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Hey Maus, been lurking for a while and gotta say that I love your stuff! Really great ideas. My favorite models have to be the Bounty Hunter and 47! Your terrain has progressed very nicely since the first posts! Keep up the great work man! One thing that I use on my terrain (one of these days I'll get around to posting pics of it) is to wash them down with diluted Asphaltum by Americana it is alot like Devlin Mud but alot cheaper from Micheals. Try it out if you are looking for a good dingy look to your stuff. Works well.

I assume Michaels is a DIY? I'll look for something likewise here.

Anyone have a good color suggestion concerning the sofa?

IT should be a really obnoxious sofa like a dingy orange with yellow stripes or something hideous to that effect thats my two cents on the matter.

 MauS wrote:
I assume Michaels is a DIY? I'll look for something likewise here.

Anyone have a good color suggestion concerning the sofa?

Sorry for the confusion Maus. I just was thinking of where I buy most of my paints. Over here Micheal's is a chain of craft stores. Don't know what you guys have for an equivalent.

On the sofa front I think a really tacky floral pattern would work too.

I know those will be awesome when finished, but right now they look like crackers.

Lolz @ Skalk... crackers... they'll look awesome when done for sure... Its the sofa i'm still not sure of. I was thinking a fallout-ish beige and olive stripes, but it would show too clearly that the cussions are all of different sizes...

Go for a solid color (like a classic blue plush color), it'll hide the irregularities

geez maus you have the craziest guys, i love every one of em!

gotta agree...for now your furniture looks indeed tasty after some lick of paint this will be some awesome details for any piece of terrain...

Another detail piece you can do is an old coffee can full of cigarette butts on the railing of the trailer porch.

Another good plan Rustbucket... I love new ideas, so keep em comin!

To all a late but great X-Mas and newyears by the way...

These sort of ideas come pretty easy to me since I have lived most of my life in the rural South of North Carolina. I don't consider myself to be a redneck by any means but when you see it every day and work with many who are you get to know the lifestyle pretty damn well!! Pretty much nailed it with the Confederate flag over the railing. More ideas would be things like caps/ shirts with John Deere logos, Natural Light beer cans, Dale Ernheart NASCAR #3 on anything and trucks with raised suspensions, Keep it all coming!

Hey people! Another small update here, some color on the sofa, and a wasteland wanderer called Jack of the Rippers...
Take a look, and then let me have it
All comments welcome... specially suggestions and positive criticism









Dont be silent now !

I like his pose, very reminiscent of a traveller, with his belongings in a sack on his spear.

Not too fond of the ripper though.

Lonely travler with some cool conversions all over, love the crossbow great use of grenade luncher and crossbow reminds me of the crossbow from that really bad Van Helsing Film

The bag hanging from the spear is a great idea gives that wonderer feel to him, the only down side is the shoulder pad looks a little on the heavy side (think it is one the wizards collars )

Overall great job

@Ghosty: Thank you, I love the sack a lot myself too... it just somehow happened while i as fiddling with some leftover greenstuff. My GF thought it was anoying and poked at it with a cocktail stick. That gave me the idea.
The ripper is one of three that will be clustered besides him. Its not nearly done, all i did so far was cut it in half to make it look like its burrowing. The other two will be in various stages of exiting the ground too. And they'll likely have collars, maybe even a leash.

@ LDD: Thanx! I'll take another look at the shoulder, see if i can make it a tad smaller. ( The Van helsing with whatshisnamewolverine? It kinda does yes... i see it now... and as such must change it... hrm...)

You guys think the sofa color is okay, or too dark maybe?

 MauS wrote:
@Ghosty: Thank you, I love the sack a lot myself too... it just somehow happened while i as fiddling with some leftover greenstuff. My GF thought it was anoying and poked at it with a cocktail stick. That gave me the idea.
The ripper is one of three that will be clustered besides him. Its not nearly done, all i did so far was cut it in half to make it look like its burrowing. The other two will be in various stages of exiting the ground too. And they'll likely have collars, maybe even a leash.

@ LDD: Thanx! I'll take another look at the shoulder, see if i can make it a tad smaller. ( The Van helsing with whatshisnamewolverine? It kinda does yes... i see it now... and as such must change it... hrm...)

You guys think the sofa color is okay, or too dark maybe?

No the colour is fine a dirty sofa what colour are they any way what do you need to change I hope you don't mean the crossbow the film was crap the crossbow rocked

hey maus!
nasty peice of work there with that sofa

in fact seeing such pieces i always assume it to be of rich and dark red... faded due to long overuse to orange in places... but i gues that´s just me...

the lonesome travles looks really mean...using that wizard head was a cool thing to do... the crossbow with mag... i see the helsing referrence too, but for a more modern type of mini i would get rid of the bowstring... like it was propelled by energy...just like chewies crossbow...

but a truly nice compsition...and actually i like the ripper... has a touch of that old movie my enemy mine...

suggestion- find something that will look like tiny buttons to fill in the upholstery holes in your couch. Nice job so far w/ paint but (sorry ) still looks like saltine crackers to me.

Buttons, good point! thanx... Tiny balls of gs will do i think... must try tomorrow

Happy new years everybody!!

To you to mate

I like the look for the sofa. Buttons will definitely help. Are you planning on making another sofa? You have got me wanting to make one and this is what I am going to run with but if you like the idea please feel free to use it too. Leave one of the seat cushions off, make it look like the bottom is torn, and use a spring from a pen/ mech pencil to look like a spring is poking through.

Great wanderer, MauS! Not too sure about the rippers, but I understand that he's a WiP. Are they exotic pets that accompany him around? That pose is very characterful, and I really like the greenstuff work. The weapon mod is ace too!

I'm a little on the fence about the sofas right now, but they do look good. The shanty town was a work of beauty, however, and I'm sure you'll sway me with a pic of one in amongst your other scenery

Keep up the awesome work!

Thanx guys...

The rippers will be exotic pets yes, and companions in combat (there will be some loose bases with the critters as well...
I'm thinking of adding some fur to them to make them less 'tyranid' and more say... critters...

Sofa amongst scenery pics will follow this weekend. Got a game and will be taking pics.

woh this dude might be my favorite of yours, really cool look to him!

A work in progress for Papa-Nid's Hero contest. Not a captain like Viks... but a Heroic leader of survivors during the necropocalypse.
Green stuff is the next step... Can you spot all the parts?







More coming soon... also in the pipeline, sofas, tables ladders chairs, etc... We rescheduled the game to next week, so no scenery-sofa shots yet...

YEY Guess game

Ok
Head Empire Flagellants
Arms Empire Militia
Torso Cadian
Legs Marauders
Hand Zombie
Grenades Space Marine or scouts
Pouches Ork I think
Skull Flagellants
Axe heads Space Marines

Am I correct

10 out of 10

 MauS wrote:
10 out of 10

Great what do I win