Boots and Saddles - BLAM Report

[rumacara]

Following with great interest.
Go for it Gary.

[NurgleHH]

Hi Gary,
Found this and think it is interesting for you:

http://www.terranscapes.com/desert-tables/

[Hu Rhu]

Little blue 'Bibbly Bricks'?
 

And don't forget the Coyote cave.
 

I'm not mad enough to build them in Bibbly Bricks, but certainly blue foam will feature.

very interesting towers. I'm looking forward to see more WIP pictures.

Oh, that's going to be good.

Following with great interest.
Go for it Gary.

Thanks for the encouragement.  I spent the day sanding the base and the towers but no pictures yet.  More to follow later in the week.

Hi Gary,
Found this and think it is interesting for you:

http://www.terranscapes.com/desert-tables/

Thanks for the link Dirk.  It has given me some ideas.

[Hu Rhu]

I have been experimenting with a colour scheme for the buttes.  I came up with this as a base on a small off cut of cork:



And this as an almost finished paint scheme.



What do you think?

[rumacara]

Looking very good.
The colors are well chosen.

[Malamute]

Yep, that works. 

[Romark]

Looking good

[Mason]

It works for me, mate.
 

[Eric the Shed]

Looking great Gary - will this e at Blam next year?

[Hu Rhu]

Thanks for the feedback.  The colours that came out on the photos are a little darker than in real life but I am very happy with the result. I will post some more WIP photos later this week.

Looking great Gary - will this e at Blam next year?

Possibly.  I have been wanting to get after this project for a while and now that it has got going, I am pretty happy with how it is turning out.  However progress is a little slower than I would have liked but work has been a b....r recently.  I will see how it progresses in the New Year before I commit to a game for BLAM.

[Hu Rhu]

Ok it has taken a little time but I have finished the first butte, less some vegetation.  Here are some WIP shots. The camera has dulled down the orangey colour a little but you get the idea.

First undercoated. In hindsight black was not a good choice and I shall be going for a more softer undercoat for future builds.



Next with the first brown coat.





As you can see I have mixed a little orange into the colour.



Whilst waiting for the next coat I took a shot with a 28mm Redskin to give you an idea of the size.



Then I added successive coats of orange mixed with yellow to build up the colours and make it softer.



And then finally with a light brushing of sandstone to tone it all down.



And from the other side.



Just need to add a little vegetation around the base and it is good to go. I plan to make another two variations and some slightly smaller rocky outcrops to use as scatter terrain.  I'll post them up in due course but now am turning my attention to painting some more figures.

[Romark]

Impressive progress   

[Elk101]

Impressive progress   

Yeah, nice butte.

I don't think the black undercoat is particularly bad but perhaps a grey primer undercoat would reduce some of the contrast?

[Dr DeAth]

Nice Butte 

Are you going to add any vegetation?

[Mason]

Nicely done, mate.
 

Buttes really do seem to be the 'in thing' nowadays, dont they?
 

My 'go to' undercoat for pretty much everything is a chocolate brown as it much more versatile and you can always add a wash of black if you need really darker recesses.