Cyndra's Minis and Scenery Log, Burn the Westfold!

hero of gondor · **Posted:** Sat Jan 15, 2011 1:08 pm

Where is the progress

Cyndra the Grey · **Posted:** Sat Jan 15, 2011 3:44 pm

hero of gondor wrote:

Where is the progress

Calm down, its here.

The gaming board first got a coat of brown paint and I let it dry:

Then I watered down some glue and put sand on the board:

And in between drying times I started to paint some stuff:

Eomer's armour is a real b***h to paint

I won't be a able to do much more on the board tomorrow because I have a DofE training day which involves putting up tents in a muddy field

Cyndra the Grey

Eaothen-the-brave · **Posted:** Sun Jan 16, 2011 1:27 pm

I remember Eomer's armour.. oh god..

but, I do like how you did yours, would like to see it finished (:
keep up!

Cyndra the Grey · **Posted:** Sun Jan 16, 2011 4:32 pm

Yeh it is quite hard to paint. I'm following bits of a BGiME mag that I got for christmas and I was surprised to find it still had models in it (from Amazon- £7.50). Thanks for the comment.

The sand has been shaken off and then painted and next will be painting the banks and river bed.

(It looks patchy because it is still drying)

Cyndra the Grey

TheBucklandBrewer · **Posted:** Fri Jan 21, 2011 1:29 pm

Looking very promising Cyndra!
Always nice to see a big battleboard in progress! (although it reminds me of the lack of space I have myself, which is why I don't have boards of that size...)

Will follow this space with both eyes mate!
Good luck!

Elros of Numenor · **Posted:** Fri Jan 21, 2011 1:44 pm

Hey Cyndra, thats awesome that you're training for the Duke of Edinburgh! Good luck with that

Cyndra the Grey · **Posted:** Fri Jan 21, 2011 4:24 pm

Thanks very much to both of you guys.

@TheBucklandBrewer: I have done some more work on the board yesterday and so i will update tonight.

@Elros: Thanks, it is fun it's just it takes up a lot of weeked time. I will probably need your luck :lol:

So i will update later tonight.

Drumstick · **Joined:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:57 am **Posts:** 1223

Don't worry I know the feeling. It does take a lot of weekends, and in the winter here you just don't feel like doing anything after school. Anywhoo keep up the good work. Look forward to your update!

Cyndra the Grey · **Posted:** Fri Jan 21, 2011 9:29 pm

Drumstick wrote:

Don't worry I know the feeling. It does take a lot of weekends, and in the winter here you just don't feel like doing anything after school. Anywhoo keep up the good work. Look forward to your update!

You hit the nail straight on the head mate! And here is the update:

Putting some more base coats on Eomer and the elf (flesh looks horrible here)

And the river has been painted:

The colour looks a lot more uniform IRL. I have ordered some water effects and 2 pots of GF9 flock from Total Wargamer so that should arrive early next week.
That's all for today folks!

Cyndra the Grey

hero of gondor · **Posted:** Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:30 pm

Everything looks very promising especially the game board , keep it up!

Cyndra the Grey · **Posted:** Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:37 pm

Here is some more progress on Eomer. I got annoyed with him and couldn't be bothered doing anymore highlighting so he is getting based now:

Any my order came today!

And a question: How should i seal up the ends of the river so the water effects don't spill of the edge?

Cyndra the Grey

theavenger001 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:15 pm

You could try taping some plastic (like from the top of am ice cream tub) to the ends. I don't have experiance with water effects, so that might not be secure enough though. I guess you will also have to be careful not to have the water effects 'lap' up onto the end piece and make a 'lip'.

Cyndra the Grey · **Posted:** Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:20 pm

That's a good idea, i'll have a look for some now. Thanks for the quick reply.

Oldman Willow · **Posted:** Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:16 pm

Quote:

How should i seal up the ends of the river so the water effects don't spill of the edge?

I use packing tape. Don't pour the water to deep. It will take a long time to dry.

Cyndra the Grey · **Posted:** Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:35 pm

Yep, i used the brown tape stuff. I have just pored the WE, but luckily I am going away to Newcastle for the weekend so it have the whole weekend to dry.

Cyndra the Grey · **Posted:** Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:12 pm

Well the water effects turned out well although you can't see it at all from the pics:

And i have started on the bridge:

Thanks,

Cyndra the Grey

garmenhord · **Posted:** Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:00 am

This is definitly going in the good direction!

I wanne see more :-D

Keep it up Cyndra!

Drumstick · **Joined:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:57 am **Posts:** 1223

Looks good Cyndra and some nice progress coming along. Your river does look a little flat, so if you wanted you could add a layer of transparent silicone which would give you a nice depth. You would also maybe need to colour it a little, so you could see the colour of both the water and the bottom of the river... if you see where I'm going. Anywhoo keep it up, look forward to see your board done up.

Drum

Cyndra the Grey · **Posted:** Thu Feb 03, 2011 4:15 pm

Thanks for the comments guys, I should be able to post a pic of the bridge tomorrow.

Drum: On the photos I must agree the river has no depth but IRL it does look pretty deep it's just it is quite hard to capture shiny surfaces on camera. Thanks for the tip though

Cyndra the Grey · **Posted:** Fri Feb 04, 2011 8:18 pm

Well here is the finished bridge:

It will be painted tomorrow probably.

Cyndra the Grey

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