, I think I *am* going to paint some more terrain. Those hobos need somewhere to pee, after all.
Thanks for the C&C folks,
graven

Truly a work of Art. I at first expected a pristine copy of the movie piece, but the ruin version is excellent. The posters and the little touches like the tapped door.. Nice.

This is one of those models that the more you look at it... the more you appreciate it. I just love all the posters and graffiti scattered about and the fact that your detailing took the model's perspective into account.

Wow thats amazing Graven, I think thats your best yet, truly impressed!

Solar_lion wrote:Truly a work of Art. I at first expected a pristine copy of the movie piece, but the ruin version is excellent. The posters and the little touches like the tapped door.. Nice.

Thanks, you know me, nothing's clean in my city door tape is a thing I've been wanting to try for a while and I suspect you'll be seeing a lot more of it.

Gitsplitta wrote:This is one of those models that the more you look at it... the more you appreciate it. I just love all the posters and graffiti scattered about and the fact that your detailing took the model's perspective into account.

Thanks buddy. I'm taking real inspiration from some of the great folk here - loving insaniak's MEdge stuff at present.

GiraffeX wrote:Wow thats amazing Graven, I think thats your best yet, truly impressed!

You're most kind.

A different kind of clear out tonight - boxed up all my old game of thrones cards to go to a mate. No time for ccgs anymore. Well other than Pokemon with the #2 son, that is.

Hey ho. Any suggestions on figs to paint? Suicide Squad, Joker goons, or something else entirely?

Tower is awesome!

I say do some of the Squad next, give yourself a break from the Joker guts as you've done a load of those recently. You could always do Harley if you wanted to keep it relevant to the Joker project (and she's one of the best models in the set)

Squad sounds good. Though need to build them

Meanwhile...
Posters? Police tape?

How about a police outline on the pavement with some shredded bits of tape around it?

Congratulations on 250 pages, graven! Loving the terrain and the Knight Models stuff that your working on. I hope you're keeping well, last time I was here you had an arm splint on, clearly you didn't let that stop you!

couple of chalk body outlines. The the side wall need a mural. Something you see in urban city's over here a lot. Mostly cultural or Ethnic themes. You can dirty it up afterwards.