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Other Stuff => Workbench => Topic started by: Harry on January 31, 2016, 07:39:16 PM
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Sooooo …. I have always liked a bit of dungeon bashing and enjoyed D&D and other similar games most when played with miniatures and dungeon floor plans. I have been delighted for years by other folks efforts at building 3D Dungeons or 2.5 Dungeon tiles and blown away by some of the faithful transformations into 3D of the Warhammer Quest tiles I have seen.
I have imagined doing something similar for years and finally I have got my thumb out of my arse and done something about it.
What prompted this new enthusiasm for this project? …. Three things:
Firstly, I got behind the Twisting Catacombs Kickstarter and although that has been somewhat delayed the arrival of some very exciting dungeon goddies is just around the corner and I wanted to have a nice dungeon to put it in as I get it painted up. (Even during the Kickstarter I started thinking about how great it would be to have all this stuff painted up in a cool dungeon of my own).
Second ... Into the Breeding pits is coming next for Frostgrave taking the action into the undercity.
Third was a thread over on the Oldhammer forum where a lovely fella called Stuart (AKA Bane) shares the good times he has ‘Heroquesting’ with his children. On this thread Stuart also makes some nice dungeon tiles from stryrofoam.
Now, I have always put off having a go as I worried my modelling/painting skills wouldn't give me the results I wanted BUT Stuart provided a fantastic ‘walkthrough’ step by step on his Blog:
http://thelostandtheverydamned.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/tutorial-dungeon-tiles.html
and managed to completely de-mistify the whole process which really gave the confidence to have a go myself. So big thanks to Stuart.
So first a few decisions …. The ones every Dungeon builder must make early on.
Walls or no walls? No brainer for me ….. walls look great but they just get in the way when you are playing and you can’t ‘sit back’ and enjoy looking at the table … you kind of have to be standing over it looking down into it from a birds eye point of view. Also I had grown up using GW dungeon floor plans …. so ...
Size of squares? Whilst I get the urge to go bigger than 25 mm squares …. Because round bases spill out of them and it gives a bit more breathing space for the heroic scale of models … I decided to go 25mm. I like the idea of big dungeons … so smaller tiles means bigger dungeons with more rooms will fit on the table. Most of my fantasy stuff is mounted on 20mm squares anyway so sit comfortable on 25mm squares and even the bigger monsters are on 40mm or 50 mm bases so will fit on the squares. Finally I quite fancied making some rooms and corridors with Hirst arts moulds. You can get these in 25mm squares. (Also the lasercut Heroquest board I painted recently also has 25mm squares …. and I had the idea I might try and reproduce some of these rooms as individual, generic dungeon rooms.
(http://imageshack.com/a/img661/8693/Ow1XGg.jpg)
Border or no border. I get the urge to have a border …. To stop minis toppling of the side …. And also to keep the look of the Warhammer quest tiles. However, I think given my basing decision the first point will not be an issue for me and I decided to go with 10mm think tiles with black edges so I have retained the Warhammer Quest tile feel a little bit.
Generic dungeon of faithful reproduction of Warhammer Quest? Well the faithful reproduction bit has already been done by more talented painters than I and I had some ideas of my own I want to do ... BUT ... I will not be able to resist having a crack at a few of the Quest tiles whilst I am at it …. It would simply be rude not to. So it will be a mix of Quest tiles and original stuff.
So enough chat …. Last weekend I found myself with a day off for good behaviour and got stuck in ….
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I started with some of the Warhammer quest basic rooms:
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/924/6IsRwL.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/923/bFOjG7.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/922/gT1699.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/923/0zyjOZ.jpg)
This is some PVA:
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/924/VdIraQ.jpg)
These are some shreddies:
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/923/efFwW8.jpg)
These are some crushed up shreddies:
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/922/t832kA.jpg)
Here is a bed:
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/924/0XLBCO.jpg)
OK you get the idea.
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/921/D8XX9X.jpg)
Then I had a go at a couple of bigger rooms of my own.
Next I stuck a boat load of Hirst arts tiles I had made earlier onto some mounting board ....
...and after a few hours I had produced this little lot. So off to a good start.
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/924/qldnf5.jpg)
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So this was one of my rooms:
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/921/bJPdHR.jpg)
This could be set up as a fountain room .... The fountain is an Airfix piece.
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/923/OLihcc.jpg)
Or as a Wizards study ... using some old Scotia Grendel bits I have:
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/921/q0v3y3.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/921/7fw3Bz.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/924/6la4ih.jpg)
I have made a couple of more rooms designed to fit some of the other Scotia Grendel pieces I have:
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/909/9uSJ3V.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/922/XupQfM.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/921/quTcBc.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/921/v7gDE4.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/922/jqxKqM.jpg)
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Next I had at the styrofoam with my hotwire cutter:
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/923/FSCgMx.jpg)
I put the same grid on this as the dungeon rooms and then covered it in sand.
I want the grid to be there but not THAT visible.
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/924/bJCdWA.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/923/Mvnct9.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/924/xXXCHP.jpg)
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Very good :)
I like the idea of copying the originals and the Shreddies are genius lol
cheers
James
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Great start. Looking forward to how this progresses.
I really like the way the cut-out grates look - its this real 3d that makes miniatures look so much better.
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Very good :)
I like the idea of copying the originals and the Shreddies are genius lol
cheers
James
Looking forward to more updates, especially with regard to the Shreddies. You could make it a "serial"!
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This is such a cool project. I have Warhammer Quest with all expansions but only ever played it once, I didn't like the gameplay very much although the components were top-notch, of course.
BoardGameGeek has lots of user pics like yours if you need inspiration, but I assume you already checked those out :)
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Great tiles. The 3d elements you have included really make the detail stand out. You also managed to get the line "these are some shreddies" making complete sense in a wargaming post which can't be easy.
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Very cool. The cavern tiles look great and the dungeon tiles are brilliant. Can't wait to see paint on them.
