tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post143871912499159916..comments2024-03-26T23:08:31.051-07:00Comments on Somewhere the Tea's getting cold...: Shrine of Rigg - Ground FloorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-16818226230955662962016-03-06T14:11:50.486-08:002016-03-06T14:11:50.486-08:00Thanks foe the tip Zhu - didn't make it in the...Thanks foe the tip Zhu - didn't make it in the end but would have been interesting to see it!Thantsantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902730729032525538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-81450618069063804902015-11-13T00:51:06.835-08:002015-11-13T00:51:06.835-08:00Hey Thantants! The Serpent Son is being shown Feb...Hey Thantants! The Serpent Son is being shown February 26th 2016 at Nottingham Lakeside Arts Centre. More info <a href="http://www.lakesidearts.org.uk/special-events/event/3077/the-serpent-son-agamemnon-of-mycenae-and-men.html" rel="nofollow">on their website</a>. Thought you might be interested if you were around the area at the time.Zhu Bajieehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13945636483237344750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-45952577296568016842013-06-23T01:09:30.472-07:002013-06-23T01:09:30.472-07:00Don't forget to stop by the gift shop for your...Don't forget to stop by the gift shop for your Rigg statuettes, ritualistic sacrificial kitchen knives and limited edition, hand crafted in human bone, Koka pipes!Thantsantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902730729032525538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-56637452088051490192013-06-23T01:08:01.697-07:002013-06-23T01:08:01.697-07:00I've often thought of texturing the base early...I've often thought of texturing the base early on as well but because it'd probably end up with all sorts of colours splattered on it I've figured its better to do it towards the end. I just need to touch up the feet sometimes if I haven't been careful enough drybrushing the sand around them,although sometimes it looks quite good as muddy boots!Thantsantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902730729032525538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-23284162542114811002013-06-22T15:44:49.839-07:002013-06-22T15:44:49.839-07:00Thanks, it certainly does. I was trying to work yo...Thanks, it certainly does. I was trying to work your method out, the bit escaping me was the application of wash straight onto the sand. I tend to texture my bases before painting the figure so the base gets undercoated partially with the figure, then of course I have to waste vaaluable time and paint on the entire base... I must review my method. Springinsfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14088330681756351208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-37473905568383495952013-06-18T01:50:28.963-07:002013-06-18T01:50:28.963-07:00Sounds like a delightful day out!Sounds like a delightful day out!Mr Saturdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03092917415087033316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-25610551092427470782013-06-17T21:26:41.479-07:002013-06-17T21:26:41.479-07:00Cheers Paul - I have to admit there's a bit of...Cheers Paul - I have to admit there's a bit of repetition in some of them as I had to take better pics than I'd managed previously.<br /><br />Back to the dental plaster now though I suppose! Thantsantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902730729032525538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-18987582745317975162013-06-17T21:24:47.016-07:002013-06-17T21:24:47.016-07:00Thanks Zhu - and thanks for bringing that material...Thanks Zhu - and thanks for bringing that material to light.<br /><br />Actually the stone work was fairly easy - just a series of thin layers of a watery drybrush (if that makes sense!) of green artist acrylic over the stone colour. The tricky bit will be maintaining it and matching it between the sections as they're built...<br /><br />I think the scantily clad ones are the most feminist of all - they've clearly already burned their bras ;)<br /><br />Either that or a bit too much Koka and all that Religion has got them a bit too carried away!<br /><br />Thanks to Steve Casey for the Houri - spotted her on his Bring and Buy table at Vapnartak earlier in the year.Thantsantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902730729032525538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-71647631329546320392013-06-17T21:18:45.382-07:002013-06-17T21:18:45.382-07:00Thanks Sean - that'd be the move from 2 megapi...Thanks Sean - that'd be the move from 2 megapixels to 16 megapixels now that I got my new camera back! :)Thantsantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902730729032525538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-81048564250014102552013-06-17T21:17:28.199-07:002013-06-17T21:17:28.199-07:00Actually this fine chap got there first!
