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@ckig: yeah, I was noticing that myself. I'm hoping once the roof ladder goes on it might look a little less plain, but I might also wind up puuting an air conditioning unit up there or storage boxes or stray trash. Roofs don't typically have a lot on them except air conditioning and vents, or a stray bucket, really. But you're correct, it is really plain.

@Yorkright: maybe a squigeon or two?

@Dr H: thanks! I'm most proud of how the one off-colored tile came out. Different enough to stand out, but not so different that it steals the show.


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I did some work on two smaller pieces I had lying around. I went about 40 pages back into my terrain tutorial gallery and still didn't find any pictures of these little pieces build, so either I never took pictures of that process or these are years old. Anyway, at the craft party on Saturday I base coated both pieces in dark brown. Sorry for the weird quality of the pictures, light was poor at the party.



Then added successive layers of drybrushed brick red, bright red mixed with brick red, more bright red mixed with less brick red, and finally bright red in rapid succession (i.e. not letting any time pass between layers and not cleaning the brush between layers).


And then today, I started adding grey highlights and the base layers for the rubble.


More pictures as progress is made. Thanks for looking and have an awesome day.

I added a layer of light grey to some parts of the pieces, as evidenced by these photos.


And then, with my light grey still wet on the pallet, I took my most obnoxiously nearly-white color and mixed it to get a slightly highlighted middle tone that only people like me even care about. The piece could easily be highlighted without this mid-tone and still look fantastic, but I always feel better with slightly more range of depth. Layers like these add complexity to color. The viewer appreciates it without even knowing they do. The best way to showcase the irritatingly slightness of this layer is to show it side by side with its unhighlighted twin.

This color:


Pallet mixed:


And side by side for effect:


And then I based coated the interior walls before passing out for the night.


Thanks for looking. Commentary appreciated. Have an awesome day.

I see the difference, and I agree. I love the weathered look you get by slowly building it all up. Nice work!

Nice work. Great way to avoid the "grey building here, grey building there" trap.

Great work Warboss_Waaazag.

Cheers,

CB

I really like these latest pieces, Warboss! Terrific scenicking and the paint layering for weathering is terrific.

I use the craft acrylics a lot also- cheap, and I've never had one dry out on me. And for the price, I don't hesitate to try mixes and washes with them that I wouldn't try with more expensive paints.

I look forward to seeing more!

I am all in favor of squigeons , I also use that same type of acrylic paint. Their blue is great to use as it drys with a shine to it.

*edit: please comment so I can post more pictures*

Thanks for all the feedback, folks. Here's some work. I added a brick red to the strips of interior detail.


And then did the same with the other piece, except I also did all the layers of highlighting besides and didn't take any pictures of the steps.


I waited until I was done with all the interiors before adding the last layer of white to the whole piece.


It's most noticeable in these side by side shots.


And with half-painted tankbustas for scale.


Thanks for looking. Commentary always appreciated. Have an awesome day.

Lovely work, really like the interior colour and sense of crumbling plasterwork.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Lovely work, really like the interior colour and sense of crumbling plasterwork.

Thanks, graven. I started working on another half-finished project. It turns put the best way to motivate me to work on projects is to suggest a massive project about something else entirely. Sigh.

This was one of those projects where I had to go 30 pages into my gallery just to find the spot where I left off on it.


I base coated most of this piece before I realized I hadn't finished the windows or the sidewalk grout. So I started the grouting process. This is literally me using my finger to slather crayola airdry clay into the grooves I've intentionally left between each sidewalk slab. The curvature of my fingertip and the give thereof, gives the clay the look of shrunken grout sagging.


This picture clearly illustrates the window frame I made versus the two I did not.


Here's a few photos to try to give a sense of scale on this piece.


The backyard before I "refined" it by wetting my brush and smoothing away the excess clay (and then using my fingertip to scoop away the liquid excess).


And after. You'll notice I jammed some medium ballast into some of the grooves to indicate broken debris.


After hitting all the clay with lightly watered down white glue I sprinkled some craft sand here and there. And then sealed that layer, too.


