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Alright - next up are a couple of ruins that I've been meaning to paint. Caught the bug this rainy Seattle Saturday and hope you like the results!

One is called "Forgotten Liberty" and is a fallen statue not unlike the Lord of the Rings Argonaths. In fact, I bought an Argonath bookend that came with the LOTR collector's DVD set to use as an accompanying piece and it scales quite well. This one comes pre-flocked as well as pre-primed and is suitable for play right out of the box. Not too bad, but I decided it needs some jazzing up.

The second piece is a dwarfish-type column that I think is meant for subterranean battlefields. It's name escapes me, it either starts with an N or O. There are others in the set, so if you can hunt them down you can have yourself a nicely themed board. I'd rather use mine as a Waystone-type terrain piece to match the Fallen Liberty and so will base it as if it's outdoors.




Thanks to the pre-priming, both pieces were simple to paint. I went with a white-stone look for both, giving it an Osgiliath feel and to make it more interesting on the gameboard. Each has only a basecoat, wash and about two layers of highlights. Some quick dabs of static grass and flock and voila! The Fallen Liberty's static grass is quite a bit brighter than mine and put on more thickly - it's also closer to the edges of the piece. I tried breaking it up a bit by flocking over and within the patches at times, overall I'm happy with the results.




Only problem I had painting these was my own fault - the bone basecoat I used was too watery and it really ran into the browns and grays around the bases. I touched it up later and covered it in other places with flock - can't even tell.

Looking forward to painting some more of these great pieces!

Not a huge fan of the static grass mix on the fallen statue - I like your mix, but it doesn't seem to jive with their initial application. I might have either grudgingly left theirs alone or stripped it and started fresh. Probably the latter, as it left you unable to paint the edges of the patches, resulting in some weird grey rims.

The new stone color, however, looks fantastic. I love the look, on its own, and distinguishing it from the ground color gives both pieces a lot more character. The grey stone seems a little flat, though, by comparison.

Nice work, overall. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Oadie - agree with you on all points. The stone color came out better than expected and actually has more contrast in person. I should go back and highlight the gray stone some more - was rushing to snap a picture in the daylight in between rain showers.