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Other Stuff => Workbench => Topic started by: has.been on August 26, 2019, 09:53:59 AM
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Thought I would show pics. as I do things. I don't intend any great work or
specific themes, just (as the title says) 'Stuf Wot I Dun'
I will do my best to answer any questions, if I can.
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Your work looks nice - well done :)
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A bit more.
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I think I dun the girl in the last picture in the first post. At least her inspiration. And I think I shouldn't of ought of dun her, neither. lol
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Ah, the problems of dodgy disco lighting.
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Great variety of stuff you've done- very healthy! :D
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A bit more.
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& more
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More.
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I recognize some pics from some of our games...why have I never seen those gorgeous hanomags though? :o
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The Hanomags were done for Dave.
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Yet more.
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Bit more.
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Today's pics.
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& today.
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Really great stuff. Thanks for posting all this :-*
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That certainly is an eclectic mix of stuff! Would be great to see more!
It also makes me think that my flitting between periods and genres is perfectly reasonable.
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Thanks guys.
I do have a butterfly like span of attention which has become more powerful as the years
(decades) have gone by.
I HAVE tried many different ways of disciplining my wargaming interests & none of them
worked for me. I now have gotten to a 'happy place' where I do what interests me that
week/month. It is a hobby for my enjoyment & not a task.
For example, Vodkafan asked if I wanted to go in for the kick-starter (last year) for
Jacobites, so I did. I haven't painted any 'Tartans' yet because I managed to get a
lot of Government troops from a friend. They were not 'Table ready' . They needed:- reorganising
into units of 12 Inf & 6 Cav. (we are modifying Rebels & Patriots for the Rebellion);
Turnbacks etc changing; Flags & a complete re-base. I have now got nine inf. units & two
mounted dragoon units ready for the fray.
Now I might paint up some artillery or grenadiers for them OR some hairy bothered Scots.
It depends on whatever takes my fancy.
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Some more 1745 bits. The buildings are done by me.
The town gateway is from kit bits provided by Vodkafan. and
the ruin is an extended & tarted up fish tank ornament.
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Rusty bits & near future troopers.
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Orc car racing team.
Racing through alien trees.
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Taxi & big beasties.
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Jeeps & troopers
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Don't play 40K, but I do use some of their stuff.
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A few more bits. P.A. Cop cars, robot mule & some aliens.
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Oh, must show you my Ant Robot, anti-grav sled & the tentacled beast.
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Girls & Ambulls
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Sorry previous post should also have said 'also Human & Eldar snipers'
This one has my P.A. 'Rebels' gang. & some Selanites (aliens)
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Fanatic monks, Terminators & buildings with Rogue Star team.
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Close up of the Rogue Star team.
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I have seen them... And have found them to my liking!
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Good 'Elf' Saves me working out how to do a 'link'
Now to add more.
This one is 'Rusty & Dead'
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More Sci-Fi
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More Sci-Fi.
The last one inspired by fellow LAFer's 'Thing'
and I had the lower half of a Hippo available after
making a waterborne version for Flatpack's Askari game
(see his thread for pictures)
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I like your scatter terrain- very nicely done.
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Thanks Codsticker, more to come.
Some zombies & some heavy robots.
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Now 'undead' robots, Space Marines, Kroot & pet.
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Today we have alien fauna.
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Some scenery. I am getting far too much =, must start to thin out the collection.
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More scenery.
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Sci-Fi skips & bits.
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Dwarf tower. from the OOP (& much missed) Snapdragon range
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...and now something completely different!
two DBA 15mm base camps & troops.
The Greek hoplite shields are authentic ones that my Egyptians might have hired.
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Great thread Has .been !
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Thanks Blackwolf. I must admit it is making me realise I really
must reduce 'Wot I Got', especially as I do like making & painting 'stuf'.
Any one out there interested?
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Like it all, but love the DBA base camps!
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Thanks Vodkafan. I do enjoy the occasional DBA,
unless it is with a rules lawyer that is.
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15mm DBA.
The Egyptian boats are from Kinder surprise eggs.
I got them at a toy fair, in a bargain box. Cost all of 10p each.
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I am getting around to some of the 'Things tucked away in boxes'.
Found some small fantasy pillars. Decided to add some height,
(put them on plinths) Still not happy, so decided to turn them into
a bit of a ruin.
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That works.
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Multi scaled too. It is huge in 10mm!
Available for:- Ancients; Medieval; Renaissance; Horse & Musket; WW1; WW2:
Post WW2; Modern; Pulp: Fantasy & Sci-Fi.
Not bad for about 6" square.
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The pupils at the school club, who really like What a Tanker,
wanted to expand into North Africa. I pointed out that the
Normandy (MDF) houses would not do, but that Adobe buildings
were easy to do with some Blue Foam. To show them I knocked up
this. They have now each taken a small block & (hopefully) before
half term they will have a village. Then they will need an Oasis. (next project?)
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Like it! How is the dome achieved?
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Half of a split ping pong ball. You Know I throw NOPTHING away.
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With rumours about Osprey doing a set of Spaceship rules (Million Suns?)
I dug out what few I have already painted, so here they are.
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Today we have some 6mm Sci-Fi/fantasy buildings from the much lamented, now OOP,
Snapdragon range. The first few were painted by him/them. The rest waited for years
until I thought I could match the style. Judge for yourselves.
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I like those buildings both the style of the models and how you have painted them up.
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Thanks Fred. I simply mimicked Snapdragons style, though it was
years before I felt brave enough to try.
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I think you must have done a good matching job, as they all look the same . Odd little buildings, I expect munchkins live in them
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Unfortunately they have seen zero table time. I could not resist them at a show
(the first, i.e. painted ones) & when he was going out of business I snapped (pun
intended) up the rest. The Sci-fi I did then was 15mm (too big) & now it is 28mm
(way too big!). I did think about buying a pack of 6mm or 10mm (just right) and
populating the town with 'Munchkins' , but have never gotten around to it.
Today's pictures are of alien flora, enjoy I have more.
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...and some more.
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Harder than plants! Some rocks & lava vents.
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WW2, fall of France. You've just got to have your roads clogged
with French refugees. These have SNAFUed many of my French
(& British) battle plans.
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...& more of them.
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Where are the cars from and what scale?
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Where are the cars from and what scale?
Yep, what he said.. they look great ! the cars, the refugees.. everything, nice work. Now where did you get those cars from?
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Cars came from a bargain box at a die-cast toy fair. Cost me 50p each.
I thought they might do for 20mm, as they were too small for 28mm.
They were a bit rough, but a lick of paint & some stowage added & we were away.
The refugees, if anyone is interested, come from:-
Sgt.s mess, irregular (Russian peasants mainly) & a variety of model railway companies.
I randomise their movement along the roads by rolling a dice (usually D6) taking
that many 'clumps' from the back of the queue & moving them to the front.
When we played a 'fall of France' game at the school club, it gave me an opportunity
to explain 'War Crimes' to some impatient tank crews, when they asked to 'hurry them
along' with some HMG fire.
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Thanks.
For refugees, I've used the peasant figures from Colonel Bill's Russian Panje carts and others from Westwind (IIRC). I had a link for 3D printed files of various cars but I didn't save it and now can't find it. Some of them were damaged, so were perfect for roadside wrecks etc.
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Having had a think about the cars a vague, very vague, memory was they were
originally from a range of 'Dick Tracy' (in support of the dire film) toys.
Today, for your delectation, we have... 6mm Napoleonics!
Two club members (many years ago) came back from C.O.W. (Conference On Wargaming)
enthused with 6mm. One wanted to do WW2 & the other Napoleonics. The Napoleonics got
further than the WW2, but, despite, initial enthusiasm from the club, the 'organiser' seemed
to lose his enthusiasm. Hence I only have French with a few Italians. Ah well maybe someday
I will get back to it & do some opposition, & some rules, & some scenery, &....
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If that it what they are, you got a real bargain. Just checked Ebay and they go for big bucks.
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The state they were in I don't think they would have achieved 'big bucks'.
As they now are they have achieved some table time, & it is frustrating to
have them block the road.
Today some Napoleonic Naval. Castings from Tumbling Dice. The rocks were
off-cuts of blue foam, which were left over after making some 'trenches'
for a friend.
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Fall Of France cars and refugees look great! Why have I never seen those?
Those 6mm are impressive en masse. What's the base sizes?
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You haven't seen them because we haven't done a lot of 'Fall of France'
(Not enough gaming hours to play all the things I can do, never mind
the things I want to)
Yes 6mm look great 'En Masse' which is what we all thought when we started.
Flatpack still has his Austrians, I think. The bases are 60mm x 40mm. The idea was
that if everyone did a 'box-file' worth we could play fantastic games. Never happened.
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Flatpack has British, I think.
Yes I remember the refugees clogging roads a couple of years ago, when we played a fall of France game.
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You 'think' ????
Can't you ask yourself & be certain?
You could be right, I think your Austrians are 25mm (Mini-fig/Hinchcliffe)
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Some bits from my Russian WW2 village.
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Managed to scrounge a few of-cuts of blue foam.
They were then cut up into building 'bricks' & glued together.
Added detail provided with coffee stirrers & bits of patterned paper
(courtesy of pictures of skirts, shirts & carpets in Sunday supplements).
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Asterix, the Romans. Did them up for a silly Christmas game.
I started the Villagers & Pirates, even had one of the British
drinking tea, but never got round to painting them.
Also picked up (many, many, years ago0 some larger,54mm?,
Asterix figures, still unpainted.
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To continue with the Romans, some senators (used in a 'stab Caesar game)
& some fighters from the arena.
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Cottage, used in WW2, VBCW, Pulp and many other games.
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Some scenery.
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Some far east/pulp scenery.
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..& a bit more pulp/far east scenery.
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More bits, used for Pulp & Victorian games.
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A rusty wreck. 10p from a bargain box, 'Cuz it ain't got tyres'
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Victorian/VBCW factory.
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Great colours and textures.
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Thanks Codsticker, more today.
Parts done so far for my 28mm WW2 Russian village.
Bits have already been attacked by Vodkafan's Fascists,
well one tank really, and that was borrowed from me.
Tomorrow....The story of...The old empty barn! (there's nothing in it)
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The old empty barn.
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Loads more good terrain - lots of really nice looking pieces, you put a lot of work into finishing your terrain off, I tend to get the main building done, and then can’t be bothered to base it and detail the base too. Perhaps I should.
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Great stuff Has.been!
Your barn reminds me of the Mystery Cave;
“But there’s nothing in it.”
“Mysterious isn’t it”.
With apologies to B.C.
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Thanks guys.
Fred, do try 'finishing off' a building or two. It doesn't take long, it makes it look a lot better and is a great way
of using up all those little bits that otherwise just sit around.
Blackwolf, I would tell you the story of the rancid butter, but I wouldn't want you to spread it.
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Ruined engine. This has seen action as:-
Industrial damaged scenery in WW1, WW2, VBCW;
Scene of a drugs bust in the near future;
Long abandoned power source on an alien planet &
even as a mega big ruin in 6mm.
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Post Apocalypse caravan. The basis was a miscast resin.
Picked up for a quid at a show.
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Linear obstacles & difficult terrain for PA games,
i.e. Fences & barbed wire.
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PA wrecked truck (die-cast bargain box 50p) & more
of the barb wire, this time the entrance.
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From an old campaign. PA Britain has been taken over by USA, hence the
name of both our (simple) rules & the campaign was, '52nd State'.
All things British became banned.
Telephone box, now disused and Tea is brewed in illicit (moonshine type) stills.
I do recall a certain PA figure, in bowler, WW2 gas-mask & rolled up umbrella
being one of the leading rebels. Much fun was had.
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From an old campaign. PA Britain has been taken over by USA, hence the
name of both our (simple) rules & the campaign was, '52nd State'.
All things British became banned.
Telephone box, now disused and Tea is brewed in illicit (moonshine type) stills.
I do recall a certain PA figure, in bowler, WW2 gas-mask & rolled up umbrella
being one of the leading rebels. Much fun was had.
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Is anyone else having similar problems? I tried (twice) to post these on 28th Oct.
only to be told there was an error, either picture files too big, or posting took too
long (neither true). I tried again just now and... it loaded it twice??!!!!!
I do NOT understand E-lek trickery! (apologies to Catweasle)
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I had a similar problem with a post last night.
Love the wrecks by the way. Useful for anything from Pulp to SciFi.
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Yes Codsticker, and they are so cheap at Car Booters & Die-cast toy fairs.
Plus you do not have to work out rules for moving them.
Nice to know that the machines are not just picking on me.
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Pirates, just because they...ARRRHH!
Honest the gloss is not as noticeable in real life.
The Royal Navy gun crews are the Lamming's range. They were painted over 30 years ago.
I do have more recent Pirate castings to paint, but they are 28mm & these are more 25mm.
Somethings got to give.
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Today a Greek theatre. It is a Vacuum formed one I bought from a trader that begins with an 'A'
at Salute about 4 years ago. Sorry but I can't remember their name. I also bought some of
their sand dunes (sold as 15mm, but hey a pile of sand is a pile of sand in any scale). They have the
added advantage that they stack together nicely for storage. Picked up a few of their 15mm
Arab buildings, again very nice.
As, I assume, with most of us these things sat on the 'get around to it one day' pile.
The theatre came, once again to my notice just at the same time as the lid from a broken box.
They fitted together fine & gave the Vac. form a good solid base.
Must drag out the Adobes with sand dunes & photo. them.
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Amera?
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Thanks Poiter, that is it. They have a nice range of things.
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Really like the wrecked truck and the Pirates.
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Thanks. Due to the recent clear-out the outstanding pile of unpainted Pirates is
down to a manageable number. It could be one of the mini-projects I get to
work on over the winter. Pirates are always fun to skirmish with. I am thinking
of using Fistful of lead, though I do have the Osprey rule set.
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Today a Greek theatre.
Another really useful piece. It could be an ancient theatre or part of a town centre.
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Codsticker. It got its first outing this week, as some of the pupils (at the school club)
wanted to do Greek mythology. 8 Hoplites (between 4 of them) quickly modified
Fistful of Lead QRS & a few cake decoration pillars, oh & two 54mm Hoplites, who
posed as statues. The lads were really happy when the statues came to life (first
joker to be drawn from the pack). They want to do it again (good sign).
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Additions to the Elephant herd, JC beware.
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Wonderful thread. Great painting on those ellies. I have been meaning to ask, who makes the renaissance figure that guest stars in a lot of your pics?
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Thanks Hu Rhu.
Unfortunately I don't know the manufacturer, I have the habit
of picking up nice price figures at shows. He came from Col.
Bill's bargain box & set me back 50p.
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Wow........I have loved going through this collection of pictures ! You are pretty bloody mad but I love the eclectic collection and there are some real gems in there!
I love the snapdragon Dwarf Tower, lovely piece. Some fascinating Far East pulp pieces and your elephant herd looks cool.
You have remembered me once again I have a big collection of unfinished pirates myself....having once started a thread on here......maybe I may get inspired to have another go...who knows.
Keep posting, I’m sure you’ve more yet tucked away.....
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Thanks Digits. You would think with all the stuff I have sold/ passed on there would
be vast empty shelves & boxes... Not the case I'm afraid. Clutter, clutter & more clutter.
Trouble is I want to do it all, & I want to do it right NOW!!!!
I am learning, slowly, that it is better to finish things. Mini projects are the way. Do a bit
here & a bit there, then play with it on the table with mates.
I shall now quietly put away my soap box & take some more blue smarties.
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I know the feeling. Looking forward to coming and gaming with you guys.....but I know it’s bad for my wallet! I will end up starting new stuff!
I am sitting on a tonne of stuff myself...some of which I need to sell to make room. My problem is I hate to part with stuff I’ve bled over!
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Two more animals for Askari (WW1 East Africa).
Both from charity 'odd toys' boxes. 50p each,
they wanted 10p, but I haggled them up.
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Oops, only one picture loaded.
Here is the Hippo. I have not named him'
but the Rhino is called Neil...
Rhino Neal (been in many films...I'll get me coat)
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Thanks Hu Rhu.
Unfortunately I don't know the manufacturer, I have the habit
of picking up nice price figures at shows. He came from Col.
Bill's bargain box & set me back 50p.
Here he is:
https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/early-16th-century-renaissance/products/ren022-landsknecht-command
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Thanks Traveller.
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Needed a quick/cheap set of graves for a Fistful of Lead game at
the school's club. A few Ice Lolly sticks & a little time & they were ready.
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Actually the iced lolly sticks are more realistic than a lot of produced ones. Good job!
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Indeed. I made a graveyard for my Cowboys with a plastic set of headstones. It wasn’t until I started dry brushing the headstones before realising I’d buried Kurt Cobain! :(
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Thanks lads. The pupils were fascinated with the possibility of
putting the names of each other's character on such a 'marker'.
When the time comes that is.
It has added an extra layer of chrome to the Wild West games.
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Some additional alien plant-life.
Once again courtesy of banana stalks.
I keep envoking rule one of the Wargamer, 'Don't throw anything away!'
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Noice (and clever) work - reminiscent of the movie "day of the Triffids"!
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You must eat a lot of bananas!
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I eat a lot of humble pie, that is for sure.
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Magical Chinese Dragon, courtesy of my lovely wife buying bits
from a local aquatic shop for me.
I will use them in Dracula's America, Pulp & similar games.
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Oh, I do like your Chinese dragon :-* :-* :-* Great find, love his expressiveness!
Lon
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Thanks Marianus. Every time we go to our local garden centre I have
a look at the aquatics section to see what I can use. The last time
it turns out that the aquatics section is moving (to another garden
centre which is not too far away) and therefore were having a '50%
off' sale. I bought a few bits & my lovely wife bought some others,
'To add to your Christmas presents' (Love that girl).
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Seeing the banana skin exotic plants up close, I have to say “genius”!
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Thanks Digits. Having seen (only in pictures) your splendid jungle work,
that is praise indeed.
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Start of a new year & decade.
I have decided to set myself a target.
At least 12 'things' to be completed each month in 2020.
I will start with 24 Guerrillas, for my Peninsular war in 28mm.
No great reason why I will start with them, there is a lot in my lead mountain,
but I will be playing a Peninsular game with the lads this weekend. I doubt
they will be ready for it, but at least it is a start.
Either this idea will work & I will reduce the mountain, or it will
turn out to be a... 'GROSS' mistake. (see what I did there?)
Photos as, and when, I complete anything.
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Good luck!
Always good to set some targets....
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12 things a month! That's 3 a week :o
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Btw chaps....can you guys point me to a uk stockist of the fistful of lead rules please?
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Oshiro Modelling Terrain me'thinks :)
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Yes Digits, Oshiro are the uk suppliers.
Picked up the fist full of lead core rules and the horse and musket supplement for Christmas.
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Cheers guys.
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12 things a month! That's 3 a week :o
Yes Vodkafan, but '12 things' could mean 12 buildings, OR basing 12 trees.
I am thinking some month's targets will be harder than others, but if I
keep getting stuff ready for the table, I will be happy.
January's target (the 24 Guerrillas) are prepped (filed, based & undercoated)
and now await painting & flocking.
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Managed to get all 24 finished within January.
First few, including the clergy. Sorry about the poor photos,
but I wanted proof before quality.
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2nd lot.
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3rd lot. In time for their first outing on Friday.
A game of Sharp Practice with Vodkafan.
Now to decide what my target is for February.
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Characterful minis fella. Nice.
Wish 8 had your mojo though :'(
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Digits you churn out brilliant stuff all the time.
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Did I read somewhere that you were going to DOUBLE your targets every month? lol
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Looking good! Shame they must all die on their first game! ;) Must get my figures finished.
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Flatpack...NO!!!!
That would be 24576 figures in December alone, & 49,140 for the year!!!!!!
Mind you it would put a big dent in my lead mountain.
Vodkafan. Brave words, but remember Appletree will not be there.
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Digits you churn out brilliant stuff all the time.
Unfortunately I have lost it and done nothing these past three weeks......
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May I suggest you pick a team to oppose your Accountants (Galactic Heroes).
Paint a few figures (5) & the Mojo may return.
Or a small bit of scenery e.g. crashed satellite, well, graffiti covered broken wall,
Viet-nam road sign, etc. Just a whimsy thing.
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With January, & its target, over (well almost over) my thoughts have turned to
February's target. As it is a short month (any excuse) I am giving myself an
easier target. Some years back I picked up a unit of Garrison Persians. younger
members may need to be told that they are/were? one of the best figure makers
'back in the day'. 25mm but chunky. There is a reasonable paint job on them,
but they will need removing from their (not very good) basing strips. I will be
basing them on pennies & using them for skirmish games (with or with-out
sabot bases). I already have about 8 Hoplites (with no opposition) so this will
be a 'Win, Win' scenario. Another something off the 'To do' pile & another thing
I can play with on the table. If the re-basing (& a little bit of repair/tart up) is
completed quickly, I may also paint up a few Greek archers, slingers or javlinmen.
See other threads on LAF about the quest for a suitable skirmish set of rules to
be used. I will be quite happy to use Fistful of Lead.
I might even get around to a Greek farm.
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Re-basing done! Not brilliant, but functional wargames standard.
Now if I could only find those light troops (Archers, slingers etc.).
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Just basing the above, though achieving my February target, left me wanting more, so...
Thanks to a kind soul, who donated several boxes of WH40K stuff to our School club,
I tidied up & painted two crashed ships.
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And I added some more Alien plants, as well as some 'spawn' (Always useful as a
bio-hazard in games).
Oh and a few bits of fence for my WW2 Russian Village. The bits had been sitting in
the Village box for nearly 5 years!
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And a bit more.
Trying to use up some of my (many) boxes of interesting bits,
an Alien shrine & a cluster of fuel tanks.
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This all looks great! Exotic flora, rustic fences, revolting alien spawn (you don't want to accidentally step in that stuff!).
I like the temple and the fuel storage too. What is the story behind the lion on the side of the fuel tank?
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What is the story behind the lion on the side of the fuel tank?
I cut bits out of newspapers magazines & catalogues. Then use them as posters,
graffiti, even carpets drying on roofs. It is cheap, I like that price.
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Looks very effective! I wondered whether the side of the tanks was just general advertising space sold to the highest bidder (in this case a zoo, or a new Lion King movie perhaps), or whether that paeticular tank contained "Lion Juice" rocket propellant, or some such...
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Hey, I just make the stuff. I have no idea what it is/does.
half the fun of it not being definitely one thing, is that it
can be different things in different games.
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Lion juice stops cats peeing in the garden......
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Digits! That is just taking the P#@@.
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Into March, and the monthly challenge continues.
First up some bits kindly donated to the school wargames club.
Duly repaired, tarted up & based.
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Conjectural APC from WW1. I read somewhere of surplus tanks being used as
armoured supply vehicles. To get men & supplies up to the front line.
This is my take on that idea.
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Another elephant to scare one of our group.
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Some Post Apocalypse vehicles.
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Seven matchbox? APCs. Ugly plastic turrets removed (will turn up in a Sci-Fi
setting sometime no doubt).
Will do fine for AK47, or similar, 15mm Modern games.
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Some Post Apocalypse vehicles.
I like the glazed effect, I will have to try that.
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Thanks to unexpected down time (Corona Virus) managed to
get some more bits finished. Sci-Fi this time.
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Two Die-casts that I couldn't shift at Hammerhead.
I have given them a new paint job, and now they have
joined the boxes of AK47. Extra tanks are always useful,
especially as Zumri's venerable T34s keep breaking down.
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Purchased some 3D printed Sci-Fi containers at Hammerhead,
added them to my existing unpainted baggage. Based up
& ready to provide cover when I get to play Galactic Heroes next.
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Before the Government closed the schools, I set the
pupils at our after school club a challenge. Each was given
access to several boxes of 'interesting' bits (provided by yours
truly) & some old CDs. The 'challenge' was to make something,
anything. Sci-Fi would be the easiest, but anything would be allowed,
the only restriction was that it must fit onto the CD.
I took the last of the bits & was going to finish it as an example.
The club might not get to meet again until.. who knows?
So here is a record, for posterity, of my effort.
The shell was formally the handle of a garden strimmer
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Other bits stuck on, including a broken remote case.
Followed by a coating of thinned filler.
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Moving along.
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I have no idea who lives in it, but they do not want visitors.
First you have to climb up the front 'ladder' & scramble onto
the platform. If you are identified (via the intercom) as a
welcome guest, the platform rises (it is supported by hydraulic rams)
& the door unlocks.
As I have said before, 'I don't know what things are, or how they work.
I only make them'.
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Nice collection of bits! I love the large flowering plants on the base. No doubt it's a secure entrance to a large subterranean base of survivors...
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Thanks Syrinx0. The exotic plants are in fact the stalks from bananas.
When I break off a banana I scrape any pulp from the stalk. it gets left
to dry out, then gets whatever bits of paint are left over when I paint something.
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So what you gonna say when Helen asks “Where’s the strimmer Peter ?”
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Nice colours on the Tyranids. I really like the SF tower, your best bit of junk modelling yet. And what you did with those tanks- who would Adam and Eve it?
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Flatpack.... 'Cut that out!'
Vodkafan... Thanks for reading the tank barrels. When curfew eases
we must use the Sci-Fi stuff for a game of Galactic Heroes.
Off later to do a bit more 'futiling' in my room, interspersed with
'essential' jobs around the house for Helen.
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Some MDF skips picked up from the Trade at Table, Hammerhead.
Taken apart, cleaned, reassembled & detritus put in, then dirtied up/down?
The 'body' (it could be a shop dummy) idea was stolen from Digits.
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More from Hammerhead.
Planter's family, from Grubby Tanks/Britannia 28mm.
Dad, Mum, Daughter & Dog. To be used in ultra Modern games.
Armoured Land-rover, from Urban Constructs, shown with the family
as the normal owners (Empress SAS) are still on the painting table.
I thought I had finished it, but decided it needed a soft toy/mascot,
hence the Polar Bear on the front in the last picture. My wife loves
Polar Bears, we must have over a hundred of the stuffed toy variety.
Thankfully not even one real one.
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Just under the wire, for things done this month, are the following,
joining the Government army of 1745:-
(All mainly re-basing, with a little painting of collars &cuffs)
Unit of Grenadiers, 4 bases either as an add hoc Assault unit or to beef up some line units.
Unit of Hat-Men, no flag(s) as I will use them as poorer quality, Militia maybe.
Two bases of mounted Officers. No existing rules for such under Rebels & Patriots, so
will have to create some.
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Love the '45 stuff Pete.
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Helen will kill you, if she finds her polar bear missing.
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Thanks Ian, figures arrived painted from Dave.
They do look nice on the table.
Just need a horde of hairy bothered Scots to oppose them.
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Bob, Helen is not due another 'roll call' of Polar Bears until 2021.
Should be safe till then.
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Great stuff, I better practice painting those tartans...
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To quote a great figure painter, when asked how to paint a lovely figure,
'You paint 10,000 & the 10,001st will be excellent'
I think the same will apply to our Tartan painting.
Thankfully we do have... how many to paint !!!!!!
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With tartan, I strongly suggest getting a scrap piece of card or similar, and trying out various colours and patterns.
Plaids were woven using natural dyes and would be out in all weathers, so I try to avoid very intense colours. There's a pretty good site somewhere on the web showing the various natural colours available to Vikings. Scots would have a pretty similar range available.
So practice tartan on somewhere other than figures.. and impressionistic works.
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Ta Shahbahraz. When I get around to doing some I will show the efforts here.
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Now done, the Empress SAS figures I bought at Hammerhead.
I have used my love for Portsmouth football team as a theme.
They all have (various) Pompey shirts. I used my collection of
shirts for reference. It covers many years, & dates back to when I
was a lot younger & fitter. I used to play 5-a-side two, sometimes three,
times a week. Now... never.
The great thing is because of the figure's body armour I didn't have to replicate
the club logo, or sponsorship details in 28mm. But I know it is there, under
all their clobber.
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I'd like to know your colour schemes, other than the Pompey ones. I have similar figures to do.
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Pompey on tour, at war. 👍
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I normally start with a burnt umber undercoat, and work up from there.
I never was interested in the 'Ultra Modern' period, but took part in a
wonderful game at Flatpack's, run by Ian. Great fun, even though it
most definitely was SNAFU! It was great fun. Dave, another of our group
lent me some 'Contractors' (Empress SAS). I was hooked.
I went for a mix of kit, no not just Pompey. Hence different browns & greens,
with a few washes. There is so much detail on the figures I went for 'Dry Brush'
with a small brush. Followed by selective thin washes. I did not want a (literally)
Uniform look. I hope that helps.
Take a look at Flatpack's game (sorry no good at doing links) for some very nice
pictures.
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A 3D printed tower, picked up at Trade at Table, Hammerhead. useful for quite
a few things: Sci-Fi, Ultra Modern, WW2, Zombies, 50s 'B' Movies, Pulp etc.
An angry ape, one of those bits found at the bottom of boxes when having a
clear-out. Gone now to join the menagerie that is Askari (WW1 East coast Africa).
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http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=122712.msg1542116#msg1542116
Should be the link to Spectre game, Middle East, showing the great figures that has.been is talking about.
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Thanks for doing the link Bob.
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Nice job on the SAS Pete, Dave's just done some more! A little less civilian looking - the ones he lent you are going freelance as contractors.
Your kind words about the game are appreciated - will have to do another so we can ambush your guys!
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Watch out Pete...RPG!
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Bob, I am less worried now that I have an armoured Landy.
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Getting to the bottom of the latest box of things to paint,
don't worry people there are loads more, & here are some
ODD things that came out:
2 x Leprechauns???
2 x Mini-Fig 25mm fantasy (have added them to my stock of Fantasy,
but might give them to the school club when we go back.)
3 x Gene stealers (Must have missed them when I did the other 30 odd)
Could not be bothered trying to match colour scheme, so will use them
as 'Ghosts' i.e. harder to hit as colour scheme not as bright as originals.
1 x Big 'Gene Stealer'? Well that is what I will use him as, an Alpha Male.
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Lovely Genestealers sir shame about the slotta bases though!
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A 15mm WW2 Elephant, picked up at Hammerhead for £1, unpainted.
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Vodkafan, all the other Genestealers are on slotta-bases.
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Vodkafan, all the other Genestealers are on slotta-bases.
Yes would have been nice on the clear acrylic bases though! Hey can't believe that is that same Elefant nice work.
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Oh no, not another elephant, don’t tell JC.
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Clowns.
I have absolutely no idea what to do with them, but
they are nice figures.
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They look like a pulp gang to me or, possibly, characters from the classic 1979 movie, The Warriors.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/03/TheWarriors_1979_Movie_Poster.jpg)
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'Warriors! Come out to play!'
Today's contribution..
Some Sci-fi figs. picked up at the local Works, before the lock-down, @ 50p each.
They are big, so gave them a repaint & will use them as Star Cops.
You don't mess with the law. Shades of 'Klatu barada necktu' (The day the Earth Stood Still)
The last picture has an Alien (of some description) & a ghost (always useful).
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Great stuff Pete - the years have not dimmed your talent or your enthusiasm for dabbling here, there and everywhere.
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Butterfly mentality my friend.
...and today we have :-
A tarted up bit of fish-tank scenery, which will join my Indian Mutiny stuff.
Three Star Fighters, originally toys from the TV series Buck Rogers. I managed
over the years to gather these three, they fit in well with 28mm Sci-Fi & are
far more believable than games workshop's efforts. As these were picked up
at various Die-Cast toy fairs (in various states of disrepair) they were a heck of
a lot cheaper than Games Workshop's too. They were hiding in one of my many
boxes, & got (finally) 'the makeover' due to this lock-down.
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Nice star fighters mister.
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Thank you. I hope to get them on the table for a Galactic Heroes game after lock-down.
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Nice job tarting up that fish-tank scenery!
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Thanks Syrrinx0. My wife is quite happy with me going off to browse
at any 'new' Aquatics shop. Seriously curtailed at the moment though
thanks to Corona Virus. I am working through my back-log, thankfully
I've been stocking up since the 1960s.
Today's painting contribution:-
The Inventor,
Two dogs,
Bed (a find at a charity shop, 10p),
Two tarted up tarts (Old figures given a brighten up. They needed it,
having been stuck at Flatpacks for several weeks. They got out of their
box to chat to his locals & missed the leaving roll call.)
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Really love your paint style!
The sci-fi minis on page 14 are definitely from the Halo gaming series, they look extremely cool!
It sucks that we don't get all those cool stuff here in Italy :/
Anyways this is one of my favourite threads and it gives me lots of inspiration every time. The things I like the most are the terrains :D
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Thanks Launets. If it were not for the lockdown I would offer to get you some from the Works.
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You are a machine! Great work as usual sir.
Still feeling beaten up so everything I attempt is taking a lot longer.... I have the desire to paint....just need a bit of pep!
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Digits, you have just gone through a lot. Go easy on yourself.
Do not compare current output with your normal volume. You
will be back at full productivity before too long.
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Let’s hope so.... meanwhile keep at it, you will be making a serious dent in that pile!
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Digits
Have you seen his pile (not piles 🤣)
All this work he has done, is merely a flesh wound.
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To continue with the 'flesh wound'
A pile of dead (Napoleonic) Russians. A packet of Flintlogue? Dead Russians,
which were purchased, decades ago, with the idea of a 'Retreat from Moscow'
skirmish game. If you could pass a nerve test you could search the bodies
for Ammo, food, valuables etc. Game never happened, though I did paint up
some wolves as two friends (Dave & Ian) were putting on a retreat from Moscow
game. Their game (Most of the painting was, I believe, done by Dave) was spectacular.
It was on show at one of the Partizan shows, the time when the old Hall was double
booked (Doll Show?????!!!) & the whole Wargames thing was in a marquee!
A base of dead mounted police, for use in any post apocalyptic setting. Same idea
if you could overcome your fear/revulsion, you could search them for weapons etc.
These came from those nice Eaglestones @ Empress Miniatures.
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This time some recycled unpainted 25mm Figures, now small people
in the 28mm Universe.
The 'bugs' had a holster & a bag added out of Mili-Put.
They will be useful as NPCs.
The females are ex Star Trek figures. I will call them
Gemini & they will have a telepathic link when separated,
and combined have several mental skills.
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Decades ago, yup, about 40 years, I was in the Pike & Shot Society.
Each year, at the AGM they would hold a painting competition.
The opposition in most sections was very good, however the
'Baggage Train' section was always under represented. A cunning
plan was hatched. Make an Incan baggage train with pack lamas!
Bound to win. The plan got no further than garnering three, yes only
three, Lama. Time moved on, fast forward to the present...
I FOUND THEM !!!!!
Didn't bother converting them to pack animals, well I don't have any
25mm Inca. They are at least DONE.
I have absolutely no idea what to do with them, apart from as a bit of
local colour to a Pulp or drug runner game.
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I have the same issue....bought some pack camels for North Africa....don’t know why.
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Digits, see Vodkafan. He is collecting some bits for Sudan. He might be
interested in pack camels. Alternatively buy my file box full of assembled
Perry plastic Sudan infantry. There are Brits & Mahdists.
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Elephants!
Got these from Dicemaster as part of a (Vietnamese?) DBA army.
Over the years bits got 'recycled' into other projects, but what
can you do with two elephants with several riders on?
Well when they came to to top of the 'to do' pile (for about the
tenth time) I decided to convert them into baggage elephants'
for use with my Indian mutiny troops. They can be on the
Mutineers' side, the British side, or even part of a caravan that
'someone' is about to attack.
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Pete,
Bloody love the elephants :D
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Thanks Ian, one more thing off the 'to do' pile.
Luckily I have a VERY big 'To do' pile. Must have
a look through the MDF hill to remind me what
modern stuff I have. Need some scenery for
my Pompey supporters to play with.
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Today we have
BATTLE MONKEYS!!!! OK chimps, but Flatpack mentioned 'monkeys'. Purchased out of my
pocket money, two shillings (well it was a lot half a century ago). They were either from
one of Air-Fix's Zoo sets, or their Tarzan set.
Next really are monkeys, flying monkeys! Found in one of my boxes, no idea what to use them for.
Hey how about servants to a wicked witch?
Then, a little bit more 'realistic' two 'Mercenaries'. Near future?
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Yes, monkey air support, for the monkey on the ground.
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The 2 soldiers are gorgeous!!
Also I forgot to ask, in the previous reply, how do you do your basing? Could you post some pictures of the various phases?
Keep up the good work :D
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Thanks Launets.
Nothing too difficult in my basing:
1)I use ready mixed filler, normally from PoundLand (Cheap shop)
to that I add a little PVA glue, again from PoundLand.
2) This is the consistency of soft butter, and I apply it to the base using
a pallet knife (one with a small trowel shaped head).
3) While the mix is still wet I just 'doodle' a few irregular swirls.
Leave it to set (overnight).
4) Paint the base a dark brown (e.g. Burnt Umber).
When it has dried, dry brush a lighter brown, & when that has dried
(And the figure is painted) dry brush base & lower part of the figure
with an even lighter brown, which represents the dust.
5) If you want to, glue on the occasional small rock (see garden for lots)
&/or bush (Plenty of commercial ones out there, or tear up a cheap
scouring pad)
6) Using a small brush, which is well past its best, dab on some spots of
PVA glue. Then apply flock of your choice.
Use the opportunity to hide any previous errors.
I hope this of help to you. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
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Hey great work on those camo uniforms.
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Thanks James, & now...
The Arbothnot Strider!!!!!
(A 40K walker modified for Victorian Sci-Fi.
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Thanks for the guide, it was perfect!
I shall try it soon on some models and see how it goes.
Also lovely walker :D
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Let me know how you get on with the basing Launets.
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Found three damaged 15mm Buildings, & in the current 'time rich' environment,
decided to not (do the 'usual')put them back in their box, but repair them and
paint them up. Trouble is I don't have much in the way of 15mm troops.
Ah well they can go to a good home at (hopefully) next years Hammerhead's
trade at table.
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Oh, & a road barrier. From a Poundland toy set.
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During the tidy up I came across a set of dinosaur teeth,
only plastic ones from issue one of a Del Praedo type publication.
Decided not to chuck them, or put them back in the box, but
to do something with them. May I present 'Stone circle'
useful for any scale (hence two pictures, one with a 28mm figure
& one with a 15mm AFV.). The 'Sacred Tree' (stump) came courtesy of
the garden & the sacrificial 'posts' were from the sprue that the teeth were on.
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Stone circle looks good, they're always useful scenery.
The flying monkeys are from Eureka, if anyone else wants some.
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Thanks Wirelizard, I had absolutely no idea where they originally
came from. I would have picked them up from a bargain box.
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Today we have, courtesy of Flatpack, some very VERY small AFVs.
Bob gave me them as they didn't quite match the manufacturer
he had decided to use. How the Hell could you notice a difference
at that scale????????
Oh & another of those bits that at first glance I thought was a bit
of scrap metal. Every time I had looked at it, that had been my
first thought, only to realise it was a Peter Pig shark, from their
Pirate range (yes that had been yet another project). With my
current spare time & new Mantra, 'Paint it up!' I did just that.
It may very well make an appearance if anyone (Flatpack or
Vodkafan) try to invade Zumri (My AK47 country) by sea.
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Or cross a fiver....if I recall isn’t the Bull shark also known as the Zambezi shark because it ranges up river and is at home in fresh water....
Funny enough....I too have a shark fin and a great white head rearing out of the water on my paint tray to do with my 28mm pirates....great minds and all that. Don’t forget, your small Peter Pig fin could just be the tip for something much bigger...you could use at a larger scale.
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Meanwhile back in the '45' (Jacobite rebellion project).
My Government artillery is ready.
First (nice weather) the outdoor shots.
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And the indoor shots.
Vodkafan & I REALLY MUST do up some of our Flags of War Jacobites.
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Very nice Pete.
Is the next shot where they are sprawled over a sports car in a sexy pose ?
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How about on the bonnet of a Landy?
By the way what did you think of the micro AFVs, & how are (where are) your's.
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I tried, honest I did, to post this on the 'Found at Poundland' thread, but
several hours, lots of lock outs & still no joy, so I am sticking it here.
Moderators, if you want to move it, then it is OK by me.
My first thought was 'Hesco Barriers' especially for those of us without 3D printers.
They will get painted & based, when I have worked out what 'shape' I want.
If I want a big defence I will clad them around a core of something else.
What is on show is 3 packs worth (total expense = £3) i.e. you get 8 in a pack.
Do not worry about the lights, they have gone to my wife for her to play with.
The figures are the SAS from those very nice Empress Miniatures people.
Painted up as my Pompey (Portsmouth FC) supporters club. Included for scale.
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Gorgeous artillery. A work of art. Now all you need is to get them on the table.
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They've been on the table, that is where the indoor shots were taken.
What I need are some, no loads of, hairy bothered Scots for them to fight.
That might get started... next week?
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A couple of scenery/objective etc. for Sci-Fi.
Found some Star wars' pen-tops & other bits.
Stuck them all onto some old CDs & painted.
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Wierd Alien rock formations.
To be used as:- Landing pads of the Ancients.
Source of Dilythium
Spawning point
Sacred site of native beings etc etc etc
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I like them. Even more because you could have landed on a planet where the cows are the size of a double decker bus!
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Digits, are you offering me a 'Pat on the Back'?
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You don’t want one of them landing on your back!
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I'm a big man, I can take it!
In fact I made them back during my Art Degree.
They were tests bits. Found them, you wouldn't believe it,
in the bottom of one of my fabled 'boxes'. Stuck them to a
couple of old CDs, slapped on some filler & made the bushes
from an old paint brush abandoned by my lovely wife.
She remembered what her dear father had told her about
putting a paint brush into, a something like, an old jam jar,
which had been filled with water. The idea was to clean it
with... White Spirit, or whatever, later. Only she completely
forgot about it. I found it months later. No good for painting,
but great for bushes/reeds.
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Some bits from the spares box.
Suitable for generators & Pylons.
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I have a batch of those Mcragge power fence pylons, very useful.
So what is your criteria for selection when deciding what to paint next then?
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I have tried all kinds of 'criteria' but my butterfly mind just rebels.
Now it is what interests me/ what can I do quickly/ what do I need soon/
(lastly) what REALLY MUST be done.
This weekend I hope to start on my Anglo-Spanish Napoleonic troops.
It interests me, I could finish off some relatively quickly & I need something
battle ready soon (There are a LOT of nasty French out there)
Besides if I leave it for now, the 're-enforcements ordered will arrive & I
might feel swamped. Big danger of moving onto something else.
Most of the recent stuff has been an effort to reduce the clutter of unfinished
on (what should be) my wargames table.
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I look forward to seeing what you do with them....there aren’t TOO Many Frenchies just yet....
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....there aren’t TOO Many Frenchies just yet....
You forget, I have seen the pictures on LAF.
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Not even a division yet!
Not really achieved anything this week...too much real life work!
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Some objective markers, IEDs etc.
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Finally got some big bugs out of the (painting) system.
useful for lots of different games.
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Victorian Sci-Fi aliens.
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Magnifique. Are they some kind of beaded jewelry that you have applied your artistic skills to?
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Yes they are beads. I saw them in a craft shop (can't remember which) years ago.
Like most of my purchases they sat in a box... & that was it until now. Too much
spare time = backlogs/half done things/forgotten projects, are all starting to get
my attention.
Today we have... a Leprechaun. If you ever find one, took me years to find this one,
he has to take you to his crock of gold, but... if you take your eyes off him, even for a second,
he will disappear! I was going to take more pictures of him but...
