Ithoriel's Strength & Honour DIY

[Ithoriel]

I want the label to stand out Paul. I want an opponent to be able to tell from the other side of the table which unit they are looking at.

I think I need to brighten the colours. Silver washed in soft tone rather than gunmetal lightly drybrushed silver. Layering the red over white rather than the base gunmetal for shields. That sort of thing.

I'd like a bit more chinchilla dust texturing the base too instead of random bits here and there.

I little more time taken might help!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Impressive, really look the part

[paulr]

I want the label to stand out Paul. I want an opponent to be able to tell from the other side of the table which unit they are looking at...

Good point

[toxicpixie]

Impressive, really look the part

Seconded - massed 2mm does look very tasty!

[mmcv]

Does look the part, though you certainly have to go much brighter colour wise for things to stand out at that distance and scale.

[Ithoriel]

First piece of terrain for Strength and Honour done.

A farm with an orchard and some bushes (vines?).

Buildings are from Brigade Models' Small Scale Scenery range, trees are the ends of bamboo stemmed cotton buds dipped in wood glue then twirled in chinchilla dust and the bushes are lengths of green pipe cleaner.

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A whole Roman town is under construction! Pictures to follow.

[paulr]

      

Great to see a return to DIY terrain

[mmcv]

Fantastic, that's a great idea using the cotton buds

[Antioch]

Very nice terrain work. Also working on armies & some terrain for that system.

[Ithoriel]

Thanks folks.

Work continues on the  town.

[fred.]

That's cool. Looking forward to seeing the town 

[Ithoriel]

The town goes on apace. Wonky walls and all.

Slightly misjudged the space the thing would take up so squidged the walls to make them fit. But, hey, real town walls aren't straight either.

The temple of Jupiter Optimus Magnus was painted in situ, other buildings are being painted separately and will be glued in place as they are completed.

The town walls are from Brigade Models Small Scale Scenery range.

Specific packs were

2 x SSS-8120 Curtain Walls (pack of 4)

1 x SSS-8120a Walls with Round Bastion (pack of 2)

1 x SSS-8122s Square Towers (pack of 4)

2 x SSS-8123a Gatehouse Type-1

The enormous temple, which dwarfs the surrounding buildings as St Paul's or York Minster do, is

SSS-8061 Roman Temple

[T13A]

Hi Ithoriel

Really enjoying this thread and seeing the work put in. Looking forward to some thoughts on the rules themselves. 

Cheers Paul

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Fantastic, that's a great idea using the cotton buds

They make great splash markers for naval games as well

[Ithoriel]

Thanks once again for the comments.

So, now I give you the Roman(-ised?) town of Numquam

My plan at the moment is to run a solo campaign set in Italy, Gaul and Spain .... so I need to stop having fun with terrain and get some troops painted.

Therefore projects currently under way for this are ... err .... a Gallic Village (actually a Dark Age one from Brigade Models) and a bathmat wood. Doh!