I did a slightly different take on the colors that were given on the kit's box. I think the GW treatment made it look too bright, like a McDonald's Playland that fell to Chaos. Not that my take is "all that" but I liked the more muted and mysterious colors. I was going for the look of something forgotten and left to the ravages of the elements.
As a side note, I only used Americana paints on this model. In fact, I use Americana paints on all my terrain. I really like these paints, and find them fairly comparable in working qualities to the "serious" paints. They do take a few coats for even coverage, though. But they come in giant bottles and the paint doesn't dry out. I'm still using paints I bought back in 2003! So overall they're still a great value.
I also completed some craters from GW's Moonscape pack.
Next up is the Arcane Ruins set, which should go fast. I also ordered a couple of boxes of GW's trees. Then after that I think I'll take a break from terrain to get back to my minis.
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I love the temple! Wait 'til you see mine.
Very nice indeed - I'd like to use pone of these for a Blood Bowl team dugout. cheers!
Jerry,
It looks good man, the temple has a very cool (as in cold) look to it. Man, with Rob working on his temple, I should bust out mine and get it finished.
But good work my friend!
That Temple of Skulls looks amazing! Any chance you'll do a painting tutorial on how you got such good results?
Thanks everyone!
@Tim: It's actually warmer than the picture makes it seem. I took the picture next to an open window and I think the reflected daylight has put a blue cast on this.
@Craig: I didn't take any WIP photos while doing this. So not likely to do any sort of tutorial on this. I will say that I just used the basic idea from the GW tutorial and picked my own colors.
Word on the Americana paints. I use them not only for all of my terrain, but also for my figures. When they're thinned out properly, they give an excellent finish, especially for the price.
@Mattias,
I agree. I've used a lot of them for those "niche" colors that I don't want to spend a lot of money on. It does take a lot coats to get the coverage. As you said the price can't be beat, and the range is really nice.
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