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Tricky little buggers... At least he is well dressed for his travels. :)
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syrinx0, you ain't gunna believe it... He has vanished!!!!!
Today's offering is two Sci-fi figures. The great thing with
Galactic Heroes (present chosen set of Sci-Fi rules) is that
I can do up odd figures & get to use them.
These have the temporary names of 'Gasmask' & 'Sunglasses'.
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Nothing to worry the Frenchies then...
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Won't worry Frenchies with today's offering, a team of house gnome servants.
I envisage them to be the 'people' who keep the wizard's house (relatively) tidy.
The are mischievous, surly & occasionally rebellious, but he likes them.
I now need to choose a wizard figure from the pile, then build a house etc. etc,
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Having finally gotten round to 'doing up' all of my Graveyard bits (Last year)
I now found another 'Ghost'. Well had to be finished, didn't he?
As one of my friends (JC) would point out, 'You've only had to matt white undercoat him'.
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Pete
Are you sure that’s not a head swap that’s gone wrong ? lol lol
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Definitely NOT gone wrong (Official answer)
What you must remember is...
Not to try & hit the target, but
to draw a ring around whatever you hit, then call THAT the target.
Some 30 (? might be longer) years ago, plastic skellies became available.
I bought a box (still have most of them un-used). I thought it would be a
fantastic idea to use one a a dolly & make my own D&D figure.
I came across it, yet again, recently. Once again that horrid little voice in
my head said, 'Don't stick it back in the box. Finish it!' . Here it is, proof that
I need a LOT more practice & should stick to various aliens & monsters.
Bur at least it is finished.
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As the big tidy up continues, certain things have come to light.
This weeks's discovery was that although I sold off my 15mm WW2
North African desert collection of vehicles & Inf. I kept the buildings ??????
A friend expressed some interest & may make me a (post lock-down) offer.
So before I, both mentally & physically, move them to one side. I thought
I would take some pictures, so here they are.
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Great collection fella
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Thanks Digit.
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next up, two gobbos.
First a fantasy one, I call him 'Moon' then the Sci-fi one, known as, 'Pistols'.
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A little bit of back story is required for this one.
During a Western game my friend JC was playing a drunk, & doing a very
convincing job of it. Think Kid Sheleen in Cat Ballou. He drew his gun & shot
at a Cowboy riding down Main Street. Missed the target, did hit the horse though!
One stone dead horse in the middle of town. The Sheriff's judgement was two-fold,
a)A fine. $9.03 (all he had on him).
b)As the Sherriff didn't want to keep him in Jail (& have to feed him) he was to
bury the horse.
Someone suggested I make a grave with 4 hooves sticking out.
Now, a mere ?????? years late, here it is.
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Poor Trigger. lol
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In a bid to kill two birds with one stone,
1) I have a stack of CDs (scratched, obsolete etc.)
& 2) boxes (& boxes...) of 'Interesting' bits
I have started doing the following.
Take two CDs, glue them back to back. This gives me a base with some rigidity.
Stick an irregular bit of card over the hole.
Glue a selection of 'Interesting Bits.
Paint, texture & flock to taste.
Result will (hopefully) be a selection of scenery come mission objectives.
The first, Sci-Fi ruins.
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Man as always your work is amazing.
The new terrain is beatiful. And that poor dead horse is hilarious :D
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Thanks Launets. How is your basing coming along?
Today we have a 'dead' robot's head. Bound to have
something that scavengers could use/sell. Worth
checking out (during a Galactic Heroes game maybe?)
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I have taken inspiration by your technique but developed one of my own, I gotta say I'm quite satisfied at the moment. I need to stock up on flocking/tufts so that I can add some vegetation because otherwise they look all kinda bland, but it's decent for the time being :D
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I love those two updates. Poor trigger though :(
The robot head scatter is great and is exactly the sort of thing I want to do for my table when I can go out and look for broken toys at car boot sales
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Thanks EndTransmission
The Robot head is a squashed garden light,
I just thought it looked like a mechanical T-rex.
You can spot the wargamer in the supermarket,
he is the one holding the yogurt pot upside down,
trying to figure out what he can make out of it.
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Great looking scenery as always. I told my wife I had been talking to you, and she said - is he the one that can take a bottle top and turn it into a space ship. I said yep, that's the one. She says - see I do remember some things.
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Thanks Zingara, and Mrs Zingara.
For today's 'Ruined Temple' you will need:-
2 x Old discarded CDs,
3 x Broken playing pieces,
some scraps of card (I use off-cuts from other work),
a bit of filler, some glue, a sprinkling of sawdust
& whatever paint you have spare.
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What a great collection full of character and individualism :)
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Thanks Chimpfoot, nice to get positive feedback.
Attached was most definitely NOT made by me, it came up as my
screen-saver, which randomly changes.
However it is what my wargames room will look like,
well it might if I will big time on the lottery.
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Some GW 40k bits lying at the bottom of a box.
Based them up on some flower shaped ply, which I
got from The Works before lock-down. They make
useful bases for things like these 'plants'.
I don't know what GW sell them as, but in my games
they are a form of plant. I see them as an additional
hazard to players & most definitely carnivorous.
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Tyranid nodes. I cast loads of them and they feature all over my mid bases as well as scenery.
Talking of which, after the lockdown, you must remind me but I have a lot of cast 40k scale barrels which didn’t quite make the grade for my defensive positions.
I used them for ammoo dumps etc Like these
(https://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b76/DigitsDavid/CIMG1130.jpg)
You are welcome to them if you want them. I also have a large box of parts from GW building kits if it’s of use to your school club?
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Yes please. All donations to the school wargames club are appreciated.
Tyranid nodes you say, that makes sense. I have (somewhere) undone Tyranids.
When I find them I must paint them up.
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Jeeps for Indo-China 28mm.
Yes this man does have a weird & varied collection of wargames projects.
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Some of the LED light casings from PoundLand (see earlier post)
Now turned into Hesco type barriers. With some other clutter.
Done up for a friend who is doing conflict in Syria.
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& some more.
See 'Spectre game. Middle east.' Posted by Flatpack for an idea of the
kind of setting that they might get used in.
See my page 17, for what the 'Hesco' barriers looked like when bought
from Poundland.
The Billboard posters follow how I did them for my friend's WW2 buildings.
They are stuck to thick card, and are to be (temporarily) attached to the
buildings with small balls of Blu-Tac.
Bits other than the 'Hesco' barriers come from a kiddies traffic set, repurposed
for action as concrete traffic obstacles & instructions.
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Todays offering on a CD base.
A grove of Alien plants.
Made, as detailed before, from Banana stalks.
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A broken Batman toy (the searchlight that shines the Bat onto Gotham's sky),
add a few bits & ...something for my 15mm Sci-Fi.
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My first unit for the fight against Senor Digits & his massive French army.
Spanish Militia. The figures are Eagle.
More pictures on 'Venta De Pantalones- The Anglo-Portuguese'
(i.e. not just 'Venta De Pantalones' which will show you Digit's fantastic French.
Worth a look, but remember they are the enemy!)
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I hear flamenco looking at this :-*
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Totleben, everything I do involves a song & dance.
At least that what my wife thinks.
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...everything I do involves a song & dance.
One must follow the proper rituals to empower your forces for their role on the battle top.
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One must follow the proper rituals to empower your forces for their role on the battle top.
Syrinx0. I will consider such things...after my siesta.
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Another vehicle for my French Indo-China project.
This time a civilian vehicle, a tatty Citron.
Might belong to the foreman at the plantation,
when I build the plantation that is.
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Didn't even realise you were doing French Indo China Pete :)
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Ian! Come on, you know it is my aim to do just about everything.
it might take me several lifetimes, so reincarnation will have to be
an option.
I expressed an interest when you first mentioned it, waaaay back
before figures were even available. Remember you were considering
converting WW2 Americans. Since then I have ...bought figures from
Empress and... done bugger all else. You have fielded two (?) full display
games & written your own rules for it. I lag a little bit behind.
Recently did the two jeeps (posted a page or two back), was happy
with them, so when I found the Citron I thought, 'get that done as well'.
Might get a few of the inf. done & then could be ready for a skirmish game.
Nothing as complete as your set up though.
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Today, you will need:-
Some cheap off-cuts of MDF (I got mine from B&Q, £6.25 for the three);
Some embossed wall-paper (Always look at these in the DIY stores, some are bril.);
Wall-paper paste (Cheap, but mine was surplus after papering the guest room);
Wood stain (Cheaper than 'shades etc', great for scenery & it comes in various colours);
Match Pots (Cheap way of getting scenery painted/drybrushed etc.) &
some nice weather, so you can do the messy stuff outside.
& you have (well in this case) a play base for Victorian streets (match pots of various greys)
and two for sunnier climes (yellow match pots)
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Bloody effective....did you buy rolls of it or have you used up?
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I have a few feet left. I was thinking of making some Peninsular
buildings using it. Interested?
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With the rebirth of our Western Gunfighting (Dardenell County)
I decided to look at my MDF hill.
Decided to take one out & build it.
Like most of my undone Wild West buildings, comes from the TT Combat range.
Relatively cheap & easy to put together. On the down side they are a bit boxy, &
not much interior detail included. I do not like interior detail, so I 'seal' my buildings.
I would rather use room outlines (off to the side of the table).
Still, one more thing done.
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Work I have done, quite a while ago, but getting back into
Westerns I got these out of storage. They had received the
hand of time badly. Basing material was cracked & coming away
from the bases in parts.
Some repair work & they are good to go.
"Dr. some nights I think I'm a Tepee, while other nights I dream I'm a Marquee"
"Well that is your problem right there!"
"What Doc?"
"You're just too tense"
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Two almost rejected chunks of 'Blue foam',
some bits & pieces along with a bit of time =
Two Adobe hovels. Multi use. Now table ready.
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Always on the look out for things that could be used for wargames.
The wife wanted help pulling out weeds. I kept the 'interesting' roots,
and dried them out. Now they are mounted on... (you'll never guess)
Old CDs.
The fallen leaves were free, a wonderful idea by a fellow LAFer, the
autumn debris under Silver Birch trees. I collected several tubs last year.
It goes a long way.
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Love the twisted trees. I thought about doing the same when I am weeding; every once in a while I pull up something that I think might make a decent tree but then I scrap it.
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Codsticker, NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
Rule No. 1) of the Wargamer, 'Never, ever, throw ANYTHING away'
You can:- give it away: Use it now, or (my favourite) put it somewhere 'safe' until you need it.
The third option has a plus side for such roots, they dry out nicely, but the down side (for me)
is that I often forget where the 'safe' place is. I sometimes have been known to forget what
I have squirrelled away. Then there is the fun part of discovering stuff all over again, well
it keeps me happy, doesn't cost much & the wife does know where to find me.
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As if I didn't (still) have lots to do, I have ordered a force
of 1/200th modern French vehicles from Butlers Printed Models.
I blame Flatpack for this, he has been teasing us with his Modern
project (see posts on LAF) which go back several years. I got
involved by doing bits of scenery for him. Now, as it looks like he
might have found a set of rules he likes, I feel I want to be able to
put some troops on the table. He has Russians & Brits, I didn't fancy
USA (equipment too good), West German (too disciplined) or other
Warsaw Pact (look like the Russians) so (in my tiny mind) it had to
be... FRENCH!!! So here goes. More pictures as I paint them.
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Over a year ago, can't be precise as the search system keeps ignoring me,
I listed a purchase on 'Things found at Poundland' Two toy boats.
As a reminder here is a picture.
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Well I finally got around to doing something with them.
Hacked the two down to waterline, & not being one to throw things away,
turned the hulls into barges, to be towed by the boats. Flat topped, so
capable of transporting supplies or troops.
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Now for the other boat & barge.
The barges can be turned over & represent wrecks.
Oh & I was left with an off-cut, so 'waste not want not' it
became a half sunken wreck. Useful as an obstacle to river traffic.
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Ingenious! I love how your mind sees all this in bits of crud! I would never look at a kids bath toy like that, brilliant!
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Considering you make jungle trees from wire & latex,
I will happily take that as a compliment.
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I like the end result on those boats a lot!
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Boaty Mcboatface and friends.
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Inspired!
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Thanks Guys. My 'Navy' is no match for Flatpack's, but it does
give me something for 28mm skirmish games, be that:-
Pulp Ally, VBCW, WW2 or Askari (WW1 East Africa) or what ever.
Big bonus, the 'Fleet' cost £1 !!!!
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As the wife says - you can look at a bottle top and voila - a spaceship. Very impressive series of differing constructs. Pieces of art really.
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Thanks Zingara. You could do the Spaceship thing, give it a try.
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Progress on my modern French.
I have separated the AFV from their sprue/scaffolding.
A LOT of fiddly work, not helped by:-
My fat little fingers,
Aged eye-sight,
Lack of knowledge of Modern French AFVs (Is that bit model or sprue?).
However I am pleased with the progress.
In the entire order only one problem, one too few of one type of turret &
one too many of another type. I have e-mailed BPM & they are on the case.
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Nice! I'm trying not to go down the little tanks route now I own a 3d printer, so I shall live through your tanky escapades!
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Live away 'EndT.' All I have to do now is paint & base.
It has got to be easier than getting them off their sprue.
BPM have sorted it out for me. I have the right bits, I
just know too little about modern French armoured car variants,
silly me.
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They look great!
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Modern French AFVs glued.
Following Flatpack & glued all turrets in place. If they fell off
I would probably never find them again. Discovering the 'joys'
trying to assemble tiny parts on to tiny AFVs.
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Pete
They look very nice mate.
Well done.
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Thanks Bob.
For assembly of those with added 'bits', I had to go onto T'internet.
Most of the pictures seemed to be deliberately taken to NOT show
the bits I wanted. I did, to my horror, discover I had missed the missiles
from the missile launcher. Simple task (?????) as I had retained the
'sprue' off-cuts... Just go through it one bit at a time, looking for them.
Methodical & slow = 'Found them!'
Next had to trim them. Near heart attack when on of them (small & fiddly)
slipped out of my fat fingers & nearly fell onto the carpet in my work room,
which has lots of detritus on the multi coloured carpet, but it stopped on
the edge of the table, phew!!!!
The missile AFVs consist of six pieces each, 'Fiddly' does NOT do it justice.
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Hay Pete.
Bottom photo, with all the off cuts in. Top right hand corner...is that a radar dish that should be on the aa vehicle ?
Joking.
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I hate you! Was busy looking before I noticed the 'Only joking'
I was at one point putting the flash from under the gun barrels
to one side, in case I ended up having to scratch build the missiles.
Found some plastic bases that will do for the French.
The black marks are (deliberately) put there by me.
I don't want any bright bits showing under the vehicles,
if I can't get the base texturing in underneath them.
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AFVs glued to said bases.
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First & second undercoats.
All applied by brush. I have never had good results with spray,
especially with small lightweight bits. Once had to chase a dog
around the garden to retrieve some plastic soldiers that the spray
had blown off the board & onto the grass. Dog was faster than me
& seemed to enjoy our improv. game of 'Chase Me, Chase me.'
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As a break from Modern French, tarting up, repairing & base detailing
some Gene-stealers got from a mate.
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That's a distinct change from modern French to genestealers!
All looking good, nice to see someone being actually productive in these times.
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Thanks Wirelizard, but if you want to see high productivity
may I direct you to any of (the MANY) threads by Digits,
wow but he is on a roll lately.
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More 2nd hand items.
This time required surgical repairs (Arms/legs/limbs???),
upgrade on paint job & complete rebasing.
Four big beasties, for Sci-Fi.
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Very impressed with your progress on the micro armour stuff Pete.
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Thanks Ian, I am now pondering whether or not to
fix aerials on them.
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Painted just two figures, desperately trying to match someone else's
painting style, so that I could turn my existing 10 skirmish Cacadores
into a 12 figure (half strength) unit.
More pictures & information on 'Venta de Pantalones-The Anglo-Portuguese'
(Don't go to the French side of it)
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Can anyone tell me (in really simple language) how to hyperlink.
I have looked at various internet videos, it seems simple when they say it,
but then I try & muck it up.
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Can anyone tell me (in really simple language) how to hyperlink.
I have looked at various internet videos, it seems simple when they say it,
but then I try & muck it up.
Just copy the full link to the page (including the http stuff at the start) and paste it into your post with no punctuation around it.
https://www.velociengineer.net/?p=270
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Here goes, hopefully this is a link to other pictures of my Portuguese
Venta de Pantalones- The Anglo-Portuguese
Will it work?
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Here goes, hopefully this is a link to other pictures of my Portuguese
Venta de Pantalones- The Anglo-Portuguese
Will it work?
I think this is what you are trying to link:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=124101.msg1578365#msg1578365
If you right-click on the post title, there should be an option to copy the address or link or shortcut or something. That is what you want to copy and paste into your post.
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Another try
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=124101.msg1578365#msg1578365
Hope this works, but thanks anyway Billchuck.
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WOOOOO HOOOOO
It works!!!!
Many thanks for you help & patience Billchuck.
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Hope your table has strong supports. The rate digits is turning out figures there is going to be a lot of weight on it !! Keep up the good work completing things.
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Thanks. I am working on my 95th Rifles, well 6 more.
Nowhere near Digit's production line.
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I started way ahead of you to be fair! ;)
Besides, you at least are churning out lots of other stuff at the same time. Micro armour, tyranids, scenery etc..,
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True, but here are the 95th!!!!!
Ho-rah!
I only did 6 more figures & it only makes an under-strength unit of 12,
but it is another unit of skirmishers, great for annoying those cumbersome
French units.
For those that are interested, the new 6 are in the last picture.
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Sorry, that should read the new '7' are in the last picture.
I had a spare lying down figure which really doesn't fit in
with the kneeling & standing figures, so I now have a...
Sniper! Look out French officers.
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I have a few spare! Lol
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A couple more of the CD based...'things'
Let us call them Fire & 'Water?'
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don't know what it is, but it is annoyed!
Came with a job lot of part done Sci-fi via a mate who
is helping a friend clear stuff.
Needed some work to get him(?) to fit onto a reasonable size base.
Also a new paint job.
Useful for:- Call of Cuthulu, Alien, Victorian Sci-Fi, Nazi experiment etc. etc.
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He’s probably annoyed because he can’t see owt for his bloody nose! I’d be peeved too!
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I was wondering if it was his nose, or some version of an Alien face-hugger?
Now THAT really would p/## me off.
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From the same job lot.
I've started sorting them into teams for use under Galactic Heroes.
First team up...
Three 40k Marines, with a 'pet'
One of the Marines has a control pad & the idea of a Genestealer with
a (sometimes unreliable) brain implant, amused me.
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Next 'Team' The S.B.R-Me. (Sky Blue Army)
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Do they come from the planet Ricoh ?
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In a Galaxy (other cars are now available) far far away...
Birmingham.
Today's offering is... well Mum, Dad & the three kids. Tough family!
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Don’t suppose any of them speak Spanish? Lol
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Sorry Digits, back at work now, so production time right down.
These are the tail end of what I did last week.
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Western Gunfight figures 28mm. Acquired via a mate.
These ones needed a little tart up & basing sorting out/finished.
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This lot needed everything doing, cast lines removing, re-undercoating,
basing & painting. They now join my stock of Western Gunfight figures.
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Looking good now!
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Thanks Syrinx0, problem is when I went to add them to the box
with the other painted ones I found... more unpainted & needing repair figures.
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Ouch. That is a really depressing feeling. Just when your feeling all happy at finishing a unit, a handful stop hiding on your painting table and jump out at you. At least though you are almost done
It's almost as bad as you feel when you buy a few boxes of figures (because you were going to) and realize as you are putting them on their shelf - you already did. :'(
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So very true!
Today a group shot & the one figure I did absolutely no work on...
One Apache. Big shame as now I feel I should buy more & match the paint style.
Or maybe not.
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Didn't get much done over the week-end, but did move the
1/200th Modern French along. Textures bases & first coat
of paint applied to their bases.
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Oh I do love a fresh target in the morning.
Well done with the vehicles.
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I haven't even looked at the infantry yet.
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Are they resin Pete? If so, I’d be petrified of snapping of the tank barrels! :(
Is there much detailing on the barrrel or can they be replaced with pins?
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I was very worried they would be resin & I would have to
replace all the barrels with pins or wire. It turns out that it is
more like Nylon, so has a certain degree of flexibility.
Just as well because getting them off their sprue (scaffolding?)
was not conducive to calming my nerves.
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Ah.not too bad then, cool.
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Using up some odd off-cuts of blue foam.
First a tower for my 15mm Sci-Fi
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Another off-cut & another hut, (apologises to writer & singer of Another suitcase & another hall)
This time something for Galactic Heroes in 28mm.
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The other bit of blue foam, which is now another Galactic Heroes hut.
When lock down finishes look for pictures of them being used.
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Great use of pieces that would otherwise end up at the tip.
I love the way you have made them look stressed and weathered. Much of my own scratchbuilding is far too neat and tidy.
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Thanks PhilB, a lot of the distress, as I am using bits that were scrapped, is
already done. I could make them neat, but that would be more work, & I
have taken the line of least resistance (work). My 'supply' is from our school's
DT dept. what I get are the throw-away off-cuts. Some of the bits are so small that they are
really only good for making bricks. Those are useful for debris & making your own
brick built buildings. I have made ONE of the latter & am now of the opinion
that it is the road to madness. All praise to those (several on LAF) who do it'
often to spectacular effect.
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'Waste not, want not' my father used to say, well I had a pot of the ends
cut off from coffee stirrers. These were the curved ends, which were not needed
when I decked:- Cleopatra (African Queen), Mary Rose (I expect to sink on
its first outing) & two barges.
Inspired by one of our groups recent fence building, I made these bits up.
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Very nice!
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Thanks Codsticker.
I aim to use them in the following games:-
Western, ACW, Gangsters, VBCW, Pulp, WW2 , Zombie & Modern,
so should get a lot of use out of some old stirrers.
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Thanks Codsticker.
I aim to use them in the following games:-
Western, ACW, Gangsters, VBCW, Pulp, WW2 , Zombie & Modern,
so should get a lot of use out of some old stirrers.
Yes, picket fences are very versatile pieces of table dressing.
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A few recruits for the war against Digit's Napoleonic French.
More pictures here
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=124101.msg1583520#msg1583520
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Been back at work, so less spare time, but managed to clear some bits off the work table.More
More alien plants. In honour of Picasso I call them my 'Blue Period'
(For the same reason he had a blue period, i.e. running low on paint but have lots of blue)
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Nice bluebells Pete.
Is that Pompy blue you are using ?
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As it happens I am wearing my black Pompey T-shirt as I type.
It is in mourning for failing to get promotion like your beloved
Sky Blues.
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Found some odd bits of rubberised horsehair.
Based them on craft sticks. Not quite enough
bits for four sticks, so I built a gate as well.
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The shrubberies are nice, but those alien blue forests are really brilliant! They look ready to gobble up inattentive adventurers.
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Thanks PhilB. They (hopefully) will appear in a Galactic Heroes game before too long.
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Now the 'Venus Fly trap' trees. Big enough to ensnare the unwary adventurer.
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Wow Pete, works of art. Look really attractive. Great vision for odds and ends.
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Had a good catch up with this thread. Such quality and quantity. How do you do it. Looking forward to seeing the modern French progress. What about the infantry?
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Thanks for the nice comments guys. The modern French will get some more done soon,
(I work at a School & we break up on Friday). Flatpack has done a swap, he got some
28mm Medievals & I got a pack of Infantry that will become my French. They are American,
but at that scale & with camouflage who can tell?
Today two enormous water lilies, to add that tough of lost world to a jungle water hole.
Well they were cheap, as were the bases.
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Took part in the 6mm figure painting for charity (organised by fellow LAFer Per Broden)
here is my (literally) small contribution.
I wish the whole venture well.
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Nice!
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You're very productive HB. :D
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Thanks to Vodkafan I have a truck for my Askari (WW1 East Africa)troops.
He did the works on it, dip, new (accurate) wheels & a lovely paint job.
I only did the canvas tilt.
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Oh, and he added a driver as well.
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Good job.
Just one question, didn’t that run on 195/16 R19’s and not the 185/20 R20’s that James has put on it ?
lol lol lol lol o_o lol
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Ah yes, but the supply of 195/16 R19's didn't get through to East Africa in time
& they were forced to use a set of 185/20 R20's 'borrowed' off a staff officer's car.
James knows his stuff on wheels. The first time he showed any interest in my mound
of die-casts was to ask if he could take the wheels off one. Next time he is round your
place check all of your vehicles. Some might be up on little miniature bricks missing
their wheels.
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Just in case I should run out of alien foliage, some more.
Before lock-down I picked these up from Craft-world, with the
idea of taking the 'fruit' off & making my own trees, but I liked
how they looked (& it was a lot less work) so I left them as was,
just based them up.
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Those plants are both very alien looking but at the same time completely believable.
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Thanks Codsticker. They do look nice.
Problem is I now have lots (& I mean LOTS!) of stuff & space is running out.
Ironic that space should be running out when most of it is Sci-Fi.
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Ironic that space should be running out when most of it is Sci-Fi.
tee-hee-hee :D
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Again gorgeous looking terrain - you must have enough to open your own alien plants garden centre ;)
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As I have said, 'Far too much'. As we discussed I am going to have to start
'boxing up' surplus things. Each box to have scenery, a few skirmish figures &
a one page set of home blown rules. I'm thinking of £20 a box & a trade at table
next year(?). Take the box away & game ready to play that evening.
Any thoughts anyone?
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Sadly you are on the wrong side of the pond for me to pick up a few boxes. :(
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I could always sort out something small &/or light.
What interests you?
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I'll send you a pm.
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Look forward to that.
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Did two more 'CD' bases of scenery.
One is (15mm) Henge & sacrificial pyre at the lake/sea's edge.
The other a clump of cut down trees stumps, which can be just about
any scale. Giant redwoods in 6mm. Good size trees in 15mm. Smaller in 28mm &
weeds in 54mm & larger,
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More good stuff. Love the trees especially. The effect you get is brilliant from something so simple.
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Thanks Zingara.
Putting the finishing touches to the 15mm drop-ships I was tellin you about.
Hopefully photos tomorrow.
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The promised pictures of 15mm Sci-Fi dropships.
Purchased at Hammerhead (pre Lock-down)
They are resin miscasts. WW1 French tanks.
They were in the bargain bucket (sans tracks,
wheels & other details) so set me back 50p each.
The downward, breaking, thrusters were nozzle tops,
which, with a few things from my spare parts box of
interesting bits, completed my attempt at providing
a table entry means for my (yet to be painted or based)
15mm Sci-Fi troopers.
Oh, & to show my tendency/obsession with NOT throwing
things away. Their flight bases are from Britain's Detail range
ACW 54mm Cavalry. Those I based differently some 35 years
ago, but kept the die-cast bases 'Just in case'.
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I would never have thought of this! :o You have got the "drop" on me lol
BUT where's the landing gear?
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James! You know that no self respecting DSC (Drop Ship Commander) deploys
landing gear till the last moment. Deploy it early & it just gets shot off! Then you
can't get off from the LZ (Landing Zone) & if you can't get off how can you possibly
use Garry's favourite tactic, 'Nuke em from orbit!!!!'.
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If you had told me those were something 40K related, I would have bought it hook line and sinker. WWI tanks... who would have thought! That was a rather nice bit of inspiration.
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Thanks CookAndrewB.
I always thought 40k (Human) vehicles took their inspiration from WW1.
Eldar & Tau do look Sci-Fi IMO, but not Le Man Russ et al.
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Due to generous donations from our own Digits, a splurge of activity.
First off, oil drums.
These have been filed, stuck to bases, bases textured & undercoated (rust).
Next stage is to add some paint & flock. Then they will give (some) protection
against stray RPGs in our modern games.
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In that sentence, you used two words that put the fear of god into me.
Digits and RPG.
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That combination is not always scary in my view.
Take for example the sentence, 'Aim that RPG at Digits!'
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Now now...be nice!
Glad to see you are straight into them....but if you want to make them RPG proof....I’d be inclined to add a large bank of spoil like I did with mine.
Had a rummage through the aquarium bits you gave me...plenty of jungle vegetation to be made, cheers.
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Enjoy the aquarium bits. May I suggest that you use the weirder bits
to make some Sci-Fi scenery. That would go well with your team of Auditors.
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I will happily leave the weird alien stuff you you mate ;)
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Some more bits from Digits.
Sci-fi boxes & crates. Stuck onto square bases as a kind of pallet.
Useful to provide cover & break line of sight in Galactic Heroes games.
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Glad to see some useful bits in there. Looking forward to seeing it painted.
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Oil barrel barriers, now completed & ready for a modern game
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They came out great Pete. I’m just concerned about the soft toy strapped to their bumper!
Sadistic buggers!
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The soft toy was inspired by the film 'Three Kings' (?)
But I had to change the choice, from a Teddy Bear to a Polar Bear, as the
wife has a collection of hundreds of Polar Bears.
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Additions to my Western Gunfight figures. See also Flatpack's 'Look whose back in town'
Wild west set up.
The Mexicans didn't get into the recent game as Mal Paso not one of our border towns.
Similarly the Chinese didn't appear. That was because I have yet to build a 'China town'.
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Love the sleeping Mexicans...did you make those?
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No, they are from Grubby Tanks (ex Brittania)
They join my existing sleeping Mexicans, which are great
in games as they can suddenly 'wake up' & surprise players.
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Yes, they are known as ‘dodgy Mexicans’
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Dare you say that when you travel south out of Dardenel County, into Mexico?
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A few more bits from Digits.
Two 40K shelters & a blooming big bomb.
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Ha! The “bomb” was a prototype from my tall flying bases. I’d cast it around the Top end of an acrylic rod.
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Bits & bobs from Digits.
One will become an alien (Eldar/Tau type) monument.
The other two... not sure yet, possibly end up decorating a small building (Tomb ?)
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Picked this up cheap on e-bay. I hoped the rocket lancer arm
would come off easily, which it did (one grub screw). I don't
think I will try & scratch build a turret, but use it as a work-horse AFV.
Might put some stowage on the back to provide a role/interest.
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Digits (see Vulture Creek) has found GOLD!!!!!
Here are my miners.
First the two new ones, plus new mules.
Second the whole lot & last what is bound to happen...A LOT !!!
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What a bunch of riff raff! Think I’m gonna need more bath houses!
Keep it coming Pete!
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Rif-Raf? Yes, but MINE all MINE !!!!
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The ancient 'Eldar/Tau' shrine.
Another bit from Digits, plus a base & bit of a broken pen from me.
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Russian AFV progressing. Baggage now to be added.
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Due to an upsurge of Western Gunfight interest locally (see Flatpack's Look whose back in town &
Digit's Vulture Creek) I have been raiding the lead mountain for civilians.
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As part of the clear out, I have been sorting through my 28mm Medieval pile.
During which I found I have about twenty 25mm figures, Hotspur I think.
None of my mates were interested, though some had a few of the 28mm ones.
So...
I thought I would do up several 'teams' (one knight & four retainers) for FFofL medieval.
It should let me try out FFofL for medieval skirmish, before tarting up/painting the 28mm ones.
First up is Sir Viss (Always with a smile)
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Is it me but his helmet looks back to front! ;D
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No, he is looking over his right shoulder.
I think he is worried that none of his faithful retainers are following him.
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Today Sir Kumference. He'll get around anything.
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Today, Sir Kull (A well rounded fellow)
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I’m waiting for you to put up Sir Vix and Sir Cumsizergh!
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I will have to look up the first, but cut out the second.
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There’s also Sir Vived, who, always Comes through ok. And the very religious Sir Mon. And don’t forget Sir Endipity, who is always where he’s needed most.
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Thanks Billchuck (& Digits) I might use some of those.
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I should not be Sir Prize d that as you Sir Vey ed your Sir Plus figures you would come up with a means of using them.
Sir Cumspect - a wary chap
Sir Rogate - always willing to stand in
Sir Leigh - not a pleasant chap to be around
Sir Pent - a slippery fellow
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Likewise, I may use some of those Gregor.
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Haven't looked in this thread for a while, some great stuff and very productive lately!
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Thanks James.
And in honour of the grate (sorry that should say 'great') British Post Office..
Today we have Sir Charge !!!! (Always on the offensive)
That is all the 25mm medieval, though I plan to use up a few 25mm Fantasy figures
as plot points.
Knight with a Banner as the Count/Earl. (Rally to him or rebel against.)
Treasure? chest (All trying to end up with it)
Prisoner (Free him or capture him for execution/ransom)
Fair Maiden (Abduct/rescue)
& any other ideas/odd figures I have.
Then after (hopefully) a few games of Fist Full of Lead with them I will sell them on.
After which I can do it again with the 28mm figures waiting in the lead mountain.
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Amongst the 'Bag-O-Bits' Digits kindly gave me were two Skull/Iron Cross 'things' (see last photo).
I wasn't sure what to do with them, but going through my 'It will be useful' pile I found a box.
It came from a craft shop & is cardboard. I bought two, mainly for the curved tops. I thought they
would make nice basis for buildings. Big buildings in say 10mm, through to small ones in 28mm.
Well here we are a small Sci-Fi crypt. great for:-
Plot points, Stage dressing, Something to hide in or behind.
What do you guys think?
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A couple of Crux Terminatus. Any marine players at your school club will tell you what they are...but I like the crypt!
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Glad you like.
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:o Wow that box dressed up nice didn't it?
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How did you do the stained glass window?
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The box had one hell of a transformation. Looks great!
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wow - great stuff Pete
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Thanks guys.
Syrinx0. Has the package arrived yet?
If not, how far has it got?
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and some more musings
Sir Roco - full of hot air
Sir Taki - has all the moves
Sir Rup - always in a sticky situation
Sir G - comes with a rush
Sir Gerry - good with a knife / knows where to cut
Sir Cus - bit of a clown
Sir Vey - nothing misses his attention
Sir Viv - last man standing
etc
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I like those.
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Syrinx0. Has the package arrived yet?
If not, how far has it got?
Not yet. Made it across the pond to the Chicago main post office in less than 4 days. Twenty five days later it's still waiting to be "sorted". The last few miles can be huge delays in the US for regular parcels or odd sized mail. Sadly not all that unusual this year. My record package was 58 days in the mail so its got a ways to go before it's "late". So far all my tracked hobby packages eventually get here which is what matters.
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Syrinx0. Hope they manage those last few miles soon, & that you like them.
...& today we have the start of the Jacobite army. See earlier posts for the
Government troops. Vodkafan & I are modifying Rebels & Patriots for the rules.
We will be having different size Clans (No not 10mm, 15, 28mm) Average size
clans will be two bases (each base = 80mm frontage x 50mm depth), Large
Clans will be three bases & small clans just one base.
This is my first attempt at 1745 Tartans, i.e. not as 'fixed' as what we know as
tartans. This 'small' clan is the Buchanon clan. They are in my wife's family tree.
Hope you guys like them. Now on to the other 150 odd tartan wearing figures.
No great rush, the Government figures were completed last September!!!!!
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150 minis in varying tartans....are you bonkers?
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150 minis in varying tartans....are you bonkers?
You started it! Wot wiv yer Highland Brigade, & you being the flippin Frenchies!!!!! lol lol
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Nice start Pete - keep up the good work :-)
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You started it! Wot wiv yer Highland Brigade, & you being the flippin Frenchies!!!!! lol lol
Yes, but my highlanders all have a very generic, easy kilt. These guys will all have different tartans no doubt....lunacy! Anyway, crack on.......
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How did you do the stained glass window?
Sorry James I missed your question, Zingara pointed it out to me.
It is from my collection (quite large) of 'Interesting' things cut out
of colour magazines. Snazzy shirts/dresses make great curtains,
carpets & door coverings. Any advert for Christmas cards will have
images that will do fine for stained glass windows, or renaissance
banners. I did all of Ian's Cossack banners that way. The 'circle'
it goes into is from an MDF 'sprue', as are the buttresses edging
the doors.
What do you think of the Buchcanons?
Working on a Lowland (2 base) unit next.
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Syrinx0. Hope they manage those last few miles soon, & that you like them.
Arrived today since we talked about it. lol
They look great Peter. Nice job on the packing.
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Thanks Syrinx0. Enjoy playing with them.
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A second unit joins the Jacobite 'Army' (Two units = a mob, not a proper army, but it is a start).
These are Lowlanders, though there was a great effort to make Lowlanders look like Highlanders.
Give the Government troops more to worry about.
This is the 'Strathboggy Battalion' (Every one hand picked)
By the way the name IS that of a genuine Jacobite Lowland unit.
The uniform is pure conjecture from me.
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Handpicked! Yuck!
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Painted & based, over the weekend, this Dragon.
Bought it cheaply (£2.50) from a garden centre!
It was in a section of childrens' toys.
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My local garden centers are nowhere as useful. lol
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My local garden centers are nowhere as useful. lol
Ah but you have very nice 'Five & Dime' stores & things like Plasticville.
The first time I went to the states I persuaded my two mates to leg it all
the way across town (it was actually Richmond) just to visit a wargames
store. I really wanted a few ACW or AWI figures that were:-
Made by an American company and bought in America.
Every single figure in the store was made in Britain !!!!
To add insult to injury, they were very expensive as, 'they came all the way from the UK'.
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Great dragon and Lowlanders! Tartan seems to be working well judging by the photo, of course I want to see them close up though soon lol
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Every single figure in the store was made in Britain !!!!
To add insult to injury, they were very expensive as, 'they came all the way from the UK'.
Blame the Perry's and Warlord and... Too many good figures.
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True, but there are quite a few really good American companies, it is just the
'postage' across the pond that puts a lot of us Brits off ordering.
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Great dragon and Lowlanders! Tartan seems to be working well judging by the photo, of course I want to see them close up though soon lol
They will pass the 3' rule (Look OK at three foot & over). What we need James is a LOT more!
I think if I pointed up my Government troops (Reb&Pats) it would total almost 80pts, while
Jacobites come in at about 4pts. That's a lot of tartan still to do. I will break it up into little
chunks & do a clan a time, i.e. 6 or 12 figures most of the time. I will probably only have two
'big' clans (18 figs.)
In the meantime, just to demonstrate my 'Butterfly' mind... two, well, butterflys.
Broken garden light ornaments glued to pens. I see them as a peril in big jungles,
like wot Digits has.
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Nicely painted dragon though interesting pose. It is like he is trying to rather animatedly explain something?
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Nicely painted dragon though interesting pose. It is like he is trying to rather animatedly explain something?
It is like those anglers telling tall tales, 'Honest you should have
seen the size of the knight that got away. He was THIS BIG!!!!'
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True, but there are quite a few really good American companies, it is just the
'postage' across the pond that puts a lot of us Brits off ordering.
Agreed, can get a decent Tamiya Churchill for £20 or a really good AFV one for $50 plus shipping, import tax, customs fees yadda yadda etc. etc... guess I'll stick with Tamiya
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Agreed, can get a decent Tamiya Churchill for £20 or a really good AFV one for $50 plus shipping, import tax, customs fees yadda yadda etc. etc... guess I'll stick with Tamiya
Yes it is a shame. I took advantage of a kind 'International postage free' offer from one US trader,
only to find the cost doubled for UK tax & 'admin'. To add insult to injury I had to go & collect it,
prove who I was (would anyone else have wanted to pay the taxes etc?) AND come back the
next day as 'It is not on the shelves yet'!!!!!!
On a happier note today's photos are of an AFV. Solido Soviet rocket launcher bought cheaply off
the internet. No rocket came with it, so launcher arm was removed & it was done up as some
kind of workhorse for use in combat areas, like Syria.
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Useful looking utility platform. Glad to see there are still a few bits of my resin left! Thought you’d used it all by now!
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Working through them.
Some have just been glued to two MDF Sci-Fi outposts (MDF buildings bought
cheaply off E-Bay). Others are sitting by the painting zone, waiting for odd bits
of paint to drift their way.
Of interest for you, & as a tiny equaliser (for your painting of Nap. Brits.) I am
basing & tarting up a unit of Nap. Swiss, (also cheap off e-bay) I now need
to find out what their flag should be.
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I’m not sure if I do, but wait until I’m home and I may have a spare?
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First up a Kroot. Played a Galactic Heroes game with a friend recently.
Discovered I had 11 Kroot (bought them assembled, but unpainted at
a Bring & Buy). Thanks to a kind offer from Vodkafan I got my 12th Kroot.
This is good because they are all named after star signs & I needed the set.
Pictures are:- Kroot, Kroot with (dangerous?) 'Blob', Kroot amongst a new
batch of plants (Banana stalks) & the plants themselves.
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Some Jacobite wounded (disorder markers).
I WILL need more, but as I have only finished two units & starting on the third,
it is enough for now.
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A few odd bits done. I tend now-a-days to have such bits beside the painting area.
They get the left over paint, saves it going to waste & reduces the lead mountain,
one pebble at a time.
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Sorry, I forgot to say what they are.
The horse was broken off its base, so I thought, 'getting a drink'.
Now I need to find a suitable rider.
The Zombie, well you can never have enough of them. He was missed
in the last Zombie paint up.
The prisoner & (treasure?) chest are to be plot points for my 25mm
Medieval entry into Fistful of Lead, see previous posts.
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A few pebbles a day is still progress. Of course to keep progressing you have to resist adding tons to the mountain while pursuing the internet. That is usually my downfall. lol
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I am desperately trying hard to not only increase 'production', but also
decrease purchases. Very difficult if a see a bargain on internet etc.
I must make greater efforts to part with some of my surplus, thanks
for your part in that Syrinx0.
To the rest of you I am open to reasonable offers.
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Great botanic creations as usual. You must be able to forest up a good number of alien planets now Peter. Amazed how you can keep so many ideas / projects ticking over at once. I tend to be far more single project focused.
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Many years trying to be disciplined have resulted in poor production & pressure.
The last few years of butterfly attention span have resulted in higher volume
of production, & (more importantly) happiness.
Paint wot I want, when I want.
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Many years trying to be disciplined have resulted in poor production & pressure.
The last few years of butterfly attention span have resulted in higher volume
of production, & (more importantly) happiness.
Paint wot I want, when I want.
Agreed, jumping between projects when you feel like it helps you feel happier with the end result instead of powering through something until its done. That's when play becomes work and you're glad to see the end of it. Like this nuisance I spent the better end of a year trying to build with an airbrush
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Build? With an Air-Brush?? Try glue, craft knife etc. next time Chris,
much easier.
Folks, having seen more pictures of that I can confirm he does some
wonderful spray work. kyboshed somewhat recently as he has moved
house AND his work-room (basement) flooded.
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This weekend I based & quickly painted a unit of Goblins.
Undercoat, drybrush to show highlights, pick out a few details &
a wash. Good enough for the table-top.
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Just knocked up a unit of goblins, blink of an eye job. Would take me weeks to do a unit like that :-(. Normally start with an undercoat and there they remain. Very nice Peter - and yet another unit rolls off the production table.
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Just knocked up a unit of goblins, blink of an eye job. Would take me weeks to do a unit like that :-(. Normally start with an undercoat and there they remain. Very nice Peter - and yet another unit rolls off the production table.
Sneak your set onto the back of his painting desk. It might work...
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Thanks guys.
Todays offering, just a few bits.
Space mushrooms (damaged small polystyrene balls),
A bit of rock (base from a broken ornament) &
Some crates (out of a toy box).
Nothing spectacular, but useful non the less.
Napoleonic Swiss finished, if weather holds I will photo them soon.
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Flatpack! This one is for you.
I was going to give it to you at the Digit's game, but as that is (for us) off
I'll keep it until we see each other next.
