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Other Stuff => Workbench => Topic started by: Dr. The Viking on 06 January 2012, 01:39:19 PM
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I've plummeted into a barrel of GAFDOZ... and what better way to start it off than to create some unique (uniqueness being their most flattering feature) aliens - the Walnusians!
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-7ks3bhmfBgg/Twb4LeLQTgI/AAAAAAAAEHo/uJD7OqRjRcY/s1024/P1210669.JPG)
A bit unsure about the painting of them but purple would look nice perhaps.
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-QVQvYylPUg8/Twb4KsQgLMI/AAAAAAAAEHk/Bz70zU_Mxy8/s912/P1210666.JPG)
My desktop is rather crammed at the moment... the small spot in the corner is where I paint everything!
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I've said it before and I'll say it again. You crazy Viking! ;)
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I hate you for thinking of this before I did.
This is excellent.
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Great idea! Always love seeing other people's workbenches as well!
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Love seeing your workbench :)
Great idea as well. Purple sounds like a nice color choice, maybe with some yellow spots here and there?
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Love seeing your workbench :)
Great idea as well. Purple sounds like a nice color choice, maybe with some yellow spots here and there?
Oooh yes! Brilliant idea! And green lips! :D
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Looking forward, as ever, how this will turn out :)
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Great stuff! lol I like 'em.
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Great stuff! lol I like 'em.
Just wait till you see the tr-eye-pod :-X
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They look great! :) I made some giant beetles using walnut shells a few years back for sci-fi games. Must dig them out.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again. You crazy Viking! ;)
THE crazy Viking!! If this was Frothers I would use some more choice adjectiv ;Des
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Just wait till you see the tr-eye-pod :-X
Now you've got my attention.
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Classic Dr. The Viking! Love em
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Aliens are purple (if they aren't bright green or orange). I whole-heartedly endorse your colour scheme.
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Very, very cool.
Love the idea.
And thanks for the laugh, (more than once.)
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(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-douy9G_XsLM/TwgVZobTrdI/AAAAAAAAEIY/GVmnwZb2sOc/s912/P1210675.JPG)
I think it's moving in the right direction... really don't know how to do the teeth though!
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-qlSoJsV7BSg/TwgVaSbOH9I/AAAAAAAAEIc/GP1-yJAvQ7s/s912/P1210678.JPG)
close up of one
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Have you been watching Chorlton and the wheelies or just smoking a lot of whacky baccy?
Bonkers daft but they work
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Those look great :) Nuts in a good way. I'd go pretty route one with the teeth... the gums a pinky colour with the teeth a pale yellow hghlighted creamy white.
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Have you been watching Chorlton and the wheelies or just smoking a lot of whacky baccy?
I grew up on Looney Tunes and the tobacco never did anything for me. lol
Those look great :) Nuts in a good way. I'd go pretty route one with the teeth... the gums a pinky colour with the teeth a pale yellow hghlighted creamy white.
Might be a good way I'll see if I can make it work
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Great stuff Dr V. Looking forward to seeing what else is coming.
By the way, dont ever tidy that workbench up! If you do I will never speak to you again.
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Those look great :) Nuts in a good way. I'd go pretty route one with the teeth... the gums a pinky colour with the teeth a pale yellow hghlighted creamy white.
I agree: without some sort of ivory colouring, people might not realise they are teeth. Save the odd colouring for instantly familiar shapes of face and mouth.
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lol lol lol
Stark Raving Bonkers!
Love it!
:-*
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By the way, dont ever tidy that workbench up! If you do I will never speak to you again.
I especially enjoy the irony of the paint shelves I put on the wall behind the lamps.. once a year I put all my paint on them and then after a day or two of painting everything is back to normal and the room feels comfy again. lol
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Shouldn't they be armed with whips?
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Shouldn't they be armed with whips?
No no.. See these are the ladies of the Walnusian court. :)
In my scenario Kalle Blixt, lesser known brother of the Danish Jens Lyn (http://pegasus.dk/uploads/komiklex_200/015243gnzuuirepojbuuzu.jpg), will be summoned by the Walnusian high court to investigate the disappearance of all the women. Surely the evil Dr. Zoltron and his raygun has some part in it.
I'm planning to do some Walnusian police/enforcers and a king also. Just need a bit more fiddly bits to do it. Some culprits would perhaps also be nice.
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Sadly, these are probably too perishable to build the Walnusian enforcers around them:
(http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/zz62/SteveFlanaganUK/2012%20-%2001%20-%20Jan/walnut-whip.jpg)
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So the Walnusian princesses are done. I went with the green lips - after all they're royalty.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-M7POdFznIpE/Twn4yK6tCpI/AAAAAAAAEIk/3pGQ3OPQ4aM/s912/P1210686.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-twMp0tSaruM/Twn40czjT8I/AAAAAAAAEIw/MmY6xlJsAA8/s912/P1210690.JPG)
Size comparison
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Excellent.
