Author Topic: Pics of the full village... (Read 21072 times)

Darkoath · « **Reply #45 on:** July 01, 2008, 03:24:21 PM »

Captain Blood I have to say that is one fine village! Also the stream/River you have running through it has to be some of the most realistic water that I have ever seen used on a game board. I would really love/appreciate
some nice information or a tutorial on how you made those!

The water looks great and I love the sandy banks and shallow ford areas!

DS615 · « **Reply #46 on:** July 01, 2008, 05:10:45 PM »

I too would be interested in knowing what product you used for the water.

Everything looks very nice, well done!

Consider replacing the "clock" with a watch. I did that in my clock tower. It took a bit to find a suitable looking face, but in the end it looks nice and is functional as well.

Captain Blood · « **Reply #47 on:** July 01, 2008, 10:05:24 PM »

Quote from: DS615 on July 01, 2008, 05:10:45 PM

Consider replacing the "clock" with a watch. I did that in my clock tower. It took a bit to find a suitable looking face, but in the end it looks nice and is functional as well.

Wow! That's real dedication - a working clock!

(unfortunately I'd need two matching watches as there are clocks on opposite faces!)

Quote from: Darkoath on July 01, 2008, 03:24:21 PM

Also the stream/River you have running through it has to be some of the most realistic water that I have ever seen used on a game board. I would really love/appreciate
some nice information or a tutorial on how you made those!

If I ever make another section, I promise I'll take some 'in progress' photos!

The 'water' is simply good old Woodland Scenics pour on from a bottle 'Realistic Water'. It goes a long way, but you need two or three thin layers to build up a nice shine.

If I may offer a humble opinion on the subject of wargames water - the real trick is to do with colour. A lot of wargamers seem stuck on the childhood picture-book myth that water is blue.
Actually, it hardly ever is.

To the human eye, ponds and rivers are usually mud coloured; still, deep pools (wells, troughs and so on) look more or less black; small streams and brooks are crystal clear; and the sea - whilst being many different colours, often all at the same time - ranges from green through grey to brown, and all shades in between. But hardly ever blue. (Although with a pure sandy bottom, under a bright sun, in the shallows, it can look true aquamarine).

So, my only real tip - never paint your water blue. It instantly looks fake.

Maksim-Smelchak · « **Reply #48 on:** July 05, 2008, 06:29:10 PM »

Hi,

Quote from: Lowtardog on June 29, 2008, 02:11:08 PM

Awesome :-*

I second Lowtar Dog's motion!

Shabbat Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.
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Flashman14 · « **Reply #49 on:** July 19, 2008, 03:32:00 AM »

Sorry I'm late ..

That's gorgeous!!

Ramshackle_Curtis · « **Reply #50 on:** July 21, 2008, 11:24:47 AM »

Excellent work! However, if its supposed to be a middle-ages village then its nowhere near dirty enough! Where are the gong piles?!

carletto58 · « **Reply #51 on:** June 27, 2011, 10:25:04 AM »

fantastico!

voglio farlo anch'io!

stupefacente!

Argonor · « **Reply #52 on:** June 27, 2011, 01:36:23 PM »

Sikke en gang trådomantik.....

Zazel · « **Reply #53 on:** June 27, 2011, 01:39:47 PM »

wow, that is a rather impressive sight, reading back a bit i think you should find those two watches, would take it from being a very impressive board, to a VERY impressive board

jscottbowman · « **Reply #54 on:** June 27, 2011, 10:06:43 PM »

Just come across this post too. Very impressive. There's fair few pennies spent on resin goodies there I wager!

I concur about the water effects, don't paint it blue!

I like the idea of the working clockface, I had been pondering that option myself for one of the front or rear gable facings of my WIP governors mansion for LotHS...

Once again, Excellent stuff.

Scott

Last Chancer · « **Reply #55 on:** June 28, 2011, 03:36:25 AM »

Just saw this and all I can say is WOW!!!!

richarDISNEY · « **Reply #56 on:** June 28, 2011, 02:55:40 PM »

Damn beautiful!
What time am I coming over to play?

Sterling Moose · « **Reply #57 on:** June 28, 2011, 03:03:56 PM »

Wow!!!!!!!!!

Westfalia Chris · « **Reply #58 on:** June 28, 2011, 03:07:14 PM »

Quote from: Captain Blood on July 01, 2008, 10:05:24 PM

Wow! That's real dedication - a working clock! (unfortunately I'd need two matching watches as there are clocks on opposite faces!)

I think you can get small "decorative clocks" (working, mind you) in crafts stores. I don't know, though, how expensive re value for money these will be compared to actual watches.

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If I may offer a humble opinion on the subject of wargames water - the real trick is to do with colour. A lot of wargamers seem stuck on the childhood picture-book myth that water is blue.
Actually, it hardly ever is.

To the human eye, ponds and rivers are usually mud coloured; still, deep pools (wells, troughs and so on) look more or less black; small streams and brooks are crystal clear; and the sea - whilst being many different colours, often all at the same time - ranges from green through grey to brown, and all shades in between. But hardly ever blue. (Although with a pure sandy bottom, under a bright sun, in the shallows, it can look true aquamarine).

So, my only real tip - never paint your water blue. It instantly looks fake.

Quite right, there. A lot of your colour perception of water surfaces also seems to depend on your angle of view. To illustrate, a couple of images I took last Saturday from Scarborough Castle, looking north:

Note how the same stretch of bay seems to shift colour between shots, taken from almost the same angle with mere minutes (if not less) in between.

I have to say, though, that I don't mind leaning towards the blue end of the spectrum (figuratively speaking), but one should never omit colour variation. I found blending various hues between layers of varnish or resin gives quite some nice colour variation.

Galloping Major · « **Reply #59 on:** July 06, 2011, 04:15:19 PM »

Great stuff

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