Looking forward to more updates, especially with regard to the Shreddies. You could make it a "serial"!
lol I think I died a little after reading that ;)
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Will you bloody stop it?!?!?!?
When the heck did this happen!!!
Man... seriously! Have a bit of sympathy for us poor minds who cannot create such wonderful vistas in such a short amount of time. It is simply unfair to us! And let's not even forget the fact that I am currently painting up some models for a D&D board game, so this has just about fired up my imagination and I simply cannot have another side project to keep me from finishing my Frostgrave stuff.
I see these foam bases are pretty thin. Won't they warp? Or are you going to fix them unto something? How thick (in mm) are these pieces?
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what a great project...I also have the airfix fountain and like you filled the bowl with PVA - once it dries it looks like water...albeit frozen
(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j375/ErictheShed/Frostgrave%20Terrain/v10_zpshkjhjq1u.jpg)
keep on with the good work Sir
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Thanks so much fellas, All your positive comments are much aappreciated.
Looking forward to more updates, especially with regard to the Shreddies. You could make it a "serial"!
:D Very good! ....although a little corny.
I'll get my coat.
This is such a cool project. I have Warhammer Quest with all expansions but only ever played it once, I didn't like the gameplay very much although the components were top-notch, of course.
BoardGameGeek has lots of user pics like yours if you need inspiration, but I assume you already checked those out :)
I have been looking at other folks tiles for a couple of weeks now just to get myself 'pumped'. :D
The game itself straight out of the box is not great ... gets a bit bogged down in combat BUT there is stuff you can do to make it great.
Great tiles. The 3d elements you have included really make the detail stand out. You also managed to get the line "these are some shreddies" making complete sense in a wargaming post which can't be easy.
Actually Shredded wheat works even better .... but I had run out of that.
Will you bloody stop it?!?!?!?
When the heck did this happen!!!
Man... seriously! Have a bit of sympathy for us poor minds who cannot create such wonderful vistas in such a short amount of time. It is simply unfair to us! And let's not even forget the fact that I am currently painting up some models for a D&D board game, so this has just about fired up my imagination and I simply cannot have another side project to keep me from finishing my Frostgrave stuff.
I see these foam bases are pretty thin. Won't they warp? Or are you going to fix them unto something? How thick (in mm) are these pieces?
Sorry. :D
This all happened last weekend.
I have managed to get another half a day in this weekend too. :D ... so more progress soon.
They are 10mm thick. (Same thickness as Hirst art pieces mounted on 4mm board). They are mostly Ok .... but there is a bit of warping with the bigger bits ...especially when deeply cut on the one surface ... But I'll see how it goes.
what a great project...I also have the airfix fountain and like you filled the bowl with PVA - once it dries it looks like water...albeit frozen
keep on with the good work Sir
That does look a lot like ice. Planning to paint mine to look like water. It works really well ... the simple design seems to make it work even though it was designed for a completely different scale.
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This is another room inspired by an a couple of old Scotia Grendel bits.
I just had these two bits .... don't even know if they produced more of these heaxagonal bits to make a cavern system .... but thought I could use them to make a little .magic pool' room ....
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/924/HP63sT.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/924/o8v5A0.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/923/UcaOS8.jpg)
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Next I had a swing at one of the Warhammer Quest objective rooms ...
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/923/NZxTMz.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/921/iBYtnA.jpg)
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Next I got some paint on some of the bits I had already made ....
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/923/ZJ1yqH.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/924/j36kaL.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/924/9ZgUuR.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/923/TSz0Tf.jpg)
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Top work, Harry! :-*
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Top work, Harry! :-*
Many thanks .... Muh appreciated.
Next I had a crack at another favorite Quest room ...
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/922/ylkzaD.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/924/qKOVAE.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/922/CwVYBH.jpg)
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Next I got some paint on the Hirst arts corridors I had built ....
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/921/Evh7Xz.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/921/gfELyu.jpg)
At this point I couldn't resist having a little go at setting up a dungeon. :D
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/921/d14RQc.jpg)
... and this is everything I have done so far:
(All a bit monochrome so far ... but lots more colour to come).
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/922/Hrbocj.jpg)
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This is a brilliant project. Love the idea and the pieces are fantastic too.
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Thats a lot of progress!
I really like the two quest rooms - again the 3D really makes them look so much better. But one point, the knight tomb is the wrong way round - I mean how could you, the whole thing is ruined now ;-)
Do the tiles sit nicely, or do they slide around a bit? I have found adding felt to the bottom of terrain pieces can really help them stay in place.
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Thanks fellas.
Thats a lot of progress!
I really like the two quest rooms - again the 3D really makes them look so much better. But one point, the knight tomb is the wrong way round - I mean how could you, the whole thing is ruined now ;-)
Do the tiles sit nicely, or do they slide around a bit? I have found adding felt to the bottom of terrain pieces can really help them stay in place.
The first page of pictures were last weekend and these pictures were the weekend we just had.
So this lot represents two days of making tiles and one evenings painting.
Agreed the rooms with different levels do add something.
That knight has never looked right to me .... so I fixed it. :D
They do sit nicely ... I don't know if it shows up well on the last photo but my dungeon boaard that the pieces are sitting on was painted with textured paint ... well paint with a handful of sand chucked into it. :D ... so the gritty surface provides just the right ammount of grip for the tiles. ... This was luck not design ... it was done for some texture for the dry brushing of the board but it has all worked out rather well.
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That knight has never looked right to me .... so I fixed it. :D
Yep, the original does look odd with his head to the door way. Have you been collecting resin bits to make these tiles, or are they just the use of the many useful bits we all collect?
They do sit nicely ... I don't know if it shows up well on the last photo but my dungeon boaard that the pieces are sitting on was painted with textured paint ... well paint with a handful of sand chucked into it. :D ... so the gritty surface provides just the right ammount of grip for the tiles. ... This was luck not design ... it was done for some texture for the dry brushing of the board but it has all worked out rather well.
