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

^This. Definitely using this idea. Cheers bro!

Casey's Law wrote: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!

Lovely to hear from you mate! Yeah I'm ok. Wrist has generally been better offer the last year or so. I blame sleep deprivation

Solar_lion wrote: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.

See I'd love to do a mural, I think it's a brilliant and fitting idea - but I cannot draw for toffee. I'd worry that not only would it not work it'd ruin the piece as a whole. But I do love the idea. Maybe - maybe - the Joker's face as graffiti? A bit like the SMILE bat I did on the nightclub?
Meanwhile, posters:

Dirty paint water makes excellent weathering wash
I think this wall just needs a tag or two now.

And, the sidewalk, so far:

More police tape to come, and litter in front of the building. But, you get the idea.

That is fantastic, love it.

Take a leaf out of RedHarvest and Grimdorks book, print out a mural picture and stick it on, can go over it with paint if you want to feather it in to the wall. Could also go with billboards, again printable and can weather them up. Tie it in, have a advert for the restaurant on the side of the night club. Does not have to fill the side just break it up. Tall and thin dragon silhouette and restaurant name should cut it. Just some thoughts.

Still laughing, thank you Gits and Graven excellent idea and excellent execution.

 inmygravenimage wrote:

Casey's Law wrote: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!

Lovely to hear from you mate! Yeah I'm ok. Wrist has generally been better offer the last year or so. I blame sleep deprivation

Glad to hear it wasn't anything more serious!

The detailing you've done to those buildings is great, really adding some life to them.

I love the Deadpool poster.

Casey's Law wrote:

 inmygravenimage wrote:

Casey's Law wrote: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!

Lovely to hear from you mate! Yeah I'm ok. Wrist has generally been better offer the last year or so. I blame sleep deprivation

Glad to hear it wasn't anything more serious!

The detailing you've done to those buildings is great, really adding some life to them.

Many thanks amazing what steroids injected into the muscle can do although I was hoping to turn into Bane or something.

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:I love the Deadpool poster.

yeah I'm going to start hiding them on my terrain generally.

Camkierhi wrote:That is fantastic, love it.

Take a leaf out of RedHarvest and Grimdorks book, print out a mural picture and stick it on, can go over it with paint if you want to feather it in to the wall. Could also go with billboards, again printable and can weather them up. Tie it in, have a advert for the restaurant on the side of the night club. Does not have to fill the side just break it up. Tall and thin dragon silhouette and restaurant name should cut it. Just some thoughts.

Still laughing, thank you Gits and Graven excellent idea and excellent execution.

Cheers mate. I've been thinking about making posters for my other buildings generally, actually. The R_h and grimdork pointers were helpful - I have an idea...


But centre, and just Joker's face. Yay/nay?



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Oh that's dope. Maybe just grime it up a smidge.

Nice work graven, the latest adds are fantastic!

That looks amazing bud, brilliant stuff. Your board has to be one of the most brilliant places to play, really immersive for the players. Fantastic.

Casey's Law wrote:Oh that's dope. Maybe just grime it up a smidge.

Will do boss!

Gitsplitta wrote:Nice work graven, the latest adds are fantastic!

Cheers Mucker

Camkierhi wrote:That looks amazing bud, brilliant stuff. Your board has to be one of the most brilliant places to play, really immersive for the players. Fantastic.

Well here's hoping - game planned for 14th with all the terrain

And here it is. You can smell the pee from here.





I like the burst rubbish bag, this was an exciting experiment using a real bag and Superglue.




Really happy with the graffiti mural

Thanks for all the input, as ever, my lovelies.

I am torn, as I only have a very few bits of terrain left to do, but I think I'm more in a mini mood.

Still, as I say, game planned for 14th, and aiming to break out allllll the terrain I think I have enough now

Here's a list of what BMG is on the "shelf"
Leto Joker & Cosplay goons (from Suicide Squad)
Harley Quinn SS)
Deadshot (SS)
Slipknot (SS)
Diablo (SS)
Killer Croc (SS)
Ravager
Deathstroke (Arkham Origins)
Riddler (Classic)

Suggestions gratefully received
Adiós
Graven

I zoomed in on the burst garbage and I felt a little sick, so great job! The whole thing is very impressive.

The only one I really liked in Suicide Squad was Harley so I'd vote for that. Do whatever takes your fancy though!

LOL thanks buddy. Papa Nurgle makes the best colours a vote for Harley, then!

Hey guys,

Little One has a touch of fever and more goo leakage than a great unclean one. Tough night last night, though as a result Mrs Graven crashed early. So, I'm trying to get my last couple of terrain bits done.

Firstly, the radioactive waste container that I've been avoiding for about 6 months.

Finally did all the black. Now to make it look like crap! To the weathering sponge!

And done work on my TT Combat police van also.

It has funky acrylic lights, that my desk has obligingly eaten But anyway, they'll turn up.

Speaking of terrain, the voting thread for the current loer challenge is up:
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/719936.page
Vote Cobblepot! Or, you know, whoever you think actually deserves it

Meanwhile, I promised I'd start actually painting minis again. Felicitously, who should arrive this St Felicity's Day but Calendar Man?

A lovely surprise to come home to. Easily one of my favourite characters, bonkers in game: his abilities change depending on the month you're playing. Best promo ever. If I ever wrote a Batman comic, he would be the villain. I'm not crazy about them doing these limited edition promos with separate rules, as he's a beast, Alfred's is basically a must-have for Bat crews, Batfleck is very potent and the next promo, Arkham knight, is likewise vicious. That being said, they are free. Calendar Man, however, is terrifying and was only free with €150 from Knight or retailer Exclusive. I'm just lucky I have a helpful chum.

