Skeleton of a Beast - Terrain - Finished

I started to paint the piece by priming with  black primer followed by a brown which looks very red in the picture.

I then painted the entire piece with Graveyard Earth.

Followed by  a heavy dark brown wash.

This was too dark for me as it is meant to be a desert theme so I repainted the Tallarn Sand and then painted the skeleton in Karak Stone.

Applied the wash again.

Then drybrushed the skeleton with Karak Stone again.

Followed by a drybrush of Bone.

Drybrushed the sand with Tallarn Sand to highlight and the skeleton with Skull White. Next was to add some detail with dead grass and all done.

Some pictures showing the Conan miniature for scale.

Vitor

Skeleton of a Beast - Terrain - WIP

I found this glow in the dark skeleton of a dinosaur in a kids magazine as a promotional gift and purchased it with the idea of using it to make some terrain.

The model came in several parts and I plan to make two pieces of terrain with it, one a desert based type and the other will be a jungle scene.

I started with a base of hard board or MDF then primed the skeleton with black primer and then glued the skeleton onto it. I cut some of the bones off to make the pose a bit more realistic.

Once that was dry I applied quick drying gap filler, used for walls, to the base for the ground. Once dry I applied some PVA glue and a some sand.

Next up the painting.

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Ogre Hut - Terrain - Finished

Painting the Ogre hut began as with most of my terrain projects with a primer of black spray, followed by a base colour of leather brown for the hides and a darker brown for the fur roof.

I then drybrushed the hides with a lighter brown, then a final drybrush of Bleached Bone.

The fur was drybrushed several shades of brown, with a sandy yellow to add highlights, some patches were done in shades of grey for variety, representing different animal furs.

Next was to apply some washes to the hides, mostly flesh wash and agrax earth shades.

Lastly I completed the base with my ground black pepper and herb technique and did some more shading with washes to blend everything in.

I am very happy with the way this piece turned out.

Vitor.

Ogre Hut - Terrain - WIP

I have been wanting to make this piece of terrain for a long time now but never seem to get around to it until now that is. It is based on the article from the fantastic book 'How to Make Wargames Terrain' from Games Workshop.

I used an empty plastic yogurt tub as the basic shape. I made the rounded roof with quick dry filler that you would use to fill cracks in your walls. Next to create the wooden structure I used toothpicks and greenstuff.

The leather hides were made from textured paper used for painting watercolour pictures cut out into hide like shapes. I added a small entrance into the hut for added detail. Next was to glue the 'hides' onto the sides of the hut and take note here, there is a correct way to do this otherwise you will end up with strange overlapping so take a minute to lay out your pattern before you glue them down. I made that mistake and am hoping the painting will not make it noticeable.

As I said earlier I was only using the article as a guide so I went for a facecloth for the roof covering which is meant to be bear or similar animal fur.

The piece was based on MDF board for strength and again I used the filler for the ground covering. I will be adding sand as well.

Next painting it all up.

Vitor