Friday 30 August 2019

Terrain is everything - Sanctum Imperialis - TO DONE!

Aah the Sanctum Imperalis… It's taken a while to get the opportunity to take pictures but I needed some to add to last season's hobby review.


It's a big piece and so it's a struggle to fit it into my homemade light box but I got there in the end.


As you may recall this was a project not without challenges, in particular the 'bold' choice of full verdigris on buttresses, supports and skirting boards.


The red glass lighting also suffered from a lack of contrast that I repeated on my Ravenwing Dark Shroud - sometimes Tamiya Clear Red X-27 is too good.


But the colour choices were made to stretch me, to do something more challenging than just the weathered brassy bronze and as you can see the Ferron Proxima background finally gives it the context it needed.


On the full red/orange background the verdigris provides the ideal framework to break up the monotony of the red rockcrete walls.


With the cream interior adding another dimension.


I can't wait to eventually see these used on my Realm of Battle board, although that could be a long time hence.


I had plans to add some creeping yellow flock up the walls and around the buttresses but didn't get round to it.


I did get the occasional propaganda poster in though ;)


And the white background pics, which aren't totally without merit.


At least it matches the interior a bit, there's consistency and sense of reason that grounds the turquoise.


But as I've maintained buildings in real life are not always colour-matched and consistent.


They often have elements that are incongruous and garish. So whatever the result I committed to the aesthetic and executed it.


Better late than never the [last] Big Teal Stamp of Approval for 2018/19 and completing some terrain!


4 comments:

  1. You know I loved that choice all along and I think it really paid off. you need to pop these on a single realm of battle board and get your armies on parade set out.

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    1. Thanks, it's a little bit of a relief to hear someone likes it. It helps a bit to reconcile. Indeed I need to do a full display at some point.

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  2. Really enjoyed following along with this one, and thanks for posting the final beauty shots! Any plans to expand on it in the future?

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    1. I have the TT Combat MDF building in the same colours but it's on hiatus. I've also got the Shrine of the Aquila to build and paint. Lastly the Galvanic Magnavent set but that will be more like my Genestealer Cult Sentinels.

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