So the sound of crickets is deafening, truth is I haven't done any hobby stuff in ages. Between two jobs and full-time study, don't have time for much and hobby stuff falls to the bottom of the list I am afraid! But fear not! With holidays approaching, I plan to dive into some work on some Pulp City stuff and will be updating this thing as I go!
Keep watching the skis.....er....skys!
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Pulp City Board
Today I started work on the Pulp City board itself. Still need to put the planters/traffic islands in for the palms, but all the curbs are done. I chucked some stuff on to see where I was at. Looks like I will only need three more Sarrisa Precision buildings and one that I plan to scratch build to bulk out the table.
This gives it a sense of what it might look like painted
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Pulp City: Errrr....city....
Now that the commission is out of the way, I can work on the project I've had on my mind for a bit, building my dream table for Pulp City. This includes LED lighting, playable interiors and realistic details. I've been collecting a few bits and pieces and plan to dive into it when I can get some time (new job, two bands and return to study is going to make this a small miracle!).
This is a test piece I did to see how the curbs might look. I like how it turned out so this is the way forward!The cars will get a repaint or at least weathering to blend with the minis better, you might be able to see that the Combi and Jeep have already revived this treatment. The Palms are Pegasus Hobbies Type A Palms and I recommend them highly, great product!
This is a test piece I did to see how the curbs might look. I like how it turned out so this is the way forward!The cars will get a repaint or at least weathering to blend with the minis better, you might be able to see that the Combi and Jeep have already revived this treatment. The Palms are Pegasus Hobbies Type A Palms and I recommend them highly, great product!
Eden Commission Part Two: Finished!
I finally finished the next round of Post Apoc circus terrain. The client was well chuffed. It's awesome to get great feedback, especially knowing now that he would have been prepared to pay more *shifty eyes*
The tank was a bit of a bitch to get right. This ended up being the third attempt to get the water effect right (you can see the first attempt in the previous post). I had to switch resins as the one I was using (Easy Cast clear, which turned out neither clear nor easy to use) needed to be degassed to work properly. Of course I wasn't given this advice on purchase, so after trying some tricks with the second attempt which left it WORSE, I switched up to using a polyester resin. Possibly the most vile smelling substance on earth. That worked out well though, and I still have HEAPS left over (Here's looking at you, rooftop swimming pool for Pulp City).
Justin the client has plans for more stuff later in the year, some pretty exciting ideas such as a funhouse/ghost train and a roller-coaster. Should be fun to do. Anyway pics!
The tank was a bit of a bitch to get right. This ended up being the third attempt to get the water effect right (you can see the first attempt in the previous post). I had to switch resins as the one I was using (Easy Cast clear, which turned out neither clear nor easy to use) needed to be degassed to work properly. Of course I wasn't given this advice on purchase, so after trying some tricks with the second attempt which left it WORSE, I switched up to using a polyester resin. Possibly the most vile smelling substance on earth. That worked out well though, and I still have HEAPS left over (Here's looking at you, rooftop swimming pool for Pulp City).
Justin the client has plans for more stuff later in the year, some pretty exciting ideas such as a funhouse/ghost train and a roller-coaster. Should be fun to do. Anyway pics!
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
The Circus is back in town!
So after WAY too long I have finally nearly finished some new pieces for Justin Circus table. A few months ago he e-mailed me about expanding his circus table from 2x2 to a 4x4 set up. I worked up three more boards and a bunch of other stuff.
This time instead lots of fixed pieces he wanted a more free floating scatter terrain. We decided to push to post-apoc a bit further so that meant lots of barrels, tire piles, chain link and RUST. I added the broken road piece atop the cliff face for the same reason.
He was dead set on the dunk tank idea I had when I finished the last board, and I am mostly happy with how it turned out. The resin did some strange things but I think it lends itself to the toxic nature of the environment so I warmed to the less than perfect nature of the water. I still have to finish off weathering the mirrors and finish building the sideshow toady, but should wrap it by this evening. Finished pics of those pieces when they're done, for now, one MILLION pics (well 43)
This time instead lots of fixed pieces he wanted a more free floating scatter terrain. We decided to push to post-apoc a bit further so that meant lots of barrels, tire piles, chain link and RUST. I added the broken road piece atop the cliff face for the same reason.
He was dead set on the dunk tank idea I had when I finished the last board, and I am mostly happy with how it turned out. The resin did some strange things but I think it lends itself to the toxic nature of the environment so I warmed to the less than perfect nature of the water. I still have to finish off weathering the mirrors and finish building the sideshow toady, but should wrap it by this evening. Finished pics of those pieces when they're done, for now, one MILLION pics (well 43)
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