Apprentice craftsman

The final result of my first stab at terrain crafting is pictured above. Partly a revisit to a previous blog entry, but also some new adventures. I have taught myself a valuable lesson here; to be efficient in terrain crafting from XPS styrofoam I need to procure one of these. The task is a bit too arduous and messy otherwise.

Nevertheless, I am somewhat pleased with the result. Some people have questioned my choice of Stonehenge-like gateway. Does it really fit into the 40k universe? Well, perhaps not. But the shape is quite easy to craft, it has a bit of flair to it and it has interesting LOS characteristics.

Note to self: go for lighter shades of grey when basecoating stone terrain. I did too many dark layers on these ones. One basecoat and two drybrushings should be enough.

Peace out,
Painter Dude

Basics

Basecoating a tactical squad and carving out terrain props from pink styrofoam. That poor squad looks so boring and flat right now, but soon some of them will stand out from the crowd.

Actually, sculpting terrain might just become something of a passion. I need to get some cheap black and white paint for that purpose though. Note to self: carving XPS styro eats carpet knife blades...