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Moonstone Christmas Surprise

Moonstone Christmas Surprise

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Project Blog by mrstu

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About the Project

OK first time I’m trying this in a long long time. Surprising my little gaming group this Christmas with Moonstone. I’m doing a not so secret, Secret Santa. I’m picking up three factions for moonstone wrapping them up in three mystery packages. So that during our Christmas game we can randomly pick a faction. That bit’s easy purchase the boxes wrap them up and then on the dat we Ro Sham Bo for the privilege of first choice. Obviously to play we will need a gaming table to play on. That’s where we begin. I’m aiming for a 3x3 dark fantasy ruined/ghost town themed table. But obviously plans can change.

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I don’t need anymore stairs now.

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3D printed items added to the board. No more stairs needed I think. 3D printed items added to the board. No more stairs needed I think.

Sat watching the telly and threw these together

WIP - So a friend printed some toys for me.

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In the immortal words of Alan Titchmarsh famous TV celebrity Gardener “ The hard landscaping is done. In the immortal words of the Knights who NEE “We want a Shrubbery”. Basically I need to add some greenery to the board take the sharp edges off of the board. In the immortal words of Alan Titchmarsh famous TV celebrity Gardener “ The hard landscaping is done. In the immortal words of the Knights who NEE “We want a Shrubbery”. Basically I need to add some greenery to the board take the sharp edges off of the board.

What do you do when you’re bored?.. You make more stairs.

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Just a small layout to give me an idea of the direction the board is going in. Just a small layout to give me an idea of the direction the board is going in.

So I want one setup on the table to be a Necropolis/Graveyard board. The three different tiers will be covered in mausoleums and gravestones overgrown and run down.

What do you do when you’re bored?.. You make more stairs.

Someone did some printing for me.

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So I had some bits of terrain printed for me. I mentioned before (I think) that one setup for the board would be a massive necropolis think Highgate cemetery. I think this gives an idea of what I’m thinking of. The whole board even as the town layout is going to look overgrown with vines and moss and crooked trees dotted around. So I had some bits of terrain printed for me. I mentioned before (I think) that one setup for the board would be a massive necropolis think Highgate cemetery. I think this gives an idea of what I’m thinking of. The whole board even as the town layout is going to look overgrown with vines and moss and crooked trees dotted around.

Quiet Sundays

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So sat watching the TV and decided to try something different out and I start to play with some wire and pliers. I will add the Milliputt later but right now just covered with some tape. So sat watching the TV and decided to try something different out and I start to play with some wire and pliers. I will add the Milliputt later but right now just covered with some tape.
Next step will be adding some milliput to texture and make them less poky. Next step will be adding some milliput to texture and make them less poky.

Also spent some time adding more brickwork to a couple of the smaller raised platforms. It’s amazing how satisfied you feel when you just glue some teeny tiny XPS foam bricks to something and it actually makes it look better than you expected before it’s even painted.

What’s left now?

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So far so good now I need to tie it all together. Timber work on the buildings paint and then some weathering and a few washes. Oh and a bunch of scatter terrain. So far so good now I need to tie it all together. Timber work on the buildings paint and then some weathering and a few washes. Oh and a bunch of scatter terrain.

Upper levels

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Added the upper levels to the buildings I’d made. Added the upper levels to the buildings I’d made.

I’ve given the roofs a flat top so miniatures can be stood on top.

much of what I do when I make scenery is done without a plan or design. I have an idea but it’s not fixed I’m prone to changing my mind or designs or mistakes might happen so working the way I do doesn’t suit everyone but by being flexible it means when mistakes happen I can roll with it and make it work.

Work So Far

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So this is everything done so far. I need to add second floors to buildings and finish brickwork and timbers. So this is everything done so far. I need to add second floors to buildings and finish brickwork and timbers.
I have enough to go on with faction wise right now including the three factions that are going to be the mystery Santa surprises just need to wrap them ready for random selection. I have enough to go on with faction wise right now including the three factions that are going to be the mystery Santa surprises just need to wrap them ready for random selection.

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