Revenge of the Musketeer project that ate my Nerves

[vikotnik]

Many thanks again for the nice comments!  
During the last weeks, I had lots do do to finish this project in time for Crisis...
Well, yesterday evening , the last touches were added and today, the photos have been made. here goes:


First, the frame had to be finished. I finally sculpted the faces on the four corners of the table. I used 'Milliput Black' for this, as dents and scratches that happen during handling would not be so easily visible. The sculpts were then laid on with sheet metal. Sadly, the metal I used has more of a crumpled look to it; I really would have liked it to be as shiny as the sheet silver I used last time. But I like the faces nonetheless...

Smiling Face


Skull Face


Sun Face


Moon Face


I painted a lot in the last few weeks! The geese and the 'Hired blade' miniatures were left over (Pics wil follow...) and lots of bottles, plates, barrels, furniture, glasses, mugs, chests and what have you were painted.

To give You an idea of the amount of stuff that had to be finished, here are the pictures of the Bonancieux Lodgings:



...a closer look at the top floor:


One of the guest rooms:


The Bonancieux Bedroom:

The cupboard is a christmas ornament I borrowed from my wife in order to make a plaster cast of it... :roll:

The balcony is a lot larger now to allow for more swashbuckling. and it even has a proper railing. The supports are made of brass cannons I found in a local model store.


I used wooden stairs to make it possible for the miniatures to be positioned on them, so dramatic stairfights can take place on the table.


The Bonancieux Lodgings have some sort of a lounge as well...


The Bonancieux Lodgings have really been the more complex scenes that had to be built...


...but a man can loose all his remaining sanity points while cutting 40mm scale bedsheets out of silk...
So, after trying for hours and failing again(I seem not to be able to make straight cuts in silk, believe me!!!), I decided to ask my mother if she could do it for me. Which she did. To top it all off, Mrs. Vikotnik ironed them to be hung over the washing lines!
Cheers!!

In the meantime, I inserted the threads into the table and assembled and painted the beautiful 'Ornamental Well' from Eureka:


Pillars had to be painted and then, the 'Laundry Yard Scene' could be set up:





I hope You enjoyed the pics!
If some of You are at Crisis, do not hesitate to come around and have a game!

During the completion of the scenes, I had lots of ideas again. I will definitely have a tavern scene for Tactica... I will keep You updated!

 

[Overlord]

WOW!

 :love:    

Truly outstanding.

[Plynkes]

Wunderbar!

[Lowtardog]

Excellent formidable

[warrenpeace]

I don't normally chime in with "me to" on the praise, but this time I have to say that I am in total awe of this fantastic work!

[Driscoles]

You know what I think of your work Vikotnik we both know each other for some years now. This one is really really breathtaking.
Awesome work.
Björn

[Hammers]

Lovely. I myst get back to making terrain some day soon. Or at least scratch my own ego by posting pictures of some of the things I made a couple of years ago.

[majorsmith]

amazing!!!!!!!!!!1 :love:  :love:  :love:  :love:  :love:  :love:  :love:

[PeteMurray]

Viktonik, you do beautiful work, from the miniatures down to the framing of the boards. It's like you nail every detail of a game.

Salutes!

[revford]

:love: Stunning work there, first class.

Looks like you'll have plenty of great games on it.

[redzed]

superb, makes one realise how great the internet is.

[Vanvlak]

Outstanding - beautifully detailed, and nice minis too.  

[Chairface]

I've seen many many game boards over the years. These are among the very very best. My most sincere compliments.

[Grimm]

 :love:  

[Pappa Midnight]

STUNNING! :love:    :love:

I have these minis and have never got round to painting them.
You have really brought these minis to life and I LOVE the gaming table.
The use of the picture frame as a border is brilliant and your scratch building skills blow me away.

If my finished stuff looks 1/2 as good as yours I will be a very happy man!

Thank you for sharing.

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