Blog JORGIK´s work table

That stegadon is amazing! Aside from its truly epic pose (it looks much more dangerous than your normal, static "tank" stegadon), you have magnetized it so you can use every single variant! This is something I always dreamed of doing, thank you for showing us it is possible! Please more pictures as you continue to work on it!!!

 

Thanks!!

Will surely do so, I´ll just add some more green stuff so there is more difference between the pictures than just 1 or 2 scales

 

I was halfway reading through your blog when I realised my jaw was hanging below my chest! What absolutely gorgeous stuff you got here! You're very talented in both painting and making terrain as well as using greenstuff! Awesome stegadon and I really love your tetto-eko. Big props, keep up the good work - I will keep an eye on your blog in the future

 

Not a proper update, but just to tell you that I'm still organizing the move back to Spain and that's why I have been so quiet.
I did a bit on the stegadon (nothing worth posting) and now the little free time I get I use it for the Golden Serpent comp. But getting there, I hope I will be able to finish it in time .

 

All right! time for an update!!

I´m finally installed in my old home in Spain after some crazy days of box opening (moving boxes, I wish they were miniature boxes ) and room constant cleaning and organizing. Then when I finally finished we went on a one-month holidays to the pyrinees (guilty of my lack of Golden Serpent entry ) and just came back on friday.

So I decided to start another project to celebrate it, like if I didn´t have enough already . But thankfully this one will help me organize my models better, and use them . I´m making a (new) display/gaming table out of the huge polystyrene sheets I had bought and a huge sheet of wood.

So I´ll bore you no longer, here are the pics:



This is the plan. As it has to hold lots of big regiments with movement trays I kept it as simple as I could: a 3cm-tall hill (just over 1 inch) with a gentle slope broken with a concentration of rocks in the middle, and at the back center of the table a 8 cm tall hill with a vertical wall, being the only point of access a small staircase.



First layer down and drying.

More to come soon!
Jorgik

Edit: Just realized this was my 800th post!! I´m becoming a salamander! I´ll try to commemorate it by including burn marks or something similar on the table!!

 

Will make sure to follow your stuff, really like it! I'm going to steal some of your ideas on the sculpting part in particular, I really like how you go about it.

 

Hope you had a great trip!

I have the same book (only in English). I find it to be full of useful ideas.

Congratulations! Soon you'll be a mighty Carnosaur. Not long to go now!


Can't wait to see your finished project. Keep us updated.

 

Thanks!! I myself stole ideas from @Rikard , as he was the one who inspired me to sculpt, so full credit on him!

It´s a great book, shame they don´t produce it anymore. I have read it 3 times and I still check it anytime I do scenery just in case I missed something; and from there I have taken the idea of my towers!

Thanks! I have a carnosaur that´s waiting to be built, so maybe after I reach the mark I´ll start another little project

 

The idea for the Bane Stone terrain piece I made came directly out of that book. I'd recommend it to anyone who is interested in building terrain.

 

Take note people, practice or get nagged at.

 

Another update! Seems I´m speeding up with this table

So far I added the second layer and bevelled the slope of the hill. I also carved the stairs and glued the cast rocks to the cliff face. I don´t have pictures of the process up to this point, so you will have to imagine it .



This is how the table´s so far. Two slopes, a hill and a stair leading to it.



The outcrop in the middle of the slope. I´m really happy how this turned out



And a close up of the hill rock face. It took me longer to attach than I expected, but nothing major. At the end the results are worth it





And the staircase. It turned out very cinematic in my opinion

I´m thinking about painting or printing a background, so the table doesn´t end in a brown wooden wall

And this is what I did yesterday while I waited for the polystyrene to dry :





The little spider in the middle will now form part of my growing jungle swarm base. I usually use it for greenstuff leftovers to make snakes, but sometimes I feel I need to do some bigger creatures . Hope you like it .

So next will be covering the whole table with plaster cloth from Woodland Scenics to harden the surface. Then I´ll paint the rocks with the same colours as the rocks on my trees, glue sand, paint it and then add details and plants.
I hope I can keep this pace with the table. Doing something big and cool and good looking in little time feels excellent
Jorgik

 

Table's looking good so far. That base is so damn cool!

 

Really nice job! I know how hard it is to sculpt those little swarms.

 

Amazing stuff! That is one ambitious project, I am a bit jealous of your progress so far!

Really like how your table is turning out. The outcropping caught my eye:



made me think of this:



HERO ROCK IN THE MAKING! Now just to install the dramatic sunset...


Also really fantastic detail on your jungle swarms. Like really amazing detail, I am astounded that you were able to model that lizard's fingers!
Well done! Thanks for the continued inspiration!

 

Good looking rocks.

ps. nice swarm.

 

Dat Jungle Swarm Do

 

Thanks guys!

It took me its time until I got it right

 

Another quick update!

Nothing new but that I applied the plaster cloth. Didn´t have a lot of time today as I went to the GW store to buy some more sand because I hand´t enough for the whole table; and now that I see all the sand together with the table I don´t know if I´ll have enough , I hope I manage to spread it . Anyways there has been no visible change apart from that the table´s white and a few more rocks, but I´ll still post the change because I´m bored waiting for it to dry .





Added two rocks to the rock face to act as walls for when I play, so the models have some cover .



And the same with the stairway to protect the big step.

Tomorrow onto rock-painting and sand-gluing!!

 

Bag o sand from your local hardware store should run you like $5 or less and be way more than you'll ever need. Love the display so far! Can't wait to see it finished!

 

Or pick some up for free at the beach!