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Thanks Karokk and HF Izanagi!

 HF Izanagi wrote:

Question - in your first picture, you have that dirt-creep going up the crevice of the buttresses (next to the door) - what did you use for that? It looks really good.

I used Liquid Nails to make some rough shapes to the ground and walls - like wind blown dunes etc. Neil101, the master of terrain builiding, gave me the hint for this. Liquid Nails is easy to use and when it dries, it becoms hard and just a little bit flexible. When the stuff had dried, I added some PVA glue + 3 different kind of sand.

Awesome minis! Fantastic conversions and paintjobs all round

I love John Blanche's stuff and I can really see his influence in your work, the only thing I don't like about Blanche's miniatures is his paintwork, it's a little too 'inks & watercolours' for me, which I guess is because that appears to be his preferred 'canvas' medium, which I guess bleeds over to his mins. On the other hand, your minis have lovely crisp paintwork while still retaining that grittyness!

Thank you, Leigen_Zero! John Blanche's work has had a major influence on my style. That shines through without shame.


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I guess I never posted this compeleted group shot of Inquisitor Marius Cassar and the upgraded Rogues Malus. Well, here it is, exclusively to you, dear Dakkadakka readers...


+ Inquisitor Marius Cassar and the inglorious Rogues Malus +

Amazing converting and greenstuff skills. THe paintjob is also really well done, and so real!

I cant wait to see more of your work man, keep it up!

Rather nice group shot Mr Izecolt.

Cheers Charky and PDH! I was hoping to save the group shot for the terrain photoshooting session, but couldn't resist it anymore.

Incredible stuff...you know ever what I think about your minis but i didn't see your complete blog about them, impossible for me to don't tell a word here lol

Many thanks, Fufu!

The Caterpillar phase of the Punk Moth scenario is rolling on again. All the buildings are now primed and waiting for the painting phase. There's a lot of surface to cover so I need to plan the whole painting process with care...



Before assailing any of my undercoated structures with paint I decided to make a test piece with the colour scheme that I had thought to use in the Punk Moth scenario. My plan is to paint most of the surfaces with dirty and worn white and coat the trims of the walls with beutifully patinated copper. The ground will have the similar tone with the bases of our gangs.

I picked up one of the extra walls and had the test piece undercoated with a nice layer of dark brown paint that I had mixed with various paints. Anxious as I was, I had to speed up the drying process with a hair drier. My wife looked at me with a hint of an amusement in her eye...

When the undercoat was dry, I applied some water here and there with a paintbrush and sprinkled table salt over the wetted areas. When the water had dried off and there was only salt left, I went outside and gave the test piece a nice layer of white paint with an airbrush. Actually my white paint was so low-quality that I had to give it not just one but three thin layers before all the areas were white. This had a dramatic impact on the salt which decided to stick on the surface even though I soaked the testpiece under warm water for over a minute. I had to help it with the paintbrush and finally got the salt off.

Now the wall had a nice weathered surface that needed to be shaded. I gave the surface a thick layer of brown wash.



After the wash had dried, finished the effect with some minor details. Finally I painted the trim with bronze metallics and added some turquoise to make it look like patinated copper.

here's the finished test piece...

Damn buddy that looks bloody good. The yellowy white is very nice background, a bit different.

How are you going to soak the larger sections to get the salt off?

Cheers Peter! For removing the salt off from the bigger pieces I'll be using a sink shower attachment. After doing the test piece I figured that I needed to invest in better white paint, so I went and bought one. I tried it out and looks like I only need to make one thick layer to cover the brown paint and therefor the salt will get of much easier. The sink shower does ripp off some of the white paint but that's more than fine with me as it gives even more realistic weathered effect to the walls.

Very cool test piece and i especially apretiate the painting explanation ( the more you do that the better! ) I think ill try this out myself!

Your gang if gorgeous, and that wall section looks o real. Keep up the great work. Also another thanks for the explaination .

Thank you Rogue Wolves and Theophony!

The first one of the Punk Moth ruins is now almost finished. I still need to add some minor details here and there, but other than that, I'm pretty much finished with it. Here's a gloomy teaser...

That is some glorious salt weathering. Did you wash it with quickshade?

That gothic pic is perfection. Really gives the feel of the deep dark underhive.

Great work as always

Thanks chaps!

Sorry for the lack of Dakka-attention. I have finally finished the Caterpillar phase of the Punk Moth project. Here follows a fist full of photos from the Punk Moth campaign scenery, in all its glory...


+ The Monastery +

Ever since I finished the scenery, I've been arranging all the pieces together on the gaming board with excitement, staging the set like a young lad building his first Lego city, looking for best balance in both gameplay-wise and appearance. The possibilities are endless...

This is a mock-up layout for a possible Punk Moth scenario, The Monastery. I'm pretty pleased how the set looks as a whole. There are some hue differences in the greys of the ground and the decayed walls, but I think that just gives them more lively look.

Here's some close-ups of the terrain...


The end of the Caterpillar phase means that we are free to continue to the next phase of our project - the Pupation. In this phase we will plan, organise and enrich our first game of INQ28 (which, by the way, has been under preparations for almost two years by now). This game will work as a stage for our two rival Inquisitors, Inquisitor Marius Cassar and Inquisitor Pherion of Mars. The hunt is about to begin...

- Kari

Glorius!

Hail to the mighty Ratters who can give us some battle reports to feast upon!

It looks lovely. Out of interest are those dead leaves glued down or just scattered around?

Thanks Peter and Bruticus!

When I washed the boards with the turpentine based varnish, I sprinkled the birch seed all over the place to make the ground look more lively. You'd have to be a mad man to glue them separately

I could feel the INQ28 mood just watching the pics

I think I never seen anything like that yet and I'm looking forward to see some great minis on this board

 izeColt wrote:
Thanks Peter and Bruticus!

When I washed the boards with the turpentine based varnish, I sprinkled the birch seed all over the place to make the ground look more lively. You'd have to be a mad man to glue them separately

Hang on have you not looked at your creations "You'd have to be a mad man to glue them separately " we have already established you are mad its just to what extent

You convert and construct great looking miniatures, you have an artistic flair when it comes to painting and now as a final blow to us mere mortals you produce stunning scenery, I hate you so much