Maudeheim & Environs, Part II: Updated 06/30/16

Thanks, Ben, but that is just the color of the clay. I'll be going with a gray/brown for the bark. Of course, one never knows what colorful thingies will be growing on the tree...do one?  

nope!

Nice update Al. Never used DAS...with the number of palm trees I have to base and paint, I probably never will.

Thanks, Jim! DAS is pretty nice to work with, a little brittle but otherwise very nice.  

SO I have The Tree primed & ready for some color. As a size reference, a W.I.P. Troll volunteered to pose by The Tree:








...The Troll:


...AND Friends:


Now all I have to do is overcome the lure of monochromatic.  

Given how vibrant your painted works are, I am surprised the dread Monochrome has any allure...

The new tree is deliciously, or perhaps deciduously, spooky.

Thanks, Jim. Glad you like it.  
The major allure of monochromatic is that I would be done at this point...it's the sloth & laziness factor.  

Ja, I thought as much.

Oh and that particular troll is my favorite on a Mordheim table. All those fish...

The Old Trolls are cool. When G.W. does cool pieces, they really are UBERCOOL.  

SO, with all the monochromatic talk, I decided to make a couple of mono/gray scale pieces. The first will be a cavern piece. While it would work nicely with Heep's Place or possibly an extension of Rapunzel's board, it will undoubtedly get the most service as a photo stage.

I'm in the carving/gluing stage right now:






It's clicking right along as quickly as my putter & tweak approach to terrain building can go...there's already anther piece atop the back wall. I'm hoping the Goblins I have underway will finish about the same time as Grayscale Cavern.  

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SO, with all the monochromatic talk, I decided to make a couple of mono/gray scale pieces.

Thank God you can always change your mind!

The carving is excellent!

Von Kurst wrote:

Thank God you can always change your mind!

...changing my mind seems to have become a talent...when I can make it up at all.

Von Kurst wrote:

The carving is excellent!

Thanks, Jim...glad you like it. If the internet is cooperative, there might be another update today.  

AND a second update:










The next step will be detailing & painting. I have visions of further photo stages whirling through my mind...like sugar plums on speed.  

The cavern is coming along. Cool stuff!

The texture of the rocks looks pretty good already.

Thanks, Jim.  
I think my stalagmites may have found a home:

Thanks, Rat. I'm delighted you like the thingies!  

Great stuff al!

Thanks, Ben. I think it's going to get better.  

Those are spectacular! The eyes obviously set them apart from the rest of the pack.

Thanks, Jim. The Stalagmites are one of my better experiments. I did them awhile ago with the idea of doing some twisty cavern/cave stuff in back of Heep's Place. I just got carried away with something else...these things seem to resurface eventually.
I just drilled out a wood bead for a nice big eye ball in one of the rock pillars...the eye will be in color while the surrounding area will be mono...should be creepy enough.  

I love the carving on the cavern, brilliant, and inspiring.

Thanks for the kind reply, theomar. Glad you like it; if you're drawing inspiration from my piece, I must be doing something right, & better than I thought.
The mono paint job is coming along & some creepy features have been added.  

It is nice to see how you terrain build. I like that the rocks are around and not in the middle. That's a very good idea. I have long been the idea to build a rock.