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Friday, May 15, 2020

Nocturne backdrop set up

I wanted to do a backdrop that would set a better mood for night time battles with vampires, ghosts and other undead so I needed to make something a bit darker than the other backdrop. Obviously everything can't be pitch black, but I thought a darker backdrop and ground cover and limited scenery color might do the trick. I have a lot of duplicate castings so I may just keep a full set primer grey for night time games.
I had a black micro fiber fleece I laid down for the ground. The backdrop was painted with acrylics and I used the same techniques as the other. The sky color on the right ended up too dark so I lost some tree detail. The left side came out really well.  Luckily my fixed light for the gaming room is to the upper right so the shadowing isn't completely out of whack. I had to mix tube acrylics so I couldnt roller brush and some brush marks and shine are visible. I need to do a flat varnish tomorrow, and may add some clouds.

Ghost with a lantern in the graveyard.


Vampire emerging from the crypt to face the slayers

I think its worth detailing the ground cover a bit to break up the colors and adding a pathway or two.


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