Projects: Physical and Notional

The way I work on projects is that I rarely have just one on the go at any moment. Here are the four I am presently working through.

Using Das mixed with PVA I am experimenting with sculpting a Hill Giant for D&D, the finer details I intend working in GS.

I do a bit each day then leave to dry.

Some details, buckles and straps will be in GS.

Not looking forward to doing the face!

Secondly I've been making a terrain piece for my son, he wanted an altar, but think I may have really created a temple, the altar will be made though.

I made this in parts so that he can organise it how he likes, I will be making at least 2 actual altars, for variety as well.  

Its a bit rough and generic, which gives it multiple use but then not very characterful, so that's a problem I have yet to solve.

Perhaps there are some smaller sculpted pieces I can add to give more flavour.

Next, the large model buildings I started to make so I could play Golden Heroes or Walking Dead with,are close to just needing painting. 

Notice the upper storey, the windows look more like shutters, thought I would the do the whole build like that till I had done a few...... oh no. 

Two need masonry paint and one literally colouring.

Some extra roof pieces to allow me to creat lower buildings from the upper storeys.

Finally the Wizards, Alchemists, Sorcerers Tome that I started some while back has been given a treatment of PVAcrete to fill its edges and a first hint of paint.

This was an experiment to see how badly the cheap folder might warp and it seems to be OK.

So I will be finishing this off as soon as I can, will be putting maps and "World" materials in it.

That's all the projects on the go at the moment, although I do have a notion to make a 12" box to put Tom's altar in, which will can be used as part of the model as well. So never really finished eh?

Terrain: Modern Buildings

Finally got round to creating the basic forms for the rest of the buildings I am going to be making based on the original here pictured at the front.

They are all made from the same cat food card boxes I used for the first, along with more basic bricks from the wooden kiddies set I bought ages ago.

When complete I will have 4 buildings that I can set to various heights so that all the bases are covered, so to speak.

These all come to pieces and when I have a few more roof top sections I will be able to have perhaps 6 buildings in total from what I have made here. 

Next I have to cut all the parts to create the details and then glue them in place. But since I know what I am doing should not take too long.

Finally will come the painting.

Must apologise for not being very active recently but have had a case of sinusitis for last two weeks and really haven't felt much like doing any modeling at all. 

Noses eh?

Terrain: Modern Buildings WIP

This is the beginning of a building project that puts me right out of my comfort zone. Namely the construction of a modern building which needs to look modern or futuristic without being straight up Necromunda type terrain. Something that you might see in a city. 

Obviously the other problem is the severe limitation of which materials I have available. So basically cat food boxes!

Also I wanted them so that they can be stacked to make tall skyscrapers or used singularly to make lower level buildings. Also I wanted them to have the possibility of interiors added sometime in the future.

This is the basic concept all separated. Creating the textures and painting is where it may well all fall apart. Only time will tell.

I had a look at some of my old Marvel comics to get ideas fro roof tops and they all seem to be littered with small sheds, water towers and boiler rooms, so the blocks I hoped would sort of represent those.

Have used cereal card, wooden blocks from Home bargains, coffee stirrers and PVAcrete.

I like the look and practicality of them but am not sure if I will be able to paint them well enough to look how I want them.

Soon as this one is painted I will post. Fingers crossed!