Saw him in the lead mountain & following the crack about Jamie's new MDF Bank
needed a 'Loan Arranger' I decided to do him up, but as the 'Highfield Ranger'
"Hi Ho Silver (& copper & bank notes) away!!!"
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Very nice mate. Cheers
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Finally, pictures of the Swiss (I'm on a roll!)
I bought them off e-bay, ready assembled & painted.
I did have a few minor repairs (damage in transit).
I gave them a wash of Wilco Oak stain (MUCH cheaper than Army Shade),
then picked out some highlights, added a flag & based them. At arms length
they will pass muster on the table.
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Nice job mate.
Not a bad pick up. Once I’ve finished putting the CoC stuff together I too will be back to the Naps......starting to feel the anticipation!
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Thanks Digits, I must get back to my (Spanish) Napoleonic too.
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Hi, I'm back!
Second half of September, all of October & part of November... was a bust.
But I am back painting & making.
Taken some photos & we start today with some Sci-Fi debris.
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But Pete, you could have built spaceships from these bits 🤣
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But Bob it IS a spaceship,
just after someone handed Digits an RPG.
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Two 25mm Angels. No idea what to use them for, but heck they are done.
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Seasonal - give some shepherds a fright :)
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They don't impress along side 28mm figures, but would
terrify some 15mm Figures.
Still can't think what to use them with.
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Harpies!
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Harpies!
Good idea, at least they would get some use against your
up & coming Jason of the Argonauts.
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Log pile. It will join my Russian WW2 village, though it is generic
enough for a lot of uses. Not bad for some used Q-Tips & an old
paint brush.
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Two resin torch burners. I added a few disks to raise them up a bit.
One more 25mm Medieval figure, this time a knight.
And a Sci-Fi female.
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Nice. The check pattern looks good.
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Thanks Syrinx0, it looks better in the 'flesh' as it is only about
a third the size of the photo.
Today's offerings, large scorpion & giant butterfly.
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A flipping huge Manta Ray.
Yet another for the, ' Don't know what to use it for, but at least it is done.'
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Nice. Could be a flying monster for an rpg session?
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Great Work Pete - looks like you are back in the swing of things.
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Thunderball - James Bond's underwater battle as a tribute to the late great Sean Connery.
A flipping huge Manta Ray.
Yet another for the, ' Don't know what to use it for, but at least it is done.'
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Thanks guys for the nice comments. Some good ideas too, but
I'm trying to clear the decks at the moment. I must NOT get into other projects...
(Famous last words).
Today we have two resin storage bins (from the resin mound) based up with some
gubbins (from the 'that looks interesting' lake) as they looked a bit like bins.
For use in ultra modern games. You can't have too much cover to hide behind.
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For ultra modern skirmish.
Two Coke dispensers (commercial castings) &
two vending machines (from the 'interesting bits' pile).
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Some Sci-Fi scatter.
Made from items from the 'Interesting' pile.
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Most of us see junk. You see possibilities. Great stuff as always.
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Thanks for the compliment, as the Waterboys put it in their song,
I saw the rain dirty valley, you saw Brigadoon'
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Some bits bought off the internet.
Already assembled, but only some painted & those in a
very bright (& clean) colours. Not at all suitable for a
'Way out on the rim' kind of settlement. So they all got a
blue paint job, were given markings & got a good layer of dirt/grime.
These were the big containers. Next I will put up pictures of
the variety of smaller ones.
Any-one spot the Football team link?
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Didn’t know you were a YEPMOP FC fan.
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Didn’t know you were a YEPMOP FC fan.
I'll have to get back to you on that.
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And now the smaller containers.
Great for extra cover & to break up line of sight.
Like the big ones they were only partially painted,
& the colours were very bright.
Now they look like they belong on the outer rim... somewhere.
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These look great! Do you think the alien beasty will take notice of the “No Beasty” sign on the crate though? Lol
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Remind me to tell you the story about the Thracian thief in Athens, next time we meet up.
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The smaller of the two MDF buildings I got off e-bay.
They were assembled, but not finished. I filled gaps, filed sticky out bits (tabs),
based it, painted it, bedecked it with gubbins & notices then gave it a layer of
dust & flock bushes.
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More pictures of the smaller building.
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"Highly toxic - handle with care"
Exactly the bin I would want to hide behind on an open roof in a gun fight. Not. lol
Nice work on the buildings.
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Exactly the bin I would want to hide behind on an open roof in a gun fight. Not. lol
I do recall one Sci-Fi multi-player game where the Space Marine blew open the first five doors blocking their way, only to come to a big blast door.
'Is it locked?' the Marine asked. 'I didn't say ANY of the doors on this station were locked' was my reply.
Oh the umpire's joy at moments like that.
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Nice buildings Pete. The signs etc add massively to the feel of the things.
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Thanks Gregor. I hope to load pictures of the bigger building soon.
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The bigger of the two MDF.
Same deal, fill holes, file tabs down, add some details, paint, add 'dust' & notices.
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The other pictures of the bigger building.
The Sky-light is the bottom of a plastic tray.
It held supermarket meat. the edging to the sky-light
was provided by match-sticks.
The two buildings have already seen action. See Vodkafan's
'Lost Galactic heroes' game report.
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last chance to add to 'Stuf Wot I Dun' in 2020.
Some bits for Egyptian adventures.
Firstly what was a 'gift' with Del Praedo (?) type magazine.
It is a model of a Canopic jar, but makes an interesting statue.
Secondly a souvenir from Egypt. It was gaudy (as the original
probably was) but I think looks nicer given a repaint.
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I didn't paint these. I got them ready painted off e-bay.
I did rebase them & gave them flags.
Last things of 2020.
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Back in January (2020) I set myself the target of getting (at least)
12 items from the Lead Mountain to 'Table Ready' each month.
I had the hope of moving 144 'things' out of the back-log.
Who was to foresee Covid & lockdown/lockdowns?
Well with time just about up, I have totalled up the numbers:-
Jan = 24, Feb = 52, Mch = 101, Apl = 91, May = 101, Jun = 76,
Jly = 68, Aug = 75, Sep = 82, Oct = 0, Nov = 32 Dec = 21.
So despite a complete shut out in October & a slow down November & December,
I have achieved target, in fact exceeded it by 500%
You might think this has made a whacking great hole in the lead mountain...
NOT A HOPE !!!!!
Ah well now to plan something for 2021, any suggestions?
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Double or nothing? ;D
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So much to love in this thread, especially your buildings. Well done getting so much done.
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Congratulations on a productive year has.been- that's a lot of minis you've cranked out.
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Thanks guys.
I might just continue with the odd fig/figs/scenery,
but I think I would like to do mini-projects through-out 2021.
January has been decided. Flatpack wants to do some Back of Beyond
skirmishes, using Fistful of Lead rules. Therefore I have looked into the
Lead Mountain, Resin hill & MDF woods & come up with...
a (small) White Russian force. Photos as & when I get something done.
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Erm, Apache Gunship? Just saying lol
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Erm, Apache Gunship? Just saying lol
Now the Christmas stuff has been moved back to the attic,
& the extra kitchen pots & pans etc. returned to their home,
and some space is appearing in my room at last,
I will (honest) be starting the Chopper, & the light aircraft &
Dave's Indian hovels.
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Back in January (2020) I set myself the target of getting (at least)
12 items from the Lead Mountain to 'Table Ready' each month.
I had the hope of moving 144 'things' out of the back-log.
Who was to foresee Covid & lockdown/lockdowns?
Well with time just about up, I have totalled up the numbers:-
Jan = 24, Feb = 52, Mch = 101, Apl = 91, May = 101, Jun = 76,
Jly = 68, Aug = 75, Sep = 82, Oct = 0, Nov = 32 Dec = 21.
So despite a complete shut out in October & a slow down November & December,
I have achieved target, in fact exceeded it by 500%
You might think this has made a whacking great hole in the lead mountain...
NOT A HOPE !!!!!
Ah well now to plan something for 2021, any suggestions?
I need to step up my game if I'm ever to reach your level. That's an incredible amount of work! It shows in your photos too, they look great!
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Thanks for that.
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If you produce as much in 2021 as you did in 2020, or even close I think you will have done incredibly well. Think you need to get some games in, pencil a Peninsular one in for May / June to encourage some more Spanish to the table - and then there's Jacobites - maybe for July, and then ....
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Thanks, but at the moment I'm not feeling brilliant. Nothing serious,
but shivery & nauseous. At present not going to work, just staying in
the warm & mainlining on LemSip.
Planning for projects is still at the thinking stage.
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Get well soon Pete.
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Yeah - get well soon Pete.
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Thanks guys.
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Obviously sitting in front of the screen for the Discord game has lowered your resistance lol
Keep taking the lem sips, watch some trash TV, be well :)
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I wasn't well before the game, in fact the gaming (though not nearly as good as the real thing)
was the one thing that made me feel good over the weekend, oh and having a great wife to
look after me.
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Sorry you feel unwell mate.
Glad the game raised your spirits a little.
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Cheers Bob.
Been thinking, dangerous I know, but following on from the On-Line game,
Rebels & Patriots would be do-able. What do you think?
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I was wondering why I didn't bump into you today, but at least you're in the best place to rest up. Take care and feel better soon Pete, hopefully we'll be able to catch up on projects galore when this whole lockdown hullabaloo is over
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Thanks. Feeling a lot better than I did, but still not the full shilling yet.
Staying warm & I keep taking the LemSips.
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Hope your back on your feet soon.
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Thanks Syrinx.
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I'M BACK!!!!!
The plan for 2020 (pre Covid) was to 'do' 12 items a month.
Thanks (?) to Covid I knocked that target out of the park.
2021 I have decided to do it slightly differently.
each month I will get something out of the backlog & ready
for on the table. It will not stop me doing other odd bits as the
mood takes me, that is a system that works for me.
January's target, inspired by Flatpack's work on Back of Beyond,
is to get a White Russian force ready for gaming.
Here are the unpainted figures.
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First up the Russian line infantry in Summer uniform, (White of course)
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Next up the Cossack infantry.
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...and you gotta av an Armoured car.
If the Russian on the side of the turret doesn't say, 'Steel Eye'
then blame Google translate.
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Last, for the present, is the 'Household'
Three Gamekeepers, each with his own dog.
The family Priest (Rasputin?).
The House Keeper &
the two daughters of the Duke/Baron (I haven't decided on him yet)
I have sent for some more Russian bits, but as they are coming from
Siberia (Miniatures) it might be a while before they arrive.
Now on to February & Wot I gunna do.
First up are some things (long promised) for friends, but then...
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The ladies.
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Lots of progress there Pete! Looking good mate.
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Cheers David. I would have taken you up on your offer
of a chat, but I am diving in & out of my (freezing cold)
room, (freezing cold & wet) shed and warm living room.
Next task to find & get started on things I promised before
Christmas. Showed your vegetables garden to Helen. She was
very impressed. Says you are very talented.
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Welcome back has.been- good to see you are feeling better. :)
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Thanks Codsticker. Nice to be painting & making again.
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Cheers David. I would have taken you up on your offer
of a chat, but I am diving in & out of my (freezing cold)
room, (freezing cold & wet) shed and warm living room.
Next task to find & get started on things I promised before
Christmas. Showed your vegetables garden to Helen. She was
very impressed. Says you are very talented.
No worries, sat and chewed fat with Jamie whilst I finished the garden off.
Thank Helen for me, but I’d argue maybe a tad less talented...more insanity! ;)
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Magnificent work! Truly stunning.
Dan
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Thanks Cacique.
Been busy today assembling a Piper Cub.
It is one of the items long promised to a friend.
It has reminded me just how much I hate aircraft kits.
Give me an AFV or building anytime, but fiddly, got to be
aerodynamically clear, wobbly wings with annoying thin support
struts, as well as a vague (& often misleading) instructions.
Not to mention several small bits missing!!!!
Nothing I can't overcome, so rant over. I'm leaving it to set
before I start painting it.
Then I can start on an Apache helicopter, Joy of joys.
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Well done Pete, getting those out.
My Brits do like a nice target. lol
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Well done Pete, getting those out.
My Brits do like a nice target. lol
Ah Bob, but my shitty armoured car isn't as shitty as your shitty armoured cars.
Plus you really do not want to be grabbed by the Cossacks. It would bring tears
to your eyes. lol lol lol
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...and you gotta av an Armoured car.
If the Russian on the side of the turret doesn't say, 'Steel Eye'
then blame Google translate.
Loving the details on the truck! When we get back to the club, you'll have to show me your weathering techniques. I'd love to get your help with figurines too, I'm beginning with them but learning.
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When we get back to the club,
So far not even a sniff about after school clubs starting up again.
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Very impressive Pete, and somewhat appropriate with the cold weather we are experiencing. Also an impressive output rate.
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Nice output so far! I haven't managed to finish anything this year due to other home projects as well as a purge of excess hobby stuff. I actually found the floor on one side of my office...
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I actually found the floor on one side of my office...
To quote the Goons, 'The floor was so cunningly designed, that no matter
where you stood... it was always under your feet!'
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I like your truck. It really have taste of that time. ;)
Just some minor notes from native speaker. Words on turret mean 'eye belongs to steel' rather than 'eye made from steel'. Like in phrase "raven claw" claw not made from ravens.
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Thanks Tangarex, what should I have put to mean 'Steel-eye' ?
I am (very) limited in this field.
I rely on:- Russian Tank slogans of WW2,
A Russian - English dictionary &
Google translate.
After that I am guessing. This time I guessed wrong.
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To quote the Goons, 'The floor was so cunningly designed, that no matter
where you stood... it was always under your feet!'
Very true. But before I could not actually stand on that side of the room. lol
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Thanks Tangarex, what should I have put to mean 'Steel-eye' ?
(https://photos.app.goo.gl/bUmrEJXW79LPV8db7Wav8_6CvhnUUQGZ3lqPUfzSUgd66wjO59YSKShoADqxR4D05sgeLhdL80_bw8mVlrlgt6ZzlajuxJDI_HBa3vtgdZdDDit8XrVdVLvgtV7r-IDMuPIxJIIRjLfjyjaE7R88ZpqY8dFCawtSxTR4GesXJe4B4TbNyuB2Bt88Is3jfd_SOI28NJg-Fu0vWScAJvqgiUA-VREWj0w6Xz8ddTXmTNl8SHijQr24MKxxw_Wdr6GwZGfZ7rbr8DS44ojqU1-DN0oq53bwPSj_SLyvAWcDpOmNO-8IVdQjzuy7FmJ4xwKc6XeY79yeK4GloYmsYJggKAEwRHpaINj1tfvloLhBfyEzoK8znqqkw3j2BmXN1hIq7E_fvg-fdWtu_IQ7xWNTN_nOpnrxFGDOFz8VTN6ckdXbRFkkFZc_-EC9ozyrw2n5fTVwQ0ROwkAX7uoEoY5Plrad-cHxUrI_0AlUosM3fBP1YaKQjD_LaRC4OHlvTGZ1nPAZBnJnE=w1051-h938-no?authuser=0)
By the way, such markings tend to be pulp. So you don't need to alter it.
WW2 wrong thing to rely. In civil war communists fight "white guardy" within country. In WW2 USSR(whole country) is fighting against fashists. Therefore, there will be different slogans.
P.s. Can't add photo from Google-photo. If can help, PM please.
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Thanks again Tangarex.
Yes I am wary of using WW2 (Communist)slogans for my White Russians, but I thought a
few (very few?) might be useful. e.g. there are some that mention heroes of Russia's past.
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The Piper Cub and Apache Gunship are much appreciated. One day we'll see them on the tabletop :)
A friend.
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I did take pictures of them Ian, but your picture of the Apache over the town... lots better.
No objections from me if you attach the Apache here.
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Feb. is to be, mainly, finishing off things long promised to others.
first to reach fruition were the two aircraft for Westbury.
A 1/48th Apache. A bit of support for ground troops who fear RPG armed insurgents.
Are you paying attention Digits????
And a Piper Cub. Ideal for those Columbian drug deals in some hidden away jungle
air strip. See who notices Westbury's football affiliation from the plane.
These kits reminded me how much more work aircraft are compared with AFVs.
I can't stick some baggage & a tarpaulin over a dodgy bit on a plane.
Also not helped by the Cub being a very old kit bought relatively cheap off e-bay.
Plastic warps & thin bits need replacing.
They are, after all, aimed at modellers & not wargamers. Millions of fiddly bits,
most of which the average wargamer doesn't want, need & will knock off.
Anyway, done now & some pictures as proof.
In Westbury's pictures the Apache flies over a Syrian town. My pictures = messy
wargames room. Due to Covid, not been used for about a year for gaming.
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A 1/48th Apache. A bit of support for ground troops who fear RPG armed insurgents.
Are you paying attention Digits????
Note to self.....next time the arms dealer comes to town, buy a Stinger!
Funny, I was looking at the Sarissa Hangar yesterday. I may need to get you to do me a plane to fit it at some point. Not yet mind....I’ve enough to do!
Great job fella.
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What kind of plane are you looking for?
I know it is not for now, but it would be a shame if you missed out on
getting a bargain just cuz I didn't know what you wanted.
I have picked up a few different makers names from a LAF
thread about Pulp planes.
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Tbh...until I can measure the inside of the hangar, I’m not sure....but I like the idea of something like an Adams Aircraft A500 ....like the one in Miami Vice.
Probably hard to find at scale so maybe a gulf stream exec or some such...
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Nice looking plane. That war gaming room looks about how ours always looks. Though it's been awhile since we have all been there, I doubt it got cleaner. :)
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Thanks Syrinx0, now something you've seen before..
some more alien plants (banana stalks & some flocked
'boulders' from a kid's toy set)
Yes I know I have far too many of them, but I have a
cunning plan. I will start boxing things up with a view
to selling at a Trade at Table, when shows start up again.
I have a supply of tubs (about 6" x 8") which I will fill
with 'things' (scenery/figures/vehicles/ etc) and sell
at £20 a tub. Ready to play, just take it home & stick
it on your wargames table.
Well they do say, 'If you want to hear God laugh,
tell him YOUR plans for the future'
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Great looking bananas Pete - how are you distressing the ends? (Oh, and the aircraft aren't half bad either!!) You just churning things out would be a masterpiece for me :-).
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I think your alien plant life stands will sell quite well in person. I like the ones I got from you! Someday they will grace a table filled with figures that others see. Someday. Soon-ish.
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I think your alien plant life stands will sell quite well in person. I like the ones I got from you! Someday they will grace a table filled with figures that others see. Someday. Soon-ish.
I look forward to seeing pictures of that.
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- how are you distressing the ends?
When you take the banana from the stalk, the stalk is still soft.
I scrape away the pulp with my thumbnail. Then just leave it
to dry out. Big surprise, things get left in my wargames room,
sometimes for years. However it only takes a week or so before
the stalk dries out. Then just paint it one colour & drybrush it
a different one. What colours? It depends what is left over on
the palette when I'm painting.
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I forgot to say, when it has dried out I cut the base flat
(so I can stick it to a base) The bit cut off is then also
glued to the base to add 'interest' to the base. Those are
the gnarly out-growths.
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Work on another promised project.
Some generic adobe buildings for a mate.
First up the MDF buildings assembled & distressed.
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Next, some thatching bits (remains of an old furry pillow),
filler into gaps & 'stippled' over other sections (provides some
more texture). Finally for this stage is the dark brown undercoat.
I used to use the 'Bitter Chocolate' Match-pot from Wilco, but since they
stopped selling I have found a similar Dark Brown (I forget
its flashy name) from Homebase.
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Various light browns dry-brushed, gradually working toward off-white.
Windows and doors, that I had blanked off earlier, are blacked out.
Then some thin washes (inks & thinned paint) were applied to
help pick out the texture detail.
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Nicely done has.been.
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Thanks Codsticker, but not finished yet.
Here we have the bases getting a tidying up of dark brown
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Then flocking & bushes.
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Great touches.....nice job Pete...they look the business!
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And finally, the doors & some windows get curtains.
The rest get 'light'
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Last few pictures.
Some 'rugs' left to dry on roofs.
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Honest THESE are the last photos.
Some stores to put on the staging,
or under the awning.
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Great touches.....nice job Pete...they look the business!
But David you haven't seen the finished shots.
I hope you like them.
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Does a bear shit in the woods?
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Pete
Great housing estate.
Well done.
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Thanks Bob. I made them fairly 'generic' as Dave wanted them to be useful for several settings:-
India (2nd Sikh War), Wild West, Mexican Revolution, Modern Drugs bust etc.
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Great work!
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Thanks Rick.
The new owner was happy with them too.
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Rounding off February some more bits.
First, curtesy of a child's playset, 28mm Sandbags & 15mm Army tents.
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Second, rocks (always useful & suite various scales)
first three pictures are from a tub of stones that I have been
meaning to use for... well a looooong time. The last two are
plastic & from that child's playset.
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Third, a crashed chopper for a friend. He wants it for a 'Drugs bust gone wrong' scenario.
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And finally for February an Adobe.
It was a resin kit bought cheaply off the internet.
Now assembled, painted & based.
Next thing is what to do for March.
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Helicopter is just the job Pete. One day we'll game around it lol lol
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Glad it went down well Ian!
But who caused it to crash?
Was it Bill or was it Ben, who shot it down just then?
(neither it was Digits with an RPG).
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I ge5 the blame for everything! Lol
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I ge5 the blame for everything! Lol
David, it is only because you do so much.
I shall leave you with one of my figures last words, 'RPG!!!!'
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Second, rocks (always useful & suite various scales)
first three pictures are from a tub of stones that I have been
meaning to use for... well a looooong time. The last two are
plastic & from that child's playset.
A lot of the cheap plastic rocks tend to paint up extremely well, I've done several myself where they tend to not require that much work.
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A lot of the cheap plastic rocks tend to paint up extremely well, I've done several myself where they tend to not require that much work.
Yes, but problems with the plastic ones are:-
removing mould lines,
If you have a cluster(what is the collective noun for rocks?) they are all the same,
They may very well flex & then paint flakes off,
As they are light they may move on the table.
I find ones from the garden are all individual, heavier & even cheaper.
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Yes, but problems with the plastic ones are:-
removing mould lines,
If you have a cluster(what is the collective noun for rocks?) they are all the same,
They may very well flex & then paint flakes off,
As they are light they may move on the table.
I find ones from the garden are all individual, heavier & even cheaper.
Only mould lines on the ones that I've worked with are around the edges where they'd be against the base for the terrain.
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Only mould lines on the ones that I've worked with are around the edges where they'd be against the base for the terrain.
That's fortunate, I presume jelly type moulding. The two I did had the cast line right across the top!?!
Took a steady hand & a sharp knife to remove. I don't have that problem with real rocks. My trouble
tends to be looking in the garden for the 'interestingly shaped' stones. On a nice warm day I can be
out there for hours. The wife thinks I'm clearing weeds.
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That's fortunate, I presume jelly type moulding. The two I did had the cast line right across the top!?!
Took a steady hand & a sharp knife to remove. I don't have that problem with real rocks. My trouble
tends to be looking in the garden for the 'interestingly shaped' stones. On a nice warm day I can be
out there for hours. The wife thinks I'm clearing weeds.
Most of them in the kids sets are basically just a stamped mould, it's normally when you go for the bigger playset pieces that you hit the mould lines because they're rather simple to make. I'm not even sure if they're injection moulded or something more like a vacuum formed method
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Working on a speed-boat from the same kids set I guess.
Waterline, well actually so low in the water that I've had to
build it up. Will possibly do service in a drugs bust game.
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Today some more cover/Mission objectives/ line of sight blockers, etc.
followed by 3 computer terminals/ATMs.
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The promised 'Drugs bust' speedboat & a grain silo (For a friend).
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Nice job Pete.
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Second that - great accessories from odds and ends. A talent.
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Thanks guys.
Work (on toys at least) has slowed down this week, so nothing finished yet.
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Some broken 40k bikes. I picked up cheap.
Some repair work & getting rid of the stupid
helicopter blades & I now have three usable
sci-fi bikes.
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Work finished off in March, but real life has stopped
me getting pictures onto here.
First is a figure for a friend. He wanted a Shaman for
his Goths. I found the picture on a trawl of the internet.
Took a figure out of the lead pile, did a head swap &
a little Miliput work. He wanted to do the painting, at
which he is very good, so I just undercoated it.
The Pagan totem came about because I mixed too
much Miliput & I hate to waste it.
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Ploughing through the lead pile & I came across this Giant.
Assembled him, painted him up as a Frost Giant. Then I
added a victim & base.
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Looking at my Jacobite project. These figures
just don't fit in. I therefore used them as another
practice on tartans.
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Finished off some Sci-fi scenery. Castings were a kind
donation from Digits. Something more to hide behind
during a game of Galactic Heroes.
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Last, but not least, for March...
My second armoured car for Back of Beyond.
Not nearly enough to wage war against Flatpacks lot, but a start.
I apologise in advance if the Russian is incorrect.
Once again I will blame Google translate.
The long slogan SHOULD say, 'Long live the Empire'
The short one, 'Helen' (My wife's name.)
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Does she know you’ve named an old tank for her? 8)
Nice work mate
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To be truthful, it is the second tank I've named for her.
The first was a few wedding anniversaries ago. Traditionally
the gift should be 'metal' . I bought her jewellery. She (quite
rightly) said, 'You don't want jewellery do you?' and instead
bought me a Die-cast Churchill for my WW2 Russians (Lease-
lend) which I named 'Helen'.
Hence the warning, Do NOT fire an RPG, Bazooka, Panzer-Faust
(or similar) at my Helen!' Digits! Are you listening?
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Lovely painting! :)
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Thanks Karwick.
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... She (quite rightly) said, 'You don't want jewellery do you?' and instead bought me a Die-cast Churchill for my WW2 Russians (Lease-lend)
Obviously an intelligent woman with excellent taste in tanks. :)
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I apologise in advance if the Russian is incorrect.
The long slogan SHOULD say, 'Long live the Empire'
The short one, 'Helen' (My wife's name.)
This time all correct. Excellent for royalists.
Non-russian name made some flavor of white guard, strongly associated with european culture. Superb. 👍
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Thank you Tangarex.
There will be further additions to my White Russian force,
so you will have to keep checking them for mistakes (please).
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April, so more 'stuff'
Need some windswept trees, to go with the Jacobite bits done in March.
These were interesting roots from out of the garden.
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Some alien Flora.
This lot came courtesy of some no longer wanted Pot Pouri.
My (long suffering) wife always gives me first dibs on anything
that she is about to throw out.
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Lovely stuff Pete.
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Thanks Gregor. When do we get your next instalment,
of your Ancients campaign.
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The terrains are looking amazing as always. It'll be great to see it all laid out in action when games can be hosted again.
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When we can game, I'll invited you over.
Maybe by then the room will be tidy.
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Yet more alien flora.
First was broken Christmas decoration (holly berries)
with debris from some figure rebasing (The fins)
based on some old CDs
Followed by Small 'trees'.
Which were tooth picks dipped in glue then flock.
The bases were the palm tree bases in a kiddies
jungle set. The trees were put to better use on
better bases long ago.
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I forgot to mention there were also some of my banana bushes.
To make up for that omission, here are yet more.
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A McMoo (Scottish cow.)
This was a present from Vodkafan, &
therefore probably end up with our
Jacobite project. I fancy putting it with
a (dismounted) wild Highlander.
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I don't know what went wrong with the first picture,
it was fine when I viewed it on the camera.
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Some pots. Useful extra clutter on the battlefield.
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Off the 'to do' list. Finished & ready for gaming,
now what I need are some Assyrian undead figures.
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My first attempt at Verdigris.
I did track down the recipe from another LAFer
in hope that I could replicate his very nice effect,
however all the notes were about which Valheo (?)
paints to use, & I ain't got dem.
So I just played about until it started to look 'right'
What do you guys think?
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It looks good to me. I’ve only tried painting verdigris a couple times, so I don’t have any suggestions for improvement (yours turned out at least as well as mine did).
The statue is a good piece, should fit into a lot of fantasy and historical settings.
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Cheers Pattus.
It is part of the ongoing (never ending) 'Use up bits'.
I had just the one figure, so a statue seemed a good
way of using it up.
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Looks good Pete. No lack of interesting terrain for your games :-).
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Thanks Gregor, though at the moment GETTING games is the problem.
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Very nice Verdigris statue. Hopefully you can get a game in with it soon.
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Hopefully you can get a game in with it soon.
'Hopefully'
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Progress on the Samurai front
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=130898.msg1659555#msg1659555
Here are the first Samurai I have painted in over 30 years!
Two units need bringing up from 9 to 12 figures.
Here are the first three. Hiding behind are the 9. As they were
on 1p coins I had to rebase them to match all the other units,
who are on 25mm square bases.
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A few more bits of finishing off.
Two fallen pillars & some objective markers (boxes).
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For our (Vodkafan & I) Samurai game (follow link for AAR & pictures)
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=130964.msg1660607#msg1660607
I decided to do up a Sarrissa Japanese bridge, after all it has only
been about 8 years since I bought it.
Hope you like it & look for it in the battle.
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You are going to have some very nice details on your tables after the lockdown :-* :-* :-*
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Thanks Gamer, the aim is to move stuff from the
'undone pile' to the 'ready to use' pile.
Thankfully due to decades of stockpiling I am
unlikely to run out of things in the 'undone pile'.
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Sci-Fi scenery. More things to hide behind/break up line of sight.
Going for my run down & rusty look.
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Employing the 'Never throw away anything that looks 'interesting'
I have acquired some packaging, the kind that seem to be made
of egg boxes.
In the continued drive to reduce the piles of 'interesting' & turn it
into stuff for the table, we have today's offering, a Sci-Fi dwelling.
I had hoped to be able to churn these out, but this took several
days & it isn't the biggest!
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The last few finished pieces with all the rundown rust and bits would make a great Star wars table.
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True Syrinx, but with me it is more likely to appear
in a Galactic Heroes game. In the hope that Wargames
shows start up again, & they have Trade at Tables again,
I have started boxing up things to sell. Those bits are the
kind of thing I'm boxing up, so it might be a race as to which
happens first, the game or the sale. ???
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and yet again - nicely done Pete.
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thanks Gregor.
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First off, some little bits.
Bushes courtesy of a broken old broom.
Corner of a ruin, with some mission objectives.
Fallen pillar & a Pill Box.
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Two Humvees (28mm) which looked like they
had just come off the showroom floor. Well
they needed, & got, a layer of dirt & dust.
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Inspired by my recent Samurai game, with Vodkafan,
I have started some more scenery. Two Sarrissa buildings
and first a repaired (was dropped & smashed) Torii gate.
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& the first Sarrissa building.
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and the other Sarissa building.
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Great work mate! Really brilliant weathering.
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Thanks Rick. I hope to use the buildings soon in a game.
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Yet more great work from the production line. Interesting and diverse pieces. As mentioned before, great weathering.
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Thanks Gregor. Tiny steps on the road to reduce the Lead Mountain
& MDF Hill.
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People know I love 'Interesting bits', & a friend gave me a bag of
razer blade holders. I then set about thinking what to do with them.
My first thought was of some kind of transport.
Vodkafan saw them today & (quite rightly) said that I didn't need
the bottom half. I could do a rusting fairground ride using several
of them, or make them into anti-gravity vehicles.
The next two I am considering turning into Sci-fi storage.
What do people think?
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A piece of aquarium scenery.
I have given it a tart up & made the foliage less 'Electric Green'.
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The unit of Arquebus is ready for the table.
See them in action (soon) in the follow up to the battle of Ma-Son Temple.
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=130964.msg1660607#msg1660607
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The Sarissa buildings look fantastic! Brilliant work as always!
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Thanks Chris. See them in a battle, here.
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=130964.msg1660607#msg1660607
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Wow Peter - amazing work for the anti-grav - out of stuff most of us would have just put in the bin. You ever considered writing a book on the subject :-).
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Not a book, but I have done workshops for the School club.
They frequently came up with ideas I hadn't thought of.
Today we have pictures of Samurai. NB these are the LAST
from the Lead Mountain!!!!!! (Note to self, 'Buy some more')
I do have some Fantasy Japanese...
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Kneeling Samurai, lady & table.
Then other females.
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A Japanese cart, rabbits (to denote disorder in a unit, a change from our
usual chickens) & ... just what you've all been missing...
A (Banana) Alien plant.
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Flatpack gave me a broken toy tractor.
This is what I did with it.
The white ship is from the plastic parts &
the grey ship is from the metal bits.
The wheels have been put to one side for the moment.
The other ship was a broken child's pen.
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More shots of the white one.
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& of the grey one.
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These ships make me shed nostalgic tier. :'(
Somewere in a far far away boxes on dusty shelf lie my own ships-from-scratch.
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Track them down Tangarex, there are some fun rules out there,
I plan to use the Fistful of Lead Starship ones. Simple & fun,
plus you can make /convert your own ships.
For Nostalgia's sake alone, do it. Have some fun & be sure to
make lots of 'Pew pew!' noises as your ship fires. Remember,
'Growing old is compulsory, growing up is optional'
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Great scratch ships!
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Thanks David. Good work on your CofC Brits.
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Pete
The kids have changed their mind, and want their tractor back lol lol
Well done with the conversions. I look forward to blasting them apart, when the federation fleets take to the skies.
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You certainly may blast them apart,
I made them for you. :D
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All you need to do Pete is get back that huge 3ft plus one you knocked up, and all the rest can swarm around it like flies to be swatted. ;). Got a fleet - no problem lol lol
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Ah but the 3' long one was for 28mm Victorian Sci-fi.
I wouldn't mind making such a big one for Sci-Fi, as
you suggested, as a Mother ship. Where would I store
it though?
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No more room in the garden shed attic? :D
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No more room in the garden shed attic? :D
In short...No.
I was discussing this recently. If we took the file box as a unit of
exchange, I have divested myself of about a hundred file boxes
of 'stuff' over the last five years alone, but if you were to look around
(my wargames room, garage, shed etc.) you would be hard pressed
to find ANY spare shelf space. Like turning around a giant oil tanker,
only after a LOT of effort do you BEGIN to notice any change.
Still if nice people (like you) keep buying bits, a change will come.
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Tried three times to load today's offering.
Each time system threw a wobbly, 'An error has occurred...'
Will try again later.
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Make that FOUR attempts.
Now it is telling me that I have already submitted it.
No $#it Sherlock.
But STILL WILL NOT LOAD IT !!!!!
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Attempt FIVE, just ONE picture & almost no text.
Same flipping result!
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Try number six, & also seven, ended with the same result.
What is going on????
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Others seem to be posting pics mate. Do you want to send them to me to see if I can upload them for you?
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Thanks David, but I'll keep trying. Maybe I
should say, 'Simon says' first.
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Another attempt.
If it works I'll then load explanation.
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Hooray!!!!! Pictures loaded, now for the text.
A building from TT Combat. They sell it as a small Minka.
I had to Google 'Minka', it means 'House of the people' and
would have belonged to a Farmer, Artisan or Merchant. I have
decided that mine belongs to an Artist.
I replaced their roof with a Teddy Bear fur one, added the
vegetable patch & signs. The signs (hopefully) say:-
'Has.been, great artist, lives here.' and
'Rabbits Keep out!'
If they are wrong, I apologise, but they look nice & at least I tried.
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I likey! Japanese like rabbits...they think they are cute. They would probably welcome them! You obviously have a grumpy old fart living there...... ;) :D :D
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Japanese can't resist ANYTHING with fur and large eyes!
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Thanks guys.
I chose Rabbits as Vodkafan & I will be using them for our
disorder markers. Plus the second Peter Rabbit film has been released.
a grumpy old fart living there...... ;) :D :D
You know me too well David.
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Two birds, one stone.
One friend wanted some Sci-Fi bits turned into scenery.
Another friend was turning up for his first visit in a long time.
Result:-
Do up the scenery & use it in a game of Galactic Heroes.
More pictures of the scenery (in use) here
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=131673.msg1671340#msg1671340
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Oooh, I forgot these (my personal favourite)
I like to think of them as 'Supermarket trollies'
for the Sci-Fi scrap-yard.
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Very nice scratch builds.Is that 40K tank guards for the shopping trolleys?
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Those trollies are cool. Any idea what the source of parts was?
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The 'R2D2' tops were resin, supplied by the friend
who wanted the scenery. The 'Raft' parts are from
broken coat hangers. The bits that hold the skirt/
trousers on. I like free things. :D
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Well, I'll be... Now to pillage my wife's hangars! "I don't know how it broke, dear! Do you like my new junkyard hover rafts?" lol
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My wife is very understanding. Things earmarked for chucking out
get diverted to my Wargames room first, just in case I can use it.
In shops when the assistant asks her, 'Do you want the hangers?'
she looks at me & I get to say, 'Yes' or 'No'.
It is fun (well I enjoy it) taking things apart.
I end up with three piles:-
Interesting = Will end up in some scenery or vehicle.
Functional = Plugs, fuses, screws etc. &
Rubbish = This (often small) residue WILL go into the bin.
Still it keeps me happy & out of mischief.
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1) Some old school 40k cases, OK two are just
the 'lids' (bases courtesy of Blue foam off cuts).
In honour of 'Old school' the base is corrugated
card with filler slabbed on.
2) He is thinking, 'If that's the claw, how flipping
big is the crab?' (Found on a beach years ago)
3) Two Oil Drums (well two & a half) in a pool
full of some kind of liquid. Definitely not drinkable!
Yup using up more odd bits.
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The basis, for what would become two Sci-Fi shacks,
have been on my painting area for, well years. Now
they are finished & ready for game use. First the
small one.
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next the larger of the two.
Last picture is of the 'group'
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Absolutely stunning work! They look straight off the streets of Mos Eisley!
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Thanks Chris.
Will have to get you over for a game before too long.
Maybe wean you off all of that 54mm stuff & onto
'proper' wargaming scales.
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Absolutely stunning work! They look straight off the streets of Mos Eisley!
+1 What he said.
Look out for giant worms...
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Great Stuff as always Pete. You have the knack and ability to turn odds and ends into great looking pieces.
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Thanks guys. Working on a Sci-Fi Mining ship, hopefully
pictures soon.
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Great work.
I now have a mental video image of you and the missus arguing because you want to keep the left overs from your crab supper because it may come in handy one day!
You are certainly dedicated to the cause! Lol
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Thanks Chris.
Will have to get you over for a game before too long.
Maybe wean you off all of that 54mm stuff & onto
'proper' wargaming scales.
That sounds like a plan, it'll be a great incentive to stock up on some 1/72 starter kits and try Airfix's weekend challenge.
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Airfix's weekend challenge.
What is that?
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What is that?
Every weekend they ask people to go back to basics. They use it to promote their starter sets. Just get some nippers and sandpaper, then use the included paints, brush and glue to build the kit. They then get people to post their results on Facebook and Instagram.
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It will never replace making Sci-Fi scenery out of bits
of old washing machines, well for me it won't. lol
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These (Space Marines & Dwarves) are courtesy of
a good friend (JC). He is having a clear out & kindly
gave me a lot of stuff. These were about 90% done
& it seemed a shame to put them away in a box, so...
I finished them off.
First up the Marines. I put them into squads, useful
for multi-player Galactic Heroes.
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...and the Dwarves.
I just did the shields & a (very) little bit of titivating.
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Nice Pete.
I’m hoping to do a similar thing with JC’s half finished SCW figures....if I ever get to the shed.
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...if I ever get to the shed.
But Bob, it is only ten paces from your back door.
A fit man like you should make it. lol
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Very nice set of figures. It's good to see two different approaches to painting come together to make a great finished result as well. I'm well out of practice with my miniature painting, so I'd better get stuck in soon if I hope to trail into 28mm gaming
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Don't worry Chris, we will get you painting 28mm figures. lol
Meanwhile, Flatpack gave me a kiddy's sand castle mould,
but what do make out of it?
Obviously a spaceship!
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More work upon it.
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To hide the base, which was some plastic packaging,
I added asteroids (made from blue foam). It then became
obvious (well to me at least) that it was a mining vessel.
Then the problem of what to name 'her'?
Another LAFer's thread, about Britain during a time of Civil
Unrest, gave me the answer.
Behold the Mining Vessel 'Arthur Scargill'.
Hope Flatpack likes this addition to his space fleet.
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Lunacy…..sheer lunacy!
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Lunacy…..sheer lunacy!
said the man who built three foot tall trees, hates
painting, figures AND buildings, yet churns out tons
of both, & to a very high standard.
David, people in glass houses... :D
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Wow Pete - to turn that shiny piece of plastic into an interesting wargaming item - words fail - awesome is a popular word these days. If I was wearing one I would doff my hat to you sir.
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said the man who built three foot tall trees, hates
painting, figures AND buildings, yet churns out tons
of both, & to a very high standard.
David, people in glass houses... :D
I would agree, if I built 3 foot high trees, that WOULD be lunacy!
Anyway, I like the ship….would not have seen that possibility….
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Thanks Gregor & David.
Take a look over at the Build something competition for my entry.
made from broken lawn edging & razer-blade containers. The former
from the garden & the latter from JC.
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=131916.0;topicseen
Some new barrels & pots, made from cheap craft beads with lids from
drawing pins & old security tags. See them in action in my latest
Samurai game using Pikeman's Lament rules.
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=131913.0
Comments welcome.
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Yes guys...more (Banana) Alien plants,
Then a Cha-Tee prayer arch from the planet Tett-Lie Max.
OK a tea mug handle from a broken cup.
& finally a cage. That was a seedling pot that (somehow)
escaped from my wife's greenhouse.
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Nice!
Strangely enough just yesterday I created the raw materials for Prayer Arch of my own as a result of an unfortunate washing up incident. The amputated mug in question was tacky and inexpensive but as it was an ironic gift from colleagues and therefore had sentimental value I had not yet thrown it away. Thanks to your inspiration perhaps and with a bit of work it (or part of it anyway) may live on forever in a new role!
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That is like WH40K the theme ride! The God-Emperor of Man always puts his hands up when going down a hill! lol. That is just so cool. Great vision to see that among some rubbish from the garden.
Beads are great too. I need more piles of pots!
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Thanks guys.
but as it was an ironic gift from colleagues and therefore had sentimental value I had not yet thrown it away.
Likewise for mine. The 'mug' part I am using on my painting area
to hold brushes. I liked the comment on it, 'Adult-ish'
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Thanks guys.
Likewise for mine. The 'mug' part I am using on my painting area
to hold brushes. I liked the comment on it, 'Adult-ish'
That reminds me of the mug I was given by LDD for my 30th
lol
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for my 30th
30th? 30th !!!!!!!!
Good grief man I have football shirts (Pompey obviously)
older than you. lol lol lol
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I purchased some painted (mainly Hinchcliffe) Napoleonic troops.
The hope being that they could quickly bolster our (Vodkafan & me)
Anglo-Spanish anti (Digits) French aggressors.
First picture shows the state they arrived in. Hopes dashed.
Several weeks of remedial work later I have most of them ready
for the wargaming table. This batch of pictures are of the 'Loyal'
troops, i.e. those that will stay with me.
We have two units of British line, a battery of two Howitzers, and
some skirmishers, Rifles & Portuguese (Line & Cacadores, ).
All ready to deal with Johnny Frenchie! :)
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...and the 'Deserters' Those that hopefully will be sold on.
They didn't fit with my plans, but should find a position of
honour on someone's table.
They consist of:-
Two RHA guns & crews,
5x Rifles,
5x Brunswickers,
2x Brit. Inf & a mounted officer.
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Fantastic! These bolster the Allies no end! Keep hold of your RHA though…..by time we get any cavalry done they will come in handy no?
Good work.
