{"id":4534,"date":"2016-05-31T12:54:24","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T16:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/?p=4534"},"modified":"2016-05-31T12:54:24","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T16:54:24","slug":"medea-refinery-wip-part-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/2016\/05\/medea-refinery-wip-part-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Medea Refinery, WIP Part 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking at a\u00a0large amount of terrain to get painted for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/tag\/medea-refinery\/\">Medea Refinery<\/a> and needing to get it done so I can move on to other <a href=\"http:\/\/libertyhammer.com\/\">LibertyHammer<\/a> projects, I did the smart thing&#8212;called for help. A\u00a0small\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pagegaming.com\/40k\/\">PAGE<\/a> crew came out and pretty much\u00a0took care of\u00a0the whole task while I just\u00a0kept things moving as\u00a0the assembly line chugged away:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alex did some ninja spraypaint voodoo\u00a0base coating, some\u00a0details, and made a smoke column, in addition to also building a mine shaft entrance LOS blocker;<\/li>\n<li>Colin drybrushed all the ground surfaces and rocks, did the details on\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/2016\/05\/medea-refinery-wip-part-4\/\">utility truck scene<\/a>, and tried real hard\u00a0to start a game of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/infinitythegame.com\/\">Infinity<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.headwoundminis.com\/\">Jason<\/a> cleaned his airbrush a whole bunch of times, and also managed to find time to paint some trucks and building details\u00a0in between;<\/li>\n<li>Tom did details on all the tubing, mechanical bits,\u00a0consoles, and so on, and even got to\u00a0an unrelated bonus piece I&#8217;d built previously but never painted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The fact that the whole set got done\u00a0in an afternoon was\u00a0pretty amazing, and\u00a0it&#8217;s really great that this board\u00a0is now ready to go\u00a0a full month ahead of the <a href=\"http:\/\/libertyhammer.com\/\">event<\/a>. But it was also just a fun afternoon of gaming projects with the guys. For me as the builder having sunk a lot of time\u00a0into this,\u00a0it was immensely\u00a0rewarding to watch all these pieces come to life through a group effort among good\u00a0friends. At the start I literally told them\u00a0&#8220;I want it dark red, but otherwise I don&#8217;t care, just get it done and make it look awesome.&#8221; That they did, and in many ways quite differently than I would have, which was really neat to watch and gave the terrain\u00a0a life of its own as I didn&#8217;t direct every detail or know what\u00a0was going to happen.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t have great photos of the final results yet; hopefully\u00a0late this week. But this is a run-through of how we painted all this stuff.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4535\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_155824.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4535\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_155824-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"My 9-month old supervising.\" width=\"530\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_155824-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_155824-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_155824-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_155824-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4535\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My 9-month old supervising.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Prep<\/h2>\n<p>First up was some basic preparatory\u00a0work wrapping up construction. All of the ground pieces already had some gravel sprinkled on and larger\u00a0rocks here and there. But that&#8217;s not nearly enough\u00a0variety for a rocky, barren refinery world. Plus I wanted to base coat everything\u00a0rust red but start the ground off darker to pre-shade it a bit. So I mixed some paint texture flakes with black paint, thinned it out a lot with water, and slopped and stippled it on covering all the ground surfaces.\u00a0I would perhaps\u00a0consider doing this step in latex\u00a0paint for toughness, but I needed\u00a0to get it done\u00a0indoors late at night, and the latex\u00a0needs significant ventilation. This coating\u00a0took some time to dry because it was so wet and thick, but\u00a0it really gave a lot of variation and interesting texture to the\u00a0ground.<\/p>\n<p>Next I covered all the foam and paper surfaces in <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1U8X6BR\">Mod Podge<\/a>.\u00a0I&#8217;m a sucker for trash\u00a0packaging foam. Besides wanting to recycle the stuff rather than toss it, I find a lot of inspiration in the various shapes and sizes it comes in. But two\u00a0of the costs are\u00a0that\u00a0it takes dings\u00a0easily\u00a0in play, and, more importantly, gets destroyed\u00a0by spray paint. Two layers of Mod Podge though sealed it up from the spray paint and should be a plenty hard surface for play. Similarly, in a few places\u00a0I made papercraft constructions for various\u00a0components.\u00a0The Mod Podg coats basically lacquered those, giving them a hard protective shell\u00a0to prevent crushing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4537\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_032353.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4537\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_032353-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Covering the ground surfaces in black texture paint.\" width=\"530\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_032353-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_032353-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_032353-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_032353-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Covering the ground surfaces in black texture paint.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4536\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_080656.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4536\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_080656-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"End result of the texture paint.\" width=\"530\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_080656-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_080656-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_080656-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_080656-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">End result of the texture paint.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4538\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160528_225538.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4538\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160528_225538-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Mod Podging all the foam and paper surfaces.