I used the rest of the week to wrap up my Dropzone Commander Monorail kit, focusing lastly on the bases. I didn’t really want to free hand some general ruined concrete but I also know that I didn’t want to leave them plain even though the product image has them that way. I turned to my ruinscape terrain tiles for the solution.
My resurgence into modern comics had me reminiscing about the comics I collected as a kid. At the top of that list was Detective Comics from the early 90s and my favorite artist at the time was Norm Breyfogle. His art was one of the biggest reasons I followed Batman and helped shape my view of the iconic character today. Norm Breyfogle passed away Monday but luckily his art and legacy survive.
I had some more time so I decided to finish up the rest of the Dropzone Commander Monorail scenery pack. I decided to keep it in the muted tones I found in a recolored vintage image of art deco trains from the early twentieth century. This meant keeping the gunmetal primer as a base and customizing my red into a dark mauve.
With Test of Honour Week over, I started up a project I’ve been waiting on for a while now. In a bit of ironic coincidence, we took the weekend to go up to the Georgetown Loop and ride their old steam train. I also just happened to pick up the Dropzone Commander Monorail scenery kit. I usually don’t jump into a project as soon as I pick up the product but the forces seemed in alignment so I pushed forward.
The week is winding down but I have a few final things that were completed just under the wire. The first is one of my first attempts at scatter terrain. I don’t do a lot of this as I usually buy a scenery piece and paint it up. This time I wanted to have some bamboo-based terrain and that isn’t easy to outright buy so I had to make my own.
I received my new replacement bell for my Test of Honour Temple Bell scenery piece and so I quickly set about fixing it up.
It came with a faux bronzing and while that may be just fine in a color setting, it won’t cut it in my monochrome theme.
As I continue through the Test of Honour week, I turn my attention to terrain by building up Sarissa Precision’s Temple Bell. I’ve always liked this model and have had it sitting in shrink for a while now but was glad to have the chance to open it up.
As a side project, I decided I wanted to mess around the “ship in a bottle” concept. It came from the last minute decision not to throw away our empty bottle of Jefferson’s Ocean from Gen Con. This whimsical decision ended up leading me down a path of the act of bottling a ship (not for the faint of heart or shaky of hands) and eventually to a CNC project and some science with the kids.
Having recovered from my fuzzy primer incident, I went back to my Test of Honour Ninja figures to finish them up. I decided to take pictures of the progress as I went along, mainly to see how things were coming out and what was actually effective for my standard table-top quality style. I started first with the ninja hero.
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