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Inspired by the "sunken ruins of sargeras" campaign from WC3

Terrain is imagined as a Pre-(Hive Fleet Behemoth) Ocean world of Tyran.
(http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Tyran)

Pink insulation foam flag-cut, coated with Golden-Matte, and lightly burned in areas.

Terrain pieces are gathered: Old sea shells, old dry sea weeds, old washed dry pine-cones, and other dry ocean shore-wash.
Everything is base attached with termo-glue and blended with (Paper / Wood-glue / Water) paste.

Two coats of base acrylic paint.
One Light-Beige dry-brush pass
One Raw-umber wash pass.

And a lot of detail painting

Very interesting, I like the petrified look the paint job gives. Now you just need find a nice nautilus shell for a fossil.

Very nice work!

You might like to have a look at the Mare Solum project group on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/481877232185342/

Some similar stuff going on over there.

 Mr Nobody wrote:
Very interesting, I like the petrified look the paint job gives. Now you just need find a nice nautilus shell for a fossil.

Thank you.
I was also thinking those clam looking plants from "Dawn of War 2" on Calderis maps
Yeah, I tried to go minimal on the shells because if they are not SUPER tiny, the scale wont look right.


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 Apollinaire wrote:
Very nice work!

You might like to have a look at the Mare Solum project group on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/481877232185342/

Some similar stuff going on over there.

Thanks.
I tried to google them, but no pictures. I do not have a facebook account to view their page, sorry.
However I am glad someone is investing good effort into water based terrain, because examples on the web for "sunken" terrain/dioramas are quite few and historically themed.

The Flagstones gradients are painted in with care.
Green seaweed-moss is a (Paper / Wood-Glue / Water / Acrylic Paint) mixture to color and apply texture where blending was needed.
(Extra mix could be stored in refrigerator)
And the Tiny roots are painted with care.

The dry seashells and seaweeds are very sturdy by them selves, however everything was coated in few layers of Wood-Glue and then few coats Satin-Varnish.
That allows me to pick up the piece from pretty much any detail, up to a point, also after accidentally dropping few of these they stayed intact quite well.

I love the way the paint job on the stone came-out, I like the yellow roots things alot, and pretty happy with the greenery.

Wow, that's looking cool.

At first I was dubious but now it’s looking cracking. Hope you’ve scrubbed those shells clean though. Could get smartly.

 insaniak wrote:
Wow, that's looking cool.

Thank you!


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Andykp wrote:
At first I was dubious but now it’s looking cracking. Hope you’ve scrubbed those shells clean though. Could get smartly.

Thanks man.
When I gathered the stuff it was very dry, and the smell was long gone.
But even so, a coat of watered-down wood-glue and a few coats of spray-varnish just in case.

I had some other ocean details, but after few coats I could sense a hint of a smell, and did NOT use them in the terrain.
All in all, not bad

Terrain with my DE Dark Eldar
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/760381.page