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Title: Time Machine 2.0 - WIP
Post by: Cacique Caribe on February 10, 2019, 07:46:24 AM
For my 15mm Victorian travelers.

(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7924/40080480133_32c89b068b_k.jpg)

More angles here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/9593487@N07/albums/72157706678080984/with/40080480133/

Please note that I still need to give the floor a wood plank texture and also add a railing to the shield on the bow.

That said, do you gents have any thoughts, suggestions, critique on the attempt so far?

By the way, since this contraption would be for when the Time Traveler makes a second trip to free the Eloi from the Morlocks, I’m actually thinking of naming the short girl with the big rifle Weena.  :)
Title: Re: Time Machine 2.0 - WIP
Post by: princeman on February 10, 2019, 04:11:11 PM
That looks great! Who makes those figures?
Greg
Title: Re: Time Machine 2.0 - WIP
Post by: StoneMtnMinis on February 10, 2019, 05:14:39 PM
 :-*

Dan,

As usual, you are "Da Man"!  Very impressive, but I see you have gone over to the 25mm Dark Side and abandonded the 15mm Force.  >:D

Be that as it may great work!

And yes, you are making me jealous.  ;D  Keep it up!
Title: Re: Time Machine 2.0 - WIP
Post by: StoneMtnMinis on February 10, 2019, 05:17:41 PM
Dan,

You know you are going to have to post construction tutorial for all the rest of us, right?  I love the bow grill work.  Source?
Title: Re: Time Machine 2.0 - WIP
Post by: Cacique Caribe on February 10, 2019, 10:34:12 PM
Thanks guys!

Figures: a combination of Rebel Minis and Highlander Studios, plus I’m about to grab a few of the new cave dwellers from TheScene.UK*

Brass accents: from an ebay vendor of stamped brass “findings”

https://www.ebay.com/itm/ANT-BRASS-VICTORIAN-FLAT-FILIGREE-FINDING-1-PC-s/381142421705?hash=item58bddbd0c9:g:RC4AAOSwa39UzEvy

https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINT-DESIGN-ANT-BRASS-STEAMPUNK-STYLE-ROMAN-CLOCKFACE-1-PC-s/331465940598?hash=item4d2ce8de76:g:77wAAOSwzrxUzQs-

“but I see you have gone over to the 25mm Dark Side and abandonded the 15mm Force”
25mm? LOL. No, these are all 15-18mm.  :)

* https://thesceneuk.com/shop/15mm-figures/cave-dwellers/cave-dwellers/
Title: Re: Time Machine 2.0 - WIP
Post by: StoneMtnMinis on February 11, 2019, 12:06:03 AM
15-18!  All the more impressive.
Title: Re: Time Machine 2.0 - WIP
Post by: Colonel O Truth on February 13, 2019, 09:08:10 PM
Very nice! I’ve often thought of making a time machine myself. Might have to now!
Title: Re: Time Machine 2.0 - WIP
Post by: Cacique Caribe on February 13, 2019, 09:15:57 PM
Colonel

Yes, definitely go for it.  I’d love to see other versions.  Please put it on your to-do list.

Dan
Title: Re: Time Machine 2.0 - WIP
Post by: Captain Darling on February 14, 2019, 05:19:03 AM
Good work on your time machine CC...
Title: Re: Time Machine 2.0 - WIP
Post by: Cacique Caribe on February 14, 2019, 09:28:16 PM
Thanks!

I think this is also going to be a fun piece to paint.

Dan
Title: Re: Time Machine 2.0 - WIP
Post by: Cacique Caribe on March 19, 2019, 04:15:16 PM
While I figure out how best to paint my chronomobile (would that be the right term for a time machine?) I thought about making a little “stage” for taking photos of my Morlocks and other subterranean flora and fauna when I eventually get those figures painted.

What do you guys think of what I came up with?

