A YING TO MY YANG

 

For the second of the two GW woods I had I wanted a darker tone to the whole piece so came up with this

I used darker flocks on the base, darker colours on the trees foliage, rocks and even added some green glaze to the rocks and fallen tree branches, the flock I used is for marshland, just to help create two wood that had a different feel to them, even though they are the same model. While doing this set I found that the red contrast paint, covers yellow completely, hence I then had to drybrush orange and yellow over the leaves instead of the quick version last time, plus I kept knocking the leaves off again ! LOL I have another wood which has been made from various bits, but I want to tie it to these two pieces, so we'll see how that goes, so until next time stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave

A CHANGE IN SCENERY

 As in no scenery in todays post, as the second set of GW wood has been driving me nuts, so I had a break and painted Ceri, my Sepiipoda Tech, Iy was a quick model to paint, managed it in a day, and was lots of fun trying to use the reference colours.

Below is the reference pictures, so you can see what I was aiming for.

Below you can see Ceri with Bob, as the team starts to build, I'm going for a real all shapes and sizes theme, as you will see as the group expands.

That's all for this post so until next time stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave

CAN'T SEE THE WOOD FOR THE TREES

 Today I have finally finished the GW wood that I got as a Christmas present, at least 16 years ago. What was the delay on painting this you ask, I got fed up with knocking the leaves off, I had the same problem this time round, so elected where possible, to bend the limbs, to give a second point of anchorage, to try and make them more stable.

For the colours I've gone for an Autumnal palette this was achieved, with contrast paint over a basecoat of yellow, and then individual leaves picked out with red and orange wash. Another major thing I did was cover all the sculpted grass points on the base with flock, as this gave a more natural look. That's all for this post, so until next time stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave

CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR

 Todays scenery piece is another model from scotiagrendel with their Demonic Alter this time. I got this model the same time as the throne, and again I started overthinking the piece, I vaguely remember thinking about making the demons look more Slaaneesh, thankfully I've just gone with painting it now.

I added a little glow effect to the runes on top of the altar, as if it was midsummon and then went with a classic red for the demons, and this is the last piece of scenery from this company I needed to paint, next onto some old GW scenery pieces, if they ever stop falling apart. We have had some more people join in this years challenge the list is now so:

joesavestheday

lostdamnedstunted

angrypiper

justneedsvarnish

tllw Has made some great progress on his ambitious ACW scenery project

kuribospainting Got his first two pieces posted up

pmpainting

azazelx

rantingsfromunderthewargamestable

convertordie

doubledowndice Added to his impressive dungeon tiles with new corridors and rooms.

dagreenhorde

caveadsum1471

spacedinosaurminis

I've also created another little character this one will be my scout and do forward recon, I present Bodil, who is a Sanvesper species, I've equipped him with two pistol blades, so he can both shoot and do some silent work.

Hopefully I can get the three characters moulded this week, and then onto some painting, when the scenery is driving me mad ! LOL Got a few other ideas for the group, but if you have suggestions would love to hear them. So until next time stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave

THRONE OF DOOM

 About 15 years ago I had a load of scotiagrendel scenery given to me for Christmas, over the next year I got all but two pieces painted, and they were all used on a regular basis on my gaming table. The two that didn't get painted were a Devil Head Throne and a Demonic Altar, which are both still available from the company. Not sure why, it may have been me overthinking the pieces, and just confusing myself. The first one I have tackled is the Devil Head Throne, I went for a simple palette of grey stone, then picked out details to break up the monotone, as there is two burning flames I added a little simple OSL as well.

Next I hope to get the altar finished, here is the current list of participants for this year

joesavestheday

lostdamnedstunted

angypiper

justneedsvarnish

tllw

kuribospainting and Jeff has already posted up his first two pieces of scenery.

pmpainting

azazelx

rantingsfromunderthewargamestable

convertordie

There is still plenty of time if you would like to join in as well.

While I have been focused on scenery, (there is no room on my desk ! LOL) I have managed to make my next character as well, this will be my tech, she has a pistol, but that's a last resort, I introduce Ceri, who is a Sepiipoda, heavily influenced by cephalopods, who knows maybe ours are a failed colonisation by her species !

Already have a colour scheme picked out for her, so looking forward to getting her cast. That's all for this post so until next time, stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave 

 

SHE'S THE BOMB

 For my next adventurer I wanted a demolition expert, someone who was great with explosives, and pretty good in combat to, with a small gun compared to Bob's, so I came up with the race Ursaxom, she has naturally formed protective plating over her lower legs and forearms, also her chest, which is hidden by her outfit, other parts of her body are covered with fur, for the gun I went with a shoulder mounted blaster, leaving her hands free for the important tasks, ripping peoples arms off, setting explosives, here is the green I have built.

Some may say she doesn't really look female, personally I'm not about to try and check her plumbing, as she looks like she would rip me apart ! LOL Haven't decided on a colour scheme for her yet, but I have a bit of time while I get the master moulded, also need to come up with a name, so if you have a suggestion please leave in the comments. Next post will hopefully be my first entry for S.O.S. which there is still loads of time to join in if you want, as we already have 8 participants, oh and me ! LOL Until next time stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave

SEASON OF SCENERY 2023

 It's that time again to dust off your scenery projects and get them finished for this years challenge, all scenery counts from a traffic cone (pylon) right up to a palace, you can do as much as you want, or just a single piece, the scenery can be either purchased or scratch built, and as with previous years I will be including vehicles, all scales are welcome and you have all of July and August to get your submissions posted. Here are a sample of last years fantastic entries.

If you would like to take part, just leave a comment in the section below, if I don't already follow your blog please include a link, so I can keep up with your submissions. If you are unable to leave a comment but would like to join in you can drop me an email at wargamesterrainworkshop@yahoo.co.uk just let me know your blog in the email.

For me this year I want to clear as much of my old scenery as possible, so no Star Wars creations this year, but should hopefully mean I'll have less distractions in future years allowing me to do some bigger stuff, so until next time stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave