That burned down, fell over and then sank into the swamp. |
This is the result of some rather over-watered concrete my wife was doing some life casting with (infant feet, proper memorabilia stuff). "Can you do anything with this?" she asked, handing me a tub of grey slop. Of course I could!
I poured it onto a rough circle of corrugated cardboard, backed that with some blister pack plastic, and got busy with the lolly sticks. It took four days to dry to a point where I could handle it without snapping, as well as two coats of watered-down PVA to give it a bit of extra toughness. But it came out alright after that.
I'd used sticks from the local park as the knocked-down trees I favour, because they look a lot better than anything I can paint or model. Then I forgot to mask them when I sprayed it all black, and had to paint them anyway. Not too bad - Dryad Bark drybrushed with Steel Legion Drab and Underhive Ash, with the broken wood done in Zandri Desert with Agrax Earthshade. It's not life, but it'll do.
Moral of the story - don't summon fire elementals in a wooden structure. |
Once it was painted, I set fire to it.
Elsewhere, some more of my Mantic haul is painted up.
Abyssal Dwarf Lesser Obsidian Golem #1 |
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Nice Golem! Can't wait to see Smeagol!
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