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Post by Thoume on Jun 2, 2005 17:01:05 GMT
I was going to turn this little article into a sort of diary format, but that would be tedious... Anyway. We'll just start with: SaturdayWake up, have breakfast, turn on one of the college PCs, only to find that the internet's gone down. That's 6 forums that'll have to do without me this weekend... So what do I do? Open wardrobe; Ah, how am I going to clear this out before July? Only a third of it has anything that should belong in a wardrobe. The rest is hoarded junk and warhammer... Well, not that I would call it junk, but anyone with the misfortune of opening the wardrobe would certainly say it was... So what am I going to do with it before I have face the horror of binning it all? Turn it all into terrain I think... Rubble and debris to be more precise. Yes, should include no planning at all and reduce that 'junk' to something useful and a bit more compact... Shopping list: - Ready-mixed filler
- Foam board
- PVA
I had all of the above already before I embarked on this project, but if want to follow it then you'll probably need to get these. The rest was down to the 'junk' in question, which for me was; - A shopping bags worth of sprue
- Several sheets of corrugated cardboard
- 5 boxes worth of spare model components
- wire
- fluted dowel
- scouring pad (bits of)
- etc etc etc...
Right, here goes... i5.photobucket.com/albums/y192/Thoume/tut1.jpgFirst thing to do was to cut the foam board into shape. I did this with both a craft knife and scissors but you can use your own weapon of choice. I didn't want to make the bases too big, so I kept them under 20cm (approx. 7") in length and height. i5.photobucket.com/albums/y192/Thoume/tut2.jpgi5.photobucket.com/albums/y192/Thoume/tut3.jpgNext step was to bevel the edges of the bases with the craft knife. The main reason for this will come later... i5.photobucket.com/albums/y192/Thoume/tut4.jpgi5.photobucket.com/albums/y192/Thoume/tut5.jpgSo now I've got the start to the project. The next bit is the fun part... i5.photobucket.com/albums/y192/Thoume/tut6.jpgWith the foamboard shavings and pieces of corrugated cardboard, I began to shape the height of the rubble. The idea is to make a layer of card/foamboard about 1cm in from the edge of the base, and then with the next layer have that 1cm in from the edge of the first layer and so forth. Fit as much card/foamboard to the base as you can until you have reached a decent height. Use an infantry model to help with scale if you want. i5.photobucket.com/albums/y192/Thoume/tut7.jpgYou should end up with something like this. Eleven bases later and I'v finished my masterpiece! Well... Not quite. It's far from finished obviously. So what's next? This is where the filler comes in... i5.photobucket.com/albums/y192/Thoume/tut10.jpgi5.photobucket.com/albums/y192/Thoume/tut12.jpgScooping as much of the stuff as possible with whatever can be passed as a spatula (for me a piece of card, a sculping tool and a plastic disposible spoon...) I pasted the cardboard mound with it. The rougher the texture, the better the effect when I come to painting it later. Once I covered the mound with filler, I stuck on whatever I had into the filler. This was anything from the list of 'junk' I had written earlier (the sprue being the main ingredient). Part II to come later once I can get the last few photos up.  |
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Post by Thoume on Jun 2, 2005 17:45:55 GMT
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Post by Paul on Jun 3, 2005 17:48:36 GMT
;D NIcely done. Having looked at them on two computers I can now see all the details (the other monitor just showed some black-ish splodges  ), and I must say I'm quite impressed Way to kill a Land Raider by the way |
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Post by Thoume on Jun 3, 2005 21:49:46 GMT
Cheers!
Part of a land raider, that is, I didn't have to smash up all of it to create that...
Have I shown you my Ork army yet?
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Post by Paul on Jun 4, 2005 10:36:49 GMT
Cheers! Part of a land raider, that is, I didn't have to smash up all of it to create that... Have I shown you my Ork army yet? Not the entirety of it, no, just single models. And anyway, you can't have a Land Raider without a top plate |
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Post by Thoume on Jun 4, 2005 18:55:32 GMT
But you can have a battle wagon! You can see them here... |
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Post by Paul on Jun 5, 2005 11:30:36 GMT
Wow ! The army is very impressive, with some nice conversion work, particularly the Dread, Battlewagon (  ) and the little details on the Grots. I think I've said this before, possibly about the Chaos Marines, but your 'dirty' style of painting really stands out here, giving a better effect than any 'clean-cut', 'factory' look ever could with an Ork army |
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Post by Thoume on Jun 5, 2005 16:43:36 GMT
Thanks!
