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Everything in place and almost ready. I will probably put a couple of columns on the right side to get a balance in the model, just first I want to see how it will be with some trees on that side and I will decide later. The next job is the construction of the rock and some braziers that will have real lighting. More wip soon.

Project update for Archvillain Games. All the main structures are almost ready and in about 2 days would be finished. The last two days I have worked on the big temple and the staircase. I took some fast photo from the construction of the entrance of the big temple. Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, if things go as I have planned, I will upload a photo of the board as it is now.

Update of the commission for Archvillain Games. Lots of days have passed since the last time I have made a post, but a series of misfortunes did not leave me time to make an update. But today I am happy to write that this is the last WIP post before the final photos and this journey is near to an end. After I had finished with the priming and zenithal lighting I spent almost a week trying to decide what color I would paint the marble and for that I made some test pieces to choose the one that would satisfy me. When I came up with a sample I realized that coping it to the board buildings would take me months, and so I had to compromise on something less complicated. After this delay I start working on the electric lighting but unfortunately (or by bad design) I ended up (and while I had buried the wiring in the foam) with burnt out light lumps, which led me to remove all the bulbs and start working from the beginning. After overcoming this obstacle (I am still not sure) I manage to cut my finger for the first time after 6 years of dealing with gaming scenery. However, injuring myself hurt me less compare to what followed. The transparent resin, I was planing to use for the little waterfall, was not curing (probably due to a bad ratio in the measurement) and even spilling part of it in the floor of my working space through a hole that I had forgotten to fix during electrical repair. It is not a few times that I reach my limits with scalemodeling, but this time I think it was the worst. Despite all that I manage to prepare a few bunches of grapes, the last 3 trees, and now I am waiting to the new batch of resin to cure. Anyway (and since I'm still alive) soon the final photos.

At last the painting phase. More specifically priming phase. Oh, I forgot to mention what I have added so far. So, I was lucky enough to have a quick look on some images of the scattered terrain pieces that will be on the upcoming kickstarter from Archvillain games, and I was inspired to put few ruins to cover the corner I have left. The pediment, the marble braziers and of course the rock were also completed. So I have reached the point where I was most afraid of the beginning of this project which is nothing else than painting. The reason that scares me is that I want to try to paint a marble representation, something I have not tried in the past or better I haven't painted at a level that would be please me. To avoid delays and surprises I will first try on same test pieces to see if I can carry out the method I have in mind, more details after the test. The priming was done with a coat of black latex paint (the one we paint the walls of our houses) using an airbrush. Second pass followed with a brush mainly in the places where the air could not get (and there were many). On the third pass I paint the whole construction with pronto (yes parquet) for three reasons: 1. It covers the pores of the plaster that sucks the paint like a sponge 2. It gives a durability to the whole construction and protects the substrate of the black paint 3. It gives similar small texture in the various materials used (plaster, xps foam, putty, plastic, wood, paper). Be careful, the parquet leaves a glossy finish which will be covered by the colors that will follow. I ended the day with a quick zenithal lighting.

Keep going on the Archvillain Games project (I am bit tired but in about 2 days I will take a break for three days for Greek Easter, although I will not stop producing copies since without all the columns I can not go further). So the small temple with the exception of the roof and some details, which will be done at a more advanced stage anyway, is almost complete. The difficulty with this project is that I will not glue down the buildings before I paint them so that I can paint them better, as a result of which their construction is a little difficult for me and later when I had to add the rocks it will be more difficult.In any case, I am determined to paint them with a specific plan that I have in mind and so I am willing to proceed in a different way than I usually do. When I'm done with the production of the columns, I believe things will move faster.

So, the gazebo is ready. The truth is that I am a little worried about its size but I will know for sure when the big temple will be placed on the board. Today I worked on columns and the floor of the small temple, there are lots of other things to do on this structure, it may look a simple structure but believe me it's not. Sorry once again for the poor quality and sloppiness of the photos but as I mention in earlier post it is still far away until the board have some interest to force me devote more energy to photography. To be continued.  #avgdisplay

Well, finally, I finish the diorama for Archvillain Games. As usual tired but full of joy at the same time (if it arrives in one piece to its recipient, I will be exceptional pleased). Quite happy with the result, although as with most projects some things I would do differently. I'm very curious to see how they will use it for their new kickstarter (Godstruck the title gets me goosebumps) and I look forward to seeing their incredibly detailed miniatures exploring the place. Once again, the construction of this diorama was a great learning process, and I looking forward using the knowledge I gathered in next projects. Of curse I would love, and I mean love to read any criticism.And again thanks Archvillain Games giving me the opportunity to build this.

This is how my work space look while I am working for the commission of Archvillain Games. I think I need to reorganize the place now I have complete the majority of casts.