Mordheim Board - Docks Pt III

-

Another weekend has come and gone, and a little more progress has been made on this Mordheim board.  My focus has been on the dock area itself and that means building jetties.  Very straight forward - balsa for the posts and supports, and coffee stir sticks for the planking.  I wanted two separate jetties running perpendicular to the dock - one at a lower level so that it would be more suitable for smaller vessels to dock, and the other at the regular height for the bigger ship.  I think I'm going to have to add some little ladders to the smaller one regardless.

I've also smashed out a heap of paving on the top surface.  Deeply regretting cutting the dock in at a slight angle as it means cutting a lot of custom tiles to fit, but it is looking pretty good and almost finished!!

The remaining steps will be to add sand and grout between the pavers, and random rubble and skeletons to the board, and also to prep the boats.  I want to kit-bash a figurehead on to the front of the big ship and have a female Scibor cultist mini that will be perfect for the job.  I also have to figure out the mast situation.  I think I'll have them removable to make the board easier to store.  I also want to have a heap of gangplanks to link the various boats to the docks to make sure the water area is still very playable.  Finally, I am going to dig out some barrels to have around the docks to make it look more lived in.

Very happy with how it is looking so far - the perfect board for the Dwarf Treasure Hunters I've pulled together.  I'm also collecting minis for a Cthulhu/Stromfels inspired Cult of the Possessed warband which will also lean into the maritime theme.

Just the paving on the left and the 'build' part of the board is done.  I'm happy with how these jetties look.  I've gone a bit heavier with the knife than I usually would to make them look more irregular and weathered.

Here you can see the front of Brigandine where I want to add the figurehead. You can also get a sense of the height of the jetty. I am hoping I only need to do about a cm of resin... 

Shot from above with a 40cm ruler for scale.  The total table is 3 feet x 3 feet.


A couple of shots of the stairs.  I found some little maltese crosses is the bitz-box and added as details.



Comments

  1. Anonymous27 August 2024 at 21:37

    A few fish would look amazing, epic work

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. D0u8le_T28 August 2024 at 22:47

      Agree - I started trying to sculpt some out of green stuff but they didn't turn out :( . I'll think of something...

      Delete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Mordheim Board - Docks Pt I

-
Image
I have been really happy with how the ruined temple of Myrmidia is coming together.  I think it has a distinct style for the stonework and I also really like how well it combines with plastic/resin kits and the fact I can use super glue (which is not so easy with foam).  All of that has inspired me to create a new 3 foot by 3 foot Mordheim docks board in the same style.  I wanted to share my plan, my process and some progress photos.  I expect that there will be many more updates to come as this will take a while!! Plan: The objective with the table is to have a single 3x3 foot table with: - multiple levels to eliminate firing lanes - a large resin pour dock with jetties and moored ships - a terminating road and small square - a consistent style that will tie into my temple board and some of my other projects Materials: - The board itself is a 3 foot by 3 foot framed canvas.  I read somewhere that these can be used for gaming tables and I'm keen to try it out....
Read more

Mordheim Board - Docks Pt IV

-
Image
A bank holiday today which means more work on the Mordheim board.  With the paving complete, it's time to add a few skulls and skeletons and add grout and sand.  Managed to do a first pass of the entire board in a couple of hours and its looking good. Step one is to take the grout mix (one part grout to three parts sand) and pile it on top of the paving. Using an old paint brush, I spread it around making sure it gets down into all the gaps.  I find diagonal strokes are best to ensure you are not brushing it out of the gaps. After a quick spray of isopropyl alcohol, I use a syringe to drop watered-down PVA into all the grout lines. It's a slow process but it looks really good!! Prior to grouting I added a few skulls and skeletons.  That way they look they are partially buried in the dirt and rubble when the grouting is done.  I'm using a cheap box of skeletons (not GW) plus the GW skulls box.   I've been pretty haphazard in the assembly as I know it is...
Read more