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Offline The Voivod

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Mausoleum experiment
« on: April 04, 2020, 06:38:52 PM »
Now I have some better equipment I decided to try and get to grips with it with a smaller project. A mausoleum would fit the bill. I'll be able to use it for multiple game systems, fantasy, medieval and modern, and I can go to town on it and see what my equipment can do. I'll be using a hotwire cutter and some attachments for it from shifting lands

I  began at the, well, the base.
The trick to build with the Proxxon and get better results is to work in layers. This creates more interesting surface.

I starter with to layers and drew a stone patern on these with a pencil. Then I created structure with some rolled up tinfoil and dabbed and rolled this over the surface

Then the sides. These are two layers. The first is mostly a simple brick pattern, again drawn in with a pencil and cut out the window.
I then added a thinner slice with some interesting relief on top of this.
Fun about the tools I use is that I can make one shape and then slice it into thinner pieces. A tenchnique that’s sure to come in handy when I’ll mass produce some projects
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Offline The Voivod

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Re: Mausoleum experiment
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2020, 06:42:41 PM »
The front and the back. I wanted a door and something of interest in the back. I dug up an interesting mini I got in a goodie bag on a convention. I personally have no better use for it and this makes it not go to waste.
It will be a statue so I had to create a place for it.
As with the sides I made sure to have some depth to the facades to keep it interesting.
Making everything up as I went along, I started to get the hang of the proxxon cutter.

Then put it together. At this point the mini is just there for show. I will not glue it until it’s painted.
Note that, to make it realistic, I rounded all edged of the stone. I simply did this by softly scraping the side of my pencil along them.

I decided on the roof being fairly simple. No tiles, just metal. I can cut real smooth and thin slices.
Had some fun adding details, for which I raided my bits box.
It’s coming about nicely. Some finishing touches and this dude is ready for a layer of paint.
« Last Edit: April 04, 2020, 07:01:32 PM by The Voivod »

Offline Mr.J

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Re: Mausoleum experiment
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2020, 07:02:08 PM »
Very nice. Love the addition of the statue.

Offline marianas_gamer

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Re: Mausoleum experiment
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2020, 11:44:22 PM »
Looks great!
Got to kick at the darkness till it bleeds daylight.

Offline Calimero

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Re: Mausoleum experiment
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2020, 01:25:56 AM »

Pretty cool stuff, I like it a lot! 8)
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Offline Malamute

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Re: Mausoleum experiment
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2020, 07:16:52 AM »
Really good. ;D
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Offline Elk101

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Re: Mausoleum experiment
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2020, 07:50:37 AM »
Really impressive work.

Offline Swordisdrawn

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Re: Mausoleum experiment
« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2020, 09:52:16 AM »
Lovely!
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Offline OSHIROmodels

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Re: Mausoleum experiment
« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2020, 10:01:10 AM »
That's worked out well  8)
cheers

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Offline levied troop

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Re: Mausoleum experiment
« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2020, 10:13:41 AM »
Nice stonework, that’s going to look great when painted.
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Offline The Voivod

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Re: Mausoleum experiment
« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2020, 04:52:58 PM »
Thank you all for the kind words. I was able to put in some work last night and this afternoon and actually finished it. It sure was a fun litlle project.

After adding some beads from my wife’s collection on top of the collumn, I did some sculpting with putty, because it looked like they where floating on the columns.

That was basically the build. I painted it using washes and drybrushes. I experimented a bit with staining it, to make it look weathered a bit.
I’m happy with the result. Note that the staining seems a bit more extreme on the pictures than irl.
My new Hot wire cutter and the attachments are a definate upgrade to what I had and I’m looking forward to what I can do with it.

Offline Malamute

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Re: Mausoleum experiment
« Reply #11 on: April 05, 2020, 05:15:08 PM »
Excellent! ;D

Offline OSHIROmodels

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Re: Mausoleum experiment
« Reply #12 on: April 05, 2020, 05:35:07 PM »
Splendid result  8)

Offline Tibson

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Re: Mausoleum experiment
« Reply #13 on: April 09, 2020, 01:53:42 PM »
Fantastic!

Offline Bloggard

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Re: Mausoleum experiment
« Reply #14 on: April 12, 2020, 10:52:52 AM »
crikey, that's a bit good!  :-*