I had established with the other piece that the curb looked a certain way and so I tried to make this curb look crumbled using a line of clay and embedded ballast. We'll see how that turns out once I get paint on the thing.


Thanks for looking. Commentary always appreciated. Have an awesome day.

Your games must look epic with all this gorgeous terrain you build Warboss. My only critique is there is no squigeons anywhere ;-).

Yorkright wrote:
Your games must look epic with all this gorgeous terrain you build Warboss. My only critique is there is no squigeons anywhere ;-).

No squigeons YET.

Thanks, I just wish I played more often.

Pretty sure we all wish we could play more, I am down to 2 times a month and an occasional tournament.

I love the brick red on the building at the top of this page. Looks ace!

Warboss, that's some tasty blue on interior of the ruined buildings. I really like your window sills as well. Those pieces came out great. Really nice work!

Your new project is coming along nicely. Watching with interest.

@Yorkright: I often don't play for years at a stretch. The last time I played was Kill Team and that was 3 months ago. Before that it was last summer.

@Stevefamine: thank you and welcome to the blog!

@Cleatus: thanks! I've caught the productivity bug and I'm in full production swing. If it wasn't for "real job" I'd have a lot more to show.

Thanks fir the feedback, all! I'll post up another progress shot this evening.

Really digging that blue color on the inside of the last two buildings , kind of chilling out blue in the middle of a battlefield.

Definitely like the courtyard house you have here as well. Functional and opportunities for cover and shooting too.

 Theophony wrote:
Really digging that blue color on the inside of the last two buildings , kind of chilling out blue in the middle of a battlefield.

It seems very popular with everybody I show it to.

Definitely like the courtyard house you have here as well. Functional and opportunities for cover and shooting too.

It needs railings and such, but I'm pretty happy woth how it's come out so far. I was thinking of trying to make a bike rack in the courtyard or maybe have removable tables and chairs there.

Thoughts?

The problem I have with tables and chairs is scale size. If you made tables then they need to be small enough to fit a couple in there and the legs are usually what blows scale size out for me. I know it's strange, but that's always a killer for me. id like to see your take on a bike rack, and if you have an idea for the tables then go for it too, especially if your making them removable.

I assume you mean the legs look too thick for the scale they're supposed to be?

Yes, they generally wind up looking like telephone posts in the other blogs I've seen, and even ones of my own.

Hmm. That's something to keep in mind. I'll see what I can come up with. Challenge accepted!

And I didn't even get to slap you with leather gloves . I've thought about using paper clips that are cut to length for legs as using paper clips for a powered folding chair worked out okay for my angry servo Skulls.

 Theophony wrote:
And I didn't even get to slap you with leather gloves . I've thought about using paper clips that are cut to length for legs as using paper clips for a powered folding chair worked out okay for my angry servo Skulls.

"powered folding chair" is the best weapon attachment I've heard of so far! lol! That's better than the "powered bag of doorknobs"

Pic concealed as I don't want to derail your thread.

Paper clips and sewing pins. I've had good luck using sewing pins for a variety of things. Map pins too, which are a heavier gauge can work.

I started work on a railing.

I cut some posts and filed some texture into the railing itself. There's really nothing precise or calculated about this step. I measured off the waist of a random ork and got a random height to use.


I used a fine grit sandpaper to file the gloss off of the posts and tried to take a picture that showcased the difference, but the textural difference is so minute I don't think my camera can record it. You tell me if you notice any difference between these two posts.


Maybe I just need to take the picture in better light? I dunno.

Loving that building. It looks like it'll provide some nice LOS-blocking and detail.

Thanks, CommissarKhaine. This building, along with 11 others and some road sections is part of a massive personal project where I'm trying to build a thematic city board. Essentially, two or three modern city blocks of dense urban terrain.

Well you being in New York you should have plenty of dense urban terrain to inspire you. We visited NY a few years ago, beautiful architecture all around.

Railings look good . I was in the garage grabbing something yesterday and saw some old railroad track of super tiny scale and it was on its side and looked almost perfect for a spaced picket fence, you never k ow when you'll get one of those ideas .