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Nice reconditioning of your troops. Rather sad they were shipped so thoughtlessly.
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Nice reconditioning of your troops. Rather sad they were shipped so thoughtlessly.
I think the sender probably put them in the box in layers,
with bubble wrap in-between the layers.
That might work IF you were moving your own figures
carefully. You would not tilt it, nor shake it, nor kick it around.
When packing always remember these jokes:-
"Tompkins how did scientists split the atom?"
"Marked it 'Fragile' & sent it by Post sir?"
AND
When the parcel arrived it had a sticker on it which said,
'Old gramophone records. Do not bend'
There was a scribbled note from the postie,
'Yes they do!'
lol lol lol
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Great stuff, should make for some fun!
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Now that the Build something contest is over for me :'(
I can show more pictures of my build.
First the raw materials, broken ornamental garden fencing
and the cassettes that hold razorblades. The first from the
garden & the second from a friend (JC) as I have a beard.
To start I had to remove (it felt like) half the garden from
the fencing. This is just the job for those old tooth brushes
you wouldn't let your wife throw away.
The 'cars' are the old cassettes, the seating is from old
Ice-cream sticks (Magnums & similar).
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The work progressed.
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That is all the pictures I have at the moment,
but I hope to pose a few with some Zombies.
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Very nice :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
You should have posted more photos in your in your BSC entry photo
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I agree, I love the angle of this last shot with the ride name prominent.
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That looks really good - well done :-*
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Thanks guys.
yes I should have put more on my build threat,
but I was very pushed for time, even with the
extension of the deadline. Maybe I'll be better
organised next year? ::)
Now to find some zombies & take some more pictures. :)
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That's lovely work. Inspired use of old materials.
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Totally brilliant! :o :o I was under the impression that the cars themselves had been cut down from a commercial product. To see that they are made from recycled materials makes the build even better from my viewpoint. I would love to see a game put on inside what appears to be some kind of deranged carnival ruins.
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Thanks Marianas.
As I am stuck with the Roller Coaster I may well
expand into a Fairground & use it for:-
Zombie, Ghost hunting, Post Apocalyptic etc. games.
I hope to post some pictures with Zombies in.
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There are some great zombie clowns and other characters that could make this outstanding!
I fir one want to play on it!
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The extra photos show what an innovative creation it is...I love the ingenuity behind the coaster cars.
Can’t wait to see you make a giant Ferris wheel to go with it...a working one of course...with lights ;) :D
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And a Waltzer!
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Hold on you guys!
How the heck could I make a Ferris Wheel????
Oooh, now if I could find an old pram or bike wheel...
I for one want to play on it!
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Digits you could be on here, but this had better not be
a cunning French plan to stop me recruiting for my
Spanish Peninsular war Army. lol lol lol
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A wonderful piece of work Pete, and great innovation.
Now if you you put pieces of scenery onto Spanish / British bases you will need less figures and be able to get more units onto the table to face the French horde. Wrong era - but there was mention of a thin red line :-).
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Now if you you put pieces of scenery onto Spanish / British bases
"Mon General, which of the Spanish Units shall we fire
the cannons at?"
" Not the one playing on the Aunt Sally stall, they'll not advance.
Hit the cavalry gathered around the Ferris Wheel, you might
bring it down on them."
"Qui Mon General!"
lol lol lol
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Pete, really great work on the roller coaster, straight out of Zombieland lol
Someone needs to buy this off you.
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Someone needs to buy this off you.
I'm open to offers, but posting would be a real bugger. lol lol lol
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More things repaired, tarted up & based.
Napoleonic Caissons. Always useful to
have more battlefield clutter.
Inf. are Portuguese, who recently received
the same.
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My Wargames room is (gradually) being cleared,
as I'm having the poly roof insulated. This has resulted
in things being either quickly finished off, or
boxed up & moved. These 'trees' were hurriedly made
table ready.
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The following use of garden produce was inspired
by our recent game with Digits, especially his
log piles.
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=126468.msg1676044#msg1676044
Also a few bits of cover (For when Vodkafan &
his Germans attack my Russian village.
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Useful bits of cover!
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Also a few Sci-Fi bits.
I find this a good way to use up scraps,
of paint, off cuts etc.
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Useful bits of cover!
Not big enough for:-
46 German Riflemen, 4 HMGs & a Pz-Jager :D :D :D
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Prone to a little exaggeration I see! Lol
Btw…if you now have a full platoon and supports for your Russians, we should have a game on the Eastern front some time!
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Some very nice cover :-* :-* :-*
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You’re keeping busy!
Nice job on the caissons :)
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Thanks guys. It is therapeutic to finish stuff off.
Btw…if you now have a full platoon and supports for your Russians, we should have a game on the Eastern front some time!
I have a small Russian Hamlet waiting for a German attack.
Not winter though, my troops prefer it warmer.
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Fine by me….just painted a summer SS platoon!
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Great stuff as always! I particularly like the Napoleonics.
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Ta Grumpy. Hinchcliffe for the Caissons, really 25mm,
but will do for extra terrain in 28mm.
It is possible to pick up 2nd hand Hinchcliffe on E-bay
at reasonable prices (see recent pages for a job lot
that I got). The added bonus is that if you end up a
few figures short, they are still available from Ian
Hind Miniatures I believe. There is also a 30mm range
from Hinchcliffe & that (especially the equipment) will
fit in well with modern (28mm) Napoleonics.
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Thanks for the info, I always like saving a few bob and you can never have too much scatter.
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I too like saving a few bob.
Explaining to the lads at the School club where they
could get things, like filler, glue, Sci-Fi shapes etc.
One of them asked, 'Is Poundland your favourite sh
Clutter is, useful, scenic & a great way of using up all
of those 'bits' that don't quite fit in with my (many)
outstanding projects.
It also gives me a positive buzz. Something off the
Lead Mountain & ready for the table. Not much, but,
'Tis better to light a single candle,
than to just sit & curse the dark'. :)
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Today we have...SPIDERS !!! :o :o
Purchased (years ago) just after Halloween,
when shops drop their prices.
Quick base (yes James, my first 3,2,1, basing) &
paint job. Now ready to go on table for...
PA, Horror, Fantasy etc. etc.
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Haha excellent I like it.
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Haha excellent I like it.
You won't like it so much when they are crawling all over you
as you try to get across some awkward terrain...
an abandoned Roller Coaster say.
Oh & they are probably mutated & controlled by Aliens !!!!!
...& here are a few I made earlier.
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They look like something you’d farm and eat! Lol
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They look like something you’d farm and eat! Lol
How dare you talk about the Zha-Thariak ambassadors &
the Bialiastian Royal family like that! :D
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I’d get them to check their invites before the state banquet if I were you! :P :P :P
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"If my Mommie wants a Duck dinner,
my Mommie's gunner get a Duck dinner!"
Tom & Jerry.
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I’d eat them with ketchup.
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I’d eat them with ketchup.
Not Fruity sauce Bob?
Today we have a figure that Vodkafan gave me.
Bald, bearded, not tall & a Smith. No idea why
he thought of me, still, here he is painted, based
& with an Anvil (Courtesy of a varied Lead Mountain).
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Pete.
What did you use as a painting guide, a mirror ?
lol lol lol
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Upon reflection...yes.
I hope you like the colour choice,
play up Pompey, Pompey play up!
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Finishing off some more bits before the
Wargames room 'shuts down' for the
roof to be insulated.
60,61, = Alien flora,
62,3,4, = Alien shrine,
65,6 = 'Something' brewing.
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67 & 68 = Ice. Moving one of my plastic storage
boxes it fell apart !!!! To many days in
a very hot /very cold wargames room
had made it brittle. 'Waste not want not'
now I have a section of broken ice.
69 = ...a boat. To be used in modern scenarios.
70,71,72 = Alien plants. I wanted to use up the few
bits I had on the work table, then when
moving a stack of (what I thought were
empty) boxes...an avalanche!!!
The floor was covered in such 'Alien plants'.
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Some:-
polystyrene packaging,
odd 'interesting' bits,
& a wall made from some old bases
taken off some second hand figures...
et voila
'Zog's Place' a run down, but popular
drinking establishment, for my Sci-Fi
games.
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Still having fun with tat I see lol lol
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What can I say? Guilty as charged.
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Over the last two weeks I have been clearing my Wargames
room, as people are coming to insulate the roof. You've
probably seen the TV adverts, 'Too hot in Summer?...Too
cold in Winter?' Well:-
Phone call, visit from nice lady & swinging a bank loan =
the workmen due tomorrow. I thought I would take the
(rare) opportunity of a (relatively) clear room to show
what it is like right now.
To most of you it won't mean a thing, to those who have
seen it in its usual state, you'll be going, 'WOW!!!! Where
have you put it all?' The answer is mainly the double garage,
spare bedroom, corridors & the shed. :o
It is my hope that when I start to bring stuff back in, I take
a long hard look at each & every box. Do I think I will use it,
complete it or sell it?
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Is that it cleared ready for them to replace the roof?
Not wanting to worry you (and I suppose, I don’t know quite what they are doing to the roof) but we had our conservatory roof replaced at the end of last year with a solid roof and we completely cleared the conservatory for them to work in.
Swapping the roof has made a huge difference - well worth the cost. We have really used the conservatory loads in the last 6-7 months since it was done. Not only is the temperature better the light is better, as before it was often so bright you were always squinting.
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I suspect you will have to make them GALLONS on tea and packets of biscuits to keep them on side mate! Lol
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After the materials were delivered
(https://i.imgur.com/yPhfIKf.jpg)
Lunchtime day 1
(https://i.imgur.com/tF994mn.jpg)
There was a roof back on at the end of this day!
All done
(https://i.imgur.com/DMoioop.jpg)
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Houston….we have a problem!
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Hey David steady on old been.
It will all be wonderful.
To quote Jamie's favourite film ;)
'Stop making with all those negative waves' :)
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“Don’t hit me with them negative waves so early in the morning. Think the roof will be there and it will be there. It’s a mother, beautiful roof, and it’s gonna be there. Ok?“
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“Don’t hit me with them negative waves so early in the morning. Think the roof will be there and it will be there. It’s a mother, beautiful roof, and it’s gonna be there. Ok?“
lol lol lol.
"Hey, I don't need you. 60' of bridge(sorry, roof)
I pick up anywhere!"
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How goes the work fella?
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Work is finished on both conservatories.
We are pleased with how much cooler they both are.
Next up is the long slog of 'Sorting'.
I have managed to reclaim my painting table!!!
It has not been used as a painting area for...years!
I don't want to go back to piles & piles of boxes etc.
On that theme... anyone want some (tons of) interesting
things (tat, part done projects, never really started
projects etc.) ????? ??? ??? ???
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Anyone got a torch ?
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Anyone got a torch ?
Honest Bob, it is not THAT dark, but I
took the photo late in the day. It is a
lot cooler. I can sit in there without having
to wear a hat.
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Acquired pre-painted ACW.
Now after:- repairs, tarting up, rebasing &
giving them new flags.
They are table ready.
See them and others in action here:-
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=132487.msg1682617#msg1682617
The mounted officer I painted myself.
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Further to the ACW game
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=132487.msg1682617#msg1682617
and a little bit of pressure from Vodkafan I finally
decided to change those singly based figures from
sabot bases over to 40 x 40mm MDF bases. I have started
with the Yanks, well I have fewer of them (bias showing :D).
Even so it was a finger hurting exercise involving over a
hundred figures!!!! The glue & filler put up a heck of a fight.
Here are some 'progress so far' shots. Not finished, but a
lot of progress so far.
Oh, forgot to add, as a further bowing to Vodkafan influence,
my skirmishers are going onto 3,2,1 basing. This will help
me remember a house rule, 'Skirmishers do NOT get the
fire option, only the Skirmish (half dice & up to half move)
option.
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Good to see figures on 'proper bases' Pete lol
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It will be wonderful to finish this rebasing. :D
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Rebasing the Yankies is now finished.
and I start on the Confederates.
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To give my poor fingers a rest, (prizing all
of those figures off their penny bases was
a real pain), I tarted up two resin adobe
buildings, one 15mm & one 25/28mm.
I got them from a friend of a friend.
They were solid white with silver windows.
I have added several washes & some dry brushing,
also various carpets, drying in the sun, and a
covering for the 28mm door. Hope you guys like them.
4165-7 = 15mm
4168-72 = 25/28mm
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Carpets are a nice touch
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Carpets are a nice touch
Courtesy of colour supplements that come
with Sunday papers. I cut out rectangles from
bright shirts, dresses etc. crumple them up,
open them back up,
then glue them in place with watered down
PVA.
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They have come out nice.
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They have come out nice.
Thanks Bob. The 15mm one is earmarked for WW2 North Africa,
while the 28mm will see use in:- Peninsular Napoleonic,
Spanish Civil War, Western Gunfight, Mexican revolution,
and (soon) Operation Huskey (WW2 Sicily).
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All of the ACW figures, that were based on pennies,
have now been rebases. Unfortunately the computer
is refusing to recognise the camera's disc, so I can't
show you all the proof. :'(
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Photo problem solved.
Bought a £5 card reader.
Now we have the proof that the rebasing is done. :D
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No easy or fun feat at the bast of times basing. Rebasing, I can only imagine worse! Lol
Good job fella.
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Thanks David. It was (literally) a pain, but
it had to be done, plus I am happy it is finished.
I am getting closer to what I want, that is (for each period):-
Enough table ready figures to field two (probably small) forces,
Some nice scenery, including some period specific,
Rules I am happy to play complete with extras (unit stats etc),
Some friends of like minds and
a FEW unfinished bits (ACW it is Cavalry at the moment) so
that it still keeps me interested.
Not much to ask, is it? :D
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Nah! but regardless….despite thinking you have it covered, there is always that next project just over the horizon!
I’m quite enjoying revisiting a few of the projects I started and dropped…..quite therapeutic I’m finding!
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I’m quite enjoying revisiting a few of the projects I started and dropped…..quite therapeutic I’m finding!
That is true for me too.
Came across my 6mm Pony wars figures last year,
finally tracked down my copy of the rules this year, so...
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Had some of the lads round for a game, so
did this lot for the game
AAR report =
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=132721.0
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Also some of the terrain was 'New to Table'
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Ooops! Forgot to include some photographic proof.
The three big rock slabs & the bits of rough ground
(rocks and tall bushes).
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Better shots of the three slabs & rock/brush terrain.
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Blame Vodkafan for this.
He bought & 'baggaged up' some cheap polythene tanks.
I have taken four to paint up. Mine are done! When his
are complete we will have a game of What a Tanker.
Knock out an enemy tank & you get to keep the model!!
(His idea folks)
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What are the clear plastic thing on the stat cards, Diamonds?
I believe you are cheating us with those rock slabs, they look real?
Nice camo on the tanks
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Purchased some pre-painted figures,
(from a friend of a friend).
here are some Republican Romans.
Removed them from old bases,
Based them onto 2p coins,
Repaired their weapons,
Tarted up the paint job &
Swapped the Triari's weapons (Spear for Pilum)
They are now ready for a skirmish game,
all they need is some opposition.
Now if the 'friend of a friend' has some Carthaginians... :D
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What are the clear plastic thing on the stat cards, Diamonds?
I believe you are cheating us with those rock slabs, they look real?
Nice camo on the tanks
Not diamonds, but from a bag of plant pot decorative toppers.
From Poundland, so I splashed out & bought TWO packets.
Yes, you spotted it, they are real. Been sitting in a box for years
daring me to do anything with them. Now at least they are being
used on table, in games.
Thanks for the compliment. I have rarely done winter camo,
the only other time I was eleven & had blown a whole half
a crown (12 & a half p) on two of the then brand new
Airfix T34. So that my then opponent, & fellow schoolboy's,
German tanks stuck out like the proverbial sore thumb on
the Wargames table, I painted my T34...completely gloss
white & borrowed a white sheet from my mother. Winter!
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Now if the 'friend of a friend' has some Carthaginians... :D
Well I don’t know about Carthaginian, but I pretty much have a Germanic warband ready to fend off Roman expeditions.
Going to need someone to learn Infamy with me….😉
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Well I don’t know about Carthaginian, but I pretty much have a Germanic warband ready to fend off Roman expeditions.
But David, my Romans are Republican, you need Early Imperial.
Now James has some &, in the Lead Mountain (unpainted), so do I.
Going to need someone to learn Infamy with me….😉
Tell me what I would need to field & I'll look at what I have.
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Late republicans had run ins with the Germans I thought too.
I have Romans myself….well getting there. We will chat sometime about it…
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My Republicans are not Late, they have one greave (on
left leg) which is (believed) to be Punic War at the latest.
Later is when they dropped the one greave thing.
Mine could fight Gauls, in fact the Gauls captured Rome.
Don't think they get up to the Danube.
As you say, we will have a chat. It would be helpful though
if you could give me an idea of what I would need for,
'Infamy Infamy' I do have a whole box-file full of Romans,
but they are Early Imperial Citadel lol which though very
nice are 25mm. More digging in Lead Mountain will (I'm
sure) find me some 28mm Ancients, probably 28mm EIR.
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I will sort the info out….
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Nicely finished off as always. To fit in games with all the stuff you are producing you will need to start playing at least twice a week :-). When are we going to see this Black Powder game taking place with your Spanish sending the French packing?
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When are we going to see this Black Powder game taking place with your Spanish sending the French packing?
We could play a (limited) game now. It would look pretty, but
us poor Anglo Spanish would have our arses handed back to us
on a plate!
Now the dust is starting to settle, from having the roof done in
the Wargames room, I am beginning the BIG, LONG, SLOW
sort out. Reclaiming the painting table for... painting has meant
I feel things on the project pile will (very slowly) begin to move,
however I will be taking a long hard look at what I have (done
and yet to do) to sort it ALL out.
I want to be able to put a variety of games on at the drop of
a hat. i.e. enough figures, scenery & some rules I am happy with.
Sooooo,
Everything will have to be sorted into:-
Almost there. = WW1 Aerial is in this group, now that I've done
The record cards, so is ACW now I've rebased
it all. This section can/will still have things added,
e.g. Some Cavalry for the ACW.
Projects. = I already have bought & done 'stuff' but falls short of
'Almost there' (Needs opposition, rules, scenery etc.)
so I need to concentrate (on one of these at a time)
so that they will move on.
Ain't working. =Could be I haven't done this for a long time.
So I need to decide which section it moves to.
Little while ago the ACW would have been in
this section, but along came Rebels & Patriots!
The Samurai likewise, a suggestion here on LAF
about using Pikeman's Lament & they are into
top group. Other projects, that I can't/won't
do something with will fall into the last section.
It has got to go = Just taking up storage space, which even I
have realised IS finite. The decision with these
is, how is it to go? Ruling out my brother
Patrick's suggestion of, 'The Skip' there are
other answers. Donate it (have done a fair bit
of this (School club etc.) Cherry pick some of
it (out of three box file of Dark Age figures
I have kept about 20 for a skirmish game)
Sell it (Trade at Tables might be back next year
so start sorting now. Things like a box of figures
with a set of rules, lots of those around, and
a few bits of scenery, might sell.)
Ahh well they say if you want to hear God laugh, tell him YOUR
plans for the future. In the meantime I am in a happy place,
Lovely wife, nice home & wargames a plenty. :)
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Finished off the bits I recently bought from Poundland.
Trees (two types)
Fountains & swings (well the bench parts of the swings)
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Also painted up a WW2 Russian artillery tractor.
Got it off e-bay for £10.
Now BOTH of my Soviet artillery pieces can be towed,
as previously Vodkafan generously made a different
one for me.
Oh & a picture of what the lamp-posts used to look like
before I hacksawed off the chunky base & mounted
them on washers.
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I like the tractor…was that the clear resin one I saw when I was over?
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I like the tractor…was that the clear resin one I saw when I was over?
Yes. I wasn't going to paint it up that quickly, but James said
that it would be easier to see the detail with a bit of paint on
it. I had a bit of paint left over from doing up the Poundland
bits, so... on went a thin undercoat & well the paint then
just seemed to want to leap onto it. :?
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I need to get some of that paint that leaps onto models lol
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I need to get some of that paint that leaps onto models lol
As JC (local player) has said, 'When the paint flows, go with the flow'
and, 'Some days the paint just doesn't want to flow'
Sentient paint. It makes up for the, often, non sentient ME. ;)
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lovely stuff :-* :-* :-*
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lovely stuff :-* :-* :-*
Thanks, nice that people like my stuff.
(Note to self- sell some of it off, to make
room for more). :D
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A friend was gifted a 75% finished Block House,
he asked me to finish it off for him bar the basing
as he wants it to match his other scenery.
First was sticking on about half the individual roof
tiles. Then a poser. What to do about access to the
upper floor. A simple answer would have been a ladder,
so I decided to build a stair-well, silly me. A lot of work
& filler needed.
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Having let all the roof tiles set, I next had to
cover the vertices. Often on the frontier sacks
were used. I cut up lots of bits of paper towel,
soaked them in diluted wood glue & slapped
them on. When dry they were all painted grey.
later I picked out some in different colours &
dry brushed a light (dusty) colour.
Then stuck on the shutters on the upper floor.
Plus fixing the doors which had to open.
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At last finished!
Some pictures to prove it.
Resolutely defended against, 'Them pesky Indians!'
Hope the owner likes it.
I should have mentioned that it arrived with no painting done.
That tatty, worn, lived in look of the wood is the result of a
LOT of thin washes & dry brushing.
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Well done Pete.
I’m sure Dave will be happy with his new abode.
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He seems to have faith in my abilities, as
he has already offered to do a Zouave unit
for my ACW Yanks, and he hasn't seen it yet.
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A purchase off e-bay. It was painted, but I felt
it could look even better tarted up, so I did.
Now added to my ACW collection. Waiting for the
next Joshua Appletree attack by Vodkafan. :)
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That looks good! Is it a single piece resin casting?
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That looks good! Is it a single piece resin casting?
Yup. No idea who makes it though. Did see its twin on a recent
LAF post, but with the spire's tiles painted different colour to
the roof's. I did ask why, but the poster didn't know (not his building)
but he promised to ask & let me know.
Meanwhile some wall sections. I've taken them out of the box
they were hiding in. Repaired, repainted, re-flocked & based
them up. Tomorrow they make their debut in a game.
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=133226.msg1692111#msg1692111
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They look very good Pete.
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They look very good Pete.
I feel I'll need a LOT more walls for when your French attack.
Something along the lines of Maginot's (only without any ends
for you to go around) lol lol lol
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Looking good!
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Ta Grumpy. Make sure you catch up with the walls in action,
playing the Peninsular game later today, so AAR probably
on Sunday.
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The walls in action.
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=133226.msg1692111#msg1692111
Purchased off e-bay some Hinchcliffe Napoleonics
Disappointment they arrived squished into a bag.
These photos show the bag, removing from tatty old
card bases, straightening muskets & bayonets,
trimming the 90 degree corners off the bases,
gluing them to 40 x 40 mm MDF bases & texturing same.
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Next a coating of 'Light oak' wood stain.
When that was dry, highlight the white
(cross-belts & plume) and the red (jackets).
Base texture got my usual three colours
1) Dark brown all over 2) mid brown dry brush 3) light brown dusting
After that flock, rock & ready for action.
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Well, that’s certainly an enormous improvement, great job! It’s always good to see some veteran lead get a renovation.
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Indeed.
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Thanks Pattus. I do have a nostalgic weak spot
for Hinchcliffe, less so for Mini-Figs.
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Kind donation from Zingara, three 40K APCs.
In need of a little TLC.
Now ready for action.
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Some Orcs bought off e-bay.
They came painted, apart from minor repairs
(damage in transit), making & painting 3 shields
(that way I ended up with two units of 12
& not one of 9 & one of 15)
I only had to texture & flock the bases.
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As that didn't take too long, I found time
to work on a Buddha statue.
Bought from Poundland, though perversely
cost £2. It was a bland pale grey & needed
a base to keep it stable on the wargames
table. Should see use in;-
French Indo-China,
back of beyond etc. etc.
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Two more Alien (Banana) flora.
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I quite like those plants… and your “for scale” blacksmith.
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That’s no blacksmith…..that’s Pete!
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Ta Grumpy.
Digits is on the right track.
The casting was a gift from Vodkafan.
Why he would think of me (Bald, bearded surname Smith)
when he saw the figure I have no idea. :D :D :D
Those that know me will not be surprised by the colour
scheme (Portsmouth FC) that I chose to paint it. :)
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A bathysphere, picked up in a charity shop.
They wanted 10p I beat them up to £2.
The actual paint job was (fairly) quick, but
it has been waiting for some months to get
onto the paint table.
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Some e-bay purchases.
repaired, repainted & bases attended to.
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2nd group of Sci-Fi from e-bay.
Completely painted by me.
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Like that bathysphere!
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Thanks Marianas, I can see it sitting quietly in the corner
of the game until, 'We gotta get the hell out of here!'
At which point the players realise... Five of them, & room
for only two, at a squeeze, in the sphere.
Next lot of e-bay Sci-fi. They needed a repaint & halfway
through I fancied giving them an ink wash. They had been
bright red, so not red. I went with blue & when it dried
they shouted, 'Police!' at me. Here then are the planet's
finest, along with three robots axillaries. Might stop the
players opening fire on move one of every scenario. lol lol lol
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Great stuff Pete. Love the weathering effects you get. Makes things look lived in so to speak. Keep up the good work. Look forward to seeing this stuff in games.
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Thanks, but when do we get to hear more about your
fantasy Ancients (irregular) campaign? ??? ??? ???
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great stuff.
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Ta Bloggard.
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One of our group, Vodkafan, let me have another of his
cheap tanks. See earlier posts for the 4 I painted up.
A challenge had been issued about converting one into
something Sci-Fi.
Well here is the work involved.
The tank, it in bits, stuck back together (differently),
bits added, filler applied & undercoated.
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Next came the paint job, followed by shots of
the finished vehicle.
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That’s a very cool recombination of the original pieces. For some reason, it reminds me a bit of a WW2 universal carrier. Probably the open crew compartment.
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Thanks Pattus, though I have no plans
to make as many of them as there were
universal carriers :D
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Some more alien plants.
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As I am planning to expand my AK47 armies,
I thought I would paint up some more animal
objective markers.
Adult elephant, infant elephant, crocodile (which
was saved from a Christmas cracker last year) and
a Rhino. His name is Neal, yes he is the Rhino Neal. lol
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This week I came across a tub with twigs in. I put them to
one side about a year ago, to let them dry out. Well they
are well & truly dry, so they were put to use.
The tatty fence, fallen tree trunk & stack of poles will fit in
just about any wargame, but I have them ear-marked for
my Russian Front village.
Also to go there are some good solid wooden fences.
These were strips of foam board (part of packaging for
some e-bay figures. Mounted on tongue depressors (thanks
Vodkafan for them) & a off-cut of square dowel, a bit of
texture, flock etc & job done.
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They do look solid walls! Nice job fella
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Thanks David, should be stout enough
to stop a Pz II ! lol lol lol
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One of MY panzer II’s……..not so sure ;)
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One of MY panzer II’s……..not so sure ;)
Jamie! JAMIE!!! come quick. Digits is finally admitting
he don't know wot a Pz II looks like. lol lol lol
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Love the menagerie, and the fencing looks great - not sure if it could withstand the tuskers though. Always enjoy seeing what you've knocked up Pete.
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Thanks Gregor. I used some of the animals in a game of AK47 today.
Take a look.
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=133877.msg1699889#msg1699889
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A friend handed me a piece of cast resin, about 40mm square,
with a goblin's head seemingly coming out of it.
'Do something with it will you?' he asked.
'What sort of thing?' I replied.
'Anything' was the final instruction.
This is the result.
A public address system for the Talon Corporation.
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In case you are interested, some of the work in progress.
First up the afore mentioned bit of resin.
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That’s really good.
I really liked the iron work holding it all up - I would never have guessed it came from a coat hanger, great work in disguising its origins.
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That’s really good.
I really liked the iron work holding it all up - I would never have guessed it came from a coat hanger, great work in disguising its origins.
Old hanger, broken specs, lollipop stick, off-cuts of foam board,
detritus from wiring a lamp... oh when will the expenses...start ?? lol
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It's been a while. Real life imposing on toy time.
Thought I would clear some alien flora off the work bench.
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Nice to see you in amongst the vegetation with your anvil!
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Nice to see you in amongst the vegetation with your anvil!
Some day I'll work out how to load his image as my logo. ???
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Double posted in error
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A 'new' project is for a family member.
Repair & revamp an Airfix 1/24th scale Spitfire.
It has lain in bits for decades. Pictures are what
I received. I think I can scratch build the missing
bits, but my first problem is, that as soon as I start
removing the dust & grime the transfers are going to
flake off (some bits already have). I can't even get
some new transfers as the ones on the kit show the
very squadron that the model's owners Grandfather
flew in during WW2.
Any suggestions guys? ???
I am not looking forward to hand painting roundels :o
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Just went over all 63 pages of amazing material and discussion here this evening. I am truly in awe. The sheer volume of figures and terrain is mind boggling. Puts most of us to shame.
Thank you sir!
Dan
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Has.Been Are these of any use?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334200770042?hash=item4dcfeb0dfa:g:MkwAAOSwyz5e5Ps6
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What Ho has been….
Another option is to use masks instead of transfers….such as these by Montex.
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MXK24022?result-token=0454z
These should do what you want….you might have to source the squadron codes separately, but the codes are pretty much all that differentiates between squadrons. The rest looks like it needs a good clean with cotton buds and dilute dish soap.
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Pete
Hand painting is the way forward, with your new improved eyes 👀
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Are these of any use?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334200770042?hash=item4dcfeb0dfa:g:MkwAAOSwyz5e5Ps6
Unfortunately David Airfix revamped the kit & those transfers
are for the newer version. The 'customer'(nephew of the wife)
wants the original (KL B) as that was his grandfather's squadron.
No-one in the family knows HIS plane's code & the two sepia
pictures don't show the codes. I may well buy those just for the
roundels. Easier to hand paint letters :D
Another option is to use masks
Thanks Sunburst, I did see that suggested during my own searches,
but the poster advised against using if you were hand painting &
not air-brushing, so not for me.
Just went over all 63 pages of amazing material and discussion here this evening. I am truly in awe. The sheer volume of figures and terrain is mind boggling. Puts most of us to shame.
Many thanks CC. such comments keep me going. I really must
clear out a lot of stuff, maybe in the New Year. So if anyone out
there is interested, or wants something made...contact me.
Pete
Hand painting is the way forward, with your new improved eyes 👀
Sorry Bob, I couldn't quite make out what the second
half of that says. lol lol lol
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Hiya
You can still use stencils without an airbrush. Just use a short bristled brush and stipple them vertically, building up the paint slowly.
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Good idea Sunburst, might try it.
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A small bit of Samurai scenery.
Religious bells.
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Who makes that kit?
Dan
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The frame (the red bits) was picked up cheap off e-bay, so
I can't help with that. The 'Bells/gongs' are the lids from one
of those plug in air fresheners that have 3 scents (hence the
3 gongs)
Most of my creations 'Has.been' something else before I got
my little mitts on it/them. :D :D :D
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Confederate Cav. rebased. This now brings my ACW (Rebels &
Patriots) forces up to five (RUB) boxes. Enough for now. I will,
at some time, do some limbers for the artillery (they are patiently
waiting in the lead pile) but I now have enough for two nice sized
forces with options. This is the kind of thing I want for all my war-
game 'armies'.
i.e. Enough COMPLETED:-
Troops for both sides;
A set of rules I am happy with;
Some nice scenery (e.g. Not the whole of Stalingrad, just a village);
and all the peripherals (QRS/ right dice/tokens etc) & enough
for each player.
I want to be able to just take the items from the shelf & play. :)
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It's a complete ruin! Well it will end up that way.
Started with two GW church type corner ruins.
I was quite happy how this little bit of scenery
was coming along, what with all the different
dry-brushing & thin washing it was getting. I
do so hate wasting things like bits of paint left
over from other tasks.
Then I picked up a 'mis-print' 3d ruined arch.
Complete re-think & the arch was included
into the ruin. The big problem was that I had
no way of matching all the existing washes &
dry-brushing... Result = Start again! :'(
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By the way, the vines/climbers are from Silver Birch tree detritus,
(a helpful suggestion from another LAFer).
Here we have more foliage added.
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Final touch was to add some broken stained glass.
A thankless task, which resulted in:-
several bits of very small 'window glass' pinging onto the floor,
never to be found.
Super-glue sticking to my fingers, but refusing to hold any bits
in place with any bond stronger than spit!
Glue buggering the tips of brushes despite leaving it over-night
to dry.
Ah well completed now.
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Very nice Reverend.
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Thanks Bob. I can think of many settings where it can be used.
One of which is Sicily 1943.
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A little late but I think that the bases on your ACW troops look great.
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Never too late to say nice things MG. :)
Thanks.
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A 'new' project is for a family member.
Repair & revamp an Airfix 1/24th scale Spitfire.
It has lain in bits for decades. Pictures are what
I received. I think I can scratch build the missing
bits, but my first problem is, that as soon as I start
removing the dust & grime the transfers are going to
flake off (some bits already have). I can't even get
some new transfers as the ones on the kit show the
very squadron that the model's owners Grandfather
flew in during WW2.
Any suggestions guys? ???
I am not looking forward to hand painting roundels :o
Can you get appropriate decals made? I know there are several places that can print them for you.
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Can you get appropriate decals made? I know there are several places that can print them for you.
Yeeees I could, but for the four roundels involved I am going
to try & freehand paint. I will pencil the outlines first using a
suitable sized circles. I will post pictures of the 'progress'.
The closer I look at it the more errors I see. Must stop looking
so closely. lol
I have filled the worst of the gaps, & when dry I will sand them
smooth. Then I'll have to decide between a parked version,
which will require scratch building a complete wheel assembly
& the propeller (amongst other things) but I could make it look
a bit like one of the two pictures the family has of him & his
Spitfire.
OR
an in flight version (less work). ??? ??? ???
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Yeeees I could, but for the four roundels involved I am going
to try & freehand paint. I will pencil the outlines first using a
suitable sized circles. I will post pictures of the 'progress'.
The closer I look at it the more errors I see. Must stop looking
so closely. lol
I have filled the worst of the gaps, & when dry I will sand them
smooth. Then I'll have to decide between a parked version,
which will require scratch building a complete wheel assembly
& the propeller (amongst other things) but I could make it look
a bit like one of the two pictures the family has of him & his
Spitfire.
OR
an in flight version (less work). ??? ??? ???
You are going to end up making a new wheel assembly anyway as the wheel is visible even when retracted. Perhaps after Christmas we can make a mould of the other wheel?
I vote for getting some decals printed or looking for aftermarket products but if you are keen to paint it's your show.. ;)
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You are going to end up making a new wheel assembly anyway as the wheel is visible even when retracted. Perhaps after Christmas we can make a mould of the other wheel?
I vote for getting some decals printed or looking for aftermarket products but if you are keen to paint it's your show.. ;)
1) True about the wheel, but easier to fake it if it don't have to hold
the plane up.
2) If it is in flying mode, the idea is to have it mounted onto a wall.
So the under-side will be out of sight.
3) I have had a look at aftermarket products, but the flipping guys
at Airfix changed the transfers when they re-vamped the kit.
4) (links to No. 1) If I do mould, what could I mould it out of that
would support the model's weight?
Not enthused about this project, but it WILL be done (one way
or the other).
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This is an amazing thread! Too many fantastic pics to compliment them all, but the "broken stained glass" put it over the top! Well done sir! Inspirational!
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This is an amazing thread! Too many fantastic pics to compliment them all, but the "broken stained glass" put it over the top! Well done sir! Inspirational!
Thanks MG. We aim to please. I try to give back to LAF, well I have
had so much inspiration from it over the years. 8).
Soon I will be starting a new idea. For years I have been saving
'interesting bits' in empty butter tubs. Well I now have stacks of
them! To reduce this pile I will be taking a tub at a time, emptying
it & making...something from the bits. The hope is that by the
time Hammerhead come around next year I'll have stacks of things
to sell. :D :D :D
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The Wife's friend has a grandson who is mad keen on Dinosaurs.
I was asked if I could make a table-topper to fit on top of the
small side table he has been given to play on.
This is the result. I hope he likes it.
First the batons, that will stop it sliding off.
Then two views of the paint job.
Next with some of the movable scenery (3 volcanos, from
fish-tank ornaments & 3 bits of marsh, scratch built).
Then two pictures with the final scenery added, 4 clumps
of trees.
Finally the wife added a packet of Dinos. :)
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Meanwhile the other non wargaming 'project' (the 1/24th Spitfire)
Some close ups, to show just how far I have yet to go :-[
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It looks like quite the refurbishing project you have there. :)
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It looks like quite the refurbishing project you have there. :)
True Codsticker :) But I have to keep telling myself two things.
1) Whatever it ends up looking like, will be an improvement :D
2) stop looking closely at it. Imagine a blind man on a horse
galloping past, would he notice the faults? lol lol lol
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I must admit, I’ve painted some horses like a blind man before. lol
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I must admit, I’ve painted some horses like a blind man before. lol
lol lol
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I must admit, I’ve painted some horses like a blind man before.
All I'm saying Bob is, ' Five strong ciders, plus paint brush = ...'
:D :D :D
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Gulp.
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Vodkafan & I are going to do a challenge (hopefully a series
of challenges) in 2022. The aim is to transfer unusable projects
into usable wargames. As the agreed 'sweet-spot' is 60 figures,
each (?) challenge will see each of us doing 60 figs in 6 weeks.
i.e. an average of 10 a week, or 2 a day & weekends off :D
The first is to be Jacobites. Due to various events (see much earlier
on this thread) We already have a Government Army, just no
hairy bothered Scots to face them. It is to be hoped that by the end of
challenge No.1 we will have (at least) 120 !
We both have until 1st Feb. to 'Clear the Decks' of ongoing items.
Hence the following pictures.
Some Alien plants & trees.
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Plus some Sci-Fi figures.
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& more.
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In 2020 I hope to reduce the vast stack of tubs & boxes
which, over the years, I have filled with 'interesting' bits.
To start, some long abandoned, (but maybe useful to
characters/players in a scenario) technology.
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& a vat of... pea soup ???
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More using up of bits.
1) A bag of off-cuts from a sheet of foam board
One seemed (to me) to be the base of a ruined bit of wall.
Some interesting curved bits too.
2) Left over embossed card bits from a previous creation.
3) Bits from broken plastic plants.
4) Last few bushes, before I start using the new packs.
And here it is folks, another piece of scenery.
It can:- hide an ambush, block line of sight & (of course)
look nice on the table.
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Pete,
That would be good for Sicily WW2 games, as a garden feature.
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I was thinking of using it for Sicily 43.
I deliberately made it so that a Tiger tank
wont get through the gate. lol lol lol
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Do you have any pictures of your terrain pieces all set out in a table setup?
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Do you have any pictures of your terrain pieces all set out in a table setup?
66 pages of pieces, I don't have a table that big I'm afraid ;)
I have posted pictures of some of our battles. Normally with
a link from this thread, so you will see some of them there.
Is there anything in particular that interests you? I might be
able to set up some pictures, or look back through the ones
I've already taken.
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In the 'pile' was a very small bridge.
Scratch built (not by me) years & years ago.
Too nice to chuck, but what to do with it?
I had no intention of building enough of a
stream to cross my wargames table, then I saw
Oshiro do a very nice Samurai Pond. A bit later...
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Very nice Peter! I love the fish!
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Lovely! The fish are brilliant!
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Thanks guys.
I went for the suggestion of goldfish/carp & hoped the
three layers of yacht varnish & fallen leaves would help
with the illusion.
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Worked better than my Vietnamese pond using bloody Vallejo water effect that’s for sure!
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I liked your Vietnamese pond, & your Paddy Fields &..&..&.. :D
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Nice job there Pete.
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Ta Bob.
Trying to 'clear the tables' for the 60 in six challenge.
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Nice pond Pete.
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That is indeed a very nice pond. I think the fish look good and it is a creative approach, when one doesn't have the depth for an actual miniature.
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Thanks guys. It is always nice to get positive feedback.
I will take constructive criticism, just takes me longer
to absorb it. :D
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Picked up some resin log walls off e-bay.
Too few bits to make a proper fort. Enough,
I think, to make a base-line front bit.
Pictures taken after cleaning up the resin,
gluing them to the base & starting to fill
the gaps.
Then, as it came without a walkway, one was
crudely carved from off-cuts of Blue Foam.
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Looking good.
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Thanks Bob. Maybe the half a dozen Dark Age figures,
which I will get to you, could storm it when you've painted them?
lol lol lol
Today we have the gate. I have re-enforced it to make it
look a bit beefier. The tower to go above the gate is shown,
but not yet fixed in place.
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Looking good!
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Thanks James. I see in the January Wargames Illustrated
that Renedra at Gripping Beast are doing Viking huts at a fiver a go.
Might buy a few to put inside the fort.
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What you need to now Pete, is build an Arthurian army to go with it, I know a chap with a pretty good set of rules and a couple of armies lol lol
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Hold on just a cotton pickin minute!
Is that the same guy who said it was going to be 'Skirmish'
& then went ahead & raised ARMIES, hundreds of figures?
All very pretty by the way. ??? ??? ???
I do believe he has a VERY nice Dark Age defence line,
made by one of his mates wasn't it? (OK it was me) :D
Anyway, back to the TINY SKIRMISH fort.
Today some support pillars added to the gate,
then a start made on a log retaining wall for
the walkway.
The test seemed OK, so now to cut up several hundred
matches. :-[
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Lots of cut matches & time spent filing their ends,
& we have progress. :D
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Coming along nicely Pete….looking forward to seeing it finished!
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Coming along nicely Pete….looking forward to seeing it finished!
And then attacking or defending it? :D
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Oooo, I’m really liking this project!
Dan
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And then attacking or defending it? :D
Nothing a panzer II can’t sort out! ;)
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Nothing a panzer II can’t sort out! ;)
You'll have to attack then, there is no way a Pz II
(i.e. King Tiger/Maus/Ratte would fit through the gate. lol
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What gate?
You'll have to attack then, there is no way a Pz II
(i.e. King Tiger/Maus/Ratte would fit through the gate. lol
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Scroll up a bit, honest there are pictures of the gate.
I admit the 'tower' to go over that gate ain't attached yet,
but the gate/gateway IS there, honest. ;D ;D ;D
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If the gate is missing....does that make it gate-gate ?
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If the gate is missing....does that make it gate-gate ?
Guys! The gate IS there. o_o o_o o_o Believe & you will see it :D
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Looks great for a game of siege / capture the base. Will it be paired with any other battlements or serve as its own standalone piece?
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No 1/600 jets yet ?
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Looks great for a game of siege / capture the base. Will it be paired with any other battlements or serve as its own standalone piece?
At the moment no plan for anything other than 'Stand alone'.
No 1/600 jets yet ?
Not at the moment Bob. This year I am limiting
myself to only 239 projects. lol lol lol
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Not at the moment Bob. This year I am limiting
myself to only 239 projects.
Cutting down substantially then :D
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Cutting down substantially then :D
I would like to answer, 'YES!', but I remember the following quote,
'Dear Lord make my words sweet and reasonable, for one day
I may have to eat them.'
lol lol lol
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Working on some cheap 25mm Ancients.
The D&D players at the School Club have
been playing with counters, so I am doing
these up on the basis that a figure, even
a old 25mm casting, is better than a counter.
This lot are to provide enough NPCs. I will
trawl through the lead mountain for possible
personality figures, though I am not sure if I
will paint them, or I will get them to paint their
own.
