Author Topic: Pulp Alley at Poldercon (feb. 8 2015) - Update: Goody bags done! (Read 19523 times)

Marine0846 · « **Reply #30 on:** December 23, 2014, 04:38:37 AM »

Love the figures, well done.
Look forward to seeing more.

Malebolgia · « **Reply #31 on:** January 11, 2015, 07:25:16 PM »

Update - Four jungle pieces done!

Since Captain Wolf and Minerva will be duking it out in the jungle, I need some good jungle scenery. Now, I already have a lot of jungle pieces, but I wanted to add some more pieces with volume and oomph. So in the last month I sat down and made four pieces, including a HUGE tree.

How?
1. Saw and sand MDF board into oval shapes. I sanded the sides down to a nice slope.
2. Cut up 3cm blue styrofoam into 3cm squares. I then used a steel brush to really mangle them and add a lot of texture.
3. Glue the styrofoam cubes, the big plants and pieces of slate to the MDF. For the big tree I made a big waning moon from styrofoam to mount around the tree. I glued the tree inside this shape and the total product became rock solid. Finally I glued down pieces of cork, bark and some plastic plants to the bases.
4. Add PVA glue to the bases and then sand.
5. Paint the whole base dark brown and drybrush with a medium brown and finally an Ivory color. Paint the cubes with P3 Trollblood Base and then Ivory. The rocks were painted by drybrushing with various grey tones over black.
6. Use a hot glue gun and glue down all of the plastic plants. I really went bananas in this step! I added a zillion pieces and had loads of fun. I think the plastic look works well for these plants. I also added some big chunks of wood for more volume.
7. I used the hot glue gun to glue down a lot of clump foliage. This is fantastic stuff to hide the dried hot glue.
8. Finally, I added PVA glue all over the place and sprinkled fine green turf over this to simulate algae, moss and other greenish stuff. I LOVE fine turf, it's so useful!

And now some pictures with our two main actors for Poldercon!

Jungle 1

Jungle 2

Jungle 3

Absurdly big tree

Yes, that tree is HUGE. It's around 40cm high so adds a lot of height to the table. I added a hidden stone dais inside the hollow of the tree...perfect as a location for a plot point! Other than that, it's a huge piece of blocking scenery for line of sight and just to look cool

. Really happy with how it turned out!

Bonus goodies for the players and visitors!
I mentioned it before, but we have a lot of goodies for the players. Not only do the first 100 visitors get some ace discount coupons from Statuesque Games, we also have promo cards from mr. Phipps himself for the players! And it's not done yet...no...the players will get a surprise gift from Statueque AND a surprise gift from me!
It's going to be like Christmas...!

Duke Donald · « **Reply #32 on:** January 11, 2015, 09:12:13 PM »

The jungle pieces are amazing; the minis too, BTW.

d phipps · « **Reply #33 on:** January 11, 2015, 10:24:25 PM »

Fantastic work, Marijn!

Roon · « **Reply #34 on:** January 12, 2015, 06:35:09 AM »

Now I really can't wait for Poldercon! Fantastic!

Mad Lord Snapcase · « **Reply #35 on:** January 12, 2015, 06:58:25 AM »

That is really nice. I wish I could go and see it in for real!

necrocannibal · « **Reply #36 on:** January 12, 2015, 04:06:22 PM »

Wow, great looking figures. I especially love Franz and Captain Wolf...Minerva looks awesome as well. I might steal your sunburn idea...it's hilarious.

Chris Abbey · « **Reply #37 on:** January 14, 2015, 01:56:06 PM »

Hi, Not sure if you got my direct email, but Sally 4th would love to support you with a discount voucher and freebies for Pulp Alley gamers. Please drop me an email direct to sort out details.
Chris

Malebolgia · « **Reply #38 on:** January 17, 2015, 07:39:59 PM »

And a new addition to my collection I'm bringing to Poldercon: a 36" x 36" gaming mat by Deep-Cut Studio. It is a cloth mat with the print soaked inside of it. It sounds a bit technogizmo stuff, but it looks awesome and the print won't come off! Really nice quality and the size is perfect. Here are two shots with Minerva to show the size of it:

Duke Donald · « **Reply #39 on:** January 17, 2015, 10:27:29 PM »

This mat looks amazing; never seen anything like it. I had a look at the site and I think I'm tempted to buy a few. Besides looking look, they must take essentially no storage space, which is an argument for me, ... and for my wife even more so.

pistolpete · « **Reply #40 on:** January 20, 2015, 04:24:07 PM »

i looked at the deep cut mat but i can't justify the cost of £25.90 (roughly $38 US) for 3x3 plus shipping. it does look really nice though.

Malebolgia · « **Reply #41 on:** January 20, 2015, 05:42:01 PM »

The total cost was around 40 euros. Thought it was a good price for a mat which will be used a lot and for a looooooong time.

Update!
Sally 4th have joined the list of sponsors with a great addition for all participating players.
I have also ordered some cool burlap bags to house all of the goodies! Will shoot some pictures once they're done

Wolf Girl · « **Reply #42 on:** January 21, 2015, 12:36:18 AM »

Quote from: Malebolgia on January 20, 2015, 05:42:01 PM

Sally 4th have joined the list of sponsors with a great addition for all participating players.
I have also ordered some cool burlap bags to house all of the goodies! Will shoot some pictures once they're done

Awesome, it sounds like you'll have lots of Pulp Alley goodies to give-away.

d phipps · « **Reply #43 on:** January 23, 2015, 04:16:37 AM »

Quote from: Malebolgia on January 20, 2015, 05:42:01 PM

The total cost was around 40 euros. Thought it was a good price for a mat which will be used a lot and for a looooooong time.

Definitely a good looking mat and that price isn't too bad if it was going to hold up well for a few hundred Pulp Alley games.

Malebolgia · « **Reply #44 on:** February 05, 2015, 07:10:32 AM »

Only 3 more days until Poldercon!

Update - Goody bags finished!
I've received the final items for the goody bags for the players and finalized them...ready to hand out before the games start

Pictures of the contents after Sunday (together with a report of the event itself!)

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