Quar Trench board (Part 6): Bad Painting

 

Hello everyone.  You must have clicked on the wrong link because this is the Blog of Terrible Loss and I'm sure that you didn't get here on purpose....

But since you're here.... wanna see some badly painted terrain boards? 

Trench Terrain Boards Progress

It's been a while since any significant progress has been made on the This Quar's War Trench Terrain boards.  This is because the only space large enough to work on them is in the garage, and it's been very cold this winter. 

But! I remembered that I am a MAN and therefore don't feel things like physical discomfort or emotions, and it was time to get back to work.  Bit by bit, the boards were textured and painted all without documentation.  Eventually the terrain boards actually started to look like actual terrain boards...kiiinda.  

This seems like a Minor Accomplishment Unlocked, and therefore worth sharing.

As a reminder, each section is 2x4, and the whole board looks like this as a 6x4 table:

Now the big brown expanses in front and behind the trenches are going to be flocked and have scatter terrain on them so I'm not super worried about those areas.  It's the other stuff that didn't come out too great.  The wooden planks and the stone aspects.  Still, we'll go in for some closer ups shall we......

(for an extra bit of organization, the close ups will start at the bottom of previous picture and move towards the top).  

A trench line

The stairs behind that trench line.  

The next trench area.

The stone walls show where a bridge will go
 and also, just add some variety if the bridge isn't there.

More trenches and a rock cliff, by the T intersection,

Looking down the board into the intersection.  

Last staircase.

Faith is for Fools

It's not that the paint job is awful, it's just not what I saw in my mind's eye ya know?  But I will cut myself a break for 3 reasons: 1) first time making terrain boards, so bound to make some mistakes,

2) I painted this in my garage where the lighting is very poor and I am going blind, and 3) it's only 60% done.  I have yet to do the things that improve any paint job; a big ol' wash and creative flocking.  

Which is always the drawback of displaying stuff that isn't finished.  Because the vision of what this is supposed to look like exists only in my head.  Just like my version of the movie Jurassic Park but it's a musical where the dinosaurs sing and dance.

And ya'll can only rely on what you see before you, and worse yet, will only have my poor skills to see it through.  

I just need to have faith in the process.  Something that every Youtube terrain video says to do.  And as a MAN, I will finsh what I start (and it's too late to stop now, that would be a waste).   The Vidoes also say to Like and Subscribe and join the Patreon.  To which I say I will gladly Like and Subscribe...

As mentioned, the next steps will be the big ol' black wash and then maybe a big ol' dry brush and then the very big cover everything with flock especially any big glaring mistakes.  And I have a lot of flock and no fear. 

I'm hoping to have the basic boards done by April ish, for use in a local convention.  And hoping to have most of the yet-to-be-built-purposely-made-scatter-terrain done by September.  So I can take these things to Pacificon and flex on the losers that don't have terrain boards.

Segue to Spaceships

Last weekend I was able to go over to my friend Mr. PC's place and enjoy a game in his newly built customized small house I mean Wargaming Shed.  I'm totally not jealous.  I'm happy with my cramped garage full of cardboard boxes and spiders.  I totally don't need a spacious clean area with a wargaming table for games, two desks for painting and assembly, and storage area....

We played a game of Dropship Commander, which is something we've been meaning to do for years.

The game is 10mm in scale, and his miniatures are Gorgeous.
Just like his wargaming shed.

I enjoyed the game and would play again.  Especially since Mr. PC has everything and all I got-s to do-s is show up and make sci-fi noises.  

That's It.  

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Till Next Time.