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Kadzik's Mordheim Skink Warband

Discussion in 'Painting and Converting' started by Kadzik, Oct 12, 2010.

  1. shahryar
    Kroxigor

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    what did you use for those tiles on the base?
     
  2. Kadzik
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    I use plastic ice cream boxes. They are rather thin circa 1.5 mm, so looks good and are easy to cut.
     
  3. Prophet of Tepok
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    Looking really neat!
    How'd you paint the gold on the chief though?
    I love how it looks old!

    Keep it up!
     
  4. Kadzik
    Skink

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    Gold is painted with Glorous Gold (Vallejo), washed with badab black and gryphone sepia, one more layer of gold. I don't use many layers on metalics, cause I cannot paint them, so 2 or 7 look same :p


    I've made some more terrain. Just WIPs but you could see how it will look like.

    Giant turtle statue. It needs some highlights on trees and static grass.
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    Fountain
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    Observatory. View of the night sky falls through a hole in the roof and is reflected in the smooth tract of the pond :)
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  5. lustria
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    amazing looking scenery you made ther nice work! cant wait to see it finnished
     
  6. strewart
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    Wow, that is fantastic looking terrain! I very much look verward to seeing some of it finished.
     
  7. Kadzik
    Skink

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    Thanks for comments! :)
    I've finished painting base for observatory. I have to paint this pond and use some static grass and moss.

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    Tower is in black paint and wait for drybrushing :)
     
  8. Kadzik
    Skink

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    Tower and hill are almost done.
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    I want to add some darker grass and some moss.
    Interior is not finished yet :)
     
  9. T`hinker`er
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    Hey, excellent work here! Nice to see more of the older models being used and converted (my particular passion too). The little temple guard head on the skink totally rocks. I also agree that the older style Krox look quite sinister and, well, cold blooded :)

    Definitely going to follow up with some similar work in my horde...check it out here when you have some time :)
     
  10. Larinus
    Chameleon Skink

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    Wow! That is one sweet observatory. Shame you can't create a mould to collect the paint as well, if you could I would think of selling a model of it to GW.
     
  11. lustria
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    looks amzing wish i could create something so lifelike, looking forward to seeing interiors ;)
     
  12. Kadzik
    Skink

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    It's easier than you think :) This are my first pieces of scenery, so I am little experienced, but 90% of great effect is not talent but just solid work, some precision and time consumption :) I wish more people just try and make some scenery; wargaming will be nicer :D
     
  13. Kadzik
    Skink

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    I've started big watchtower.
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    I want getting on top impossible, so I will make platform in the middle, and stairs upward will be ruined.
     
  14. lustria
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    looks really nice cant wiat to see it finitoed!
    lustria
     
  15. Kadzik
    Skink

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    Thanks for comment Lustria :)

    I've used styrofoam cubes to cover the whole tower:
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  16. lustria
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    hey no problem, i think what your doing is amazing, i had some tries myself, perhaps ill letyou see them ;) though i havnt done anythin quite that big yet hehe looking forward to see it based and painted
     
  17. Kadzik
    Skink

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    Tower is finished:
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    Emmm....not exactly finished :p I want big mirror on the top. It's used to make light signals, cause simple fire is quite ordinary :p

    Used colours:
    Stairs and platform are black basecoat and 5 drybrushed with grays to white.
    Walls are maybe 10 or even 12 drybrushes of brown, greys, reds, sephia, ochre etc.
     
  18. Arli
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    Most impressive. Question for you, in an earlier post, you stated that you used cut Styrofoam. Did you cut all those individually or do you have a mass production method?
     
  19. Kadzik
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    Individually....and not :) Firstly I cut 3 or 4 squares maybe half centimeter thick (itr should warries to make every brick different), 10 cm long and maybe 4 centimeter width. Then I take all squares one on another (like a sandwich :) ) and cut strips half centimeters width (again accuracy is not so important). Now I have 20-30 such strips. I take 10, take them like a vegetables and cut in squares :) It's difficult to explain, but imagine cutting carrot :D It's quite fast. If you need every brick to have exactly accurate dimensions, it would be prolblem and my system is useless.
     
  20. lustria
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    wow.. looks amazing wish i could play with scenery like that ;)
     

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