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Miniatures Adventure => Medieval Adventures => Topic started by: Barry S on 12 January 2015, 10:10:27 AM
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Hi,
These pieces have been sitting around for quite sometime waiting to be finished off. Feeling somewhat inspired after I finished painting a 28mm miniature of Hereward the Wake a few days ago, I decided to finish them off.
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l12/LeadBear/Misc%20Terrain/P1120296_zps2517d55a.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/LeadBear/media/Misc%20Terrain/P1120296_zps2517d55a.jpg.html)
They are scrap offcuts of MDF and the blue isn't nearly as bright in the flesh.
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l12/LeadBear/Misc%20Terrain/P1120299_zps01af11e1.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/LeadBear/media/Misc%20Terrain/P1120299_zps01af11e1.jpg.html)
I have been creating some 15mm single based units for games such as SAGA, Song of Blade and Heroes, etc using the left over miniatures I have had laying around, utilising the 'Dip' method. This is a 15mm version of Hereward the Wake with some Anglo-Dane Huscarls.
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l12/LeadBear/Misc%20Terrain/HerewardtheWake_zps36643fba.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/LeadBear/media/Misc%20Terrain/HerewardtheWake_zps36643fba.jpg.html)
This is the miniature that 'motivated' me to finish these pieces. It is is the 28mm Hereward the Wake miniature sold by Gripping Beast. Like the 15mm miniatures above, he has also been painted and finished off using the dip method with some touching up afterwards. I noticed he probably needs another coat of Dullcote.
One of the other items I finished, albeit a while ago, was a ruined Roman villa. This was inspired by an article in Wargames Illustrated #305. I think I will dull down the red paintwork around the side of the building a bit more.
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l12/LeadBear/Misc%20Terrain/P1120304_zps024684da.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/LeadBear/media/Misc%20Terrain/P1120304_zps024684da.jpg.html)
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l12/LeadBear/Misc%20Terrain/P1120307_zpsd1cf0743.jpg) (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/LeadBear/media/Misc%20Terrain/P1120307_zpsd1cf0743.jpg.html)
Thanks for looking.
Barry
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Nice.
I particularly liked the ruined villa.
Tony
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Wonderful Barry :o :-*
Tufts can create amazing effects can't they? You've used these brilliantly well.
And the ruined villa is a triumph. Really top stuff. Well done.
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Superb stuff.
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These are very nice.
I think that the ruined villa is absolutely brilliant. :-*
I may try something similar.
Mick
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Very nice indeed :-* :-*
cheers
James
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Excellent. The villa is particularly good.
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Really nice work,
Like everyone else so far the, have to say the villa is a superb piece.
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WOW! Awesome. 100% nice and inspiring.
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Nice tufts! :-* :-* :-*
Cheers
Matt.
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That is very, very good!
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Cracking! Keep it up!! 8) 8)
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Pretty damn nifty stuff 8) 8) 8).
I love the mosaic work on the ruined Villa and the mini's do look fab in all those long tufts.
Excellent stuff and I hope to see more.
Darrell.
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Really, really nice, that villa is a triumph. :-*
I remember my school play back in the 1970's was a musical version of the Hereward the Wake story. lol
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Nice tuftage. ;)
The ruined villa is a triumph. :)
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Nice swamp, an original way to do one, must copy that. How did you do the villa floor? Is it printed?
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Very nice, both the swamps and the Villa! And great to see that other people are also doing SAGA in 15mm...
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Great terrain! Cant wait to see more :-*
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That Villa rocks!!
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Thank you very much for the kind words. They are greatly appreciated.
I’m especially chuffed with regards to the comments regarding the tufts as they were made by me :)
The marsh was a bit of an experiment. I wasn't particularly happy with how some of the tufts of one particular colour originally turned out, but I thought they may well work on marsh bases. Normally for reeds and marshes I drill a hole through the base of the board and thread coloured sisal string through and glue it into place, which is one reason the boards pieces have been sitting around for awhile.
Using the longer tufts was much easier and a lot quicker.
Gunbird -
The mosaics were taken from Google Images and resized to fit the rooms. The Villa is based heavily on the model used in the '1066 And All That' article in Wargames Illustrated #305.
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Gunbird -
The mosaics were taken from Google Images and resized to fit the rooms. The Villa is based heavily on the model used in the '1066 And All That' article in Wargames Illustrated #305.
That's exactly the sort of idea that I would singularly fail to think of lol
Darrell
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You made the tufts? Wow, nice work. May I ask how? They look better than some shop bought ones I've seen.
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Lovelly work on the scenario pieces. :-* :-*
Well done.
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You made the tufts? Wow, nice work. May I ask how? They look better than some shop bought ones I've seen.
They are made using a rather dodgy static grass applicator I made using a tutorial from YouTube :)
This is just one of the many tutorials on how to make the applicator and the one that convinced me to give it a go - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSr2ZNOn4yc
And this explains how to make the tufts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8b32zzFZCI
I only decided to make my own as I was using quite a few tufts on commission pieces and I thought it would be a way of reducing the cost to my customers. It also allowed me to not be so conservative with the tufts as I found it could be quite addictive.
Up to that point I was using and still do use, the tufts sold by Silfor/Mininatur Tufts and those sold by Tajima, which are great and probably my favourites - http://www.tajima1.co.uk/index.asp
I can't remember if the tutorial gives any warnings, but you need to be careful when using it as it can give you a bit of a shock if you're not careful. However, that may well be down to my poor workmanship and the tool using it (i.e.: me), and not the tool itself :)
Cheers,
Barry
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Thanks Barry. That sounds both intriguing and worrying at the same time!