What I’m Working On

[AlexanderTheOk]

Figured I should post more WIP here. First up, some river sections that turned out much better than expected. I 3d printed flat sections and then added sand, sealed with spray paint, and finally I painted/glossed the water with mod podge.

[AlexanderTheOk]

Next up, some fun little native hits for my “New World” gaming. I think these were meant for a Darkest Africa type game, but I repurposed for Caribbean/Timicua proxies…3D printed with FDM.

[MaleGriffin]

That river is fantastic! What colors did you use? I've never liked "blue" rivers, but I love your color choice!

[mikedemana]

Looking good! Nice idea to use 3-d printed rivers so you don't have to worry about something more pliable warping...

Mike Demana

[AlexanderTheOk]

That river is fantastic! What colors did you use? I've never liked "blue" rivers, but I love your color choice!

Thanks! The first rivers I tried to DIY turned out to be way too blue. This go around I used a few cheap acrylics. Dark green (has a bluish tint to it) as the base and working outwards I used an english ivy green, territorial beige, and desert sand I believe. The key was giving the shallows a muddy greenish hue.

[AlexanderTheOk]

A proper Caribbean adventure is not complete without a beach. Decided to try my hand at making some modular beach sections. The gloss mod podge isn’t dry so it’s still a little milky. Couldn’t help but snap a few photos on the board!

[anevilgiraffe]

Decided to try my hand at making some modular beach sections.

expand please 

[AlexanderTheOk]

The Spanish town needed a plaza. There are specific dimensions outlined by the Laws of the Indies, but I just opted for a square piece. Found the me on thingverse and printed it out in about 30 min. FDM is amazing. I’ll probably add some sand and flock to give it a worn look. A quick snapshot of some better trained militia forming up to defend the governors house from audacious pirates.

[AlexanderTheOk]

expand please 

Sure thing 😃

Materials needed:
Thin plasticard
Tissue paper
Mod podge (gloss)
Acrylic Paint (too blue, Caribbean blue, dark green, fawn brown, desert yellow, white).
Spray primer
PVA
Brushes
Patience

Steps:
1.Cut plasticard to desired shape (I leave one side flat and trim the other side in a wavy pattern)
2. Spray primer the modular shapes
3. Add pva to your beach area (about half of the modular section) and coat with sand
4. Water down the pva exteemely thin and lay sheets of toilet paper (rip into thin strips) on the other half of the section and make sure to overlap with the sand a bit.
5. Use a wide brush to push the soaked tissue into “waves” and also blotch the other areas that have water to give a more texture look.
6. Repeat until you have the desired shore feel
7. Once the glue has dried paint the sandy part of the shore. Make sure to paint some of the waves touching the shore in this color as you will blend everything later on.
8. Block the ocean side of the section in a dark green blue (outer edge), too blue middle, and Caribbean blue (closest to the shore where waves are crashing and its shallow).
9. While the paint is still wet use thinned down combinations of the colors to blend the shoreline, shallows and deeper water.
10. After the paint has dried, use a light dry brush of white on the waves/shoreline.
11. Highlight the sandy beach with a lighter color Mix with white for the final dry brush.
12. Use the gloss mod podge to liberally coat the water areas. Also some of the sandy shoreline to give a wet look.

[AlexanderTheOk]

Here’s a good shot of the colors blocked and blended, but no white highlights on the waves or beach.