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.

Colonel's Cardstocking Compendium !!! (Part 16)

(N): Dressing Surfaces With Different Textures

(a) 26/08/2012

As we should all know, Computer-Assisted Modelling allows us to apply textures/maps to surfaces (and I will be discussing this, later), but, as an old-school modeller, at heart, I like to dress, manually, on occasion :)

In the creation and convertion of the UD12 Chickenhawk (Ariadna Nival Camo) from the excellent Toposolitario, I decided I wanted this version, to be a weapon-equipped transport, and to have a tail fin, as the original looks a little flat, there ...

Here is a mock-up (with a tad, too big a tail !!!) ...

I have been searching, high and low, for suitable models and, as is sometimes the case, a wonderful gift arrives, like this 'smallish version, of a science fiction, flying vehicle' ...

Blood Ravens Stormtalon paper model

Papercraft Stormtalon

40k flyers Raven Stormtalon Hellblade

Not only does it have linked cannons, to die for, the tail fin (with a little modding) is perfect, in size and style.

My version will also have missile pods, too, but I will come to those, later (Hernaldo's version, or from a Patoroch kit).

The Dressing

This technique works for any printed texture, of course, but, I will be dressing it with that of the original (which is light and subtle, as I printed it that way) ...

 

The coloured part of Hernaldo's kit, is on the right, and the part I need (printed grayscale, to save colour ink), cropped, is on the left ...

I will dress each panel, leaving the line detail as 'embossing' ...

To be continued

Generic Castle

TerranScapes - Castle WIP - LOTR HWFF Foam Coat