MOAB 2008 on Display

Well here's the town as it appeared at MOAB















A fellow offered to buy the whole town :O

Lighthouse almost finished2

Coffee stirrer vs Paddlepop stick - note the difference , someone asked what was the difference.


got all the railings done, now to stick on dirt and a all the boxes and barrels.

Lighthouse almost finished

Lots of work trying to get the lighthouse done for MOAB. I've painted most of it already then trimmed the railing supports and glued it together. For new railings I used coffee stirrers. Used the same for the upper railings. I've put a heap of random stuff around the base they still need detail painting and glueing on. The thing I'm undecided on so far is what to do with the base, should I do it as decking or just ground with sand and grass.

Progress on the Lighthouse

Yo ho me hearties, bit a progress on the light house, I've been a bit lazy model wise lately, bit too much Soul Calibur. Arrch and Paul back from holidays gave me a prod to get working again

Wharehouse assembled

Got some work done on that little wharehouse, finally drybrushed all the wood parts and got around to tiling the roof, man it takes ages to do those tiles, either you have to take your time cutting long strips of tiles or in gluing on individual ones, either way it takes ages. I've gotten it base coated since I took the pics so just need to wait for it to dry then drybrush it.







Since I built a floor in there and made the roof removable I may as well put stuff in there so I've got some wooden crates in there.

Gallows and Redcoat

Small update. Finished off the gallows yesterday, tried out a few of the new GW washes to paint the victim. They are basically paint mixed with matt medium, seem quite useful.









the red coat I painted this morning. Have a squad of them to use as town guards/ navy crew. Not sure if I should base them with cobblestones or with decking like everyone else.

A small wharehouse

Been working on another kit building. Did a lot of engraving on this one as it had a neat log cabin sort of look printed on it which looked nice but of course that wouldn't show once painted. It was a small windmill kit but it's going to be a small warehouse, thus the open window with crane above it.




think the pulley made from circles cut from the end of coffee stirrers and wire worked out well.


with the Tudor style I thought I'd try painting the parts separately and then glue them together.




I rebuilt the platform it originally had to fit a mini with base on it and then made new stairs from paddlepop sticks.


the roof overhangs a fair bit because the original roof angle was about 55 degrees which was extreme, especially next to my 30 degree roofs. I cut it back to 45 degrees.

Finally a tiny bit of progress on the lighthouse, found this vending machine toy egg container which was perfect for the top. Not sure if I should paint it smooth or cover it in small tiles.

I was going to build a mini base fitting platform on the top but it would have ended up very goofy looking so I will just add a railing to the top that is already there and live with no snipers getting up there.

The lower platform had a railing but I think it was a bit clumsy looking so will do a new sleeker one with more posts from match sticks. Was considering covering the deck in stirrers to look like decking but it may suffice just all painted brown.

Pegs?

Neat idea a guy at work had was to use pegs as supports under balconies and as trim around stuff, will have to try this



like the sides of the window here

Scumm Bar Sketches

Been working on odds and ends like basing and painting palm trees and the gallows and carts, will post pics of them as I finish em off. In the mean time here's a few sketches for the essential Scumm Bar. Still trying to work out how big to make it and whether to follow the Monkey Island 1 or 3 look.






I like the idea of the display table, may even be able to run a demo game of Legends of the High Seas (maybe). Depends if I can have enough pirates and marines painted up in time.

...and with Minis

and here's the town with minis