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Offline mr ed

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Mr Ed's terrain for Rangers of Shadow Deep
« on: June 10, 2020, 07:42:14 AM »
I've been aiming to finally play RoSD, but the completist in me wanted matching terrain. So here're some bits I've been working on, both as standalone pieces, and detailing mods for my dungeon stackers to build the village in the first scenario.
« Last Edit: June 10, 2020, 07:57:56 AM by mr ed »

Offline scatterbrains

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Re: Mr Ed's terrain for Rangers of Shadow Deep
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2020, 07:47:21 AM »
Oooh dungeon  stacker mods! I like that, will be keeping a close eye on your ideas  :D

Offline mr ed

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Re: Mr Ed's terrain for Rangers of Shadow Deep
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2020, 07:56:44 AM »
, will be keeping a close eye on your ideas  :D

Ha. Well here's a coincidence, you may find these familiar

Offline scatterbrains

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Re: Mr Ed's terrain for Rangers of Shadow Deep
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2020, 09:56:43 AM »
Ha. Well here's a coincidence, you may find these familiar

Omg they look just like mine! Awesome  :-*

Big fan of the river too looks awesome and so modular!

Offline Bloggard

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Re: Mr Ed's terrain for Rangers of Shadow Deep
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2020, 10:59:54 AM »
yes, great stuff. Love the tree stands too - would like to do something like that.

love the variety of size (trees) - are you making your own?

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Re: Mr Ed's terrain for Rangers of Shadow Deep
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2020, 11:42:19 AM »
Very nice builds all around.
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Offline mr ed

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Re: Mr Ed's terrain for Rangers of Shadow Deep
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2020, 11:56:56 AM »
yes, great stuff. Love the tree stands too - would like to do something like that.

love the variety of size (trees) - are you making your own?

The trees were just a christmas village grab bag from the hardware store ( which tells you how long it's taken me to finish them....) this set i think https://www.lemaxcollection.com/villages/general-products/trees/assorted-pine-tree-04768. cost about ten dollars in local currency here.

Essentially for the tree stands. I just followed these two  videos. BMC is the bomb for this sort stuff, idiot proof and great results with failrly accessible materials (even in Dubai  which is a bit of a death zone for hobby supplies, so the flocking, sculptamould etc all has to be homemade).

trees - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlAnpJomWCk
stands - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaDLkRQOhyM

Oh and at the risk of stating the obvious  putting the trees at different heights on the little hills goes a long way to breaking up the sense that they're all the same height

« Last Edit: June 10, 2020, 11:59:13 AM by mr ed »

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Re: Mr Ed's terrain for Rangers of Shadow Deep
« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2020, 01:46:00 AM »
Nice work all around  :-* :-* Don't feel too bad about your trees. I think that I bought mine 3 or 4 years ago and they are still in their sales bags. ::)
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Offline FifteensAway

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Re: Mr Ed's terrain for Rangers of Shadow Deep
« Reply #8 on: June 12, 2020, 01:19:36 PM »
Interesting approach to rivers.  Are they based on old CD discs perhaps? 

Offline scatterbrains

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Re: Mr Ed's terrain for Rangers of Shadow Deep
« Reply #9 on: June 19, 2020, 05:01:45 AM »
Looking back at your river and really like the colors ... any chance you might share the recipe?

Offline mr ed

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Re: Mr Ed's terrain for Rangers of Shadow Deep
« Reply #10 on: June 19, 2020, 06:31:13 AM »
Nearly ready to go!

I spray based the whole thing black. Then did the earth and rocks with a base and dry brush. Didn't worry about over spill into the water. Then I squeezed black craft acrylic straight into the river bed and spread in about. The texture was already there from the toilet paper and PVA . While it was wet I brushed in some Hooker green and some burnt sienna. Not much and didn't worry if it was streaky. Then added some drops of foundry tomb blue light. And worked that in with the same grubby brush, no rinsing along the way. Again this was pretty rough and ready, didn't worry if it spread a bit. Light Dry brush white to catch the tips and unify with the banks. At this point it looks crap. Then a number of thin coats of PVA, drying between. Then a liberal coat of citadel drakenhof nightshade, which is what brings it to life. Followed by more PVA for seal and shine.

That sounds like a faff, but actually it's about 15 minutes of work time for the four. You need to be quick from the black stage anyway, and you dont need to be very careful at any point. The only thing that takes time is waiting for the PVA to dry, but hey, Dubai sun does the business there!

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Re: Mr Ed's terrain for Rangers of Shadow Deep
« Reply #11 on: June 19, 2020, 07:05:20 AM »
The water effect came out well. Nice job  :-*

Offline mr ed

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Re: Mr Ed's terrain for Rangers of Shadow Deep
« Reply #12 on: June 19, 2020, 07:21:41 AM »
Interesting approach to rivers.  Are they based on old CD discs perhaps?

Yes. If I did it again I might cut longer bases using the same radius curve at the end, but these are easy and I think with abit of judicious scatter and deer moss to break up the edges they look ok.

I'm planning on some roads done the same way but someone's been clearing out the cupboards during lockdown and the old data  CDs I thought were there are there no longer

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Re: Mr Ed's terrain for Rangers of Shadow Deep
« Reply #13 on: June 19, 2020, 08:08:49 AM »
Great terrain! I would never have thought of circular terrain pieces for a river or stream but it looks pretty effective in the photos. Nice job on the water effects too!
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Offline mr ed

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Re: Mr Ed's terrain for Rangers of Shadow Deep
« Reply #14 on: June 19, 2020, 08:54:46 AM »
Since people seem interested in stream (I think river is rather too grand for this trickle) is the full 3ft with the footbridge and the ford.

As you can see the in the first pic the segments are essentially straight. Max bend is probably 15 degrees? But the CD basing allows you to lay them out all wiggly, or on a curve and get away with it, even before you scatter fill the gaps.


 

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