My Lead for Dungeon Crawling

Kiltedyaksman

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I've been hesitant to post here given all the amazing painters! Just I figured it was time to take the plunge :)

Now, I came to a love of Citadel Miniatures through D&D subculture, rather than Warhammer. I have never played a Warhammer game actually :oops: but old school classic fantasy is right up my alley.

I aim for a solid tabletop standard, not shooting to win any awards. Just plugging away at the lead pile.

Here's some single figures and then some action shots (the odd non-citadel might sneak in there as I enjoy OW miniatures and select others manufacturers):











 
Not this dungeon. These are Dwarven Forge game tiles. I created my own custom dungeon from Hirst Arts bricks. The brown water cavern is my own creation.
 
Love it, the water cavern is my favourite anyway. I've always wanted to do something similar, but there's other projects just slightly ahead in the queue...
 
Here are some more pics of the water cavern setup.

I used hirst molds to craft floors but then broke them all into irregular pieces, laid those down, painted, and then filled in the crevices with railroad stuff. The rivers are largely modular with a couple larger pieces.





 
Awesome project! This is also something I have been dreaming of doing since I was a kid.... some day maybe :)
 
Thanks for posting these Greg, they look great!

And don't worry about other manufacturers (new or old), it's all good!
 
Mr Yaksman, how did you get that water effect, if you don't mind me asking? It looks superb, I want something like that for Mordheim scenery :grin:
 
Sure :)

I took the hirst arts cavern floor molds. Cast them in dental plaster. Then broke them from 2x1 inch or 2x2 squares into nonstandard 1 inch sections. Glued those to hardboard to represent movement in 5 foot squares for a bit of tactical play. Painted. Sealed. And then inserted railroad ballast in a complementary colour mixture in-between with glue. Put some scenic cement overtop. Inserted some skulls, casks, broken wood, here and there as I went to look half-covered.

The water effects are done largely in 4x4 sections. You do all the stuff above and then insert them into a 4x4 inch "tub" mold. These are poured with Envirotex Lite with drops of olive green for colouring. Despite the coating being relatively thin, it looks quite murky and deep.
 
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