Quite a big terrain project (FINISHED! - 3rd October)...

[Captain Blood]

The board construction is finished.

A couple of pics of the 'terraforming' of board three (otherwise known as slapping on the sludge and scattering of various sizes of gravel)








Subsequently board three primed matt black with a spraycan from Halfords car accessory store.

And then the three boards together to provide a gaming area 5' x 4' (1500mm x 1200mm)...










So to date, we've gone from this...



To this...



But still a ways to go 

Tomorrow - the spraygun and compressor come out to play and painting begins in earnest... 

[cianty]

I so enjoy watching this board progress. So awesome. Judging from your other works I can only imagine how incredible it will turn out in the end. It also is awesome - in all it's black glory. 

[Lowtardog]

Great stuff Captain and that poly is good isnt it I stupidly put it on hardboard last year and dont thik it actually needs it

[Malamute]

Yep, Its a thing of beauty alright.

[JollyBob]

I am sooooo jealous... This looks so good.

[Luc]

Excellent!
I'm empressed seeing it finished.

[gamer Mac]

Great stuff Captain
Looking forward to seeing it painted

[Thunderchicken]

Stunning stuff Capt B and about the size of my kitchen! So looking forward to moving to a bigger house and being able to indulge in projects such as this.

[Captain Blood]

Ah, thanks chaps. Your encouragement inspires me to further efforts!

This morning I sprayed the whole caboodle with an earthy brown, and gradually lightened this with small additions of cream colour paint to the mix, so that, believe it or not, I overlaid 6 coats.

The end result is a bit hard to see from the pics, but I like it - it's a lot more subtle than good old drybrushing, gives a nice even finish, and a realistically dusty look.

Obviously, if it was going to be desert, that'd be the job pretty much done!

As it is, I now need to repaint all the detail - cliffs, fences, logs, stumps, walls, river, trackways etc - then get to work greening the whole thing up and deciding where the hell I'm going to insert all the trees that will miraculously transform the scene from a post-apocalyptic dustbowl to a verdant North American forest... 

Hmmm...

[cianty]

Damn impressive, good sir!  it!

[Hawkeye]

I second Cianty - impressive is the word!

It's also great to see the 'in progress' pics and watch the boards grow - it's particularly nice to see that even the most impressive board goes through that 'looks like lots of stuff stuck together' stage, before detailing and painting starts to make all the elements come to life.

Excellent - what a board it's going to be to play on!

[OSHIROmodels]

My god sir, this just keeps getting better and better     

cheers

James

[Darkoath]

Looking quite impressive Captain Blood!  And I like the tree stumps!  Can wait to see this painted up and with some trees!

Darkoath

[Captain Blood]

Thank you gentlemen. 

Here is stage 2 completed - the basic terrain is now fully painted.

Thought it was worth showing before moving onto stage 3 - which entails covering pretty much the whole sodding thing with grass! 

Ah well, I'll know there's lovely groundwork underneath 

Then it's onto trees, reeds, crops, undergrowth and shrubbery...

And finally the trees and buildings.

[Malamute]

Looking more  impressive with every new addition. 
I can't wait to see it in the flesh. The prize for best looking game is going to be hotly contested me thinks