Drum's Terrain/Painting Thread

Drumstick · **Joined:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:57 am **Posts:** 1223

Well 10,000 would take a long time to even get started. lol. I've got over 200 uruk-hai but thats around it. I've got more rohan & gondor. Just recently bought myself the Isengard balista :wink:

Gorgoroth · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:02 pm

[quote="Drumtastic"]I've got over 200 uruk-hai but thats around it.

Whoa, you definately won't be needing anymore Uruks then!

Nurin · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:04 pm

Gorgoroth wrote:

Drumtastic wrote:

I've got over 200 uruk-hai but thats around it.

Whoa, you definately won't be needing anymore Uruks then!

Unless you're planning to do a full-scale attack on Helm's Deep with 10 000 of them! Just 9 800 Uruk's to go!

jscottbowman · **Posted:** Fri Dec 18, 2009 9:25 am

For my Deeping Wall, I cut out squares of thin card and glued them on. Laborious and time consuming.
I am busy making Amon Sul, and have skim coated the whole model in plaster. Then I'll etch the brick effect in with a nail.
No dount that will be laborious and time consuming too! ;-)

Best of luck

Drumstick · **Joined:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:57 am **Posts:** 1223

Right well here's your brickwork people.. I took a bit of a vacation from the hobby but then decided to get right back into it & hit the bricks. Took less time than I expected. The brickwork isn't finished but tell me what you think.

DainIronfoot · **Joined:** Tue Mar 09, 2010 1:13 am **Posts:** 94

How did you do the bricks???

Looks great

Sharkai · **Posted:** Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:43 am

Looks a lot better with the bricks done!

Drumstick · **Joined:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:57 am **Posts:** 1223

I just carved them in with a pen.. Once I've done the bricks my next stage is to give it a wash to bring out the cracks in the bricks

Sorastro · **Posted:** Fri Apr 02, 2010 10:43 pm

Woh - looking good Drumtastic! I'm looking forwards to seeing it painted up.

Anduril Blade of Kings · **Posted:** Sun Apr 04, 2010 8:49 pm

It looks awesome. The brick texturing must have taken a looong time....wow. :shock:

aqan · **Posted:** Mon Apr 05, 2010 8:49 am

Those bricks really make it very realistic.
how long did it take?

what is it you carve the bricks in btw?
Looking forward to the next update but 'don't be hasty'

donuthare · **Joined:** Sat Mar 27, 2010 9:48 am **Posts:** 205

very nice. u gave me inspiration how to make the wall around the coutyard. i'm making helmsdeep too: see my gallery. can u send me a message how u make the mountain?

Drumstick · **Joined:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:57 am **Posts:** 1223

Well I've done some work on the old thing.. I finished up the bricks (what fun I had) & started painting. I took donuthare's painting scheme & it's turned out pretty good. Any criticism is very welcome on how I can improve for the painting, or just in general. Next stage is to add some gravel/sand texture to some area's on the castle & get a crack on the mountain.

donuthare · **Joined:** Sat Mar 27, 2010 9:48 am **Posts:** 205

woooooooooow:) how did u paint that? this gonna be great, is already great! it's much nicer than the helmsdeep GW made

Drumstick · **Joined:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:57 am **Posts:** 1223

Well I painted using your method.. Painted it all black first of all, then added a light brush of grey & then a touch of white.. Used a waterdown green to create the effect of the dampness of the castle in some areas. The GW Helm's Deep wasn't great I agree.. Some parts of the castle are way out of proportion for example the hornburgh is very small etc.. tho they did finish it well with the paints/gravel

P.S. Hope the Mountain post i sent you helped

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Fri Apr 09, 2010 5:39 pm

Really nice job so far...Helm's Deep models are some of my favorite terrain.

donuthare · **Joined:** Sat Mar 27, 2010 9:48 am **Posts:** 205

o yes, thank you for ur message:)

Sharkai · **Posted:** Fri Apr 09, 2010 6:35 pm

it's looking good so far!

Drumstick · **Joined:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:57 am **Posts:** 1223

Thank's for all the great comments guys.. Just one quick question.

What colour should i do the mountain? darker/same/lighter than the castle itself? because I don't want it to look exactly the same.

Dwarf Lord of Ered Luin · **Posted:** Sat Apr 10, 2010 8:08 am

The painting is very good and it looks very realistic.
As for the mountainside. Carved stone, in this case the fortress, has a "stronger" colour than uncarved stone because it hasn't been exposed to the elements for as long. In general carved stone has a lighter colour but if the stone is naturally quite dark the uncarved stone is lighter because the dust and various other debris are tone down the colour. Based on how you have painted the fortress I would say that the mountain should be darker.
But it also depends on the effect you want to achieve. If the fortress is lighter it will look more like it is sticking our of he mountain. If the mountain is darker it won't seam to stick out as much.

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