Until yesterday.
I took some photos Sunday of my layout for my first game of Andrea Sfiligoi's Of Gods and Mortals* that I quite liked but the background room clutter really detracted. I started thinking about how I really ought to get started with the airbrush and make a backdrop to hide the clutter for better pictures. Whited in the sky on a couple of handy still-flattened box lids Sunday. Well, I backed off on learning to airbrush too and finished the first painting as a regular brushed painting with some cheap craft store acrylics I usually use for terrain last night. I'm pretty happy with the mountain, not as much with the clouds. But now I know I can do something good enough to use. With the dam broken, I can start getting better. And maybe start learning that airbrush too.
Anyway, here it is, proof of concept...
Sobek's left flank guard is the mighty BOAR CROC! |
I think my next one will be on foam core to be wider and still lightweight, and not have corrugations to show through. Maybe do two so as to be able to line a 6 foot table edge?
(Thanks to the guys that reported the pictures problem. I was able to see in from Safari on my work machine. I have re-uploaded the broken images by another path and will see if they are visible soon.)
* Published by Osprey. More on the Anubis vs Sobek game I'm doing with it in my next blog post. I think its going to rock.
It looks fantastic! (For some reason I can only see the first picture though.) Cheers, Karl
ReplyDeleteThanks, I guess I'll need to adjust the picture source.
DeleteBrilliant work Ed, the landscape is really well done. One the first pic is visible to me as well.
ReplyDeleteYou say it's crude, but as you can see, it does work wonders.
ReplyDeleteNow see if you can get one along an edge of your gaming table some time.
Seems to be fixed. I see the other two pics from Safari now.
ReplyDeleteLove it mate. There's a big difference in having a decent backdrop. The less-than-photorealistic style works well too, not detracting from the main show but also doing it's part for the whole.
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