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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: nic-e on February 24, 2018, 12:08:56 AM
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after drooling over it online for many months , I finally got a laketown house kit from GW.
It's a lovely little kit made all the lovelier by the accessories and detailing that comes with it, But in the name of getting scenery on the table, I gave this a quick paintjob mostly of inks and weathering. I sprayed it in the morning, went to work, then finished it about an hour or so ago. I'm pretty happy with it, I might go back in a bit and add more detail/texture, But it takes weathering very well and I'll certainly be looking at getting more for my Age of sigmar scenery collection. (it scales fine with empire/brets/anything human sized. Stormcasts are YUGE next to it, but then again they are yuge anyway.)
(https://i.imgur.com/q2pcbPJ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/sbMrrXd.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/slHvuCL.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/FZr4WeE.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/zK4LWX6.jpg)
Next to do the boats boardwalks and various set dressings that come with it, and to try and get a well lit photo in my teeny tiny lightbox.
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That's the nicest varnished woodwork I've ever seen. It looks real.
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Wow! They look good!
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As a newbie, I would love to see a little tutprial on your technique for this!
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Very nice work! Great variety of effects and colours on the wood. Looking forward to seeing more.
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Cheers for the kind words everyone! I highly recommend anyone that likes the kit to get one, Its so simple but so nice to work on.
As a newbie, I would love to see a little tutprial on your technique for this!
It's honestly a very simple paintjob.
I sprayed it with army painted fur brown, then gave it two washes of argrax earthshade and a drybrush of lighter brown . I don't use any brown paints so i can't say what paint it was, But just go with brown mixed with grey and alter to taste.
The roof was painted near black, then drybrushed with various greys up to a nice clean almost white grey.
The wood is all painted in washes, so crimson and green , and then weathered with model mates weathering liquids. This is where most of the work is, going over the wood with various shades of brown and green weathering and dabbing dirt into the corners. There's really very little PAINT on the model besides the basecoat, the rest is all washes and dirt.
I stuck the kit in the lightbox after work today and got some pictures with my AOS figures .Bare in mind that the figures are on bases and so aren't actually on the same level as the house. I think they scale rather well.
(https://i.imgur.com/IvV0Y41.jpg)
(Gosh my lightbox really sucks the colour out of everything!)
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Wow! That Laketown house turned out really nice :-*
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For those who asked, here's the process of painting wood i use.
It's a brown spray basecoat, then a light brown drybrush, then building up weathering with model mates moss green, mud brown and oil brown washes, then a small drybrush of black for any posts or broken wood ends, then a final go other with model mates moss green on any damp or mossy parts and picking out the details in silver, followed by a thick coating of model mates medium orange rust.
(https://i.imgur.com/FTF2fwc.jpg)
Very quick, very dirty, but i like the look of it. :)
Anyway, I started on the docks and gangplanks and this is my evenings process.
(https://i.imgur.com/aZYSyxB.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/xMGYcFO.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/EjXmobJ.jpg)
A bit more to do, and I'm excited to get to the boat! :)
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For the size thing, a big chunk of that is the difference between the heroic scale which 40K and AoS use compared to the more true scale look of the Hobbit/LotR stuff.
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Looks great!
I started out thinking it ought to be mostly brown wood color too, but after a bit of research I discovered that most wooden docks and pilings, over long exposure to water, get bleached a light shade of grey, nearly white!
Anyway, the next step in the laketown house business is either:
1) kitbashing it into other configurations, or
2) doing the interiors!
Like here: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=102375.0
Still haven't had time to get back to this project. Maybe your effort will sput me into action.
Cheers, --- Wheldrake
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a quick paintjob on a gw tree.
I have two more to do but they should be done by the end of the week. At thos rate I'll have a nice little table for skirmish games.
(https://i.imgur.com/RJPJGeS.jpg)
I don't really like the big multi base for these woods so i decided to add tufts and flowers so they would blend into the board as single trees on their own.As with the house this is a really simple paintjob meant to give a good table ready terrain piece. Dark grey primer, light brown wetbrush, rakarth flesh drybrush, grey drybrush on the rocks, green and brown washes.
I was never a huge fan of these trees when they came out, and i much prefer to build my trees from cratch, buti was given these as a gift for taking a family friends young son around warhammer world, and they do look very nice next to the laketown house.
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Oooo, very nice work!
-Michael
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Great wood colours :)
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Nice work. :)
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Your job on the lake townhouse is outstanding! :-*
Thanks for the painting process tutorial! Inspiring!
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I really like these. And they are cleverly designed, what with two-sided profiles to all walls. The things which have prevented me from taking the leap and buy the is that they are a bit wee for general purpose.
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cheers for the kind words. I hope to have the other trees done soon.
I really like these. And they are cleverly designed, what with two-sided profiles to all walls. The things which have prevented me from taking the leap and buy the is that they are a bit wee for general purpose.
They certainly are dinky , in that adorable and satisfying kind of way. I'd say if you play with big figures on big built up bases, it'll look odd, but if you play with smaller figures (frostgrave, perry, foundry,warlord ect ect) then these are just perfect, realistically small medieval dwellings.
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The house has turned out really well. I really must get some of these (before they take them out of production!) They are very versatile for all sorts of settings methinks...
