It is coming... after all. My Apocalypse Collectors version really did make the cut at the last minute and is winging it's way here. A more thorough review of the box when it arrives.
Today is another chapter in the Realm of Battle board saga. I bought the extensions some time ago from my FLGS (
Active Imagination) and they sat, languishing in the corner. A couple weekends ago, I decided it was time to get them ready for Space Wolf corpses, so I had better get to it.
So here it is, in pictures...
The boards, primed in white acrylic primer and the rocky areas sprayed with Black. The primer is any cheap acrylic primer from a hobby store (Hobby Lobby or Michael's ...), no need to wasted Valejo or <god forbid> citadel primer on this. Scuff up the boards a bit too with really light sandpaper (after you wash them in water and dish soap, like you do with all your plastic minis, right?)
The two boards after having been painted with acrylic tube paints (thinned with tap water, no special care needed here). I used umber/sienna colors to match the theme of the old boards. This step helps in case you get a divot or ding in your flocking. I tried to roughly feather the colors out from the black to the lightest shade, but having variation and hard lines no and then does not hurt. If you ever look at "real" terrain from high above (i.e. an aircraft) you'll see that nature is made up of some blends and some very hard lines. You'll also notice that even in the most unending 'boring' terrain, there is a vast amount of texture and hue difference. Even flying over Kansas wheat fields you see marked differences in the texture and color beneath you.
Again, a closer shot just to see where I airbrushed some paint for fun, brushed and generally played around with it.
