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Author Topic: Palaeo Diet Project: The Giant Grazer gets a new head!. (UD:20/08)  (Read 24886 times)

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Re: Palaeo Diet: Eat or be Eaten: Hustles With Hyenas... (UD:22/08)
« Reply #105 on: August 22, 2019, 08:36:54 AM »
We played the Dances With Wolves scenario earlier this week (although we have currently only have Hyenas, so Hustles With Hyenas would be more appropriate...).

Here are a couple of in-game shots....

















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Re: Palaeo Diet: Eat or be Eaten: Wooliff Pack... (UD:23/08)
« Reply #106 on: August 23, 2019, 10:39:39 PM »
The other two sculpts for the Wooliff Pack have now been completed...








And, funnily enough ( ;)), the Hound that was made some time ago will work just fine as a Juvenile (or Wooliff Pup)....





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Re: Palaeo Diet: Eat or be Eaten: Wooliff Pack... (UD:23/08)
« Reply #107 on: August 24, 2019, 07:27:27 AM »
Nice job on the Wooliffs  8)


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Re: Palaeo Diet Project for BLAM: Cheap Jungle Trees... (UD:25/08)
« Reply #108 on: August 25, 2019, 03:22:06 PM »
Thanks, Tarkers!
 :)

OK, with BLAM fast approaching I need to pull my finger out and get a few things done for this.
Beginning with some more PD-specific scenery....

Games of Palaeo Diet have several terrain features that the Hunters can interact with as well as utilise to screen their movement etc.
First to be completed are some 'Thickets'.

Thickets not only shield your approach to Beasts but can also reveal extra items for 'The Menu' in the form of Critters that can be 'flushed out' of hiding and added to the take for the game. They may also contain more dangerous creatures but that is something for later.
 ;)

The Thickets that I wanted to make were originally going to be utilising GW Woods but they have since gone OOP.
Rather happily, as it turns out, as I then noticed that War in 15mm had made use of some Playmobil plants etc to make some rather effective 'cartoon style' scenery for his 'Dr Who meets the Flintstones' project, which got me trawling ebay for some cheap parts.
I managed to pick up three different lots rather cheaply and set to making them work for this project.

Here is one of the lots, so you have an idea of what they look like in their original state....



As I am aiming for a slightly cartoony effect to blend in with the style of the figures, these would be perfect.

I already had these 'crop' pieces made by Silent Invader in my terrain pile, which had not seen any use for ages and thought these would make great bases for the 'trees' to sit on as I had developed a 'Cunning Plan!'...



Grabbing some leftover plastic sprue to use as trunks for the trees (which also rather conveniently fit in the holes in the underside of the treetops where the sprue narrows. Bonus!) I cut it to some random lengths and wrapped it in masking tape to help disguise the squareness of them and slapped paint on them and the treetops.

The, using green stuff and superglue to attach them to the bases securely, I ended up with these....




Combining the above with some movement trays made for OGAM...




...I now have some defined areas for the Thickets when placed on the table....



...where individual trees can be removed and replaced with figures when they are in the Thickets themselves.
Oh, and the movement trays can still be used for their original purpose.
Result!

I think the end result is pretty good and all three Thickets were made for less than the cost of one box of Citadel Woods, with plenty of leftover pieces that I can use to make more terrain features.
So, there will be more to come.
 :)




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Re: Palaeo Diet Project for BLAM: Cheap Jungle Trees... (UD:25/08)
« Reply #109 on: August 25, 2019, 03:56:20 PM »
Up cycling at it's best,they look great :-*

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Re: Palaeo Diet Project for BLAM: Cheap Jungle Trees... (UD:25/08)
« Reply #110 on: August 25, 2019, 08:55:26 PM »
Very nice trees :-* :-* :-*
They fit your setting very well

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Re: Palaeo Diet Project for BLAM: Cheap Jungle Trees... (UD:25/08)
« Reply #111 on: August 25, 2019, 09:26:19 PM »
They fit great  8)
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Re: Palaeo Diet Project for BLAM: Cheap Jungle Trees... (UD:25/08)
« Reply #112 on: August 25, 2019, 09:55:30 PM »
They look great!

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Re: Palaeo Diet Project for BLAM: Cheap Jungle Trees... (UD:25/08)
« Reply #113 on: August 26, 2019, 06:07:35 AM »
Nice work on those, they've do really fit in well with the visual style.

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Re: Palaeo Diet Project for BLAM: Cheap Jungle Trees... (UD:25/08)
« Reply #114 on: August 26, 2019, 09:31:02 AM »
Thanks, chaps.
 :)

The cartoony style works well for this project, I reckon, and they should even be able to be used in other fantasy type settings interspersed with other plants etc to break up the look a little.

Having quite a few  more interesting leftover pieces will allow me to tinker some more and see what I can come up with.
I think that mixing them in with some of the GW kits could also work quite well.
We shall see....
 :D


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Re: Palaeo Diet Project for BLAM: More Trees... (UD:29/08)
« Reply #115 on: August 29, 2019, 05:15:44 PM »
Having quite a few  more interesting leftover pieces will allow me to tinker some more and see what I can come up with.

Here are another couple of bases of 'jungle' quickly knocked up with some of the leftovers.




Again, just covered liberally in brown/green paint mixed with PVA and wetbrushed over with a few successive lighter coats, with yellow added, and a final green wash to tie the layers together.
Tarted up with a few tufts and flock and they were done.

Here they are with the earlier batch....



...which look pretty good all together, I reckon.

I think I shall make some more.
 :D



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Re: Palaeo Diet Project for BLAM: More Trees... (UD:29/08)
« Reply #116 on: August 29, 2019, 05:51:39 PM »
Lovely work matey  8)
Now all you need are some knights who say Ni and a shrubbery!  lol

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Re: Palaeo Diet Project for BLAM: More Trees... (UD:29/08)
« Reply #117 on: August 29, 2019, 06:43:44 PM »
I like them :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*

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Re: Palaeo Diet Project for BLAM: More Trees... (UD:29/08)
« Reply #118 on: August 30, 2019, 03:43:45 PM »
Lovely work matey  8)
Now all you need are some knights who say Ni and a shrubbery!  lol

 lol lol
Pack it in, Tarkers, before I go getting any stoopid ideas...


I like them :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*

Cheers, mate.
 :D

I have just picked up some more as I reckon I should do enough to fill a table properly...
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Re: Palaeo Diet Project for BLAM: Orsses... (UD:30/10)
« Reply #119 on: October 30, 2019, 08:13:30 PM »
Some of the recent Beasts test casts painted up, beginning with....

Orsses.












Mostly painted with drybrushing and washes, with the faces tidied up a little with a brush.


 

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