Blood & Plunder Aar and new miniatures (11.11.) + pics from the second game

[ffrum]

Would you please discuss your beach terrain and how you managed the waves, etc.  Imitation is a form of flattery and I would definitely like some shore terrain like this to use in my games.  Thanks!

[FifteensAway]

Agreed that the sea/sand confluence is very well done.  But clearly the main sea mat is a commercial product witnessed by the imprint in the top left corner in the first photograph.  Not sure if the beach mat is also commercial or an adaptation to match (there is a minor color variation between the two sea mats but that might be from age difference, batch difference, lighting, or close color matching or some combination of all of that).

What makes the confluence work so well is the sand is dry (lighter), damp (a little darker), and wet (darkest) as it goes from tree line to water line.  And then that very nice set of surf lines with, maybe (could just be shadows) the color variation in the surf from white to a 'sandy' white which is very realistic since surf mixes with sand when crashing to shore.

So, yes, please let us know about either how it was done or source of mats if commercial.

[SteveBurt]

The sea bit says 'deep cut studios', and they make a beach mat which looks identical to the one in the report.
So I'd say that is two Deepcut mats

[Olofeus]

You are absolutely right Sir. They are indeed from Deep Cut Studios.

[mweaver]

Certainly a gorgeous game, and delighted to hear the person who lost talking about how much fun was had!

I backed both kickstarters, but have done nothing - nothing! - to prepare miniatures or ships for play.  Thanks for the inspiration!

-Michael

[Atheling]

The sea bit says 'deep cut studios', and they make a beach mat which looks identical to the one in the report.
So I'd say that is two Deepcut mats

Thank Steve 

[cahrn]

I like how your miniatures turned out. I wish I had used a brighter palette on some of mine.

[Olofeus]

Thank You all for the compliments. Here is another batch of miniatures that I managed to base today. They are nothing too special, just a nice addition to my collection.





Cheers
Samu

[Hitman]

Great work. Thanks for sharing. I have many of my pirates painted up but have only played one game with them so far. I need some opponents...
Regards,
Hitman