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In the same (last) picture are:-
A smashed Dinky car, which will end up as PA scenery, &
Some more Alien flora (Banana stalks again).
Like the figures they are 'On-going'
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More 'on-going'
Both will become Alien Scenery.
First comes from chewed dog toys,
the second from 3d printing scaffold.
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Yet more 'on-going'.
An attempt to clear some space on the table,
I am pushing on with the Dark Age Fort.
It has had a (first) coat of brown paint.
As I realised that there is no way to get
up to, or down from, the Gate Tower, I
have extended the platform & started
on two ladders.
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Oh that's really come on since I saw it last.
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Thanks James. I am hoping to get it finished soon, after all
the '60 in Six' challenge has started! :o
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Some more work on the Fort.
Base has been textured, then first layer of paint applied.
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The car wreck got some work too.
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The NPC soldiers for the school club finished also.
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And there always seem to be Banana stalks to turn
into Alien flora. :D
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For stuff you're just knocking up for the kids - those figures are a "proper job" as they say down here in Devon, with an accent I can't match. More good work - and soon to your 60 in 6!!!
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Thanks Gregor. At the moment I am desperately trying
to clear some work space on the table. ;D
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Some work on the 3D 'scaffolding'
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The fort gets some washes & dry-brushing.
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Box of interesting bits yields an abandoned Alien shrine.
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Shades of the 'B' Movie 'Them' only giant spiders
in place of Ants.
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Lots of great stuff mate. The spiders definitely creep me out, so well done!
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Lots of great stuff mate. The spiders definitely creep me out, so well done!
Thanks GG. I picked the spiders up 'post Halloween' when such things
are cheaper. I would like to say it was 2021, but more likely years before.
:D. Still another little bit off the shelves of shame. :)
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As it is now February I have started the '60 in Six'
challenge. Vodkafan & I are both aiming to finish
60 figures in six weeks. First of (hopefully) several
such challenges this year is Jacobites.
Just to show some progress, though I am in danger
of falling behind, here are a few pictures.
I am cheating a little bit as the first three Clans (12
figures will = an average Clan. 6= small Clan & 18
= a large Clan) are utilizing pre-painted 2nd hand figures.
701 & 702 = As I got them.
703 & 704 = De-based & a stain wash.
706 & 707 = Tart up & now awaiting re-basing. (hopefully tomorrow)
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The Sinclairs eh? Good start I forgot you had those.
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The Sinclairs have just been glued to their bases.
Tomorrow = texturing those bases.
I have started the de-basing, stain wash & tart up of...
Clan Kerr. The Clans are rising! ;)
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It's a great start Pete, and bulks out those Jacobite forces, as well as reducing the lead pile.
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When I've done these three (2 base, 12 figure)Clans,
a small gun & a Heroic leader, I will have cleared a tray
off the Shelves of Shame! It will be the FIRST such
clearance since I set up the shelves some months ago.
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Pete
Having figures waiting to be painted, isn’t the shelves of shame, it’s the department of dreams. 🤣
Turn that frown upside down. 😁
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Pete
Having figures waiting to be painted, isn’t the shelves of shame, it’s the department of dreams. 🤣
Turn that frown upside down. 😁
Bob, I would be laughing my flipping head off if I did that. lol lol lol
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I didn't get any base texturing done, but I
decided to follow Bob's advice
Turn that frown upside down. 😁
Managed to get two more clans, a light gun & a general
all ready for basing. :)
708 = The three clans, gun & General.
709 = The light gun.
710 =Clan MacBean on the left & Clan Kerr on the right.
711 = Clan Kerr on the left & Clan Sinclair on the right.
712 = View from the back.
713 = The general. I haven't named him yet.
714 = Close up of one of Clan Sinclair's bases.
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Well this project is coming along rather nicely.
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Thanks Ian. All progress is good, even if it isn't
at the rate I would like. :D
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I think you should keep the lurid pink base…..may lull the opposition into a false sense of security! Lol
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I used the base that way up so that it CAN be
covered up & leave a nice white underside that
I can write on (when I decide on a name). :D
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Base texture applied. Hopefully dry enough
tomorrow to put paint on.
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...and as I hate wasting mixed filler,
I used the last of it for the bases of these.
Alien plant & Sci-Fi 'barrels'.
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Looking great! That 80 x50 basing really works for the clans
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Looking great! That 80 x50 basing really works for the clans
Another of your great ideas James. :D
It also works well for the artillery, if you turn it sideways. ;)
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Pete
How many more of the 60 to do ? And how many days to do them ?
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Depends on how I count the cannon & mtd gen.
Three medium size clans @12 figs each,
one cannon & crew, say 4 figs,
& Mtd gen base, say 2 figs,
= 42, so I need to do (at least) 18 more figures.
That might be one large Clan (18 figs)
One Average Clan (12 figs) and a Small Clan (6 figs)
or something else ??? ??? ???
But progress is being made.
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There was a delay. I went to my PVA glue, so that
I could 'Flock & rock' those Jacobites, only to find
it had just about run out. Never mind I thought,
just go to one of the two reserve ones. An hour
later & I still hadn't found them! :'(
Those that know me, know my room is normally
a mess. At the moment it is much worse than
'normal'. I eventually gave up & decided to wait
until today & buy some more.
So...after a 'hiccup' here are the photos of them
'flocked & rocked'. Tomorrow, weather permitting,
I'll varnish them.
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Now on to the next Clan in Vodkafan & my
60 in Six challenge (60 figs in Six weeks)
The Chisholm Clan, another average Clan (12 Figs)
Figures prepared, undercoated & tartan done.
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Nice tartan mate.
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That is really nice tartan. I am lagging behind >:(
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Thanks guys.
It is nice to take something off the shelves of shame. :)
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Very impressive Pete - and all done in a short space of time. Another month of this and you will have trouble fitting them on the table :-).
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All this tartan is making me dizzy! Nice work fella.
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Very impressive Pete - and all done in a short space of time. Another month of this and you will have trouble fitting them on the table :-).
It is a BIG table, well I believe it is still there under all the piles of stuff.
Maybe someone has nicked the table ? ??? ???
According to Walt Disney's theory of the 'Plausible impossible'
(eg the cartoon baddie CAN run across thin air, until he realises
that is what he is doing) In which case... (almighty crashing sound
of nine months precariously balanced stuff suddenly dropping three feet!)
:o :o :o
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All this tartan is making me dizzy!
Making YOU dizzy, I gotta paint it all! lol
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Nicely done mate! a collection to be proud of!
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Nicely done mate! a collection to be proud of!
Thanks MG. It looks like I should make the 60 in Six.
Group shot when that happens. :)
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Progress on 60 in Six.
Clan Chisholm.
Base filler put on last night.
Hoping to get paint on the bases today,
then flocking.
Weather forecast indicates little chance
of spraying varnish today. :-I
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Thought I had finished this, Sushi cart
(A Christmas present from my mate Vodkafan)
BUT...
I think I should paint the fret-work up as
red lacquered wood.
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Weather forecast indicates little chance
of spraying varnish today. :-I
I never let that stop me…..I open whichever door isn’t getting the breeze and spray through doorway !
Then I listen to her indoors berating me for the fumes!
Sushi cart looks great!
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I never let that stop me…..I open whichever door isn’t getting the breeze and spray through doorway !
But David I am a wimp & don't like feeling cold. :(
Then I listen to her indoors berating me for the fumes!
Helen is FAR too nice for that and, I am a wimp. :D
Sushi cart looks great!
Now what the heck does a Sushi cart owner look like?
& does anyone make one in 28mm? ??? ??? ???
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Dixon do a few bits including a merchant and a rice cart to compliment your sushi cart. Check out the bottom of their Japanese range.
https://www.dixon-minis.com/
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Well, I've had great fun working my way through this thread! Very impressive recycling and scratch building, oh and nice tartans too!
Best Iain
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David, I found the rice cart, but couldn't find
any merchant.
Caveadsum. Thank you. I hope you continue to enjoy.
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Code. MEI under bandits
Also Perry minis do a couple of packs of civilians…take a look, one may match your idea of a sushi seller no?
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Code. MEI under bandits
Also Perry minis do a couple of packs of civilians…take a look, one may match your idea of a sushi seller no?
Thanks David, now found it. No picture though,
so still no idea what a Sushi seller might look like. ???
I'll have to buy one, civilians are always useful,
for window dressing, getting in the way or worrying
players who are expecting a disguised Ninja. lol
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60 in Six is ahead of schedule!
The (Mighty) Clan Chisholm is ready for action. 8)
Just 6 more figures before 14th March & the (first?)
60 in Six is complete. :D :D :D
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Also finished the Sushi cart.
Lacquered (red) the fretwork, bindings around the handles
& some nice flowers. :D
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Emptied a box of Sci-Fi bits & painted up these.
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While I was at it I finished off these
Lord of the Rings figures.
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You have had a big burst of activity since last week :D
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More that as I have been tinkering away various
bits have been coming together. The table & room
are as cluttered as ever. :-[
Maybe a breathing space will come after 'Trade at table'
at Hammerhead. :) I'm aiming to take six fold-up crates
full of things. At the moment I have filled two & a half. :?
Remember James, we play a game with the Jacobites after
60 in Six has finished. >:D
You are not under pressure, you are recovering from
your operation, but you should be well enough to play
by the time I get the table cleared/a bit clearer lol
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Didn't realise you'd got into the LOTR stuff Pete.
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Didn't realise you'd got into the LOTR stuff Pete.
I picked them up cheap off e-bay,
I got into...BARGAINS a long time ago. lol lol lol
The previous owner had started a load of fantasy, but
obviously got fed up with them. I still have Elves (about
30) & Orcs (about 20) to 'finish off'.
The plan (& it is a cunning one Baldric) is to mix the
Fistful of Lead new fantasy rules with their 'Big Battles' ones.
That will have to wait until after Hammerhead & my
Trade at Table. :D
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Impressive output Peter - and impressive looking too. All the best in shifting things at Hammerhead.
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Wow! You really cranked them out. I love your sushi cart :-* :-*. You did it proud. I particularly like the lantern.
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The sushi cart looks great has.been. Is that the Goonmaster one?
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Thanks for the nice comments guys.
The sushi cart looks great has.been. Is that the Goonmaster one?
Mine was a prezzie from my mate Vodkafan, so I have no idea
of the maker. I'll ask Vodkafan.
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So, I've got various fantasy figures in a box including LOTR which were Connor's, maybe we could do a deal?
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Always open to deals.
Wot U got?
Wot U want? :D
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Coming to the end of the first '60 in Six' challenge
(60 figures in six weeks) & here is the last part.
Three guns & crew. The button counters out there
will point out I needed to do six more figures, &
there are only five crew figures, BUT there are
also THREE cannons, > so there! >:D
Here is work started & in progress.
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And finally here is my Jacobite force, hooray!
There are still quite a few figures to be painted,
but it is a good start.
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And some more pictures.
Next is to be a game using them with my mate Vodkafan,
oh, and a chat about what our next '60 in Six' challenge
is to be.
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Very nice Pete. Most productive!
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Well done Pete, and goal achieved. Enjoy using them on the table top.
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Very nice Pete. Most productive!
Thanks Jamie.
Well done Pete, and goal achieved. Enjoy using them on the table top.
Considering how greatly they are still outnumbered, I'm expecting
them to be thrashed, but it will be nice to see them in action.
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Nicely done! You've finished far more than I could in that time, I haven't the ability to concentra.... what was I saying again? ;D
But seriously, they look great! Well done!
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But seriously, they look great! Well done!
Thanks Chris. I wouldn't have the patience to glue tank
tracks together, one at a time :o But you do.
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So fantastic, a brilliant achievement :o
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Well done Pete.
It would be good to get them to the table, but you’ll need to be able to see the table first.
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but you’ll need to be able to see the table first.
Too true Bob.
In the meantime something from off the 'Shelves of Shame',
Picked up some ACW off e-bay a while back. I had the idea
of repairing, rebasing & tarting them up.
Here they are, two more regiments for the fray. One Yank &
one Reb. As I hate wasting figures the four 'spare' became
an officer & sniper for each side.
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So fantastic, a brilliant achievement :o
They need your Royal Escossais James, to give them
some discipline. ;)
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So you could try 60 Naps next? 😉
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But David, it ain't Spring...yet. ::)
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For tonight at the school club.
I am putting on a Jousting Game.
I found the:-
Tilt, grandstand, quintain & even the rules (homebrew) BUT...
as it is a long time since I last played this, I had forgotten
that I had sold on the old painted medieval figures (25mm).
Long time ago I got some part painted 28mm, just never got
round to finishing them off.
This weekend was spent rebasing, tarting up & replacing the
bendy cast lances with wire ones. I now have eight knights,
mounted & dismounted.
The jester was done a while ago, but (until now) it was as he
said at the unemployment office, 'I'm NOBODY'S fool' lol
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Also for tonight (school club) three more (25mm)
donations to the school stock of NPC D&D figures.
Guys wiv 'alberds!
Also some 25mm AWI converted, well three of them,
into Western Gunfight figures.
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...oh, curtesy of the youngest dog bringing 'gifts'
of chewed sticks into the house, some wargames
cover. Such bits are kept beside my (ever shrinking)
work space, and benefit from leftover:- filler, paint etc.
I do so hate wasting such things. :D
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Good god man, how can you be so consistently productive?
Don't you sleep?
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Don't you sleep?
I do try, but the dogs seem to think 3.30am is wake
up time. I think one of our neighbours is coming from,
or going to a weird work shift. :-[
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Impressive output again Pete - these count towards your 60 in 6 part 2 ??
You seem to be far better at utilising time than me. I think about things - you get on and do things.
As has been remarked above - you are consistently productive.
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Impressive output again Pete - these count towards your 60 in 6 part 2 ??
You seem to be far better at utilising time than me. I think about things - you get on and do things.
As has been remarked above - you are consistently productive.
Sorry, they will not count towards the next 60 in Six. James & I
have had a chat & Vietnam has moved up the charts, knocking
EIR/Celts off 2nd spot.
As we are not planning to have 60 figures for a skirmish, we will
do other things & count them towards the target, e.g. :-
Do a chopper & count it as 10,
a paddy-field might count as 15,
and a peasant cart as 5.
well that is the idea.
We still have a week on the first 60 in Six, so I will take a rest
while James finishes his Royal Escossais.
The whole idea of 60 in Six was to break our various log-jams
down into bitesize chunks. i.e.10 figs in a week, or 2 a day &
weekends off. :D
Plus the part about playing with the finished force is the
reward/incentive to do the work.
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What score do you give to a jungle hut sir ?
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What score do you give to a jungle hut sir ?
One of mine, I might go all the way up to...four :D
One of yours has to be at least fifteen. :-*
Bob, do you want to join James & I on the next 60 in Six? ????
We could do a 'Show & Tell' at the next game at your Shed. ???
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Pete
I’m happy to join the 6 in 60 club.
So 6 figures in 60 weeks is it ?
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Pete
I’m happy to join the 6 in 60 club.
So 6 figures in 60 weeks is it ?
Almost correct, but in fact...WRONG !
Though as I look around the mess that is
my War-games room at the moment it
sometimes feels like I am struggling to
do 6 figures in 60 weeks. :-[
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More finishing off bits.
928 & 9 = Alien plants
931 &2 = Shattered tree trunks
933,4,5 = Blood sacrifice tree and stone
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Bought a job lot of things from a friend of a friend.
Some small (6mm?) houses. One Vac-formed the
rest scratch built. Some TLC, repairs, rebasing & a
tart up later...voilà
As I don't have any 6mm to hand, 'Smiffy' has stepped
in to give an idea of scale.
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I always had to leave gaps in hedges as I had no
gates, then (in the bottom of a long forgotten box)
I found some. A quick paint job & basing means I
do now have gates. :)
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One of the many projects yet to see the light of day,
is 40mm ACW. I bought some figures off e-bay (cheap)
and a few from Mini-Figs/Caliver books (which are
inspired by the film, 'The Outlaw Josey Wales'.
I have yet to paint a single one of them...BUT
have started on the scenery, some gravestones. :D
Dead Good Cover ? lol lol lol
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Do like the little village you got there. Wish my tombstones had the names of the fallen - nice idea and surprised one does not see this more often...
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We did start doing a new grave marker for each Western
figure that died at the School Club's games.
Trouble was Boot Hill kept getting BIGGER !!!! lol
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Helping my wife tidy up the garden & part off a square
planter's rim had broken away. I offered to glue it back,
but the wife was quite happy with the way the green thing
(I don't do gardening) was trailing over the broken edge.
'Just bin it' she said. Sometimes I just think she does not
really know me.
Anyway here it is in its new incarnation as a bit of scatter
terrain. Good cover for someone.
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Also one of the solar powered downlighters, that
was clamped to the conservatory guttering had
come off. Probably one of our fat pigeons sat on it.
It had long since ceased to work, I just hadn't
bothered to get the step ladder out & detach it.
'Chuck it in the bin' my beloved cried, then paused.
My sad/shocked visage changed her mind, 'Keep it
then' was the mutter as she carried on playing with
'green' things.
After a bit of work we have...
A Sci-fi hut.
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I’m surprised we have yet to see a conversion of your recycle bin? Clearly you don’t need it for putting rubbish in? Lol
I like the hut!
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I’m surprised we have yet to see a conversion of your recycle bin? Clearly you don’t need it for putting rubbish in? Lol
Already had a similar thought. Decades ago, when Judge Dred
(the game) was young, someone made two hab-blocks out of
a bin cut in half.
As you know though, the killer of many ideas is...
where the heck do I store it? :?
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Love the hut Pete, and the ruins from the planter, and ....
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As you know though, the killer of many ideas is...
where the heck do I store it? :?
Considering your output, storage is definitely a consideration! lol
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Excellent terrain pieces! Making a list of projects to steal, I mean, borrow. :)
Dan
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Considering your output, storage is definitely a consideration! lol
You could always buy some more Syrinx0 ;)
Excellent terrain pieces! Making a list of projects to steal, I mean, borrow. :)
Feel free CC. Love to see what you & others do.
The group I was in (years ago) were admiring a display game
at a show, then it turned out their idea was inspired by something
we had done the previous year. And so the wheel turns again. :)
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You could always by some more Syrinx0 ;)
Much as I love what I have acquired, I have recently (sadly) needed to trim what I have. Interestingly enough your work has made the cut but mine... eh. lol
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Much as I love what I have acquired, I have recently (sadly) needed to trim what I have. Interestingly enough your work has made the cut but mine... eh. lol
Ah the Wargamer's dichotomy.
Storage space is finite,
while desire for figures/scenery etc, is infinite. :'( :'( :'(
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It often amazes, surprises, and ultimately distresses me just how much room our room our hobby takes up. Not to mention the annoyance of family members... I had to laugh when you spoke about your wife's reaction - I just imagined your puppy dog eyes... lol
Love the new builds - I must get out into the garden and see what I can find. A garden build slash recycling build sounds like a good challenge.
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Love the new builds - I must get out into the garden and see what I can find. A garden build slash recycling build sounds like a good challenge.
At Hammerhead I had intended buying more trees from Last Valley,
unfortunately by the time I had finished at my Trade at Table stall
(didn't sell nearly enough by the way) and rushed over with cash,
he was sitting happily eating his packed lunch...SOLD OUT!!! :'( :'( :'(
So... helping my long suffering wife in the garden, cutting back bushes
& some parts of the hedge when, it occurred to me...why not save the
'interesting bits' while cutting it all up to fit in our garden refuse bin?
Cue a look of' resignation/bemused/I'm dealing with a child' from wife,
but she let me continue. I now have a bin bag of 'interesting' branch bits.
The germ of an idea is now forming. Somewhere in my stash are some
green scouring pads (rubberized horse hair is too difficult/expensive to source).
I must try & make some trees.
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Wargamey work has taken a back seat for a while.
Wife's friend has a grandson, the same one that I
did a Dinosaur play table for a while ago. Well, he is
now into playing Farms & a Barn was requested.
I did try cheating & getting something (ex-Britains)
off e-bay, but despite several near misses I got zilch.
So keeping the budget right down I sorted possible
building material from the Garage.
Found a couple of knackered speakers. Fairly solid,
so one of them formed the basis.
984 & 5 = The speaker
986 = Most of the work done still no doors though.
987 = Should point out 'Grannie' is a Coventry City FC (The Sky Blues) supporter.
Their Old Ground... Highfield Road. Thought it fitted in with the theme.
988 = A replacement tile, painted up as Cov's Away Strip.
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989= A view of the 'hole'. This will allow him to place figures 'upstairs'
994= ladders, so that said figures can get upstairs (no stairs you see)
These were cut out of an old shelf mat. Soft and bendable, so safe.
990= View of the Sky Blue (Cov. FC) roof and the doors in place.
991= Close up of the doors. They do open. My big(?) problem was finding
that many tiny screws, & not dropping them on the floor.
992= Door open & showing the graffiti on the inside.
993= Finished in all its glory.
Hope he likes it, & the boxes of animals, chicken coop, pig sties, ponds etc etc
that I DID manage to score off e-bay.
Now back to smaller (wargames) scale things.
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Nice barn... snap... lol
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Nice barn... snap... lol
I think yours will see more wargaming play, while 'mine'
will see more...play. The new owner should see it today.
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Voting has started in the 'Build Something 2022' competition.
Take a look at my Junk :D
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=134892.msg1712491#msg1712491
Then pop on over & vote for the best entries, or even mine : lol
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=136076.msg1729455#msg1729455
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That barn is great. Hopefully you can plant the seeds for war gaming in the future of that young man. It can be handy to grow your own opponents. lol
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That barn is great. Hopefully you can plant the seeds for war gaming in the future of that young man. It can be handy to grow your own opponents. lol
Thanks Syrinx, I have been informed he really enjoys playing with it.
Stories have already been made up, so a future scenario writer too. :)
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A Wizard's Tower I picked up from the Trade at Table (Hammerhead).
I filled in all the gaps & gave it several washes & dry brushes.
By the way I have thought about access to the roof. Obviously the
Panatir/Power Globe (& the slab it is on) slides across to reveal the
staircase. :D
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A Dark Age fort. Bought the bits off e-bay. It looked great in the pictures.
When I got it I found:-
If I used all the bits I could make a complete fort about 6" square. lol
It had an awful lot of bobbles & holes. :-[
The wall was too high for anyone on the wall to see over. ???
The gateway was too small an area at the top, & had no means of access. :o
Well I worked on it and...
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Getting into (back into?) Vietnam & looking at scenery I saw
a picture of a corrugated metal shed. Well you guys know me,
throw NOTHING away. When an old corduroy bag gave up the
ghost (some thirty years ago!) I cut it up & put the bits into a
box. Well the bits came out &, along with a scrap block of blue
foam, here is my metal shed.
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The conveyor belt continues. Good work Pete. Just need to get some games in to use it all :-)
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I do try Gregor. I even managed to clear enough table room
to squeeze in a DBA game with MacksMechas, his first but, from
his after game comments, not his last.
Today we have a paddy-field piece of terrain.
It started life as some bashed about 6mm artillery emplacements,
which were part of a job lot of wargames stuff (from a friend of
a friend).
The last picture has it 'in game' at Flatpack's shed.
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Great work, as always mate!
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Our lovely (?) puppy chewed up the back door mat.
He also regularly has a good go at any loose branches/twigs.
'Waste not, want not ' By father used to say, so...
As a friend wanted a 'run down' but small graveyard...
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It did get a drybrush or two & some flock, but I passed it on
to the new owner without taking any more pictures. You
get the idea though I hope.
Great work, as always mate!
Thanks GG.
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Like the wizard tower think its WIzkids... Also like the rice paddies, I do need to make some at some point.
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Like the wizard tower think its WIzkids... Also like the rice paddies, I do need to make some at some point.
Give it a go, it is not that difficult.
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Pete
Do you pass everything through the puppy, before using it ? lol
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Do you pass everything through the puppy, before using it ? lol
No s#!t lol lol lol
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So much stuff on this thread! Your wife sounds a lot like mine, and I have exactly the same reactions you described at the mere suggestion of throwing stuff away. I don't have a processing-pup, just four cats, whose only contribution seems to be cat fur on just-painted stuff and chewed and thrown-up leaves which I just cannot bring myself to try to dry out and use for anything.
Bits of (unused) cat litter ARE useful, though. :D
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Vanvlak. As long as you make sure it is UNUSED. ;D
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Real life has been getting in the way of making stuff,
but here are some additions to my African animals.
Most came as a bonus. Picked up some e-bay farm
animals (for the grandson of a friend of the wife's)
and these came with the cows, sheep, pigs etc.
A removal of (most) cast lines, a repair or two &
a tart up before the basing.
The last 3 pictures are the two more I found when I
went to add the finished ones to my stock. Ain't that
always the way? :-[
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Wondered what you’d been “monkeying around at “ lately. lol
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Wondered what you’d been “monkeying around at “ lately. lol
No-one tell JC there is yet another Elephant!
It's only a baby though. That one might not
chase his troops. lol lol lol
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Excellent! I like them.
A matte spray could make them look less toy-like and more natural.
Dan
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A matte spray could make them look less toy-like and more natural.
They did get a Matt spray, but by then it was getting dark & I didn't take
any more photographs. I must/might take a group shot of 'Africa'
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Yes do!
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Nice find - need big game hunt game...
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Nice find - need big game hunt game...
You need to follow Digits, he is on that Safari lol lol lol
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Back to using up some old CDs.
First a bit of marsh.
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Then some graves.
Tried out a new, well new to me, product. Gel with grit in it.
I am quite pleased with it as it gives a little bit of texture.
Dry brushing picks it up nicely. Flatpack put me on to this.
Also trying Mod Podge (glue) & I like that too. Glogotha
put me onto that.
I love this forum :)
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...& here is where they end up finished.
Minor hic-up when I put the writing onto the graves,
only to find that on one CD I had written, very carefully.
on the backs of the gravestones! :o
Ah well , redo & move on.
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Really like the new additions.I must try that black lava stuff looks like it could be useful.
Also trying Mod Podge (glue) & I like that too. Golgotha
put me onto that.
- glad your finding it useful.
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I have grave concerns about you lol
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.I must try that black lava stuff looks like it could be useful.
It is, but a word of caution. I tend to wipe spillages away with a finger or two.
With this stuff it meant quite a while scrubbing & scrapping my fingers to get
rid of myriad tiny black dots. lol lol lol
I have grave concerns about you lol
Dead funny Bob.
Conspiracy theorists would say I'm involved in too many plots. lol
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Some alien beasties.
Good cannon fodder, or useful to scare some
low level player's characters. :D
They came very brightly coloured, but bit more useable now.
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Noe that is a BIG improvement…they look great!
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They came out really nice. I've painted some Cthulhu Wars stuff myself and the majority of them are pretty good sculpts but still plastic so on some the details get a little blurry but you really did them justice. Thanks for sharing.
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Noe that is a BIG improvement…they look great!
They tell me that their greatest hate is Accountants. lol lol lol
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Diehard.
More bits finished & off the paint table.
First a CD with sci-fi rubble.
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That looks rubbish...lol well done Pete.
The old saying used to be “if it don’t move, paint it”.
I think your saying should be, “I found it in the bin, paint it” lol
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A cheap (free really) toy Pirate.
I decided that he would fit in with the abandoned Roller-Coaster
(Last years failed 'Build something' competition entry).
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“I found it in the bin, paint it” lol
Helen is very good Bob. Stuff goes to me BEFORE
it gets to the bin. :D
When I made the Barn,for the grandson of Helen's friend,
I ended up with some off-cuts of chipboard. I thought
they looked interesting, so...
Sci-Fi building reduced to rubble.
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great stuff.
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More traditional Sci-Fi fodder.
From car air freshener, Solar garden light & other broken bits.
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great stuff.
Ta Bloggard.
A few more bits
Alien plants (More Bananas had to die for this!)
Toy Hay Stacks
P.A. Caravan. Will join the Pirate Statue & the disused Roller Caster.
Two 54mm Tricorn figures.
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Picked up some plastic dismounted knights off e-bay.
Basic paint job & based on a 10 figure tray.
Took one group of 10 off their tray, individually based
them & gave each a little tart up.
I hope to use them at the School club with (maybe) a
try-out of Fist Full of Lead's new Fantasy rules.
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Peg Leg Pete is brilliant!
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Peg Leg Pete is brilliant!
Thanks David.
Following your Africa thread, guess what I came across
AFTER I thought I'd finished painting all my outstanding
African animals...a pack of Hyenas!!!! It's no laughing matter :D
I don't even remember buying them. :?
Last year Helen (my wife) bought me the 'Beast' (The tank
from Indiana Jones movie) from Empress. This month I
actually got around to making & painting it.
A nice addition to our Back of Beyond games.
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& the finished article.
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Nice job on the tank Pete.
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Thanks Ian, now if I can just keep it away from
a History Professor I'll be fine. lol lol lol
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Pete
Looks about the same size as a Pz2 NOT.
Good job.
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One of my panzer II’s maybe? 😉
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I reckon so.... lol
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Looking good!
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Thanks guys.
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Miss a few days and a positive avalanche of new stuff. Very well done Pete. You now need to have lots of games to use them all in!
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Thanks Gregor.
Bob, JC & I managed to fit in a quick FFofL Fantasy game today.
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=136554.msg1736233#msg1736233
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:o Those scenes look great.
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:o Those scenes look great.
Thank you.
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A Dark Age fort. Bought the bits off e-bay. It looked great in the pictures.
When I got it I found:-
If I used all the bits I could make a complete fort about 6" square. lol
It had an awful lot of bobbles & holes. :-[
The wall was too high for anyone on the wall to see over. ???
The gateway was too small an area at the top, & had no means of access. :o
Well I worked on it and...
I've bought one of those forts, it's on both ebay and amazon as a viking fort...
I've been trying to decide if I want to use it as a modular fort or base it as a more static piece with upgrades similar to how you did it...
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I've been trying to decide if I want to use it as a modular fort or base it as a more static piece with upgrades similar to how you did it...
Two things decided it for me.
1) I dislike gaps when things like this are deployed on table.
2) Where do I store it?
As to '2)' I had recently cleared a shelf in a display cabinet. I made
the fort base so that it could fit the space. I was then offered a swap
by a friend which was too good to pass over, &... I don't have the
fort any more. ;D
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At least you still have a nice cleared space in the cabinet to fill. lol
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At least you still have a nice cleared space in the cabinet to fill. lol
Will NOT take long. :?
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Latest on the paint table, tarting up some small scale buildings.
No-one wanted them 'as was', so hence this work.
First up, a plastic windmill.
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Next a cottage.
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Two light houses.
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Some odd buildings turned into town blocks.
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And the last of the bunch, ruins.
Involves:-
A dog chewed table mat,
two resin cast ruins,
three blue foam ruins &
some detritus.
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Great jobs there Pete.
I’m sure we can get some tanks and figures running round them.
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Great jobs there Pete.
I’m sure we can get some tanks and figures running round them.
I was hoping to use them with my French.
Note to self, 'Finish modern French' lol
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Nicely done Pete, great utilisation.
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Nicely done Pete, great utilisation.
Thanks Ian. They are but one tiny step on the road to
getting rid of (OK reducing a bit) the backlog. lol
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Picked up this 'interesting' beastie after seeing
Golgotha's very nicely done one. I couldn't really
do it in black, as he had already done that, so...
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Nice take onthe Haunter from the Dark, been meaning to tackle. Ine for a while now but not sure which way I want to go with it. Thanks for sharing.
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Nice take onthe Haunter from the Dark, been meaning to tackle. Ine for a while now but not sure which way I want to go with it. Thanks for sharing.
I had been thinking of doing it in white, or perhaps very pale
greys. Such as creatures that live in caves at the bottom of
the oceans, but instead used thinned paint layers.
Purchased at the same time were two other beasties.
First up an Egyptian...thing.
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...and a always hungry hag.
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Used up some odd bits from the spares box.
They were supposed to be for a painting demo
at the school club, but weren't needed, so I've
just gone ahead & finished them.
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Like the new additions - especially your version of the three-eyed beastie the yellow works well and one can imagine the absolute terror of seeing three bulbous giant eyes staring out from the inky depths...
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Like the new additions - especially your version of the three-eyed beastie the yellow works well and one can imagine the absolute terror of seeing three bulbous giant eyes staring out from the inky depths...
Thanks, but I prefer your version. :)
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Wouldn't want to meet one of those beasties on a dark night in the woods!
Another impressive round of output.
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Wouldn't want to meet one of those beasties on a dark night in the woods!
Another impressive round of output.
Thanks Gregor. Still quite a lot in the pile. ;D
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Saw on e-bay some 54mm figures. Included was a Royal Navy
gun race team. Instant nostalgia of watching the Royal Tournament
on the Tele, & cheering Pompey (Portsmouth) as loudly as I could.
Well I had to get it didn't I?
When it came it was in an even sorrier state than the pictures had
suggested. I was faces with several choices:-
1) Give it up as a bad idea.
2) Strip everything back to bare metal, grind off cast lines & bad bits.
3) Tart it up, but keep to the 'Toy Soldier' (yes I know they're Navy)
look.
I didn't even consider '1)', As for '2)' ... far too much work. It would have
doomed them to the boxes of oblivion. It had to be 3).
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Finished the Pompey team last night. Spray varnished them
this morning.
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Finished off the Army too.
First up all the repair work. As with the Navy I decided to
go for the Toy Soldier look, rather than an awful lot of work. :D
Not enough parts came with them, so the 54mm spare parts
box had to be raided. An Airfix footballer donated (willingly?) a
head & an arm. Other bits came too.
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Varnished them last night & photographed them this morning.
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Finished off some more alien flora.
More Banana stalks & dog chewed twigs.
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Bought some 1/200th tanks at Partizan. Some of the group
want to do Iran/Iraq war. Thought I will need some scenery,
so a test building using a scrap of Blue Foam. I haven't even
opened the packs with the AFVs, so my usual figure is there
for scale.
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...and the finished version.
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Very nice building chap.
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Thanks Bob.
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Only a few more to do, and you’ll have a village.
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Very simple but effective!
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Only a few more to do, and you’ll have a village.
I would like to get a few pictures to give me inspiration for maybe
a street, but that is proving harder than I thought. :-[
Very simple but effective!
Which of the recent items, or do you mean ME David ??????
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Specifically the blue foam building. Really easy, presumably just pushed in windows with squared sticks? Do you seal the foam before painting it?
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Specifically the blue foam building. Really easy, presumably just pushed in windows with squared sticks? Do you seal the foam before painting it?
The squared end of a file, (the end that would go into the wooden handle,
if I could find it that is) was used for the windows. Several times for the doors.
I paint a thinned wood-glue/filler mixture over the foam. That both seals it &
helps with the texture. This one was based on the ubiquitous CDs (two glued
together to make them less flexible), but if I do end up making a street I'll
need something else for basing.
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'...I've always been a Stones fan.
Never understood why Wilma & Betty ended up with Fred & Barney though.'
More stuff on CDs. This time...Stones. If not nice, certainly cheap.
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...the straggly bushes are from the dog chewed door-mat.
Next up some 25mm figs. Oddments from the Lead Mountain.
I started messing with them for a convert & paint demo at the
school club. They were all AWI, some have ended up as Western Gunfight.
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Oops! Sorry first two pictures are out of focus,
but you get the idea (I hope).
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Try again, this time with glasses on!
This time some 28mm knights. I bought a whole lot off e-bay.
Assembled & undercoated, some part painted. Far too many
to keep, so I tried to sell the bulk on...no-one interested :o
Now I am tarting them up in small groups in the hope they
will now attract interest.
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Some figures for Bock of Beyond 28mm.
Looking for the 'civilians hold up & hoping for the military to arrive' kind of vibe.
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Some long promised, I mean loooooooooong promised, 15mm Ancients.
For a very understanding friend. At least they are now started.
This first lot are 32 bases (3 figures a base) and that means I have
now done about a quarter of this project!
Thanks for waiting Simon.
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Simon will have moved house again Pete lol
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Some Terminators I bought off e-bay.
They were nicely painted already, I only did some repairs
(breakages in the post), a little tarting up (highlights mainly),
painted & 'named' the bases.
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An Alien...???...Do-hicky.
Plot point, Ancient control device, etc.etc.
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To more CD terrain pieces.
Note the 'Termite' mounds. You don't want to be near these
when whatever it is comes out. :o :o :o
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Some small (even so I wouldn't want to meet them) dinosaurs.
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Nor her! Little old lady with an AK47! :o
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...but a nice camp fire & roast pork...
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Minotaur. What a load of ...Bull???
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Three nasties, for use in games like:-
Witch-finder general, Pulp, Gothic Horror etc.
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They look like a cult from Midsomer Murders! Lol
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They look like a cult from Midsomer Murders! Lol
Don't tell my wife. She likes Midsummer Murders. lol lol lol
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Thought you'd been quiet for a few days - and lo and behold a whole raft of diverse beasties and terrain items. I presume the name I could not read was sum-irp :-). Very well done as always, and now you must have some games where you get to use them !!!
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I presume the name I could not read was sum-irp
Correct Gregor. You are the FIRST to get BACK to me. lol lol lol
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Finished the next unit of 15mm Ancients for a friend.
This time four bases of Hoplites. One base had to be
Thebans, to match some I did years ago for him.
I hope he likes them.
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As the lucky recipient of these fine figures I have to say "Wot a Grand Job."
Thank you very much Pete. Looking forward to the Immortals, Assyrians et al now!
Cheers,
Simon
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The red robed beasties also remind me of the creature in The Village.
Dan
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As the lucky recipient of these fine figures I have to say "Wot a Grand Job."
Thank you very much Pete. Looking forward to the Immortals, Assyrians et al now!
I will be starting the filing on the next batch today. I'll keep you updated on the
progress, though I am busy with a LOT of 40K figures for the school club at the
moment.
The red robed beasties also remind me of the creature in The Village.
True. In fact there are several horror stories they would fit in with. I hope to use them
in quite a few games.
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School club got some donated 40K figures.
The original plan as to get the pupils painting them.
Two years, numerous plans matched by problems, but we
DID get a paint session. At the end of it, despite the best
efforts of the pupils we had six nearly painted aliens.
A new plan was required.
I took the aliens home & decided to churn them out.
If I could divvy them up into Galactic Heroes teams, and they
were used by the pupils in fun games, then (maybe) they would
want their own few figures. Then we could hold some more painting
sessions.
Hence I went for colour coded 'teams' & easy figure ID.
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Next wave
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Third wave, & most of the aliens now ready to play.
Most were done with dry-brushing &/or thin washes, i.e. QUICK. :D
Sixty figures, painted, based & 'named'. Not bad for a weeks work. :)
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Last of the Aliens for the School Club.
Do have some Humans still to do.
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Three nasty mortars, well they are firing body parts!!!!
Bought off e-bay. Assembled & basic paint job.
I just did some tidying & tarting up.
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Also from e-bay, some Republican Romans.
The previous owner had done quite a nice job,
(that's why I bought them) but seemed to have
lost interest & not finished them.
some repair & tart up work from me & they are
ready to play in a skirmish game...when I paint
up some opposition that is.
The Decurion & standard bearer I added from the
lead pile. In my haste to get the unit off the painting
table I didn't notice the Lorica Segmentata until too late.
At some stage he will have to be replaced, and yes I
know almost no likelihood that the standard would
be with just 10 legionaries, but I anted an even number
of figures in the 'Unit'.
Ten sestertii for those that noticed Quintus (fifth) was in
the wrong place in the parade. >:(
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Some more Alien Flora.
No prizes for guessing what member of the household
fug up & chewed the root/branch. Hint, it weren't me
or the wife. :D
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Phenomenal output Pete - you're on a roll !!
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Thanks Gregor, but the 'Mountain' is still large.
I have decided to NOT study too closely what
still is in it, but to just enjoy my little victories. :)
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WOW!!! Fantastic work! Impressive and inspirational!
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Thanks MaleGriffin.
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Really like the Romans - I recently painted some of these - like that each of yours has a name certainly good for skirmish games... so you will be needing some barbarians to take them on... can't wait to see their names...
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can't wait to see their names...
The obvious opponents would be Carthaginians, but I don't have any
of them in the Lead Mountain. I do have some Celts though, so I
might do them up as Gauls. I am tinkering with the idea oftaking their
names from my collection of Asterix books. lol lol lol
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Great idea - you should see this idea then https://www.warlordgames.com/gallery-asterix/
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Nice job on those.
Somewhere I do have some Asterix (Metal Magic ?) figures,
& even ran a silly Christmas game using them.
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An Alien Ambassador & his bodyguards.
They are resin prints & I took the option for 'Heroic' scale.
It means they are taller, which I think adds to the Alien look.
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Next something for my Sand-Grave games.
Always useful to have something to scare the players.
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Also to scare them, a Banshee.
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Some...well I'm not quite sure what to call them. Any ideas?
I think that they are blind, but all the little bobbles are hordes
of tiny parasites who guide the 'beast' and swarm out to attack
when there is anything that might be food.
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In amongst some Sci-Fi figures I purchased off e-bay,
ere these. They were damaged. One missing a head &
all three were without arms. None were based & existing
paintwork needed repair.
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Those flying things with the parasitic infestation are truly disgusting.
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Those flying things with the parasitic infestation are truly disgusting.
Thanks, I think.
They were cheap too.
Basic body = Peach stones
Wings = spare after I converted some Poundland Dragons into Sci-Fi large herbivores
Parasitic Infection= contents of one of those little packets that keep moisture out of things
sprinkled over some left over glue from another job
The stand = Old screws taken out of a broken cupboard
The Base = Bits of card that were pushed out of advertising boards & would have been
thrown out, but a friend saved them for me.
Filler on the bases=surplus, as I mixed too much for another job.
Paint = Similar, poured out too much. I thinned each colour down & gave...'Them'
a series of washes.
They are also scale agnostic. Could even go head to head with spaceships. :D
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Now knowing how you made them even more inspiring.
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Working on a cottage & barn for 1745.
Early, VERY early, work. Hacking the basic shape out of Blue Foam.
More pictures as progress happens.
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Looking forward for this. :D
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Next progress shots.
571 = Starting the detailing
572 = Barn door
573 = Drawing on the stone, a VERY slow process. First wall.
574 =Second wall
575 = Third wall
576 = Stonework detail around the barn door
577/8 = The shutters go up.
Have to put it to one side for a day or two as the glue *I've used to hold the Blue Foam
together is taking an age to set.
* Hard as nails, because it doesn't react with the foam.
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As an aside, following on from some enjoyable DBA games with Vodkafan,
and after the failure of Viet-Nam to take off as our second '60 in six' project,
we have decided to do a new DBA army each. He has chosen Huns, while I
have decided to go all Goth (No not the white face & black accessories).
For those who don't remember, it has been a while, '60 in Six' is a challenge
to do 60 figures in six weeks. It worked very well for Jacobites, yet (for various
reasons) fell flat when we tried Viet-Nam.
If we count mounted figures as two, & remember to do camp/camp followers
we should hit the 60 target.
Bonus will be two new DBA armies to play with & some figures off the lead mountain. :D
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Look forward to seeing your Goths and DBA game - pity not the "...the white face & black accessories kind".
Like the rustic cottage building that will look cracking and very useful for a number of settings.
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Thanks Gol-GOTH-a lol
More progress on the buildings.
A lot of filling of gaps, the penalty of having to use off-cuts & not nice big bits.
Then trying to make some bits look like rickety woodwork & the roofs like tatty thatch.
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Some Humans for the school club.