I thought it was a textured gaming mat - but yes a bit of painted sand is marvellously grippy - I too have found this out by accident when getting a little on to the bottom of bases and the like.
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Yep, the original does look odd with his head to the door way. Have you been collecting resin bits to make these tiles, or are they just the use of the many useful bits we all collect?
I had some odd bits and bobs I had picked up on the way .... but then I found this guy on ebay selling some of this stuff as 'seconds' ... I assumed he had found a few bits from back in the day but he seems to have a bucket load of this stuff ... and is still selling it now ... so I have picked up quite a few bits for a good bit less than I might have paid for them ... although they do need a bit of cleaning up and green stuff work to get them back in shape.
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Fantastic ... you are very productive.
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I am jealous.
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very nice indeed
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These are great :)
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That really looks awesome. I've been slowly collecting bits of styrofoam, though originally for making buildings with. I'm now seriously considering doing something different with them... thanks for the inspiration!
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Wow they look great. Thanks for sharing
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Thanks fellas. All your comments are very much appreciated
That really looks awesome. I've been slowly collecting bits of styrofoam, though originally for making buildings with. I'm now seriously considering doing something different with them... thanks for the inspiration!
You are most welcome.
...at just over £4 a sheet to have a bunch of stuff of consistent thickness and quality the two sheets I bought were a great investment.
Funny that as i look at alll the amazing castles I have seen done with this material i am now seriously considering doing something different too when i am done with this project.
I had no idea how easy this stuff was to work with and get great results.
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Next up .....
I had another Scotia Grendel bit that looked like this:
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/924/y0UjJn.jpg)
I thought it might be cool to head down into the sewers for a for a bit .... sort of "corridor" you might find behind aa secret door? Or forced into the sewer as an escape route???
So I made these bits:
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/924/SJ8Pwa.jpg)
So I could build this:
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/921/ZdUXbc.jpg)
Then I remembered this and thought that this would be a great place to 're-surface' again:
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/924/BHBF2S.jpg)
So I built this:
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/922/Kw60zw.jpg)
and ended up with this:
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/923/yGD2rC.jpg)
Here it is with a top on:
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/922/XadKpL.jpg)
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Is a baby croc what I see?
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Love it!
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Thanks fellas.
Is a baby croc what I see?
No ... it is a rat. There was one illustrated on the Heroquest tile.
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Next up ....
So, a guy put this coin in my hand at the last 'Oldhammer games day' ... I can't remember who it was ... so if it was you ... and you are reading this post ... do let me know so I can 'big you up' and point folks in your direction for coin related goodness.
Anyway ... I only have this one coin .... (as I can't remember where it came from to get some more. :D) but I had this idea of how I could use it in a dungeon tile ... largely inspired by indiana Jones in the last crusade .... "Elsa don't cross the seal. The knight warned us not to take the grail from here!"
As it happens I have a table full of Grail cups coming with my twisty catacombs Kickstarter. :D
However, I made my coin rather ill fitting in the floor, by design, so that it could be .... something else too ... a disc that flips and drops someone standing on it into a pit ... or it could be a secret door that when you stand on it lowers you into the treasure room below ... could just be the throne room of the emperor, etc, etc.
Anyway ....
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/923/JPOBWh.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/922/eYejqv.jpg)
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You're making this look too easy now! These are great.
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You're making this look too easy now! These are great.
Honest ... it really is ... If I can do this ... you just need to be able to hold a pencil and use a ruler. :D
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So I have been getting some paint some of this stuff.
Couldn't resist getting some of it on the table to see how it was shaping up.
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/923/LXzmmO.jpg)
Heres some close ups of some of the bits ... Only just the base colours on this but you can see where I am going.
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/924/db4ZVf.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/921/Cpnisd.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/921/IIGixZ.jpg)
Hopefully squeeze in a bit of paintiing this weekend and show you some finished pieces next week.
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This is great stuff Harry. Liking this a lot.
Cheers,
Za
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Looking great. I do like how you have reproduced the lighting effects from the card tiles.
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Thanks fellas ... much appreciated.
Looking great. I do like how you have reproduced the lighting effects from the card tiles.
Thats just the base coats ... I will be trying to reproduce some of the tiles as closely as possible.
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I got a fair bit painted this weekend ...
I'll get the ball rolling with some the corridors ...
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/921/iqN1ou.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/923/rbl1kC.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/923/6zr0NL.jpg)
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Here is the first of the Quest rooms ... coming on nicely ... needs some scattered rocks, and bones and the dungeon dressing of a cauldron and a statue ... and the jobs a good 'un.
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/922/dhlZ6x.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/921/M99hNl.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/923/4zDykU.jpg)
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Hers the other one ... again needs more skulls. :D
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/922/GS44yd.jpg)
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Here is my "Don't cross the seal" objective room with some paint on it ...
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/923/wedNtj.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/924/qpETsl.jpg)
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Still some more work to do on the Heroquest room .... but pretty happy with how this one is shaping up:
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/924/pX4pz3.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/923/2X2nhK.jpg)
Thanks to everyone who posts ... your support and encouragement really helps keep me motivated.
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The painting on these is superb, great effects.
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Better than the originals. Just fantastic.
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These are coming together great 8) 8)
cheers
James
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really like your dungeon tiles
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Awesome. That skull room is brilliant and the rest too.
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Looking amazing. Thanks for sharing
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Thank-you all very much for kind words of encouragement.
Got a bit more done on Sunday ... made some progress on some of the rooms ....here you go:
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/921/xNBd6l.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/924/gx5kmC.jpg)
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.... and another one:
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/924/QVH4Ak.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/924/fFyLAr.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/921/AQ7EJq.jpg)
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... aaaand another:
(Still needs some work with the blending in the corners especially).