\" width=\"530\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160528_225538-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160528_225538-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160528_225538-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160528_225538-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4538\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mod Podging all the foam and paper surfaces.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Primer and Base\u00a0Colors<\/h2>\n<p>Next step was priming and base coloring\u00a0all of the pieces.\u00a0We used a mix of colors for priming.\u00a0As noted above, the ground was initially primed black. Other pieces such as the smoke stack were also primed black. Almost everything then was sprayed dull rust red. A couple thin coats of that served\u00a0as both primer and base coat for the un-blacked surfaces.\u00a0A few areas though were primed and based in grey instead, such as the pump columns. In addition, before all this, the large plastic surfaces like the smoke stack were sprayed with a very fine texture paint to eliminate the smoothness and make it much less obviously plastic. Unfortunately this\u00a0had to be done very carefully and sparingly because\u00a0a quick test confirmed\u00a0that the texture spray would burn\u00a0through the Mod Podge and eat\u00a0the foam.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4596\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_141542.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4596\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_141542-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Tom gets ready to prime the reservoir tank to start the day.\" width=\"530\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_141542-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_141542-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_141542-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_141542-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom gets ready to prime the reservoir tank to start the day.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4540\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_080759.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4540\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_080759-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Priming the water tower and resting place rust red.\" width=\"530\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_080759-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_080759-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_080759-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_080759-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Priming the water tower and resting place rust red.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4539\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_144439.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4539\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_144439-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Alex undercoating the smoke stack in black.\" width=\"530\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_144439-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_144439-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_144439-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_144439-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex undercoating the smoke stack in black.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With the basic colors blocked out, Alex went to town spray-ninja style. With very careful can control and repeated cleaning of the spray can\u00a0heads, he rapidly base colored a number of the smaller elements, such as the barrels, hatches, tanks, exhaust vents, and so on. Critical here is to not just accept, but to embrace, some amount of overspray. In many cases it helps accentuate the component, in other cases it gives variety, \u00a0and for this style of terrain in no way does it detract from the pieces.\u00a0Large surfaces were\u00a0similarly striped\u00a0with colors from our rust, black, and grey palette to give variety. The end result was that the pieces were already very\u00a0playable in impressively short order.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4546\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_152923-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4546\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_152923-1-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"The pump station all blocked out.\" width=\"530\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_152923-1-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_152923-1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_152923-1-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_152923-1-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The pump station all blocked out.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4541\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_153417.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4541\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4541\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_153417-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Basic coloring on the pump station's mechanical building.\" width=\"530\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_153417-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_153417-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_153417-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_153417-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Basic coloring on the pump station&#8217;s mechanical building.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4543\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_152946.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4543\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4543\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_152946-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Hatches on the back of the pump station base coated.\" width=\"530\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_152946-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_152946-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_152946-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_152946-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hatches on the back of the pump station base coated.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4545\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_153017-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4545\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_153017-1-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"The pipeworks blocked out.\" width=\"530\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_153017-1-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_153017-1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_153017-1-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_153017-1-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The pipeworks blocked out.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Drybrushing and Details<\/h2>\n<p>Coming\u00a0out of priming and base coating, the pieces\u00a0went into a loop\u00a0between Tom and Colin hitting the drybrushing and\u00a0detail work, with\u00a0Alex joined them as the spray painting wrapped up. Colin took charge of drybrushing the ground surfaces two shades of yellow-ish reds, making nice contrasting highlights.\u00a0Then he painted the rocks dark\u00a0grey and drybrushed them a lighter shade\u00a0to really bring them out from the mostly red and black ground surface. Meanwhile, Tom went through and heavily drybrushed all of the mechanical components in various\u00a0metallics.