Author: Felix

Melting Scenery Tiles

When Citadel released their first incarnation of Roughcoat it was mentioned in the literature that it was water-based so wouldn’t melt expanded polystyrene.

That first incarnation sold well and I never managed to get a can, then I heard from one GW store that it had been withdrawn as the nozzle would clog after using it just once and they had had quite a few complaints.

When it was re-released I got a can, but just assumed it was still water-based…

It’s not!

After spraying my scenery tiles, I noticed the other day that they had melted…

Luckily it wasn’t too bad and might actually add to the effect I am trying with the scenery, I will take some photographs later.

Ork Squiggoth

This is an Ork Squiggoth which was entered into the UK 2006 Golden Demon awards.

It is a nice concept, but though the painting looks quite good, the overall composition and basing of the model does let it down in my opinion. I am not sure if this is a Warhammer 40000 model or a Warhammer Fantasy Battle model, it’s not a clear concept. I like it, but I would like it even more if the overall concept had worked.

It is a nice concept, but though the painting looks quite good, the overall composition and basing of the model does let it down in my opinion.

This is an Ork Squiggoth which was entered into the UK 2006 Golden Demon awards.

I am not sure if this is a Warhammer 40000 model or a Warhammer Fantasy Battle model, it’s not a clear concept. I like it, but I would like it even more if the overall concept had worked.

Scenery Tiles Update

My scenery tiles which had been languishing in my garage since May 2005 have had quite a bit done to them over the last week or so.

Having stuck some small stones and cork onto the boards last May, I stuck down some ripped up textured wallpaper. I then used a polyfilla white glue (PVA) mix to seal down the edges.

After this was dry, I used a watered down PVA mix and liberally scattered GW sand (the one with the small stones in) over the surface. This was then left to dry.

I then decided to “enhance” the boards with a spray of GW Roughcoat, which to be honest was a bit of a disappointment. The texture is really too fine for desert scenery, but worse the spray can I had was a bit dodgy and sometimes wouldn’t spray or would spray back at me!

The next stage is to spray the boards with some different colours, brown and rusty red.