Deth Wizards – The Town Part 5

With only a few days to go, I had to get the terrain ready for the CONflict event and our Deth Wizards table - and the next step was a terrain wash.

As I didn't intend to drown them with Army Painter Washes (and drain my hobby budget by buying 17 ml pots), I went online to look for a proper terrain wash recipe and came across the one by Seb Makes Stuff. So I bought these two special ingredients and mixed them with a bit of brown paint.

• Liquitex Matte Gel Medium
• Liquitex Acryl Ink Carbon Black

Give it a good shake and I went with one of these foam brushes, as they work quite well with large(r) surfaces and give you quite a bit of control over the amount of wash you apply. Yet - depending on the structure of your model, you get quite a bit of wear and tear in no time, so make sure you have replacement on hand.

The first coat worked quite well, gave the overall look a proper grit and I was afraid that it would make the tiny print steps more prominent, but beside some flat ground areas, that was no issue. And I'd cover these with some texture paint anyway. While it dried out in some areas a bit dirty, that wouldn't be a problem, as I'd give it another go with some touch ups and drybrushing.

While I was at it, I gave the scatter terrain a coat of the terrain wash as well, and it worked like a charme.

Once all that dried, I gave the scatter terrain a quick drybrush with AP Necrotic Flesh, and the terrain got a first dry brush with their ground colours. Along a final highlight, with some very light off-white / beige.

While it was not as clean as I wished it to be, it certainly was a proper game ready stage, as you can see below. Together with a Warcry board, which is the same size as the Deth Wizards table, and the scatter terrain, it made for a proper setup for a few games.

I'll paint up the remaining buildings in the same colours and go for a final touch up of the yellowish parts inside the timber, as I got a bit sloppy on some areas during drybrushing and I really want that cleaned.

Beyond that, I am so happy with these buildings, that I really only need these and probably will sell off some of the unassembled terrain sets that I have in my collection (I have the stunning Lord of the Rings kits of Rohan, Osgiliath and Lake Town, but that is simply far more than I would need, and I am going to reduce that).

Another thing, that I'd like to point out - how incredibly happy I am with these buildings. 10 years ago, for that amount of detail you would have needed to buy resin or plast casts, that would have cost you 60-80 EURs each, were heavy, a bit tricky to transport as chipping / damage not only of the paint but the material itself would be an issue. And now, you can print these at home, with a decent sub-500 EUR printer, with plastic filament that is less than 20 EUR per kilo and have a sturdy but light terrain piece. And be aware, we printed some more terrain with the Bambu Lab, for other projects.