(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7880/32478850407_5d72d31401_k.jpg)

(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7896/47368043512_f8d552e458_z.jpg)

More pics of that little photo “stage” project here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/9593487@N07/albums/72157679333827428/with/33544974648/

I’ve already started on a Morlock “pump” machine that will leak fuel into that little puddle.  It will be a removable piece, depending on the context of the figures I photograph.  For other completely different VSF settings I could have my painted figures facing some creature coming out of the water, like this one here:

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7835/47368053152_52b8ae17ce_k.jpg)

Dan (https://flic.kr/p/2faKDVA)
Title: Re: Time Machine 2.0 - WIP
Post by: Furt on March 19, 2019, 08:58:04 PM
A very nice little scenic piece you've created there - well done. Love the dripping cave effects looks very realistic.

May I ask where is that tentacled horror from?
Title: Re: Time Machine 2.0 - WIP
Post by: Cacique Caribe on March 19, 2019, 09:46:07 PM
Furt

Thanks!

As for the ball of tentacles, the tentacles are from a plastic hanging garland I bought at Hobby Lobby long ago.  I’ve already used those tendrils on a couple of things:

(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7843/40215873193_fea64b4ed9_k.jpg)

https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=115283.0

The “body” of the thing I made using Green Stuff.

Dan
Title: Re: Time Machine 2.0 - WIP
Post by: Deflatermouse on March 20, 2019, 12:34:25 AM
Very nice stage and backdrop.
Maybe a giant mushroom forest?
http://thevistor.blogspot.com/2010/11/journey-to-center-of-earth-1959-film.html

Do  Lavamen   live there too?


Or giant flying eyeballs?
Title: Re: Time Machine 2.0 - WIP
Post by: Cacique Caribe on March 20, 2019, 06:31:30 AM
Deflatermouse

Whoa, those critters look cool!

Who makes them?  And are they suitable for 15mm gaming?

Dan
Title: Re: Time Machine 2.0 - WIP
Post by: Enakan on March 20, 2019, 11:24:52 AM
Second that!!!

Who makes the flying "Eyeballs"???

OR a mod/conversion?

 :D
Title: Re: Time Machine 2.0 - WIP
Post by: Deflatermouse on March 22, 2019, 07:16:00 AM
Sorry about the delay.
They are Gotongi Demons from Ral Partha Europe.
http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/dsa-the-dark-eye-28mm-fantasy-c-30/creatures-17000-c-30_34/17048-gotongi-demon-4-p-1044.html

Yes I feel they are very usable with 15mms. They come in sets of 4 different poses.
I took a picture today of them with some 15s. It's very blurred so will do it again tomorrow.
Title: Re: Time Machine 2.0 - WIP
Post by: Enakan on March 22, 2019, 01:03:58 PM
Looking forwards to more pictures!

We watched "The Time Machine", the last one with Guy Pearce in it, just the other night.  Love the flying Eyeballs, I'll go check out their site!
Title: Re: Time Machine 2.0 - WIP
Post by: Cacique Caribe on March 22, 2019, 08:22:29 PM
Ral Partha!  I don’t know how I missed those guys when I placed my last order.  Well, I guess I’m putting them on the next list.

Thanks!

Dan
Title: Re: Time Machine 2.0 - WIP
Post by: Deflatermouse on March 22, 2019, 11:57:04 PM
Glad to be of help.
This might be of some interest for those real Funguys heading underground.
http://www.designsponge.com/2017/07/diy-paper-mushroom-tutorial.html

Update here's a comparison pic of the winged eyes and some Cave dwellers from The Scene.
Title: Re: Time Machine 2.0 - WIP
Post by: Cacique Caribe on March 23, 2019, 08:02:37 PM
Wow, I really like those “bats”.  They could work for Lovecraftian type games as well as for sci-fi mutant (or genetically engineered) creatures.

Thanks so much for that comparison pic.  That now reminds me that I need to buy clear flight bases for some critters I have.

Dan