So, I know I said I would post more pics, but I became distracted with this little ditty from Cool Mini or Not.
Watch the youtube video, seems kinda neet huh? Well, I purchased some and will let you know how it goes. If all goes well I may even do requests. :)
Showing posts with label Terrain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Terrain. Show all posts
Monday, January 31, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Paper terrain
Check this site out. http://www.paperterrain.com/
It has paper terrain for houses and villages in a variety of scales. There isn't much for fantasy but what it does have is the ability to go from normal to ruins in seconds because inside each normal house is a ruined version that is only revealed when the normal version is lifted away.
It has paper terrain for houses and villages in a variety of scales. There isn't much for fantasy but what it does have is the ability to go from normal to ruins in seconds because inside each normal house is a ruined version that is only revealed when the normal version is lifted away.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Paper Building
Here is a link to making paper buildings, including a bridge, and fortress walls and gate.
As an addendum:
Here is a link to some basic harad or desert style buildings, although they have a lot of stonework on them.
Remember, most of these are scaled to 25mm, not the heroic "28" (really 32) that fantasy and 40K fall under.
As an addendum:
Here is a link to some basic harad or desert style buildings, although they have a lot of stonework on them.
Remember, most of these are scaled to 25mm, not the heroic "28" (really 32) that fantasy and 40K fall under.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Painting tips
Aristo asked today where I read about painting tips and tricks.
Here are some of the websites:
Here are some of the websites:
The Painting Corps updates almost daily and links to a number of other sites.
The Painting Clinic is great for all the basics.
Terra Genesis is all about terrain...go figure.
This is a commercial page selling how to DVD's but still has some good tips.
Awesome Paint Job has a large number of useful videos and some good looking products.
Dakka Dakka has a huge collection of articles on many many topics.
Of course Cool Mini or Not is also a great site with a lot of articles.
And I forgot Massive Voodoo, which has a great blending article.
Well, that is about it, if anyone has any others please let me know and I will post.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Friday, April 2, 2010
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Priming
So, I have had various failures using spray primers, typically from over/under spraying and I have been looking for a paint on primer of some sort. So I ran across this article Priming with gesso. So I went down to my local art supply store and bought a bottle of the black gesso. You can also get white and tint it to any color you want. So far I have primed about 20 models and learned a little bit.
1. you don't have to dilute it 2. you should not just glop it on like the article says because you can get air bubbles in the gesso which can cause little pits when it dries as well as pooling at the bottom of arms, etc. 3. Use a good brush, I tried a cheap brush and it left a lot of bubbles. 4. most if not all of the bubbles go away. 5. you will never use that brush for anything else ever again.
I really like using it, it takes the guess work of using spray primers(humidity/space/coverage) out of priming. I would not use it as a base coat though. So far I have applied some paint over these gessoed models and the coverage is just like painting over any other primer. You can also fix any areas that you might have missed/under covered. Over coverage is almost impossible since you are literally painting the stuff on. However you can't go and prime 20+ models in a couple of minutes, but for me, unless I am doing a bunch of similar/same models that is not really a problem. I tend to work on 3-4 at a time.
Edit:
If you are looking for an example of what I call bubbles/pits, go to the link and scroll down the the pictures of the Urban Mammoth Junkers Convict Legionary where the black gesso was "glopped" on. Look at the detail picture of the shield, if you look at the "elbow" of the bird you will see those little pits I was talking about. Remember that this is not completely dry yet so the pits will probably shrink, but not disappear all together.
1. you don't have to dilute it 2. you should not just glop it on like the article says because you can get air bubbles in the gesso which can cause little pits when it dries as well as pooling at the bottom of arms, etc. 3. Use a good brush, I tried a cheap brush and it left a lot of bubbles. 4. most if not all of the bubbles go away. 5. you will never use that brush for anything else ever again.
I really like using it, it takes the guess work of using spray primers(humidity/space/coverage) out of priming. I would not use it as a base coat though. So far I have applied some paint over these gessoed models and the coverage is just like painting over any other primer. You can also fix any areas that you might have missed/under covered. Over coverage is almost impossible since you are literally painting the stuff on. However you can't go and prime 20+ models in a couple of minutes, but for me, unless I am doing a bunch of similar/same models that is not really a problem. I tend to work on 3-4 at a time.
Edit:
If you are looking for an example of what I call bubbles/pits, go to the link and scroll down the the pictures of the Urban Mammoth Junkers Convict Legionary where the black gesso was "glopped" on. Look at the detail picture of the shield, if you look at the "elbow" of the bird you will see those little pits I was talking about. Remember that this is not completely dry yet so the pits will probably shrink, but not disappear all together.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Some more terrain
As most of you know I have been looking at getting terrain. More specifically getting ready to go terrain, because those trees took wayyyy too long to do :). Most of you have already seen the two ready hills I got from woodland scenics http://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/index.cfm .
I came across another two places. Some of you may have heard of them before, if so stop reading and work on your battle companies:) .One is called war torn worlds http://www.wartornworldsstore.com/ and the other is the War Zone http://www.war-zone.com/. Both of these shops offer finished terrain for 25mm model gaming. It is of course tough to judge the quality on teh internets but I am more concerned about saving myself some time than super high quality. The prices all seemed reasonable and they both have a variety of stock.
On another note, the GW ozzy site that I talked about before with all those great terrain articles is gone. Looks like when GW did an update for WotR it erased them. That also means that the battle company rules were taken with the terrain articles. If someone needs copies shoot me an email and I can get them too you.
I came across another two places. Some of you may have heard of them before, if so stop reading and work on your battle companies:) .One is called war torn worlds http://www.wartornworldsstore.com/ and the other is the War Zone http://www.war-zone.com/. Both of these shops offer finished terrain for 25mm model gaming. It is of course tough to judge the quality on teh internets but I am more concerned about saving myself some time than super high quality. The prices all seemed reasonable and they both have a variety of stock.
On another note, the GW ozzy site that I talked about before with all those great terrain articles is gone. Looks like when GW did an update for WotR it erased them. That also means that the battle company rules were taken with the terrain articles. If someone needs copies shoot me an email and I can get them too you.
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