Space Hulk - Hirst Arts build - Laboratorium Malum Plantae

[Mister Rab]

(I now have a hankering to do a fantasy variant for underground or sewer gaming.......You bad man!)

I think you should do both, then get bored with them when completed and send them to me 

[leonmallett]

Wow. Just wow.

Perhaps one of the best boards i have seen for any tabletop minis game - ever. Kudos. Stunning work there.

Happy gaming with that.

[Pil]

Fantastic work Dr. Mathias! It all looks fabulous but you have to share what you used for the eggs. They look like seed pods of some kind and they are just perfect! The painting is very nicely done and I love the metal genestealers mixed in with the plastics 

[revford]

Very cool, nicely done.

A couple of our group were looking to build something similar, now I can send them here and say "Like That". 

[kenohhkc]

beautiful. Just beautiful.

[Dr Mathias]

Fantastic work Dr. Mathias! It all looks fabulous but you have to share what you used for the eggs. They look like seed pods of some kind and they are just perfect!

Thanks Pil, glad to share-
The alien eggs are indeed made from daylily seed pods, you have a good eye! Last year I gathered a few of the pods in early summer and made a mold of them so I could cast them up in resin and Merlin's. They sat around for a year until I had the corrupted marines made. The opened eggs are dried lily seed pods that I gathered the following autumn after they'd expelled their seeds - they are pretty fragile and I didn't think I could cast them reliably, so I gave them a lot of coats of Future Floor Wax and paint to stiffen them up. They came out better than I expected actually. The nasty alien mucous that attaches the eggs and the corrupted techmarines is made from small pieces of bathroom toilet tissue (toilet paper) that have been dipped in acrylic gloss medium- the clear acrylic paint additive. I'm sure you could just use paint if you wanted. The TP sort of breaks apart and allows you push it around for various effects before it dries. Its a trick I learned in high school art class for texturing paintings. I believe Northstar used a similar if not the same technique for waves to great effect in this LPL entry:

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=27642.0

[Mason]

Those eggs certainly do look great!
I am really surpised that is how you got that effect.
I would never have guessed.
I used the same technique for the water on my docks after seeing Northstar's post and it really is easy!
I wish I had known about letting the tissue paper break apart, I am sure it would have looked a lot better if I had.
Oh, well, you live and learn.
That is what this forum is all about , though, learning new tricks off of other members and putting it into practice.
Great tip, Dr Mathias!
Thank you!

[ancientsociety]

Super impressive.

Now, go make more...

[darthfozzywig]

Well done! I love the inset details in the floors.

[Marine0846]

What can be said that hasn't been said already.
Love it.

[Uncle Mike]

Crazy-Fantastic-Cool!!! Great atmosphere! 

[Blackwolf]

Cracking work Doc.!!!

[Doomsdave]

Unbelievably beautiful.

[D@rth J@ymZ]

Great work as usual. 

[Eisenfaust]

My carefully selected classic terminators and 'stealers which I sourced from ebay to go with the new board edition keep staring at me accusingly in just their undercoat.

As long as they haven't started talking to you yet!