I have quite a stack of Mesoamerican terrain, both resin and MDF, to chip away at getting painted if I want to put on a Maya game at Wargames Among the Warplanes in September; as is, I think I'm going strictly as a player to the June show to save my energy for September.
I've finished the first two pieces, a pair of resin buildings from Acheson Creations:
These were kept pretty basic - primed a dark brown, the stones are drybrushed with successive layers of Raw Sienna, a medium gray and a paler gray. I used cheap craft paint for all of it, and mostly stuck to the color scheme Mark Morin used when he was painting this model. His blog tracking his own Aztec project has been a huge inspiration for me with my own Mesoamerican project.
Unlike my modern buildings, I glued the roofs down rather than worrying about drilling the resin and adding magnets to try and hold them in place.
Up next I've got another four buildings, these with thatched roofs. They've been primed (dark brown for the stone, a yellowy tan for the thatch), and I should be able to complete them this week.
I'm also beginning work on another set of jungle terrain pieces, including a couple with incorporated Olmec heads:
Unfortunately I ran into some trouble with those yesterday - I used torn pieces of cork sheets to add some elevation to a few MDF bases, only to discover the PVA glue didn't bind the cork to the MDF, so the cork is now just sliding right off. Superglue it is then!
Miniatures Acquired: 97
Miniatures Painted: 87
Terrain Acquired: 1
Terrain Painted: 4
Scatter Acquired: 0
Scatter Painted: 4
I have that exact same building! One thing I have found that works for Acheson buildings with no notches or anything to hold the roof in place is to epoxy on some foam core tabs to the underside of the roof. Typically, they're so lightweight they stick well and they do a decent job of keeping it from sliding during game play. They look great, by the way, as does the Olmec head. I have a lot of mesoamerican Acheson pieces saved for my "someday" project...
ReplyDeleteThank you Mike! That's a cunning idea with the tabs! I might need to try that, especially with the longer "palace" style building I've got waiting in the wings.
Deletethese look really well done, i like the blue on the first buildings. it just pops.
ReplyDeletelooking forward to seeing a table layout of this for a game. ever think about a temple/pyramid for them?? that would be cool.
Thanks! I do have a pair of MDF temple kits to build at some point.
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