Showing posts with label Cardstock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cardstock. Show all posts

Thursday, 9 January 2014

Genetically-Free

Chris, at Genet Models, has been wonderfully-kind, to make his back catalog available ... for free !!! ... Go thank him. :)




Tuesday, 17 December 2013

Sunday, 15 December 2013

Monday, 13 May 2013

Colonel's Cardstocking Compendium !!! (Part 18)

Section (Pc): WorldWorksGames' Dwarven 'Diorama' - Dressing the 'Big Wall'

Starting to 'Dress' the 'Big Wall' ...


Dressings on foamcore (3 mm, 2 levels) ...


Section (Pb): WorldWorksGames' Dwarven 'Diorama' - base tiles

Went for a few more tiles .. all final drying and 'settling' (not 'edged') ...


Cyan-balancing, at printing, for the correct grey ...


Section (Pa): WorldWorksGames' Dwarven 'Diorama' - Introduction

Something I have been wanting to do, for a while ... 'Dwarven Diorama' - Sci-Fi and Fantasy.

I managed to pick-up a cheap, nearly full, sprue, of Mantic's, Forge Fathers Steel Warriors (2 figures), from my LFGS ...



Plus, I will 'build' and paint a fantasy dwarf from Games Workshop's Battle For Skull Pass, and complete the Dwarf Lord from SSS.

I will produce one tile, with props, from WWG's ...


LOST HALLS OF THE DWARVEN KINGS
LOST HALLS: VAULT OF THE ANCIENTS
LOST HALLS: TREASURES & TOMBS

Much of the project will be the content, for the promised tutorial videos.

Very nice build tutorial, here ...


Super Dungeon Explore: Dungeon 6
Super Dungeon Explore Demo!!!
Balls to the ...
Floored!
Going Post-al
Dungeon Week Day 1
Stairway to....
Dungeon X
Lost Halls of the Dwarven Kings (part 7)
Lost Halls of the Dwarven Kings (part 6)
Lost Halls of Dwarven Kings (part 5)
Lost Halls of the Dwarven Kings (intermission-or what I learned so far)
Lost Halls of the Dwarven Kings (part 3)
Lost Halls of the Dwarven Kings (part2)
Lost Halls of the Dwarven Kings

More to follow.

Saturday, 20 April 2013

Colonel's Cardstocking Compendium !!! (Part 17)

Section (Oc): Fat Dragon Games' Castle Winterhawk Church, With Enhancements - Transparencies

Part (ii):Sealing

More text to follow (clicky-for-biggy) ...

The sealants, at this time
(1 - Hair spray, 2 - Vallejo satin varnish, 3 - MP gloss varnish, 4 - MP matt varnish)

The test piece

Surface - brushed (2 coats), other than laquer (3 coats),
all dried with hair dryer, between coats - flash

Surface - brushed (2 coats), other than laquer (3 coats),
all dried with hair dryer, between coats - no flash

Scratch (S), water (W) and IPA (I) test

Part (i): Printing

Yup, first surprise ... we are going to have see-through windows and internal illumination :)

More text to follow (clicky-for-biggy) ...

 
All the experiments

Plain paper (P) vs glossy (G) paper settings


Up we go


Up we go - Left: best for 'arched' windows, Right: best for 'round' window


Before and after


Earlier, Worldworksgames, experiments

Kit: FDG WINTERHAWK: Church
Reduction: 50% (not for WWG).
Printer: Canon Pixma MP280
Inks: Cheap, refill, inks.