| Cacique Caribe | 20 Mar 2011 1:38 p.m. PST |
Have you ever made alien ruins that looked so weathered that they looked 10,000 years old or older? If so, could you show us your pics, and tips on how you accomplished the extremely eroded look? Thanks, Dan
PS. Here was my first attempt a while back, but could use more suggestions:
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| Little Big Wars | 20 Mar 2011 2:28 p.m. PST |
Honestly CC, I love those ruins… I wish I could offer better. |
| Goober | 20 Mar 2011 3:04 p.m. PST |
Nice. Love those craggy hills in the same album. |
| John Treadaway | 20 Mar 2011 3:19 p.m. PST |
Ditto the above: and that Mars board is superb. Well done sir! John T |
| cfielitz | 20 Mar 2011 3:34 p.m. PST |
You might have explained your technique in a posting awhile back, but how did you do those ruins shown here? link |
| Borathan | 20 Mar 2011 4:26 p.m. PST |
part of the weathering depends upon what you've made it out of and what environment you want it to be in (And how you want it to weather). A friend of mine had been working on some desert terrain starting with a few ruins he found in a garden store. He aged it pretty well with a sand blaster he'd had. He also aged some egyptian style pieces he'd found as aquarium decorations in a vibration tray with sand. Another thing he's done for other sorts of ruins was a high pressure sprayer and water to work off a bit of some things. One thing I have found is that some weathering can be done rather easily when using plaster terrain if you work on it before it fully dries |
| Cacique Caribe | 20 Mar 2011 5:03 p.m. PST |
Though nowhere near as old as what I intend to portray, this was the inspiration for the piece I did: picture
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TMP link Other cool and inspiring images here: TMP link Anyway, I glued some dark cork scraps to a CD and, when the glue set, I went at it with a hobby knife, chipping away at the outer surface, making vertical "grooves". Then I brushed on a couple of coats of PVA glue. This was the type of cork I used for the hills and the ruins: link
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TMP link Hope it helps a little. I would still love to see what others have done. I'm eager to learn from your experiences. Thanks, Dan |
| cfielitz | 20 Mar 2011 5:54 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the instructions! |
 Legion 4  | 20 Mar 2011 10:22 p.m. PST |
Looks good to me !!!  |
dampfpanzerwagon  | 21 Mar 2011 2:19 a.m. PST |
Not quite alien, but 'a lost in the jungle' terrain piece that I'm proud of is this one;
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| Alfrik | 21 Mar 2011 2:59 a.m. PST |
10,000 years, most would be a small hillock of dirt overgrown with weeds and small trees, maybe a girder sticking out. Life after People has several episodes that would give you lots of visuals on buildings, their eventual demise and what they look like in X number of years later. |
| Gunner Dunbar | 21 Mar 2011 3:17 a.m. PST |
CC there pretty good I think nice modelling. |
| Chortle | 21 Mar 2011 6:05 a.m. PST |
Nicely done. Love your alien bases as well. |
| Legion 4 | 21 Mar 2011 8:46 a.m. PST |
Nice use of a Christmas decoration !! |
| Cacique Caribe | 22 Mar 2011 8:20 a.m. PST |
Tony, Very nice! Thanks for that. I might use some of the Omniglot symbols to include in the next ruins: link Dan |
| Cacique Caribe | 07 Jul 2011 12:09 a.m. PST |
This would be cool to make:
Dan |
