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Spring Cleaning the Frozen City

Spring Cleaning the Frozen City

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Project Blog by richsh Cult of Games Member

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About the Project

Now that I have nearly finished my first band of adventurers they now need somewhere to adventure in. I've dug out a load of old terrain I had accumulated and now need to turn it into the Frozen City.

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Finished it

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Finished it

I’m not going to win any prizes for finesse but I like it and it works well with my other pieces

I bought this

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I bought this

Another buy from Amera Plastic Mouldings

Baby it's cold outside!

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I’m really pleased with this. The weight of the exterior filler around the outside really keeps it solid. I’ve just ordered something else from Amera so that should be next up.

Last Christmas

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Last Christmas

I finally got round to sticking some paint on this  I did the brickwork as I did before in this project. I then used a white spray on the rest. It is a little shiny so mixed a bit of grey with some medium to dull it a bit and will then give it a final white drybrush before varnishing.

Ready for painting

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Ready for painting

With the edges rounded off with the filler and a coat of grey primer it’s ready for painting. Still pondering over how to snow it up.

Ruined my day

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Ruined my day
Ruined my day

I bought this from Amera Plastic mouldings. It is vac-formed. I’m going to fill the edges a little with filler to round them off.

My teeth are swords

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A quick covering of my trusty Valhallan blizzard to finish offA quick covering of my trusty Valhallan blizzard to finish off

I am the last one!

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A quick splash of white over the grey primer.A quick splash of white over the grey primer.

You have nice manners for a thief,

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You have nice manners for a thief,

I think that’s enough. Now for snow.

There's nothing magical about it

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There's nothing magical about it

Contrast applied. I could leave it at that but want to add a little more detail on the teeth and horns.

There's nothing magical about it

Here be dragons!

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Here be dragons!

This is an eBay purchase. It’s quite a rough print but I liked it. Going to throw a bit of contrast at it and see what happens.

Grow, grow, the lightning tree

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Grow, grow, the lightning tree

I painted the bases white, added a little exterior filler to break up the flatness and then finished off with Valhallan blizzard.

How lovely are thy branches

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How lovely are thy branches

I drybrushed a mix a Vallejo Green Brown with Brainmatter Beige all over then used AP black speed paint. It’s a bit of an experiment but looks fine.

Treeeeeeeeessss

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Treeeeeeeeessss

I bought these along time ago so have no idea where they came from. They are 3d printed. The printing lines give them some texture. I glued them onto some old MDF bases I had laying around. I then gave them a base spray of GW Grey Seer then a fine spray of AP Leather Brown. The aim was to let some of grey show under the brown.

A Bridge not too far

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A Bridge not too far

I think that’s about finished. I wanted to add some interest to the arches so glued some toothpicks to them to make a grill. I painted them black and then AP rust paint. Finally I used GSW liquid frost on them. I’m still not sure about liquid frost but it is open so I used it.

A Bridge not too far

Snow is falling all around us

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Snow is falling all around us

Threw a whole load of Valhallan Blizzard at it.

Let it snow

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Let it snow

Using my trusty Wilkos Exterior filler I’ve built up where the snow will go.

Icing on the cake

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Icing on the cake

The chocolate cake of a bridge now looks a little more wintery. Alot of drybrushing of AP Spaceship Exterior and Instar Arctic white using cheap make-up brushes. I need to add some snow now.

Reverse

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Reverse

To match the bridge in with my other terrain the sides of it will be sprayed brown (Leather Brown) and the span light grey (Grey Seer).

Reverse

Restoration

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Some of the card is separating and needs repairSome of the card is separating and needs repair
A bit of superglue was used to toughen up the joins and then the scrapes from a pot of Valhallan Blizzsrd to fill them A bit of superglue was used to toughen up the joins and then the scrapes from a pot of Valhallan Blizzsrd to fill them