A slowly growing Waaagh!

[twisted moon]

I'm wondering if there's a way to move this thread to the WIP section

i had a look, but if i have a permissions to do so, i couldn't work out how.

 

[ManicMan]

Oh, Eric could do it no problem if you really want to.

 

[symphonicpoet]

Done!

 

[Tex]

That's great, thank you very much🙏
At least I won't feel ashamed for showing a finished mini once every few years😅😥

 

[Tex]

I caught the opportunity of this gift -a half-orc shaman painted by my good friend Marcello Rizza (@uollas_uolsh on IG) to rush up a base and test the new recipe for moss that I plan to use on the war chicken base: it involves the use of very finely crushed real moss, previously dried.
I feel the need to get a yellower finish than usual in order to make the beast stand out from it and i must say i find the colour richness of the natural mix quite appealing.
I'll probably add a bit of green filter, though, or the environment will look a bit too arid and won't resemble an actual portion of woodland anymore(i've given the moss 3 hues on the test base: pure moss, +a bit of green, + more green)

 

[symphonicpoet]

That's great, thank you very much🙏
At least I won't feel ashamed for showing a finished mini once every few years😅😥

If you can't beat 'em on quantity, burry them with quality. Quality has a quality all it's own.

Your stuff looks great. I don't care how often you do it, but it deserves to make it into our collective showcase when you're ready to put it there. Don't make me move the thread back.

 

[Tex]

Testing things

 

[ManicMan]

and making your own, very tiny trees.. that looks really small..

what you doing for the wood? Doesn't look like wire..

 

[Tex]

I hope to find some room on the base to place a couple of them, but i'm afraid they will have to be even smaller😅

No wire, all wood: I'm all for natural materials, when possible: the trunk is the tip of a branch of an actual fir tree and the branches are just bits of small roots, attached with superglue.
I then sprayed a coat of anti-rust putty for added strength.
I'll now try to make another test tree with some new asparagus fern (for the two in the pic i used some old asparagus which i didn't preserve or fixed properly...it already lost most of the needles)

 

[ManicMan]

Ohh, I thought it might be natural.. not many fir trees local to me and I've been meaning to dig up some roots come the summer.

 

[Tex]

They look like this: they somehow resemble a full scale trunk.
They're a bit delicate and bendy...i coated them in pva glue for peace of mind.

 

[Eric]

A few baubles and some tinsel and it'll be a lovely little Christmas tree! Seriously however I do marvel at your mini miniature work, lovely stuff.

 

[Tex]

A few baubles and some tinsel and it'll be a lovely little Christmas tree! Seriously however I do marvel at your mini miniature work, lovely stuff.

That would be a great way to educate my little niece to the joys of modelling and miniature painting!💡

 

[Tex]

I think i'll opt for this style.
I will make 2 or 3 more even smaller in order to give more visual interest to the base.


Aaand done👍