The base will be just printed calendars I think. Next, I'm planning on doing some dedicated building; expect a shelf of shame shot later this week!

Hey ho
Graven

Well hello there,
A super productive evening lead to this:



Such fun Not sure my attempt at moody lighting worked though
And dispatch was called to check out a suspicious container:

Finally done! No terrain left to do... yet. Something awesome incoming, "Secret"

Plus, got some time playing Return to Arkham, and red wine. Good times

Nice work, Graven'. Looking good. Base works well for the chap.

Love that building

Orange! My old nemesis. Is that tattooing on its head? The base is exquisite. Simple and direct, which is how bases ought to be.

Dr H wrote:Nice work, Graven'. Looking good. Base works well for the chap.

Cheers! It worked better than I'd hoped.

TerrainWalker wrote:Love that building

Yeah, it's the new apartment block from Red Beam. They've asked me to paint it for the site, which is pretty awesome. I don't, as a rule, do commissions, but free terrain is not to be sniffed at.

Red Harvest wrote:Orange! My old nemesis. Is that tattooing on its head? The base is exquisite. Simple and direct, which is how bases ought to be.

lol Nemesis? You?! Lies, damn lies. I love painting it with VJ orange fire just love the stuff. Yeah, he has the months of the year tattooed on And I really appreciate the base comments; sometimes, as you say, simple is best.

I come back and more city crops up! Great work actually!

Calendar Man looks great Graven and the poilce van is rather stunning it looks like its a model and not MDF, very impressed.

Great looking terrain!

shasolenzabi wrote:I come back and more city crops up! Great work actually!

Yeah it breeds in dark corners thanks bud

GiraffeX wrote:Calendar Man looks great Graven and the poilce van is rather stunning it looks like its a model and not MDF, very impressed.

Cheers! I think the acrylic lights on top help fool the brain of the viewer

Illumini wrote:Great looking terrain!

Thanks, and welcome!

Tonight involved mainly clipping off base tabs and starting to assemble figs:

Harley's legs are so spindly there was just no way I was cutting her off her tab. I'm pleased with how the bag looks at her feet, debating movie scheme or a more classic comic red and black. Thoughts? Croc is just sitting on a nice sewer grate, but am not sure how to do the velour (ah, below, a manly fabric). Batfleck I have cheated with sightly as that's a 40mm topper - adds a bit of heft and presence to the mini as a whole, and doesn't interfere with Los, movement etc as there's still space. Plus I wanted a traffic cone for colour contrast. I'm thinking of dark brown for this bat, much like his vision of the future. Dark and dusty.

Thoughts welcome as always,
Graven


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https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/719936.page
Ta

ok .. late to the show. One more thing you have to do to the building. You need top mess the roof up a bit. Maybe a broken lawnchair or some spots that look like at one time the roof had a temporary patch job. For a building that far gone the roof is in too good of shape.

Helping you stay busy since 2010

*shaking fist* why I oughta!
Of course, you're right. Definitely more decaying.
This evening has mostly been about basing:

KM's obsession with separate heads/hands never ceases to baffle me. Fair enough with Deadshot (going masked), Deathstroke (bare) and Ravager (undecided, probably masked) , but Riddler?! Why???
Still, lots done, and all BMG now based. Achievement unlocked!

Thats cool I've just finished assembling my Suicide Squad as well. Katana was the biggest pain in the behind, was like trying to put together an Infinity model didn't help that her hand came off the top of the sword!!!

Hello chaps
So here's where I am, roughly.


Nothing major to report, quite frantic at work just now: it's coursework time, prepping for exams also, and have gained a top-set senior class as a colleague's off sick and I'm the only one with any experience of teaching Hamlet. Oh, and the wife's got jury duty (having been back at work all of a week), so a lot of juggling of small people going on. The BMG stuff is all built and primed, with some zenithal shading also, but nothing much to show just yet.

Did get a game of X-wing last night, against a friend who's a competitive player (but very friendly with it). Tried out the TIE striker, which is bonkers, shall have to pick one up at some point (I don't usually play Imperials, so borrowed his to test) - it can do an extra move before standard movement, which is all kinds of weird, very nippy little thing. Eventually got toasted by his wall of Y-Wings, but held them to good account and had a pleasant time of it. Also, pizza, empire biscuits (vader's favourite, after all) and general chill.

In other news, looks like I'm back "in" with Knight Miniatures, so hopefully be getting some more review product in the run up to the new Campaign system. Also, having cleared my mountain of terrain, my FLGS has got the terrain pack for The Walking Dead in and more generally TWD boosters, so I might take a break from BMG and do the post apocalyptic tango (apocalypso?) for a while.

Mutterings of new Necromunda have me sadly excited. I still have my last =][= gang, about the only GW stuff I kept hold of. Dang

Lastly, I'm on the scrounge again for a slightly odd project, so if you find yourself with any spare bodies/body parts in the Infinity or BMG aesthetic (spare heads, limbs, organo-mecha bodies - heroic scale but real-world proportions that is - crazy Spaniards), then there's a "safe" home for them sought at Case del Graven.

Cheers
El Gravenator

Boy, that's a lot going on there my friend. Never a dull moment though... that's good.

True but so very, very tired

Crap day at work, made the mistake of speaking my mind in a meeting. Ah well.

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Walking Dead terrain set. £20 well spent

Looking forward to seeing what you do with the Walking Dead terrain set, I've been looking at that for Batman as well.

Nice collection of things going on, looking forward to whats next.

Should add a number of options for your games with that set, are you going to try and match any of it to stuff in the actual show?