To easily I.D. the two squads I went for bold colours, light blue & red.
Red Squad are the, 'Mankind Amalgamated' Chapter.
Blue Squad are the, 'Urbanite' Chapter.
Keeping both squads in order is the (Fleet Authority) Judge.
A quick paint job on them, consisting of a mixture of dry-brushing
& thin washes. Good enough for a school fun game.
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To encourage the use of figures by the school club's D&D crowd,
I let them choose a figure from a box of figures I brought in.
I asked for:- Favorite colour(s), Character's name & anything else they wanted.
Tomorrow they should see them painted & based.
583 & 4 = 'Bob, Oxal & Robat'
604 & 5 = 'Zane, Elasylrk & Columbus'
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...and the rest.
606 & 7 = Yorred, Johnny & Azzy
608 & 9 = Belathon & Tagareth
Azzy was the most work. Requested were:-
A small bag, two (D&D specific weapons that seemed to be something like a Zulu assagai),
messy hair, oh & a tail like a fox.
610 is a close up of 'Robat'
I hope they all like their figure, and that at least some of them are encouraged to start
painting their own figures. We do run some painting sessions for those that are interested.
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More progress on the Jacobite buildings.
611,12,14,15 = Beams going in.
16,17,18 = (For ever)more stonework.
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619,620 & 621 = Beams going on to the Barn.
622,623 & 624 = first undercoat of the cottage.
Beginning to get there. :)
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625 & 626 = Start undercoating the barn.
629 & 630 = Cottage gets second undercoat
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Looking good Mr Smith.
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Very apt for Jacobite games given, the similarity in appearance to a certain famous landmark...
https://cullodenbattlefield.wordpress.com/2015/10/02/leanach-cottage/#:~:text=Situated%20on%20the%20grounds%20of,of%20us%20here%20at%20Culloden.
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Looking nice. :-*
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Thanks lads. Always nice to get feedback, even better if it is positive.
Very apt for Jacobite games given, the similarity in appearance to a certain famous landmark...
Ta. That was the kind of look I am going for.
Here are some more pictures of progress.
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The work continues.
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Yet more.
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Due to some days off (various reasons) progress is only now
starting up again.
The Jacobite buildings.
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More of the same.
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Coming up to being finished.
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Cool pieces of scenery from humble beginnings!
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Due to try a game (Ancient variant) of Lion Rampant.
Decided to quickly paint up some more skirmish figures.
Some Gaulish warriors, slingers & Gaesatae, also
Roman slingers & Auxillia.
A bit of a mish-mash, but reduces the lead/plastic mountain.
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Keen to see you playing this soon - as I have also been busy with some Romans and Celts.
Thinking Lion Rampant adapted for Ancients have you tried Eric Farrington's
Wars of the Republic: Ancient Roman Wargaming 343–50 BC (Osprey Wargames)?
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Cool pieces of scenery from humble beginnings!
Not sure David if you mean the scenery, or me.
Right on both counts by the way. :D
Thinking Lion Rampant adapted for Ancients have you tried Eric Farrington's
Wars of the Republic: Ancient Roman Wargaming 343–50 BC (Osprey Wargames)?
Are they from the Men of Bronze stable?
If yes, I would probably pass.
I hope to put up an AAR for my game soon.
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Playing the game today.
Romans will be attempting to destroy/deface a sacred Gaulish Henge.
I will name the fight
Engagement (at the stone) Ring. lol lol lol
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Do not forget you can play a sequel the wood henge down the road lol
Hope to see some druids...
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Do not forget you can play a sequel the wood henge down the road lol
lol lol lol I won't start with the linked puns though.
Link for the game
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=137537.0
Golgotha let me know if you want me to build you a Henge.
Reasonable prices & remember as Obelix said, 'Love is a
Menhir splendid thing'
lol
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Not many people seem to know about Woodhenge see:
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/woodhenge/history/
I think I can give some stones a bash but thank you for the kind offer.
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Not many people seem to know about Woodhenge see:
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/woodhenge/history/
I think I can give some stones a bash but thank you for the kind offer.
I think that the Woodhenge was a full dress rehearsal for the stone version lol
My brother & I used to exchange cartoons that we called Brit Nits, a bit like
the Gravel Brothers in Whacky Races or Gronk in the BC comics.
Quite a few included Stonehenge. e.g.
A theme park mono-rail running around the top.
Playing football using the stones as goal posts.
One Brit Nit rushing up, to a 'completed' Stonehenge shopping
mall, shouting, 'Dismantle it quick! The Romans are coming!' and many others.
I would like to see your Henge in action during a game.
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Jacobite cottage & barn now finished! Hoozah !!
more pictures to follow.
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More pictures.
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Last few pictures, cuz they are now in the post & on their way to the customer.
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Fantastic seeing them completed with all the minis - well done they really look the part.
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Fantastic seeing them completed with all the minis - well done they really look the part.
Thanks Golgotha. I hope the new owner likes them.
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Nice Brits Pete.
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Nice Brits Pete.
Plaudits should go to your painting powerhouse...Dave!
He did nearly all of what is now my Government army.
I only changed some cuffs etc & rebased them.
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Loving it mate!
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Thanks Grumpy.
I really should make some for...ME.
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Looking very good. Your customer should be happy.
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Hold on Pete.
You are praising Dave for painting YOUR figures ?
Well I never....
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Snitchy. Thanks mate.
Flatpack. I do still think of them as Dave's as I did very little on them.
Credit where it is due.
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Some progress on the 15mm Ancients (for a friend) front.
12 bases, 4 figures a base. That is a lot of shields & spears to glue on.
Imitation legionaries for his Greeks. His suggestion to include some
Hellenistic figures to make them look more 'imitation' & less 'Legionary' :D
Hope he likes them.
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For Simon I guess?
Nice job.
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For Simon I guess?
Nice job.
Yup, for Simon.
Next on the painting table are the subject Assyrians.
After them it is just the Sparabara (though there is a lot of them!)
I will still have 15mm Persians etc. (unpainted) that will be of no use to me,
& I think Simon will (by then) have enough figures, but I will
offer them to him first.
If he doesn't want them, is anyone else interested (before they go on e-bay) ??? ??? ???
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The subject Assyrians, camel core & some archers.
Now just the Sparabara (lots of them) :?
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Very nice!
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Very nice!
Thanks. While doing these I have been whinging about how how fiddly it all is,
what with my fat fingers & poor eye-sight... then Vodkafan & I are starting to
raise armies for Soldiers of Napoleon (SoN) in 10mm !!!! ;D ;D ;D
Well there will be far fewer shields & spears to glue on. :D
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Recently played an Ancients game using tweaked Lion Rampant rules.
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=137537.0
Due to a poor filing system (mine) I could only find/field a 10 figure warband,
& not the 12 I should have provided. Well now found & quickly painted two
more Gauls. Unit now up to its proper size, 12 figures.
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They look a LOT better across the table lol
While sorting out, from the Lead Mountain, possible figures for
my up coming DBA Goth Army, I found some resin standing stones
(Fenris castings I believe). In keeping with this years motto (Use it
or loose it) I DIDN'T put them back in the box, but painted & based
them. Did similar to a Celtic Cross (metal pendant) which I based on
several discs, to raise its height.
Hope you like. :)
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The pendant idea is inspired... Like the new stones too.
The 15mm ancients look useful. I have always wanted to do something in 15mm. I used to play Boer War in 15mm with my brother. It is a scale I still want to get into, the question is what?
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It is a scale I still want to get into, the question is what?
May I suggest Peter Pig's AK47
I refer the first version copies of which can be picked up on e-bay (I bought
a copy for £5 this week, as a reserve)
It gives a fun game & you can make a couple of 'Armies' quite cheaply using
bits off e-bay. e.g. a tank is... a tank under the rules, so if you can pick up
a cheap Tiger, Sherman, T55 or whatever, that is what your (Imaginary) country
is equipped with.
You can paint stuff any colour you like. If you want a challenge then go for a
Tiger Stripe uniform, if not then a sandy colour with a dark brown wash & the
unit is about finished.
Long live the cause of Southern Zumri independence. :D
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Today we have a couple more old CD alien scenery bits.
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Great work! Clever idea with the pendant. 👍
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Great work! Clever idea with the pendant. 👍
Thanks GG.
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Yup, love the standing stones and cross, great pieces.
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Yup, love the standing stones and cross, great pieces.
Ta David. I'm busy with 12 Picts off the Lead Mountain, so someone
can run around the Stones. Then I was thinking of a Roman cart & a
few Auxillia for an ambush game perhaps.
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More old CD scenery.
First up 'The Eagle'
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Next 'The Pyramid'
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'The Serpent'
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Last of the current batch, 'Panels'
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Found three (????) Middle Imperial Romans hiding in with
the Late Romans. Not enough to even skirmish with, so...
I did them up as Ghosts. Useful for a Pulp Ally game on an
Archeological site.
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Nice goodies. :-* :-*
You have been busy. :)
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Nice goodies. :-* :-*
You have been busy. :)
Thank you. Have your buildings still not turned up? :?
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Retained at customs.
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Retained at customs.
Why? :o ??? ??? ??? ???
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Message sent. :)
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Some Picts, so I now have some figures to run around those
tall Pictish stones. :D
Found them in a box of Sub-Romanic Brits, while looking for
reinforcements for my upcoming Gothic force.
They (many years ago) were part of a DBA Pict army that
belonged to a friend. This was therefore a repair, rebase &
tart up, as they were already painted by my mate Garry.
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To show the kids at the School club how easy it was to convert plastic figures,
I did some quick alterations to some Tryanids.
I have now given them a simple paint job & they are ready to be used as
another Galactic Heroes team.
I did the 'berserker' figure a different colour to emphasize its role.
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More of the 15mm Persians for a friend.
Thankfully coming to the end of this, only
two more Sparabara units to do. :D
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Had a few Roman bits in the bits box. Too nice to throw away,
too few to be of much use, so...
with the aid of a few garden stones, we have some captured
Roman items dedicated on a former chieftain's grave.
A useful objective marker.
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Too hot to work on the things I SHOULD be working on,
so my creative mind started to wander.
The wife was replacing the cheap air fresheners.
I wondered if I could quickly make a sci-fi vehicle out of them.
Here goes.
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& the work continues.
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...eventually it is finished.
Not brilliant, but cheap & quick to produce.
The usual learning curve for the first one.
If I make more they would be finished to
a higher standard.
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An old coaster, some dog chewed door-mat = Sci-Fi ruin
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Pete
Nice to see your FRESH approach to spaceships. lol lol
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Pete
Nice to see your FRESH approach to spaceships. lol lol
In Star Trek Chekov said, (about some Klingons) 'close enough to schmeel zem'
Well the AFAT (Air Fresher Adapted Truck) should protect my Galactic Heroes crew
from Chekov's sense of smell. lol
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Like the AFAT Has Been - know doubt it will freshen up your games.
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More good stuff Pete as always. Love the liquid effects of the earlier pieces.
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Like the AFAT Has Been - know doubt it will freshen up your games.
AT 99p new, free when wife is throwing them out, it is within my price range. :D
More good stuff Pete as always. Love the liquid effects of the earlier pieces.
Thank you Gregor. Effect due to not wanting to waste the last dribbles of paint on the pallet.
It gets thinned down & used as a wash (washes) on whatever is sitting on the workbench.
When totally dry I gave them a couple of coats of gloss varnish, job done.
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I see you playing with the tyranids…..if you remind next time we see each other, I have a few left over models….as well as your vehicle.
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I see you playing with the tyranids…..if you remind next time we see each other, I have a few left over models….as well as your vehicle.
You're on David. :D
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Found a box with some 40K bits.
'Use it or lose it' (this year's motto)
so here is me working on some stores
& ammo pallets.
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Some anti-tank(?) obstacles.
The 'trip hazards' under the projecting 'spears'
are 3D scaffolding from my 1/200th tanks.
I don't throw things away.
The coloured 'weights' (to stop them being shoved
backwards) are from my blood test kits.
What can I say, I don't throw things away. lol lol lol
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Two sections of industrial Chevaux-de-Frise,
& some milk churns.
The milk churns were purchased on my first visit
to the States, & that was over 30 years ago. :o
Finally painted & based.
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Much more up to date, last week we went to BritCon in Nottingham,
& I picked up a few things.
First a very nice 3D printed well.
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From the Bring & Buy I got several bags of 3D Miscasts & odd bits.
Here is the first. Rather than build a roof & maybe a second floor,
I opted for turning it into a ruin.
5920 = How I got it, in its lurid green.
5926 = Coat Hanger, which will provide the low wall.
5932 = Blue foam rubble. Might conceal the entrance to the lower level(s).
5933 = The replacement pillar, courtesy of an old pen.
5937 = Progress. Note the now irregular 'roof-line'
5938 = Undercoat goes on
5942 = The Dry Brushing starts.
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The Gravestones are from a grab-bag full of them purchased at Partizan
a couple of years ago, padded out with some ice-lolly sticks.
5948 = gravestones get painted dark grey, then dry-brushed several times
& some 'writing' added.
5955 = Birds-eye view
5957 = Bushes added
5961 to 5964 = with some figures to add interest.
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Those are very impressive new additions the coat hanger wall however is truly inspirational - I need to stop hanging around here and raid the clothes cupboard. lol
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That’s great work and I really appreciate seeing how you put things together from various bits and pieces!
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Thanks guys. Glad you liked them.
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Good job there Pete.
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Yup looks pretty damned good!
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Fantastic! I really like it.
Dan
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Thank you for the nice comments. I hope to get some good use
out of them all.
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Your vision / craftsmanship / ingenuity amazing as always. Great terrain pieces out of most people's throw aways.
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Thanks Gregor. I do (as you know) have a problem.
Collect just about everything, but output doesn't keep pace. lol lol lol
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Picked up these resin figures off the internet.
They'll get used as another Galactic Heroes Team.
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Found an odd Roman, so painted him up. Will use him in a skirmish game.
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Some odd figures which will make another Galactic Heroes Team
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Poor wretches in the dungeon.
Purchased (unpainted) from our own Matakishi.
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Well done. Those could be useful in quite a few settings.
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Excellent figures! Masterfully painted! I love the choice of pillars!
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Well done. Those could be useful in quite a few settings.
But only when the gamers are all adult. ;)
Excellent figures! Masterfully painted! I love the choice of pillars!
Thanks for the comment, but they came...attached to those pillars.
Not my choice. lol
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It is nearly over. :D Here is the penultimate unit (15mm Ancients) for my friend.
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Also a mission of mercy.
A snail garden ornament had a mishap.
'Could you fix him for me?' asked the wife.
Now fixed & given a tart up as well.
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Now that is an important commission!
So... what scale is he? :)
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what scale is he? :)
BIG !!!
Not sure how scales work when it is many times BIGGER than the original. lol lol lol
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Nicely done with the Persians Pete.
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Nicely done with the Persians Pete.
Thanks Ian. Just one more unit to do & then no more 15mm,
well for the moment at least. :D
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I have a large toy snail and I have been toying with the idea of mounting a howdah on top of its shell with some goblins. But not sure if I should:?
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I have a large toy snail and I have been toying with the idea of mounting a howdah on top of its shell with some goblins. But not sure if I should:?
Prairie Dog Scenario! (Gopher it!)
When Hordes of the Things came out I toyed with the idea of doing a 'Back garden' war.
Bought two large toy snails, plastic insects/spiders & some 10mm Gnomes.
I planned to use things like pegs as walls & small plant pots as towers. One of the many
projects still to see the light of day. It would have been fun, well I think so. :-I
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Some Alien plant-life, courtesy of broken Christmas decorations.
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and two more CD bases.
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A friend has given me some black resin Egyptian bits.
People know the kind of things I like.
Some are to be turned into statues for him.
Here are the first two.
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Continually great work mate!
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Those all turned out quite well! I especially like the Egyptian statues.
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Continually great work mate!
Vodkafan, & he has seen my mess, sorry wargames room, joked that
my shelves must be nearly empty...Not a snowball in Hell chance. :?
Those all turned out quite well! I especially like the Egyptian statues.
Thanks. My friend wants some for use with his Ancient armies, so it is a new
approach for me to have them 'painted'. I normally have them as ruined or
at least worn down a bit. A few more to do, so let's see what they come out like.
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As a result of an other thread, I tracked down photographic proof
of a paint job from MANY years ago. Please take a look.
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=138020.msg1756392#msg1756392
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Meanwhile I've finished off some more Tyranids.
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Some Sci-Fi scenery.
32,33,34,35 from a tape measure that broke at the school club.
'Can you fix it?' I was asked as I put it into my bag.
'No' I replied, 'But, I will make something out of it'
36,37,38 from various lids & the working parts from inside of a spray bottle
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Some plants, alien, from broken Christmas decorations & the
ubiquitous Banana stalk.
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It must be time for another sci fi outing…..will have to dust off the accountants…..look great fella.
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It must be time for another sci fi outing…..will have to dust off the accountants…..look great fella.
Thanks David. By the way it is nearly always time for a Fistful of Lead game
of some description :D
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Nice plants has.been.It looks like you have used some of the Britains tree leaf section on some of them.
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Nice plants has.been.It looks like you have used some of the Britains tree leaf section on some of them.
Good spot. Like sooooo many bits in my boxes they were too nice to chuck.
My problem is that I find it very easy to put 'Interesting' bits to one side,
but hard to find the time to make 'stuff'. :-I
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Today I added to the 40K defenses I did recently.
Yes you guessed it right, I found some more bits.
55,56,57,58,59 are the newest bits.
64,65,66 are the whole lot together
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I have boxes of bits and pieces that i find that will come in handy at some point.Like you it is getting the motivation to get around to using them.
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I have gotten better in the last year.
My current moto is, 'Use it or lose it'
Which has greatly improved the situation. Now when I find things
I try to:-
make something for myself. This takes some planning.
make something to sell. This takes less time.
pass it on to someone else to finish, or
get rid of it (hardly ever use this option lol)
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Having filled a box with Poppy seed-heads and the contents of
a to be thrown out small Pot Pouri (?) bowl, I decided to make some
alien marsh (gas filled?) plants. It also reduced my stack of junked
CDs. As I double up the CDs (to reduce flexing) this used up 16!
I hope you like them.
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Very nice sir.
I think they would sell well.
I’m sure people would want them on their table.
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Those alien poppies look awesome!
Dan
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Thanks guys. The big bonus is that a whole box has now come off the
shelves of shame. :D
Means I can buy something at Colours. ;D
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Cracking alien plants! :o
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Thanks James.
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Thanks guys. The big bonus is that a whole box has now come off the shelves of shame. :D
Means I can buy something at Colours. ;D
But only if it fits in the SOS open space... lol
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But only if it fits in the SOS open space... lol
It has been known for me to... get a little creative with the regulations.
As it was said in the first Pirates of the Caribbean film about 'The Code'
Less hard & fast RULES, 'More like, guidelines'
lol lol lol
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Some time ago one of those magazines that give away things,
gave away Ancient Egyptian things (Black resin). They turn up
from time to time. As I said recently a friend gave me some.
As a return favour I had done two up as freestanding Statues
(see earlier page). Now some as a more imposing bit of scenery.
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Loving the new additions the alien planet plants and defences with mines in particular.
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Thanks Golgotha. Glad you got that I added 'mines'. :)
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Lovely
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Lovely
Yup, dem de ones. :D
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Another 40K bit, & some oil drums
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Those are great look forward to seeing the bits and bobs you got today at Colours.
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Several items ahead of them in the paint queue at the moment. :-[
Nice to meet you at Colours & put a face to the name.
Meanwhile I have done a few graves & treasure chests.
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A side project, OK one of many side projects, is to be a skirmish
game involving Celts (am working on a giant too), well amongst
some broken jewelry my wife gave me (rule ONE, don't throw
anything out) was a bright silver broach with Celtic knotwork.
A quick paint job (white with army shade to emphasize the knotwork
Add a couple of stones from the garden and a few sculls and we have
another bit of scenery.
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Good stuff! Is that Celt skirmish game the one we planned with my Romans?
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Good stuff! Is that Celt skirmish game the one we planned with my Romans?
Yes James, though will get used for any Celtic themed game.
For the same project...
Purchased at Colours two Chariots & some Infantry (Ancient Britons) from
Grubby Tanks. His Britannia range. Show you them at your next visit.
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From our local Supermarket I purchased three airport trollies.
Gave them a minor conversion (to make the loads look different)
& a quick paint & transfer job.
They are now ready for use in an AK47 Airport game.
As just terrain, obstructions, objectives or something to be used.
Drag that plane out of/into the way, or pile the recoilless rifles onto the back. :D
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I would be keen to see the Britannia miniature Celt chariots given that their website has no pictures of these - Have you seen the Victrix set which at the price is similar in value https://www.victrixlimited.com/collections/ancient-gauls/products/celtic-chariot-1
Funnily enough, I also got a Celt chariot at Colours but went for 2 one pound miniatures from a bargain bucket, a warbases chariot see: https://warbases.co.uk/product/celtic-chariots/
and horses sprue by conquest games see: http://www.conquest-games.co.uk/index.php?cPath=28_29 so a bit of a saving...
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Grubby is a very nice fellow to deal with, but always seem to be running like
crazy, just to stay still. He has agreed with my suggestion of getting everything
in his ranges photographed, BUT something else always needs doing first.
At Colours he told me that Casting was taking all his time at the moment.
If you want a picture of one painted you might have to wait a bit :(
I can do a picture of the 'kit' unpainted if that helps.
By the way did you get the WW1 Aircraft Rules? I don't scan things often,
so never sure if I've done it correctly.
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Maybe I missed it somewhere, but where is that blacksmith figure from? Thanks
Dan
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Maybe I missed it somewhere, but where is that blacksmith figure from? Thanks
He was a gift from Vodkafan. I'll have to ask him.
Why he thought , a short, bald, bearded person (me) would like a
short, bald, bearded figure I don't know. lol
I painted him (the figure, NOT Vodkafan) up in Pompey (Portsmouth Football Club) colours.
Blue top, white 'shorts' & red socks.
Pompey changed to red socks at the suggestion of Monty
(Montgomery of El Alamien) who had been based in Portsmouth
during part of WW2, & who thought it would be a reminder of
service personnel who fought in WW2.
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Finishing off some things for friends.
First Two Landing craft.
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Do like the landing craft what make and scale is it?
Be keen to see pictures of the chariot you got - I finished mine it is over in the ancients section.
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Do like the landing craft what make and scale is it?
Be keen to see pictures of the chariot you got - I finished mine it is over in the ancients section.
The landing-craft are by Sarrissa & for 28mm figures.
I'll try & take pictures of the chariot, well the bits anyway, tomorrow.
Did the WW1 rules get to you?
I've tried twice now & they haven't been bounced back to me.
If they are still AWOL I'll have to post you a copy.
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Maybe I missed it somewhere, but where is that blacksmith figure from? Thanks
Dan
Dan the blacksmith is from Outpost Wargame Services but they are closed until he is all better.
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Good work on the landing craft Peter :o
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What is funny about the blacksmith miniature is that he bears an uncanny resemblance to Has Been. lol
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James, thanks for the nice comment & info about my
'personality' figure. :D
What is funny about the blacksmith miniature is that he bears an uncanny resemblance to Has Been. lol
Too true. Be careful Golgotha, someone might get you a figure to match you. :D
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Too true. Be careful Golgotha, someone might get you a figure to match you.
Gosh I wish I had a miniature, no a few miniatures, one for each period and scale etc., that looked like me... lol
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You'll have to send me a picture (5 minutes at Colours is not
enough to imprint your image on my feeble brain) and I'll look
through the Lead Mountain. Oh, don't forget to choose a period,
at least for the first one. lol
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A friend had an MDF two story building, but just a big hole between
ground & first floors. He asked me to make a lift, or stairs.
I opted for lift, not because I thought it easier (it turned out not to be)
but a lift would allow access to a basement.
This is the mark one (well actually mark three, but I didn't even bother
photographing 1 & 2, just scrapped them)
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I had been happy with that, but when I put the building together
I had two problems.
1) I had not measured as accurately as I thought. The roof would
not go on. The lift was about 3mm too tall! It was taken down
by 5mm. THEN
2) Looking at it I realized my belief that the lift (in imagination)
would move up & down would have the 'Health & Safety' guys
having the screaming hab-dabs as there was nothing to stop
people falling down the hole! :o
Some more ammendments & we now have the finished version.
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Problems, problems, problems.
This hobby of our, has its “ups and downs”. lol
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It might have taken a few tries but the final product looks great.
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Problems, problems, problems.
This hobby of our, has its “ups and downs”. lol
I must remind you Bob, you are no longer an elevated youth, Grand-dad! lol
It might have taken a few tries but the final product looks great.
Thanks Syrinx. I phoned the owner to ask if I could drop it off to him tomorrow
(that is now today). His wife said he was in the shower & she would get him to
phone me when he got out.
That was over twelve hours ago :o. Still no call. Must still be in the shower. lol lol lol
I hope, when he gets to see it he likes it.
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Pete, the lift worked brilliantly, top job. I'm now thinking of giving you the vault room to do lol
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Pete, the lift worked brilliantly, top job. I'm now thinking of giving you the vault room to do lol
My vault...sorry fault, for suggesting it. lol
Shall I start digging now? :(
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Great stuff HB. Despite the challenges, it has come out great. Your thread is verging on venerable as it approaches 100 pages. :D
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Nice lift. :-* :-*
Well done.
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Great stuff HB. Despite the challenges, it has come out great. Your thread is verging on venerable as it approaches 100 pages. :D
Thank you Codsticker for that kind comment, but I would feel like the Actor who finally got an
Oscar, simply because (unlike most of his generation) he hadn't died yet.
lol lol lol
Nice lift. :-* :-*
Well done.
Thank you Rumacara. Have you played with the buildings I sent you yet?
If you have/when you do, any chance of some pictures? I would like to see
them in a game.
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Thank you Rumacara. Have you played with the buildings I sent you yet?
If you have/when you do, any chance of some pictures? I would like to see
them in a game.
Peter, it will take a wille before i have a game with them. Besides i still need 2 more and i was about to send you a pm to sort things out. :D
I will certainly take some pictures when i do a game but first i have to venture in painting some tartans. o_o
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Your PM answered Rumacara.
but first i have to venture in painting some tartans. o_o
Believe me it is not that difficult.
1) Paint kilt your chosen base colour. Don't go for really dark.
2) Paint a contrasting horizontal coloured line a)around the hem
b)just below the belt &
c) between the other two.
If your base colour is quite light you can do this with Gel/fine felt-tip pens.
3) Add on a few vertical lines in the same colour as in '2)'
4) Using a white Gel pen add lines between those done in '2)' & '3)'
5) To show off do similar with a black fine-liner pen (or sharpened 2b pencil)
6)When it is all dry (overnight) spray varnish on it to protect it from handling.
Job done. I do them in batches of 6 to 12 & it doesn't take long.
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Hummm!!!
Will have to try that tip. I painted one simple tartan to a pict warrior but only with a base color and then some lines in another one. Used dark green as the base and then desert yellow for the lines and it isnt bad. Now i just have to complicate it a bit more. lol
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Now i just have to complicate it a bit more. lol
You can do that with White Gel pen &/or fine (indelible) black liners.
The trick is to keep it simple. My own Kilt (yes I do own & have worn one)
has many more lines of colours on it than my wargaming ones, but from
across the table they look fine. Hold your figure at arm's length because
that is how far (at least) that it will normally be seen from. Remember the
eye might well tell the brain everything, but the brain is lazy & only deals
with the absolute basics. That is why we can look at a cloud & think we see
a car, dog, bunny rabbit etc. etc.
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Picked up three odd bits from a charity shop.
First up an Elephant, to join the herd I already have.
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Been working on & off for several years on 15mm Ancient figures
for a friend.
I have now finished (what he tells me) will be the very last unit of
the last batch.
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Good job fella. Nice to finish a project ?
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Good job fella. Nice to finish a project ?
It is nice. That is why I like Skirmish games, the 'Project'
is smaller & quicker to complete.
lol lol lol
If you re-named some of yours you could do similar.
e.g. Is called French Napoleonic (Peninsular war) Army = quite a way to go.
Might be called Napoleonic Army 1st Brigade = Done & now working on 2nd Brigade.
:D :D :D
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A couple of spare 15mm Hoplites, so I made them into a statue.
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Always seem to have a banana stalk on the painting table,
waiting to become some alien flora.
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The amount of bananas you get through is astounding! 😉
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The amount of bananas you get through is astounding! 😉
It is only a bunch every other week. But, & you'll never believe this,
I do let things build up on the painting table.
lol lol lol
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I really like the variety of terrain you churn out.
Truly an inspirational thread where everything and anything gets turned into terrain.
I particularly admire your banana stalk plants; but I'm curious now: are they sturdy and long lasting? Do you spray them with varnish? Or do they naturally dry into a fibrous material that's just resistant enough not to need anything?
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I do leave them to dry out, normally about a week, at most two.
By then they are like potpourri & will last as is for a long time.
I do spray varnish them, this also helps protect the flock
attached to the base, as well as any paint job done on the stalks.
Give it a go.
It is a)Easy & b) Cheap :D :D :D
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It is a)Easy & b) Cheap
and c) Delicious!
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With the banana skins, it’s important you follow all the steps, as you don’t want to ‘slip up’ on anything. lol lol
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With the banana skins, it’s important you follow all the steps, as you don’t want to ‘slip up’ on anything. lol lol
A joke with appeal/a peel ????
Today, retrieved from a charity shop bargain box,
A Sci-Fi Hero, White Eagle.
Chopped off the wings & claws. Added holster, backpack & some pouches &
gave him a quick paint job.
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I believe that's from the Gormiti range.
Always love seeing toys turned into miniatures
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Thank you Luigi.
I love turning toys, & just about anything, into models. lol lol lol
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Another purchase for pennies, from a charity shop,
a broken Dalek toy. Turned into a decayed & vandalized statue.
Who would like it? :D
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Bought a box of bits (doors & windows) off e-bay.
In the box were bits for two picnic tables & dustbins (Trash cans)
A quick repair, paint job & a few bits and two more scenery items
ready for games of...
Zombies, 'B' Movies Alien Invasion, PA etc.
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I'm curious; what do you do with what must be hundreds if not thousands of terrain pieces?
Do you sell them? Donate them? Use them in games? Or are they like mine and just site collecting dust as I work on other things?
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I'm curious; what do you do with what must be hundreds if not thousands of terrain pieces?
Do you sell them? Donate them? Use them in games? Or are they like mine and just site collecting dust as I work on other things?
A bit of all of them really.
If people offer money I often sell, I am involved with a school club & have donated
quite a lot to them. If others in the group I play with get enthused by a period/genre
I will dive in & make stuff, but despite all the selling, donations & used in games there
is a large stockpile that are waiting to be, sold, donated or used.
lol lol lol
So if anybody out there wants something, talk to me. My long suffering wife would
be very grateful.
:D
...and today an African hut. A friend does 28mm WW1 East Africa & I made it for him.
He now wants to do 25mm 1960s Bush Wars, so keep an eye out for what I make.
The up side is that I won't have to store it all when finished.
:D
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Great looking hut…..what about the rest of the village? 😉
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Great looking hut…..what about the rest of the village? 😉
David, Bob already has two other 28mm huts from me. Enough for
a skirmish game, but now I've got the 'Gig' of making a 25mm Village.
I will post progress on that project here.
:D
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Very nice. :-* :-*
Tempting. :D
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Tempting. :D
Easy Tiger! Wait till after I do your medieval & Jacobite buildings. :D
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The up side is that I won't have to store it all when finished.
An important upside, especially for your wife.... lol
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Ah, Syrinx! You were having a bit of a clear out weren't you?
You must have room for more tatt, sorry wonderous stuff by now.
What can I sell YOU ? lol lol lol
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Just to clarify Pete.
20mm village, not 25mm ☺️
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Just to clarify Pete.
20mm village, not 25mm ☺️
Good spot Bob, otherwise you might have ended up with African Villages
in THREE different sizes. lol
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Ah, Syrinx! You were having a bit of a clear out weren't you?
You must have room for more tatt, sorry wonderous stuff by now.
What can I sell YOU ? lol lol lol
The clearout has just begun. I got my kids stuff out of the basement and off to their apartments just in time for all my stuff to come home from the gaming club where it had been hiding for decades. My wife was actually happy it was only two 5x6x2ft shelving units. My painted WH40K IG, WFB Skaven, Colonial Zulu British & Dacian armies will eventually be up for sale after I take a lot of pictures. Probably will thin out the MBA collection a bit as well. The wonderful terrain I bought from you will stay as it's excellent for skirmish gaming which appears to be my future.
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skirmish gaming which appears to be my future.
Mine too, but it does please my Butterfly mind, as I can easily flit
from one period/theme/genre to another. :D
What Skirmish games interest you?
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At a (fairly) recent show I picked up some 3D misprints from the Bring & Buy.
The first to be made table ready was the ruined Chapel, already shown.
Next in line were two earmarked for my 28mm WW2 Russian Front village.
Here are pictures of the first. It involved a LOT of clean up before I
could even begin to get it started.
It looked like a wicked witch had cast a spell & raised a thick layer of
thorn bushes all over it. When that was all cleared off I discovered
that the windows needed repairs, as did the door as did...etc.
Ah well finished now.
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As for this one, all that came from the misprints were the
two thatched roof sections. All the rest is scratch built.
The Russian WW2 village now has a very sturdy Cow Shed.
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Very nice results :)
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Thank you Ragsta.
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Good job there Pete
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Great work Pete.
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Thanks Bob & Ian.
Must get them onto the table sometime, for a game.
The Russian Village is getting larger, though I do have
some MDF kits to make, maybe a game when I've done them. :)
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See you are almost at 100 pages worth of posts so in the interest of getting you there here with another comment...
Do like the recent buildings, especially the little fence inclosure.
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Thanks Golgotha.
especially the little fence inclosure.
Useful things coffee stirers, oh & a few sticks from fallen rockets.
It is coming towards that time of year again (5th November).
I tend to keep my eyes open for the days after. They make great
big beams & are very easy to saw.
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Well done ‘Rocketman’ lol
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Well done ‘Rocketman’ lol
Whilst I do have Elton's hairstyle, I don't have his musical talent. :-[
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Whilst I do have Elton's hairstyle, I don't have his musical talent. :-[
Or money lol
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Or money lol
True, but only because I spent soooo much on toy soldiers. :D
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Some thirty years, or more, ago...
I purchased a Gnome army from Peter Pig with the idea of
doing a HoTT army. Them against some Halloween bugs with
small pegs for walls & miniature flower pots to block line of sight.
Big surprise, I never did get around to it.
Last week though my wife wanted to do some gifts (little fillers)
for Christmas. The Gnomes came out of hiding & work started.
Some beads from my stock, flowers from the local craft shop &
some thimble cases off e-bay.
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Now after decades of waiting some of the Gnomes have received paint,
though it is unlikely they will see a Wargames table. It is to be hoped
that they will be loved.
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What a brilliant use of extra gnomes. Very unique stocking stuffers. Could be a nice themed store on etsy in your future... lol
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100 pages! Very well done Has Been - even if some of it is filled with garden gnomes... they are actually rather cute and as Syrinx mentioned would make good stocking fillers...
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Thanks guys. There are more stocking fillers to be done. 8)
But I will do some more historical things first.
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Now after decades of waiting some of the Gnomes have received paint,
though it is unlikely they will see a Wargames table. It is to be hoped
that they will be loved.
Well that’s horrifying. Gnomes captured and trapped under glass! 😀
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Well that’s horrifying. Gnomes captured and trapped under glass! 😀
Worry not. It is all part of 'Operation Trojan Horse'.
Each container has a trap-door, & when safely inside the Wargamers house
they will sneak out & help all the trapped (nicely painted) toy soldiers escape.
lol lol lol
Today was a figure for one of the lads at the school club. To encourage them
to start getting their own figures I did each one of the D&D crowd a personality
figure. One lad joined after I had done that, so this was for him. I didn't want
him to feel left out. When asked what he wanted for his personality figure he
said, 'Samurai...& I like purple'. Here is my effort.
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A few things from me:
1. The finished Russian village buildings look tremendous!
2. Wonderful idea with the gnomes in the thimble cases, they're the perfect nicknack for a conservatory or garden display.
3. Congratulations on 100 pages!
4. I'M ALIVE!!! lol lol lol
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You sir are a fine gentleman the purple Samurai for the school lad is such a kind gesture.
Glad someone is encouraging the youth to get into wargaming...
Here to the next 100 pages...
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Here to the next 100 pages...
:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
Slave driver! lol
Next overflowing storage tank on CD base.
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A few things from me:
1. The finished Russian village buildings look tremendous!
2. Wonderful idea with the gnomes in the thimble cases, they're the perfect nicknack for a conservatory or garden display.
3. Congratulations on 100 pages!
4. I'M ALIVE!!! lol lol lol
Nice to hear Chris, especially number 4. :D
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'...and today we have naming of parts'
Sorry there, just slipped back to my schooldays & enforced poetry.
Well back to the present.
A few bits of blue insulation foam that I was too lazy to
put back into the bag of off-cuts. Now they are pillars,
if not of the community, at least for the wargaming community.
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Stone the crows, very nice.
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Simple yet effective.
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Simple yet effective.
The stones or Pete ?
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Works both ways mate! 🤭
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Thanks (I think) David & Bob. :)
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To bring up post number 1500 I thought...
A fallen Sci-Fi Tree, or Captain's Log, or a real post (well I wood, wouldn't I? lol)
And regulars will probably guess that it was provided/destroyed by the family dog.
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Just think…if we could get you a job at the local tip…..what wonders you’d create!
Of course, you’d have to get your dog a job there too…..
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Just think…if we could get you a job at the local tip….
When I married my lovely wife, her Brother managed a recycling center nearby.
He got a job for his eldest son there, but when I mentioned that to the wife the reply was
a very quick, 'No way! YOU are NOT working there! They would never get to recycle anything!'
lol lol lol
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Ha!
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But why? wouldn't your taking stuff home qualify as recycled? :D
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But why? wouldn't your taking stuff home qualify as recycled? :D
By the company...maybe.
By the wife... NO, NO WAY! NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS!!!! lol lol lol
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Another of the 3D misprints picked up at the Nottingham show.
It had the look of a keep, well at least I got the ground floor &
the first floor, just nothing on top of that. Some scraps of Blue Foam
& an old cup coaster sorted that out. Windows were blanked out as
I had no intention of doing any internal detail. There was no front
door. A major flaw in its use as a strong-point. Looking through the
box marked, 'Doors & windows, yielded up a suitable (with a little
filing) old dungeon door. Here is another generic piece of scenery.
It can, & probably will, be used for games from Medieval through
to Pulp, with a diversion to Fantasy along the way.
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...& the rest of the pictures.
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That certainly works!
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That certainly works!
Thank you.
I might even go as far as to say it is a...KEEPer lol lol lol (I'll get my coat)
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Yup, good piece of scenery.
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Great salvage work.
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Yup, good piece of scenery.
Considering your stuff David I take that as a nice compliment.
Great salvage work.
Thanks Syrinx. Any enormous gaps on your shelves crying out for
things made out of rubbish & reject bits? :D
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Nice tower. :-* :-* :-*
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Nice tower.
Thank you.
I tend to have bits hanging around the worktable. They benefit from anything
left over from whatever I am working on. Last licks of paint, filler, glue etc.
The latest is this toxic septic tank.
All the above plus; an offcut of blue foam, two (slightly different sized jar lids,
one hand & some odd bits.
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Nice stuff :D
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Thanks James. Still more to come.
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Thanks Syrinx. Any enormous gaps on your shelves crying out for
things made out of rubbish & reject bits? :D
My wife says "No". lol
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My wife says "No". lol
Mine is wonderful, but I too would not push the point.
2023 will (hopefully) be a better year. Backlogs will be cleared &
projects completed.
P.S. Those that know me will have heard all of that before, many times. lol lol lol
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That tower keep reminds me of the one that came in the BattleMasters game. Cracking addition.
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Thanks Golgotha. Takes up little shelf space, but I
can find various uses for it.
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Mine is wonderful, but I too would not push the point.
2023 will (hopefully) be a better year. Backlogs will be cleared & projects completed.
P.S. Those that know me will have heard all of that before, many times. lol lol lol
Since we just jointly spent her summer holiday clearing the basement, crawlspace and closets of years of family clothes, possessions and what not... time to enjoy the Feng Shui of this new clean orderly house is required. No doubt the holidays (and visiting family) will shatter this new found balance but for now I am postponing any hobby additions. Of course I must admit to sneaking in a big order from Crooked Dice before I began selling off the old lead pile of dead army projects.
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Since we just jointly spent her summer holiday clearing the basement, crawlspace and closets of years of family clothes, possessions and what not... time to enjoy the Feng Shui of this new clean orderly house is required. No doubt the holidays (and visiting family) will shatter this new found balance but for now I am postponing any hobby additions. Of course I must admit to sneaking in a big order from Crooked Dice before I began selling off the old lead pile of dead army projects.
Relax & enjoy the moment. Over here we have 'Blue Plaques' (Put on buildings to commemorate
historical events) & a friend (Flatpack of this Parish) put one up in his Wargaming shed for a
mutual buddy. It 'commemorates' Cunningham Corner & that is where Cunningham sits at all
our games. I suggest you get one (Available from the internet) that says something like, '29th
October 2022, for one brief moment this house was free from clutter'
lol lol lol
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I like it. lol
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Been working on a 20mm African village for Flatpack.
Here's the start, which ends with what was my first attempt at
conical thatch. It did not go well; fur came loose in clumps,
as I had cut it into small squares in the hope things would
be easier. Almost nothing for it to hold on to.
To fix that problem I applied LOTS of glue 'washes' & reapplied
the clumps of fur that had come loose. Messy, messy, messy!!!!!
It took an age to clean up & nearly a week to dry. All that for
just two of the huts. Time to sit down with a nice cuppa & rethink. ::)
The other huts got a much quicker style of thatch. Not as nice as the fur,
but I think they pass muster. It also allowed me to finish the village before
Christmas!
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...and the 'finished' village.
I had hoped to add some pots outside some of the huts.
Flatpack did some lovely ones outside his Vietnam Hootches.
It involves supergluing a VERY small ring (Used in jewelry making)
to the top of a bead. I went to the local craft store & purchased the same.
Honest I have not lost them! They ARE somewhere in my room, but the
rings are only 2 or 3 millimeters in diameter.
:-[ >:( :o
Flatpack will do them better anyway. :)
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That village looks ace mate! 👍
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Very cool village, nice work Pete, I think Bob will be over the moon with it!
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That village looks ace mate! 👍
Thanks GG.
Very cool village, nice work Pete, I think Bob will be over the moon with it!
Ta David. The two part idea was nicked from your two part field.
Bob can have:-
One big village anywhere on the table,
two fronts of villages on the edges of the table, or
an intact half on a table edge at the start of a game, then,
when the RPGs start flying, replace it with the damaged half.
:D
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Very cool village, nice work Pete, I think Bob will be over the moon with it!
Bob is chuffed.
Great job there Pete.
Much appreciated.
It’s nice to give credit, where it’s due.
Even though I had some of the components, I would have never got round to it.
You’ve saved me a job there mate.
Flat pack will be moving into the village….eventually.
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Ta David. The two part idea was nicked from your two part field.
I’m sure I pinched it from somewhere else, but I agree, it gives a piece of scenery a lot of flexibility like that, nice one.
Hopefully I can get over for a game on it!
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Nice job on the village Pete, a good use of your talents.
