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Title: Big Game Hunt on Venus: now with pictures from the battle.
Post by: Laughing Ferret on 14 July 2011, 02:06:21 AM: In a few days we're going to have a skirmish game for the Venus campaign, using the Chaos in Cairo rules, slightly modified.

I'm planning on taking pictures and doing up a battle report, but in the meantime here is the background:

(http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ6C1iAAizg1j2hxC_YkYE2Z66Psu06m5EtQyLWoELV9ndESHTPaQ&t=1)

The Zoological Institute of Progressive International Taxonomists (Z.I.P.I.T.) is offering a reward for evidence and samples of the flora & fauna of Venus: the bigger and more dangerous the better, as that sort of thing drums up public interest, and therefore, donations.

The lions share of the prize is for evidence of the mythological 'Thunder Lord' of the jungle: a picture would suffice, but bringing back the skeleton would be ideal.

Full rules and details on the blog here: http://laughingferret.blogspot.com/2011/07/venus-skirmish-game-big-game-hunt.html (http://laughingferret.blogspot.com/2011/07/venus-skirmish-game-big-game-hunt.html)

and the battle report is posted later here:
http://laughingferret.blogspot.com/2011/07/big-game-hunters-safari-on-venus-battle.html (http://laughingferret.blogspot.com/2011/07/big-game-hunters-safari-on-venus-battle.html)
Title: Re: Big Game Hunt on Venus
Post by: Belgian on 14 July 2011, 09:45:22 AM: Sounds great and I love the picture!
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Post by: Mister Rab on 14 July 2011, 12:58:15 PM: Looks like fun! Plus you get bonus pooints for using a picture of Professor Elemental as one of your characters ;)
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Post by: Sterling Moose on 14 July 2011, 03:07:12 PM: Love the concept, hate the requirement to make organisations in the VSF world have initials that make up stupid words and phrases.

Just me, the proverbial stick-in-the-mud.

Sterling
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Post by: leadfool on 16 July 2011, 10:23:21 AM: It was a great game. Looking forward to the photos.
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Post by: Skrapwelder on 16 July 2011, 05:42:10 PM: A few pictures and my own report on the great hunt:

http://rotanddrivel.com/biggamehunt.html (http://rotanddrivel.com/biggamehunt.html)

(http://rotanddrivel.com/Cytherean%20Skirmish/pulpcover.jpg)
Draniki attack a Clank

(http://rotanddrivel.com/Cytherean%20Skirmish/IMG_0044.jpg)
The verdant Cytherean wilderness.

(http://rotanddrivel.com/Cytherean%20Skirmish/IMG_0048.jpg)
Swedish hunters and their native fyrdmen. (Black Cavalier)

(http://rotanddrivel.com/Cytherean%20Skirmish/IMG_0049.jpg)
Kneemo's ironclad ruffians. (Alfik)

(http://rotanddrivel.com/Cytherean%20Skirmish/IMG_0050.jpg)
Allan Quartermain and his retinue. (Leadfool)

(http://rotanddrivel.com/Cytherean%20Skirmish/IMG_0061.jpg)
My Cytherean hunter, known in Fink-Knottle's Newt cadence as Hiss-slap, turn, turn, shuffle, slish-slide, fox trot, which roughly translated is:Shoots father of Yoo.

(http://rotanddrivel.com/Cytherean%20Skirmish/IMG_0065.jpg)
His trusty spear carrier, Slish-caw! Martha Graham, Fosse, Fosse, Hip thrust, or simply: Two Grools frakking. He is leading a band of Cytherean natives known as Innyrds.

More pictures on the sight. David (Laughing Ferret), our host, has more I'm sure. What a great game this was. He did a great job putting it all together.

Mike
Title: Re: Big Game Hunt on Venus
Post by: Ray Rivers on 16 July 2011, 05:59:15 PM: :o

Very nice!

Love the terrain and characters especially. :-*
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Post by: infelix on 16 July 2011, 06:10:26 PM: That looks like such a fun game, love the terrain and the models.
Title: Re: Big Game Hunt on Venus
Post by: Laughing Ferret on 16 July 2011, 11:10:17 PM: Adding to Mike's pictures & report,here are a few more.
(http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb16/LaughingFerretStudio/Venus%20Big%20Game%20Hunt%20Game/VenusHunt002.jpg?t=1310848244)
The hunting parties approach the fabled Thunder Valley

(http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb16/LaughingFerretStudio/Venus%20Big%20Game%20Hunt%20Game/VenusHunt012.jpg?t=1310848611)
But they are not the only ones who hunt in the Cytherian Jungles...

