Let's play Pyramid!

Well, when we finally completed the 8 hour drive back from White Bear, there was a box waiting in front of the door.

I thought it was something else at first, until I saw the name, and how heavy it was!  Eight pounds of something...

We opened it up, and started digging!

Not one, but TWO big bags 'o dice...

So this is what 800 dice look like.  I have never, ever, seen so many in one place before!

It did not take long for the Uglies to create a new game for themselves.  They called it Pyramid (actually they called it 'Get more triangle thingies'), but what's in a name?

Looks like Trunko won this round!!

These were much sharper than the sample dice, which was very good when I saw it.  There were all sorts of nice color varieties... some more green, some more purple.  Just like the Painting Pyramid!

Time for some camo!

Well, we are finally back!  I have been unpacking for a while.

Here are some images of the finished bases that were made while I was up north.  These will have more of a desert camouflage look...

I will be using some weathering powders on these to enhance the effect!

I will be showing you the painted versions of these as soon as I can!

Lots of fun.  Love painting these base projects. :-)

And then something new... those jungle bases!

A box arrived while we were away.  It has something very interesting inside.  Till tomorrow!!!!

Hiding in plain sight

So, with the final minis in hand at last, I needed to make some bases for the camouflage miniatures!

If you remember the post of Cathy's base, the plan was to use smaller versions of the bricks to make some desert walls...

After each brick is weathered, it is glued in place...

The levels are built up one by one...

The snipers were going to be more in a jungle setting, which would require something a little different.

I brought out some larger 'filler' ricks that I had picked up walking by a construction site.  I had never gotten a chance to use these on small bases before.

I had to position them a few times to be sure they would fit together.  The original plan was to make sandbags, but I thought this might work a bit better.

More rocks on the other side of the base...

As the glue was drying, I worked some more on the desert bases.

More bricks and more heavy duty road construction cork :-)

Add some fine gravel and Secret Weapon skulls...

Here is why I used rocks on these bases.  I wanted to sculpt some fern leaves, and it seemed to make more sense that they would grow over a natural rock formation.

More green stuff ferns, and another base made with the left over sculpey pieces from the earlier bases.  Never toss anything away!

The bases are just about complete.

Fireworks...

On this 4th of July, you can't have a post that is not on fire!

These are some of the Reaper Bones figures that I will utilize as the 3 swarms which the Spider Queen can pop out at the most opportune time! :-)

All primed and ready to go...

Starting with some yellow mixed with the fluorescent yellow.

Then a bit of the fluorescent orange...

Then some 'regular' blazing orange into that mix.

A bit more of the orange...

At this point, I start using some cavalry brown.  I try to create some cooler flows in the lava stream...

Then some blue black into that mix for the bits that have cooled down the most.

Same color on top as the base for the spider swarms.

I 'damp brushed' some lighter colors onto that...

Even a little brighter, knowing that I was going to do lots of glazing later.

After the first layers of glazing.  Now I will work back into the middle tones, and get the reflected orangey light on the rock surface.  I hope you all had a Happy Fourth!!

Thundering hooves...

Time for some individual shots of the chariot and the outrunners...

This really was a fun project.  While the chariot was somewhat similar to the GW style, it was a little easier to deal with.  I also enjoyed having real horses to paint :-)

Everything fit together so well.  I didn't have to squeeze things to fit on the base at all.

I definitely wished that the Tomb Kings chariots had this much space in the howdah for the driver and crew!

And finally the outrunners.

Well, hopefully there will be much more War Gods to come!!!