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 Post subject: Cardboard Dol Guldur
PostPosted: Sun Jul 28, 2024 8:14 pm 
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Went old school terrain making with this. I had posted this on Instagram but forgot to repost here.

Using the old Fall of the Necromancer Source book I decided to make the Dol Guldur tower they had in it. Using one evil empire (amazon box cardboard) seemed appropriate to do this. Plus I didn't have any foam board on hand.

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Used cardboard and coffee stirrers for the tower.

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Used the guide in the book as a guide but made the base piece a little larger to fit figures on it. Also added aluminum foil to the sides to give the cardboard some texture.

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Gave it all a spray with gloss black paint.

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Wanted the black aluminum foil the appearance of obsidian, dry brushed some grey on it to make it stand out more.

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Didn't adjust the height of the base and door for figure height.

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All in all, not too bad for using cardboard. Did have one casualty though, dropped my necromancer on the hard concrete floor of my workshop and bent his helmet points.

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 Post subject: Re: Cardboard Dol Guldur
PostPosted: Mon Jul 29, 2024 9:36 pm 
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I can't say I'm a huge fan of GW's interpretation of Dol Guldur, to be honest, but it seems like you did a good job with it. I might have spackled in the corregated edges but from looking at the pictures I think it looks fine without it, and the corregation actually adds some interesting texture.

Did you have any trouble painting over the aluminum foil?

And is it a display piece, or is a scenario happening soon?
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 04, 2024 5:31 pm 
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I thought about filling in the edges but honestly just didn't want to spend the time doing so. The only problem with the the foil was that I used really cheap stuff and it ripped too easily. Spray paint went on fine and dry brushing was easy.

Not a display piece and I don't know if I will keep it long enough as it is taking me forever to paint the white council.

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