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 Theophony wrote:
Mine would be more bloodstained, after all the pitch might be where the game is at, but the stands is where the brawling occurs.

Of course. They're professional players, wouldn't catch them brawling...

A bloodstain though...that's a thought...

So I had a box arrive for me today from a certain Comrade of mine.

It contained a whole load of Sprue

...and a few other model pieces...

Namely 3 sets of Wraithguard/blade spares, including; 12 guns (in two flavours), 16 swords, 14 axes (all with associated arms), a bunch of bits and pieces and some suspiciously large hands (that I suspect are from the Wraithlord?).


I know you said you didn't need them and it's all cool, but Comrade Panda...


I now need to think about what I shall create with all these sharp implements...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
holy sh...t
your wood looks considerably small

..... That's what she said!

 Dr H wrote:

I now need to think about what I shall create with all these sharp implements...

So he sent you sharp implements and sprue........I wonder if he's wanting you to hold an entire village, or just sabotaging your fingers for future competitions so he doesn't have to face you in them , I know that "wood" be my cunning plan.

@nerd, is that when she told you that's the only time she saw something smaller than yours

^ OH-OH, we're going there are we?......... right now i need to put my depravity cap on! :-)

Oh excellent that stuff made it! I was worried it be lost in the post. Nmm you can spike out the shack? Or a weapons rack? Large hands? Hmm... it depends they could be from the wraith knight. If you need other bit hook ups I will happily fill the request.


The picture cleared them up. Yeah those are wraith lord hands.

Nerd & Theo: Settle down you two. This is my hut and my awesome wood. You can compare your woods elsewhere...

Comrade: I did think about adding things like weapons racks and shelving (my thoughts often drifted to the houses and huts in Skyrim), but the walls of the hut aren't really built for having things bolted (correction, riveted) on and anything not nailed (riveted) down has been long pilfered from this hut, so a weapon rack would no doubt be empty.
Equally, if there's something you want in return, let me know.

Do not worry, I have an idea of something to do with a large quantity of close combat weapons and it's quite (Mad) Scientist in it's construction...

There's even a pair of feet for the wraithlord and a pair of arms. I haven't had a good look at all the little pieces yet so there's many more little excited moments to come...

And now for something completely different...

...well actually no, it's more wood and not even Larch at that...

I think I have the pale grey wood look down and getting a variation between the two extremes shouldn't be too hard...

This was a combination of dilute black washes and dry-brushing with 64(grey), 63(sand), 71(bone-alike) and white. Then a few little dabs of black and white to give greater variation and tidy up a few bits.

However, I'm going to start on the inside of the hut with the less bleached wood as I don't want that colour to spill out onto the bleached wood, but the bleached wood colour can spill "in" onto the normal wood. May do the table first though.

make that table old and sad! do it. Then make a fine perfect house party. That is the next piece.

However, I'm going to start on the inside of the hut with the less bleached wood as I don't want that colour to spill out onto the bleached wood, but the bleached wood colour can spill "in" onto the normal wood. May do the table first though.

clever plan!!!

cormadepanda wrote:make that table old and sad! do it. Then make a fine perfect house party. That is the next piece.

It will certainly be a "distressed" look. Table is currently underway, the legs and frame are done but I had to wait for that to dry before masking them off to do the top...so will update that tomorrow when finished.

Viktor von Domm wrote:

However, I'm going to start on the inside of the hut with the less bleached wood as I don't want that colour to spill out onto the bleached wood, but the bleached wood colour can spill "in" onto the normal wood. May do the table first though.

clever plan!!!

Or perhaps...

As cunning as a fox who's just been appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University?

Are you going to make the wood look like it has a bit of lichen or something on it?

I have to say, sorry I have been lurking. I think the wood looks awesome. Exactly what I envisaged. Perfect.

well i want to see the table Dr.

dsteingass wrote:As cunning as a fox who's just been appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University?

Or even as cunning as a fox that used to be Professor of Cunning at Oxford University but has moved on, and is now working for the UN at the High Commission of International Cunning Planning...

da waaagh orkz wrote:Are you going to make the wood look like it has a bit of lichen or something on it?

Indeed there will be, in places.
That can be done near the end though.

But first...

...a table.

Thank you Theo for the bloodstain idea.

You will notice that the bottles don't look very exciting here. That's because they aren't finished, and you won't see the finished labels until the hut is complete... have to keep something under wraps for the end...


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Camkierhi wrote:I have to say, sorry I have been lurking. I think the wood looks awesome. Exactly what I envisaged. Perfect.

