Category: Wargame Terrain

Merry Xmas!

Happy Holidays from Nerdtastic / JST3P.com!

Completed miniatures on display. Click to Enlarge.
Completed miniatures on display. Click to Enlarge.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I’ve been slowly but steadily experimenting with various terrain ideas and techniques I’ve learned and I thought I would take some time this Holiday Season to share the progress of the last couple of weeks.

Games Workshop's Citadel Technical; Liquid Green Stuff. Click to Enlarge.
Games Workshop’s Citadel Technical; Liquid Green Stuff. Click to Enlarge.

I picked up the Liquid Green Stuff from GW so I’ll certainly post a review once I have occasion to use it. It’s meant to fill gaps and holes in miniatures, so I’m curious what the consistency will be like.

Vallejo's Game Color; Imperial Blue. Click to Enlarge.
Vallejo’s Game Color; Imperial Blue. Click to Enlarge.

I’ve been consistently impressed with Vallejo paints so far. This Imperial Blue color is beautiful and the paint performs as other Vallejo paints I’ve noted in the past;  a clean, thinned, liquid texture that’s smooth and easy to work with. My only complaint is that my FLGS is very often sold out of many colors!

Elmer's White PVA Glue gallon jug. Click to Enlarge.
Elmer’s White PVA Glue gallon jug. Click to Enlarge.

You know you’re a crafting geek when you buy your Elmer’s by the gallon! I picked up the gallon jug and then a $0.89 dispenser bottle from the local Sally’s Beauty (my secret weapon for craft supplies, gloves, containers, etc).

$0.89 refillable dispenser bottle from the beauty supply store. Click to Enlarge.
$0.89 refillable dispenser bottle from the beauty supply store. Click to Enlarge.

Picked up these bobby files/needle files. The brand shall remain nameless, but suffice it to say I picked them up from the fire sale they’re still having at my aforementioned FLGS as they would have been fantastically overpriced if they were sold at full retail.

"Hobby Files", or needle files. Click to Enlarge.
“Hobby Files”, or needle files. Click to Enlarge.

 





 

Hobby file with miniature for scale. Click to Enlarge.
Hobby file with miniature for scale. Click to Enlarge.

Lastly, here’s a couple of coming attractions. These semi-circular brick walls are versatile for table top Wargame or RPG terrain, so I plan to keep making them and improving them along the way of course. (I’m seeing a Hot Wire Foam Factory table saw rig in my future.)

Semi Circle brick walls, 1" and 2". Click to Enlarge.
Semi Circle brick walls, 1″ and 2″. Click to Enlarge.

The ugly beast below is now 4 different experiments that I’ve learned from along the way. As mentioned in my last update, I won’t be using the had cut/aged bricks technique any more due to its cartoony/Disneyland appearance. I’m sticking to the tighter, sculpted look I’ve been employing successfully so far.

Experimental terrain prototype. Click to Enlarge.
Experimental terrain prototype. Click to Enlarge.

Tomorrow; Painting and dry brushing! Once again, Merry Christmas, Happy whatever, Praise “Bob”, Hail Satan, merry humanism, whatever floats your boat. I wish love and happiness for all!