Levarius' Army of the Dead - Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game
Ghostly Smoke - Part 1
In order to finish the models off, I wanted to add a ghostly like smoke effect underneath them, especially as they are raised up off the bases.
Inspiration comes direct from the CGI in the films where you can see a green blur below the characters
Scene at the Pelennor Fields, the dark green blur below the Dead can be seen quite clearly.To make the smoke, I grabbed some teddy bear stuffing that i’ve got lying around the house (I use it for packing boxes during house moves at Uni). I then took a cheap can of bright green spray paint, bought from B&Q (a UK hardware store), and sprayed the stuffing in a patchy nature.
I then ripped off a small amount and stuffed it (pun intended) under the models to see what effect it had. Initially I wasn’t happy with the results and had a few experiments with colour amounts and thickness. I’ll add the final results in a part 2 update…
Great idea! Nice to see the effect from the film brought to life here.
Cheers, Yeah I wasn’t sure whether it would work but I’m glad it did. Will hopefully edit up some final photos tonight to post. Got to work on green stuffing some new bases next before continuing.