Marienburg vs. the Undeadish (update: undead & spooky stuff)

[ZeroTwentythree]

Love those giants! I've been eyeballing that Ultrafogre one for a while now.  I just need to figure out a reason to get one...

Because big mini. 

I'm going to have to agree with Argonor. And a fine big mini it is! 



Illness, back problems, and other distractions have kept me from even my reduced goal for the month. But I'm OK with that. I got motivated enough to paint up some giant-- the skeleton is entirely done, the Marauder giant is completely painted and just needs the base finished, the Ultraforge giant is over halfway done, and the Warploque giant... well, maybe I will get those last two finished in May.




And, as promised, here's a pic with my other, previously painted giants.





I also had requests for better shots of the water terrain. (Unfortunately, this goes the other direction and is a bit too much sunlight.)




Speaking of... I took a little bit of time earlier in the week before the weather got rainy to cut some more terrain. I could't find any hardboard to match what I was using. So I got some 1/4" MDF (a little thicker) for more rivers and some 1/8" hardboard to see how that works out for other terrain -- starting with some dirt/mud roads.

[DeafNala]

COOL STUFF! The Giant's Group Portrait is FANTASTIC! VERY WELL DONE!
I hope you feel better soon...we all need the inspiring photos.

[Metternich]

Those are some big boys ! ( and a coupla' big girls, and at least one ... it?).  Great group portrait.

[ZeroTwentythree]

[thebinmann]

Stunning!

[ZeroTwentythree]

I'm climbing out of the funk of the last few weeks. A lot of things contributed to me not really painting miniatures much. But now we're all getting over our various recent illnesses in the household, my back is (mostly) feeling better, new glasses arrived, and I got a couple nights of good sleep.

In the mean time, I've been wrapping up "wave two" of my terrain binge. Here's a pic of most of what I've done lately.




4" river sections, 2" river sections, bogs, shrubs, and muddy dirt road. Kind of oldschool & cartoony looking, but that's the way we roll in the lonely attic.

But the real big deal is... I sat at the desk and actually applied paint to a couple of half-finished figures that I had wanted to wrap up a couple weeks ago. (The Ultraforge giant and a vampire I need to send off in the mail.)  I also applied quite a bit of GW Nuln Oil wash to my desk. About half of a new bottle, when I accidentally tipped it over. I'm looking forward to finishing both ASAP. Both figures, that is. Not the desk.

[ZeroTwentythree]

I've more or less finished the Ultraforge giant. I just have to decide how to do his base (and the base on the Marauder giant.)



There's some more late night rambling about the giant and what I'm planning next on my blog.

http://www.zerotwentythree.com/2016/05/ultraforge-giant-almost-done-whats-next.html

[Metternich]

Personally, am looking forward to more of the Marienburgers themselves.

[ZeroTwentythree]

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[ZeroTwentythree]

OK, last time I post pics of these same giants - they're finally, completely done!



And one last shot of giant size hierarchy.



On to new stuff!

[Dr. The Viking]

The giants look awesome!

I also think your rivers and roads are perfect.

I wonder how you managed to not get the roads to warp. I used the same material and for me they warped quite significantly.

[Elbows]

Very cool.  You have more giants than any other gamer I've seen.  Huzzah! 

[DeafNala]

The REALLY BIG Guy turned out as WONDERFULLY as his smaller associates; BEAUTIFULLY painted & based...the mushrooms are a nice touch. VERY WELL DONE once more!

[ZeroTwentythree]

Thanks, all!

Very cool.  You have more giants than any other gamer I've seen.  Huzzah! 

Then you must not have seen...

http://www.sodemons.com/rhgiants2/

Maybe some day I can acquire enough to challenge him to a miniature giant rumble. I'm on your trail, Orclord! 

I wonder how you managed to not get the roads to warp. I used the same material and for me they warped quite significantly.

Mine did warp slightly. But less than I had feared it would. In fact, I had some that were 24" long and cut them down to 12" and set some books on top of them for a couple days to try to mitigate some of the warping. It was much more noticable on the 24" sections.

Maybe the warping was minimal because only part of the board was covered with PVA & sand? The "mud" is just paint & gloss varnish, directly on the surface (smooth side) of the board.

[ZeroTwentythree]

I'm heading back to Marienburg for a bit!

First on the menu are halberdiers. Long overdue -- they've been the one missing troop type from my army! I've got some of the oldschool GW multi-piece plastics cleaned, assembled and primed, as well as some metal WotR era figures I will be using as rural militia.

I thought I would try out some other figures, too. I have some assorted pikemen with pikes held low/level. I don't like using them with pikes because of the problem of using them in games. So I was thinking they might make good halberdiers. Here are two quick test figures. The poses look OK for halberds?