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Nice job on the village Pete, a good use of your talents.
Thanks Ian. Now to start planning your bank Vault, & an easy way to break into it. :D
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Now that is one fine looking African village! Ever thought of building a cave dwelling like the Inca or early Gibraltarian settlers?
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Love the village the burnt-down hut is also a great idea.
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Now that is one fine looking African village! Ever thought of building a cave dwelling like the Inca or early Gibraltarian settlers?
Did you have anything specific in mind? Or just some generic caves?
Love the village the burnt-down hut is also a great idea.
The credit for that idea belongs to Flatpack, the new owner. I look forward
to him posting pictures with some pots outside the doors & with 20mm
troops moving through the village.
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Coasting at the moment. Picked up some Hinchcliffe Austrians off e-bay.
Done some repairs, tart ups & rebasing. Just need to finish them off,
then I can use them in Napoleonic skirmishes.
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Do love the old-school look of these.
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Some minor repairs, a tart up & rebasing (oh, & giving each a name)
Now the Austrians are ready to play
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Do love the old-school look of these.
I do think the Old figures, especially Hinchcliffe & Garrison,
have a nice style. It is also possible to pick them up for a
reasonable price from time to time.
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I will keep an eye out. A chap at the local club recently did some old Hinchcliffe medieval minis and they reminded me for some reason of childhood.
They do look good in the cemetery - well done bringing them back from the dead. lol
See: https://hinchliffemodels.co.uk/
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Thanks Golgotha.
Today two figures I did NOT paint. I did have some very minor
repair work to do, and I did rebase them. I now want to use
them for a 'Message must get through' Napoleonic skirmish
game.
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They've done up nicely Pete. You're certainly keeping up a remarkable output!!
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Thanks Gregor. Sometimes I need to remind myself
of what I have finished, rather than looking negatively
at all there still is to do.
Be assured, the Lead Mountain IS shrinking! :D :D :D
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Pete
Added pots, shrubs, and a little smoke to your fantastic village that you kindly made for me.
(https://i.postimg.cc/XvS36ty5/06-AA0492-BED4-405-A-9-A27-69-B4-CFB42146.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/BjgRxYpZ)
(https://i.postimg.cc/NMbwTMC8/18-B61-BF3-BB52-4955-8550-61670-F1-E5-ACF.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/34y6QKTW)
(https://i.postimg.cc/wBXzqFhG/97360-F9-A-904-D-49-FC-938-C-E1-DBCB87-D1-D4.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/2qSMTQ9Q)
(https://i.postimg.cc/pLnx7Pyx/DAF8-A62-C-E1-F0-4-F3-E-9-C77-EA4069-E951-D4.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/fVZ6Snxg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/NMQc5TDf/FDD853-C5-D4-BC-4256-B2-E2-EF7-D791-B0-D77.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/SX15PnHw)
Thanks again.
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Very cool village. I had not popped in this thread for a while and it is always worth it.
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Thanks Snitchy.
Good work on the pots Bob, as expected. I look forward to
seeing the village in a game some time.
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Very nice. :-*
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Thanks Rumacara. I'll start on your buildings soon. :D
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No hurries. ;)
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I love the village and I'm definitely stealing the burnt out hut idea! Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!
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I love the village and I'm definitely stealing the burnt out hut idea! Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!
Feel free. Copy Flatpack's pots too, they are the icing on the cake.
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Pete
Added pots, shrubs, and a little smoke to your fantastic village that you kindly made for me.
Thanks again.
They look almost lived in now Bob!
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I am feeling I should apply subtle mental pressure to you Peter for that seed of an idea I put in your head for 15mm AK47...the fight in the Capital town square...the Presidential Palace...you will probably come up with something amazing
(then I won't have to bother ;) lol )
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I am feeling I should apply subtle mental pressure to you Peter for that seed of an idea I put in your head for 15mm AK47...the fight in the Capital town square...the Presidential Palace...you will probably come up with something amazing
(then I won't have to bother ;) lol )
I have a hankering to shrink the PLAYING area of my table, say to 3' x 4',
& have a 'wall' around it. This would:-
give room around the battle area for essentials (Tape measures, dice, AND cups of tea!),
allow for a scenic (model railway backdrop) for pictures of the games,
concentrate the action, which would reduce wasted time on non essential maneuvering.
So 2023 might see some movement in that direction, including the Presidential Square,
besides...I gotta get a picture onto LAF of one of my tanks breaking through the gates
to your Presidential Palace (al-la fall of Saigon).
lol lol lol
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I was so enthralled by the huts I never noticed the other set dressing! The pots really add to the scene! Thank you again for sharing! (And I'm definitely stea... uh adopting your ideas!)
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I was so enthralled by the huts I never noticed the other set dressing! The pots really add to the scene! Thank you again for sharing! (And I'm definitely stea... uh adopting your ideas!)
Feel free to ...'adopt' anything that interests you. :D
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Not been doing much, too cold to get enthused!
At the wife's request I have done some more Christmas stocking fillers.
Here are four Bigger Gnome Domes.
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This Gnome approves! 👍
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This Gnome approves! 👍
It is always important to get the approval of the... Gnome Office. lol lol lol
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Those are uber cute well done. Definitely concur with Grumpy and if anyone should know it is him...
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Thanks G. I hope the recipients like them.
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It is always important to get the approval of the... Gnome Office. lol lol lol
Careful mate, humor like that can draw the attention of Gnomeland Security these days.
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Careful mate, humor like that can draw the attention of Gnomeland Security these days.
They are far too busy with the National Elf Service. :D
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They are far too busy with the National Elf Service. :D
Touché! 🧝🏻♂️
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Gnome Affairs Correspondent - Outrage, Gnomes put in goldfish bowl to be gawped at like animals in a zoo. Innovative work as always Pete. Fine adornment for someone's mantlepiece or shelf.
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Ah! Gnome, sweet gnome! ;)
Fun items.
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Thanks guys. :)
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Those are great gifts and very cute.
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Those are great gifts and very cute.
The Wife is happy, though for me the cherry on the cake is
that the Gnomes (purchased from Peter Pig decades ago)
are finally seeing paint & (hopefully) appreciation.
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Been spending what little Workbench time I have had,
on various Christmas presents.
First up a decorated flower-pot. The wife saw one
at a craft fare, but baulked at the price. 'Could you make me one?'
(for a good friend of hers)
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Next up was 'something' for a friends grandson to
use when he plays with his Spiderman & Batman toys.
It is the same grandson that got a play barn made out
of an old stereo speaker. Well, as I had another speaker
sitting around doing nothing...
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...and finally (?) the last (?) of the Gnomes in Domes.
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Brilliant flower pot and Gnomes always win with me.
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and Gnomes always win with me.
I wonder why? lol lol lol
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Great looking flower pot - for inside ? No gnomes peering out the window :-).
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Those flower pots are great! What a cool idea.
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Great looking flower pot - for inside ? No gnomes peering out the window :-).
Those are actually gnome burial grounds and the gnome will be providing the needed nutrients for the flowers to blossom
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Great looking flower pot - for inside ? No gnomes peering out the window :-).
Indoors would be better. ;)
Those flower pots are great! What a cool idea.
The idea was part someone at the Craft-Fare & part Helen's (the Wife).
Doing it myself also meant I could personalize it. (Cov. City colours &
graffiti).
Those are actually gnome burial grounds and the gnome will be providing the needed nutrients for the flowers to blossom
I may very well steal that idea, especially around Halloween :D
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New Year, & Christmas detritus finally cleared from my room.
First order of the day is to finish of some of the things that were
started before Christmas.
232,233,234.
Here we have some Sci-Fi clutter. What these machines do...I have
no idea, heck I just make them out of bits. Plenty of possibilities:-
Power units, wind collectors, early warning monitors, etc.
242,243,244,245.
The Sacred tree of the Blestra Clan on Moritus Prime. (well I got
bored with, 'I have no idea')
lol lol lol
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Of course Bananas were eaten during the festivities, plus a few
berries dropped of Christmas decorations, so...
more alien plant life.
Table now cleared (temporarily) due to a game being set up.
That will be played tomorrow (AAR later) Details also later
as the players include LAFers.
After tomorrow I will finish off promised projects (Rui & Ian
you are top of the list).
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Useful-looking bits. Look forward to seeing them in a sci-fi games.
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Useful-looking bits.
Always useful to have something to hide behind...
unless he can eat you (that has happened in one of my Sci-Fi games!)
:o :o :o
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I like those tumescent pod things :)
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I like those tumescent pod things :)
They are berries that fell off the Christmas decorations.
I was gluing something else & had some glue left over,
so I dribbled glue over them.
I was thinking that they might be like Puff ball mushrooms
& sometimes explode. That would sent poisonous spores
out a random distance (D 10 inches?) Perhaps that would happen
when a joker card turns up in a Galactic Heroes game.
Throw a D6. 1,2 = 1 pod explodes, 3,4 = 2 pods & 5,6 =3 pods.
Might even include wind direction (-2" up-wind, =4" down-wind.
What do you think?
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Having the pods explode on the draw of a Joker seems like a good idea. Explosions might also be triggered any time ranged fire or a template weapon crosses one of the pod bases…
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Having the pods explode on the draw of a Joker seems like a good idea. Explosions might also be triggered any time ranged fire or a template weapon crosses one of the pod bases…
We have had several similar situations
1) Explosive fire too near the volcano vents might set them off...
Player shot at, & missed me, did hit a vent near me by accident.
I was killed by being hit with a random splodge of magma.
2) In an attempt to stop a rival group getting away with the missile,
a rival group fired & missed the target group... short version is
that due to a series of abysmal dice throws the planetoid they were
all on blew up!
lol lol lol
Wargamers, go figure.
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Converted a Christmas Train into one for the Wild West for a friend.
The Driver & Fireman were converted from ACW artillery crew.
I forgot to take pictures of the crew after I painted them though.
;D
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Looks great, a very weathered & worn look.
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Nice chuff, chuff mister.
Great job as ever Pete.
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Thanks guys. :)
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Picked up a couple of toys at a charity shop.
Removed them from existing bases, and put them into the 'Interesting bits box'.
Fixed them onto new bases (Tin lids as these guys are BIG)
Then undercoated them.
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I figure Big Bird as a powerful Alien to be used in Galactic Heroes games.
Woody, obviously, some kind of forest denizen for fantasy games.
Woody had clumps of foliage added to make him more tree like.
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Using up some bits.
An in progress shot followed by:-
Alien artifact/mission objective, then
some broken pipe-work (breaks up movement & gives some cover)
an obsolete power generator.
Finishing (out of order) with another 'in progress' shot
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Some more.
First four shots are of two abandoned habitats.
Then two shots of a settling tank & finishing with three containers.
I hope to make things up from bits as I go along & stop boxing them up for...later.
The Alien artifact & broken piping were from a destroyed (by the dog) dog toy.
Other bits included:-
Used printer ink cartridge, cheap toy containers, the old bases from some Samurai
figures that Vodkafan bought of e-bay, oh and sundry 'bits' that happened to be
on the workbench at the time.
:)
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Two Sci-fi habitats, a pumping section & (yet another) banana alien plant.
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Very characterful, great work!
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Very characterful, great work!
Thanks GG. I do try.
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You are a terrain making machine. Where are you storing all of it? lol
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You are a terrain making machine. Where are you storing all of it? lol
Well some I sold to...you.
A lot more has also been sold on, & I have booked a double slot (first two)
for Trade at Table, that is at the upcoming Hammerhead show (UK) It is
hoped that more goes then, or later on e-bay.
Storage is a BIG problem. lol lol lol
As this years Motto is, 'Use it or loose it' I will be clearing out some projects
that are (very) unlikely to see fruition. That will (I hope) create some space.
People who know me are not convinced this will happen. :D
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“Use it or loose it” you say.
“Buy it and hide it” works for me.
Then it’s a nice surprise when I find it, 10 years later. lol lol lol
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“Use it or loose it” you say.
“Buy it and hide it” works for me.
Then it’s a nice surprise when I find it, 10 years later. lol lol lol
Bob, my trouble is that even 10 years later I still can't find them! :D
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I have to say…the number of times the dog destroyed or chewed up something, which you then turn into a piece of scenery….makes one wonder…..
Are you feeding him plastic crap under the table deliberately? 🧐
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I have to say…the number of times the dog destroyed or chewed up something, which you then turn into a piece of scenery….makes one wonder…..
Are you feeding him plastic crap under the table deliberately? 🧐
I will confess to feeding him... tit-bits... under the table. The plastic crap is all his work. lol
Picking up the detritus provides my raw materials. I would say without having to pay for it,
but then who bought him all these 'toys' ??? ??? ???
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People who know me are not convinced this will happen. :D
One does have to accept historical precedent as being meaningful.... lol
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One does have to accept historical precedent as being meaningful.... lol
I am reminded of a saying, 'Doing the same thing & hoping for a different result...' lol
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Bought a job lot of figures off e-bay. Fair amount of repairing required,
but should yield a goodly number of troops for different periods.
Started with some of the Ancients.
Hinchcliffe Thracians & EIRs.
Blame Vodkafan for persuading me to try 3,2,1 basing. lol
I'm thinking of tweaking Fistful of Lead to provide a game.
Will try and collar Vodkafan for the fight, & let you all know
how it goes.
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Woah :o well done Peter! Can't believe these are the same figures I looked at a few days ago. They look incredibly cuteam on the 3-2-1 basing!
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And you know I have a thing for blue Romans.
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I like the “fried egg” shielded fellas!
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I like the “fried egg” shielded fellas!
Haha oh yeah !
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I like the “fried egg” shielded fellas!
1) Were you only 'yolking' David?
2) They are involved in a war of 'nutrition' !
3) Unit not completely...yellow.
4) Which came first, the chicken or the egg joke?
5) Cracking shield design.
6) Just wait till the (Roman) soldiers turn up.
Shall I stop? lol lol lol
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I was just thinking what lovely golden yolks!
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1) He made an enemy of the cook by nailing three of his fried eggs to the ceiling.
2) Having made 463 fried eggs the cook wrote home, 'Mum, shells have been
bursting around me ALL day'
3) How do Psychoanalysts like their eggs? Freud!
4) After the officers nabbed the yolks the squaddie's' food was...all white.
5) She followed the beauty tip & shampooed with an egg...
spent the rest of the day pulling scrambled egg out of her hair.
Shall I continue? ;D
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Shall I continue? ;D
Please God, no. lol
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Shall I continue? ;D
Please God, no. lol
OK, as you asked nicely Syrinx. :)
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And don't call him God! :) :) :)
OK, as you asked nicely Syrinx. :)
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And don't call him God! :) :) :)
The story goes that Brian Clough (Best England manager we never had) climbed
into bed after a late night training session. His ice cold feet hit the warm back of
his wife, 'Oh GOD!' she exclaimed. 'No, it's Brian, but you were close'
lol lol lol
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More from the e-bay job-lot.
Essex late Romans.
Already painted, so my work was:
Removing wobbly cast spears & standard shaft, replacing same with long pins.
Pins had to be shortened & the tip squeezed to make spear-points.
A tidy up of the shields and
complete rebasing.
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You are on a roll ! These are unrecognizable from the dusty tat you showed me last week. You saw through the dust into the treasure!
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Like the Late Romans Pete especially as they're on standard basing and not that 3-2-1 heresy that some barbarian came up with lol
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Now you just need the rest of the army to go with them :-)
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You are on a roll ! These are unrecognizable from the dusty tat you showed me last week. You saw through the dust into the treasure!
I have an awful lot of (yet to be) treasure. lol
Like the Late Romans Pete especially as they're on standard basing and not that 3-2-1 heresy that some barbarian came up with lol
I remember that the Greeks considered the Thracians to be Barbarians, & the fact that
they ate BUTTER proved it. Both James & I eat butter >:D >:D >:D
Now you just need the rest of the army to go with them :-)
The minimum needed, to get them onto the table as an army, is only
11 mounted & 6 foot figures. I should be able to find that in the Lead Mountain.
Then I can add some bases of Warband (Gothic type hairies) who could be both
options for the Romans & the start of a Gothic army. ;)
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Oh bugger I better get the Huns painted :-[
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Oh bugger I better get the Huns painted :-[
I was hoping they would be the first opponent for my Patrician Romans. :)
Today a quickie. From the e-bay job lot.
A light gun & crew, which will be added to my Indian Mutiny/NW frontier 'stock'.
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Lovely - I have always wanted to do an Indian Mutiny game.
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Lovely - I have always wanted to do an Indian Mutiny game.
When:-
the days get longer,
the temperature higher
& we organize your visit... remind me. :)
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Will do maybe July/August?
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Sounds like a cunning plan Baldrick. :D
We'll firm up details nearer the 'day'.
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I've got Huns James!
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I've got Huns James!
For DBA Ian?
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DBA? NEVER!
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DBA? NEVER!
Ian, I'll put you down as a... 'may-be' lol lol lol
By the way, does anyone know when Hell is due to freeze over? ??? ???
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It's been a while since I built anything, real life got in the way again.
Starting up again.
This was started before the 'break' for a commission.
My mate, the one I did the Bank lift for (see earlier), wanted a Vault (to stash the cash).
This is part one of the work.
The black square on the floor is where the lift will be placed.
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Part two.
My friend provided 2 small safes, the outer vault door & a couple of other bits.
Not enough for as decent heist game in my opinion.
He originally wanted it to be the same 'footprint' as the bank building.
I pointed out that often the vaults exceed the 'footprint' (more room
to game) he wanted a wall around the vault, so a surplus file box was
pressed into service. I hope he, & you guys like it.
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Like you said, lots more room to play in! Looking good Pete!
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Thanks David.
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That is awesome and a clever use of those plastic toy fences.
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That is awesome and a clever use of those plastic toy fences.
Yup, I don't throw things away & they came with a tub of 'Zoo' animals. The same
tub also provided most of my Zebra, Giraffe, Elephant herds plus a few Lions & Lionesses
(the latter being repainted Tigers really) :D
The Bank's security ropes came with a couple of Poundland miniature houses. The type
which only have the front half. They were fixed back to back & now reside with my
French & Indian wars buildings.
The inner vault door formally saw service a a sucker attachment for a window ornament.
Oh & the tiled floors are the inside of envelopes (Banks never decorate the parts customers
don't get to see) I would like to say the envelopes were from my Bank, but theirs are dull
& boring.
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I'll invite you to the next bank heist Pete lol
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I'll invite you to the next bank heist Pete lol
As a banker or robber? :?
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'Why were you in this bank 3 times this week making precise measurements, taking notes, and shooting pictures of everything?'
"It's for my little plastic army men, I swear, officers! Not robbing, NOT ROBBING!"
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'Why were you in this bank 3 times this week making precise measurements, taking notes, and shooting pictures of everything?'
"It's for my little plastic army men, I swear, officers! Not robbing, NOT ROBBING!"
lol lol lol
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Four medieval buildings for a commission.
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Very nice job!
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Indeed. A very nice job.
The customer will be a happy one.
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Very nice job!
Praise considering your work David.
Indeed. A very nice job.
The customer will be a happy one.
I hope so. :)
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Indeed. A very nice job.
The customer will be a happy one.
I had a good close up look at these yesterday Rui they are great!
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I know, James.
I already have some made by Peter. ;) :D
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Nice work Pete, as always, and glad to see you back producing after life taking over for a while.
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Thanks Gregor.
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As I am waiting for some banana stalks to dry, I turned to a tub
of Poppy seeds (put to one side to dry out about a year & a half ago)
and some Pot-Pouri the wife was getting rid of.
Result is some more alien flora
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Awesome…..do you keep buying the missus her pot pori, or does she buy it herself hmmm?
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they're brilliant.
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Awesome…..do you keep buying the missus her pot pori, or does she buy it herself hmmm?
She buys stuff like that herself, but is very nice & always gives me option, to keep or bin,
when she has finished with things.
they're brilliant.
Thanks Bloggard. With any luck I should get them into a Galactic Heroes game
before too long.
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Some alien slabs.
(Off-cuts from building the recent cottages. I hate to throw things away. Sell...
YES ! but throw away, NO)
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great again.
love the colours / weathering.
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Thanks again Bloggard.
The great thing with Sci-Fi, & to a lesser extent Fantasy, scenery is
I can leave them by the side of the Workbench, then when I have
a little paint left over (Red in this case) they get it. The weathering
is a mixture of thinned washes (making that last bit of paint go further)
and then dry brushing (normally from a Match-pot).
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Another off-cut, this time turned into an alien menhir,
On a similar theme two alien devotional/sacrificial carved stones.
Used to be the weights to hold down party balloons.
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thanks for the tech. info has.been - and latest pieces continuing the brilliance.
weights for holding party-balloons down, well I never!
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weights for holding party-balloons down, well I never!
Rule 1) Don't through ANYTHING away. lol lol lol
As if to demonstrate that, a Sci-fi 'Bus'
From:- two Christmas date trays, inside of broken watch, berries off a broken Christmas
decoration, clip off a pen & a couple of lesser bits.
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A sci-fi habitat.
Formally;-An old pineapple tin, two lids & some other bits.
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More inventive use of resources. Get an army of clones and there would be no need for recycling :-).
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More inventive use of resources. Get an army of clones and there would be no need for recycling
Ah, but where to store it all? That is why I am grateful to James (Vodkafan) for all his hard
work selling a lot of it on e-bay. Events like Hammerhead's 'Trade at Table' help too.
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My friend Gregor (aka Zingara) gave me some figures last time he visited,
well...it has taken a while (& a few missing tentacles were replaced) but
I have completed them.
I have given them working titles, so here is the first, 'Alien Stack' lol lol lol
And his mate, 'Tall Mouth'
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Very nice. Just what you need to put an Cthulhu investigator party in it's place.
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Very nice. Just what you need to put an Cthulhu investigator party in it's place.
Are you MAD !!!! lol lol lol.
Next offerings:-
Saber-tooth ( 'Here Kitty Kitty!')
and Croc. I see him joining my Egyptians as the god Sobek.
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next of the Zingara bunch, a pair, 'Wavy arms' :D
I think of them as Brother & Sister as Husband & wife might
mean I'd have to scratch build some children. Even worse thought...
they might give birth to a swarm!!!! :o :o :o
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The last of the Zingara donations, 'Tentacles'
Alien ambassador? Evil Warlord? Innocent Civilian? Your Pilot? Pet? I haven't decided.
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Good work.
I have (or had) one of those, somewhere in the unpainted lead pile, but I could never make head nor tail of what was supposed to be what, so I never tried painting it.
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Good work.
I have (or had) one of those, somewhere in the unpainted lead pile, but I could never make head nor tail of what was supposed to be what, so I never tried painting it.
I painted it, THEN realized I could never make head nor tail of what it was supposed to be. lol lol lol
I have a similar approach to sci-fi terrain. Build it then work out what it is/does. :D
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Back to a bit of scenery.
On the (long) list of upcoming projects is WW2 North Africa in 15mm.
My existing buildings are IMHO showing their age, so here is a test piece.
I might build more & then sell of the old 'stock'.
Some of my AK47 forces for scale. Nothing finished in 15mm WW2 yet.
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Very effective as always Peter - they are all nice pieces.
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Very effective as always Peter - they are all nice pieces.
Don't forget the 'interesting' beasties were from you.
Can you remember what they were sold as, & who makes them?
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Finished off a half timbered building which I purchased from e-bay.
It needed a minimum of repair, but a complete repaint.
Hopefully it will see a lot of action:-
ECW, Jacobite, Pirates etc.
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what a cracking looking building.
nice refurb.
was / is it commercially available or scratch-build, do you know?
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what a cracking looking building.
nice refurb.
was / is it commercially available or scratch-build, do you know?
It came in two main parts & was cast in resin, i.e. not printed.
I have never seen it before. Apart from the low price, the 'turret'
interested me.
Maybe the collective LAF brain knows the answer.
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looks a bit like the PMC 'battlefield buildings' that Caliver Books sell now - but I haven't seen one in their list that mentions a turret like that.
anyhow- particularly nice work on its windows.
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anyhow- particularly nice work on its windows.
Thank you. That close up I realize my hand was not as steady as it should have been
when doing the black leading. It passes muster across the table though.
:D
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Some fine work recently Pete. Were the North Africa buildings carved out of foam?
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Loving all the new additions - you have been busy...
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Some fine work recently Pete. Were the North Africa buildings carved out of foam?
Yes Ian. I like working with the foam, just have too little of it. :-[
Loving all the new additions - you have been busy...
Thanks G. It tends to come in spurts of activity.
That is not helped by my Butterfly mentality. I tend to have half a dozen
unfinished things on the work-bench at any one time.
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Quite some time ago I got a Deep-cut 'Martian' play mat. Never used it.
Then last week my mate Bob (Flatpack) said Wiley games will be bringing out a Victorian
Sci-Fi set of rules (don't know when). Thoughts went back to the play mat
and I suggested we do the colonization of Mars.
As I didn't have a lot of scenery, I thought I would start with some rocks. They will
at the least break up line of sight.
The red mat they are standing on is not the Deep Cut Martian one. That is tucked away
& I couldn't be bothered to hoke it out just to take the pictures.
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Simple but effective Pete.
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yep. very effective.
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Bloggard thanks for not following Digit's example & calling me 'simple'. lol lol lol
Three CDs. I view these as ancient volcano vents that have filled with water.
A (thin ?) crust has formed over the top, so players will need to be careful.
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Bloggard thanks for not following Digit's example & calling me 'simple'. lol lol lol
😉
Vents are a good idea.
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I really am starting to feel bad for that poor blacksmith, forced to explore all manner of terrain and encounters.
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I really am starting to feel bad for that poor blacksmith, forced to explore all manner of terrain and encounters.
Blame Vodkafan, he gave me the casting. Why he thought of me when he saw a bald headed,
bearded 'Smith' I don't know, hang on just a cotton picking minute!
I'm bald, bearded & surnamed Smith.
Painting him in Pompey (Portsmouth FC) colours was my idea. :D
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No Alien landscape would be complete without:-
a) Plant life (made from Banana stalks) &
b) Some Ancient artifact for players to puzzle over.
so here they are.
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Good oxidation on the artefact!
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love to see a good sized board with your all recent sci-fi stuff set-up.
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Good oxidation on the artefact!
A mixture of ink & thinned paint washes, with some dry brushing.
The great thing with Sci-Fi is who knows what that element 'oxidizes' to?
love to see a good sized board with your all recent sci-fi stuff set-up.
I have done some games using 'stuf wot I dun' , but look out for my next Galactic
Heroes game.
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Brilliant work on that terrain mate, loving the color palette.
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Ta. GG.
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Every so often something gives my productivity a kick up the a**e.
Most recently that has been the start of Casevil (medieval campaign)
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=141051.msg1798611#msg1798611
Here are six border horse mounted on sturdy fell ponies.
They are Lammings & a friend (JC) started the work on them, then passed them to me...
half a CENTURY later, I have finished them. :o
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Just realized I didn't finish the eyes on the horses. Off to do that right now. :D
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Right that is done!
Another of our group, Dave, has taken me up on the offer of figures for Casevil https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=141051.msg1798611#msg1798611
however despite having three file-boxes of figures to get him figures, there is a marked shortage
of archers, so... some creative thinking & I have four for him.
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In the Lead Mountain, sub section Medieval Hillock, were a number of second hand
figures that had seen better days. Their original paint job was reasonable, but with
some bumps & scrapes. Weapons were bent or lost, also the bases (card & I assume
plaster) had been exposed to quite a bit of damp.
The Casevil 'project'
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=141051.msg1798611#msg1798611
has encouraged me to turn these figures into table ready troops.
Here we have the Kings right hand man, and Enforcer, the Bishop of Itsda & his retinue.
769=The retinue
770, 771= The Black Friars (The Brothers named after family brothers)
772, 773 = The Mounted troops (The Bishop refers to them as the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
774,775 = The Bishop (Mounted & Dismounted, plus Standard bearer)
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The rest of the retinue in close up.
776,777, 778= The 'Judges' named after judges from the Old Testament. I have 6, there are more
names. I haven't made up my mind as to whether they have lost some, or I will
add more later.
779,780,781,782 = The 'Faithful' disciples. No Peter or Judas as they both betrayed Jesus.
So, if players get to uppity in the campaign, the king might send in someone, most likely
The Bishop of Itsda, yes...
ITSDA BISHOP !!!! lol lol lol
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Nice choice of colors/heraldry. :-*
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Nice reclamation project. Peter did return to the team eventually... so his name could remain in play.
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Nice reclamation project. Peter did return to the team eventually... so his name could remain in play.
True, and they held a vote to see who, out of several possible people, would replace Judas,
so I could bring the unit up to 12. That might be needed, as Vodkafan likes 12 figure units,
& I play a lot of games against him. >:D
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776,777, 778= The 'Judges' named after judges from the Old Testament. I have 6, there are more
names. I haven't made up my mind as to whether they have lost some, or I will
add more later.
How can you not have Deborah?
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How can you not have Deborah?
As stated, this is a revamp of second hand figures, there was no possible Deborah. :'(
However, she (& maybe others) could well be added. I will be keeping an eye out
for possible/suitable figure(s).
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You have been busy!
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You have been busy!
More on the way.
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Behold! Sir Richard Perrers & his retinue.
More recruits for our Casevil medieval campaign.
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=141051.msg1798611#msg1798611
These too were obtained second hand, painted (reasonably) but not looked after well.
With this unit of spears my first task was to remove the cocktail stick 'spears'. I kid
you not. Repairs, a tart up & complete rebasing later they are table ready.
I originally intended them to be for one of the players, as I had told them they didn't
need to paint anything, but (the lovely darlings) all seem to want their own retinues.
Sir Richard may well turn up on the island at some stage. An interloper, hit man for
the King, ship got lost, or some other reason. Nice to have a reserve.
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Very nice work on those!
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Thank you James. How is your retinue coming along?
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You will need to read me in……I will borrow a retinue for now fella seeing as you have put in the hard work!
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Good man. I didn't think to invite anyone other than the 'Regulars' (retired ones)as I
expected all games to be on a Thursday, but I also expected a lot of the fun to be in
the diary approach I planned for the campaign.
If you don't mind being Sir Richard, your ship can set sail for Casevil this month.
A (crude) map will be shown to players tomorrow & I will try to scan it & put it on
the Casevil thread.
Orders are not to be detailed, you are a knight of the realm NOT an office clerk. :D
You will need to name your ship & give me some (not many) guidelines. I will fill in
any blanks & post a report each month on the Casevil thread.
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=141051.0
Any questions I suggest you e-mail me, as others are listening & 'Loose lips sink ships' ;)
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So wonderful to see the old Lamming miniatures finally painted. I have great memories of playing with Bill with his miniatures using his rules in Hull when I was a kid.
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So wonderful to see the old Lamming miniatures finally painted. I have great memories of playing with Bill with his miniatures using his rules in Hull when I was a kid.
Lucky blighter!
Recently got some of his own WW2 figures off e-bay. I will only rebase them as I like
the original paint job.
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Another nice retinue Pete. Won't be an island but a continent soon to contain them all :-).
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Another nice retinue Pete. Won't be an island but a continent soon to contain them all :-).
The advantage of starting at a skirmish level Gregor, room for all of them.
Added to that, is the fact that there will be a LOT of in-fighting & dying.
That should thin out the population a tad.
lol
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Concerning Royals, though not from me, My lovely wife knitted a
King & Queen, also baked a Red White & Blue cake. All for Charity.
Figures a bit too big & wooly for me & I wasn't allowed any of the cake. :-[
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To bulk out the troops on Casevil
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=141051.msg1798611#msg1798611
I started tarting up some of the painted & part painted figures from the Lead Mountain.
811 = eight figures
812 = eight figures
Then I thought, 'No missile troops'. A delve into the unpainted pile got me four archers.
A quick paint & base job resulted in this.
813 = four bowmen.
My mind works slowly, even at the best of times, hence it was only at this point that thought,
'Hold on a cotton picking minute! If I took two knights out of the surplus box (which has since
made its way to Vodkafan for placing onto e-bay) repaired & rebased them, I'd have two more
retinues for Casevil'
May I present them & their allotted retinues
805, & 815 = Sir Robert De Lynne & troops.
807, & 814 = Sir Donald McClain & troops
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How may teams are we expecting on the island?
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How may teams are we expecting on the island?
At the moment it is six, but I am hoping to make it seven or eight.
More than that I think I would find it difficult to run.
It has transformed several file boxes of undone/part done figures into
enough to put on a nice skirmish game here if I need to.
Like you David I can get distracted very easily. Already planning:-
Natives (not sure what), and
Creatures & beasts (as featured in local Myths & Legends)
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Like you David I can get distracted very easily. Already planning:-
Natives (not sure what), and
Creatures & beasts (as featured in local Myths & Legends)
But unlike many (me) you actually finish most of your teams. Well done.
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But unlike many (me) you actually finish most of your teams. Well done.
Thank you Syrinx, as one of my trusty customers please consider the pages of this thread...
my catalogue. lol lol lol
Feel free, anyone, to 'insult' me with offers of money. :D
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love the figures and paint-style for your medieval project.
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Thanks Bloggard. Most are old painted/part painted veterans who
have seen better days. It is quicker to repair, tart them up & rebase
than to start with brand new figures.
More on the production line.
Meanwhile some Dwarf Houses. Originally from my favourite shop, Poundland.
I picked them up when they were getting rid of them at 25p each!
A quick(ish) paint job & they are ready for Grumpy, Sneezy, Bashful et-al to move in.
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Good to see the old Essex miniatures. Like the heraldry.
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Good to see the old Essex miniatures. Like the heraldry.
Ta Golgotha. I too have a fondness for (most) Essex figures. I really never
warmed to the Fantasy figures.
Today we have what work I've completed on my Wild West/Mexican Revolution train.
These were mainly Christmas Trains from e-bay. More on the work bench.
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I bet you are “chuffed” with those lol
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I bet you are “chuffed” with those
You have a one track mind Bob. :D
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Love following your prolific production thread.
Do you ever sleep?
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Love following your prolific production thread.
Do you ever sleep?
Oh yes! :D
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Like the rolling stock so show us your engine. lol
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Like the rolling stock so show us your engine. lol
Steady now! lol
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Like the rolling stock so show us your engine. lol
Your wish is my command.
I had a fair amount of work to do to the driver's cab area.
1) Saw away the VERY noticeable battery compartment.
2) Remove the controls 'wall' , which was at the very back of the cab, I mean, where
do the driver & fireman stand????
3) Jury rig it into a new position & create a cab.
The wagon was a broken toy from a charity shop. I repaired it & sourced four wheels
(don't look too closely, they are two different pairs) build new, wider, axels...
oh & paint it.
Like the rolling stock so show us your engine. lol
Steady now! lol
Well, after all the above work, I do have a Tender behind. 8)
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For anyone who might be interested, this is a link to my entry in
the 2023 make something competition. For the third year in a row
I have entered (& for the third year in a row I didn't get past the
first round)
>:(
Ah well, always next year. I am used to such things, I am a Pompey
(Portsmouth FC) fan after all.
:)
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=139892.msg1781562#msg1781562
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From Poundland's Prehistoric range.
Bent its legs backward, as if it was in flight.
Thin black wash.
Off white drybrush & mounted on an old flight base that had been
sitting on the workbench for quite a while.
Could get an outing :-
With some Cavemen I have,
Pulp games in Darkest Africa, Amazon etc.
On an Alien planet (Galactic Heroes)
or maybe
on Casevil, perhaps those local legends of a gigantic flying monster were true!!!!!
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=141051.msg1798611#msg1798611
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I always like seeing toys repurposed as miniatures.
I find that they get more playing time as such than as toys. Well I guess they're both technically gaming pieces.
You did an excellent job. How did you bend the legs? Heat gun? Hot water? Or where they cut and reglued?
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That’s all we need in Casevil……..still, it probably tastes like chicken?
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You did an excellent job. How did you bend the legs? Heat gun? Hot water? Or where they cut and reglued?
Hot water, boiling hot, then 'set' with a dunk in cold water.
That’s all we need in Casevil……..still, it probably tastes like chicken?
Are you, Sir Richard, offering to catch, kill, pluck & cook it? lol lol lol
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I consider myself a dab hand in the kitchen sure…….but should someone else want to catch it first, I won’t stand in their way!
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Made up a bunch of Sci-Fi scenery. Here are the first few.
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Some more of them.
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Some Sci-Fi pictures would not be complete without
some plant life.
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Splendid. :-* :-*
I have some who look like those. :D
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The plants? Not being funny, but you need to make a phone call! “Alien plants found in suburban garden……”
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The plants? Not being funny, but you need to make a phone call! “Alien plants found in suburban garden……”
Splendid. :-* :-*
I have some who look like those. :D
OMG !!! The Triffids are spreading!!!!
That reminds me Rui, I can now post those pictures.
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Some walls sections for... a customer. :)
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WALLS ……..sausages lol
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WALLS ……..sausages lol
Careful Bob, Walls have ears! :D
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The sausages........walls are great. :D
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Some medieval buildings for a commission.
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The customer is very happy with them and wants more. ;) ;D
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The sausages........walls are great. :D
Thanks Rui.
and some more pictures of the buildings.
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Very nice.
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Very nice.
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Thanks Syrinx, always nice to get positive feedback :)
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lovely work on those; not surprised more are wanted.
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lovely work on those; not surprised more are wanted.
Thanks Bloggard, they are labour intensive though.
Lots of drawing stone shapes with an old biro on blue foam. ::)
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Yet more output. Glad to see you're motoring again :-). Nice pieces as always.
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Yet more output. Glad to see you're motoring again :-). Nice pieces as always.
Thanks Gregor.
Here another commission piece, though the new owner didn't know he was getting it,
until he finally got the package. It took two days to leave the UK & another four weeks
to clear Portuguese customs.
:o :o :o
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Nice pieces of terrain. :-* :-*
The owner is very happy and thankfull for them. :D
Here another commission piece, though the new owner didn't know he was getting it,
until he finally got the package. It took two days to leave the UK & another four weeks
to clear Portuguese customs.
:o :o :o
And after payment, a few more days to deliver. :'(
But happy thoughts. The customer told me he wants more of those plants and 1 or 2 stone houses if and when it is possible. :D
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Things are slowly starting to return to normal (kitchen refurbishment) &
I managed to do a little work.
These were purchased painted off e-bay, with the idea they could fulfil the role
of one of the native tribes on Casevil
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=141051.0
All I did was some minor repair work, replace the lances on the Cavalry & a few wobbly weapons.
Then rebase & name them all.
Gentlemen, & Ladies, I give you the Rivalords.
(Will no doubt see service in some Norman skirmish games too).
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Oh, & I did tone down their chainmail with a dark wash.
Here is proof that I did name them all. :D
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Nice ones. :-*
I think i can spare a few for Casevil. ;)
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Thanks Rui.
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The Rivalords are going to bring a new dimension to the world of Casevil.
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The Rivalords are going to bring a new dimension to the world of Casevil.
I still have to create some troops for the other Tribes.
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& of course there just has to be an alien plant waiting to go on show.
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No work done for a while, as the kitchen was gutted & its contents
dumped where-ever there was space (The Wargames room was heavily
inundated).
Starting to clear stuff & managed to get a two foot square spot to paint in.
That is after I negotiate numerous stacks of boxes etc.
Finished:-
an Elephant, Giraffe, and... well I don't know what it is. ???
The Elephant was from a Charity shop, £1.
The Giraffe also cost a pound (Poundland).
Both will join my stock of African Fauna. The Elephant herd now numbers a dozen!
The...Pink Haired thing, also courtesy of Poundland. I did add the hair, well it
covers a battery compartment. Not quite sure what I will use it for though.
::) ::) ::)
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Pete
I love your “whistling” giraffe lol lol
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Pete
I love your “whistling” giraffe lol lol
lol lol lol Nice one Bob. You do realize I'll not be able to think
of it as eating leaves off a tall tree ever again.
Now I wonder what tunes it might whistle?
Long Tall Sally?
The Lion Sleeps Tonight?
High Ho Silver...Birch Trees?
Lucky Lips Are Made For...Whistling?
??? ??? ???
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You must be having a giraffe.
lol lol lol
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As building work on the kitchen has all but finished, &
we make progress on emptying the seemingly endless
storage boxes, while finding either a place for things
or adding them to the 'send to Charity shops.
Life, & that includes wargaming 'life' starts to return to
normal (?).
As I clear boxes from the wargames room I am attempting
to finish items off.
First up three army lorries. Bought from a cheap shop for
£1 each. Some work by me, & a lot of Pin Wash detail by
my mate Vodkafan, and here they are, ready for 28mm
African wars.
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They look good guys
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Thanks David. I hope to add some 28mm African Irregulars (purchased
painted off e-bay, but in need of rebasing & some TLC) also some AFVs
also from e-bay, & also in need of TLC.
One of only twenty or thirty projects on the books.
lol lol lol
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This was a very long, slow burner.
I wanted a Wild west Train for 28mm ever since I parted with my 54mm Timpo one.
Many, I mean MANY years later I now have one.
Origins = Christmas Express sets off e-bay, charity shops & bashed about 'O' gauge
bits at a Die-cast toy fair.
Done now, so on to another task. :)
...and, yes, I do have track. Quite a lot really. Might get around to painting that lot up.
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Great looking train
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Great looking train
Thanks Aethelwulf.
How long before some Pistoleros hold it up?
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Sooooooo jealous! That looks fantastic Pete!
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Is that your new garden railway Pete ?
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Sooooooo jealous! That looks fantastic Pete!
Thanks David, you'll have to come over for a Western Gunfight sometime.
Is that your new garden railway Pete ?
It is newly finished,
the picture was taken in the garden &
it is a railway, so...
I can see where you're coming from with this. lol lol lol
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To fill in for another tribe on Casevil
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=141051.msg1798611#msg1798611
I picked up some painted Gauls/Britons off e-bay.
The usual treatment (repair, replace cast spears with pins, tart up & rebase)
as well as this time finding shields (weapons store duly raided),
now Ladies & Gentlemen I present the...(drum roll)
The Orcals !!!!
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I will be working on a Rhodesian farm for Flatpack. It will be next week before I can
start it, but as he was coming over for a game I wanted to give him something.
A little bit of set dressing, a rusting old truck.
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I love that busted rusted truck! Good work on your Orcals as well.
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I love that busted rusted truck! Good work on your Orcals as well.
Thanks Aethelwulf, on both counts.
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Pete
Thanks for the rusted old truck, that’ll make a nice bit of scatter to hide behind, although……do you think James could get a few wheels on it, and get it running again ? lol lol lol
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Thanks for the rusted old truck, that’ll make a nice bit of scatter to hide behind, although……do you think James could get a few wheels on it, and get it running again ? lol lol lol
Just who did you think nicked the original wheels? lol lol lol
It is really embarrassing to find it on the paint table jacked up on 20mm bricks! :o :o :o
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It is really embarrassing to find it on the paint table jacked up on 20mm bricks! :o :o :o
lol lol
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I finally finished a Giant that has been sitting, 95% complete, on the workbench.
He is now available to take up a role on the Isle of Casevil.
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=141051.0
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Very nice. I love the spider tattoos.
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Very nice. I love the spider tattoos.
I got them off the web. lol lol lol
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lol lol lol
I got them off the web. lol lol lol
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That’s a cool model, well executed! The last pic with Celt reminds me of a scene I saw in a parking lot recently after a minor collision, with a little excitable guy facing down an enormous knuckle dragger. The scene I witnessed ended without violence, but I don’t fancy the Celt’s chances!
