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Author Topic: Complete reboot of wild west collection. (28/5 stagecoach started!)  (Read 5727 times)

Offline CapnJim

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Love that carpetting!
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Offline Legionnaire

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Love that carpetting!

Thanks CapnJim.  I really enjoy putting some extra bits on the kits to make them look better.  I've been toying with the idea to maybe get hold of some interiors as well, like bar, shelves, maybe some lightning fixtures... a chandelier at the hotel would be wicked  :o.
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Offline Malebolgia

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That interior is awesome, that really makes it shine. And it being a TT Combat set, it probably needs such extras to prevent it from looking basic (they're not the best mdf sets eh), but yours look brilliant man!
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Offline Legionnaire

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That interior is awesome, that really makes it shine. And it being a TT Combat set, it probably needs such extras to prevent it from looking basic (they're not the best mdf sets eh), but yours look brilliant man!

Cheers Malebolgia!

In the past, I was happy to just put the MDF kit together and calling it done. Now, as I've gotten better and have read more tips and tricks,  I'm happy to kick it up a notch.  Still, I very much adhere to the "do it to the level of detail YOU are happy with!" I think it's nice to see, that with a little bit of extra work even a cheap basic kit can look awesome on the table 😀.

Offline CapnJim

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Thanks CapnJim.  I really enjoy putting some extra bits on the kits to make them look better.  I've been toying with the idea to maybe get hold of some interiors as well, like bar, shelves, maybe some lightning fixtures... a chandelier at the hotel would be wicked  :o.

Take a look at some of the WizKids pre-painted terrain sets.  They have a couple tavern sets that might do the trick.   

Offline terrement

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Like all of your work.

One totally unnecessary and pointless comment - I've never been fond of the poor souls who have one foot permanently attached to a rock, a log, a crate or whatever.  Looks out of place in most places and they are most often not in a place where it makes sense.  Though I'll grant an exception for Captain Morgan.   ;)

Offline Legionnaire

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Two fellas in the bounty hunters faction done. (L-R)

Eamon "Dapper Ed" O'Shaughnessey- Irish and well groomed. Bit of a gambler.

Roscoe "Ramshead" Dean- laid off cowpoke with a mean right hook.
« Last Edit: May 16, 2024, 07:24:45 AM by Legionnaire »

Offline Legionnaire

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I've finally started on the 3D printed Heroic 28mm/ 32mm stagecoach from 3D Breed.  Put it off long enough because I find the kit lovely and worried to mess it up.

Nice crisp detail, I shall rework some panelling and paint them yellow, giving the stagecoach a green and yellow theme. I have some metal detailing on the horses harnesses to add and I have printed out two pictures that will put into the round slots on the doors.

According to my brief research, most stagecoaches were either red or green and many had pictures on the doors to make them more appealing. I'll go with that.

The driver is Jamboree Johnson, he chews tobacco and no one is sure that he's actually talking English, gibberish would be more accurate. But somehow, he gets the job done and he's the vest teamster in the county.

Offline Constable Bertrand

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Re: Complete reboot of wild west collection. (28/5 stagecoach started!)
« Reply #53 on: May 30, 2024, 01:07:19 PM »
Looking good, better than the old pencil sharpeners we used to use and convert 10 years ago!  8)

 

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