[WIP] Building of Ruins of Mordheim modular table

[tomrommel1]

brilliant

[OSHIROmodels]

Very cool 

[quidamcorvus]

brilliant

Thank you.

Very cool 

Thank you.

Tutorial: Flying carpet.

When assembling miniatures for Merchant's Caravan from Arabia for Warheim FS, I had the biggest problem with the flying carpet model. Maybe I wasn't looking properly, or maybe there are simply no suitable physical miniatures, because I found a few 3D prints, but they didn't suit my style either.

That's why I decided to make a flying carpet model myself, and below you will find a short report in which I will describe how I did it.

An additional advantage is that the cost of a model made in this way is negligible, and in the end the flying carpet will be used in a merchant caravan.







To make a flying carpet miniatures, I used a metal plastic plate from a shaving cream tube, which I cut into a rectangular shape.



Using the blunt edge of a wallpaper knife, I bent the sides of the plate at a 90-degree angle. I also twisted four pieces of wire together to make a rope.




I smeared the bent sides of the plate with a thin layer of plastic putty, to which I applied appropriately cut pieces of twisted wire, and glued the whole thing with cyanoacrylate glue.



After the cyanoacrylate glue dried, I untangled the protruding pieces of twisted wire, which I then tied together with pieces of wire.



The next step was to create the texture of the material. Since the metal plate I used is very plastic, I placed the carpet upside down on a piece of XPS and cut out patterns using carving tools.



Then, using brush handles of different thickness, I gave the flying carpet a slightly more dynamic shape.



And I glued the flying carpet miniatures made in the above way to the base.

[anevilgiraffe]

really nice but, could you explain this bit a bit more?

The next step was to create the texture of the material. Since the metal plate I used is very plastic, I placed the carpet upside down on a piece of XPS and cut out patterns using carving tools.

is it metal or is it plastic? did you glue plasticard to the metal and carved that? I assume it was very thin plasticard in order to flex with the metal.

[quidamcorvus]

really nice but, could you explain this bit a bit more?

is it metal or is it plastic? did you glue plasticard to the metal and carved that? I assume it was very thin plasticard in order to flex with the metal.

It is a metal sheet, plastic in the sense of flexible, susceptible to applying patterns, easily bendable. It's a plate from a cheap shaving cream tube, but some food products are also packed in such tubes.

[anevilgiraffe]

I thought so, so how did you glue the plastic to it? and didn't the carved bits pop off when you bent it to shape?

[Ragnar]

That carriage is superbly made.

[quidamcorvus]

I thought so, so how did you glue the plastic to it? and didn't the carved bits pop off when you bent it to shape?

I didn't glue the plastic to the metal plate. The plate itself is so plastic (maybe a better word in English is "malleable") that it does not change its shape once it has been shaped.

That carriage is superbly made.

Thank you.

[snitcythedog]

Very innovative and looking good!  Have you attached any other materials underneath your foil rug to support it so it does not deform under its own weight or through handling? 

[anevilgiraffe]

Oh I get it... man I'm dense, you pressed the pattern into the metal sheet... when you said you cut with carving tools, I went literal... 

[quidamcorvus]

Very innovative and looking good!  Have you attached any other materials underneath your foil rug to support it so it does not deform under its own weight or through handling? 

Thank you. It's a metal plate, if you don't use force, it won't deform.

Oh I get it... man I'm dense, you pressed the pattern into the metal sheet... when you said you cut with carving tools, I went literal... 

Yes, these are misunderstandings resulting from the use of a translator.

[Bloggard]

fantastic work on the carriage and flying carpet.

[beefcake]

Excellent. Cart and carriage look amazing.

[quidamcorvus]

I know that this is a thread I started to publish the progress of work on building a modular table. But there is a planned break for painting models for the time being. I change the subject of my work from time to time so that I can still enjoy my hobby. I'm currently painting Marienburg and Middenheim for Warheim FS, you can follow my progress on the blog and on FB.

But today I want to share something, because after many years I managed to find cool models from which I created my Gladiators from the Wasteland company.

The full list of models from which I built the company can be found on the blog, but I can already say here that the resin models are from Greenminiatures (and currently there is a Kickstarter campaign, which you can find HERE).

[Pattus Magnus]

Oh my, that’s a very cool collection of models! Lots of variety but with a strong visual theme. I’m looking forward to seeing each one when it is painted - I think your painting style will suit them well.