| Cacique Caribe | 20 Nov 2008 6:57 p.m. PST |
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| Lentulus | 20 Nov 2008 6:59 p.m. PST |
It looks like parts of many old industrial areas. Which includes Mordor, I suppose. |
| GreatScot72 | 20 Nov 2008 7:18 p.m. PST |
Very cool. Question: what is a "scumbling technique"??? |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 20 Nov 2008 7:19 p.m. PST |
But would you rebase your figures to make them look right on that battlefield?  |
| Editor in Chief Bill | 20 Nov 2008 7:20 p.m. PST |
Using the scumbling technique, the artist doesn't mean to conceal the paint underneath, but only to change its effect. However, scumbling is different in that it involves applying a semi-opaque paint over a darker color. link |
| Cacique Caribe | 20 Nov 2008 7:24 p.m. PST |
Reminds me of the location where "Enemy Mine" and "One Million Years B.C." were both shot, Lago Verde, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain: picture
picture CC |
| Lee Brilleaux | 20 Nov 2008 10:01 p.m. PST |
I've always thought that Mordor looked a lot like Sheffield. |
| bsrlee | 20 Nov 2008 10:18 p.m. PST |
I think the technique referred to in the manufacturer's page is the one used by interior decorators where they put paint on a piece of natural sponge, then dab it onto a surface, leaving paint behind at about 'dry brush' level, but in an irregular blotchy pattern. You should be able to find small natural sponges in the 'art' section of hobby stores and in some hardware paint sections. |
| Dances With Words | 21 Nov 2008 2:58 a.m. PST |
How about this potential Mars roving lab landing site?? link |
| CPT Jake | 21 Nov 2008 3:20 a.m. PST |
When I saw this: picture I thought it looked like Mordor, so I took a picture! Jake |
| Germy Bugger | 21 Nov 2008 5:15 a.m. PST |
Well the way they all pronounce it in the films I reckon it's in Scotland somewhere! |
| Vosper | 21 Nov 2008 6:02 a.m. PST |
It would make a fine Mordor terrain mat, I think. |
| pphalen | 21 Nov 2008 7:34 a.m. PST |
CPT Jake: Reminds me of Yuma… |
| nycjadie | 21 Nov 2008 8:12 a.m. PST |
"I've always thought that Mordor looked a lot like Sheffield." We'll, they both make a lot of knives. |
| Jamesonsafari | 21 Nov 2008 9:02 a.m. PST |
CPT Jake: Nah, there's too much green in your picture. ;^) |
| CPT Jake | 21 Nov 2008 9:37 a.m. PST |
The green is deceptive. It is mostly moss or lichen, covering up volcanic rock. We did a lot of horseback riding there and you really had to stay on trails or risk the horse's legs and your neck. Lots of little holes and crevases and teeny caves for a hobbit to hide in… |
| Cacique Caribe | 21 Nov 2008 11:08 a.m. PST |
"The green is deceptive. It is mostly moss or lichen, covering up volcanic rock" I guess the Orcs have to eat something, when they have no captives, right? CC |
| nazrat | 21 Nov 2008 4:34 p.m. PST |
That green IS Orcs-- they are made of molds, as I recall. 8)= |
| Daffy Doug | 22 Nov 2008 8:39 p.m. PST |
Whole swathes of the West look like Mordor: central Utah for one; the deserts of CA on your way to LA via I-15, most of Nevada. Mordor wasn't lifeless, it was a barren wasteland, which means most of it wouldn't support any noticeable amount of human life. |
