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Blog The Jade Host: Mayan Lizardmen

Discussion in 'Personal Paint Logs' started by Warden, Mar 11, 2016.

  1. Fhanados
    Terradon

    Fhanados Well-Known Member

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    Amazing stuff! I love seeing all your scratchbuilds, if gives me hope of one day doing my own!
     
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  2. Warden
    Slann

    Warden Tenth Spawning

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    Thanks! The first coat of grey paint has been added, it is taking a while to paint it all but I had to start painting before I added the inner walls. It would have been to hard to fit my hands inside if I were to add walls, so I will measure and assemble them separately.

    warden201707_large burial mound pyramid WIP 19 grey paint.jpg

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    I have also made a few clay snakes to add to the base, since it does have the "Serpent Mouth" motif there will be plenty of serpents to lurk within its depths.
     
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  3. Warden
    Slann

    Warden Tenth Spawning

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    A few more pictures, did some work on the small burial mounds, adding some green. They are coming out pretty good, not much more to do but repaint the base itself and add jungle plants.

    warden201707_small burial mound WIP 5.jpg

    More painting continues on the large burial mound, but the detail is taking lots of time. Its a better picture than the last ones I posted though.

    warden201707_large burial mound pyramid WIP 20.jpg

    As a side project, I have been reading up a bit on Mordheim recently, and decided to make myself some warpstone tokens! They are just some cheap, cut up foam pieces that were leftover from the burial mound project, added to my leftover bases collection. Simple but effective.

    warden201707_warpstone tokens.jpg
     
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  4. Warden
    Slann

    Warden Tenth Spawning

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    Updates continue. I went back and covered up a lot of the dark grey, it looks more like stone now and less like highlighted lego bricks.

    warden201707_large burial mound pyramid WIP 21.jpg

    Green and brown has been added to the base and some of the sides, the side in this picture is nearing 90% finished. Once the outside is done then I have to concentrate on filling up the burial mound with graves and treasure!

    Be warned: heresy has been spotted amongst the ruins by some keen-eyed skinks...

    warden201707_large burial mound pyramid WIP 22 boarded entrance v2.jpg
     
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  5. Aginor
    Slann

    Aginor Fifth Spawning Staff Member

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    ...so awesome. Love it.
     
  6. Warden
    Slann

    Warden Tenth Spawning

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    Small burial mounds are complete. They were really good, simple tests for the bigger burial mound.

    Front:
    warden201708_small burial mounds complete 1 front.jpg
    Back:
    warden201708_small burial mounds complete 2 back.jpg

    warden201708_Chicanna Tomb 1.jpg

    warden201708_Chicanna Tomb 2.jpg
    Back:
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    warden201708_Warriors Tomb 1.jpg

    warden201708_Warriors Tomb 2.jpg
    Back:
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  7. BeardyGecko
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    BeardyGecko Well-Known Member

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    Awesome! I thought the first one was called shikakka tomb for a second

    [​IMG]
     
  8. Warden
    Slann

    Warden Tenth Spawning

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    Some updates on the interior and the roof of the large burial mound.

    Got the walls built, just got to finish adding the details:
    warden201707_large burial mound pyramid WIP 23 interior.jpg
    warden201707_large burial mound pyramid WIP 24 interior.jpg

    Also got the roof-section started, held on with magnets so it can be taken off.

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  9. Warden
    Slann

    Warden Tenth Spawning

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    Painting on the large burial mound is complete!

    warden201707_large burial mound pyramid WIP 29.jpg

    Time to finish the interior next and add jungle plants. Really enjoying this project. :artist:

    warden201707_large burial mound pyramid WIP 31.jpg
     
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  10. Warden
    Slann

    Warden Tenth Spawning

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    Got the interior walls painted up!

    warden201707_large burial mound pyramid WIP 32 interior walls.jpg

    Lots of little details on the doors and the walls.

    warden201707_large burial mound pyramid WIP 33 interior walls.jpg
     
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  11. NIGHTBRINGER
    Slann

    NIGHTBRINGER Second Spawning

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    Very cool... looks great!

    The doors turned out very well.
     
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  12. Jorgik
    Carnasaur

    Jorgik Well-Known Member

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    I have no words to describe how awesome this is!!

