Wortbad is an isolated village in the middle of the Harrowmark, deeply
troubled by the undead and corrupted by dark magic. It is surrounded by
endless haunted forests that stretch on for 10,000 leagues in every
direction and overlooked by the jagged, foreboding Everdark Peaks. The
Harrowmark is a land of perpetual autumn, where what little farmland there
is lies fallow and untended, with crops rotted in the fields.
The villagers' only connection to their neighbours is by the flying ship
trade routes overhead. Few dare to set foot in the forests, the risks are
just too great: the creatures within too terrifying. But the galleons of the
merchant fleets plot a wandering course over the treetops, stopping at as
many villages on the ground and settlements on flying islands as they can to
trade, to pick-up or drop-off passengers, to deliver letters and to pass-on
news.
Rotshroud Manse is the Wortbad skyship dock - a landing point above the
level of the trees used by traders and transports (and the odd sky-pirate)
that stop-off at Wortbad in their journeys over the endless, malignant
forests.
Made from a Skullvane Manse (now known as a Warscryer Citadel, but I bought
mine years ago!) with wooden platform as replacement for the observatory tower
(which I had already used for
another project), made from Watchtower top floor and Ruins of Osgiliath floorboards.
I also added a corner the "Ruins of Osgiliath" kit, from the Lord of the Rings
scenery range, broken paving using Shattered Dominion Large Basing Kit
parts and candle-covered gravestones from Spirit Hosts and the Coven Throne.
I undercoated the whole model with Chaos Black spray, I brushed on Dryad
Bark onto the rocky outcrop parts then used Mechanicus Standard Grey spray to
add a zenithal base colour over the whole thing.
I sprayed the platform with Mournfang Brown (using a sheet of paper to crudely
"mask" the bits I didn't want to get brown paint on. This only partially
worked but I wasn't too worried at this point). Then brushed on Mournfang
Brown to the other timber parts.
Once that was dry I very lightly dry-brushed the entire thing with
Ushabti Bone with a one-inch brush and painted the "bone" skulls (not the
"stone" ones) with more Ushabti Bone
I painted all the metalwork with Leadbelcher. Once that was dry I started
washing with Shades.
- Athonian Camoshade on the lower stone parts, concentrating on the areas closer to the ground and painting a "ragged edge" further up, so there wasn't a "tide line" where the green stopped. Also Athonian Camoshade on some random patches on the woodwork, especially the platform.
- Agrax Earthshade on all the wooden areas, most of the metal areas and at random on some areas of stonework.
- Drakenhof Nightshade on all the slate tiles.
- Nuln Oil to all the metalwork, all the "cut stone block" areas and some of the deeper recesses of the other stone areas.
I painted all the sanded areas of the base with Steel Legion Drab Scenery
Paint, then dry-brushed it with Ushabti Bone and dry-brushed a little Ryza
Rust on all the metalwork.
I painted on free-hand angels of death (like the ones on
Fallow's End House) into the shrines I added over one of the windows.
I glued on leaf litter (actually silver birch seeds - I bought a bag
from Antenociti's Workshop) with PVA and Citadel Dead Grass with
superglue. Finally I gave the whole model a light coat of Purity Seal.
Edit (11th March 2018)
The sky-dock is featured on the Warhammer Community blog today!
Looks brilliant.
ReplyDeleteLove the conversion into an 'air port'.
Thanks Riot! =D
DeleteJust seen this on the Warhammer community page. Well done man and well deserved!
DeleteThanks mate! =D
DeleteFantastic!! I love how you placed the dry leaves on some corners. I wish I had the patience to start and finish a project this size! xD
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteI had a week off work with flu. I powered through this project as a way to take my mind off how awful I felt! It worked surprisingly well... =D
Dude, that looks amazing! Looking back through the other posts you linked, I think that the way you've swapped parts around between the various kits has tied them together really nicely. In and of themselves, each one feels a little too different to really gel together, but mixing them up like that did the trick.
ReplyDeleteThanks WestRider! Mixing up kits is so satisfying. It makes them much more interesting to work on than just building them "out of the box". And I definitely wanted them to look like they are all from the same place. =D
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