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I purchased two 3D printed ruins from QP3D Wargames. One of these was the Ruined Steele Residence. They are 3D printed models. I bought the 15mm versions to use with Flames of War, but you can buy bigger versions for other gaming systems.
The first stage was to prime the model with a white undercoat.
I wanted to add some darkness to the model, so I sprayed the underside of the model with a black spray.
I purchased two 3D printed ruins from QP3D Wargames. One of these was the Ruined Waller Residence. They are 3D printed models. I bought the 15mm versions to use with Flames of War, but you can buy bigger versions for other gaming systems.
The first stage was to prime the model with a white undercoat. I wanted to add some darkness to the model, so I sprayed the underside of the model with a black spray.
I purchased two 3D printed ruins from QP3D Wargames. One of these was the Ruined Steele Residence. They are 3D printed models. I bought the 15mm versions to use with Flames of War, but you can buy bigger versions for other gaming systems.
The first stage was to prime the model with a white undercoat.
Here is the ruin with a Flames of War 15mm Tiger for size comparison.
I think I will be using contrast paints on these models as a starting point.
I purchased two 3D printed ruins from QP3D Wargames. One of these was the Ruined Waller Residence. They are 3D printed models. I bought the 15mm versions to use with Flames of War, but you can buy bigger versions for other gaming systems.
The first stage was to prime the model with a white undercoat.
Here is the ruin with a Flames of War 15mm Tiger for size comparison.
I think I will be using contrast paints on these models as a starting point.
I purchased two 3D printed ruins from QP3D Wargames. One of these was the Ruined Waller Residence.
They are 3D printed models. I bought the 15mm versions to use with Flames of War, but you can buy bigger versions for other gaming systems.
The model comes as two printed parts.
As you might expect with 3D printer models there was no flash and the parts fitted together easily. Though I have left them separate for the moment for painting. Looking closely at the model, especially on the sloped areas, you can see the 3D printing plastic layers, but only if you look really closely. I suspect though that dry brushing the models may emphasise these layers.
The first stage will be to prime the models with a white undercoat.
I purchased two 3D printed ruins from QP3D Wargames. One of these was The Ruined Steele Residence.
They are 3D printed models. I bought the 15mm versions to use with Flames of War, but you can buy bigger versions for other gaming systems.
The model comes as two printed parts.
As you might expect with 3D printer models there was no flash and the parts fitted together easily. Though I have left them separate for the moment for painting. Looking closely at the model, especially on the sloped areas, you can see the 3D printing plastic layers, but only if you look really closely. I suspect though that dry brushing the models may emphasise these layers.
The first stage will be to prime the models with a white undercoat.
I noticed on the Amazon site that there are quite a few companies out there who are producing 3D printed ruins at what I think are quite reasonable prices. I also remembered that I have quite a few old style 15mm resin ruins that are in various stages of painting.
I think before I start buying more ruins, I really ought to find and finish painting what I have already.
I have been browsing the web, Instagram and Twitter looking at how people have been basing their Adeptus Titanicus titans. I was a little surprised by how many people were using Epic models and scenery. The new Adeptus Titanicus is a different scale to the original Adeptus Titanicus (and Epic) with a figure scale of roughly 8mm compared to the 6mm of Epic. In other words a third larger!
However I knew I had a box of old Epic 40000 ruins sprues somewhere in the garage and went to hunt them down. I was a little surprised by how many of them I had in the box.
So I took some of the ruins and affixed them to the bases that came with the titans, focusing initially on the Warlord Titan and the Reaver Titan (as I had constructed their legs so had an idea of where I could put the scenic items. I also used some plasticard strip, as well as a few spare parts I had from one of my Ork Aeronautica Imperialis model kits.
Having done that I added some slate rubble from an old Warhammer 40 Urban Basing Kit. This I left to dry before then finishing off the base with some Citadel Sand.
This is the Warlord Titan base.
I then gave the base a white undercoat.
With some Warlord Battle Titan legs.
I did a similar thing for the Reaver. Continue reading “Landscaping the Titan bases”
I have been browsing the web, Instagram and Twitter looking at how people have been basing their Adeptus Titanicus titans. I was a little surprised by how many people were using Epic models and scenery.
The new Adeptus Titanicus is a different scale to the original Adeptus Titanicus (and Epic) with a figure scale of roughly 8mm compared to the 6mm of Epic. In other words a third larger!
However I knew I had a box of old Epic 40000 ruins sprues somewhere in the garage and went to hunt them down. I was a little surprised by how many of them I had in the box.
So I took some of the ruins and affixed them to the bases that came with the titans, focusing initially on the Warlord Titan and the Reaver Titan (as I had constructed their legs so had an idea of where I could put the scenic items.
I also used some plasticard strip, as well as a few spare parts I had from one of my Ork Aeronautica Imperialis model kits.
This is the Warlord Titan base.
This is the Reaver Titan base.
Overall I quite like the bases. The next step will be adding rubble and sand.
I have some of the 15mm ruins from Ironclad Miniatures.
At this time I am using a few of them to check how certain paints of mine are working out, as well as testing out different colour combinations before I try them on the (more expensive) bigger models.
One of the conclusions I have come to is I do need to replace many of the paints in my collection.