This week I made two small patches of rubber moss for Necromunda. Rubber moss is one of the more unusual lifeforms found in the Underhive - like the
ash clams in my previous post, it is not directly lethal, but has the bizarre defence mechanism of being extremely unstable & bouncy
:-> If a model moves faster than 2" across rubber moss (or falls onto it), it is sent D3" in a random direction (potentially off a ledge/into a wall/into something nasty/onto more rubber moss!)
I made my rubber moss by sculpting a thin layer of Green Stuff putty over some urban debris bases, letting it tear in the middle to expose some of the base. When I started painting, I wasn't sure what colour it should be, but my friend Tim suggested a lurid mix of blue, green, & red. I began with a sea-green, & it quickly developed into what you see here, fading from turquoise at the edges, through sea-green, to ultramarine. I gave the moss a coat of gloss varnish to emphasize it's rubbery-ness. I imagine it as slightly
bioluminescent in the gloom of the Underhive.
This week I made two small patches of rubber moss for Necromunda. Rubber moss is one of the more unusual lifeforms found in the Underhive - like the ash clams in my previous post, it is not directly lethal, but has the bizarre defence mechanism of being extremely unstable & bouncy :-> If a model moves faster than 2" across rubber moss (or falls onto it), it is sent D3" in a random direction (potentially off a ledge/into a wall/into something nasty/onto more rubber moss!)
I made my rubber moss by sculpting a thin layer of Green Stuff putty over some urban debris bases, letting it tear in the middle to expose some of the base. When I started painting, I wasn't sure what colour it should be, but my friend Tim suggested a lurid mix of blue, green, & red. I began with a sea-green, & it quickly developed into what you see here, fading from turquoise at the edges, through sea-green, to ultramarine. I gave the moss a coat of gloss varnish to emphasize it's rubbery-ness. I imagine it as slightly bioluminescent in the gloom of the Underhive.
Excellent work!
ReplyDeleteI can't help but think of an underhive version of the 2000ad Boing! types with gangers being flung about from patch to patch of rubber moss.
Cheers, Richard. I had to Google '2000AD Boing!' - yeah I suspect the concept for rubber moss was influenced by 2000AD (like many other elements, not least Judges & the Adeptus Arbites.
DeleteThose are super cool! Boiiiinnng!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mordian. They were fun little pieces to make :-)
DeleteLooks like something from Avatar. Nice collection of scenery!
ReplyDeleteCheers, Barks. It wasn't conscious, but now that you mention it, I think Pandoran flora must've been in the back of my mind when I was painting this!
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