Diorama: Tilean town under attack

[Cthulhu]

I went on a building spree and finished all the facades for the next length of houses. Here they are, just placed together with no glue:

One of the doors:

A moody pic…

 

[Chaos_Born]

The street is really starting to come together, loving the higledy pigledy layout of the buildings

 

[Cthulhu]

Thanks!

I'm taking a break from this to paint up a Dark Vengeance box for ebay. Paint log in the Hall of Legends

 

[Primewill]

It's looking great cthulu! Man, those tiles look like a lot of work!

great sculpting, great composition too. keep it up!

 

[Cthulhu]

Thanks, I appreciate it! One more week I hope, then I'll be back in Tilea. Or possibly two…

 

[Vectra]

looking cool.

if you want more texture to the bricks try taking a regular stone and press it against the styrofoam. makes for a very natural look when drybrushed

 

[Cthulhu]

That's a great tip, I'll do that! Thanks!

Right, space marines and cultists and all that is done, and I have an update. I've been making three tiles a day for while now (I have three molds and the clay has to dry over night), and this is how far that got me:

So one roof section, and the whole diorama will have around 16. I think I'll need more molds…

I also extended the tower to make space for a portcullis. Not that it will actually move, but it has to look like it could.

 

[Cthulhu]

Begun working on the tower top:

 

[Cthulhu]

Yikes, tripple post. And unfortunately this update is no more exciting than the last two, just some more work on the tower:

 

[Cthulhu]

Yeah, I'm making extremely slow progress… Been doing some small things in random places, including an opening in the ceiling of the gate were the portcullis will go, some paper templates for the roof of one length of buildings, and a bit of internal stability stuff for the other length:

 

[Mad 'At]

Keep at it man, this is awesome!

 

[Johnny-Crass]

So do you want the adress to ship it to now or later? erv:

 

[Reaper]

I agree with both posts above This town is truly a masterpiece

 

[Cthulhu]

Thanks, you keep me motivated!

I decided to do the detailing around the outside of the gate:

Pretty much identical with the inside, except I didn't have enough plastic tube to make the pillars go all the way to the ground and had to make some "stone" fundaments for them. I was planning to do that on the inside as well, only not so tall, but i kinda like the look of it. What do you think, should I make the inside symmetrical with the outside or give it lower pillar fundaments?

 

[Reaper]

I think it looks better with the stone fundaments than it would look without them And I would say make it symmetrical inside, but it is up to you to decide

 

[Raizi]

Good progress Cthulhu! I can't wait to see this one all painted up and finished.

 

[Kassill]

Awesome work! Can't wait to see the Dead waging war on the living in this little town!

 

[Cthulhu]

Thanks guys! Here's the inside of the gate, now more or less identical with the outside:

Then I made the largest house ready for it's roof. Finally found a use for Pythagoras'.

Also, cobblestone!

 

[BloodbathMcGrath]

Pythagoreeeaaan Theorem ftw! This is a whole lot of awesome. The sheer amount of work you put in to this is staggering, and the outcome is no less impressive. Proof in itself that Rome wasn't built in a day, but it was built carefully! This shall be something for me to take note of and learn from (although I would never attempt such extravagant scenery :O ).

 

[Kassill]

Wow! The detail is incredible! Keep it up! :konrad:

 

[Cthulhu]

Right, it's been a while… I've been busy with A Dance with Dragons, a new Skyrim character, dealing with an eBay shipment that got caught in the storm on the American east coast, being lazy, and other things. Anyway, a little update:

And thank you, Bloodbathmcgrath and Kassill!

 

[xFallenx]

This looks fantastic, the cobblestone turned out really well. Looking forward to seeing more!

 

[russianbeast]

oh wow, MOOOOORE

 

[Alixen]

An epic project, no mistake, and how - watching it progress is amazing.

May I ask how exactly you 'work' the polystyrene? I always try and avoid it, since i've seen how it can look tacky and ruin scenery/dioramas when done badly, but your cobble streets and brickwork are amazing.

Think i'll start my own diorama adventures much more smallscale (read: msondter-base size). Sadly I don't have any room in my home for anything so epic, or to work on it for that matter.

 

[Cthulhu]

Thanks! I first draw the design on the foam with a pencil, then carve it out with a file.

Here are the inner battlements of the longest wall section. It took a while because I made an error when I cut out the shape a long, long time ago, and had to level the top with scrap wood and clay before laying down the planks. I also tried a new style for the crenel supports, wooden beams.