\u00a0This was done heavily enough to make those pieces distinctly\u00a0that color, but by drybrushing instead of painting he preserved hints of the\u00a0variations and underlying colors\u00a0from the sprayed base as well as leaving the recesses as\u00a0dark shadows.<\/p>\n<p>Once all the many mechanical components had been hit and the ground surfaces done, Colin focused in on painting\u00a0and washing the\u00a0detailed bits of the truck scene\u00a0while\u00a0Tom painted various consoles and other small details. For the consoles\u00a0he again used a\u00a0drybrushing technique but with brightly colored blue, purple, and green metallics that make the screens and buttons\u00a0stand out and glitter against the dark base colors.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4549\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_144532-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4549\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4549\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_144532-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Colin drybrushing ground surfaces.\" width=\"530\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_144532-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_144532-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_144532-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_144532-1-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colin drybrushing ground surfaces.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4550\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_175850.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4550\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_175850-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Tom doing metallic mechanicals.\" width=\"530\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_175850-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_175850-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_175850-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_175850-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom doing metallic mechanicals.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4551\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_175842.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4551\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_175842-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Alex brushing some details.\" width=\"530\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_175842-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_175842-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_175842-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_175842-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex brushing some details.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4552\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_170647.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4552\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4552\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_170647-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Hatch details drybrushed.\" width=\"530\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_170647-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_170647-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_170647-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_170647-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hatch details drybrushed.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4597\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_154653.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4597\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_154653-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Colin works on details of the truck scene.\" width=\"530\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_154653-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_154653-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_154653-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_154653-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colin works on details of the truck scene.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Airbrush<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, Jason cranked up his compressor and got down to business with his airbrush. He started with\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/2016\/05\/medea-refinery-wip-part-4\/\">Medea truck<\/a>, and then it turned out Alex had three more trucks to go on another board he&#8217;s working on. All\u00a0of these were spray primed black and then airbrushed. Alex wanted his in lighter tan shades, while Jason went with a drab olive army green for the\u00a0Medea truck to\u00a0complement the primarily red terrain. In absolutely no way did this take only the &#8220;3 minutes&#8221; Jason swore it would. However, the results were stellar.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4554\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_172104.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4554\" class=\"wp-image-4554 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_172104-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Jason working away like a servitor with an airbrush grafted onto his arm.\" width=\"530\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_172104-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_172104-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_172104-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_172104-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jason working away like a servitor with an airbrush grafted onto his arm.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4558\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_144044.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4558\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_144044-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"The Medea mini-diorama truck in progress.\" width=\"530\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_144044-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_144044-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_144044-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_144044-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Medea mini-diorama truck in progress.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4559\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_170242-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4559\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_170242-1-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Other trucks for a board Alex is making.\" width=\"530\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_170242-1-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_170242-1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_170242-1-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_170242-1-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Other trucks for a board Alex is making.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4557\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_153120.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4557\" class=\"wp-image-4557 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_153120-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"The Medea truck cab in progress.