3d dungeon W.i.P

[Jevenkah]

The colors work great together!  Well worth the repaint, from the looks of the pictures!

Jevenkah

[sundayhero]

thanks !

The colors work great together!

They have this kind of old school rpg look and feel, I think. Wich is perfectly fine, since I will use ral partha classic minis  (at least for heroes, a complete bestiary would have been too expensive for now).

[sundayhero]

Here's some preview pics. Forget about the white traces on the floor, it's the matte varnish (sadly a bit more satined than matte, at least for now) drying.


In my opinion, the first pic showing all the gaming atmosphere potential worth all efforts I made  


Once dry I wil probably add a slight green wash on the lower walls, to give a moisty feeling.

And if the varnish still not matte enough, I will spray a premium arts matte varnish I usually use for minis.

[DeafNala]

The addition of the Bold Adventurers really brings the place to life. The brushwork is OUTSTANDING; and, if the finish dries with a sheen to it, it will give the dungeon an appropriately damp appearance. All in all VERY WELL DONE!

[Jevenkah]

  That is one fine set you've made! It looks great with the minis inside. I love how you couldn't wait til it was dry to start "playing" with it.

Way cool!
Jevenkah

[sundayhero]

thanks for your comments !

if the finish dries with a sheen to it

I didn't think about it. Maybe I'll let it as is, then. 

[sundayhero]

I found some shoe boxes for storage, until I'll make final pics when I'll do the doors and all. I'll post work in progress here.

[beefcake]

Very cool. Well done!

[Elbows]

Awesome...I just want to see more.    I hope this project continues...hehehe.

[sundayhero]

Thanks !

You 'll see new features hopefully this week. I need to build at least a few doors, traps, coin piles and treasures masters, and create some poorman molds of them.

[sundayhero]

Here's current work. Since I didn't found any doors good enough for my cheapskate taste  , I'll make my own.  Not the best from any point of view, but mine, and absolutly cost free (all my sculpting, casting and molding material is directly available in my workshop) and 100% fit my non-standard dungeon.

I sculpted the main door frame with plastiroc putty. It took me around 1 hour. Tommorow I'll make a mold of it, so I can cast this main door twice (one for each side of the door) to make the 2 main wood door masters. Then, I'll add the doors details on the 2 sides, and make new molds of them to obtain my final wood door molds.

Then,   I will also probably modify one cast (or the master) to make a blank door (without wood door inside), and do the same (2 sides masters, addind details on them, then make final molds). Then I'll be able to make different doors (metal door, demonic door, magic door, trap door, prison door) from it.

Details will be made of green stuff and/or milliput super fine.  

So tommorow, it  will be cheap molding workshop   I'll use silicon bath and corn starch. Another fast solution would be making a press mold using FIMO    I'm still not sure. The advantage of silicone is that I will be able to cast some clear resin doors too.



The pieces will be casted in jesmonite (acrylic resin) and crystal resin (if I make magic doors).


On the pic, the mini for scale is a Ral Partha adventurer (25mm from feet to eyes, wich I would call myself "true 28mm" or "heroic 25mm"  ).

[beefcake]

Magic doors!! What a great idea!!

[Elbows]

Hooooray doors! 

[sundayhero]

The door master is almost dry, it shrinked a bit (1mm, from 45mm to 44, something I 'll have to think about in the future when I 'll use this putty), but anyway.

[sundayhero]

I finished drying it with an hairdryer. Then, I glued it on a laminated wood pic, and made a cheap plastic bricks wall around it (glued also).

I glued it to be sure it will not move during the press molding process. This afternoon, I'll make the premaster mold with silicone and cornstarch mix (poorman version of silicon rtv mold).