Dunbrough and Gripenhem WIP log

I must spend more time in the juice aisle...

I've had my eye on those juice caps for a long time now, though I was always thinking they would be good for a smaller scale. I hadn't thought of using them as a base. I'll have to put that one in my back pocket for later use. I like the idea of using a chess piece as well.

The onion dome looks great, btw. I look forward to seeing it up on the top of the tower.

This is the doorway to the temple/ church. You can see that the archways are made by cutting it from the foam, and then gluing it back in set back from the face. Also, sadly, not so sure the onion dome is going to work, it's just massive, and I'm not so sure the church can be built to the size that would match that dome. Not giving in though...

Amazing stonework! Wow! That door looks proper. I love the various layers and the decorative design!!

Very inspirational as always!

Joao

Oh good Theomar has an update!

It really is incredibly what can be done with foam; AND you take it to the limits. The Archway is a LOVELY creation. GREAT WORK!   

Splendid  

DeafNala wrote:

It really is incredibly what can be done with foam;

Yes, it is fantastic material for things like that.

Temple is getting pretty tall, but then I was looking at it, and the rest of the buildings on the island are going to be pretty tall, as buildings on islands tend to be, so now I’m not too worried about the height. So Now I’m working on another lower layer, which will probably be the base level. There will be a sloped roof where the two upper levels meet, I just haven’t gotten there yet. Also, I mocked up an alternate roof in case I want to lay off of the onion dome, but honestly, the onion dome is coming back into favor now.

Wonderful.

Long ago I wanted to build a Kislevite city or village and I would spend a bit of time in the ornaments aisles of Hobby Lobby and Michael's around Christmas time. Never bought any though, so I'm watching this project pretty close.

Wonderful!

Why not have TWO domes then? Or two churches? Maybe from rival traditions? That can give you an excuse to make more than one church using a different style!

Joao

That is a SPLENDID piece...definite centerpiece potential there. FANTASTIC WORK!  

Temple is coming along nicely.

I'm definitely going to have to mount it separate from the island, because it's way to tall to get out of the door. However, I can start to see how this will turn out, and I'm good with it. No, I don't plan this stuff out ahead of time, it's a wonder I finish anything.

I've had the "too tall" problem more than once. Having it separate won't detract from the scene...the Cathedral will be SPECTACULAR regardless.  

I would thing that the width of the town would be the problem, rather than height. Be that as it may, I am sure the finished product will be stunning.  

[no pressure]

Your stuff is awesome, how you do the shingles earlier on in this topic, wow, can see myself enjoying that to be honest, haven't the skill for this kind of high standard though. I especially like the stained glass window effect and the amount of detail you put in. Looking through your Tumblr, I'd say you know where to look for inspiration too. I know you have probably been asked this before, but have you ever tried making open buildings? The kind you would find on a Mordheim table?

Cpt. Hand wrote:

Your stuff is awesome, how you do the shingles earlier on in this topic, wow, can see myself enjoying that to be honest,

I'm still to see someone enjoying doing the shingles and putting them up one by one!
I only started making my own terrain a year ago, but thanks to Theomar's tutorials I was able to exorcise my lack of confidence. Give it a try and you will do really well!

Theomar, this church of yours has an amazing design and enough interesting angles to make it one of the best things I've seen terrain-wise!

Joao

If anything all this great scenery is giving me itchy fingers. I've only ever worked on actual houses, brickwork (which I find theraputic) and fascia border etc, and some gardening, might try my hand. And yes definitely, this church is looking awesome, the structure of it could work for some kind of mage college scenery too! Sorry, getting into wizards and things at the moment haha.

Cpt. Hand wrote:

Your stuff is awesome, how you do the shingles earlier on in this topic, wow, can see myself enjoying that to be honest, haven't the skill for this kind of high standard though. I especially like the stained glass window effect and the amount of detail you put in. Looking through your Tumblr, I'd say you know where to look for inspiration too. I know you have probably been asked this before, but have you ever tried making open buildings? The kind you would find on a Mordheim table?

I'm thinking of doing some open buildings on this project, just to see how they would turn out. But then again, I've built a church and a gatehouse, and neither of them were open. One problem I have with that style is that all of my building materials are way out of scale. Walls would be massively thick, unless I cat them so thin as to make them flimsy. We'll see, I am kicking it around.

I’m working on spacing thins on the island, and needed to know just how large the griffin statue would be, what’s the footprint. This thing was a joy t put together, it will be absolute minimal filling and sanding, pretty much mostly on the head. As it will be a statue, I’ll also be putting him on a big plinth. You can also see the blue tape on the surface of the island, that is generally where the buildings will lie, and where the streets will be. I’m kind of geeked, I might start scratching out some basic foundation shapes this weekend.

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I’m kind of geeked, I might start scratching out some basic foundation shapes this weekend.

Woot! Can't wait to see more    

Von Kurst wrote:

Woot!  Can't wait to see more    

I'll forego the "Woot" & bouncing, but otherwise the imminent progress reports get a solid OH BABY!  

Looking awesome! And with the open buildings, wouldn't 1cm be a good thickness to use? Showing thickness of walls etc, and the dimensions would fit well with that balsa wood everyone loves to use

Cpt. Hand wrote:

Looking awesome! And with the open buildings, wouldn't 1cm be a good thickness to use? Showing thickness of walls etc, and the dimensions would fit well with that balsa wood everyone loves to use

Yeah, but the foam is .5", which is like 2' thick in scale. :/

Wow, that is ambitious. I'm thoroughly impressed, and look forward to more progress. Makes me want to get back to my own ambitious project.

Ah I see, I'd just love to see what it would be like with the level of detail you use. Loving everything you've done so far though, and that island really gets the imagination going.