The Drowned Earth

I finally got around to assembling my remaining figures for Drowned Earth. Lovely miniatures but definitely not for people new to the hobby. I primed them with a colour forge purple.

I had 3d printed a bunch of quirky bamboo huts on stilts and primed them a kind of yellow brown. They were more fantasy themed than anything, but I wanted something a bit more techy and post apoc.

Printed off a load of greebles, the STL files were from Miscast miniatures. I then added a bunch of panels to the buildings to imply there was some sort of equipment needing vents inside the buildings.

I decided to reprime the buildings to black. I used Monument hobbies paint for the roof and also for the drybrush over the bamboo. I had loosely base coated the black with Vallejo flat brown then drybrushed them with light grey.

Over this I used Vallejo express paints as a wash, copper brown and wasteland brown were used. I was quite pleased with the colours they turned out.

I decided to go with a metal framework for the supports and railings. I drybrushed with light gray, then a bit of silver craft paint. Then used the cloud blue from Vallejo express paints. I was kind of winging it, but it turned out ok

Next up are the rocky outcrops, these will be a lot easier to process.

First I primed them black, then a darkish grey dry brushing. Followed by a lighter shade.

Next I took some army painter washes and diluted them, I slapped these on in no particular order. I used their soft tone, red and green.

Following that I will use an even lighter drybrushing on some areas .

Aside from a little dirty down moss that’s the brushwork done

I had picked up some tall plants at Britcon 23, on a ‘they will be handy for something one day’s basis.

Nervously I added them to the sides of the building, I used super glue and it seemed to do the trick

Next up, I added some modelling clay around the bases to add a little texture. Then I slapped a couple different shades of brown acrylic paint onto the MDF.

Next time to add a little flock and flora. I am not calling them done quite yet. I want to add more clump foliage and some tufts.

There was a time when I would have put the metallic drybrushing on, liked it and left it at that.

There was a time where I would have pushed myself to add the rust, loved the results and would have left it at that.

There was a time where I would have just added flock with some trepidation of spoiling the rust effect, loved the results and walked away.

But I wanted more, I wanted that properly overgrown feel…so I pushed once again.

For this game I wanted a few different types of terrain, jungle housing, some old ramshackle post apocalypse buildings, big rocky outcrops and finally some pre apocalypse overgrown buildings.

I had struggled to find ruins I liked the look of,a lot of the 40k stuff is too gothic for what I wanted. Then I discovered fabricators lab and they hit the mark.

Having printed various pieces off and thrown them together, I primed them black with Citadel Primer. Next I got some cheap silver craft paint and roughly dry brushed all the surfaces . I used a copper paint on the machines and pipes for a bit of tonal variety.

I wasn’t worried about precision for this part because I plan on adding flock and foliage to a lot of the surface area.

Next up I added a bit of verdigris to the copper bits. I plan to add a little rust to sections of wall, but not go overboard as I intend to make the whole item overgrown.

Next step, I glued the larger pieces to some MDF board so I can add various bits of plant life

I finally got a chance to slap some paint on some of the dinosaurs. I decided on the paint scheme using the colour cube designed by Sarah Ranae Clark. It’s more of a luxury item to have in physical form. There’s also a digital version available, but I haven’t looked at that.