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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: Steam Flunky on 02 May 2014, 05:38:16 PM

Title: Small hobbit village
Post by: Steam Flunky on 02 May 2014, 05:38:16 PM: This is a model of a small hobbit village scratch built by me for my 15mm/18mm fantasy games.
I have also built a dark age farm and posted the pics on the forum medieval section- http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=66404.0

(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2933/13903219877_8ca20167c3_c.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/torq42/13903219877/)
Hobbit village (https://www.flickr.com/photos/torq42/13903219877/) von torq42 (https://www.flickr.com/people/torq42/) auf Flickr

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5491/14090279794_9fb5e398a3_c.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/torq42/14090279794/)
Hobbit village (1) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/torq42/14090279794/) von torq42 (https://www.flickr.com/people/torq42/) auf Flickr
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Post by: The Dozing Dragon on 02 May 2014, 05:49:20 PM: Looks great.
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Post by: DeafNala on 02 May 2014, 05:55:13 PM: You've created a BEAUTIFULLY IDYLLIC scene. The Village& surrounding countryside are WONDERFULLY detailed. VERY WELL DONE!
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Post by: Steam Flunky on 02 May 2014, 06:04:50 PM: Quote from: DeafNala on 02 May 2014, 05:55:13 PM
The Village& surrounding countryside are WONDERFULLY detailed.
Thanks. My terrain boards were built/started about 10 years ago and i nearly sold them a couple of times but decided instead to just keep on improving them. Re-done the river 2 years ago and deeped it with more resin last year. Always adding more vegatation. Going to re-do the hills next so they fit into each other better for storage.
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Post by: Steve63 on 02 May 2014, 06:07:04 PM: That looks really great.
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Post by: majorsmith on 02 May 2014, 06:15:42 PM: Fantastic! Would love to live there :)
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Post by: Gibby on 02 May 2014, 06:20:19 PM: Amazing stuff. Love it so much!
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Post by: Dr DeAth on 02 May 2014, 06:46:19 PM: Brilliant! :-*
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Post by: Dr. Zombie on 02 May 2014, 07:04:42 PM: Beautiful.
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Post by: Mick_in_Switzerland on 02 May 2014, 07:05:15 PM: Great - well done :)
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Post by: doctor_ocks on 02 May 2014, 09:34:49 PM: Very nice. Do you have any pics of the full table? Looks super cool!
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Post by: Steam Flunky on 02 May 2014, 10:12:43 PM: Quote from: doctor_ocks on 02 May 2014, 09:34:49 PM
Do you have any pics of the full table?
This terrain was only set up to photograph the dark age farm and the hobbit village but i have a few pics of the normal gaming table here.- https://www.flickr.com/photos/torq42/sets/72157628765291567/
I am slowly improving it bit by bit all the time.
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Post by: mweaver on 02 May 2014, 11:19:30 PM: Quite nice, I agree.

-Indigo
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Post by: Giger on 02 May 2014, 11:22:19 PM: Wonderful work.
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Post by: Peithetairos on 02 May 2014, 11:32:01 PM: Very idyllic scene and surely a beautiful table to game on. I like that it all looks organic and the transitions between the different forms of vegetation are smooth. The Hobbit dwelling and miniatures look very atmospheric and seem to be nicely painted up. I would like to see some close-ups to be able to appreciate these elements more.

If I would suggest anything to improve an already excellent gaming board, I would recommend to lightly drybrush the gras with a beige, followed by a coat of matt varnish, just to eliminate the shine of the static grass completly and add more variation to the grass. Quite good is also a very fine coat of brown spray paint, to fuse the different kinds of gras together and dull the colours slightly. There is also a technique using washes to add colour variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy3X50EXsZs.

Cheers
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Post by: LotB on 02 May 2014, 11:36:13 PM: Very great beautifull diorama! Compliments.
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Post by: FramFramson on 02 May 2014, 11:37:57 PM: OH that river!
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Post by: splinteredlightminis on 03 May 2014, 11:28:44 AM: Very nicely done! Thank you for sharing.
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Post by: Melnibonean on 03 May 2014, 12:59:36 PM: Beautiful terrain.
I only wish I had the skill to build terrain to that level of expertise.
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Post by: Steam Flunky on 03 May 2014, 06:24:26 PM: Thanks everyone for the compliments.
I have been in the hobby for about 30+ years and with every terrain piece you built you learn something so the next attempt should be better.
Its just a matter of never stopping learning!
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Post by: doctor_ocks on 03 May 2014, 07:14:42 PM: Quote from: FramFramson on 02 May 2014, 11:37:57 PM
OH that river!

Yeah. I agree.
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Post by: SBMiniaturesGuy on 05 May 2014, 04:09:40 PM: Incredible work!!
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Post by: OSHIROmodels on 06 May 2014, 08:44:26 AM: Cracking :D

cheers

James
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Post by: Hammers on 06 May 2014, 09:23:18 AM: Lovely.
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Post by: Jevenkah on 06 May 2014, 12:21:07 PM: :-* Gorgeous! The thatch roofs are particularly sweet. If I were a hobbit I would be thrilled to live there!

Jevenkah