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/921/Uvnm9u.jpg)
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Holy mother of Barnabas! :o You work so fast!
I really like the idea!
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Holy mother of Barnabas! :o You work so fast!
I really like the idea!
No kidding. I don't get a lot of hobby time, but have been plugging away (mostly assembly and such) for a couple hours every other day for what seems to be no progress. Mold lines are my bane; it seems to take me way too long for some reason.
I wonder if Harry has a bunch of child slaves assembling and painting for him.
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Holy mother of Barnabas! :o You work so fast!
I really like the idea!
No kidding. I don't get a lot of hobby time, but have been plugging away (mostly assembly and such) for a couple hours every other day for what seems to be no progress. Mold lines are my bane; it seems to take me way too long for some reason.
I wonder if Harry has a bunch of child slaves assembling and painting for him.
Thanks fellas.
No children were hurt during the making of this plog.
I get this a lot .... one day I am going to film myself painting this stuff and slap it on you-tube. I am working with a big brush ... this time a half inch house painting brush and I am literally just throwing paint at it ... especially when I am painting the first colours and really not worrying about it too much. The first colours on each of these pieces would only have taken a few minutes each. I am just using the piece like a palette and mixing and blending the colours as I go.
Mold lines are everyones bane ... and take flippin ages ... I hate prepping minis.
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Here are two more of the standard rooms I have made a start on:
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/921/0Lxb5p.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/924/CRHri4.jpg)
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Very nice WHQ Tiles you made so far. IMpressive how accurate you work with such a huge brush, especially on the black and white Tilesroom.
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Very nice WHQ Tiles you made so far. IMpressive how accurate you work with such a huge brush, especially on the black and white Tilesroom.
OK ... maybe I would have come down to a tank brush for that one. :D
EDIT: OK so when I got home ... I checked ... I have no idea how big a tank brush is but I did the black squares with a number 8.brush. (Having painted the whole thing white a couple of times with my half inch brush.
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This is amazing! I am very, very, very impressed!
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Looking really good - are you finding having the card ones to copy from speeds things up? I spend ages deciding on colours, and trying to get the high lights, the odd times I have followed a painting guide it really speeds stuff up, as it removes the decision making.
I too can't believe the speed you are cranking these out - and with such good results too.
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Gorgeous work - wonderful paint, and an impressive feat bringing those cards to 3D. I'd recognize them instantly if someone placed them on the table in front of me.
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How do you line the cracks so well after you've painted. It looks painstaking.
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Thanks fellas. Your ongoing support is much apprecuiated.
Looking really good - are you finding having the card ones to copy from speeds things up? I spend ages deciding on colours, and trying to get the high lights, the odd times I have followed a painting guide it really speeds stuff up, as it removes the decision making.
I too can't believe the speed you are cranking these out - and with such good results too.
All swings and round-a-bouts. It speed things up when coming to colour decisions but slows you down when colour matching. It is faster when deciding where to put details like cracks or rocks but slower trying to get them in the right place. On balance it all evens out ... its's nice to be doing a few of each ... some where I am trying to copy and some where i can just do my own thing.
How do you line the cracks so well after you've painted. It looks painstaking.
I have done more painful painting jobs .... small brush, wet paint .... smooth painted surface ... it pretty much wants to run into the cracks. as long as you are a bit careful it is not so bad....with some of them I have painted the cracks three times .... light shade, thinner line of dark shade and very thin line of black. :o Worth it though.
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Sooo ... up next another one of my rooms ....
It kind of works either as two big alcoves off a corridor or two small alcoves in a room. :D
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/923/XxsYwB.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/924/m52uTH.jpg)
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For me it's the light source painting. You've really captured the feel. I like it!
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I've really enjoyed following this thread.
Thanks for all the cool terrain.
Tony
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It's perfect !
I enjoy to see your work !
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Yes, the light source painting is very smoothly done.
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I wonder how you will do the pit room ???
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Your rate and quality of work is really impressive. Thanks for sharing
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Thanks fella. really appreciate your kind words.
I wonder how you will do the pit room ???
I have been wondering about that a bit myself.
I never intended to try and reproduce all the rooms ... but you know how it is ... once you get into it. :D
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Got a bit of paint on my this bad boy ....
Still work in progress ....
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Looking amazing Harry. Thanks for sharing
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Looks more than amazing! This is SO inspiring. The only thing I don't like about the WHQ tiles is they are all so different in aesthetic. But the encounters were pretty random too. I would've liked it if they were more... thematic. That said, you did an awesome job on replicating them. I now feel like doing sort of the same for the Heroquest set (as I don't own WHQ), but right now... I just don't have the time right now. One thing at a time! :)
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That one is great!
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Outstanding!
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Loving all of these 8)
cheers
James
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I never saw the appeal in D&D style dungeons but these look ruddy great.
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Thanks fellas. Great support.
Looks more than amazing! This is SO inspiring. The only thing I don't like about the WHQ tiles is they are all so different in aesthetic. But the encounters were pretty random too. I would've liked it if they were more... thematic. That said, you did an awesome job on replicating them. I now feel like doing sort of the same for the Heroquest set (as I don't own WHQ), but right now... I just don't have the time right now. One thing at a time! :)
I know exactly what you mean. I have been thinking of doing some themed chunks of dungeon ... I handful of tiles with a tight theme ... Undead, Tomb Kings, orcs etc ... so you get a pretty clear sense of moving into a new area as soon as you place the first new tile down ... so consider this a base set ....
I never saw the appeal in D&D style dungeons but these look ruddy great.
Funny thing is I set out to do a very generic set of tiles ... much more like the old D&D floor plans ... but the more I got into this the more I liked the different atmosphere? feeling? flavour you get with the different colours and themed rooms. The tiles themselves actually add something ... even suggest the story .... rather than just being a way of showing where everyone is standing.
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Set up some of the stuff I have painted for a couple of photos ...