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Pattus, I wuz thinking the Celt was asking for, & receiving, directions to the Tavern. :D
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That is also a definite possibility!
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I got them off the web. lol lol lol
Nothing wrong with that!
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I got them off the web. lol lol lol
That's pretty cool actually, where did you get them? I could definitely use something like that.
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That's pretty cool actually, where did you get them? I could definitely use something like that.
Sorry, they are freehand with a gel-pen. :(
Spiders are easy.
1) Small dot
2) Larger dot attached to '1)'
3) From where they join draw a shot line out to the side, then 'flick' the pen about 90 degrees.
(four forward, two from the left & two from the right. Then do a similar four rearward).
Honest it really is easy, try it.
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That was an excellent pun and I can't believe I missed it.
Also thank you on the tutorial, will try some on shields and banners
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Also thank you on the tutorial, will try some on shields and banners
Let us know/see how you get on. :)
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More catching up & attempting to clear the workbench.
Some Space ships. A gift from my friend, & fellow LAFer, Zingara.
They did need a few base repairs & I gave them a little tarting up.
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Pete
I’ve got the same ones (in a bag somewhere lol)
FFOL starfighters one day ?
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I’ve got the same ones (in a bag somewhere lol)
FFOL starfighters one day ?
That is definitely on the 'to do' list. Maybe soon? ??? ??? ???
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More bits coming off the workbench. I need SOME more space
as I have two 'commissions' to complete.
Snow covered ruins & a Rhodesian Farm.
Here are some alien Flora &, as some seem capable of eating adventurers, Fauna? :?
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are those... leftovers from a crab ? :o
That's rather clever actually
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are those... leftovers from a crab ? :o
That's rather clever actually
No, from a plant. My wife, the gardener in the family, knows it as the Penny Plant.
A quick internet search says it is Crassula Ovata. Bits seem to drop off it, some we
repot (to give as gifts) others I leave to totally dry out & use as Sci-Fi scenery.
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That's even better.
but I'm still going to use left over crab legs now. mostly out of principle
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Nut I'm still going to use left over crab legs now. mostly out of principle
Please do. I would love to see pictures of your finished work.
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Nice Crassula Ovata there....
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Nice Crassula Ovata there..
You're just showing off that you can read, James. lol lol lol
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Another example of 'bit clearing'.
Busy tidying up the table for a game later this week, I found:-
ONE (I have, somewhere, about a dozen of these) D&D gateway
Four pillars (bought & painted when figures were 25 & I was 12)
A scavenged cup mat.
A few card offcuts & a small length of chain (most likely from a broken cheap pendant)
AND we have...THE GATEWAY !!!! To where I have no idea, but heck it's another
piece of scenery, & the table is tidier, well a tiny little bit :D
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I like that! I’d be interested to see what other D&D gateways you find!
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I like that! I’d be interested to see what other D&D gateways you find!
David you can have first dibbs (if/when I find them) lol lol lol
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Two flying Elves. A gift, along with other items, from my mate Zingara.
SOP = repair (fill gaps & source a new right arm)
Tart up (brighten up the paint and armour a bit)
Rebase (In this case = base, as the Games Workshop ones were canabalised
for the space ships. See earlier post) Besides I wanted them to soar, not ground hug.
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For this the blame lies fairly & squarely on Vodkafan's shoulders.
He bought some toy Bi-planes, then decided they just had to be
converted into More modern mono-planes. He gave me one, as a challenge.
I'm glad to see the back of it, though he is threatening to add it to his
AK47 forces, so I may well see it again. :?
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A charity shop find.
Some cleaning up & a little painting.
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That is very nice. I must say I am surprised you are allowed to enter a charity shop. :D
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That is very nice. I must say I am surprised you are allowed to enter a charity shop. :D
The disguises do help. :D
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Work for a friend, who paid many moons ago with some of his ACW figures.
He wanted some snow covered ruins (Battle of the Bulge type) to play some
Skirmish games with. i.e. must be able to place 28mm figures in & around.
I ended up covering three place-mats.
Here are the first lot of pictures.
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...and the next lot.
I hope he likes them.
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Very nice Peter. :-* :-* :-*
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🥶 Brrrrr!
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Very nice Peter. :-* :-* :-*
Thank you.
🥶 Brrrrr!
Yes I know! I just can't warm to snow scenery. lol lol lol
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More great output Peter - building tiles look great, the converted toy plane is very evocative - should be fun seeing that in action. Good effects on the Octopus - and those elves have some serious elevation !!
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Thanks, though I'm still trying to clear the backlogs. ::)
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Delivering the buildings Tuesday Pete, had a sneaky look, good job :)
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Delivering the buildings Tuesday Pete, had a sneaky look, good job :)
Thanks Ian. I await Dave's reaction. :)
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The snow is very effective
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The snow is very effective
Thanks for lending me the book of snow effects. It was very helpful. :)
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Thanks, though I'm still trying to clear the backlogs. ::)
Wait. People actually do that? :o
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Wait. People actually do that? :o
Try? Yes.
Fail? Often.
Give up & stop? NEVER !!!! :D
Tis better to light one candle, than to just sit & curse the dark.
AND
Q) How do you eat an elephant? A) One mouthful at a time.
8)
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Q) How do you eat an elephant?
A) With a good red wine
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A) With a good red wine
lol lol lol
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Q) How do you eat an elephant?
Frank's Hot Sauce.
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Frank's Hot Sauce.
Ooooh, not for me. :o
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Another item off the paint-table.
A Tea-Light holder that I promised the wife I would paint up for her.
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Very illuminating. Good work again Pete, and brownie points for keeping the better half happy.
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and brownie points for keeping the better half happy.
Happy Wife, happy life.
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Finally got a start on my Elizabethans.
Plan to use, 'Irregular Wars, Conflict at the World's end' A fun set of rules.
I have been inspired to attack this chunk of the Lead Mountain by various
fellow LAFers. The display game at 'the Other Partizan' by our own RogerC
tipped me over the edge & into action.
These have yet to receive base texture, bushes etc. & await some promised flags,
but it is, at least, a start.
566, 567 = Sir Leonard Devlin's Demi-Lancers.
568, 569 = John Smith's Demi-Lancers.
570, 571 = Petronels (OK they are Arquebus, but heck I'm doing this project to
use up what I have (& have had for a looooong time) in the Lead Mountain.
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Now some infantry.
572, 573 = Essex Bill-men
574,575,576,577 = Tower Hamlets Bill-Men
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Good start!
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Good start!
Yep ! 👍
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Thanks guys.
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Very nice Pete.
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Thanks Bob.
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Clearing more workspace, three vehicles that don't fit in with things I have.
Given a quick tart up & will be sold on.
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Likewise this King-Tiger (Corgi) repaired & tarted up. Now ready for selling on.
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...& some scenery, fallen trees. Great for any period and a variety of scales. :D
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A start on the Elizabethans, you got more on the in progress? More useful bits of terrain - you can certainly block long lines of sight with all the pieces that roll off your production line!!
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Yes Gregor, (lots) more to be painted up for the Elizabethans. Watch this space. :D
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Yes Gregor, (lots) more to be painted up for the Elizabethans. Watch this space. :D
Bet I see them first lol
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Bet I see them first lol
And, if I get the Spanish done, you should be the first to play with them too. :)
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Nice. :-* :-*
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Nice. :-* :-*
Not just the twigs I hope. ??? ;) :D
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Got a job lot off E-bay, which contained several badly bashed up 1/72 (1/76?) tank kits.
As a challenge to myself I rebuilt the Jagd-Panther. Happy with the result.
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Looking good now!
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Well done Peter. Another piece of kit for various uses.
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Thanks guys.
It was quite a task.
The tracks were incomplete, & what there was, was perished.
There were insufficient road wheels, in fact the drive wheels (front) came from another tank completely.
The Mantlet I made out of filler & the barrel out of an old paint brush.
;D
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Picked up some Normans off e-bay.
Very little repair work, then I rebased them.
Off now to join the Riverlords on Casevil
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=141051.msg1798611#msg1798611
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Nice job with the Jagd Panther Pete.
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Thanks Ian.
Apart from the challenge itself, I have no use for it. 1/72nd late war Russian front, that's 3 strikes and out!
Will probably send it off to e-bay. :D
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love the gloss paint-jobs on the Casevil figures.
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love the gloss paint-jobs on the Casevil figures.
Thanks Bloggard. It just seem right with Hinchcliffe figures, Old School. :D
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Speaking of Old School,
picked up some Lammings WW2 off e-bay. The seller said they were from
the collection of Bill Lammings, so might even have been painted by the man himself.
I only had to do some minor repair work, then I rebased them.
Ready now to take on the Hun again.
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A Sci-Fi tower.
Just waiting for a sniper to take up residence.
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... and what would that tower be with some alien plant-life to go with it? :D
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The last growth looks like it will fight back if you pick it up wrongly!
Very neat scatter though.
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I reckon that asparagus is off. Lol.
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The last growth looks like it will fight back if you pick it up wrongly!
Looks it, but the 'thorns' are flexible. They are made from 'Hard as Nails' (glue) when I squeezed out a bit too much.
To continue the, 'I don't throw stuff away' theme, the 'Tree trunks are a group of old paint brushes.
(Brushes go through stages with me:-
1) Nice point, great for painting.
2) Losing shape, great for dry brushing.
3) Clogging up, great for applying filler or glue.
4) Totally clogged up, = cut off the bristles for 'bushes' & use the 'stem' for stirring.
5) Too many stirrers, glue them together to make the basis for alien trees.
:D
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I reckon that asparagus is off.
Bob, ALL asparagus is off (IMHO)
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Me thinks you should keep horned lizards or some other suitably alien looking reptiles……you could have a very imaginative and disturbing aquarium with all your alien flora…..they would love it! 😉
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Me thinks you should keep horned lizards or some other suitably alien looking reptiles……you could have a very imaginative and disturbing aquarium with all your alien flora…..they would love it! 😉
David, David, David. Are you seriously suggesting I start another hobby? lol lol lol
I have years, no decades of stuff to still complete with this hobby. :D
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Progress on the Elizabethan front.
First five bases now textured & foliaged. :)
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More pictures.
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Those are cracking. There’s just something about a morion...
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Those are cracking. There’s just something about a morion.../quote]
True. I do remember seeing Errol Flynn doing a dashing Earl of Essex in an old black & white movie.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031826//quote]
I think there was a dramatic sword fight in a ship-yard, amongst part build galleons. Must watch it again for scenery ideas.
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With the visit of a friend, Gregor (aka Zingara) due (now past) I got my act into gear.
He had enjoyed playing AK47 during his previous visit, even dicing up a country name
& flag. SO...
I turfed out my unfinished stock & knuckled down.
Minor problem was that on the political flowchart he could add to his 3 tanks AND...
get another FOUR!!!
I didn't have Seven spare tanks. :'(.
E-bay came to my aid, there was a bag of 15mm tank bits. A bit of a gamble as
from the picture it was impossible to tell what exactly you would get. Might have
included only right hand sides, or all different tanks.
Anyway, they arrived promptly (great) and after an evening sitting and sorting I
had enough Shermans (In AK47 a tank is a tank is a tank, so what type didn't matter).
Work proceeded to turn it all into an army.
He got to use them in three games
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=143595.msg1832884#msg1832884
We even fitted in a game of Galactic Heroes
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=143612.0
and 7 (Seven !) games of Waddington's Battle of the Little Bighorn.
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Great Looking plants Pete - and very well photographed on those backgrounds - very enigmatic / cinematic - and I got the pleasure of seeing them on the wargames table!!
Elizabethans coming on nicely - replete with dice trays.
Thank you very much for immersing me in AK47 :-) and for the time and effort spent in putting together that force - not to mention the unit ids and boxing. I've gone and got the rules now. My beloved was not too sure about being called a tank :-) -"so I am a tank now am I". Lol - never did get wargaming.
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My beloved was not too sure about being called a tank :-)/quote]
Point out to her that military men often name their tank/plane/MG etc after their beloved. To remind them of home. :)
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As part of a 'Job Lot' off e-bay I became the owner of, what I assume to
be figures from a Mythical Egyptian American football team??? ??? ???
As they are Resin, & were mixed in with metal figures, repairs were needed.
I've done that, then painted them up to be 'gods' for use in my 'Dust (Frost) Grave games.
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Nice repair work. They look great. An ancient Egyptian mythological origin to the NFL would explain some of the officiating issues we see.
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[Nice repair work. They look great. An ancient Egyptian mythological origin to the NFL would explain some of the officiating issues we see.True, Grid Iron has a bewildering set of rules & regulations, now PROPER football (Soccer to you Yanks) has just 17 !!!!
[https://www.liveabout.com/soccer-rules-laws-of-the-game-3557669
and about half of those relate to the size of, ball, goal & pitch. lol lol lol
Doesn't stop professional footballers not knowing the few rules that effect the actual game.
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I like those minis! Very cool.
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I like those minis! Very cool.
Thanks David. I think the female castings are the best of the group.
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Next is a broken di-cast.
Will now do for Post Apoc. games
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Just adding photos of has.beens commision.
Pete has done some great work on some 20mm modern African farm items that I passed over to him.
Here we go….
(https://i.postimg.cc/x13V5mLy/IMG-5706.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/SnRPNJTJ)
(https://i.postimg.cc/sgrR5mGg/IMG-5707.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/w70PphkC)
(https://i.postimg.cc/0N5RBNfg/IMG-5708.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/YvPs4MZ8)
Now, get off my land… lol
(https://i.postimg.cc/dtdY7p1f/IMG-5709.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/56xGTP85)
(https://i.postimg.cc/mkvmfdWz/IMG-5710.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/V0FqXW6m)
(https://i.postimg.cc/Jzm9shSy/IMG-5714.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/MvPs4z6x)
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Thanks for taking the phots Bob, (I forgot to do that when I still had them! :o)
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Another day, another banana bush. :D
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Oh & another bit of Sci-fi clutter.
Plus a 'septic tank' under construction. :(
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Continuing to use up bits around the work-space.
This time I used:-
A couple of broken chess pieces (King & a pawn),
Some miscast 3D building bits (got cheap off internet. I wish it was easier to get stuff like this)
A few rectangular card bases a friend gave me (Thanks Garry), &
an upturned Tea-Light holder.
I hope it will do service as a long abandoned Irish Temple.
What do YOU think?
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That makes a great damaged old statue.
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That makes a great damaged old statue.
True Syrinx, I always keep an eye out in Charity shops etc. for broken statues material.
Small ornaments, incomplete Chess sets etc.
I picked up an incomplete 'Ancient Egyptian' chess set dirt cheap as it was missing two peices.
Will yield up a load of statues (when I get around to working on them lol)
In the meantime, looking again at the pictures of the Irish Temple, it dawned on me...
no overall view of the piece. :?
so here are some pictures to rectify that.
By the way the base was an offcut of MDF, I just champhered the edge.
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:o
Beautiful work (as always).
Also chamfer now has to be one of my new favourite words.
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A very nice picture of the well chamfered terrain piece.
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Continually great work mate!
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Beautiful work (as always).
Also chamfer now has to be one of my new favourite words./quote]
Thanks, glad to add to your Vocab. :)
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A very nice picture of the well chamfered terrain piece./quote]
Continually great work mate!/quote]
Thanks guys.
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Great to see the chess pieces used - well over a decade since our dog chewed them. Good work as always Peter.
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Great to see the chess pieces used - well over a decade since our dog chewed them. Good work as always Peter./
Thanks Gregor. Nice to recycle them. :D
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I do love that idol/chess piece. Looks appropriately primitive and worn...
Mike Demana
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[/I do love that idol/chess piece. Looks appropriately primitive and worn...
Mike Demana
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Thanks Mike, I do Old & Tatty quite well. lol/quote]
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Very nice new additions and your ruined temple works a treat. Have not been able to check the forums or hobby much with the holiday and family time so it is nice to be able to live vicariously through others.
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[/quoteVery nice new additions and your ruined temple works a treat. Have not been able to check the forums or hobby much with the holiday and family time so it is nice to be able to live vicariously through others.
Feel free Snitcy I do the same with others, your noble self included. ;)
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Following on from that, & inspired by another LAFer,
may I present my version of an Alien Anomaly.
A cheap toy (yup Poundland :D) which lights up when dropped. :o
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I like that! I need to visit my local Poundland when I get home now.
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Also from a cheap shop, might have been Poundland,
these were some kind of torch or projector. As they had
long since ceased to work I don't know which.
Stuck onto sections of an old biro & based on cheap MDF bases,
I give you the...Blue Meanies!
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They would do equally well as Vermicious Knids!
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Those are ominous.
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Wow. Inventive once again. Great work.
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[/They would do equally well as Vermicious Knids!]
Pardon my ignorance, but what is a Vermicious Knid????
Those are ominous.
We aim to please. ;)
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Wow. Inventive once again. Great work.
Ta Gregor.
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Did these as a Christmas prezzie for a friend.
As a theme I used his 'beloved' football team,
can anyone get it from the clues?
Ian you ain't allowed to 'guess', you know. :D
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You've given the answer in the Manager's and players names. Mind you - youngsters might struggle to remember :-)
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Oh - and good looking / effective work again Peter
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Again, thanks Gregor.
You are right, some youngsters might not recognise the names, but (I think) there would be few youngsters reading this. ;)
I am reminded of a History lesson I covered. Trying to get the class to name another battle in 1066 (other than Hastings)
I asked if there were any Chelsea fans in the class. One nervous young hand went up. Hoping to help him I inquired as to
the name of their home ground. 'Old Trafford?' he muttered.
lol lol lol
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Figures packed away with the rest of the sci fi stuff to be rolled out for that once a year game lol
Again, my thanks for the pressy Pete.
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Figures packed away with the rest of the sci fi stuff to be rolled out for that once a year game lol
...Episode IV, a new hope.
A long time ago in a War-games room far, far away ... :D
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Figures packed away with the rest of the sci fi stuff to be rolled out for that once a year game
Why does this sound familiar?
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Why does this sound familiar?
Cuz dat iz wot weze does! lol lol lol
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Pardon my ignorance, but what is a Vermicious Knid?
The scary aliens in Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.
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The scary aliens in Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.
Thanks for that.
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These were NOT done by me, but for me.
The skilled artisan responsible was my friend Dave Brookes.
He, as you can see, does excellent work.
Thanks Dave. :)
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Good job Dave.
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Indeed. Very nice work Dave.
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Thanks to another Christmas present (Figures from Vodkafan) I
have painted & based up two more bases for my Tudors project.
These are Gallowglass. Hairy bothered guys with two handed axes,
plus an attitude to match. lol
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Has the one with the blue Hi-Vis been sent by the employment agency? lol lol
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Nicely painted and photo staged! Cheers!
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Has the one with the blue Hi-Vis been sent by the employment agency? lol lol
Could be worse James, might have been the Post Office. :D
Nicely painted and photo staged! Cheers!
Thanks Din.
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More Tudors. This time two bases of Militia Pike.
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Nice pike units. Is the square in the base for a dice?
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Nice pike units. Is the square in the base for a dice?
Yes. The rules allow for figure removal to show unit degradation, but as
the 'units' don't have that many figures to start with I am going to try
this dice on base idea. Some units (e.g. Gallowglass) can fight on either
side (English or Irish) so I bought a supply of red And white dice. If the
unit is showing a white die (singular of dice) it is on the English side,
red = Irish.
Keep an eye on my progress (& give me a nudge if it all stalls) :D
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Nice pike units. Is the square in the base for a dice?
Open manhole to trip up cavalry….
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Open manhole to trip up cavalry….
That does remind me. A looooong time ago an upcoming club (Medieval) campaign game
was due to have the English (all veteran gamers) attacking the Scots (To be provided by
me, but led by the inexperienced junior members).
In an attempt to balance things a bit I spent the week before building Pot hole bases.
These were to sit in front of the Scots & disrupt the English when they attacked.
On the day, move one, orders were revealed...every single player on the Scottish side
had ordered an advance!!!!???!!! :o :o :o
Sometimes you just can't help people. lol
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Broken Die-cast, given minor repairs & painted up as a P.A. vehicle.
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A while ago I saw a model barn on e-bay. It was advertised as for use with 54mm soldiers.
I thought , at a pinch, it might do for a planned 40mm project. If not I could go retro and
paint up some 54mm figures for a skirmish. The barn wasn't expensive, I put in a bid &
got it.
When it arrived... :-[
It was more for 25mm!
Not only that, it was cast from rubber which had badly warped. :?
I left it for quite a while, but then it worked its way towards the work-bench.
Worst of the warping was cut out, the main part stuck to a placemat base.
That took a lot of glue, filler, weights & time.
Then it started getting thin washes when ever there was a bit of paint left from
doing something else.
NOW it is ready for gaming. :D
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There are good folks on eBay and then there are the crooks.
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Nice job. The molded rubber is sturdy as hell but a pill to work with.
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Good improvisation as always.
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There are good folks on eBay and then there are the crooks.
Too true Ian.
Nice job. The molded rubber is sturdy as hell but a pill to work with.
Also true Snitchy, but I do have a soft spot for such terrain, ever since seeing such a Church in a Donald Featherstone book.
Good improvisation as always.
Wasn't difficult Gregor...I just made it up. lol lol lol
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Been making things for my friend Bob, (Flatpack) who is on a Rhodesian kick.
I would say a big kick, but he is doing it all in 20mm :D
As he has now received the commission (I was tempted to say, 'Bought the Farm')
I can now start to show pictures of 'Stuf Wot I Dun'
First up is some clutter & a few trees. Always useful in a skirmish game.
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Some Barns.
Bob provided the assembled MDF barns, I only painted & based them.
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The small house.
Bob provided the part assembled kit (Airfix Bungalow)
I did the rest.
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Next the garage, another old Airfix kit.
I believe the original kit came with some petrol pumps...this one didn't :-[
So I scratch built two. :)
The 'cottage' (a reminder of Blighty back home) was a glass ornament which
I have had hanging around since I was a nipper. This years moto is, 'Use it or lose it'
so I added it to this base.
The cars were repaints of charity shop cheapies. The cars are probably wrong for a
UDI Rhodesia, sorry Bob. :?
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Finally, the Big House.
Again Bob provided the kit, assembled but for the roof, which had warped a bit.
This did mean, as I had to employ a fair bit of glue & weights, It couldn't have
the removable roof Bob wanted. Again, 'Sorry Bob'.
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Pete
Thanks for the time and effort that you put into these.
Hopefully we’ll get them to the table soon for a game.
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They will look a lot better with figures & vehicles around.
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Very nice Peter. :-* :-*
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Thank you Rumacara.
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Some Barns.
Bob provided the assembled MDF barns, I only painted & based them.
Love the rust on the roofs
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Well done Peter - plenty there for a skirmish game - that is some foot print you have produced - on a smaller playing area you won't see much cloth :-) - excellent stuff.
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Love the pool float. Great attention to detail. :D
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Love the rust on the roofs[/quote]
Thank you just lots of thin washes.
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Well done Peter - plenty there for a skirmish game - that is some foot print you have produced - on a smaller playing area you won't see much cloth :-) - excellent stuff.
Ta Gregor. By the way, don't forget to reply about your next visit. :)
Love the pool float. Great attention to detail. :D
Thanks Syrinx.
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Love the latest terrain, especially the corragated iron shed. Keep 'em coming..
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Love the latest terrain, especially the corragated iron shed. Keep 'em coming..
Will do. :)
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More rusty bits.
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Here be Dragon!
Another thing that had been on the shelves of shame.
It needed repair (it was in bits), a tart up & rebasing.
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Latest additions to my Tudors.
Both are for the English.
The 'mighty' cannon which will terrorize those pesky Irish, well it will
just as soon as the officer has read the instruction book. lol
Gentlemen Pensioners. Their mounts are from a company called Vulcan.
I have no idea if they are still in production, but they have been in the
Lead Mountain for some forty years (at least). The big selling point was
that the horse armour was separate (front & two back sections). The
idea being that you could have a great deal of variety in your Gendarme
units. In reality it is just a mess of bits that hardly fir at all. An awful lot
of filling & filing was needed for these. Good job I only had four to do.
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I'm living that cannon, where is it from?
You did a great job with the horsemen too.
I always like seeing old miniatures brought to life
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I'm living that cannon, where is it from?
You did a great job with the horsemen too.
I always like seeing old miniatures brought to life
Thanks Luigi.
The cannon is a cobbled together thing.
The main chassis was from a 50p bargain box.
The wheels from my spares box.
The removable barrel section from inside a broken biro.
Crew from the Lead Mountain.
Cannon balls from inside some electrical switches &
the rest of the clutter from one of my boxes of bits.
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Some Vietnam shacks. Rescued from the 'stock'.
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Man you have been productive lately. Love the repaired dragon and the Nuka Cola sign made me laugh. My kids loved that game. nice weathering on the huts too.
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Thanks Syrinx0, always nice to have work appreciated. :)
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Man you have been productive lately. Love the repaired dragon and the Nuka Cola sign made me laugh. My kids loved that game. nice weathering on the huts too.
syrinx0, I was around has.been's place Monday and he has doubled up on his output this week, there are some amazing bits coming soon. That base of Gendarmes is incredibly heavy. The dragon is especially nice too.
Seeing Peter's junk modelling ALMOST inspired me to get some of mine done.
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And to back up what James (Vodkafan) said...
What was a bashed about (part resin, part scratch built) ACW/Miners' camp.
These had been hiding away in a big box in the shed.
Almost all the old scratch-building had to go or be repaired. It hadn't been
done by me, so none of my usual anguish about parting with old work.
As the old bases were (now mouldy) thick cardboard, everything had to be
chiseled off them & firmly fixed to new MDF bases.
Some more clutter was added (got to give the players some cover to hide behind)
The usual paint tart up & flocking followed, oh and several coats of spray varnish.
NOW...ready for use on the Wargames table.
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Very nice.
Not sure I would want to visit Jake's in the dark at all despite my son being a Jake! Worried if it's a bar or dentist...
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Really old English slang for a bathroom would be the jakes or jacks.
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Not sure I would want to visit Jake's in the dark at all despite my son being a Jake! Worried if it's a bar or dentist...
You don't volunteer to enter Jake's at ANY time. lol
I view it as a direction guide, 'You want the second tent AFTER Jake's'
Really old English slang for a bathroom would be the jakes or jacks.
BATHROOM !!!! Ain't no baths this side of the mountains! What do yer think the cricks fer!
Just do yer...'business' downstream of the washing area. :D
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True. Bathing is totally optional in this scenario.
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That old dragon is grand, has to be my favourite so far. :o
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That old dragon is grand, has to be my favourite so far. :o
One hundred & thirty two pages of effort & your favorite is...
a repaired casting from the 1970s lol lol lol
Well how about this then. A Sci-Fi compound.
Inspired by similar efforts on LAF
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Some detail shots of the same.
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My favourite recent bit of your terrain.
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My favourite recent bit of your terrain.
Thanks James.
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Love the sci-fi compound. The posters are pretty funny. Where did you get those?
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Nice compound Pete.
Concrete floors ? lol lol
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My favourite recent bit of your terrain.
That. :-*
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Love the sci-fi compound. The posters are pretty funny. Where did you get those?
Some were freebies off the internet, others were cut out of the colour advert leaflets that come
with the Sunday newspapers. Things like t-shirts, albums etc.
My favourite recent bit of your terrain.
That. :-*
Thanks Rumacara.
Nice compound Pete.
Concrete floors ? lol lol
No Bob, but your Rhodesian barns do NOW have concrete floors. :D
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WOW!!! What a stunning compound. I wonder what that tall chimney is for?
Dan
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One hundred & thirty two pages of effort & your favorite is...
a repaired casting from the 1970s lol lol lol
:D
I just loved the beastie, and it has a nice green to it too.
The compound IS a showpiece, too - that's a Planet Express poster, isn't it?
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WOW!!! What a stunning compound. I wonder what that tall chimney is for?
I have no idea, I only make them. :D
It was however the first part of the build, & came from two bits of card packing.
I glued them together & wanted to do ...something with the 'chimney'. From there it spread.
:D
I just loved the beastie, and it has a nice green to it too.
The compound IS a showpiece, too - that's a Planet Express poster, isn't it?
Well spotted Vanvlak. :D
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I love all the little details you have added to that piece- wonderful work.
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I love all the little details you have added to that piece- wonderful work.
Thank you Codsticker.
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Back now to bits of Sci-Fi clutter/scenery.
The ongoing 'use up two boxes of bits'
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A Post Apocalypse transport, dubbed the 'Battle Taxi'.
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Broken toy given a new lease of life.
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Milk churns. Literally 'fell of the back of a lorry' lol lol lol
Lorry is on the shelves of shame awaiting work, so I thought
I'd sort these out. They are now available for scenery, most
likely 1930s UK Pulp.
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The battle taxi is my fav, especially the windows.
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The battle taxi is my fav, especially the windows.
Thanks Syrinx0, I was going to glue on some fine mesh, but could not find it.
My filing system needs a little work. lol
Those windows were a mixture of paint & gel pens.
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Bombard. Was on the Shelves of Shame...
now it ain't! :D
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Using up some more bits off the Work-table.
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great stuff.
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Thanks Bloggard.
An old pill container. At least it will help to block line of sight. :)
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Gotta love the poster of Obama.
The shuttle didn't have the markings on it when I saw it I think?
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You are correct James, markings added after you saw them.
Some bits of transport bits.
Good for objectives & to block lines of sight.
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The ongoing challenge to use up a couple of boxes of 'useful' bits.
One of two small tug like space-ships. The idea is to be big enough
to be important on table, but not too large.
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That is a very cool vehicle! It reminds me a lot of the spaceships in some classic sci-fi illustrations, especially with the backdrop.
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more brilliant modelling / resourcefulness.
ha - think there are more obvious recent ex-presidents I'd use for the 'obey' poster than him, but prob. best not to 'go there' ::)
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Wow Peter, page after page of stunning stuff. You've tarted up stuff to much better than the originals and your inventiveness for the scenery - well I don't have enough hats to take off to you sir!!
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That is a very cool vehicle! It reminds me a lot of the spaceships in some classic sci-fi illustrations, especially with the backdrop.
Thanks Pattus. I & one of my brothers used to Blu-Tac Chris Foss (?) posters to our bedroom walls. I always like the imagery.
more brilliant modelling / resourcefulness.
Thanks Bloggard. I use what posters I have. :D
Wow Peter, page after page of stunning stuff. You've tarted up stuff to much better than the originals and your inventiveness for the scenery - well I don't have enough hats to take off to you sir!!
Thank you Gregor, most kind.
PS I could always lend you some hats. lol
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Chris Foss illustrations are exactly the style I was thinking of. A great source of inspiration, clearly!
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The 'Other' Space tug.
Both were from broken power drills.
As I often say, 'I don't throw things out' Give (often) Sell (sometimes) Horde even,
but never throw out. :D
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Oops!
Only loaded one picture. Here are the other two. :)
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Of course, always need more alien flora. :D
First lot.
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Second lot.
Added to the 'normal' ingredients, banana stalks & old brush bristles, I have
this time added tomato vines. :D
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Some more bits from the boxes.
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Some of the alien flora evokes the joss stick forests found in my bedroom c. 1974. I'm off to listen to 'Relics'...
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Some of the alien flora evokes the joss stick forests found in my bedroom c. 1974. I'm off to listen to 'Relics'...
lol lol lol
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Those all look great, and I really like that space tug! The alien flora really do look alien - I recognized the tomato stems after you pointed them out in the thread but my suspension of disbelief was pretty complete before that. Very inspiring.
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Thank you PM.
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Some items that Pete completed or modified.
Firstly a warning sign for my Rhodesian 20mm gaming.
(https://i.postimg.cc/3NjgPXx5/IMG-6236.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/q6RhKCKj)
Then a slight modification to the Rhodesian barns that he kindling completed for me.
After posting the original barns, someone pointed out that they should have concrete floors. So Pete kindly took them back, and with his small force of labourers, he added concrete floors.
(https://i.postimg.cc/3NQXSS7F/IMG-6237.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/WFSqt7dd)
(https://i.postimg.cc/ZKZP6MwT/IMG-6238.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/XXHybQMh)
(https://i.postimg.cc/TwDjcM8P/IMG-6239.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/qhpCkFvf)
Great jobs as ever mate. Thankyou.
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You are welcome Bob.
The really hard bit was scratch building the flipping cement mixer! lol
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By the way, the Dung Beetle sign is a real sign!
A reader posted it in the Daily Mail. I cut it out as interesting, then
found it again recently. Thought it would go well with Flatpacks Rhodesian games.
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Weird!
I like how you have mounted the sign on those blocks.
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I like how you have mounted the sign on those blocks./quote]
I'll show you tomorrow James. :)
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A ruined Tech Tower.
Useful as a store of useful bits during a Sci-Fi game.
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Two Edwardian post boxes that have been sitting on the Shelves of Shame for too long.
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Beware! The Tripods are coming!!!!
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Nice tripod mister.
I know a game coming where we could use that lol
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Having seen pictures of your LITTLE walker
I don't think it would stand...an earthly chance. lol lol lol
Bought this tiny thing (15mm) years ago with an idea for its use.
In AK47 my tanks (aged T34-85s) break down far too many times.
What they needed, I thought, was Breakdown membership. I like
visual signs on the table, so...I present the RAC trike! :D
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I bet the smith could whack one of those tripods flat.
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I bet the smith could whack one of those tripods flat.
Well he is metal & the Tripod is just bits of plastic scrap, so I'd agree. :D
Found an odd, as in on its own, figure. painted her up & another bit done.
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Really like that tripod.
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Really like that tripod.
Thanks. Just scrap bits really.
Ball = widget from inside a beer can (took flipping ages to drain lol)
Legs = Covid testers (Wot you shoved up yer nose) Testing bit cut off long ago.
Legs pushed into an offcut of foam board, for stability.
Cupola = bit from...well one of my boxes of bits. With a pin for its eye.
Arms = A security tag I picked up off a carpark.
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I believe your odd figure (which BTW looks wonderful painted) is Natasha from Pulp Figures "Rugged Adventuresses" pack.
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I believe your odd figure (which BTW looks wonderful painted) is Natasha from Pulp Figures "Rugged Adventuresses" pack.
Thanks Syrinx0, I was thinking she would be good in a Pulp type game. Now I know why. :)
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Half a century ago, in the days of ordering by post, line drawings
to show what a figure looked like & paying with Postal Orders.
I sent for some Amazons, part of the Barry Minot range if memory
serves. They arrived. To say the school boy me was not impressed
would have been a gross understatement.
Having (on numerous occasions) thrown them back into the Lead
Mountain they resurfaced recently.
Current Mantra being, 'Use it or Lose it' I turned them into (maybe
useful) statues.
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A while ago (see page 131) I found a box with Resin & Scratch built hovels & tents.
They were in dire need of repair, repaint & rebasing. Those I did, & got back to
mining the Lead (& other materials) Mountain.
Now I found ANOTHER box of the same kind of thing. :o :o :o
Yet more repairing, repainting & rebasing! Hopefully I won't find a third large box. :D
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Using up:-
Cotton reel, two tops from fruit juice concentrate, CD disks, 1/35th AFV wheel,
inside bits from spray bottles, chain from a broken jewelry piece, and some Birch tree seeds.
Another bit of scenery for my abandoned fair ground. :)
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That is so great! Do you have an overall plan and make pieces to fit, or do you just gather the bits and see what comes to mind?
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Most definitely the latter. :D
I was told that when they stated making the stuff for Alien, the original plan had been to
replicate the detailed drawings... that didn't work.
What did work (very well) was to buy out the local model shop. The modellers were given
a free reign to make things. When the Ship fires up its engines you are looking at an awful
lot of Tamyia 1/35th Tiger tank road wheels.
Now that is the kind of job I would like. :D
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Most definitely the latter. :D
I am in complete awe then mate!
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I am in complete awe then mate!
You needn't be, I am one who doesn't hit the target, merely draws a ring around what I hit & call that the target. :D ;D lol
My DNA, if examined, would probably show my ancestors came from the Principality of Serendip . ;)
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Awesome construction as ever. I really ought to build some more rusty terrain.
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I really ought to build some more rusty terrain.
Go for it Spinal. Useful for:- PA, Zombies, Zona Alpha, etc.
What with Osprey bringing out a Modern 'beastie/thingy hunting game, my scenery might eventually get used. :D
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Those cabins and huts are great and very useful.
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Those cabins and huts are great and very useful.
Thanks James, here's hoping you are right. :)
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Those cabin bases look just the job Pete.
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Wonderful useful terrain. Though you probably need to see who is sneaking those Resin & Scratch built hovel packed boxes in you storage shed...
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Wonderful useful terrain. Though you probably need to see who is sneaking those Resin & Scratch built hovel packed boxes in you storage shed...
I think I know the answer to this question….
I believe it was EVIL YOUNGER PETER lol lol
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Those cabin bases look just the job Pete.
You'll get a close up today Ian, they are in today's game. :D
Though you probably need to see who is sneaking those Resin & Scratch built hovel packed boxes in you storage shed...
Why stop him, it all seems to be useful stuff. lol
I think I know the answer to this question….
I believe it was EVIL YOUNGER PETER lol lol
That is the great thing about getting ga-ga, I keep finding things I didn't even know I had. ;)
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That is the great thing about getting ga-ga, I keep finding things I didn't even know I had. ;)
I know what you mean. When I did a full complete inventory the other year after our gaming club closed (and my stuff all came home) it was really surprising. Cleaning out your storage is almost as bad as moving.
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A while ago (see page 131) I found a box with Resin & Scratch built hovels & tents.
They were in dire need of repair, repaint & rebasing. Those I did, & got back to
mining the Lead (& other materials) Mountain.
Just caught up on everything on the thread. There's some lovely stuff. I particularly like the wester mining/shanty towns.
Samuel
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Just caught up on everything on the thread. There's some lovely stuff. I particularly like the wester mining/shanty towns.
Thanks Sam. Always more to come though. lol
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More out of (just one of the) box of interesting bits.
The Spheres were a defunct string of garden lights.
Not only not working, but rusty too. Nice wife said,
'I suppose you want these?'
The Barrels came out of a skip. We were on holiday near
a working Mill. There were hundreds of these!!!!
I was heart broken to only take 24 (all I could fit in my pockets
& the dog I was walking wanted to...walk). The blue lids came from
one of my 'Interesting, but small bits' boxes.
Now added to my scenery stock. :D
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Backing Flatpack on his journey to (Victorian) Mars.
Two One Man Tripods (????)
Converted to 28mm from some 15mm ones picked up at Trade at Table (Hammerhead)
Now part of my fledgling French force awaiting FFOL Victorian Sci-Fi.
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Nice job on the tripods Pete.
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Pete
MAGNIFIC. 🇫🇷
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Tripods look great.
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Thanks Chaps. :D
Now if I could just find the figures that would do for French Infantry on Mars.
They ARE in the Lead Mountain, somewhere!
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Picked up a sprue at WMMMS the other week, just £2
Rather than just add them to a box (normal procedure for me)
I assembled & painted them.
Will do for Galactic Heroes as another team.
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Rather than just add them to a box (normal procedure for me) I assembled & painted them.
Wait. Is that allowed? lol
They look great.
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Ta Syrinx0.
Wait. Is that allowed? lol
Allowed? Yes, normal (for me)? Absolutely not.
As a wise friend (John Cunningham) once told me,
'They(unpainted figures) need several coats of looking at, before you start painting' lol
Here is something else quickly prepped up, just to get them off the work-bench.
They were the heavy bases of artificial flowers (Flowers long gone to useful scenery).
The bases are now some kind of Alien Ant Hill.
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Picked up this resin building at Hammerhead (Trade at Table).
It had no chimneys & some minor damage.
Now repaired, repainted & ready to take to the table.
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Nice find! Looks good.
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Thanks David.
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Gorgeous.
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& thank you Sir Shvantselot.
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At least Santa now has access lol
Good job mate.
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At least Santa now has access lol
Good job mate.
And I thought you'd only notice the Sky Blue shutters Bob. :D
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My friend Gregor (Zingara) kindly gave me a box of bits.
In amongst all the other bits were these two...Trolls? Aliens? Demons?
Neither had a head & one was missing an arm, but no problem.
Also in the box were some Ogre heads & arms. Small problem in that there
were no right arms & that was what I needed. :o
Never mind there was a right hand, holding what looked like a bear-trap,
all I had to do was build a right arm to connect the hand to the body, simples! :D
Job now done.
Here are Vidan & Kran.
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Trolls. Well I guess there was no 'arm in it lol
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Trolls. Well I guess there was no 'arm in it lol
Jokes like that Ian! You are really going out on a... Limb. :D
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Some “handy” additions Pete lol
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Some “handy” additions Pete lol
With all these puns, will the next one come from...Digits? :D
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I can’t see your problem Pete….just a little ‘armless banter from the boys no?
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I can’t see your problem Pete….just a little ‘armless banter from the boys no?
lol
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The miniatures were from the Rackham Confrontation miniatures range.They were from the Wolfen faction but the Evil one's.
Very nice work on converting them.
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Great Work Pete - the figures did indeed possess Wolf Heads once upon a time. Made a howler and misplaced them - glad the bits came in handy.
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The miniatures were from the Rackham Confrontation miniatures range.They were from the Wolfen faction but the Evil one's.
Very nice work on converting them.
Ta Manic, always like to know what things were before I buggered about with them.
Great Work Pete - the figures did indeed possess Wolf Heads once upon a time. Made a howler and misplaced them - glad the bits came in handy.
Well, I too used to be a Were-Wolf... but I'm alright...Nooooooowwww!!!!! lol lol lol
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Some more for my Tudor Army.
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Excellent paint job and basing!
The third and fourth pics are really atmospheric!
Cheers!
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Nice work on the Border Reiver types Pete.
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Excellent paint job and basing!
The third and fourth pics are really atmospheric!
Cheers!
Thanks Din. The background was provided by last year's calendar of Scotland. ( I work cheap. lol)
Nice work on the Border Reiver types Pete.
Cheers Ian. The recruitment for the army is painfully slow, but then I do keep distracting myself. lol
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I finally got the bugs out of the computer. :D
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I finally got the bugs out of the computer. :D
Your kids look out of control in that last pic lol
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Your kids look out of control in that last pic lol
It's OK, I'm not employed at the school anymore. lol lol lol
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Somethings ARE moving off the Shelves of Shame :o
I bought these off e-bay, mainly because the price was low & they were painted.
I think they are Britannia (Chunky 25mm).
They have rested on the Shelves of Shame long enough!
1) Chipped every one off their small square MDF bases.
2) Put them all onto metal washers (30mm diameter).
3) Did various minor repairs.
4) Tarted up their clothing (added patterns, stripes, dots etc.).
5) Textured, painted & 'flocked' up the bases.
With that all done I had a think (What am I going to do with them?????)
I now have a project to create a Simple, Fun, quick modern skirmish game.
Working title is...'Wild Boys'
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Plenty of modern wargames rules out there Pete, I'm sure you could find a set that fits your requirements
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Very nice Pete.
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Nice work on the "tarting up".
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Thanks guys.
I think I'll give Wild Boys a chance first, well I haven't written a QRS for a while. lol
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As our Medieval Campaign is slipping quietly off to 'sleep' I
thought I would finish off the figures I had earmarked to
be the King & Queen (if needed)
Here we (finally) have King Peter & His Queen, Helen.
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Very smart!
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Thanks James.
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How come king Peter has hair ? lol lol lol
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Remember that the middle ages were a VERY long time ago. lol
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A few more figures off the Workbench, three that will see action
on Mars in our upcoming VSF games. They are French, obviously. ;)