Small Scenics: More Mantic Terrain Crate bits and pieces…

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Once again I have a whole bunch of little bits from Mantic’s Terrain Crate Kickstarter – as with last timne, these are not from any particular pack – just from the stuff I considered “ready to paint” without a bunch of additional preparation like resetting with hot water, etc.  Evenb though I painted the shackle tables identically, I painted the “tool” tables as though one was old-timey surgical equipment, while the other perhapos used for Torturer’s Tools.

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These are hedges. Really.

These hedges are fine for moulded plastic. I retextured the ground with Vallejo paste, and added some flock in patches to the ground. I could have covered the actual hedges in flock as well, but it would have been messy and the stuff would probably continue to fall off for a long time to come. Not worth the time – if I’m going to flock hedges, I’d probably do my own fron scratch…

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This little wheelbarrow and bucket could go into a corner almost anywhere across a lot of genres.

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A pile of bedrolls and pouches and a lantern. x3. Painted them with the same colours but with all of the individual components being different colours across the three, though the lanterns each use different palettes.

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A pair of Iron Maidens. Done in brassy-coppery tones for a bit of extra colour over doing them in boring old silver-iron tones.

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And a pair of coffins, with optional skellingtons. They also fit into the Iron Maidens.

17 more little Mantic pieces in 21 bits. Although these were finished across August, you can see why I saved them for a compilation post at the end of the month – and those Skeletons were finished in the last moments of August! These are my final pieces for Dave Stone’s Winter of Scenery Challengeand I should have a post up tomorrow with all of the items I finished for that challenge over the two months.

Mantic Terrain Crate Lookout/Observation Platform

Mantic Terrain Crate BattleZones Lookout/Observation Platform

The next decent-sized bit of terrain I’ve finished this month is this …Lookout, or Observation Platform. I stole the build concept from someone else’s construction that I had found from some random GIS. Sadly, I’ve lost the page so I’m unable to give the original architect their credit right now, but if I ever see it again, I’ll edit this post and drop it in. The reason I really liked the look of it was, essentially, the flexibility it offers.

Mantic Terrain Crate BattleZones Lookout/Observation Platform

This is why I once again decided to go for a dark green – so it could fit into either a battlefield or industrial setting role – though I brought the shade up a little. I think it’d also work for post-apoc settings, though for that a bit more paint chipping and wear would probably help, though I’ve added a bit of that kind of weathering regardless.

Mantic Terrain Crate BattleZones Lookout/Observation Platform

I added the lambda/chevron decals to it as well to give it a small visual tie to the Sedition Wars barricades I painted several years ago. I figures since they both had dark green paint in common, and I wanted to use some more decals to add a touch of interest to this piece. Sure, the shade of dark green is quite different, but, you know, close enough. 😛

Mantic Terrain Crate BattleZones Lookout/Observation Platform

The other decals I used were of course Roman numerals inside a yellow circle, from the many Ultramarines/Space Marines decal sets. Again, combined with the dark green it creates a small visual consistency link to the Micro Art Studios Outpost Vents I showed yesterday. (Or in the background of the pic up top!) And yeah, I had some lighting issues today for this one. Due to the size of the thing, it didn’t fit in my light box properly, and so due to the placement of lights for the gaming table, I had a choice of dark front barriers, or a dark platform. So I kinda went with a mix in the end.

Once again, I’m submitting this for Dave Stone’s Winter of Scenery Challenge but . With one day left of August, I’ve got another 2 posts worth of terrain for it already ready to go up over the next two days, plus depending on how productive I can be tomorrow, another 4-6 posts worth of terrain that are thaaaaaaat close to being finished before September. Plus a personal round-up post. Gonna be a busy day tomorrow!