Drum's Terrain/Painting Thread

Wah Wing · **Posted:** Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:35 am

Great work! I would have made it a bit more white but if you like it as is, then by all means, keep it!

IM A ENT!!! · **Posted:** Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:44 am

just thought id at least make one comment on on the biggest post i have seen, so here it is

garmenhord · **Posted:** Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:20 pm

Nice work Drum, excellent terrain work like always.

samoht · **Posted:** Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:09 pm

Sweet!

Love it

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

Thanks for all the comments! yeah I agree that the wall could do with being more white, but I'm not too bothered with the warm brown look.

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Dorthonion · **Posted:** Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:12 am

I loved the terrain! Don't worry about finessing the colours - given that most of Osgiliath lay in ruins for hundreds of years, and was fought over repeatedly, then dirt, moss and weathering would have taken a severe toll on its appearance (a bit like me really

). It looks very much in character. I would add some rubble randomly along the base, not too much (sometimes less is more!) Keep up the good work!

JCoo · **Posted:** Fri Dec 16, 2011 3:47 pm

Nice job Drum!

I dont know if you know this but when you use foamcore, you can moist up the paper (with sponge or something) and then you can peal of the paper. When the paper is off, its easy to carve the brick pattern to the piece. Its also a good way to mimic chipped plaster if you just rip part of the paper off...

The pealing isnt always easy, because sometimes i have to submerge the whole thing under water before the paper comes of. Sometimes i just wipe the surface with water and the paper comes off...

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

Update: I'm going to have to do both sides of the building so that it looks good inside & out. So I've got double the work to finish this piece at the moment. The arches are a little higher than the other wall but otherwise things are going well. Will get you another update as soon as... . and it's Christmas soon so I'll have some time!!

@Dorthonion: Yep, I agree that Osgiliath endured some heavy fighting and then just lay in ruins. Thanks for the input - and yeah rubble will be added once I have the other sides & I put the mode together.

@JCoo: Yep I've tried the method before and it's quite difficult. I'll try the sponge + warm water method to see if that works any better. Anywhoo I'm not too fussed at the moment since I've found a way to make it look decent enough of paper. It doesn't show too much does it?

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Chris · **Posted:** Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:32 pm

Cant wait to see it complete, looks realy great so far!

polarbird2 · **Posted:** Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:43 pm

it looks awful. i mean, i've never seen anything worse than this...

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

@polarbird2: well it's a work in progress... so not finished yet. Constructive criticism is more helpful...

Update:

Here's a kind of progression...

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BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Sat Dec 17, 2011 3:04 pm

Holy cow that is looking outstanding!!

king elessar 2615 · **Posted:** Sat Dec 17, 2011 5:02 pm

Great job Drum it looks amazing!! i cant wait to see it finished

Wah Wing · **Posted:** Sat Dec 17, 2011 6:43 pm

Very nice!
Do you plan to put the walls on one base or separate bases to add variety?

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

Sorry for being rather inactive over the past while. I decided to give my hand at painting again and finish of the fellowship that I started a while back. I'm also organizing a Rohan army which is needing priming first. I've started legolas, tell me what you think so far.

garmenhord · **Posted:** Thu Apr 12, 2012 4:05 pm

I forgive u drum ;-)

for ur absence. WB and great work on legolas so far - u in for the monthly challenge legolas?

theavenger001 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:42 pm

He looks pretty good. His eye's are a bit big, but other than that, it's a good start.

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

garmenhord wrote:

I forgive u drum ;-)

for ur absence. WB and great work on legolas so far - u in for the monthly challenge legolas?

ehe thank you. Ah I might do, I've got several other legolas models (I don't know how, but I've got 7. .. they just keep piling up!)

theavenger001 wrote:

He looks pretty good. His eye's are a bit big, but other than that, it's a good start.

Yep they are a little, I'll see if I can get that sorted. Cheers for the advice

Wah Wing · **Posted:** Fri Apr 13, 2012 1:26 am

Great to have you back. The green and the skin look wonderful.

simmuskhan · **Posted:** Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:25 am

Any more work on that awesome scenery? Dying to see it set up with miniatures battling near it!

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