I managed to finish up a bunch of desert terrain I've had for some time now. These items will be used for North Africa and the middle east (rural/open desert). All of the terrain is from Architects of War - which apparently is now out of business due to well, I'm not 100% sure but I think it has something to do with Kickstarter nonsense (no more Kickstarters for me!).
Anyways, I have a desert well, oasis and several tree plates. I had purposefully over order palm trees from Crescent Root knowing I wanted to use those palm trees for this terrain. Those trees come with bases that I reused for conifer trees that will go with my revised WW2 Normandie layout (more on that very soon).
Pictures below.
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| Desert Well |
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| Desert Well |
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| Oasis |
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| Oasis |
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| Large Tree Plate |
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| Large Tree Plate |
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| Large Tree Plate |
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| Small Tree Plate #1 |
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| Small Tree Plate #1 |
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| Small Tree Plate #1 |
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| Small Tree Plate #2 |
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| Small Tree Plate #2 |
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| Small Tree Plate #2 |
I'm very happy to finally have this done.
Very nice. Cheers, Karl
ReplyDeleteThanks Karl!
DeleteStunning work, but the desert well is exceptional!
ReplyDeleteThank you sir :-)
DeleteVery well done, and of special interest as I am about to do a few desert terrain pieces of my own, and have some 20 similar plastic palm trees. They look to have been dry brushed with a light grey/tan on the trunks and a dark green followed by a light green on the fronds?
ReplyDeleteYes, the base of the tree is a dark brown with a bone coloured drybrush. The fronds are sprayed a dark green and dry brushed with a lighter green. You can get them pre-painted from Crescent Root Studio: http://www.crescent-root.com/pages/Product/28mm/28mm_series1/28s1trees.html
DeleteGreate additions to your collection!
ReplyDeleteLovely work- shame that they are OOP, especialy the well.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Pete.
Thanks Pete. I agree --- kinda hoping someone buys the molds from them and releases them again.
DeleteMarvellous work, lovely vignettes - in particular the desert well, truly outstanding :) Cheers!
ReplyDeleteGood stuff Jay (actually just finishing up some palm tree plates - mdf though - myself)! Disappointing about AoW, I have several of their vignettes and always had a good experience buying from them at Historicon. Hopefully you didn't lose any money on the Kickstarters.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ivor! Are you using the Pegasus Hobbies palm trees? I didn't do any of their Kickstarters (I'm generally very wary of Kickstarters at this point, especially for miniatures). I always had a great experience ordering from them for both terrain, miniatures and bases ... never a problem. I'm a little shocked by their disappearance even with all the KS related craziness.
DeleteI'm actually using palm trees I bought off Ebay quite a while ago. I think I got 20 for less than $5.00. I had to repaint all of them, and some had a LOT of flash on the trunks, but overall I'm happy with them - especially for the price I paid!
DeleteGlad you didn't lose out on the Kickstarters :)
Cool - that's frigg'in cheap! Worth the extra effort at that price :-)
DeleteSo beautiful and so atmospheric...great looking vignettes!
ReplyDeleteThanks Phil! :-)
DeleteLooks amazing. It remains me, that I need few desert type terrains too.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I've had those kits laying around for a long time :-)
DeleteVery cool looking pieces of terrain.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mr. Fritz II :-)
DeleteThe well looks great.
ReplyDeleteTony
Thanks Tony!
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