Maudeheim & Environs, Part III: Updated 04/17/24

DeafNala wrote:

WELCOME BACK, Codsticker. You have been missed.
I am delighted you like the new stuff. I will keep at it for as long as I am above ground.

Atta boy!

and again ur next project looks super interessting by now. It will be awesome, once its finished.

Thanks, PJB! I am happy you like the stuff thus far. I have hope for it all.

The idea behind The Swamp is to create a Mordheim like board with the isles substituting for the ruined buildings. The isles will all be connected by rickety walkway like those connecting the upper stories of the ruins in Mordheim, Here a fall is not onto the unforgiving cobblestones, it is a splash into the horridly toxic waters of The Swamp.
SO I have another isle underway. This one was meant to be the home of the (North Umbrian Tin Soldiers') Witches Toil & Trouble:












More whenever.  

I got in some work on The Swamp stuff. The third of the four trees now has its full compliment of twisted wire branches:


It is the one on the far right:


AND Toil & Trouble's Isle building has a clockwork door mechanism:




More as things develop...whenever that is.

Good to see that you are back at it again!
(thanks for the notification...forum software... NOT )

Some lovely additions you've got there, will be keeping my eyes out for more!

Thanks, Gatlag. I'm happy you stopped by & enjoyed the new stuff.
I am slowly coming up to speed...that doesn't quite sound right. Anyway I should be posting updates more often.

Shouldn't we ALL be posting more often?

Great stuff as usual, DeafNala! Love your concept of the Morheimy Isles, and especially its implementation! The clockwork doors are a particularly inspired addition. I love how twisted everything is, and I'm quite envious of your trees.

Do post more whenever you can, it is as usual a delight!

Thank you for a very kind reply, Lendro Furioso! I am delighted you enjoy my stuff. I will keep on chugging along with the various things. Today was spend in prepping things. Nothing really worth showing, but todays efforts should make the next photo session a bit closer & more interesting.

Can't wait!

Wonderful trees DN- they look like they are going to be quite big.

Thanks, Codsticker. I am glad you like them.
The trees are fairly large. I wasn't sure just how large; SO I measured them. The two trees on the shrine island are 11" to the top branches; the other two are 14 " & they are all quite wide. There should be quite a few more trees, but these will be among the largest.

The latest on Toil & Troubles Isle: I did some sanding & base coating on the base AND started doing the roofs in DAS air dry clay. The clay had suffered from the trip up North & needed a bit of hydration, but the results were acceptable:








More whenever.

I finished doing the clay work on the roofs yesterday. Now I will let it dry for a day or so; then it will get a workable fixative spray coat & the white over black treatment:








While all that drying is going on, I will see what other trouble I can get into. Getting into trouble is one of my many talents.

I did the white over black thingy on the roofs & touched up the T&T buildings:







AND along side the almost completed building for a comparison:


I have an idea for the third building on the T&T Isle, but more about that later...whenever that is.

Of course I did not receive a notification about new posts in this thread... looking at you forum software

Glad I got the newsletter and decided to check for myself and was surprised with these great buildings!
Love them! Looking really nice!

Thanks, Gatlag! I am happy you like them.
The notification thingy is spotty at its best.

The kitchen/laboratory for T&T's Isle is underway:








More whenever.

The roof on the ruined kitchen/laboratory is now done, AND a mantel & door added.
The long view:


A closer look of the front:




Other angles:








Until whenever.

Hey Al,
The Library is not flagging the site!
Great to be able to comment again. Wonderful work my friend.

Hey Al,
The Library is not flagging the site!
Great to be able to comment again.  Wonderful work my friend.

That is OUTSTANDING NEWS! WELCOME BACK, Jim. You have been missed.
I am happy you like the stuff.

Continuing with the steam punk/industrial fantasy look, I added a smoke stack to the twisted building:






It is coming along albeit slowly.

Nice!
Don't get to the library as much as I did in the before times, but I will check in when I am here, or there, depending

Thanks, Jiim...glad you like it. I added a couple more smokestacks & another clockwork door mechanism to the buildings today. I will take some pics tomorrow.
No matter how infrequently you can sign in, it is good having you back again.