Jolemai attempts fortifications, scenery and terrain...

[Jolemai]

Can't believe it's been a year since I updated this. Just had a lot going on IRL and what hobby time was left was prioritised for my never-ending Blood Angels backlog... All the same, I haven't been entirely complacent...

Dragon's Teeth

Long story short, my Cerberus came with three near identical hunks of resin attacked the the neutron laser barrels and ever since, I've wanted to use them as Dragon's Teeth on the base of my Imperial Knight. Rather than leave them bare and given the mysticism around the 41st millennium, I've basically attempted to add some blessings to them. With green stuff...

For the chains I've attempted to follow this tutorial which is great for a green stuff newbie like me:

I'm sure it will look better painted...

Tanglewire

Finally complete. I've redone the base rims and ran some chestnut ink along the base where the rust drips onto it. Haven't used them in a game yet...

Much prefer how they look with the rims done and it makes them more neutral from my Blood Angels (it also hides and cracks in the base!)

[Bob Hunk]

Excellent use of the resin blocks. The chains and blessings look good to me! 

[Charlo]

How cool! 

[Dr_Ruminahui]

The chains look more like laurels to me, as they are kind of "puffy" looking.  But as you said, you don't know until you throw some paint at them. :)  As well, I would trim the "posts" that come out of the top - as they detract from them being dragon's teeth (it seems a bit odd for dragon's teeth to have posts coming out the top - not somethign I've ever seen before).

 

The tanglewire looks nice - are they a kit?

 

Inquisitor Psychologis Ruminahui

[Jolemai]

Thanks for the reply :)

 

I do plan on removing the posts, just haven't gotten around to them yet. The chains could also be plaited rope; I'll just have to play around with them when the time comes to paint them.

 

As for the wire, apparently they are a set of fences from green army men toy sets.

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Yeah, it does kind of look the plaited rope - the kind you see at Shinto shrines.  Good call!  I look forward to seeing what paint scheme works best with your sculpting.

[Vairocanum]

The dragon's teeth is an interesting idea, hadn't thought about using the left over resin parts like that!

[Jolemai]

Cheers guys, will see if I can get another update in this side of the ETL :)

[Jolemai]

Barricades

On my Stormraven base I've done a preliminary test for some basic barricades - basically I've taken two identical resin blocks from FW, trimmed off any excess resin and screwed them onto the base. Then I've painted them up as the tanglewire above:

They still need a light drybrush with Bleached Bone but I feel that despite being basic, they are still missing something? I don't have an image handy but they come up the waist on a regular marine (by that, I mean metal third edition). If I take this forward and make standalone barricades, what else would they require and what should I change?

Edited July 11, 2017 by Jolemai

[SW1]

The barricades look too pristine in comparison to the rest of the base. The edges need a little wear and damage.

[Jolemai]

The barricades look too pristine in comparison to the rest of the base. The edges need a little wear and damage.

Cheers for the reply. I added some paint and ink (chestnut from some advice elsewhere) and left it for a while. Recently I've come back a bit more confident and added some bullet holes and chips as per below:

Barricades

Just need to work out how to paint the bullet holes. Thinking black (maybe an ink?) to represent las blasts? I also plan on flicking a tiny amount of red ink onto them to finish them off.

[Jolemai]

Dragon's Teeth

I've also advanced this project by seating them onto the Knight base. Just need tweaking, sanding, and painting now, but I may consider a few bullet holes...

Edited September 4, 2017 by Jolemai

[BlueBelly1863]

The dragon's teeth are looking good! Impressive work with the green stuff, I would never be able to/have the confidence to attempt something like that. I think some bullet holes would look ace, and I'd only suggest that you're sure to completely flatten out the tops of them.

 

If you wanted to get really fancy, you could find a way to have barbed wire between them... 

[Jolemai]

The dragon's teeth are looking good! Impressive work with the green stuff, I would never be able to/have the confidence to attempt something like that. I think some bullet holes would look ace, and I'd only suggest that you're sure to completely flatten out the tops of them.

 

If you wanted to get really fancy, you could find a way to have barbed wire between them... 

Cheers for the reply. I have been considering making small points on top of the teeth so they appear like very shallow prisms, but only because I haven't got a large file to hand...

 

The green stuff is really just following the tutorial I linked as best I can. It's not good and there are mistakes (and chronicled above) but there are some good bits thanks to the practice. I reckon I'll do some stand alone pieces of dragon's teeth in the future so I'll save the barbed wire idea for that

[Jolemai]

Fountain

Finished building the Hive City Grand Fountain from Tabletop Scenics. It's a beautiful kit, beautiful model, and went together very well (there will be a proper review somewhere down the line). In the meantime, here's the WIP of the project:

Any recommendations on how to paint HDF?

[Bjorn Firewalker]

White walls, jade tiles atop the curtain walls, bronze or brass roofs atop the towers?

[Freakshow668]

I have a couple of these kits and they really are amazing. HDF can be really thirsty, soaking up loads of paint, so I recommend sealing it first, I used watered down PVA.

[Jolemai]

White walls, jade tiles atop the curtain walls, bronze or brass roofs atop the towers?

 

Didn't even consider that :O

I was going to stick with just grey like my bases/ruins, but seeing as it's a grand fountain a splash of colour wouldn't go amiss.

 

I have a couple of these kits and they really are amazing. HDF can be really thirsty, soaking up loads of paint, so I recommend sealing it first, I used watered down PVA.

 

Cheers, will look into doing that first :tu:

[Sergeant Centurion]

I really like whit all my soul, what you are doing here. I make some of my terrain in similar way ( i think in show you, but you must be the star here brother ). Fan of you now.

[Jolemai]

Thanks :)

 

By all means, feel free to post a link of your work, especially if it's similar. This forum is all about sharing ideas after all :)

[War Angel]

I feel like not enough people post their terrain, so I’ll be following this. Good job with those fences, they look good, and Same for the dragonsteeth. Question about the fountain, can you post a pic with a model next to it? That thing is impressive.

[Jolemai]

Cheers, just a shame I struggle to find time to update it more often

As for the fountain, here it is with some models I had to hand:

Edited September 24, 2019 by Jolemai

[sockwithaticket]

That fountain looks really nice. Bigger than I thought it would be looking at the first picture.

[Jolemai]

Cork Bases WIP

Been attempting some cork bases.

Take one cork, slice it into rounds (yes really, but that's all I have available), glue it on a base and carve it into shape. Once I've added some sand to the rim and sealed with some watered down PVA glue, it will then get painted like my current BA bases - so it's similar but bulkier to make them stand out and lacks the green rims (which ties them in with my Imperial terrain shown above). Eventually I plan on going down the rocky terrain route using this method.

Edited September 29, 2019 by Jolemai

[Majkhel]

Nice job!

I've been using % bottle corks for some time now to satisfying effect to make bigger rocks. Too lazy to buy cork sheets :P

Are those 25mm or 32mm bases? Either way, pretty solid corks you have there.