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Wow, top notch!
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Cheers Fred ... your ongoing interest and enthusiasm is much appreciated.
Soooo ...where next?
Next I had a crack at the fighting pit. I have seen various clever ways capturing the fore shortening and keeping the tile to a shallow depth .... in the end I just decided to build it with some real depth ..... you will see why shortly ...
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So where next?
Well I have been thinking a lot about the entrance to the dungeon and considering building a cave mouth with a a cave on the inside and an outside/wilderness area so the adventure could begin ouside the dungeon ....
But then I thought of these .... (Currently the backdrop to my Frostgarave scenery)
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I had already had the idea of passing from the outside to the 'undercity' by passing through these pieces with my split table set up for frostgrave ....
"I imagine a set up where the players can literally choose to enter the mountain and then reappear on the other side of the table having passed through one of the entrances modelled on to this piece. I will need to do a bit of work to the back of the mountain to show the interior and make all the doors and caves lead somewhere on the other side .... But that is the plan."
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I spent some time trying to work out of I could use these pieces as they were ... but in the end I decided there was nothing for it but to bite the bullet and rip them off their existing bases and stick them onto a strpfoam base. The reason for doing this is to put the grid on the board .... then I can do the same trick with the sand .... paint it white again but have the grid showing through so I can use it for Quest as well as Frostgrave. Added a bit more space so there is plenty of room for a ruck outside. :D I can still use my Frostgrave scenery bits to change the outside space .... more on that later.
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I went for these rather than just build a simple cave mouth because I liked the idea of multiple entrances .... The adventurers can choose how to enter this 'dungeon'. Through the obvious cave mouth? Or will they use their rope and climb to the inviting ledge above ....
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.... or will they find the secret way behind the frozen falls .... or perhapes the enigmatic door. I have built into it. :D
There are six different ways to pass through these cliffs and into the dungeon. :D
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You are just showing off now :) wonderful stuff.
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You are just showing off now :) wonderful stuff.
:D That is not my intention. I am really doing this for myself. I have just been so inspired by other folks amazing projects on here I thought I would share what I was up to.
Oh .... and I haven't even started! You have not seen half of what I have imagined yet. :D
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What about the inside?
Well obviously I had to actually cut all the holes through the piece and model the steps. :roll: Kill me now.
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... and then I made this .....
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So what next?
Stairs .... I was going to need stairs to get to the upper doors ....
So first I copied the Warhammer Quest tile .... and then I made some more to match but in different heights.
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BOOM!
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Very cool, can't wait to see this with some figures and a game underway!
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Very cool, can't wait to see this with some figures and a game underway!
Thanks. We had a game using what I had built so far this weekend. I will try and get some pictures next time.
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Next up .... doors.
So you know those were not just random door shapes ...right?
That's right .... they were made to fit these old Scotia Grendel doors I have from before the time of Atlantis ...
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Interchangeable and of course these doors do not need to fill a hole ... I can have a door anywhere ... just sit it on the surface.
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I wondered how you were going to compensate for the different heights. Will they be used for the different heights of the dungeon floors like the fighting pit and sewer part or will you build parts that make all the floors higher?
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'F'ing brilliant idea! :o I have to admit the first pic i saw on this thread (of a finished piece) i was like 'he's just printed that tile twice', but then i had a second look and noticed the 3d effect! It was that good! :-*
The cliff is just showing off now though! ;)
Me and my brother were toying around with an idea something similar, but the sticking point was how to make the basic dungeon all different levels. We couldn't work out a solid enough way of doing it that certain clumsy gamers wouldn't knock it all over! ;)
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Cheers Fred ... your ongoing interest and enthusiasm is much appreciated.
No probs. Its easy to be enthusiastic about something that looks so good, and is coming along at such a pace. If I wasn't enthusiastic I'd be jealous!
The cliff wall is inspired - its great that you are able to make all these ideas you have had for ages come together in the medium of blue foam!
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Wow you're on a roll, more great additions. Thanks for sharing
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I wondered how you were going to compensate for the different heights. Will they be used for the different heights of the dungeon floors like the fighting pit and sewer part or will you build parts that make all the floors higher?
No ... Lots of stairs is the plan .... and the odd bridge or two. :D
'F'ing brilliant idea! :o I have to admit the first pic i saw on this thread (of a finished piece) i was like 'he's just printed that tile twice', but then i had a second look and noticed the 3d effect! It was that good! :-*
The cliff is just showing off now though! ;)
Me and my brother were toying around with an idea something similar, but the sticking point was how to make the basic dungeon all different levels. We couldn't work out a solid enough way of doing it that certain clumsy gamers wouldn't knock it all over! ;)
Thanks .... the birds eye photo of that heroquest board hides the depth.
I was thinking of basing everything on MDF to give it a bit of weight on the bottom ..... but I just can't be bothered.
I took this lot round someone elses house last weekend for a game and was able to jusst throw it all in a box. With it all being so light and no hard bits ... it makes it very easyily transportable ... without the bits damaging each other.
No probs. Its easy to be enthusiastic about something that looks so good, and is coming along at such a pace. If I wasn't enthusiastic I'd be jealous!
The cliff wall is inspired - its great that you are able to make all these ideas you have had for ages come together in the medium of blue foam!
It is great seeing something that has been in my head for a while all come together ... it is all made possible by the foam of blueness. It is amagical material tah makes all things possible.
Wow you're on a roll, more great additions. Thanks for sharing
I really am .... I can't believe how much I have got done in less than a month .... and I am on holiday now this week. :D
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That's a great addition. Looking forward to see how it develops!
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Stunning work: what thickness of foam are you using? And are you painting straight on or priming first?
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Your job is really inspiring! :-* :-*
Thank you for sharing!
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You continue to create amazing stuff. How do you do it? Wonderful! Hopefully, one day, I will be able to match your speed and creativity.