    Luckily, I have numbers:

    /10

    :p:p:p:p:p

    Seriously, great job
     
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  13. Warden
    Slann

    Warden Tenth Spawning

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    Sideways 8! :hilarious:

    Thanks its been a fun project, not much more left to do! :D
     
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  14. Warden
    Slann

    Warden Tenth Spawning

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    A few terrain updates going along with the burial mound. I have just about finished the two sarcophagus I have been working on:

    warden201707_sarcophagus WIP 1.jpg
    Inspiration for the artwork comes from Mayan stone carvings out of Yaxchilan
    Yaxchilan Lintel 3:
    Yax 3.jpg

    Yaxchilan Lintel 24:
    Yaxchilan-lintel-24.jpg

    Close up:
    warden201707_sarcophagus WIP 2.jpg

    The interior of the sarcophagi are painted to be the long-lost remains of some skink priests, long since turned to bone. Pardon the rough painting, they were fun to make though.

    warden201707_sarcophagus WIP 3.jpg

    I have also started re-doing some of my other terrain pieces, beginning with my jungle roads and plaza. They don't match the burial mound anymore, so i have added sand and plan to muddy them up a bit.

    warden201707_lizardmen plaza WIP 1.jpg
    warden201707_lizardmen plaza WIP 2.jpg

    And here is a quick look at the terrain collection, minus the castle. After I paint up the roads/plaza I need to start adding jungle plants to everything.

    warden201707_large burial mound pyramid WIP 34 group.jpg
     
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  15. Jorgik
    Carnasaur

    Jorgik Well-Known Member

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    Impressive!
    I must admit that your terrain looks better on the brown sand, rather than on the green paint ;)
     
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  16. Warden
    Slann

    Warden Tenth Spawning

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    I agree completely. Still working on them, but they already look better.

    The large burial mound is complete! Just need to take some better pictures with the treasure/sarcophagus tokens.

    warden201707_large burial mound pyramid WIP 38.jpg

    warden201707_large burial mound pyramid WIP 36.jpg

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    Some interior shots, looks nice and mysterious!

    warden201707_large burial mound pyramid WIP 44 interior.jpg


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  17. Aginor
    Slann

    Aginor Fifth Spawning Staff Member

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    Great!
    Actually what I had in mind when I suggested Burial Mound for the fun terrain challenge (remember the word "fun"? It was supposed to be a small, easy to build piece of terrain!!) was more like the small ones you did, but you went full crazy mode and built a pyramid with hand-painted sarcophagus, interior, and all the bells and whistles. Really awesome!
     
  18. Crowsfoot
    Slann

    Crowsfoot Guardian of Paints Staff Member

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    True he has surpassed what was required and mighty impressive it is.
     
  19. Warden
    Slann

    Warden Tenth Spawning

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    This project was the most fun terrain project I have worked on so far, quickly spiralling into something way bigger than I had originally intended. The tiny pieces and details were the most fun, lots of stuff to explore.

    I took some more pictures after some last-minute touch-ups. First of the several tokens I built along with this piece:

    Sarcophagus: plural sarcophagi?

    warden201708_sarcophagus WIP 4.jpg

    warden201708_sarcophagus WIP 5.jpg

    Warpstone Tokens:

    warden201708_warpstone tokens 2.jpg

    Treasure Chests: (guarded by temple guard naturally)

    warden201708_treasure chests.jpg


    And while I was at it I also touched up my Lizardmen battering-ram with a little extra grey and green paint so it isn't as bright grey.

    warden201708_battering ram repaint.jpg
     
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  20. Warden
    Slann

    Warden Tenth Spawning

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    I also took a few more exterior shots of the burial mound, along with some lizard soldiers for scale this time.

    House of the Serpent Mouth: entrance (with glyphs spelling "Sotek is Good!")

    warden201708_large burial mound pyramid WIP 46.jpg

    Warpstone on the roof:

    warden201708_large burial mound pyramid WIP 52.jpg

    Roof archway:

    warden201708_large burial mound pyramid WIP 49.jpg

    Condemned entrance (with minor traces of ratmen heresy):

    warden201708_large burial mound pyramid WIP 51.jpg
    Stone Dino-skull:
    warden201708_large burial mound pyramid WIP 53.jpg

    Temple Corner:

    warden201708_large burial mound pyramid WIP 54.jpg

    Some more panoramic shots:

    warden201708_large burial mound pyramid WIP 47.jpg

    warden201708_large burial mound pyramid WIP 48.jpg

    warden201708_large burial mound pyramid WIP 50.jpg
     
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