thatnicguy Posted June 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Finished first mannequin, basically I'm goin to have one perfomer one mannequin and one coryphee in the same colors and the other trio of models in another uniform set of colors, tried to do them all differently and couldn't make it work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omenbringer Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Have you seen the Sewer board I cobbled together for oue Bayou Wars Tourney last week? Here is the pic: I still have some work I want to do on it, but after 5 scratch built boards in little more then a week I need a break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatnicguy Posted June 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 That's awesome!!! I love the corridor effect made by the raised areas! That'll make for some horror tunnel fighting! Great atmosphere for games u get that real claustrophobic feel that is magic, what did u use for the brick pattern on the floor? Five in a week!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omenbringer Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 The brick pattern on the floor was hand pressed into the floor using a slightly flattened piece of brass rod (minds out of the gutter). In all there are at least 2,000 of those, thankfully I was able to get a lot of help. The brick pattern on the walls came from a textured wall paper (dulling it down a bit by priming and repainting it is one of my future revisions). Yes five complete 3' X 3' boards in about a week and a half. You can see all of them in this post here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatnicguy Posted June 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 I'm a painter and decorator !! I have access to wallpaper! Why didn't I think of that!! No seriously that's cool, super helpful because I want t o replace some of the textured surfaces on my board big ta will check your thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatnicguy Posted June 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 (edited) sorry Colette crew still derailing sewer board progress, but at least im getting both done, plan now will be to try and finish both for local tournament at end of august, crew is a must board is a big i hope so. finally finished my first performer, i had painted this fig twice with a colour scheme in mind and i just could not get it to work so shelved the model and worked on the cory and mannequin first while doing them decided i would have two groups of the three figs (cory, mannequin and performer) wearing the same colours. unify the crew and i like it thematically, performer works in the show, the mannequin is a walking dress mannequin and the coryphee is the assassin version of the mannequin, which as people become accustomed to seeing the mannequins around the coryphee could hide in plain sight. im happier with the model than i am with the photos of it, still need to play around with phone a bit see if i can get better ones or tweak them in photoshop. yeah pics could be a lot better, also bases are all getting a spruce up as soon as i find some time. Edited June 24, 2011 by thatnicguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonelyPath Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 My Gods, you're insane making all those boards in a week! Really digging your Showgirls so far, I hope you keep up the good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoeRender Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 nice work all around so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatnicguy Posted June 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 ok finally got to the board again, nothing too exciting, i finished off all the ground level, what iv done is painted it all one colour then drawn on a brick/tile pattern with pencil and the with a permanent marker, i saw it drawn like this on some landscape plans. The design done in places just to give the impression rather than doin the entire surface. then i gave the whole lot a coat of varnish, i want the lowest level to look like water is leaking and has flooded it but only an inch or two deep, so you would be splashing about but not at risk of drowning. when i get to doin small detail there will b a lot of little pipes and some of the big ones with water flowing onto the floor. and this is the first cardboard raised section which iv detailed, that took ages and there are three more to do the same way hopefully i get quicker! with the barrels on it looks great but now i cant decide wether to stick them down or place em around each game! want to get some crates too so will wait till i have them then decide starting to see some progress cant wait to get to the middle section and detail up a big block Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonelyPath Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 That board is really starting to shape up now, still loving your work on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gru6y Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Screw the board, show us more of your stuff! Your style is absolutely fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatnicguy Posted June 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Ha I'l try, starting second coryphee today, keen to finish them and do something nice with the duet base Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainborg Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 love the direction your going with the sewer terrain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatnicguy Posted June 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 love the direction your going with the sewer terrain Thanks man, got a bit done this weekend, it should start coming together now what puppet is that!? Alp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatnicguy Posted July 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 not the best pic, i will try and get some closer ones as i do more to these pieces. have been working on putting the barrels and crates together in piles, i intend to add small detail to each one, a friend passed on the coffins which im really chuffed with, love the idea of them just laying around. i have the cat from the malifaux base extras packs a few tentacles some other bits and pieces. i really want to have a little detail or two on each one so theres something every time you look, rats eating a disembodied hand was a good idea that got passed around, will also try drape some canvas over some of them better pic soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemonkin Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 Where are the crates and boxes from? They look like Pegasus Hobbies but I may be wrong. Great work nonetheless. D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatnicguy Posted July 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 Good eye! The barrels are indeed Pegasus and awesome, the crates i found at a hobby store while looking for woodland senics crates, I can't remember the brand but there not the best, they were cheap and I think meant for railway stuff, there doin the job tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatnicguy Posted July 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2011 (edited) Got a couple done, really happy with canvas, thats a really cheap cheat the cat looks more pink than orange might try again Edited July 2, 2011 by thatnicguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maniple Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 Great work so far. Are you still planning on doing water effects for the floor? Be careful it doesn't warp on you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatnicguy Posted July 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 (edited) Great work so far. Are you still planning on doing water effects for the floor? Be careful it doesn't warp on you... Have put a water effect down already but I used a thin coat of gloss polyurethane more for the different sheen level than for any illusion of thickness so no warping yet And I have been further distracted, my brother picked me up a new crew for my birthday and I got myself an airbrush. I put these pics when asking for help with said airbrush so sorry if anyones seen em already Yay zombies! Edited July 7, 2011 by thatnicguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eisenhorn Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 Man I wish I could paint like that. Those look fantastic. How long did it take you to do those SPAs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gru6y Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 Awsome as hell! Give us MOAR! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatnicguy Posted July 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 It took me three nights to figure out the airbrush (find cries for help elsewhere on forum) but once I got it I sprayed the four spa's and the des engine as easily as you would with a spray pack, say half hour with setup, then light drybrush and inked em all later that night another twenty (but for all five figs) then the final detail today took about twenty again I work pretty manically, for example threw the first coat over pants then while that dried I gave the skin a final highlight with fine detail brush then highlight the then dry pants then base coat the mechanical stuff while that dries blacked in the braces etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 arguably one of the best threads on here... keep it up mate! atm i have a 3x3 mdf board begging for some love Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatnicguy Posted July 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Thanks man, it's really devolved into whatever I'm currently distracted by! It's is doing it's job my goal for the wknd is to get another unpainted chunk o the board finished, now if I can just drag myself away from those zombies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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