"Should be painting but stonewalled." Topic
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| Brian Smaller | 24 Nov 2015 2:03 p.m. PST |
Not a bad thing as it turns out. Have gravel, will build terrain. link
Cheers
Brian |
| 14Bore | 24 Nov 2015 2:27 p.m. PST |
Yeah spring saw the end of my painting, worked a little on trees but cold days out will drive me inside as soon as my leaves are all cleaned up. I have a few unpainted to do. |
| wrgmr1 | 24 Nov 2015 2:43 p.m. PST |
Brian, they look great, any tips on how to build them fast? Rather than tedious one rock at a time. |
| Brian Smaller | 24 Nov 2015 3:32 p.m. PST |
Well, I guess the smart way would be to make one, then do a mold and cast them in resin or plaster. However, for me it was one tedious rock at a time. I did do one layer, went off and did some chore then came back and did another layer – worked quite well with a dozen pieces in play at once. |
 Yellow Admiral  | 24 Nov 2015 4:47 p.m. PST |
Totally unrealistic! Those rocks don't look anything like real-… oh, wait.
Seriously though, nice job. I enjoy projects like this. They're very engrossing and rewarding. I personally went with cast resin because I could crank them out faster, and as you noted above, building a scale fence stone-by-stone is very time consuming. I like your results better, though.
BTW, if you paint some PVA on a few stones and dip them in green ground foam, they look like they're covered in moss. It adds a nice bit of character to see just a few patches like that in a long fence line. - Ix |
| Brian Smaller | 24 Nov 2015 6:14 p.m. PST |
Not just rewarding but quite therapeutic as well. The other day someone posted a blog post on a medieval house he made out of coffee stirrers and old card. One of the things I love about this hobby is making things out of old crap lying around. Like I said then – Wargamers are Recyclers. |
| wrgmr1 | 24 Nov 2015 11:49 p.m. PST |
A number of years ago a gaming friend of mine took some largish rocks and glued them on bases, then glued flocking and grass looking foliage on. A little dry brush painting and they were good to go.
A few months later at a convention someone looked at them and asking how he had made them as they looked like real rocks. He even picked them up for a closer look!
We still joke about this. |
| Zargon | 25 Nov 2015 4:39 a.m. PST |
Hah! Their stands Brian like a stonewall :OD
I doo like these yes very realistic
Cheers happy building. |
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