Coastal Harbour for Trafalgar (1:1200)

[grant]

Although not to do with anything Warlord, I managed to finish a coastal harbour set that I picked up Langton Miniatures about a month ago. Pretty happy with the result, it was a lot of tears along the way, though! Comment and criticisms welcome!







edit - sorry, for the life of me I don't know how to NOT have the right side of the photo cut off! Help?

[Big Al]

Of what we can see, it looks good.
With regard to the photo, reduce the size with a photo editor to 640x480(pixels) and then use the upload attachment tab below the subject box you type in. That should do it. The only other alternative is to use Flikr or Photobucket and give the link to them.

[Invisible officer]

It's a nice Langton Harbour. I like the land structure.

The first fifty or so ships I did are not great, all sold long ago. No idea how many 1/1200 Victory models I build. Learning by doing. Being a member of the 1250 Ship collector group I had many customers for the training objects.

Hope to see your ships soon.

[mikeland]

WOW that is excellent. Love the way you have done the rocks and cliffs, how did you make them?

That looks fantastic.What size is it? It looks about 2 & half foot?. I know nothing about 1:1200 scale gaming, is that board big enough for a game or is it part of a larger modular board?

A well spent weekend.

[grant]

Thanks for all the kind comments guys!
I think it's about 15x15 or so, and is meant to lie on top of a seascape against a board edge.

The ground is made out of mdf base, then a layer of foamboard, with a small foamboard hill on the left, and a pink insulating foam hill on the right, two layers. The foam was carved with a knife for the the rough cuts, and then a dremel to smooth it. Then for the rock, a wire brush was used to score vertical wear. The shore is a mix of flex paste, kitty litter (fresh, cheap) and grit, with a bit of white glue to bond.

Everything was covered in flex paste, with additional texture from coarse pumice gel. The ocean is high solid clear gel gloss artist medium. A layer to start, painted, then a final finish layer.

Hope this helps!

[carvel2]

I love this and look forward to seeing the figures in place too!
The sea looks superb.
Great job!
Will you be texturing the roads and sea walls with washes/army dipper?

[grant]

I love this and look forward to seeing the figures in place too!
The sea looks superb.
Great job!
Will you be texturing the roads and sea walls with washes/army dipper?

Thanks! I probably won't add anything to this now, the washes I think would make the brick look messy. I applied the red thin enough that when viewed it looks worn a bit; not sure if I am unhappy with it!

The sea walls could use the posts painted. Realized I missed that - at the dock there are vertical posts.

Cheers!

[Centurio Marcus T]

Fantastic scenery Grant very very nice indeed Look forward to seeing your tiny ships

[grant]

Fantastic scenery Grant very very nice indeed Look forward to seeing your tiny ships

Have to dig them out and then take the pictures. Maybe at the weekend!