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Post by Ashley (Gormath) Hall on Jan 14, 2011 18:44:04 GMT 9.5
Their outdoorsy stuff rocks pretty majorly though with the matching terrain set ontop!
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Post by alex on Jan 19, 2011 14:59:50 GMT 9.5
I was astounded at how much hydrostone I've gone through in the last 2 weeks, but looking at these images perhaps its not all that surprising. All the floor tiles I've done. (each stack is 5 high). The human blitzer in the bottom left box is looking quite dwarfed.  Walls I have yet to paint.  THe blue molds are ones I've recently made,  the big one in the middle is the 6x4 floor tile section that comes out as one solid piece.  They can be put together to make a long hallway  or a broad wide room.  Here are a few of the tools I use: syringe to fill the more fiddly molds  scale to measure the water and plaster each time I mix (so I get the ratio right with no messing around and also so I don't mix up too much or too little.  Flexible rubber bowl, when ready to mix again just bend it and the plaster comes right out.  I've ordered some foam, should be ready by next wednesday. I got 16 sheets 12 inches by 12 inches for the modular dungeon pieces, and 3 sheets 15 inches by 26 inches, ie the dimentions of a BB field made using Hirst tiles. also got a couple of smaller pieces for making a custom sideline I've been planning for a couple of months. |
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Post by alex on Jan 26, 2011 12:44:04 GMT 9.5
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Post by Dent on Jan 26, 2011 13:00:02 GMT 9.5
Wow, that stuff is looking great. Can't wait.
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Post by alex on Jan 26, 2011 13:42:07 GMT 9.5
now painting the floor sections, the following took about half an hour stage 1 add some black paint to green house paint, water it down, and slop it on  stage 2 heavily drybrush with the original green ( I do this while it is still a bit wet so the colours blend a bit)  stage 3 mix 50% green paint with 50% cream paint and lightly drybrush (again I did this while the previous drybrush was wet in places, so the two meld a bit in places, giving a more subtle colour gradation.  here is a closer photo of how it looks at this stage it might look a little different when it has dried, so I won't apply any cream drybrushing at the moment, but maybelater.  |
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Post by alex on Jan 26, 2011 14:40:15 GMT 9.5
well dipping seems all the rage these days, so here is my dip tip mix some cheap hobby paint with water. Dip your plaster barrels halfway when they dry dip them from the other end. takes 5 or 10 minutes do a few dozen.  then paint the metal bands and you are done.  |
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Post by alex on Jan 26, 2011 15:36:11 GMT 9.5
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Post by alex on Jan 26, 2011 17:04:10 GMT 9.5
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Post by alex on Jan 26, 2011 18:11:26 GMT 9.5
no levels, staircases or waterways yet, but you can get an idea of what it might look like from these shots   |
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Post by alex on Jan 27, 2011 11:30:52 GMT 9.5
I recon I have enough pieces from my main molds now,
so if someone wants to borrow some of my molds to try them out let me know.
Ash? Dent? You can borrow half each if you like.
I'm out of plaster, but think I'll go and grab some more, I'd like to continue to cast up the 4x6 floor sections from my newest mold.
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Post by alex on Jan 27, 2011 13:14:58 GMT 9.5
alrighty, I'm stocked up again.
I won't go through this much as quickly, so if you want some hydrostone you can have some of mine for $3 per kilo.
Just let me know how much you want and I'll bring it to BB the next wednesday.
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Post by alex on Jan 27, 2011 21:06:01 GMT 9.5
in denominations of 2kg. Every 2kg comes in a handy tin!  |
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Post by Dent on Jan 28, 2011 13:28:56 GMT 9.5
Put me down for 2kg
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Post by alex on Jan 28, 2011 15:35:08 GMT 9.5
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Post by alex on Jan 30, 2011 16:16:03 GMT 9.5
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Post by Disco Stu on Jan 30, 2011 20:08:15 GMT 9.5
The floors, chests and barrels look great. Don't really like those walls at all though. Good work mate.
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Post by alex on Jan 30, 2011 21:50:53 GMT 9.5
The floors, chests and barrels look great. Don't really like those walls at all though. Good work mate. thanks, I like how they are random organic stalagmite-like walls. That's the feel I was going for. I didn't want something uniform and drab like some I've seen. e.g.  |
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Post by alex on Feb 1, 2011 21:24:58 GMT 9.5
  all stacks 5 deep half and quarter tiles  more floor castings  some doors I've put together  some I haven't  some basecoated bricks  some dipped wood sections  26 floor sections  which are waiting to be painted up like the 20 below  some goody bags waiting to give out to people who register and pay promptly.   another update tomorrow! |
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Post by alex on Feb 2, 2011 13:40:58 GMT 9.5
they made up my order with the wrong foam, so it will be another week.
It will also be costing me twice as much, with an order of just the bare minimum I need.
Its ~$30 for a sheet, plus cutting time of about $60 an hour.
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Post by Dent on Feb 2, 2011 14:37:10 GMT 9.5
Worth having a cutting day at the club?
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