Tours I...Actually this <a href="http://bloodforum.treps.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=613" rel="nofollow">fine chap</a> got there first! <br /><br />Tours I think I can manage - and on your right ladies and gentlemen, a fine collection of High Age weaponry and on your left a pile of Norse unfortunates they were used upon in the name of the Great Goddess of Murder and warfare!Thantsantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902730729032525538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-89852964942668167672013-06-17T14:59:05.577-07:002013-06-17T14:59:05.577-07:00Thanks for the blessing - probably should be offer...Thanks for the blessing - probably should be offering up the odd blood sacrifice every now and again to keep the Goddess sweet! <br /><br />I wonder what will make you paint your Amazons up..?Thantsantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902730729032525538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-92233658077587996632013-06-17T14:56:41.160-07:002013-06-17T14:56:41.160-07:00Very kind Michael - its beginning to shape up but ...Very kind Michael - its beginning to shape up but its not even 1/5 of the way to being finished though!Thantsantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902730729032525538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-72203462221099027402013-06-17T14:55:07.727-07:002013-06-17T14:55:07.727-07:00Thanks Steve - glad all those hours spent up to my...Thanks Steve - glad all those hours spent up to my elbows in dental plaster are beginning to pay off!Thantsantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902730729032525538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-125111913915054042013-06-17T14:52:29.484-07:002013-06-17T14:52:29.484-07:00Gaj - you're too kind. And that exclamation ma...Gaj - you're too kind. And that exclamation mark... it means a lot! <br /><br />I reckon the force must be around the 1000 point mark - mostly because of the Wizard and Cold One Riders. Might have to see what I can rustle up...Thantsantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902730729032525538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-38356301114316093222013-06-17T14:43:43.538-07:002013-06-17T14:43:43.538-07:00Looking great Thantsants, this project is coming a...Looking great Thantsants, this project is coming along very nicely indeed! I have been away for a couple of days and have come back to about half a dozen of your excellent posts, fantastic!Warlord Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06477146670213381976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-5287318801043942522013-06-17T14:20:46.445-07:002013-06-17T14:20:46.445-07:00Cheers Springisfield - glad you liked them! There&...Cheers Springisfield - glad you liked them! There's still a few of the old Fantasy Adventurers range that I could do with tracking down to swell the ranks of the Sisterhood.<br /><br />As for basing - I paint PVA glue straight from the bottle onto the top and rim of the base, dip in sand (sharp builders sand I think as it was all I had at the time). Once that is dry the base gets a slightly watered down (only to make the ink go further) Vallejo brown ink wash. Once this is dry it gets a dry brush with Vallejo Earth, then Vallejo Desert Sand and a final one with Vallejo Buff. If I'm being lazy I might leave out the Earth stage. Then its back with the PVA, applied in blobs for a mixture of dark green and summer green static grass - I forget the manufacturer. I've started using more Autumn or Jungle tufts and adding the odd bunch of flowers here and there too.<br /><br />Hope that helps!Thantsantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902730729032525538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-3510636560180175972013-06-17T14:04:15.564-07:002013-06-17T14:04:15.564-07:00Good stuff man! Really like the way you've pul...Good stuff man! Really like the way you've pulled in the source materials into the paint-schemes, think it all works together really well. The temple looks amazing in the turquoise-ish wall (a tough job to pull off) with the warmer yellows in the foreground it really creates a sense of depth (or is that lighting).<br /><br />Not sure how the feminist would feel about the scantily clad novices but The Houri figure as a sacrifice maker is really cool, never knew they did one! zhu bajieehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004498036257289234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-61744099275266214532013-06-17T12:15:29.901-07:002013-06-17T12:15:29.901-07:00Cool concept and execution. I also like how your p...Cool concept and execution. I also like how your photography has been looking in the last few posts.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428727065347379281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-34167019121881311082013-06-17T01:56:56.826-07:002013-06-17T01:56:56.826-07:00Wonderful! You're an old school trail blazer i...Wonderful! You're an old school trail blazer is what you are. When it's all finished, will you do tours of the temple? Mr Saturdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03092917415087033316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-6081506969264414642013-06-17T01:35:06.948-07:002013-06-17T01:35:06.948-07:00Nice one!
Loving the colours on the Amazons, its ...Nice one!<br /><br />Loving the colours on the Amazons, its almost enough to make me get mine out an paint them....almost.<br /><br />May the godess bless this project and bring it to a speedy conclusion.<br /><br />ttfnOrcsbainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06503413518960075929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-87437485742712519232013-06-17T01:13:54.828-07:002013-06-17T01:13:54.828-07:00That is a thing of beauty Sir.That is a thing of beauty Sir.Michael Awdryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07049982879661559305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-47711317336575940202013-06-17T00:30:47.914-07:002013-06-17T00:30:47.914-07:00Inspirational!Inspirational!Steve Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16970745876897456734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-78647088463692196742013-06-17T00:05:15.785-07:002013-06-17T00:05:15.785-07:00There are very few words one can employ to express...There are very few words one can employ to express the wonder of the scenes above. Having skimmed through the ones that I consider appropriate, I thought simple would be best:<br /><br />Nice.<br /><br />Okay. Have an exclamation mark as well:<br /><br />Nice!<br /><br />Won't you do the internet (and therefore the entire population of earth) a favour by putting all your Slann together in one place (say, your temple?) and then taking some photographs? I'm sure by now you must be able to put together 700-1000 points of the fellers?Weazil the Wisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151330356478295441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-1720981981001111792013-06-16T23:55:31.516-07:002013-06-16T23:55:31.516-07:00Stunning temple, stunning painting, brilliant work...Stunning temple, stunning painting, brilliant work. So nice to see the old old figures like the houri and evil priestess painted up and part of the sisterhood. Any chance of a basing tutorial as I am hoping to start on my oldschool bases soon and need advice. Colours used, materials etc?<br />cheersSpringinsfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14088330681756351208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341832496341749426.post-2794357919254834952013-06-16T23:07:13.746-07:002013-06-16T23:07:13.746-07:00Cheers - its making little scenes like that that g...Cheers - its making little scenes like that that get me all excited about the project and will see me through the tedium of casting another few thousand Hirst arts blocks!<br /><br />The game itself should be a fantastic combination of the Norse dungeoneering through the shrine and attempting to escape, the Amazons desperately protecting their Holiest of Holies, while a pitched battle takes place outside as various other factions like Gurgyll Greenwake's gang and the rebel Lizardmen arrive hot on each other's tails - all with their own agendas of course!Thantsantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902730729032525538noreply@blogger.com