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[BigMecha]

very nice!!!

[Argonor]

how do you have the patience to go round £1 shops looking for scenery?!? 

I bring my kids (girls, 2.5 and 5.5) and let them roam freely. That clears a path 

Seriously, I just browse through whenever I pass one. It's quite easy to very quickly spot if something interesting is present. And if I see something that might be useful, I move in to investigate further. Plus, those stores rarely are THAT crowded here in DK 

Next up: The re-based mummies, sitting on my paint-table with half-finished bases right now (I will drybrush the bases and take a pic tonight).

And after that, a native tomb-robber driven insane by the gory death of his mates and the untold horrors below.... Basecoated him Saturday, but was busy with removing falling leaves from the lawn and mowing it Sunday....

[Malamute]

Very nice. Its great to see a project go from the start and develop. I like the table, too, lots of gaming potential

[Argonor]

Absolutely!

Adventure/pulp gaming in Sahara, or the Gobi - Gondorians raiding Harad - WWII or WWWII Afrika Korps vs Monties Desert Rats...  Action near the Rio Grande - possibilities are legio! Oh - yes, Legions! Romans in Syria, other ancients... 

[Christian]

Unfortunately the $2 Shops (as they're known here) don;t usually have stuff of such high quality... well, that's a contradiction if I ever heard one But I mean, most of the stuff in there isn't good enough even for gaming!

I will have to keep looking though, those pieces are wicked!

[Argonor]

Here come the mummies, rebased from green-flocked, square bases (ya know waddamean):







I need to touch up on a couple of feet, then they'll be ready to wreck havoc...

[Argonor]

The mad-driven tomb-robber has been finished. Pics of him and some encounter-markers hopefully tonight (perhaps with a couple of shots of a LotR game (yesterday) using them and the new desert table on an elevated gaming-table - a wonderful invention of Operator5 which I've elaborated on  )

I've also managed to finish painting the scenery-pieces from the earlier post, so I'm quite happy with the progress I've managed over the last few weeks (bearing in mind that the project had come to a complete stillstand).

I now need to make some floor plans for the temple (which will be placed on the 'base-table' of the elevated board, if/when the players find the entrance), some additional encounter-markers, and perhaps paint a couple of evil hooded minions + Tonka (but they're not absolutely necessary) - then I'll be ready to roll out this Chapter 1 of a series of linked scenarios I'm planning for the winter. I shall be adding some minis/terrain (civilians, animal-encounters, river, buildings) to the collection between games for diversity... and maybe a new group of contestants for the Quest for the Sun Scarab (an artefact rumoured to have been created by a deranged ancient cult of Osiris, having found a way to revive the dead).

.45A, here we come (at last)!

[JollyBob]

Great stuff mate, I really like the way this is going. Looking forward to seeing the first adventure. 

[Argonor]

I really hope to get it on before Christmas, but it's always hard to get players assembled if we're talking December  I'll try to speed up the process the next week, so maybe I can get this on tracks for the last weekend of November.... (but I need some stuff from Black Cat, hmmm... must get an order done...).

[Argonor]

Here's the mad-driven tomb robber.

I wanted him to look really frightened, which I think I sort of managed.

I'm not sure about his skin... is it too dark for an Egyptian?  I used Foundry Dusky flesh, rounded off with FDF Light mixed with GW Bronzed Flesh - but maybe I should try starting with the mid-tone instead of the shade?

[Le matou rouge]

Hard to comment on the skin because of the very yellow light of the pic, but nice work on the eyes, very scary !

meow,
Matt

[Argonor]

Yeah, I don't know what has happened to the lamps I use - the last couple of weeks all the pics I've taken have this soft yellowish lighting....

[rob_alderman]

Looks like it's gonna be a fantastic scenario.

Will keep a close eye on this one.

[Argonor]

Am working on the final mini for this scenario at the moment.

Need to do some greenstuffing on some resin bases I'll use as in-door encounter-markers; print out, and glue to cardboard the floor plans of the temple itself (including making a set of long, narrow stairs leading down to the ante-chamber), and then flesh out a couple of characers, and I'll be all set.

The scenario is intended to be run with the .45A rules WITH a GM, preferably 4 players and tha GM running a group of mysterious villains for extra spice (alternatively, a 5th player can run those, or they can be left out, if things are getting too messy).

So, hopefully I can get some players together in a couple of weeks time, and get this baby rolling (should be the 'pilot' for at series of linked scenarios - now that i have some groups painted up, I only have to add some nitbits here and there from scenario to scenario... I hope    ).

[Captain Blood]

It's looking good Niels. 
Looking forward to the end product in all its Technicolor glory!