ChrisW - Back of Beyond Terrain (25 points)

 

The tower itself stands 9" tall, 3" wide and 7" long. The base is roughly 9" x 7".

The 'face' is a one piece cast that is 4" x 4.5" and is 1 1/4" tall to the tip of the nose.

First up is a sunken or partially exposed carved face. I am not certain who makes this, I bought it at Fall In two years ago. It seems rathe fragile for resin feels more like plaster. I was concerned how it would turn out as the details seemed rather faint, however I think it worked out fine. So far I have not based it, but I suspect I should to offer it more protection. 

It was painted with a few layers, starting with three thin  coats of a craft grey/brown paint. Then more layers of a pale green/grey craft paint and a wash or two of brown. Then the inevitable application of a  dry brush finish to try and bring back the details.

Figures for scale

The non face part was 'painted' with a dark brown textured basing material then a mix of flock, some tufts and a vine that I had bought years ago to wrap across the stone face.

Up next is a 3d print ruined building that I bought last year at Hotlead. This was really a lot of fun to paint! It has lots of deep detail on it and I frankly like the look of it. I started with black rattle can primer and a blast of light grey rattle can. Then a drybrush of a lighter grey/white. The first things I tackled were the wood floors and the roof tiles. The wooden parts were painted with GW Contrast leather while the tiles were another green contrast paint.

Then I started the fun part. Armed with a spray bottle of water, some sponges, some wide brushes two GW contrast paints and a bottle of Woodland Scenics 'concrete' paint I had at it. So mostly concrete was used with a slap of contrast then some blending followed by stippling and sponging on and off, rinse and repeat. There was no rhyme or reason to this process, I just went with the flow. After letting it dry, I then applied some very light dry brushing with light grey, beige, mudstone and green.

The swampy water is an AK product that dries to a nice green slimy look. The shrubbery near the swamp was cut from a sheet of the stuff (from a hobby shop do not remember the brand) while I added a lot of different tufts to add a mix of plant life. I chose not to apply any flock.

The toughest part of it all was knowing when to stop, it was just to easy to have kept trying another shade of this or that, just a little more dry brushing another wash. Hopefully I stopped short of too late. 

So, that is it for my first and possibly only terrain post. Hopefully it will score enough points to count towards another squirrel, love those squirrels!

So points this post    ??

+1 Squirrel for Back of beyond scenery.

Thank you

Chris

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Hello Chris and thank you for submitting some marvellous terrain pieces here.  Both are very well done and have a ton of great little paint details and basing done on them.  The staining and weathering is also very well done, great work!

As for points the tower is big enough and detailed enough that I am going to say 20 points for it, and the face is a lovely piece but fairly small so 5 points.  I am not actually sure on what you need for squirrel points (having not participated in it this year), but hopefully this is enough for you. Again, great work!

- Byron