Terrain - Wooden Hut - Finished

I started out by priming the piece with black spray primer.

Then painted dark brown over the entire terrain piece.

Next was to paint the wooden parts of the model with 'Bestial Brown'.

I then drybrushed with 'Vermin Brown'

The final highlight was applied with 'Balor Brown', I also painted (drybrushed) the ground with 'Tallarn Sand' and 'Karak Stone' with a final highlight of 'Bleached Bone'.

The roof was painted with the same browns as the wood and ground. 

I drybrushed various areas to give the impression of different animal furs being used (the roof is covered with fur not straw).

I used black and grey for the door entry fur and also as a contrasting colour in the roof.

I blended everything in with washes along the way.

Final piece.

I left the ground around the hut bare on purpose as I want to return and fill this in with some camp clutter, maybe a drying out skin on a rack a crate or barrel, maybe some firewood etc.


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Terrain - Wooden Hut - WIP

I wanted to make a wooden hut, originally for my Conan Boardgame, as part of a 3D board project but it can be used for pretty much most gaming genres. The main idea is for the roof to be removable so one can play inside the hut.

I started out with a good base of MDF, cut out strips the boards from coffee stirrers and the supporting posts from BBQ sticks. Glued them in a shape similar the one on the Conan Pict Village Board.

 

 

I then used greenstuff to fill in the gaps to represent mud or mortar. Then I used quick dry filler to base the piece both inside and out and once dry covered the exterior with sand.

The next step was to work on the roof, I cut out BBQ sticks to represent the roof supports and glued on cross pieces for strength and held all in place with some greenstuff.

I used a piece of an old washcloth for the animal fur door closure, I will also use this for the roof covering.

The roof is not glued to the walls but sits on top snugly. Once the roof structure was dry I dipped my my wash cloth pieces in PVA glue and then layered then on to look like overlapping furs.

Next up, painting it.

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Skeleton of a Beast - Terrain - Finished

I started to paint the piece by priming with  black primer followed by a brown which looks very red in the picture.

I then painted the entire piece with Graveyard Earth.

Followed by  a heavy dark brown wash.

This was too dark for me as it is meant to be a desert theme so I repainted the Tallarn Sand and then painted the skeleton in Karak Stone.

Applied the wash again.

Then drybrushed the skeleton with Karak Stone again.

Followed by a drybrush of Bone.

Drybrushed the sand with Tallarn Sand to highlight and the skeleton with Skull White. Next was to add some detail with dead grass and all done.

Some pictures showing the Conan miniature for scale.

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Skeleton of a Beast - Terrain - WIP

I found this glow in the dark skeleton of a dinosaur in a kids magazine as a promotional gift and purchased it with the idea of using it to make some terrain.

The model came in several parts and I plan to make two pieces of terrain with it, one a desert based type and the other will be a jungle scene.

I started with a base of hard board or MDF then primed the skeleton with black primer and then glued the skeleton onto it. I cut some of the bones off to make the pose a bit more realistic.

Once that was dry I applied quick drying gap filler, used for walls, to the base for the ground. Once dry I applied some PVA glue and a some sand.

Next up the painting.

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Conan - Boardgame by Monolith

I have just returned from Stygia with a hoard fit even for Conan!

More picture to follow.

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