| Smokey Roan | 05 May 2009 11:22 a.m. PST |
Let's see pics or your stuff. I am building Martian rock formations, craters and hills suitable for 6mm Monster Island on Mars, 15mm and 28mm sci fi. What of plant life? My set up looks cool (love that red clay color, but no plants. (obviously, I'll have to use different plant pieces for 6mm and 15/28mm) |
| Cacique Caribe | 05 May 2009 11:54 a.m. PST |
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| Smokey Roan | 05 May 2009 11:59 a.m. PST |
LOL! I knew you would come through for me, CC! Thanks, Buddy! And, Irish Serb just made me jealous. Bastard! :) |
| Cacique Caribe | 05 May 2009 12:04 p.m. PST |
I know. I'm green with envy too! I've been putting off making my board until I figure out how to duplicate what he did with the materials I already have. I'll give it a shot though, after I get home on the 15th. CC |
| Skrapwelder | 05 May 2009 12:09 p.m. PST |
My stuff runs more to the urban Mars. Still working on some landscape. link |
| Scale Creep Miniatures | 05 May 2009 12:21 p.m. PST |
I still need some hill type terrain (I wonder if Orish Serb would sell his?). I did have Crescent Root paint a bunch of N. African buildings for me in terracotta to serve as a Martian city and they look awesome. I'll see if I can get some pics this week. |
| Smokey Roan | 05 May 2009 12:22 p.m. PST |
I've seen your stuff, Scrapwelder. Delightfully "
period" style for your Colonial SF Great stuff!
My stuff is more generic. The "Moutains" for 6mm are small rock formations for 28mm, and can be used in a colonial desert setting as well.
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| quidveritas | 05 May 2009 12:42 p.m. PST |
I've always wondered, is Martian terrain predominately lime green, orange, or purple? I've see all of the above. Someone is obviously wrong! We should have a poll on this!~ mjc |
| quidveritas | 05 May 2009 12:43 p.m. PST |
Seriously, The Zuzzy guys have some terrain that you should look at. Has possibilities. mjc |
| Cacique Caribe | 05 May 2009 12:48 p.m. PST |
mjc, I particularly like the Sulphur Fields (if painted right), though Mars does seem to have lots of dunes: link I guess that, for 6mm, those little rises could seem like unsurmountable mountains! :) CC |
| CmdrKiley | 05 May 2009 1:38 p.m. PST |
I built my Martian terrain based on the fluff text of The Mutant Chronicles, where Mars has been terraformed and the particular area is I did is known as The McCragge Line. The McCragge Line is a warzone lined with trenches and combatants between Capital, Imperial, Bauhaus and The Dark Legion. I made a modular trench system using 1'x1' tiles made from MDF board and cut styrofoam. They were coated with latex paint and sawdust. I painted them using various brands of red automotive primer spray paint and then adding some other reddish brown and tan colors. Later I built a fortress to include with it and have a few "No Man's Land" modules in the works to put between my trenches. I had the article on how I made it written up some time ago, it was lost when our site was hacked. I'll have post it up again. However you can get a glimps of it when we ran a big Starship Troopers game last summer on it. link link |
| Cacique Caribe | 05 May 2009 2:08 p.m. PST |
I guess I could use the same basic colors I used here, minus the river, of course: link Instead of topping it off with a dry-brush of antique white, I could leave it in this semi-finished state: I start by spraying textured paint (I use Fleckstone or an equivalent). I then spray thin layers of the following: Dark flat brown, flat terra-cotta and flat tan. I spray each layer in an "8" shape, making sure the top layers do not cover the lower ones completely. CC |
| Toaster | 05 May 2009 2:54 p.m. PST |
Here's mine link I havn't added any plants but I have a couple of sheets of rubberised horse hair that is red in colour and I keep thinking of just cutting random shaped chunks of that out. Robert |
| Dragon Gunner | 05 May 2009 3:46 p.m. PST |
Small dead trees. There are spots in Arizona where trees reach a certain size and die due to a lack of water. A dead tree or log can take along time to decompose in the desert. Moss in shaded areas. Cactus (I would go for some colorful ones they flower at certain times during the year) Tumble weeds (I've seen them as big as small cars they could make for a fun game hazard.) On some rock formations the signs of exposed mineral deposits. Sand Drift / Dune (Two steps forward one step back) |
| Cacique Caribe | 05 May 2009 8:10 p.m. PST |
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 Rebel Minis  | 06 May 2009 7:35 a.m. PST |
Man, I wish I was good at making terrain :( @Toaster- Did you make those buildings from Scratch? RebelMike |
| quidveritas | 06 May 2009 2:44 p.m. PST |
Rebel, check out Pacific Sky Games War Core Buildings link My kid built one of these -- spiffed it up just a tad -- it looks a lot better than the ones in the photos. With just a little extra work, these can provide a very inexpensive, light weight building. mjc |
| Toaster | 06 May 2009 3:06 p.m. PST |
Rebel Minis I used the plans from Matakishis Tea house for the buildings. they are made from cork tile. Robert |
| Cacique Caribe | 23 Jun 2009 6:56 a.m. PST |
Smokey, You might remember this previous thread: TMP link Ok. I went to Walmart and bought a pack of 4 tiles (around $10 USD here) and went to work. I am going to post updates here and a link to pictures: TMP link I don't think is anywhere as nice as what Irish Serb did but, then again, I didn't have all my usual tools and materials at hand. CC |
| Cacique Caribe | 28 Jun 2009 3:14 p.m. PST |
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| The Last Conformist | 29 Jun 2009 4:23 a.m. PST |
I've always wondered, is Martian terrain predominately lime green, orange, or purple? Red. It's called the red planet for a reason. |
now paints and bases the model.
