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Offline Mason

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Re: ...tumbleweeds...
« Reply #15 on: May 29, 2013, 07:48:16 AM »
I bought a load of figures last year and have been busy painting everything else.

On that note: I bought half a town a few months ago, and got given a whole bunch of figures, but have been busy painting everything else..... ::)

Old West will get started this year, just not sure exactly when.
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Offline Elk101

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Re: ...tumbleweeds...
« Reply #16 on: May 29, 2013, 10:42:56 AM »
I'm also just starting up an Old West set up as yet another period I don't have the time, space or money for! I currently have a few ACW buildings I intend to reuse and Battleflag's saloon with about 20 Artizan cowboys bought from Ebay. You lot are a bad influence!  ;D

Offline Dewbakuk

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Re: ...tumbleweeds...
« Reply #17 on: May 29, 2013, 10:51:00 AM »
1. Take some rubberised horsehair and a pair of scissors.
2. Cut off a piece of horsehair approx. 1" cubed.
3. Trim into a rough ball shape with the scissors.
4. Place on table.
5. Yes kids, you can even blow it across the table.

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Living out here in the very "West" you speak and occasionaly having tumbleweeds roll down the street, I'm pretty familiar with them. I made mine with little balls of "steel wool" prime with auto primer red brown, dry brush yellow grey, dull coat,your done. Being made out of Steel a whole passel of them thar things can be stuck to a strip of magnet for storage, pardner.

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Offline Za Zjurman

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Re: ...tumbleweeds...
« Reply #18 on: May 29, 2013, 12:10:39 PM »
Pictures or it didn't happen :D

This  ;D

Offline NickNascati

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Re: ...tumbleweeds...
« Reply #19 on: May 29, 2013, 03:32:25 PM »
For tumbleweed, I picked up a bag of very light tan/brown lichen at AC Moore.  Seems to look right when strewn about in small clumps.
I've played 4 games of FOL in the past couple weeks, two solo and two head to head.  Still have 10 figures to get painted, and then order the Black Scorpion mounted figures and try to build some wagons.

Offline Deedles

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Re: ...tumbleweeds...
« Reply #20 on: May 29, 2013, 09:20:39 PM »
Things have been a little busy of late, but normal Old West gaming will resume shortly. In addition I have sourced a pile of new figures , buildings, and carriages for mt train, so the workbench is getting ready for serious use
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Re: ...tumbleweeds...
« Reply #21 on: May 29, 2013, 10:30:53 PM »
Pictures or it didn't happen :D

Well I sold my whole "Wild West" setup 6 months ago, buildings, figures, cactus, and tumbleweeds, only to a few picture as it was a work in progress that I abandoned if favor of others projects. But here are a few pics, 








Offline Elk101

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Re: ...tumbleweeds...
« Reply #22 on: May 30, 2013, 07:23:13 AM »
Very nice cacti Vonkluge.

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Re: ...tumbleweeds...
« Reply #23 on: May 30, 2013, 07:35:01 AM »
Thanks, Elk101,

Yes they came out so well I was tempted to keep my Old West stuff! A few of them were scratch built.... I have just found that I have to eliminate a few periods so I can concentrate on they ones I really love and do them really well. Sad but time and money limit ones endeavors! >:(

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Offline smirnoff

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Re: ...tumbleweeds...
« Reply #24 on: May 30, 2013, 09:59:00 AM »
Excellent cacti
Where did you get them?

Offline Elbows

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Re: ...tumbleweeds...
« Reply #25 on: May 30, 2013, 03:18:20 PM »
Pegasus Hobbies has plastic cactii - they're quite good.
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Offline Froggy the Great

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Re: ...tumbleweeds...
« Reply #26 on: May 30, 2013, 06:46:57 PM »
I wouldn't say no to another game of Shoot & Skedaddle...
You, sir, are not allowed to attempt a takeover of the solar system until your octopus sobers up.

Offline Bokrug

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Re: ...tumbleweeds...
« Reply #27 on: May 30, 2013, 06:49:31 PM »
Well I sold my whole "Wild West" setup 6 months ago, buildings, figures, cactus, and tumbleweeds, only to a few picture as it was a work in progress that I abandoned if favor of others projects.

Those look great, too bad I wasn't the one you sold them to!   :-*

I'm just getting started with Old West (and getting back into miniatures after more than a decade).  Got several dozen figures, mostly Knuckleduster, and picked up some Whitewash City pdfs.  Of course, after so much time I also had to start over with paints, which has been more of a chore to get enough for not too much cash.  I think I'll be fine with all of the discontinued paints I've found online (Derivan minis and Adikolor), and I'm excited to try this newfangled wet palette thing that all the kids are talking about these days.  Last time I painted, it was just dipping from the pot!  Who came up with these dropper bottles for paint??

Anyhow, since I'm pretty much starting from scratch, any suggestions from you folks would go a long way!

Offline Vonkluge

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Re: ...tumbleweeds...
« Reply #28 on: May 31, 2013, 06:54:18 AM »
Pegasus Hobbies has plastic cactii - they're quite good.

The Cactus in the picture I posted are Pegusus cacti, with a paint job, you have to assemble them and paint the to look really good. They come sort of jade green, like cake decorations otherwise. :o

Offline Elbows

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Re: ...tumbleweeds...
« Reply #29 on: May 31, 2013, 04:12:39 PM »
I wouldn't say no to another game of Shoot & Skedaddle...

I'm sure we can set something up...I drove all the way up to Charlotte the other weekend and we didn't even get a game in!  I've lugged this stuff all over the place lately.