For various reasons I created a forum section ‘For Sale or For Trade’. There are people who have been on the forum who would like to trade and sell stuff. I am also one of those people. I thought I would create a section for those who participate on the forum to sell or trade items. So there you go.
Later,
John…
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Simple Obstacle Terrain Tutorial
By: John ‘Scarab’ Salmond
October 28, 2008
This is another installment of terrain I need for my house. I wanted something quick with pillars of rock.
Material: Pink Foam, Foam Cutter, White Glue, Sand, Sand Paper 220 grit, tool to pick at foam (dental tool in this case), static grass, acrylic paint, paint brush
I started off by cutting my pieces out of pink foam with a foam cutter. I decided were I wanted the sloaps to be so I cut them down with the foam cutter to make is so the Figs could stand on the edges. After cutting them I used the sand paper to smooth them out. After the base was complete I gathered other pieces, applied the glue and put them on the base and then started stacking. After everything was dry I started using the dental tool to pick at the foam until I got the look that I wanted.
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After I finished shaping the foam it was time to apply loose rocks and sand. I wanted to fill some of the cracks with loose rocks. The base of everything also need some loose rocks to show were rocks will naturally fall as nature takes its course. After the rocks were done drying I applied a dark brown as a base coat.
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Once the first coat was dry and touched up any area that I felt needed it. I then dry brushed the entire rock areas with a medium brown, leather color and the a light sand color. I have repeated this process in several other tutorials. Why stray from a proven method I guess.
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The next step was to apply static grass to the pieces. I applied it all over the base and then radomly every where else that had a ledge or anything close until I got the look I wanted. If you have any questions feel free to ask. More than happy to help.
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Fairly simple and easy. Gets the job done.
Later,
John…
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Well I have been entertaining the idea about having on fig painting contest with a terrain twist on the forum. Have a contest open to anyone who has a log in on the forum. Sadly enough the prize will only be for anyone in the USA. Have a contest where you can just paint a fig and win but if you include some terrain to enhance the fig you can obtain more points and win over someone who just painted a fig. It can be a small pieces of terrain, kind of like a small diorama. It could also be a fig on terrain. Part of the contest rules would be showing progress pictures of both and explanations of what you are doing. You could actually win without having the best painted figure. The idea is to have good results but show how you got there. The prize would be a painted figure from me (you would have to provide the fig) of a human sized miniature. If that is not worth it then I guess you don’t enter. Anyway more information is on the forum.
Later,
John…
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I have decided to go ahead and throw the pictures up from the huge battle we had on Saturday. I would like to touch on a few things. We had the Dwarves, Reptus and Nefsokar at 2,000 points each. I was the Nefsokar. The first of the game my first battle came when a giant canary flanked me and then got blasted by my Mage taking four hit points. I then made the mistake of trying to finish it off with my Dust Devil. That was stupid. He died and dirty death and I didn’t have anyone who could finish off the stupid chicken wing. I lost a unit to some lizards and watch two Raptors sit there for several turns getting eaten by bugs next to the lake. My Walking Avatar chick was getting attacked left and right out in the middle of the mix but she lingered on for a while. Thoth was great for me. He did some havoc before biting it. Another great moment is when I hit Kung Pow, Reptus mighty Warlord with my Mage blasting him with multiple hits and then watching him fall to an arrow from the dwarve (stupid ignore tough roll). I did lose Ammat to some pig rider which was a major bummer but, he did take out a bear before dieing. Ammat with a bunch of mummy’s are not to shabby if I must say so myself. After 1:00 am in the morning came we rapped it up. I still had my Warlord and his unit going strong but I feel he was going to take a beating the next turn if we had time. That was a very fun fight I must say. I still hate archers though whether they are snakes or leaf eaters, don’t care which.
You can follow the thread for this here
Here are some pictures from the battle.
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Well I have two buildings that have their bones complete except for the roofs. I have several squares drying. My plan is to make the bones to all of my buildings first. Mass production kind of idea I guess. Then after than I will begin making molds for doors, window and what ever else I dream up. I want a complete city board. No buildings will be attached to the board. I am not going to do like I did on the Menoth board and make roads built into the board.
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The other day we took a drive to a neighboring town to give ourselves a treat. We don’t go to the Burger Bar much any more but man that was good. This place was featured on Drive Inn’s, Diners and Dives on the Food Network. It is not super fancy but it is good and has tons of memories. Now we will have to find another place to venture out and treat ourselves too. Maybe Lucky China in Roy. MMmmm!!!
John…
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We had a game of Warlord last night and I don’t have very much basic terrain. Well that was motivation to paint some stuff that I have already started. These are progress shots and not the terrain is drying down stairs.
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As the summer/fall slows down my Saturdays are starting to free up. This Saturday we are planning to do some painting and get in a game of Warlord or two. Maybe get a couple of reptiles on a spit and possibly a big canary as well. I picked up a Dust Devil to deal with a certain flying pest, a giant mosquito if you will.
Actually I am fairly new to this game so I expect to get my lunch handed to me on a silver platter. I will give it a good run for my money though.
Another thing I plan on doing is a terrain project for the Terrainthralls contest next year. I am going to do the Five Fingers port or something similar to it. I have a few things I will have to tackle first but it should be a fun ride. Once it gets going I am going to post progress pictures. I need to get going because before I know it the contest will be over. Plus I am up against some serious competition.
Later,
John…
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I just finished some Hunting Cats for Warlord. These figs are for a friend that we did trade. These were really fun to paint. I did most of the painting with a series of washes.
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I did this conversion about 4-5 years ago. I found some pictures so I thought I would post them up. I am still nervous about painting it however. This is a Games Workshop Inquisitor model (Death Watch Brother Artemis). When I get some solid techniques on painting then I will give it a go.
John Salmond ‘Scarab’
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