\" width=\"530\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_153120-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_153120-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_153120-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_153120-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Medea truck cab in progress.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4555\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_171737.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4555\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4555\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_171737-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Another truck just in need of some detail work.\" width=\"530\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_171737-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_171737-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_171737-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_171737-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4555\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another truck just in need of some detail work.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With our surprisingly sizable fleet\u00a0of trucks complete, Jason moved on to various airbrush-appropriate details on the buildings. Besides some stenciled building markers, some sort of large hatch built into the ground got hazard striped. A key detail in how Jason did this\u00a0is the very gentle\u00a0airbrushing of a brown gradient to make it seem worn, and to blend the hatch\u00a0into\u00a0the dark, grungy surroundings a bit. Combined with some drybrushing of the frame around the doors, this element\u00a0came out really\u00a0well and is a great contrasting color detail against the dark\u00a0terrain.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4561\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_162636.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4561\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4561\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_162636-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Hazard stripes taped off and sprayed.\" width=\"530\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_162636-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_162636-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_162636-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_162636-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hazard stripes taped off and sprayed.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4560\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_170642.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4560\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_170642-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"The end result; this is a hatch I would definitely understand to be hazardous.\" width=\"530\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_170642-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_170642-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_170642-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_170642-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The end result; this is a hatch I would definitely understand to be hazardous.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Smoke\u00a0Column<\/h2>\n<p>Along the way, Alex tackled\u00a0the smoke stack for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/2016\/05\/medea-refinery-wip-part-2\/\">furnace<\/a>. I really wanted a huge column of thick\u00a0dark smoke\u00a0to convey that\u00a0Medea Refinery is\u00a0your standard Imperial eco-hostile facility. Importantly, I also wanted to put something so people couldn&#8217;t put figures\u00a0in the stack. Besides the aesthetics of dudes standing there, it would raise a lot of gameplay\u00a0questions. It&#8217;s too tall for anything but\u00a0jump\u00a0troops or similar to get up there, and has a substantial lip around the rim but not enough to stand on. So a bunch of Scouts or such could infiltrate into the position and be\u00a0near\u00a0invulnerable to assault, while also facing a lot of questions about how far the charge range would actually be, how many models could engage, and so on. Meanwhile, if the Scouts (it&#8217;s always Scouts causing these kinds of problems) in turn\u00a0chose to leave the position,\u00a0it would be too far for them to get down. 40k unfortunately has no clear\u00a0rules for climbing up or jumping down heights you can&#8217;t cover\u00a0in a single move. So, we obviated these and a few other questions by adding\u00a0a smoke column\u00a0to make\u00a0it intuitively obvious that the stack\u00a0is impassible.<\/p>\n<p>For easier transport we made this as a separate piece that just drops\u00a0into the smoke stack. That will also make it easy to deal with flyers and such passing through the region, the smoke can just be popped out to rest their base there. The smoke itself was done with cotton balls glued to a circle cut from PVC sheet, shaped into place and\u00a0affixed with\u00a0dull coat spray, and spray painted black, red, and yellow. As a bonus, there is\u00a0a hole in the\u00a0center of the construction\u00a0to insert a tea light for a glowing effect. The final product makes pretty\u00a0clear you don&#8217;t want to stand around the refinery taking deep breathes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4564\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_154705.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4564\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4564\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_154705-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Alex gluing cotton balls into rough positions to start the smoke column.\" width=\"530\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_154705-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_154705-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_154705-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_154705-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex gluing cotton balls into rough positions to start the smoke column.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4563\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_170709.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4563\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_170709-766x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The final smoke column.\" width=\"530\" height=\"709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_170709-766x1024.jpg 766w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_170709-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_170709-768x1027.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_170709-60x80.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The final smoke column.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Finishing Touches<\/h2>\n<p>Fortunately we got all of that done just in time to get\u00a0all the brand new\u00a0terrain into the house right\u00a0as the day switched from gloriously\u00a0sunny to lightly\u00a0raining. The next morning I did just a few finishing touches. I realized during the day that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/2016\/05\/medea-refinery-wip-part-2\/\">furnace<\/a> would disintegrate over time from people grasping it under the edges\u00a0and slowly tearing\u00a0at the foam underneath. So\u00a0I broke out the Mod Podge again to coat the underside and give it a hard shell.