(http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb16/LaughingFerretStudio/Venus%20Big%20Game%20Hunt%20Game/VenusHunt023.jpg?t=1310844859)
Ambushes occur at every turn
(http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb16/LaughingFerretStudio/Venus%20Big%20Game%20Hunt%20Game/VenusHunt031.jpg?t=1310844865)

(http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb16/LaughingFerretStudio/Venus%20Big%20Game%20Hunt%20Game/VenusHunt013.jpg?t=1310844852)
Sven bags his first animal of the day.

(http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb16/LaughingFerretStudio/Venus%20Big%20Game%20Hunt%20Game/VenusHunt021.jpg?t=1310844857)
But bigger beasts await.

(http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb16/LaughingFerretStudio/Venus%20Big%20Game%20Hunt%20Game/VenusHunt026.jpg?t=1310844862)
Wonders of the past and technological age match each other up

(http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb16/LaughingFerretStudio/Venus%20Big%20Game%20Hunt%20Game/VenusHunt030.jpg?t=1310844865)
But there is only one King of the Jungle.

More pictures and long report on the blog here:
http://laughingferret.blogspot.com/2011/07/big-game-hunters-safari-on-venus-battle.htm (http://laughingferret.blogspot.com/2011/07/big-game-hunters-safari-on-venus-battle.htm)

4 players entered the jungle, each chose a Big Game Hunter, two had clanks with them, all had an assistant or two and soldiers, and the native Parrotman was the only one to show up with askari, who's shields & spears proved quite useful.

Many trophies were taken for the mantle, and in the case of Quartermaine, his prize trophy was carved into a mantle, since he had nothing too impressive to put on one ;)
Title: Re: Big Game Hunt on Venus: now with pictures from the battle.
Post by: Zazel on 17 July 2011, 12:00:05 AM: looks like you had a lot of fun and the board is wicked...
Title: Re: Big Game Hunt on Venus: now with pictures from the battle.
Post by: Criamon on 17 July 2011, 01:48:02 AM: Very good job!!!!
Title: Re: Big Game Hunt on Venus: now with pictures from the battle.
Post by: Chairface on 17 July 2011, 01:53:21 AM: Awesome board, pretty minis. Very enjoyable.
Title: Re: Big Game Hunt on Venus: now with pictures from the battle.
Post by: Black Cavalier on 17 July 2011, 06:29:57 AM: I must heartly concure with Skrapwelder, Mr Laughing Ferret ran an excellent, both with beautiful & a wide range of monsters, & also a great job stat-ing them all out using the Chaos in Cairo rules.

Each of the hunting parties had a photographer along, so below are the pictures snapped by my Big Game Hunter's camera assistant.

(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd255/Black_Cavalier_Photos/Wargaming/VSF%20Stuff/25mm/Big%20Game%20Hunting/2011-07-15_20-11-15_443.jpg)
First trophy kill, will look great over the mantle at the club.

(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd255/Black_Cavalier_Photos/Wargaming/VSF%20Stuff/25mm/Big%20Game%20Hunting/2011-07-15_23-10-11_799.jpg)
Confronted by native aggressors

(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd255/Black_Cavalier_Photos/Wargaming/VSF%20Stuff/25mm/Big%20Game%20Hunting/2011-07-15_23-08-46_838.jpg)
Second trophy kill, unfortunately there was more gas in this thing than Gladstone, so nothing left to mount.

