90's inspired 40,000 terrain

[KingOfTheLeadPile]

I used the following oil paints for washes:

I either applied them like a filter, for example orange on yellow to darken the yellow a bit and add to the transition to pure yellow, or as a wash to shade crevices.

Also, I applied both brown and green washes to green areas, for example, using the green to "just" add some shadows, using the brown shaded them and gave them another color layering slightly changing the appearance of the green.

All in all there was no fixed recipe, I looked at one plant and then decided on the spot which colors to use; sometimes mixing them on the palette first, with other models the mixing happend on the model itself.

Here are some shots of the final results:

This only leaves the bases to be done now.

 

[ManicMan]

nice. I think you got a good mix of cactus and Mould spoor

 

[symphonicpoet]

That's some of the best spikey-ball flora I've seen. Well done! That looks far better than even most very good 90s gaming setups. Fabulous stuff!

 

[KingOfTheLeadPile]

nice. I think you got a good mix of cactus and Mould spoor

That's some of the best spikey-ball flora I've seen. Well done! That looks far better than even most very good 90s gaming setups. Fabulous stuff!

Thank you very much

 

[KingOfTheLeadPile]

Final step was to do the bases. I will use a new to me approach on this project, inspired by TWS's video "Sand 2.0". So far I always glued sand and small rocks on, painted them, applied 2-3 drybrushs and some grass or flock afterwards.

In this project, I used terrarium sand, grass tufts and coarse turf. The ingredients were glued on, then sealed, done. No painting. I sieved the sand in three grades; first I glued on some larger rocks and sprinkled some of the medium sand around these. When that was dry, I covered the rest of the base in PVA, added some coarse flock here and there, sprinkled on some of the medium grain in a random pattern, added some grass tufts where there was enough room, and then dumped the fine grain all over to cover the rest.

Once the glue was dry, I sealed the bases with Paepercuts Scenic Glue Recipe. Finally for additional protection the models got a coat of matt varnish.

Here they are in their home.

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[KingOfTheLeadPile]

Anybody remember the greyish-brown rock spires from White Dwarf and other GW publications from the 90's?

Just a couple years late to the party, I finally want to do my own.

I started with a sheet of 3mm PVC, cut to A4 size. Onto this I marked the bases of the single spire pieces, thus ensuring that they would fit into the A4 box I will store them in.

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I then bevelled the edges with a knife. At this stage I also traced the edges of the bases onto the MDF sheet to know how to align the single pieces in the box.

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For the actual spires I used 1cm styrofoam. First I cut strips in 3cm, 4cm, 5cm and 6cm width.

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The strips I then cut into squares.

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The squares I then cut freehand into random shapes, all roughly round or oval. I then eyeballed the middle of the 1cm pieces and halved them, getting two random thickness parts out of one shape.

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I then stacked randomly both in shape and thickness the tiles onto another.

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For bases with more than one spire I cut a couple bottom layers that fit the base before stacking the shapes.

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[KingOfTheLeadPile]

I finished the basic construction of the spires.

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[ManicMan]

looking good.

I've wanted to do some rocks based on the Brimham Rocks.. cause they are slightly mad..

 

[KingOfTheLeadPile]

Had to look up 'Brimham rocks', but I tend to agree.

 

[KingOfTheLeadPile]

To seal and texture the fragile foam, I used a mixture of 5:3:4 tile groat/sand/gesso primer. I slathered this on in 2 to 3 coats, with the later coats both covering missed parts, as well as sculpting some more ridges where areas seemed too flat.

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[Eric]

'Brimham rocks' sounds like Leadbelt slang for something. Maybe what you'd call half a brick or something?

The pillars are looking cool, again with this forward planning for storage! I am in awe (he says looking at the base of my current project hanging over my boxed games on the shelf by 6").

 

[KingOfTheLeadPile]

To paint the spires, I gave the leopard spotting technique a try. I started with very dilluted (flow improver and water) yellow, orange and red.

My wife says they look like ice cones

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[symphonicpoet]

Off to a very good start. I look forward to seeing where you end up with these.

 

[twisted moon]

the cacti turned out great and the rock spires are looking promising.

 

[KingOfTheLeadPile]

I look forward to seeing where you end up with these.

Not sure yet myself

the cacti turned out great and the rock spires are looking promising.

Thank you

 

[KingOfTheLeadPile]

I used the same brown I used for the bases of this project in the same kind of wash, to "brown down" the spires.

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[KingOfTheLeadPile]

I bought some brush armautures in the past, which I used a couple of here in this project. I tried to glue them down, but with the small glue area and the top heavy brushes, this did not work out (or I was not patient enough). So I mixed up some brown stuff and stuck the brushes in.

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After the brown stuff was dry, I used some more brown stuff to sculpt roots.

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Next, I glued 6mm static grass on the armatures with my DIY static grass applicator.

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[KingOfTheLeadPile]

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To give the roots texture, I mixed natron with modge podge.

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Masking the rock spires I sprayed the brushes brown.

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When the brown was dry, I flocked the brushes.

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[KingOfTheLeadPile]

To increase the shadows, I applied a brown oil wash where I wanted them darker.

Inspired by

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video "Sand 2.0", I used terrarium sand, grass tufts and coarse turf. The ingredients were glued on, then sealed, done. No painting. I sieved the sand in three grades; first I glued on some larger rocks and sprinkled some of the medium sand around these. When that was dry, I covered the rest of the base in PVA, added some coarse flock here and there, sprinkled on some of the medium grain in a random pattern, added some grass tufts where there was enough room, and then dumped the fine grain all over to cover the rest.

Also on some of the higher ridges, I used the medium and fine sand. As it doesn't really stand out there, my color choices for the spires seem to work out

Finally I glued the burnt flock and a dark green flock into shadow areas, as I imagine there dew to collect and that combined with being covered from the sun, some moss will grow.

Once the glue was dry, I sealed the bases with

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Scenic Glue Recipe. Finally for additional protection the models got a coat of matt varnish.

Here are the finished spires in their storage box.

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[ManicMan]

Very nice ^_^