polar's WiP

polarbird2 · **Posted:** Sat Jan 08, 2011 5:29 pm

thanks!

yeah im strangely proud of the drybrushed wood

and i think im gonna have to paint some more because in the last battle i had with drum some of my men werent painted and i was quite jelous about his gondorians :oops:

i think we should have another battle

once he finishes his table

polarbird2 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:55 pm

well heres what ive done, i made this ages ago but i couldnt be bothered to upload the pics :oops:

i was kind of bored and didnt know what to do with the bricks i got from Drumtastic and so decided to build this whuch turned out pretty nice, it's nowhere near finished though, i have a LOT more painting and strange detail to add... but hey! im still doing SOMETHING

and thats what i needed that wood for

the scaffolding

well anyways this is just to show Drum that you CAN make a model with only 18 (if i remember correctly) bricks

i made this about a month ago but never got to finish it :shock:

but since Drum is making his i might aswell go and work on my little 'worksite' :rofl:

garmenhord · **Posted:** Wed Jan 26, 2011 8:05 am

Looks good , i would almost add something like "under construction" :-D

. Nice job!

polarbird2 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 27, 2011 7:09 pm

hello

my fellow wargamers, welcome again to my humble little post. after taking a long break from making anything or painting any models :shock:

i decided to do something with my free time.
here are some of my current projects i'm working on and one finished one that i started some time ago.
this time i have made some futuristic terrain just to try something different and something that is rather simple.

(i hope the pics work)

this the latest one i've done

this is one of the futuristic ruins im doing right now

and this is what it should look like when it's done

this is just a little 'something' i decided to make, it is meant to be a ork outpost/watchtower

tell me what you guys think, any feedback would be much appreciated! :-D

GuardianoftheCitadel · **Joined:** Sun Jun 26, 2011 4:06 pm **Posts:** 193

Your figures and scenery are top class. Give yourself a pat on the back.

Cyndra the Grey · **Posted:** Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:21 pm

Great work on the scenery. The rust effect on the ork outpost is great as well, just add some freehand WAAAAAGHS! to the side and your ready to go :lol:

Cyndra the Grey

polarbird2 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:44 pm

@GuardianoftheCitadel thanks a lot mate, i shall do just that :-D

@Cyndra the Grey

yeah i was going to do that at the end, i might do that on that extension part on the large sheet of 'metal'
there is also still plenty of detail to work on and since it is my favourite part of model making- adding little detail that no one really pays attention to, i will be having a lot of fun doing so

thanks guys!

garmenhord · **Posted:** Tue Jun 28, 2011 8:28 am

Nice terrain! i like how they turned out.

Dwarf Lord of Ered Luin · **Posted:** Tue Jun 28, 2011 9:48 am

Nice ruins, you're very good at terrain making. I really like the work site. What kind of wood did you use on the structures? Did you just snap the pieces apart? The rough edges look nice, I'm just wondering how you did it.

polarbird2 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 28, 2011 3:49 pm

thanks very much!

the wood is just some balsa i had lying around. I often cut it to size and then cut small random bits off to get that old battered effect, I mostly use that for fantasy orianted things but with that ork watchtower i was being quite lazy and just snapped the wood into small bits- it was meant to represent the orks just trying to grab as much random stuff together as possible and adding it to their buildings.

polarbird2 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 03, 2011 12:43 pm

hello there!

i have just started on another little piece.

I think it will be some kind of a VERY old (ruined, once again) gondorian tower? Or just a tower in general. i dont have a plan as such but i do have an idea of what i want it to look like.

Here's the start anywhoo. first i started by cutting out a simple base of out insulation polystyrene stuff. It was too thick to use just like that with trimmed edges to i pretty much shaved the sides off to make less of a steep hill. I didnt really like that look and so decided to hack away at it with a steel rule. that made it much nicer and made ot look uneven and waaaaaay more realistic

Then i decided to use some hirst arts blocks for the main structure and cut them into the base to represent foundations it would've had ( a lot stronger than mine but...

)

Now i have to wait for the glue to dry and i can get back to work

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

good start, make sure the sides of the hill aren't too steep otherwise it's a pain for models.

Drum

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Wed Aug 03, 2011 1:26 pm

Really enjoyed the scaffold/ruin terrain piece...very well done!!

TheBucklandBrewer · **Posted:** Thu Aug 04, 2011 11:19 am

Fantastic work here polarbird!
Looking forward to see the progress on this one!
I'm sure the glue must be dry by now, so go on and keep us up-to-date

polarbird2 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 07, 2011 6:11 pm

ok here's the next mini-update

i haven't really done much because i was away for two days. anywhoo i only glued two more layers of the hirst arts block and realised that i need to make myself some more because im almost out :oops:

im actually slightly annoyed because no matter how hard i try the circular tower is never, ever perfectly round

but it doesnt matter that much as the top will be covered so it won't be as obvious

it isn't any different but it's still an update

and it gives me something to do while waiting for the glue to dry... again :lol:

Elros of Numenor · **Posted:** Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:42 am

well if you want a perfect circle you could draw a plan using a compass and a sharp pencil on some cardboard, cut it out and then glue the bricks to it.

Anyway, the terrain's looking pretty sweet.

polarbird2 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:57 am

thats a good idea

i'll be sure to do that next time i make a round tower

but this one isn't meant to be perfectly round and you'll se why once i've done a bit more :twisted:

Elros of Numenor · **Posted:** Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:21 am

oooh sounds interesting, I can't wait to see the next update! :wink:

polarbird2 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 20, 2011 11:35 am

ok, i have finished that work site piece... i dont know what to call it :oops:

here's some pictures just to let you see the finished product

and i also thought i'd show you guys some of my minis i recently painted, some of them aren't completely finished yet- i just have to do their bases

im not a 100% happy with sarumans robe but i just wanted to have him painted to be able to use him in a game

polarbird2 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 20, 2011 11:37 am

ohh and one more thing: im just about to start on my little tower so hopefully i will have some more pictures by the end of the day

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