It's probably something Marine/Eldar/Tau players tend to avoid because of the dusty look drybrushing leaves, despite it doing the highlighting for them without them having to do the highlighting with a detail brush and a steady hand...
I might have to start learning that if I am to do space marines though. That is, of course, once I've done my 'nids, Ogres etc.
I'll start a new thread on what army to do next.
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Post by Paul on Jun 5, 2005 18:38:26 GMT
Thanks! It's probably something Marine/Eldar/Tau players tend to avoid because of the dusty look drybrushing leaves, despite it doing the highlighting for them without them having to do the highlighting with a detail brush and a steady hand... I might have to start learning that if I am to do space marines though. That is, of course, once I've done my 'nids, Ogres etc. I'll start a new thread on what army to do next. Very true. Being as I started out with Space Marines (stupid store staff) I only really learned to use simple block colours, and it took a long time for me to even think about drybrushing, which is a shame, because once you get good at it you can assemble relatively large forces in a decent amount of time. |
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Post by Thoume on Jun 5, 2005 19:44:28 GMT
Very true. Being as I started out with Space Marines (stupid store staff) I only really learned to use simple block colours, and it took a long time for me to even think about drybrushing, which is a shame, because once you get good at it you can assemble relatively large forces in a decent amount of time. With my brother's Tau, there is a technique some people use called overbrushing. It's basically a cross between drybrushing and flat (or block) painting. You use more paint than you normally would with drybrushing, and then go over the model with it, making sure you avoid the recesses in the detail (which Tau and Mairnes have a lot of in their armour), then afterwards, you can highlight the edges of the armour in a lighter colour (although my bro skipped this bit...). ...I started out with Space Marines (stupid store staff) I nearly went for Dark Eldar when 3rd edition first came out after playing a demo game against my brother (who used marines). It was thanks to my pairents and my bro for knocking some sense into me that I didn't go with them in the end. I kept to my Ork army since then, adding to what I had when the codex came out for them. However it wasn't long before I started the other armies that I've got now (chaos, 'nids, necrons...) |
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Post by Paul on Jun 6, 2005 17:40:31 GMT
With my brother's Tau, there is a technique some people use called overbrushing. It's basically a cross between drybrushing and flat (or block) painting. You use more paint than you normally would with drybrushing, and then go over the model with it, making sure you avoid the recesses in the detail (which Tau and Mairnes have a lot of in their armour), then afterwards, you can highlight the edges of the armour in a lighter colour (although my bro skipped this bit...). Any stage-by-stages ? Just trying to fill up the Featured Articles |
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Post by Thoume on Jun 7, 2005 8:32:05 GMT
OK, I'll have a go with it and post it later. |
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Post by Captain NeMo on Jun 14, 2005 15:40:34 GMT
Not bad! After looking at the first couple pictures I was doubtful, but the later ones show you really pulled it off. I'd like to add that all those marines with snapped off arms sure would come in handy here. |
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Post by Thoume on Jun 14, 2005 17:40:34 GMT
Not bad! After looking at the first couple pictures I was doubtful, but the later ones show you really pulled it off... It's all down to the painting really. If I skipped that it would have looked awful... |
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Post by Paul on Oct 21, 2005 17:37:16 GMT
Dragging a thread up from the grave Very true. Being as I started out with Space Marines (stupid store staff) I only really learned to use simple block colours, and it took a long time for me to even think about drybrushing, which is a shame, because once you get good at it you can assemble relatively large forces in a decent amount of time. With my brother's Tau, there is a technique some people use called overbrushing. It's basically a cross between drybrushing and flat (or block) painting. You use more paint than you normally would with drybrushing, and then go over the model with it, making sure you avoid the recesses in the detail (which Tau and Mairnes have a lot of in their armour), then afterwards, you can highlight the edges of the armour in a lighter colour (although my bro skipped this bit...). ...I started out with Space Marines (stupid store staff) I nearly went for Dark Eldar when 3rd edition first came out after playing a demo game against my brother (who used marines). It was thanks to my pairents and my bro for knocking some sense into me that I didn't go with them in the end. I kept to my Ork army since then, adding to what I had when the codex came out for them. However it wasn't long before I started the other armies that I've got now (chaos, 'nids, necrons...) Ah, I've always called it wetbrushing. Has come in very useful with my Cadians (League starts in 2 weeks, list up tonight) Not bad! After looking at the first couple pictures I was doubtful, but the later ones show you really pulled it off. I'd like to add that all those marines with snapped off arms sure would come in handy here. Same. A few in I was like "No, he's killed them!" |
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), and I must say I'm quite impressed 
) and the little details on the Grots.
~ Jodjod