No worries. Thanks dude.

cormadepanda wrote:well i want to see the table Dr.

Almost perfect timing...

THe bottles are carved from sprue?

 Galorn wrote:
THe bottles are carved from sprue?

Yes indeedee

nice stain!

a lot of something was cut up there over the years

Now that is a work of art.

dsteingass wrote:nice stain!

a lot of something was cut up there over the years

Ha ha Thanks.
Yeah, and reasonably recently as well.

Camkierhi wrote:Now that is a work of art.

Thanks. That's quite the compliment.

somebody rolled a 6 for rending while playing a knife based drinking game. I love it!

PS; i have a question for the mad scientist. what do i do if one of my eyes is red rimmed and half closed from puffy-ness?

oh my... who will clean up this mess now???...it´s always the drunk that spill their drink all over...tstststs...

Largeblastmarker wrote:somebody rolled a 6 for rending while playing a knife based drinking game. I love it!

Thanks LBM.

PS; i have a question for the mad scientist. what do i do if one of my eyes is red rimmed and half closed from puffy-ness?

er...
If you're asking the (Mad) Scientist, He'd say to poke the other one until it matches...
If you're asking me in an official capacity, I'm afraid I have a PhD in chemistry and not an MD... so can't really help.
If you're asking just in general, I'd say if it doesn't go down soon you should probably see a Doctor with an MD.
Or is there going to be a punchline?

Viktor von Domm wrote:oh my... who will clean up this mess now???...it´s always the drunk that spill their drink all over...tstststs...

Yeah, of course. It's just a spill of claret and noone was hurt in the process... Keep telling yourself that...

well... of course one of the bottles could still be involved with that stainmaking... just not the true inteded useage of bottles could have happened...i am on that case....*where was my cool looking pipe again?*

Or is there going to be a punchline?

LOL... i think that was before the question even^^

Pretty good deduction there...
But what if the bottles present on the table are all clean except for a layer of dust...?

To keep the air of suspense (and to show that the wood doesn't look awesome right from the off) while still showing wip shots, here's a slightly blurry, cropped, close-up of some wood;

This is after the base coat of very dark brown,
The beams were dry-brushed with 186(brown),
The planks and beams (partially) were dry-brushed with 83(Ochre),
Everything was then dry-brushed with 71(oak)...

More slightly blurry wip shots later, once some work has progressed.

Thanks for the voting on the table btw.
The bench from earlier is also vote-able, should anyone feel the need...

funny thing... i had humbrol paints today in my hand when visiting the hardware store... i was searching for a saw bit for my drill... then in the color section i saw them...

do they smell? and about cleaning your brushes... what kind of brushes do you use? the same as for the acrylic paints? i think not?.. and does cleaning take (that much) longer?


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oh...and i voted^^

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
funny thing... i had humbrol paints today in my hand when visiting the hardware store... i was searching for a saw bit for my drill... then in the color section i saw them...

do they smell? and about cleaning your brushes... what kind of brushes do you use? the same as for the acrylic paints? i think not?.. and does cleaning take (that much) longer?

Yeah, they smell and so does the white spirit required to clean them (although I believe you can get non-smelly thinner as an alternative, but that doesn't help you with the paints).

Other than the many brushes that I've used for years and were handed down to me, the recent brushes I've actually bought have been Sable hairs.
I usually use some Humbrol "Palpo" brushes which say on the pack Sable hair and Enamel paint. These
And because of those, I bought some Winsor & Newton water colour brushes (pure red sable) for really fine workThese. I've used one of them and it works fine.

To clean them: All I do, once I've finished painting with that colour, is just rinse is off in white spirit. I swirl it around and massage it against the side of the jar (just enough to part the bristles and not enough to really damage the brush). I then wipe off the excess white spirit on a towel for the purpose of wiping paint-y and white spirit-y things on, making sure with a twist that the brush comes to a point. That's all, nothing special. With occasional use most of these brushes have lasted years (although the most used ones have worn out quicker).

oh...and i voted^^

Danke

The table looks brilliant just by itself! Awesome work.

He table is great if he rest of the project gets painted like this you should take it to a golden demon like the blood on the table

Just reading comments about your beautiful table elsewhere and had a brain wave. You have to put some form of knife or scalpel on the table. It's Doc's table after all.

Sorry had to get that out, it hurt to think that much. Just a suggestion. You are perfect as is. Just hit me, it would be like a signature. Doesn't have to be too specific to any time period. Anyways I will shut up now, sorry.