Friday, 5 May 2017

Throwing down the gauntlet! - WiP 4

hi guys

No YouTube video for you today, to the relief of some I'm sure! I just wanted to show the progress I've made with this project so far.

As you know I've been beavering away making the basic tiles, sewer tiles and walls. What I wanted was to get the bare bones of the dungeon/sewer completed before starting on the more bespoke, interesting pieces like bridges, traps and other interactive terrain. 

So what have I got so far well..... 

i've done a few walls!
As for the sewers themselves, a blogging buddy - Jez suggested that they could benefit from sewer 'gators, a suggestion I was more than happy to take on board and here they are from Wargames Foundry. 

pre-pour
I received two in my order so I decided one should be under the waterline and the other above. So before I did the final resin pour I added a 'gator and poured the resin over until just the very back of the creature protruded out of the water! The other I left out so it could be placed where needed.



Next up was some bits I got from Salute! First of all are some hard resin, pre-painted pieces I got from a trader - DMB Games.  They are part of a set of scatter terrain they've made for their dungeon tiles.  I went for the packs with the fire pits in them.  You can take the fire out, leaving just a log pile or not.  I just needed to paint the flames on, they come in a pack with barrels, chests and other pieces and just look fab.

with the fire seperate


I'm also currently working on a load of monsters and heroes as well as a few other terrain pieces but that's all i've got for you today.  Last pics are of a sample layout of the sewer system.






hope you enjoy
dGG
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30 comments:

  1. Carrion Crow5 May 2017 at 08:29

    Yay, alligators in the sewers! Very cool, Andy. A very nice pie e of work. I have to admit that i initially thought the walls were going to be too thin, if you know what I mean, but now that they're all in place, it looks very, very good. With a similar look to Dwarven Forge stuff, but obviously a bit more cost effective.

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    1. Da Gobbo5 May 2017 at 08:39

      Very labour intensive though mate. I know what you mean about the walls and I could have doubled the foam up, but once the test pieces were painted up they looked fine and so they stayed as is.

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  2. Hils5 May 2017 at 10:13

    absolutely delightful. I wish I`d had a dad like you when I was young. All this for your daughter`s D&D game, wow you need to be called super Dad. This is awe inspiring Andy. Separates you well and truly from the procrastinators to one of the `do-ers.`

    I`m so impressed.

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    1. Da Gobbo5 May 2017 at 10:27

      thanks Hils, I appreciate your very kind words. There are of course other applications of the terrain, less altruistic than for my daughter but yes she was the catalyst for such an extensive project. Initially I'd only planned on doing a 7TV2 board for Rich's challenge but it got a little out of hand...

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  3. Zabadak5 May 2017 at 12:19

    Great looking DnD board; it does really make you want to play on it!

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    1. Da Gobbo5 May 2017 at 12:25

      I can't wait to try it out mate, loads more to do but already really usable

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  4. Stephen Gilbert5 May 2017 at 12:50

    Makes me want to play on it too.

    **sniffs** make me a couple would you Andy mate, oh and a spare for good measure. Just ship is priority courier and put Fragile all over the crate case packaging, there`s a good fellow. ^^

    This is simply incredible Andy. Impressive or what, wow!

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    1. Da Gobbo5 May 2017 at 13:58

      Thanks Steve. the videos are pretty good at explaining their construction mate ;-P

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  5. Dave Stone5 May 2017 at 14:52

    Looks very impressive Andy, like the addition of the alligators and good call on sinking one into the resin. Can see a lot of uses for this and very practical with the moveable walls if slightly labour intensive, your effort truly paid off

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    1. Da Gobbo5 May 2017 at 18:00

      Thanks mate, you just wait and see how your terrain bits fit in. Video soon

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    2. Dave Stone5 May 2017 at 18:14

      Cool look forward to it

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    3. Da Gobbo5 May 2017 at 19:49

      Damn video is causing me grief due to some backing music I used....

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    4. Dave Stone5 May 2017 at 21:10

      Oh the life of director and producer, I believe that is a lot available for free download all you have to do is credit the artist

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    5. Da Gobbo5 May 2017 at 21:27

      YouTube is a pain in the butt, the offending music is a segment of the video and I can't join the pieces together because of one song....

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    6. Dave Stone5 May 2017 at 21:59

      Nightmare mate, hope you get it sorted without too much headache

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    7. Da Gobbo6 May 2017 at 11:50

      I've had to lose some audio in the middle of the build which is annoying. It's all a learning curve

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  6. Stephen Gilbert5 May 2017 at 15:55

    Sorry to hijack your post a moment Andy, just wanted to let you know She... SHE ARRIVED WOOOHOOOoOOO!!!!! just now in the post. Oh Nim is simply amazing. thanks mate :)))

    email sent too.

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    1. Da Gobbo5 May 2017 at 18:01

      No worries buddy, my pleasure

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    2. Blaxkleric5 May 2017 at 19:23

      Delighted to see you got hold of a copy, Steve. What a tip top gesture by Andy. This really is a great little hobbying community. Now if only he'd pop all these wonderful terrain in the post for me to use ;-)

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    3. Da Gobbo5 May 2017 at 19:48

      Simon, you are totally welcome to come to da Grotto for a game or two but I'm afraid the terrain has to stay... :-)

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  7. Michael Awdry5 May 2017 at 17:13

    That is superb Andy, the alligators were an inspired touch! Really impressive build.

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    1. Da Gobbo5 May 2017 at 18:02

      Inspired by young Jez and they really work don't they ;-)

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    2. Carrion Crow5 May 2017 at 23:23

      "Young Jez" - ah, bless you...lol

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    3. Da Gobbo6 May 2017 at 11:49

      Don't get too fluffy Jez, I call my elderly patients "young" too... lol

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  8. Vampifan5 May 2017 at 19:12

    Great work, Andy, and usable in so many settings - fantasy, contemporary and/or sci-fi.

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    1. Da Gobbo5 May 2017 at 19:45

      Absolutely mate, so many uses from Bushido to Pulp to D&D to 7TV2e

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  9. Rod8 May 2017 at 00:10

    Very cool dGG. Those will be handy for lots of purposes.

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  10. Anonymous8 May 2017 at 09:41

    Very, very, VERY.. very nice Andy.

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