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Absolutely fantastic work! ;D You had me convinced you were a genius when making straw from crushed up Shreddies - but now you are taking it to a whole new level! I admire the different look and feel you achieve from room to room but still achieve a common and consistent approach. I would love to see where the more natural passages and caves you were doing have developed. Are you going to try your hand at any of the expansion set tiles? I really want to see how you tackle the spider's lair or the alligator pit!
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Thanks fellas for ll the feedback.
Stunning work: what thickness of foam are you using? And are you painting straight on or priming first?
10mm.
I have been painting straight on but using either blackboard paint as an undercoat for bits that start black or a tin of undercoat (house paint) if I want white ... but I suspect that acrylic would go on just fine ... I will give it a try and see.
You continue to create amazing stuff. How do you do it? Wonderful! Hopefully, one day, I will be able to match your speed and creativity.
Thanks. My advice ... just give it a go. I have no special skills or experience. Most things I do i am doing for the first time.
Absolutely fantastic work! ;D You had me convinced you were a genius when making straw from crushed up Shreddies - but now you are taking it to a whole new level! I admire the different look and feel you achieve from room to room but still achieve a common and consistent approach. I would love to see where the more natural passages and caves you were doing have developed. Are you going to try your hand at any of the expansion set tiles? I really want to see how you tackle the spider's lair or the alligator pit!
Will try and get some painting done over the weekend and have a go at those caverns.
I have to say I am a bit stumped by the Spiders lair at the moment ...
I don't think i know the aligator pit??? Where is that from?
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Got the other backdrop piece based up.
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They can join up either way around:
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Or for the absolute win ... placed on either side of my dungeon board .... and you can play a game where you have to pass through the mountain and come out the other side. :D
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...and here is the back piece ....
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Again this will join up with the other one either way around.
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Nice! :-*
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Thanks. :D
As I am going to have to get some polyfilla and paint on this I have taken the opportunity to pimp up my Dwarf Mountain a bit ...
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The design on the walls in the Dwarf mountain piece is done to match the Moria columns from GW .... they match in height to the point that I can drop the next floor on top as they move up and down floors. Yes I need to get out more.
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Enjoying this a great deal!
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Sorry my bad - its called "crocodile pit" and it is a tile by Ron Shirtz - obviously not a tile from the original set. You can see it here: http://aginsinn.yeoldeinn.com/tilesdungeon.html
I'm loving the way your dungeon tiles project has expended to a build a mountain project that resembles the magnificence of the mines of Moria. Fantastic!
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Thanks fellas.
Sorry my bad - its called "crocodile pit" and it is a tile by Ron Shirtz - obviously not a tile from the original set. You can see it here: http://aginsinn.yeoldeinn.com/tilesdungeon.html
I'm loving the way your dungeon tiles project has expended to a build a mountain project that resembles the magnificence of the mines of Moria. Fantastic!
Yes ... I know the one. Hase some crocs swimming around in the bottom and a sort of rope net over the surface. Might try and do a take on that.
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So you might have seen these bumping around e-bay.
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They are cheap, nasty plastic in completely the wrong scale and with way to much soft detail to go with the 28mm stuff (Although now I have them they will certainly see action in my bargain Tomb Kings army.)
Whilst I would not have bought them individually I saw a guy selling a whole bag of these cheap enough it made me think what I might do with them. Now if I had not beem in the middle of this project I would have drawn a blank but as it was .... I came up with this .....
I melted them into a wall. :D
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So they can be the backdrop to a room. And yes I do have extras so that I can make based versions of these for when they 'come alive'. :twisted:
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Or how about flanking a narrow corridor?
That should get the adventurers wishing they had brought a change of pants. :D
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That is uber cool - why can I not have a walkway like that in my house.
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Thanks. :D
A couple more rooms ... one for the sphynx ... who knows what monstrosities will come appear in this room ... then my hall of warriors then the treasure room .... Tomb Kings section done! These could be stacked with doors in the ceilings for that real pyramid feel. You would have to climb the sphynx to get through the trapdoor ...etc...
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This is how the pit room ... with a top on it ... can combine with the stairs to make a guard room at the top of the stairs before you desend into the dungeon.
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Had some fun just playing with set ups .... just to see how it is all coming together .... i need to do this from time to time just to keep myself pumped. :D
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I hate you. And I mean that in the nicest possible way. :)
The skeletons in the walls are amazing and once everything is painted that will look absolutely awesome. So jealous.
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:o This really is a great thread to oggle through. :)
There's a word to discribe people with as much skill as you have at making terrain this good.
I don't remember it precisely but you are one. Definitely. A full on complete one of them.
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Fantastic stuff, and really glad you are sharing it.
Love that you found a use for those e-bay "unit fillers" to....
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This is Ubercool :-* Great stuff, consider a lot of it stolen.
Cheers,
Za
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Melting those into the wall is such a nice effect, just great. 8)
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Had some fun just playing with set ups .... just to see how it is all coming together .... i need to do this from time to time just to keep myself pumped. :D
This is the best bit, and why we all play with toy soldiers - we like to see what worlds we can create.
What really impresses me is that way that different coloured rooms come together - I think I would have thought these would look odd together, but they work really well.
Liking the new big back drop wall, and all the stairs and different levels.
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Harry - enough respect. This has got to be one of my favourite threads. Leave it 24 hours and your work has come on a weeks worth and you have taken it in so many different directions! Wonderful!
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This is a brilliant project, with so many great ideas :o. My favorite thing right now is the wall with skeletons.
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There will come a day I shall travel to your place for a couple of games.
If that's okay with you of course. Teehee.
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Thank you all so much.
I hate you. And I mean that in the nicest possible way. :)
The skeletons in the walls are amazing and once everything is painted that will look absolutely awesome. So jealous.
No need to be jealous. Give it a crack. Honestly this is all very easily reproduced. I have never done anything like this before.