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That Laketown house is a corker, I had no idea that was such a well-made kit. Much more impressive than the few terrain bits I recall from early LotR releases. The tree's nice too, but I'm inclined to agree with you, the base model has some issues with looking a bit off. IMO they look a little better when you leave the foliage off, but that doesn't help if you're looking for trees that aren't dead or in the dead of winter.
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The house has turned out really well. I really must get some of these (before they take them out of production!) They are very versatile for all sorts of settings methinks...
The riverlands for example? :)
That Laketown house is a corker, I had no idea that was such a well-made kit. Much more impressive than the few terrain bits I recall from early LotR releases. The tree's nice too, but I'm inclined to agree with you, the base model has some issues with looking a bit off. IMO they look a little better when you leave the foliage off, but that doesn't help if you're looking for trees that aren't dead or in the dead of winter.
The house is great. The front and back are both made of two double sides panels, so you have quite a bit of mixing and matching to choose from.
Aye, I've seen these trees with lots of foliage at warhammer world and they look the part then. I'm going to see what I've got left after I've built all three and then maybe add in some extra leaves.
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The riverlands for example? :)
You're way ahead of me! lol
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A delivery this morning has given me something to play with while I'm resigned to crutches!
A boat from freebooters fate, waiting to be painted up and made into a freeguild river boat/realm explorers craft.
I'm going to use the rules for naval battles from the old warhammer fantasy generals compednium to have some river boarding action!
The kit itself is lovely.I was a little hesitant at first because I couldn't actually find a review of the model, But I'm glad i took the punt. The casting was perfect, no mould lines and it seems to have already been cleaned up and sanded my the company.
the only thing i can say bad about it is that the actual floor is VERY thin, to the point of being near transparant.Not a huge problem as its hardly going to be the focal point of the miniature. I have put a couple of pictues showing it next to minis with 32mm bases and the little boat from the laketown house kit. I'm not thinking I may change my mind about 32mm bases and switch back to 25mm rounds so i can fit more men in the boat.
(https://i.imgur.com/xFsa4Dc.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/zvRUngW.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/VhgkjuF.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/rBDUGoE.jpg?1)
I'm itching to get this painted , and then maybe once I've got the other two trees done I'll get a couple more boats.
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That's a nice kit there. Freebooter's Fate, you say? Off to check the website.
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That's a nice kit there. Freebooter's Fate, you say? Off to check the website.
Aye, But i ordered it from goblin games. pretty nippy service considering it wasn't in stock and had to come from germany! :)
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Sat down and got the boat done today. Went with a darker wood than the house, to keep everything from just being all brown all the time.
A very quick paintjob but a really fun one that i think gives a nice final look.
I went for an aged look.peeling paint, worn away name, water stained hull and damp boards.
(https://i.imgur.com/S3fA8PL.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/5XFdE88.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/J3TheAY.jpg)
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I look forward to playing some Age of sigmar boarding games .
now...do i need a ship....?
ill tides and foul winds await for those that dare to brave the uncharted waters and endless rivers of the realms.
the Pequod is a small vessel, one of many boats and ships built by the azyrite explorers as they spread across the realms seeking to set up new frontiers.
she's seen better (and worse) days, her proud hull dented and stained and her name all but illegible across the peeling paint and age stained wood.
Still, she serves her captain well, making smugglers runs between settlements, taking those who seek to travel unhindered into the wilds ,and sometimes, just sometimes, performing honest work on the river markets and floating harbour cities of the realms.
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That works really well. :-*
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That works really well. :-*
Cheers captain, Fine praise coming from yourself! :)
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If I could I’d lock that wood-painting technique in a prominent place in my hobby brain. Simply amazing!
And then weathered paint on wood.... :o how novice am I to thee compared!
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Yes, that boat is properly well done. Great work!
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If I could I’d lock that wood-painting technique in a prominent place in my hobby brain. Simply amazing!
And then weathered paint on wood.... :o how novice am I to thee compared!
Me too! Really outstanding technique!
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Very kind of you all! I wish i could say it was some secret technique passed down through generations, but really it's a white primer, brown wash, thin brown basecoat, second brown wash, add colour for painted areas, green wash , then weathering.
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I had a little mess around with the image editor on my phone and put together a little shot of the lake mists rolling in over a wilderness port.
(https://i.imgur.com/pJgSaHl.jpg)
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Wow! Atmospheric and evocative! Cheers!
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Cheers din!
I have to say I'm quite enjoying messing with the editing program on my phone, Despite finding photoshop utterly baffling! :)
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Cheers din!
I have to say I'm quite enjoying messing with the editing program on my phone, Despite finding photoshop utterly baffling! :)
Great springboard for your players to get “into the story”.
What app are you using? If I may ask...
I’ve found great success with Pixelmator for iOS. As here: a little Zulu pastiche (https://flic.kr/p/25bsKak).
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Very good work on this boat, sir.
And I really love the last pic ! :-*
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The charity shop gods have blessed me ....
One mans abandoned half painted craft project is my future john blanche flying ship!
Spearman on the deck for scale. (it doesn't fit in the photo booth.)
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Awesome...can't wait to see the end result of this.
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Great find!
Looking forward to seeing what you do with this...
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Awesome...can't wait to see the end result of this.
It is a real beauty! :-*