Author Topic: BSC2019 Hammers Godswood (Read 13637 times)

LordOdo · « **Reply #30 on:** January 22, 2019, 01:26:17 PM »

At the time I was reading the books I was in Norway, and therefor my imagination of (atl least northern) westeros is influenced by the norse culture. My vision of septs is heavily influenced by stave churches, so I'd definetly go with the norse.

Hammers · « **Reply #31 on:** January 25, 2019, 12:44:00 PM »

I have prepped the trunk of the weirwood for sculpting of a face...

...using the old trick marbles/lead shot for eyes. I don't want them to be just holes. I've have since then scuplted the actual face but I don't have a pic of it yet. But I did some work on the branches, bulking out the weirwood like so...

...and so...

These branches will be joint with airdrying clay to seemlessly integrate them with the main trunk of the tree. The branches will be fleshed out even more with thinner wire branches , using...

...wires of various dimensions. I find that especially stock twisted brass wire for hanging paintings is particularly useful. The larger branches are made with florists aluminum wire.

von Lucky · « **Reply #32 on:** January 25, 2019, 01:37:16 PM »

Looking good.

Will the foam foundation be able to handle the weight?

Hammers · « **Reply #33 on:** January 25, 2019, 02:21:59 PM »

Well, yes. The trunk is glued/screwed to a wooden block.

OSHIROmodels · « **Reply #34 on:** January 25, 2019, 02:36:47 PM »

Brill

McMordain · « **Reply #35 on:** January 25, 2019, 02:47:12 PM »

Looks really good already.

Andym · « **Reply #36 on:** January 25, 2019, 03:11:04 PM »

I love gnarled shapes of the branches you've achieved already!

Elk101 · « **Reply #37 on:** January 25, 2019, 05:07:20 PM »

Very nice shape you've got on that tree.

Hammers · « **Reply #38 on:** January 27, 2019, 06:49:50 PM »

A few modest progress photos of, well, some modest progress.

This is how I have cut our a rectangular depression to fit a styrene sheet for the absolutely calm pond water. I quite quickly realized that this was a much less than optimal construction plan. It would have been much smarter to cut out the pond shape from 3mm plywood and then laminate it with 3mm MDF. Oh well. I suppose this will do to.

You may have heard of my proclivity for making a blood sacrifice to the Gods of the Workbench every fucking time I make something? Well, it happened this time to. I rammed the chisel into my index knuckle...

Anyhoo, this is what it looks like with the styrene sheet fitted.

Doesn't look like much now but I am confident that with sufficient tarting up it will all be fine. As you can see I've sculpted a face onto the trunk to. I will post a closeup when I find it. I am not 100% content with he sculpt so I may 'refactor' it.

As I wrote in a previous post I will hide the bones of a wicked old greenseer beneath the roots of the weirwood. To be able to construct and paint this in a convenient way I will make it a separate module which will slide in place in a slot once it is completed and then make it blend in to the whole terrain piece. The skellie will sit on a rock throne, entwined in root tendrils...

There is some funny lack of depth in this photo making it look a mess. I've made a frame of styrene sheet which I've dressed with small pieces of slate, using Das Pronto as mortar. I trying to shape the clay into roots and tendrils. The result looks a bit weird in the images, I will amend this with Milliput or green clay (or a mix of them both) later. Airdrying Das Pronto is useful, but it is a bit too course for fine sculpting

Suber · « **Reply #39 on:** January 27, 2019, 08:18:54 PM »

Looks amazing

The blood sacrifice will assure you the success, I'm sure

Hammers · « **Reply #40 on:** January 28, 2019, 07:43:43 PM »

Some further work on the greenseer cave.

I put together the remains of a greenseer with GW plastic and Eureka metal parts. If you, like I do, have access to a bitz box in your local store you can fine really useful things there. And you all know there is no dearth among GW bitz when it comes to skulls and bones...

The skellie is seated on a throne like structrure. A quick paintjob, base coat of burnt umbre, highlited successively with ivory and white.

The whole module in it's slot under the roots of the weirwood.

I will put a roof on the cave eventually. And roots, starting with...

...more bitz, this time from various GW Wood Elf kits (or whatever the hell they are now called in that AoS universe).

It may seem odd to you that I use plastic bitz for roots. The reason is that they are quick and easy to glue together...

...to a single 'grate' which you can paint and put in place as one piece.

Helen · « **Reply #41 on:** January 28, 2019, 07:48:25 PM »

Looking good Peder, lovely work.

FreakyFenton · « **Reply #42 on:** January 28, 2019, 08:02:50 PM »

Have to agree! Cool stuff, definitely keeping an eye on this for inspiration and ideas!

OSHIROmodels · « **Reply #43 on:** January 28, 2019, 08:19:00 PM »

Great progress but I'm afraid I

when I heard this...

Quote from: Hammers on January 27, 2019, 06:49:50 PM

You may have heard of my proclivity for making a blood sacrifice to the Gods of the Workbench every fucking time I make something? Well, it happened this time to. I rammed the chisel into my index knuckle...

Elk101 · « **Reply #44 on:** January 28, 2019, 09:00:30 PM »

That's looking really good. I'm impressed with the work on the greenseer.

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