| sotek486 | 15 Oct 2012 7:32 p.m. PST |
Hello folks --- the fort has it's doors done and is painted! See the pictures here: link Just the foam/MDF based with the outside wooden palisade left to do (once my brand new foam cutter arrives)! Next up is the French seige position and engineering trenches. |
| Toshach | 15 Oct 2012 8:04 p.m. PST |
Wow! Outstanding work. Keep the updates coming. |
| Artilleryman | 16 Oct 2012 1:42 a.m. PST |
Fascinating. Keep us up to date. |
| corvettek225 | 16 Oct 2012 5:32 a.m. PST |
An amazing bit of modeling! I look forward to seeing the entire work completed. |
| Disco Joe | 16 Oct 2012 5:40 a.m. PST |
Looking very nice indeed. |
| Fritz II | 16 Oct 2012 7:06 a.m. PST |
Thatīs the best tutorial and also the best material Iīve ever seen concerning building a FIW-fort. I adore you for your gaming table and also for your facilities. Great work. |
| sotek486 | 16 Oct 2012 7:36 a.m. PST |
Thanks guys … glad you are finding it useful. And thanks for reading my blog in general … Happy to know I'm not just talking to myself … Which I've been known to do :-) |
| general btsherman | 16 Oct 2012 9:07 a.m. PST |
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| Samulus | 16 Oct 2012 1:38 p.m. PST |
Looks fantastic, I've been following this. How did you paint the fort? I never seem able to get that worn wood effect you've done so well. |
| sotek486 | 16 Oct 2012 2:32 p.m. PST |
Base black using Armory spray paint. Heavy drybrush of GW scortched brown (now called Rhinox Hide). Medium drybrush of GW Graveyard Earth (can't remember the new name). Lastly, a light drybrush of Foundry base sand "C" (same as GW Bleached Bone). The trick is really working out the bleached bone in order to avoid the splochy highlight … but I think the color combination is very forgiving. I use a paper towel to work the paint into the brush evenly before hitting the model. |
| Artilleryman | 17 Oct 2012 2:14 a.m. PST |
Does anyone know a source for the Tippi foam cutter in the UK? It looks very useful. |
| sotek486 | 20 Oct 2012 3:39 p.m. PST |
I'd check and see if anyone resells scenic express stuff in the UK … Otherwise shipping might not be that bad …. I just gone done using mine to cut out the trenches in the blue foam base for my fort … It is an awesome foam cutter … Best I've seen or used by far. |
| Artilleryman | 21 Oct 2012 2:57 a.m. PST |
I've bitten the bullet and ordered direct from the States. Actually the carriage was only about $9.00 USD so not a great burden at all. |
| sotek486 | 21 Oct 2012 8:06 a.m. PST |
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