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Chronopia => Painting & Terrain => Topic started by: Glenn M on April 05, 2008, 06:14:12 PM
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Another one of my many projects, I am also building a Cave System using my Hirst Arts molds.
I am waiting for most of my pieces to dry, what is there is a little less (Missing two or three sections) than one casts worth of the two wall molds. The floors I am ahead on as I am recycling my Descent floors.
(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g213/Biokanan/Fantasy%20Figures/S6300108.jpg)
(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g213/Biokanan/Fantasy%20Figures/S6300109.jpg)
I think I may have a few too many projects . . . . . nah.
Later,
Glenn
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Very nice. I love the paint job.
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Looks like you and Hirst are going to save me a bundle that would have went for Dwarven Forge stuff.
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Well, DF is really nice stuff, but it does get expensive. A lot more so than the Hirst stuff.
It really depends on what your needs are, I like being able to make as much as I want, and sell it off if need be. To get the 4 basic cave molds you are looking at $130 or so. Which is a lot, but then, you can make as much as you'll ever need.
Anyways, thanks for the compliments.
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Wow. All I"m gonna say.
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We have expanded!
(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g213/Biokanan/Fantasy%20Figures/S6300110.jpg)
(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g213/Biokanan/Fantasy%20Figures/S6300111.jpg)
(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g213/Biokanan/Fantasy%20Figures/S6300112.jpg)
You can expect me to about double in the next week or so as well. I am also going to add some fieldstone sections and perhaps some brickwork. There will be more detail pieces added, including a small pond (some 8-12 square inches), some sweet pillars, etc.
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Looking good ! Tho it would look better in brown because it would have a small dungeon leading to it ;D
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Actually the fieldstone looks really good in the green, I'll post a few pictures of that later.
Anyways, I used Bruce's suggested colors.
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(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g213/Biokanan/Fantasy%20Figures/S6300113.jpg)
(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g213/Biokanan/Fantasy%20Figures/S6300115.jpg)
(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g213/Biokanan/Fantasy%20Figures/S6300116.jpg)
(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g213/Biokanan/Fantasy%20Figures/S6300117.jpg)
I have been slacking for figures as I don't feel like digging around for painted guys.
Looks like I need to do about 3 times this much to have a good sized cave. Man, that is a lot of work.
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Are you using this stuff to game with or just building it for the heck of it?!?!?! I ask because I'm recently playing a Savage Worlds RPG in a fantasy setting on Sundays now, and loving it. I gave up on RPG's for Chronopia, but Savage Worlds is truly cool, and recaptures that feeling you had as a kid when you first played D&D.
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I will be using it for D&D, and possibly for some D&D Miniatures and Chronopia. If I come to Talamania II, I'll be bringing it as well.
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Hey Glenn. I think your wife said that as soon as its done it has to go!! Ill be a pal and take it off your hands ;D
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Now wait a minute, what happened to you not having enough room?
Anyways, as this one will be used regularly I can keep it, if it comes to not using it, then maybe it'll go.
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Now wait a minute, what happened to you not having enough room?
Anyways, as this one will be used regularly I can keep it, if it comes to not using it, then maybe it'll go.
Im moving in 16 days and Im going from approx 700 Sq Ft to around 1900. So I think Ill have room :D
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Great, then I'll move in with you :D
Then I can sell it all to you, and still use it.
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(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g213/Biokanan/Fantasy%20Figures/S6300118.jpg)
(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g213/Biokanan/Fantasy%20Figures/S6300119.jpg)
(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g213/Biokanan/Fantasy%20Figures/S6300120.jpg)
I have a ton more pieces cast waiting for paint as well.
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That looks awesome! We're just starting out making terrain, albeit for warzone, but still. Anything like that would fit on my gameboard warzone or not..
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That is some really fine Hirst craft there Glenn.
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That's inspiring. I've looked at the Hirst Art Molds, but having a forum member show us pics like this really makes me want to give it a go.
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Hirst stuff is great, although a bit time consuming and it can be quite tedious, especially if you are doing casts while working on the build.
Anyways, I hope to at least double that build. Then I'll be able to happily play whatever I choose on the battlefield.
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I just got done doing a castle for my daughter's school project and Glenn M is right on the money. Thanks to him I finally got the consistency right and the last twenty bricks were perfect. However there were 400 I did up before that to build a castle that was a little more than a foot square.
The molds really are fantastic but you need to be really patient and have lots of time to prepare if you are doing a large project.
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Actually, that plaster consistency is what Bruce suggests somewhere on his massive website.
Here is what I am doing, 1 cast every night, after the bricks are done, put them in a storage unit (I store them by type, so all caves go together, all egyptian, etc) then when you want to build something, there are tons of bricks available, this works pretty well for me, but I haven't yet built a large catalog of bricks.
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For a large project like the cathedral I did, it does take some time to cast all the pieces.
I usually have 5-10 molds at the table, fill them up, scrape after a few minutes and then I paint some minis for 20 minutes (or watch TV) until they're ready.
If you manage to cast your mold(s) 2-3 times per night you'll get enough pieces for a medium sized project in a week.
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Looks great! I wish that I had time/patience for this. I barely get any painting done. Cudos to you and all your very cool terrain.
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For a large project like the cathedral I did, it does take some time to cast all the pieces.
I usually have 5-10 molds at the table, fill them up, scrape after a few minutes and then I paint some minis for 20 minutes (or watch TV) until they're ready.
If you manage to cast your mold(s) 2-3 times per night you'll get enough pieces for a medium sized project in a week.
Dang, that's a lot of work. I'm starting to regret I ever went into this type of games.. ;)
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Amen brother. I've taken to sending armies to paint services. Never thought I would, but I'm going crazier trying to keep up the progress.
I see the work of Glenn and Coil and Andy and my jaw drops.
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Wow, man, GREAT stuff! I haven't touched the dungeon moulds, but I'm a big fan of the Hirst mini-hobby.
-Alex