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Re: Hammers throws his hat into the ring... SFX colours 2010-09-23
« Reply #45 on: September 23, 2010, 09:02:09 PM »
I could not resist the experiment so I airbrushed some vivid special effects explosion colours to the blast. I can't quite decide if it looks better. More colourful, to be sure, and slightly better in RL as these things tend to do.  What do you folks think? Should I keep it as is, tone it done a notch with a black and grey dusting or simply paint it back to the way it was?


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Re: Hammers throws his hat into the ring...
« Reply #46 on: September 23, 2010, 09:06:17 PM »
I think it looks very effective and adds some color.

Before, I think, it could have been mistaken for a dark, oddly shaped tree - but not like this.

BOOM!  :o
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Re: Hammers throws his hat into the ring...
« Reply #47 on: September 23, 2010, 09:13:01 PM »
I think some slight highlight on the highest tips in grey n black would look good.
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Re: Hammers throws his hat into the ring...
« Reply #48 on: September 23, 2010, 09:15:19 PM »
I think some slight highlight on the highest tips in grey n black would look good.

...of the coloured section, you mean?

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Re: Hammers throws his hat into the ring...
« Reply #49 on: September 23, 2010, 09:42:27 PM »
Yes, I think it will enhance the idea that the fire is contained within a much larger explosion of smoke, as disuses earlier in the topic.

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Re: Hammers throws his hat into the ring...
« Reply #50 on: September 24, 2010, 08:18:40 AM »
Its great that you've coloured it. Sure, it isn't "realistic", but it enhances the gameplay :)

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Re: Hammers throws his hat into the ring...
« Reply #51 on: September 24, 2010, 09:00:52 AM »
I have to say it looks much better IRL. Threedimnsionality makes a huge difference with this piece. It is tha same if you look at the pics in WHH Great War.

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Re: Hammers throws his hat into the ring...
« Reply #52 on: September 24, 2010, 09:09:45 AM »
 A few bits I will cram into the base, two blast victims. To the right a OG Pathan casualty striking a just-so attitude. To the left a modded Perry ACV plastic horse. I took the photo from the wrong angle, but it has trailing entrails and other little cute details, like exposed GW skeletal horse ribs.


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Re: Hammers throws his hat into the ring...
« Reply #53 on: September 24, 2010, 09:55:56 AM »
Nice, in a gruesome kind of way :)

I think the extra detail will really bring it to life. :)
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Re: Hammers throws his hat into the ring...
« Reply #54 on: September 24, 2010, 10:18:14 AM »
Thank you for this tutorial! I´ve always wondered how this is done. The "special effect" airbrushed in makes it outstanding!
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Re: Hammers throws his hat into the ring...
« Reply #55 on: September 24, 2010, 10:53:06 AM »
Very effective.   8) I'd also wondered how this was achieved and so thanks for the inspiration.  :)
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Re: Hammers throws his hat into the ring...
« Reply #56 on: September 24, 2010, 01:10:34 PM »
So this goes down on the turn that the fire mission lands. Does it get replaced with a proper crater on the turn afterwards, or does the frozen explosion dominate the field for the rest of the game?

(I can imagine accesorizing this marker with a few "drifting smoke" markers that are lined up downwind of the crater, then removed on succeeding turns. Perhaps nastly yellow-green ones for the Gas shells the vile foe are flinging... Hmmm.
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Re: Hammers throws his hat into the ring...
« Reply #57 on: September 24, 2010, 01:16:57 PM »
So this goes down on the turn that the fire mission lands. Does it get replaced with a proper crater on the turn afterwards, or does the frozen explosion dominate the field for the rest of the game?

(I can imagine accesorizing this marker with a few "drifting smoke" markers that are lined up downwind of the crater, then removed on succeeding turns. Perhaps nastly yellow-green ones for the Gas shells the vile foe are flinging... Hmmm.

It's just a template. I imagine it will stay on the board for the duration of a turn.  On a Great War board, I imagine you could keep a few permanently on the board for ambiance. Of course you could replace it with a crater which could be played as difficult ground/cover but I see no great merit in doing that for my own board.

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Re: Hammers throws his hat into the ring...
« Reply #58 on: September 24, 2010, 03:31:02 PM »
That's starting to look really nice I especially like the gruesome 'additions'.
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Re: Hammers throws his hat into the ring...
« Reply #59 on: September 24, 2010, 04:22:32 PM »
Nice, in a gruesome kind of way :)

Thanks, Nick. I try to make it a bit of a Hammers trademark.

 

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