:o This really is a great thread to oggle through. :)
There's a word to discribe people with as much skill as you have at making terrain this good.
I don't remember it precisely but you are one. Definitely. A full on complete one of them.
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Thanks fella, that made me smile. :D
There will come a day I shall travel to your place for a couple of games.
If that's okay with you of course. Teehee.
Yes it is OK ... You would be most welcome.
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Started to paint the Tomb kings sections ...
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Got some paint on the cliff pieces ....
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Made a start on the stairs and the fighting pit ....
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Blimey, that is impressive! Keep it up!
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i can't believe the volume and the quality - are you just the front for a sweat shop, and you have fifty orphans sat there painting stuff ;)
I managed to highlight 3 colour camouflage on a 10mm tank yesterday - thats it. About 1 square inch of painting. You've done acres of stuff.
The skeleton walls look pretty effective - they will scare players when they walk into that corridor.
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Thanks fellas ... much appreciated.
i can't believe the volume and the quality - are you just the front for a sweat shop, and you have fifty orphans sat there painting stuff ;)
I managed to highlight 3 colour camouflage on a 10mm tank yesterday - thats it. About 1 square inch of painting. You've done acres of stuff.
The skeleton walls look pretty effective - they will scare players when they walk into that corridor.
Nope ... just me ... and fitting it all in around work and family stuff.
I am just using a very big brush. :D
If you like the wall now ... you will love what is coming next .....
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Got a couple of hours last night to finish off all the Tomb Kings section ....
Here are the rooms done. (lines and final dry brush)
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Here is the Sphynx room ..... you just know something nasty is coming out of the big hole ... :o
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.... and here are the walls done:
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Here it is together:
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Just for fun ....
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Stacked up like a pyramid. :D
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Finally .... I have the cliffs for the regular dungeon ... so I have this .... repaired it again .... it has been bust and repaired so many times it is starting to look like an ancient ruin ... but a few squares and it will do the trick. :D
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Wow :o is that handmade?? Awesome anyways!!
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Wow :o is that handmade?? Awesome anyways!!
Well the sphynx and the doorway are resin but thee rest is polystyrene and harsh langauge. :D
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I Sphynx that is brilliant - what tool are you using to indent the blue foam for the detailing? Impressed by the speed your churning these out - keep em coming.
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That's beautiful.
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I Sphynx that is brilliant - what tool are you using to indent the blue foam for the detailing? Impressed by the speed your churning these out - keep em coming.
Thanks. A Bic Biro and a sharp pencil if I need a thinner line for the cracks ... but 90% of this has been done with the Biro. You need some very expensive kit for this. :D More to come.
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Another fantastic piece (actually pieces) of superb terrain.
You are, Sir a master model maker.
Tony
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Those skeleton walls are great. Sooooo easy to picture them suddenly popping out of the walls, Harryhausen style. Any adventurer walking past would be feeling proper paranoid.
I really, really love the "cliff" sections and the big Egyptian temple stairs wall. They have so much atmosphere. The "spotlight" painting on the Egypt tiles is super effective as well.
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What a stunner!
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WOW... :o :o :o Harry...
You're a legend!
I saw your fist few posts a few weeks ago and went, "oh yeah, that's a pretty neat small tile set. But I'd rather a larger set with walls."
I pop back in at 10 pages, with freeking mountain entrances and skeletons in walls!!!! :o :o
Do like mate, do like. :-* :-* :-*
Cheers
Matt
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This is beyond awesome passed crazy and back to awesome again.
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You are so inspiring, Harry! :-* :-* :-*
Thank you for sharing!
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Fantastic work, Harry, very lovely! :-* :o
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I follow this thread since the beginning. I have not posted at each time but it is time to salute this beautifull work.
Great paint job and scenery !
Hope to see more soon.
Stéphane
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Only solution I see for this kind of productivity : You have a horde of illegal workers in your basement.
Calling the police now !
Impressive work.
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It would be so cool if the skeletons were removable from the walls, maybe with tiny magnets in their feet so they can be stuck to bases once the unwary adventurers stumble around and wake them up :)
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Really impressive!!!
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Wonderfully Awesomely Brilliantly Creatively done
If you don't mind there are a couple of things I should like to know about your painting techniques.
A couple of pages back you mentioned "doing the cracks" did you paint these individually with a darker shade of the main colour yellow? Or ink them in?
The big black back wall - did you base coat black and dry brush or did you cover it all with a dark/mid grey and then dry brush.
The styrene takes impressions easily - when you put figures on it, that have slotta bases if there is any pressure on these does that also impress mark the styrene to a noticeable effect?
Thanks and enjoying the posts
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Another fantastic piece (actually pieces) of superb terrain.
You are, Sir a master model maker.
Tony
You are too kind. I am merely an enthusistic amateur. :D
Those skeleton walls are great. Sooooo easy to picture them suddenly popping out of the walls, Harryhausen style. Any adventurer walking past would be feeling proper paranoid.
I really, really love the "cliff" sections and the big Egyptian temple stairs wall. They have so much atmosphere. The "spotlight" painting on the Egypt tiles is super effective as well.
Thanks very much. :D
What a stunner!
Is that me or the scenery? :D
WOW... :o :o :o Harry...
You're a legend!
I saw your fist few posts a few weeks ago and went, "oh yeah, that's a pretty neat small tile set. But I'd rather a larger set with walls."
I pop back in at 10 pages, with freeking mountain entrances and skeletons in walls!!!! :o :o
Do like mate, do like. :-* :-* :-*
Cheers
Matt
Thanks ... glad not to disappoint. I only started out to do the small tile set ... and got carried away. :D
This is beyond awesome passed crazy and back to awesome again.
This made me smile ... what a great comment. Cheers fella.
You are so inspiring, Harry! :-* :-* :-*
Thank you for sharing!
Thanks you for the support. Great to think I might inspire someone.
Fantastic work, Harry, very lovely! :-* :o
Thanks very much ... glad you are enjoying it.
