Another Brutal Tower Block Building

[nevermore]

Another Brutal Tower Block Building

Again very quickly done, still a few mistakes, 28mm figures to show the size, which is 12 inch high


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I have never done it before, but for the first time i went "Wet Painting" and i now will stick to wet painting,it gives you all sorts of weird colours and shades. 


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Once the wet painting was complete, i allowed to dry and highlight with a mild colour khaki, then a touch dry brush of magnolia


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The wet paint colours were paint pots samples from any cheap DIY, these colours are dark brown and a orange.


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The dry grass is from a hanging basket for plant, just cut pieces out and pull apart, the fibres are perfect, very cheap and lots of it, will last you years and save you a fortune.


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I have seen models of ruin buildings and the iron bars that stick out from broken floor levels, people use cocktail sticks, i wanted the bends and to show them that they took some sort of damage, use paper clips was the answer for me.


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Well i am working on my third now and its going to be so much better as i found some great tips in creating iron grills for damaged floors.

cheers Malc

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[Malebolgia]

Really cool. I like the effect you obtain and the total building is really impressive. A table filled with several of these should be awesome.

[nevermore]

I'm heading more or less in that direction, but enough buildings to fill a 12ft by 6 ft table 

[Malebolgia]

Holy crap! 12'x6'! 
I usually play on a 3'x3'...your table is 8 times a big...damn...that must be impressive 

[nevermore]

We kind of like big wargames in Grimsby, 

[Argonor]

I'm not quite sure what you mean by 'wet painting'?

Do you use water on the brush (to thin/blend), or are you applying the next color before the previous dries (wet-on-wet/alla prima)?

[nevermore]

Sorry Argonor. I should of explained it better, wet painting is two or three different colours from a cheap sample pot.

First you dip the brush into the pot and apply it straight onto the building, my first colour was a orange, this was put on in random spots.

Second stage, while the orange pain was still wet i used a dark brown pot and no water added i just began painting the colour on, it mixed itself up on the building, so many different shades are created, where i wanted it dark i just applied more brown, never done it before, but once dry then add the highlights, it just transforms itself.

[Dr. Zombie]

I really like these buildings. Thank you for sharing. I am going to steal a lot of ideas for my own urban ruins.

[Argonor]

OK, no worries, just curious! 

I expect to be painting some buildings over the winter (not concrete, but will still need some shading/weathering), so I gather as much inspiration as possible!

[nevermore]

Well Argonor, good luck with it.

[Argonor]

Well Argonor, good luck with it.

Thanks, and please keep sharing your nice work!

[roberto]

Nice buildings, gonna nick your hanging basket stuff plants tip

[nevermore]

Glad i could help roberto, just a matter of cutting strips and pulling it apart in your hand