Blog MerciaBear the Junglist - terrain and painting

Ta!

 

Bit more progress, nothing too exciting! Just going for a simple totem for the top. Will make a good objective. It's had its coat of PVA ready for spraying.

Can't wait to get paint on it to bring it together.

 

Looks amazing! Good job on crafting... Will be an impressive objective marker, when painted...
I like the simple kind of totem/stele on top. Looks like a smaller shrine that's hidden in the jungle...
Are you going to add some plants and stuff? Maybe some wines and bushes... and snakes...

 

All great suggestions... they will contribute to what is shaping up to be a mighty fine terrain piece!

 

curious, are you are planning to paint the stone light gray or light brown?

 

Thanks for the compliments chaps, it will be a pale sandy colour, im not sure but I suspect these jungle ziggurats are all limestone or they wouldnt still be with us! I normally do grey stone so I fancied a change.

Got some aquarium plants on order!

MB

 

Some small progress on my starter set of warriors. Done a couple of test models but mainly for colour composition so no close ups til I'm happy with them!

 

The jungle has arrived! Looking forward to using these in terrain pieces.

Any tips from people who have used them? The more 'realistic' colours are preferred but any tips on incorporating them successfully?

I'll be basing onto slim foamboard. I think PVA will be enough, but the shiny plastic of the plants might make it a weaker bond. Might use green stuff as well.

 

Very cool! Nice bright colors will really make it pop! Otherwise, you would have a beige structure that is trying to be a focal point on you table top.

I like playing with thematic fluff. I could see a story involving the temple "radiating" a power that brings out the full potential in local flora. Maybe even attacks intruders (that might be a fun scenario to play with).

I'd place the most colorful plants up next to the building and the less and less as they move out from it. If they get too heavy, you might even drill a small hole in the base to give it a firm foundation to hold onto.

 

That's a great idea

 

I recommend gluing the plastic plants using hot glue. PVA is just not strong enough to hold those, unless you glue them leaf by leaf, and even so I´d wait some time before attaching the leaves in place to let the PVA settle and become stickier.

 

Finally finished. As soon as the drybrushing went down it just popped.

Dark brown emulsion basecoat, heavy ochre, pale straw, white drybrushing.

Lichen from the Usk reservoir in Wales, plastic fish tank plants from china.

The plants bored through into the foam base with liberal PVA. The foam base is dry and porous it seems to have a strong bond.

 

That's a nice piece of terrain you created there! Really nice!

 

This looks incredible! Seriously amazing piece of terrain. Fantastic project executed perfectly.

 

Thanks very much! Its an easy aesthetic to work with and lends itself to my love of bright colours and high contrast. Ive always wanted to emphasise the fantasy side of it rather than historical realism.

 

Woah that pyramid came along in leaps and bounds

 

I had my doubts,
But in the end I think you pulled it off.
Nice job.

 

Ha, I had my doubts too! The construction was actually quite difficult as all the blocks were subtly different sizes which became amplified when they are all stacked etc.

Next time ill put more effort into doing uniform blocks,and weather and misshape when in situ.