I've been making a bastion lately for use with Planetstrike games (or just as cool scenery) and I found a great way to make a bastion look like it has been infected by a Tyranid plague.
You can find the templates for making a "mini-fortress" (which looks close enough) on Warseer forums, and they are created by the user "Bugbait_nz". I would like to thank him now for the plans! They work great.
How I am doing it differently: I used hot glue, baking powder, and pva glue to create a cracked effect coupled with vein-like growth on the fortress. You could also paint this to look like an overgrowth of foliage. The only unfortunate side effect of the method I used is that the piece has to be completely dry of pva before you use any sort of spray paint to base coat it, otherwise it causes unsightly cracks in the paint. Easy fix, but a little bit of patience pays big dividends with this project.
I have some painting to do on it, but as soon as it is finished I will upload better pictures!
Looking good.
ReplyDeleteThis guy has some amazing hive-infested fortress here: http://www.thepainteddragon.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2289.110
Somewhere around page 12 (post 116) I think if you're looking for more inspiration! I always like to see what other ideas people have come up with anyhow.