tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15312232.post116630895728439825..comments2024-03-28T18:21:10.728+11:00Comments on The Duchy of Alzheim: Urban SprawlBloggeratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15501347647235993401noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15312232.post-1166432534216329232006-12-18T20:02:00.000+11:002006-12-18T20:02:00.000+11:00I'm not going to chop every wall around, but do ta...I'm not going to chop every wall around, but do take your point.<BR/><BR/>Connoisseur miniatures might help me bulk out and vary my Elites then?<BR/><BR/>Sounds like a plan.Bloggeratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501347647235993401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15312232.post-1166430715711976702006-12-18T19:31:00.000+11:002006-12-18T19:31:00.000+11:00Good work Stokes.Personally i'd leave the walls as...Good work Stokes.<BR/><BR/>Personally i'd leave the walls as they are - much more useful and utilitarian.<BR/><BR/>As for elite and conniseur - two peas in a pod.marinergrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393687295535460527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15312232.post-1166389445925245712006-12-18T08:04:00.000+11:002006-12-18T08:04:00.000+11:00G'day Ian,It's still early days for me and Elite, ...G'day Ian,<BR/><BR/>It's still early days for me and Elite, but I really enjoyed painting up my riflemen. They have a gangling, quirky look that appeals to me. They take a while longer to paint up than my 7YW figures because they are wearing full equipment, bur do reward the time put in, I feel. I need to get these based up and properly photographed.<BR/><BR/>I'd like to know how they compare to Connoisseur miniatures.<BR/><BR/>The buildings are of foamcore. Working with foamcore is a big timesaver because it's easy to work with cutting-mat, steel ruler and scalpel. The strip edging is all balsa cut from a 1mm balsa "plank" that I am slowly diminishing. The tower is 60mm wide by 40mm deep and 130mm high at it's highest point. The house is 80wx100lx115h. The walls are varying lengths, all between 30-40mm high. The trick is to put the money into the eyecatching bits - windowframes and roof tiles. All model railway accessories and comparatively expensive, but they repay the work. I'd like to get a few bits to dress the "set" with - some barrels, a fountain, a roadside shrine, that sort of thing.<BR/><BR/>The most important thing though is the texturing and painting of the bland, smooth surface of the foam-core board. I stipple on some thinned down plaster filler and then undercoat that black-brown. I work up from that to the pale golden-yellow-burnt sienna mix that I like to use. I stipple the paint on in layers to build a very low-relief subtle texture.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad you like the images,<BR/><BR/>Greg HorneBloggeratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501347647235993401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15312232.post-1166383165416405792006-12-18T06:19:00.000+11:002006-12-18T06:19:00.000+11:00Greg,Nice buildings – I don’t know how you knock t...Greg,<BR/><BR/>Nice buildings – I don’t know how you knock them up so fast! How do you rate the Elite figures? I have often looked at them and thought they would be the ones I’d go for if I ever tried 28mm Naps – I like their scrawny looks!<BR/><BR/>IanStrykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.com