Woodland shrine

 As the totems are done, it seemed like a good idea to put them somewhere.  Added a small hill, tree stump and fire pit.  

 Some of the details. 

The skull that I hid in the stump 

Totems

Totems with a model for scale

 

Making some totems

 I have placed an order with Mammoth Miniatures for some of the Banhus Twiggy Horrors.  I plan to use them as totems.  I am thinking about doing a woodland shrine so I figured that I would see what I can to to flesh them out some more.  I elected to try to sculpt some of my own as a supplement to the pack.  As I can't sculpt well, I used skulls out of my bits-box to top them.  

Here is what I came up with.  

 I also used some masks from the Northstar Tribals kit to make some panels and then one of the GSW textured rollers for the carved runes.  

 

A dovecote Because I needed one.

 I needed a dovecote for a customer scenario that I am working on for Frostgrave.  Simple box construction out of Foamex.  Nests are made using a tutorial from Abaroths World.  Painted in my craptastic style.  

 These will be used along with my swarms of pidgins.

Hope you like. 
 

 

Observatory Post 2

 Observatory  Post 2

After dropping small parts, tools, knives, open plastic cement, open superglue and putty multiple times, I have decided to finish up here tonight.  When gravity works against me, it usually does not stop working against me so it is better to quit before I get injured or damage what I am working on.  

The telescope itself is done bar some minor gap filling.  Added some metal rings at each point where the segments meet to create a bit of a seam, and puttied where the tubing connects to create a better seam.   Added a lens to the front, and dolled it up with some runes.  All that is left is to putty the bottom of the front by the lens to clean that up. I also added some mounting points for the adjustable lenses.  It is here that I discovered that my first bottle of plastic cement, and the supoerglue refused to work as advertised.  I opened the Plastiweld as that will melt anything and managed to spill it all over one of my cutting mats and managed to melt the painted grid off the surface.  It worked so well that a lighter that was sat on the mat started leaking out butane.  After a quick cleanup, I have some photos. 

A new project

 My builds usually start with a simple idea and I work from there.  This one started with a telescope.  I built the body of the telescope out of regular plastic tubing.  I added half of a resin cast gear that will be used as part of the mechanical control.  The next two pieces are filter lenses that will be added on after all of the painting is done.  Next I will start to figure out the mechanical controls and the support structure.

Off to the photos. 

A new statue for my city.

 This project started as I had picked up the Undead Barrow King from Mammoth Miniatures to make into a statue as he was listed at 50mm high.  I decided that I would try put him up on a pillar to give a bit more height and so it did not take up quite as much floor space on the game board.  The plinth is constructed out of layers of foamex.  After the pillar was constructed it had string set in superglue added to the corners to simulate some decorative stone work.  I decided to try adding some textures to the surface.  I used a gold shaping cup to press the round details into the surface and it simulated pebbles set in concrete pretty well.  Next I used two different punches to set detail into some stencil board.  This was cut to size and made into metal plates for added details.  The base was detailed out with some plastic skulls, resin, plaster and 3d printed jars and plates.  Lastly some tube candles, coins were punched out of stencil card and I used some mustard seeds to simulate limes.  

Hope you like. 

Details 

BSC post 11

 I will be adding a few more small stowage but I have managed to zenith prime so you can see some details. Minus some details, it is ready to be painted. 

Picked up some new toys.

 I was perusing Etsy looking at things that have nothing to do with my hobbies, as you do, and found a couple of interesting finds that might work for terrain.  

First are a couple of stamp punches.  They are for metal working and only put me out about seven pounds a piece.  Initially I thought about using them on Foamex. 

Some photos. 

First, I tried it on Foamex.  

As you can see they did not come out so well so I think it will need to be used on either Fimo or some other putty.  

The second thing I picked up is a shot plate.  They are used to make small pieces out of gold/silver for jewelry.  If you are looking to pick one up they will run about twenty pounds for a single item and about ten pounds for each detail past that. 

In this instance I used some green stuff though I could use some lead fishing weights.  Using some vasiline to keep the green stuff from sticking to the mold I just pressed some into the details.  Here are some photos.  

 

BSC 2025 post 2. Thorax complete.

 

Build Something 2025 Post 1

 I have entered the LAF Build something competition again.  Always tough competition and some great builds.  

I had decided to do a transport for Frostgrave as described in The Wildwoods.  Starting with this Kit from Amazon for the legs. 

spider 

Starting with the legs.  Each one looks like this to begin with.  

This is how I dolled them up. 

I will be using six out of the eight for this build.