Ghost Archipelago Parapet Markers

[Rob Dean]

The club's next Ghost Archipelago campaign starts this coming Saturday, so I am taking advantage of the day off to make sure that I am ready.  We are starting with new crews, and my new spell caster (warden) has a spell to create a little piece of blocking terrain, so I decided that I had better make a few today.  I am hoping/expecting that 6 of them should be enough. The parapet is supposed to be 2" long and a half inch high, so I pulled out some 50mm cavalry bases to stack stones on.  

 

Step One:

 

Glue on stones and wait for things to dry.

 

 

Edited January 21, 2019 by Rob Dean

[Rob Dean]

And I got them sprayed in black primer this morning...

[Rob Dean]

 

A light coat of Reaper Shadowed Stone paint; next drybrush the rest of that triad. 

[Rob Dean]

 

Drybrushed and sand added around the edges...last stop, grass...

[malefactus]

3 hours ago, Rob Dean said:

 

Drybrushed and sand added around the edges...last stop, grass...

 

...some moss on the stones would add interest & a splash of color.

[Rob Dean]

2 hours ago, malefactus said:

 

...some moss on the stones would add interest & a splash of color.

 

That’s true. Would you do that with fine flock and glue, or with paint?

[malefactus]

41 minutes ago, Rob Dean said:

 

That’s true. Would you do that with fine flock and glue, or with paint?

 

I us fine flock from Woodland Scenics or, lately, Green Scene Scenery from Scenic Express. Normally I stick it on with hot glue then do another partial layer with crazy style glue.

I paint mine in progressively brighter shades of green, but I am a fanatic.

[Jordan Peacock]

RE: Malefactus's idea: I sometimes use some old dark-green coat thread (frayable to make branching "limbs") in combination with flocking, for a suggestion of creeping vines.

[Rigel]

4 hours ago, Rob Dean said:

 

That’s true. Would you do that with fine flock and glue, or with paint?

Agreed with the above--fine flock for moss, but if you want to make it look like lichen, paint is good for that. 

[Rob Dean]

With the game tomorrow, I think I’ll call these good enough:

 

[malefactus]

OUTSTANDING! you did a SPLENDID job with the scenicing. ENJOY THE GAME!

[Rob Dean]

My SO's observation on this is that it's odd that you have to paint real rocks to make them LOOK like rocks...

[malefactus]

15 minutes ago, Rob Dean said:

My SO's observation on this is that it's odd that you have to paint real rocks to make them LOOK like rocks...

 

The "real" thing rarely translates as realistic in miniature

[Crowley]

On 1/25/2019 at 11:09 AM, Rob Dean said:

My SO's observation on this is that it's odd that you have to paint real rocks to make them LOOK like rocks...

Funny, isn't it? 

 

Rocks look good though!