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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: majorsmith on 13 March 2013, 09:31:00 PM
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Well just finished these few bits of jungle terrain, may add a bit more undergrowth later on to the bases as its a bit sparse, but from above they look just what i wanted, the temple ive had for years from fantascene? i think, i added a bit more loose brick work to it but have to say they paint up rather nice!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/majorsmith/warhammer%2040k/photo-19_zps766f4f86.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/majorsmith/warhammer%2040k/photo-20_zps866fc40d.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/majorsmith/warhammer%2040k/photo-21_zps7476bd74.jpg)
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Great stuff, mate.
A cracking result!
:-*
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Very nice!!!
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Smashing :D
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Really nice stuff! Too many plants may make moving figures a problem. It looks great as it is. :)
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Awesome terrain!
How did you do the moss on the temple? Really neat effect I'd like to steal for my jungle ruins if it's OK? :)
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Beautiful, perfect for some jungle boogie! :)
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That looks great! :-*
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Very nice.
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Good job!
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That is some awesome jungle terrain :-*
... but what makes it sci-fi?
When I read 'sci-fi jungle terrain' I immediately thought of this:
http://z11.invisionfree.com/Work_In_Progress/index.php?showtopic=17730
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Thanks for the link Inso
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Thanks for the link Inso
It isn't my stuff but I think it is really amazing what he does with a few plastic spoons, beads and forks... and lots of heat/fire :)
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I am trying to figure out how he them all to go green while using clear spoons.
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I am trying to figure out how he them all to go green while using clear spoons.
I think he used various colours of plastic utensils but I suppose you could use Tamiya clear paints to alter colours.
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It says:
"I made this stuff mostly using a variety of cheap plastic beads, and cheap plastic silverware. "
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Sorry Majorsmith, I didn't mean to hi-jack your thread :( . Your terrain is beautiful :)
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Looks great man! The only thing I've been wondering is; is it possible to add a wash to the aquarium plants? I just think they still look a little 'plasticy' and a little bit of a tone down with washes may help. Or would the material of the plants just make the wash literally just 'wash' off?!
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Looks great man! The only thing I've been wondering is; is it possible to add a wash to the aquarium plants? I just think they still look a little 'plasticy' and a little bit of a tone down with washes may help. Or would the material of the plants just make the wash literally just 'wash' off?!
I don't know about the wash, but I have used drybrushing on plastic plants (kind of grass) with a sandy shade to break the uniformity of colour, take some of the shine, and give a 'dry' look, and the paint seems to stick OK.
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I've primed aquarium plants with (Vallejo) acrylic primer and then totally repainted them. That looked ok, but it was for display models so I can't vouch for its durability.
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I've noticed some craft store plants have applied paint that looks pretty good AND durable.
Looks great man! The only thing I've been wondering is; is it possible to add a wash to the aquarium plants? I just think they still look a little 'plasticy' and a little bit of a tone down with washes may help. Or would the material of the plants just make the wash literally just 'wash' off?!
I was going to mention same, but think that plastic/shiny seems apropos for jungle plants. And, some desert plants, which are waxy to hold water.
Automobile plastic primer is one thing to check when painting hard-to-paint plastic, or so I hear.
Doug
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Looks great man! The only thing I've been wondering is; is it possible to add a wash to the aquarium plants? I just think they still look a little 'plasticy' and a little bit of a tone down with washes may help. Or would the material of the plants just make the wash literally just 'wash' off?!
The best way I've found of painting aquarium plants is with Daler-Rowney 'System 3' acrylics. It dries to a flexible film, so won't go brittle and flake off.
Nice job on the OP! I love the shot of the Ambull creeping up on the nob :)
Andy
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they aren't specifically sci fi, but i will be using them just for my 40k stuff, i did try a wash on a test plant, but i dont think the paint will stay on the plastic too well, even with oils, thanks for the comments guys and inso its cool man that was a great link!