With the main structure built using the expanding foam, and cut away with a knife to neaten and retain the symbol of Tzeentch, it was now time to cut out some of doorways and other details before using modeling compound. I intended to have one main doorway in the central tower, and two balconies on the structures either side. I then also figured I could carve out a little cave section into the side of the longest wall, just to give more interest and provide more space for the miniatures. In doing so, I realised I might have over estimated my abilities to create lots of different 'pockets' within the structure to show off lots of little scenes, so thought it would make more sense to only create a few to ensure their quality.
I had been looking, for a considerable amount of time, for some sort of circular structure I could place on top of the central tower, to blend both actual terrain pieces, with my makeshift expanding foam structure. Eventually I managed to find the tower part of the cleansing aqualith, which I decided would be perfect to slightly convert and fit it for it's future life of Tzeentch. I then carved out a little outline from the top of the central structure, so that the cleansing aqualith would slot nicely into it. Given that this piece of terrain is relatively Sigmar orientated, I knew I had to do at least something to make it Tzeentch related, and had luckily bought some old metal symbols some time ago.
It's things like that, which make me realise that building such a piece like this would be so much easier the longer you've been in the hobby, as you're guaranteed to have all sorts of useful bits laying around from past and previous projects. Even in my short year and a half of miniature painting, I've managed to accrue a fair few useful little bits which will find their purpose within this AoP entry, I've no doubt.
With the cleansing aqualith sorted, it was then time to figure out what other terrain pieces I needed to place; something for the balconies and some sort of door for the main hole. I needed to sort out what these pieces were going to be ahead of time, as the next step of using the modeling compound would fix these pieces in place to the board forever. these pieces wouldn't need to be amazing quality, and I figured something made of MDF would be the cheapest and most efficient way of handling it. So I found a doorway and a some balconies that I figured would work well enough, and placed them to see how they would look.
With just these four different elements, the board was starting to look a lot more like something, as opposed to a mess of expanding foam. It was at this point that I also cut out a room above the doorway in the central structure, as it felt like a lot of blank space, and would allow me to create some form of small room. The balcony holes were too small to create much of a scene within them, so this new central hole would provide that opportunity for me.
With that done, I was now ready to start securing and strengthening with modelling compound, as well as sculpt a more natural look to the rock, than that of a meringue...
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