I follow this thread since the beginning. I have not posted at each time but it is time to salute this beautifull work.
Great paint job and scenery !
Hope to see more soon.
Stéphane
Thanks very much .... more to come soon.
Only solution I see for this kind of productivity : You have a horde of illegal workers in your basement.
Calling the police now !
Impressive work.
:D They'll never take me alive. Thanks.
It would be so cool if the skeletons were removable from the walls, maybe with tiny magnets in their feet so they can be stuck to bases once the unwary adventurers stumble around and wake them up :)
I have more of the skellies. I plan to paint and base up some moving ones.
Really impressive!!!
Thanks
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(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/924/M8Li40.jpg)
I don't know if that's the paint job, but that looks great. Custom conversion?
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I don't know if that's the paint job, but that looks great. Custom conversion?
Yeah ... I stuck the greater deamon head on the bone giant .... nothing to it.
(Although that is a great paint job, ;) )
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Wonderfully Awesomely Brilliantly Creatively done
If you don't mind there are a couple of things I should like to know about your painting techniques.
A couple of pages back you mentioned "doing the cracks" did you paint these individually with a darker shade of the main colour yellow? Or ink them in?
The big black back wall - did you base coat black and dry brush or did you cover it all with a dark/mid grey and then dry brush.
The styrene takes impressions easily - when you put figures on it, that have slotta bases if there is any pressure on these does that also impress mark the styrene to a noticeable effect?
Thanks and enjoying the posts
Thanks very much.
Great questions. :D
Just pick a dark colour and water it down a bit ... a thin brush ... and off I go.
The wall is painted black and then dry brushed repeaatedly with lighter and lighter greys. Maybe five or six different greys. Each layer more sparsely done ....showing plenty of the prevous layers.
I am sure if I pressed down I couuld make a dent with a base ... but normal use does not dent it ... It is actually quite bouncy .... I suspect if I dropped a mini from six inches it might dent it .... I would probably just make it into a crack ... which is what I have already done with the odd mark or dent in a piece.
But minis don't make any impression on it at all under their own weight.
Hope that helps.
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Yeah ... I stuck the greater deamon head on the bone giant .... nothing to it.
(Although that is a great paint job, ;) )
I honestly thought it was a model I'd never seen. lol
The paint job really does bring it together.
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Thanks for the info, I have been building some stuff lately and black undercoating with grey dry brush but it still seems too dark to me, but I am only doing about 3 dry brushes, maybe thats the problem, I wondered if you started off with a grey rather than black it would be lighter overall.
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I honestly thought it was a model I'd never seen. lol
The paint job really does bring it together.
:D Yay ... Go me! Really simple head swap .... and the egyptian head from the greater Deamon did all the work ... from coming up with the idea to the paint job. :D
Thanks very much.
Thanks for the info, I have been building some stuff lately and black undercoating with grey dry brush but it still seems too dark to me, but I am only doing about 3 dry brushes, maybe thats the problem, I wondered if you started off with a grey rather than black it would be lighter overall.
I guess it is down to how muh you let show through. I guess my first (Dark Grey) I probably paint 90% leaving a tiny bit of black showing through. Then the next grey 70 % then the next grey 50% ... so at least half of it has been painted mid grey .... but where I think I am getting the result is i keep going through lighter and lighter greys almost up to (but not quite pure white. .... so I have gone frpm the blackest black all the way up to pure white.
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Made a start on some doors this weekend .... just a bit of drybrushing so far.
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/921/7iizD8.jpg)
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Made a start on the cavern bits ....
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/923/L0ei9Q.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/924/2dnMQE.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/924/vSXXip.jpg)
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Did a bit more on the cliff pieces .... added snow texture on to the the new base boards.
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/924/S3Xey3.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/924/r5imje.jpg)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/923/0uEoPI.jpg)
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This (all of this above) literally a mountain, and caves and doors. This is not a 'start'.
This is a start:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-A6MQ31SnpuI/VtNdcFhQ3wI/AAAAAAAAF2Q/LC2gJu2_qbM/s1024-Ic42/IMG_0483.JPG)
1 thing sprayed black, no actual paint added with a brush.
You are a machine at turning this stuff out Harry. Really good looking stuff as well. I think the caverns are my favourite, they remind me of some I made from mounting board and felt-tip pen, many many years ago (clearly these are much better and more detailed!).
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Yeah ... I have paint a dwarf this week-end. How long are your days on your planet ?
Superb Harry.
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You're certainly not doing things by half :D
I think a group shot is due fairly soon (assuming you have a room big enough ;) )
cheers
James
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This (all of this above) literally a mountain, and caves and doors. This is not a 'start'.
This is a start:
1 thing sprayed black, no actual paint added with a brush.
:D Very good.... that made me smile .... you would never believe it but I have cleaned up and undercoated one of those too. :D
You are a machine at turning this stuff out Harry. Really good looking stuff as well. I think the caverns are my favourite, they remind me of some I made from mounting board and felt-tip pen, many many years ago (clearly these are much better and more detailed!).
Thanks ... funny thing is when I thought about doing this originaly all i really planned to do was the cavern tiles. :? ::) ;D
Yeah ... I have paint a dwarf this week-end. How long are your days on your planet ?
Superb Harry.
Thanks .... but seriously fellas ... This stuff is very quick to do ... This weekend I spent the majority of my time either getting drunk or recovering from getting drunk. Big Rugby Weekend ... Love the six nations. only got home this morning and grabbed a few hours before Sunday Lunch. Thats whyall i could manage was a bit of dry brushing....struggling to focus on much else. ;D
You're certainly not doing things by half :D
I think a group shot is due fairly soon (assuming you have a room big enough ;) )
cheers
James
I get that a lot. :D
I'll try and get everything together that I have done so far .....
I don't get in ealry enough in the week to take pitures so it will have to be next weekend now.