Day of the Tentacle diorama
Slapping on the paint
Whose idea was it to decorate the set in yellow and orange?! I’m pretty sure that back in 1993 when Day of the Tentacle was released, LuscasArts didn’t consider the idea that nearly thirty years later someone would want to recreate scenes from their game using tabletop miniatures.
Because if they did, even back then, they’d have know how utterly useless Citadel yellow paints are for coverage. Orange isn’t much better. Army Painter isn’t much better. And my Coat d’Arms paints (who were the original manufacturers of Citadel paints, back in the day) were the worst of the lot.
It’s taken quite a few coats just to get this far, and there’s still plenty of tidying up to do. But here’s the latest progress:
I still need to put the risers on the staircase and the handrail and add in a couple of missing tile pieces (alongside the left-hand wall, it just looks a bit bare). And wait for my fresh inkjet ink to arrive so I can print the banner/signs on the doors and phone.
But I reckon another couple of hours and a bit of black edging and it won’t look too bad….
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