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Offline raivan

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rocks for SAGA
« on: October 21, 2013, 05:40:40 PM »
Hi

Here is the rocky bases y have built this weekend, those are made from pine barks and painted with airbrush and oils and decorated with tufts and  flock

hope you like it

regards

Iván






Offline pocoloco

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Re: rocks for SAGA
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2013, 05:47:58 PM »
Beautiful!  :-*

Any tips to share, I collected myself nice pile of bark last weekend while visiting the country side.

Offline matakishi

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Re: rocks for SAGA
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2013, 06:05:34 PM »
Lovely. I particularly like the tall, balanced one. It makes me think of indomitable Gauls.

Offline Cubs

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Re: rocks for SAGA
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2013, 06:36:31 PM »
I started off thinking ... "Rocks? What do you mean you've made rocks, isn't that just .. rocks?"

Now I'm thinking, "Oh dear Lord, they are beautiful, I want to make some!"

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Re: rocks for SAGA
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2013, 08:06:09 PM »
I started off thinking ... "Rocks? What do you mean you've made rocks, isn't that just .. rocks?"

Now I'm thinking, "Oh dear Lord, they are beautiful, I want to make some!"



Don't be mistakend. Even rocks need to be painted to look in scale.
If you place unpainted rocks on a gaming table, they just look out of place.
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Offline spevna

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Re: rocks for SAGA
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2013, 12:05:50 AM »
The bases are excellent. Lovely flowers, heather, and grass.

Offline pacarat

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Re: rocks for SAGA
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2013, 12:16:00 AM »
Great looking terrain. Would love to see some in progress pics or a how-to
« Last Edit: October 22, 2013, 04:54:27 AM by pacarat »

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Re: rocks for SAGA
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2013, 04:36:50 AM »
Wow...the flocking and flowers and stuff make them really pop! Great job...

My hint on pine bark is to make sure it is dry before working with it. Also, try to keep the "grain" going one direction...no abrupt 90 degree angles. That said, the spire looks really nice in these photos!

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Re: rocks for SAGA
« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2013, 04:38:48 AM »
Dam nice execution.  Very scenic.
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Offline moonshado

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Re: rocks for SAGA
« Reply #9 on: October 22, 2013, 05:54:09 AM »
Very nice, your use of the flowers is very well done, looks very natural.

Offline pocoloco

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Re: rocks for SAGA
« Reply #10 on: October 22, 2013, 02:15:15 PM »
My hint on pine bark is to make sure it is dry before working with it. Also, try to keep the "grain" going one direction...no abrupt 90 degree angles. That said, the spire looks really nice in these photos!

Good tip there Mike! I have been checking your LotMesque cliffs, very impressive.

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Re: rocks for SAGA
« Reply #11 on: October 22, 2013, 03:04:50 PM »
Beautiful work! 8)

Now you've got me thinking about doing stuff like that, even though I do not have an airbrush. It's posts like this that make me think harder and harder about finally getting me one...

The grass and flocking really finish them off and set them apart from the usual foam cut offs or actual rocks we usual see. Inspirational... :)
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Offline raivan

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Re: rocks for SAGA
« Reply #12 on: October 22, 2013, 03:27:40 PM »
Thank you for all the comments!!!

Offline Barks

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Re: rocks for SAGA
« Reply #13 on: October 23, 2013, 06:21:56 AM »
Very nice, your use of the flowers is very well done, looks very natural.

Exactly!

Offline Mahwell skel

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Re: rocks for SAGA
« Reply #14 on: October 23, 2013, 03:09:19 PM »
Saw the first picture and was like "Yeah, they are rocks."

Then I scrolled down  :-* lovely stuff

 

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