Zaheer's Dark Age terrain, painted pics on page 2

[Zaheer]

It's not quite finished - there's cleaning up, final texturing and bubble filling to do -  but I think you get the idea. I don't think I'll ever attempt a 'slate' built drystone building this size ever again!



It'll be cast as the hut was, so if you'd like one, please drop me a PM.

[Big Rick]

As the creator and former seller of a lot of complex terrain I have to say kudos for that fine piece. The love you have for your work shines through!

[Atheling]

As the creator and former seller of a lot of complex terrain I have to say kudos for that fine piece. The love you have for your work shines through!

It does look the dogs danglies! 

Did you make the master out of individual bricks?

Darrell.

[Zaheer]

As the creator and former seller of a lot of complex terrain I have to say kudos for that fine piece. The love you have for your work shines through!

Thank you, although love isn't the word right at this moment!

Did you make the master out of individual bricks?

Yes...  (and thank you)

[Atheling]

Thank you, although love isn't the word right at this moment!

Yes...  (and thank you)

Well, it was certainly worth it!! 

Darrell.

[Zaheer]

So I have whacked on a pretty quick and nasty paintjob onto the buildings and taken some photos, I will probably re-do them or get someone competent to take some but they should do for now I hope!





(I really had no historically appropriate figures painted for scale pics, I have to rectify that!)



As ever, if you'd like one please let me know!

[Captain Blood]

Well, that looks good to me! Not nasty in the least.
I've just received my oratory, and can testify it is a brilliant and crisply cast model. I'm really looking forward to painting and finishing it 

[Mason]

Nothing wrong with that, mate.
It looks lovely and certainly shows all the detail well.
 



I have one too and hope to get some paint on it in the next week as I ow have a little more time on my hands.
 

[MaleGriffin]

Brilliant!

[Paint Pig]

The photo's and paint job are quite good enough ol'boy. Good and crisp, painting shows the detail well with out any distraction from superfluous fluff, on some nice terrain and a figure for scale. Ticks all the boxes in my book.

[Captain Blood]

Right then. Had an enjoyable few hours at the weekend painting and basing my oratory... 

It really is an exquisitely made model. The material is so smooth and fine that I assumed it was resin until I accidentally scraped it. Actually, it's plaster. So this is one piece of scenery you don't want to drop on the floor.

I've mounted mine on a plasticard base because I think it helps to make a building look a bit more grounded. Plus it gives the opportunity for some extravagant tuftage 

It's a very versatile model which will serve for anything from the immediately post-Roman dawn of Celtic Christianity, right through the Dark Ages, medieval period and beyond. Think Renaissance Ireland for instance. It'll also be a nice addition for my Game of Thrones project.

I must also say, having spent a lot of time visiting shrines and monuments all around the Atlantic west of the British Isles, from the Western isles to the extremities of Pembrokeshire, and from the west of Counties Cork and Kerry to the farthest reaches of Cornwall, it's an incredibly evocative little model. Very beautifully done.

All I can say, Chris, is - please make some more 

[Marine0846]

Very fine painting, Captain.
Great looking building.
Love it.

[Mason]

Very nice, Richard.
Your paint job certainly brings out all the detail on that beauty.
 

I must get around to finishing my own one soon.....

[Andym]

Thats an amazingly realistic building! 

Nice PJ Richard! 

[Zaheer]

  Great paintjob and photography as ever cap'n, and thanks for the kind words! It certainly makes the building more 'real' i think, may have to go back and moss up the 'shop copy'. I'm in two minds as to wether to provide bases for the buildings or not, I feel they may be  a bit fragile. I may make interior inserts but just leave bases out of the equation.