Thursday 9 August 2012

Some Ruins

I wanted to make some ancient ruins to use as "rough ground" for our 28mm Impetus games, I also wanted them to be generic enough to cross over into a few different periods. I've been thinking about how to go about doing it for some time now, should I start from scratch or maybe cast up some bits and pices in Hydrocal first ? Procrastination took hold and nothing was ever going to happen soon........then I saw some Amera plastic scenery on one of the local shops web sites..........ahhh perfect !..... and easy !

First I cut them out and stuck them onto some 3mm MDF, also adding a few extras such as modelling ballast, sand and rocks etc




Left to dry overnight, they were undercoated in white Gesso and painted with craft paint a very pale cork colour, almost a pale flesh. Once dry I used ( wait for it...... ) Army Painter dip ! I've had a tin for sometime that a friend gave me, who also had it for sometime..... no idea what I was going to use it for, TILL NOW. So I slapped it on. 




Fantastic !

Left to dry overnight again, I then knocked back the shine with some matt varnish and added some flock and a few tufts of grass .............. done ! Not bad..... and quick.



9 comments:

  1. WOW, you've bought theses vac form pieces to life Richard and some clever solutions. Well done ol'boy, well done.

    I looked at those on the site and wasn't sure on the best way to get the best out of them, next order.

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  2. Really nice transformation! Looking forward to seeing them in an AAR.

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  3. Yes I'm in a little shock as to how well these turned out. Vac form stuff normally doesn't do it for me, but these did come out OK.

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  4. Very interesting post, comments and photos are very nice...as your blog, I'll come back, great work!

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    1. Thanks Phil, glad you enjoyed this little project.

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  5. These are great! Got the link from TMP . Any chance you'd let us share our facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Amera-Plastic-Mouldings/339773496075836 people love to see what can be done with our products, and think this blog will inspire! Jane from Amera

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  6. Hope Ok to post again, asking if we can share your blog, I know there is a facebook share button but prefer to get permission first. Apologies for public contact and hope to hear from you regards Jane from Amera

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    1. Yes Jane please feel free to share this on your Facebook page, not a problem at all. I'm very fond of Amera products.

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