Tin Bitz

[...] There's a great tutorial on CoolMiniOrNot about making your own Lava board. I've been wanting to make my own for a while so I thought I'd follow his steps. Here's a pic [...]

[...] The Lava board is finished and ready for gaming! It took a few hours a day over the course of three weeks. [...]

[...] of the lava. I planned on skipping black this time, but I think it adds to the texture. What lava board would be complete without some chaos-worshiper's ruins? For fun I took some extra foam and [...]

[...] touching them again. This time, fortunately, the boards held and it's off to the next step. The next update will have the painting and texture process. :) [...]

[...] sand over it. Once the board is finished I'll go back and make some more dynamic terrain :) The Next update will be detail painting :) [...]

[...] the top. It helps to run the brush over the land area first then test it on a paper towel. The next update will have completed pictures :) [...]

[...] and claw areas. The gold areas started out with a few coats of burnished Gold. I put on a few thin coats to get it to cover evenly. Normally I'd undercoat it with a brown or similar color, but it's [...]

[...] the Priest (Apothecary) almost done with the base coat. Now begins the slow process of layering thin coats of white. Once the white is finished 'll go back and clean up the seams with chaos black. The [...]

[...] to the process. Taking some advice from a friend I painted the bottom of the board with a few thin coats of Flat Black. This took me about two episode's worth of the Office Season 5. After the paint [...]

[...] a pic of his finished LAVA board! What I like the most about his board is the added detail to terrain pieces. This, in my opinion, is what separates it from your run-of-the-mill gaming board. He also [...]

[...] strokes makes the lava look like it's bubbling rapidy. And what would a board be without some terrain pieces! For these I used the same glue for model basing and some fine sand over it. Once the board [...]

[...] angle. Here you can see the edging a little better. Notice the glow on the bridges? The terrain pieces were scrap from the lava areas. I'm planning to make more dynamic pieces later. Somebody [...]

[...] foundation paint as long as it's thinned out a little bit (otherwise it's like painting with glue lol). Slowly I worked in the chaos black to the banner. I took my time around the areas I wanted to [...]

[...] about GW base paints is that they are pretty thick, so much so it's almost like painting with glue lol. I heard this is because they have such a high pigment (oink, jk). Still, a little water is all [...]

Here are a few more pics of the big beast! I put a generous amount of Scorched Earth on the darker green areas of the armor. The spikes on the should [...]

Primed _____________________________ Here's a size comparison next to the Blood Thirster. As you can see he's HUGE lol. I plan on using him as an Ap [...]

[...] Work continues on the Renegade IG army. I was a bit reserved on creating this army, mostly due to the fact that GW keeps raising [...]

[...] More pics of the Renegade IG army. This time it's of the first batch of troops to test the paint scheme. The bodies are from a [...]

[...] did them all together in an evening in front of the tv :) The following day I loaded up the acrylic caulking and started pouring the lava. I found it easiest to make a smooth coat then pour another [...]

[...] it was difficult to match it later. Each 2x4 section used about 1 canister of adhesive and acrylic caulking for the lava. I recommend having 1 of each per section you make. The biggest cost was the [...]

[...] and start making some Orky stuff. After skimming through some old White Dwarf magazines and terrain pics I came up with a game plan: an imperial weapon's cache that has since been taken over, [...]

[...] forces moved towards their leaders. The Blood Angels make their move. Roll a 6 they get the Nurgle Daemons as their target They manage to drop a Daemon prince and some Plague Bearers, but not before [...]