(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd255/Black_Cavalier_Photos/Wargaming/VSF%20Stuff/25mm/Big%20Game%20Hunting/2011-07-15_22-31-02_994.jpg)
It's mother attacks

(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd255/Black_Cavalier_Photos/Wargaming/VSF%20Stuff/25mm/Big%20Game%20Hunting/2011-07-15_22-45-05_987.jpg)
And now it's a family affair

(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd255/Black_Cavalier_Photos/Wargaming/VSF%20Stuff/25mm/Big%20Game%20Hunting/2011-07-15_23-12-56_511.jpg)
Did get a few pieces from this one, the spine might make a nice walking stick

(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd255/Black_Cavalier_Photos/Wargaming/VSF%20Stuff/25mm/Big%20Game%20Hunting/2011-07-15_23-07-25_975.jpg)
Then a thunderous roar shook the jungle

(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd255/Black_Cavalier_Photos/Wargaming/VSF%20Stuff/25mm/Big%20Game%20Hunting/2011-07-15_23-06-22_389.jpg)
Luckily he was more interested in Quartermain than Swedish Buffet

(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd255/Black_Cavalier_Photos/Wargaming/VSF%20Stuff/25mm/Big%20Game%20Hunting/2011-07-15_23-30-24_765-1.jpg)
A long shot of the thunder lizard, which is the best way to photograph it

(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd255/Black_Cavalier_Photos/Wargaming/VSF%20Stuff/25mm/Big%20Game%20Hunting/2011-07-15_21-20-40_23.jpg)
And finally, the most docile and tame of creatures, a Markadon aka "the Bushwhacker"
Title: Re: Big Game Hunt on Venus: now with pictures from the battle.
Post by: leadfool on 18 July 2011, 08:43:27 AM: Markadon, hey I resemble that guy.

It was a great game. Even if Quartermain would have done better bringing a weedwhacker then a rifle. I killed 3 fast nasty lizards, 3 or 4 Draniki warriors, wounded a giant Mosquito bug, and killed a dozen walking trees. The Thunder lizard was was in my sights when the Parrotmans shot rang out and got the big kill.
Title: Re: Big Game Hunt on Venus: now with pictures from the battle.
Post by: isaanmini on 18 July 2011, 10:03:48 AM: Inspiring........
Please can you let us know where you managed to get the plants with the Berries?
I am also very impressed with the rocky outcrops, did you make them
possibly a show and tell article please.........
Barry
Title: Re: Big Game Hunt on Venus: now with pictures from the battle.
Post by: Laughing Ferret on 18 July 2011, 07:16:24 PM: Love the sepia pictures :D

isaanmini: the end of the blog post links to Alfrik's blog. He's the one who built all the plants and his blog has lots of updates on how he made the different types- it's probably in there. I know those particular trees are made from a combo of plastic plants, disposable 'dixie' drinking cups and some paper machete. The rocky crags are aquarium pieces I picked up at a pet store many years ago.
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Post by: isaanmini on 19 July 2011, 10:54:22 AM: thanks
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Post by: Doomsdave on 20 July 2011, 07:14:19 AM: Quote from: Laughing Ferret on 18 July 2011, 07:16:24 PM
paper machete.

Those are not recommended as weapons. They only inflict papercuts.
Title: Re: Big Game Hunt on Venus: now with pictures from the battle.
Post by: Black Cavalier on 23 July 2011, 07:01:45 PM: At least the skull rocks in Laughing Ferret's collection are from this pet product company

http://blueribbonpet.com/disp_prod.php?cat=9&start=6

The skull mountains can be found on amazon & ebay for about $15-20 each.

I didn't see the regular non-skull mountians there.
Title: Re: Big Game Hunt on Venus: now with pictures from the battle.
Post by: gamer Mac on 24 July 2011, 01:54:01 PM: Very nice report :-* :-*
Some lovely toys and terrain on show.
Title: Re: Big Game Hunt on Venus: now with pictures from the battle.
Post by: Belgian on 24 July 2011, 07:00:25 PM: Perfect amount of stunning VSF madness! ;D
Title: Re: Big Game Hunt on Venus: now with pictures from the battle.
Post by: Alfrik on 24 July 2011, 07:33:13 PM: The "berries" in the trees are from Plastic Flower arrangement clusters I purchased from JoAnns Crafts, usually on sale. They have various colors of pinks, reds, purples etc. Though what colors are dependent on the season flower types being offered.
Title: Re: Big Game Hunt on Venus: now with pictures from the battle.
Post by: mikedemana on 24 July 2011, 08:02:49 PM: Cool stuff...and I followed the link to the report on The Laughing Ferret.

A friend of mine runs big game dino hunts, and I've been bugging him to add in some sort of points for photography. I will direct him towards your ideas. Nice!
Mike