I had originally boiled the DDS pieces back in September of last year to get the bent ones back in shape. I have then been working on them here and there over the past nine months, and finally finished them up this week.
Even with boiling, I needed to clamp the two parts of the tower upper story when I glued them (using Gorilla Superglue) together to help make them align properly.
Also, I had decided I strictly wanted to use this set for terrain, so I used Milliput to fill in the holes on the piece that the dragon is supposed to mount on.
I also decided to glue the top story to the bottom of the tower, just so the pieces wouldn't be slipping and falling during game play. I figured there was enough opening to move figures around inside if they should enter.
I used Deco Art Traditions Artists Acrylic ""Dark Grey, Value 3" to base coat the pieces.
The little step piece was my guinea pig piece, and I had actually started working on it back last Fall. I had tried a couple different base coats on it before landing on the one I used. After the base coat was applied, I gave the pieces a wash with GW "Nuln Oil" wash using a wet brush. When the wash was dry, I drybrushed with Crafter's Acrylic "Storm Cloud Grey" first, and then Folk Art "Platinum Grey" second.
I then gave the pieces a coat of Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish". When the varnish was dry, I sprayed the pieces with Testor's Dullcote.
Here is the finished set, shown with the Female Elf Rogue figure that comes with it, to give a sense of scale.
I'm really happy with how it came out. It's a real testament to the sculpting that it looks so good with just a ink wash and drybrushing paint job.
Nicely done!
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Thanks for the comment and the stat boost! :)
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