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Monday 3 November 2014

Terrain is everything - Project Ω - Realm of Battle Board - We can rebuild it!

What we have here is the first 'real' step to the restoration of Ferron Proxima. The shadow wash solved the Polyvine problem but here we see the true colours shining through. The bottom board has had it's coat of Vermillion craft acrylic. I was slightly more judicious with its application this time as the shadow wash was heavier to counter the Polyvine so I was having to cover black shadows instead of darkened Red Oxide, if you follow.


Now it took a suspiciously long time to do the first panel which may indicate I added too much and subsequently was less enthusiastic with it's application on the remaining tiles. 


I don't know whether the strength of the application will show up, certainly in these pictures it's not immediately evident but there are filters applied to the images which may not represent 100% colour accuracy [close though].


The second flat board seems to be of a similar tone and we are still saving some of the past effort.


Although it may look a fraction darker in this comparison...? However I think I fixed the boards in respect to taking the highlight to the edge a little more. I was concerned the tiles would look distinct, I think I've mitigated that compared to the first time around.


here you can see the right side of the board highlighted. Some may think I'm flattening out a perfectly acceptable finish but you can just see some Polyvine remnants in the top left corner so close up this far from the perfect finish so I have to fix it. There are still highlights to add to this which will bring back the contrast we gushed about first time around.


Bang! and the Polyvine is gone! All back to an acceptable first pass of highlights.


On with the Pumpkin, mixed in with Vermillion. Once again it was only a small amount of Pumpkin and I made sure not to highlight any tile edges, only board texture, and random spots across the board for variety.


This was followed by a pure Pumpkin highlight on the extreme edges and adreas of 'high traffic'


Overall I think I managed to recapture the original.


But the proof of the pudding, as they say, is in the eating [although the lighting is a little off between the two pics they are pretty much bob on] ...


Close up I may have added a little more Pumpkin despite the above picture suggesting otherwise.


And on with the spatter. i managed to get some bigger blobs in some places, which was nice


However, there is definitely a diagonal 'swathe' in the bottom left hand corner resulting in the spots having a direction. Not optimal but I can live with it after all the drama thus far.


I did however object to the three larger blobs of Bonewhite, an example being the one on top of the hill. And so went at it with a damp cloth. Of course it didn't come off cleanly and despite a similar 'rescue attempt' on paint bristle last time around I didn't learn from my mistake and the end result probably looks worse than if I'd just left those three larger blobs. Clearly I need to have a lesson beaten into me to take notice!


So, next up the extra shading and then fix the skulls...

9 comments:

  1. Looks fantastic man! I think the further highlights really add to the look as well.

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  2. Dave this just looks so nice. I actually get excited as I scroll down and see everything come together. What a great job! I can see where keeping all the tiles in the same "color scheme" is a daunting task!

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  3. An interesting, very creative and most impressive job...looks great!

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  4. Your efforts are inspiring.

    As an opposite scaler I should point out that my first table was painted with the closest match of Goblin Green that my local decorating shop could get - that's it.

    I thought it would complement the fact that most people painted their bases Goblin Green, and blend into the background bringing the models and scenery forward. I was wrong.

    I give me 0.
    I give you 10.

    :D

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  5. Fantastic! Way to push past the earlier mistake. It serves as a nice example of perseverance, which is very important in this hobby.

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  6. Happy for you mate & if I'm honest I think it even looks better then befors.

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  7. I think the latest update shows an improvement and a very realistic mottles effect.

    Thank you for showing all the work-in-progress shots.

    Tony

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