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4567\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160530_103129-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4567\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160530_103129-2-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Mod Podging the underside of the furnace.\" width=\"530\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160530_103129-2-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160530_103129-2-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160530_103129-2-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160530_103129-2-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mod Podging the underside of the furnace.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After that, I took\u00a0the much more exciting step of adding printed advisory notices and building badges\u00a0around the site. I&#8217;d included various signboards and\u00a0other locations for these in the build. Artsy detailed notices came from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dakkadakka.com\/gallery\/446526-Poster%2C%20Propeganda%2C%20Terrain.html\">Gitsplitta&#8217;s collection on DakkaDakka<\/a>. The Medea building badges I made, using a grimdark-appropriate clip art gas mask I found and a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/2016\/04\/vector-art-imperial-aquila\/\">vector art Imperial Aquila<\/a> I\u00a0made previously. My inkjet printer is not very good at all, but slight graininess is\u00a0totally fine for this use and not very visible anyway.<\/p>\n<p>I sized everything precisely in <a href=\"https:\/\/inkscape.org\/en\/\">Inkscape<\/a> (open source vector drawing software), cut them out carefully, and glued them on with spray adhesive. This is cleaner to work with than rubber cement and will not warp paper products (rubber cement in turn is much better than white glue for the same reasons). You spray the\u00a0piece on a scrap sheet off to the side and then attach it, using a clean napkin to press and gently rub it into place. This yields a very\u00a0clean placement with no risk to\u00a0messing up the existing paint job. You just need to be very precise at putting the piece\u00a0into position, as it attaches permanently almost\u00a0instantly.<\/p>\n<p>Once in place\u00a0I washed the\u00a0posters and signboards in sepia and the badges and their positions in camo\u00a0green. Finally, I went around and just quickly washed a bunch of the mechanical bits in brown, sepia, and green to\u00a0deepen the depths, add\u00a0some additional variation, and tone down some of the brighter spots.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4569\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160530_085833.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4569\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160530_085833-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Posting important advisory notices and building badges.\" width=\"530\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160530_085833-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160530_085833-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160530_085833-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160530_085833-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4569\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Posting important advisory notices and building badges.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4568\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160530_090003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4568\" class=\"wp-image-4568 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160530_090003-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"One of the signboards before being washed; the mutant powers poster is one of both me and Colin's all-time favorite 40k details.\" width=\"530\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160530_090003-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160530_090003-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160530_090003-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160530_090003-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the signboards before being washed; the mutant powers poster is one of both me and Colin&#8217;s all-time favorite 40k details.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Done<\/h2>\n<p>We finished a project! Medea Refinery is complete. The only additional work I can see perhaps doing\u00a0sometime is making matching table\u00a0boards. However, it&#8217;s not necessary at the moment. O<a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcapscorner.com\/\">ur home shop<\/a> and host for <a href=\"http:\/\/libertyhammer.com\/\">LibertyHammer<\/a>\u00a0already has several\u00a0dark brown tables; this was one\u00a0consideration in choosing a color scheme.<\/p>\n<p>From this point we could continue on endlessly just doing weathering, let alone any other work, but this is a good place\u00a0to stop. The set already strikes a great\u00a0tradeoff between high quality visuals, playability, durability, and the simple requirement of getting it done. Anything further hits diminishing returns, and we all have other projects to work on toward the event.<\/p>\n<p>This has been a great project, and I&#8217;m really excited to see this terrain in action. It was made even better by being completed\u00a0by a group of great friends, and hopefully we&#8217;ll have many amazing\u00a0games on it.\u00a0Still and finally to come, late this week I hope to take\u00a0high quality glamour photos of all the final finished pieces and post them along with some of my observations and lessons learned.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4598\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_180729.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4598\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_180729-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Various efforts underway.\" width=\"530\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_180729-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_180729-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_180729-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_20160529_180729-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Various efforts underway.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking at a\u00a0large amount of terrain to get painted for the Medea Refinery and needing to get it done so I can move on to other LibertyHammer projects, I did the smart thing&#8212;called for help. A\u00a0small\u00a0PAGE crew came out and pretty much\u00a0took care of\u00a0the whole task while I just\u00a0kept things moving as\u00a0the assembly line chugged &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/2016\/05\/medea-refinery-wip-part-6\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[412],"tags":[272,320,323,274],"class_list":["post-4534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-terrain","tag-40k","tag-libertyhammer","tag-medea-refinery","tag-miniatures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4534"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4606,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4534\/revisions\/4606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}