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I like the pastel color scheme (reminds me of my daughters Easter basket from grandma last year). Seems appropriate for princesses. Great floating eyes too.
I try to clean my painting area of paints after each 'major' unit is complete. Doesn't last long but looks good for awhile. :)
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So the Walnusian princesses are done. I went with the green lips - after all they're royalty.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-M7POdFznIpE/Twn4yK6tCpI/AAAAAAAAEIk/3pGQ3OPQ4aM/s912/P1210686.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-twMp0tSaruM/Twn40czjT8I/AAAAAAAAEIw/MmY6xlJsAA8/s912/P1210690.JPG)
Size comparison
Nice paint scheme. Very inventive in all respects.
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I went with the green lips - after all they're royalty.
lol
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After a horrendous day at the uni I came home to a nice surprise in the letter box:
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-PDHu1BFmCXU/TxA36O1ZB_I/AAAAAAAAEJc/1yGrn-1u02I/s912/P1210699.JPG)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-tx1cc9hNtac/TxA37B64CAI/AAAAAAAAEJg/vkrRczdaoqI/s800/P1210700.JPG)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Qz3V5iJugII/TxA38ay_RII/AAAAAAAAEJk/Ik9rTYrZmgE/s640/P1210702.JPG)
The party is on! lol
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Love the aliens! And hey.....I recognise those figures and rules! lol
Hope you enjoy them.
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I ffinally got some painting done:
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-U2gO2ab_JtU/TxlvZsrmSRI/AAAAAAAAEKk/YWeG_I-A7RA/s912/P1210738.JPG)
The beginning of Cygnus Robot Legion, which will be featured in Episode 1 of the Adventures of Kalle Blixt.
This entry breaks two of the rules I had set for the project: 1) All Bob Olley miniatures (part from my own) and 2) No rip off colour schemes.. ;D
I thought a lot about how to paint them and I simply realised that I thought the standard metal scheme from Hydra Miniatures was brilliant. So metal it had to be. o_o
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uCTNgC4bz3k/Txlvaur7c7I/AAAAAAAAEKs/XHnccNaPd3Y/s800/P1210739.JPG)
Now on the work bench is Cygnus (in a Dr. Doom inspired attire) and his loyal robot guard.. Stay tuna.
I got some Olley trolls and ogres that will be wild men from some planet and live in a cave. Preferably Planet of The Dinousaurs which I also have to make.
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What a nice project! Like the idea of using Olley’s trolls and ogres, I’m a fan of Bob’s work and especially like his fantasy interpretations.
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What a nice project! Like the idea of using Olley’s trolls and ogres, I’m a fan of Bob’s work and especially like his fantasy interpretations.
Thanks! Well I'm a huge fan of Bob's (well his work anyway) and I've always been wanting to do something with the stuff he's put out over the recent years (scrunts and whatnot)... so I expect scrunts to find their way into this too. Love the little daxes he's done too. lol
Well other than The Robot Legion of Doom it will be all Olley from here.
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And hey.....I recognise those figures and rules! lol
Me too. Nice artwork...;)
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Well I'm not working my behind off doing this.. organic chemistry ate my baby! But I'd still like to post a little just to keep the idea alive.
Since this is a WIP/conceptual/painting thread I feel OK about not posting paint all the time. lol
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qp6oVbcRX8w/TzIiFfKDA3I/AAAAAAAAELY/XnfX8L4v0jY/s640/P1210765.JPG)
Here are the Ogres I mentioned. I'm thinking a proper blue/coloured job would give them the hint of Trek needed for them to be cave marauders on some strange planet that Blixt will set his feet upon. They're always looking for fresh meat.
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-bROX_BeXVzw/TzIiF6AAmzI/AAAAAAAAELk/e9UtGs6p0KE/s912/P1210766.JPG)
These 'stirges' were a must. A nice alien natural wild encounter on Planet Z. I imagine they'll be on the same planet as the cave marauders.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Lr0dS_T1ni4/TzIiHYNYkBI/AAAAAAAAELs/0Gz765A50zI/s800/P1210767.JPG)
I decided that mr. Blixt should have a side kick and this old space pirate will be it. Not much to say other than that.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-wXYybMwPofc/TzIiH9VyhFI/AAAAAAAAELw/apHHKgSJ5OI/s912/P1210768.JPG)
I found this ray gun! Now that has to be perfect for retro sci-fi evil overlord plans, eh?
Oh yes and finally I've also been doing a bit of scratch building and I hope to present a finished piece soon!:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GKefCHBbeQo/TzIiD9YB-GI/AAAAAAAAELQ/pSsZnOQK3iA/s800/P1210763.JPG)
What is going on in the laboratory?!
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-qFLsVIsRjQc/TzIiETc50xI/AAAAAAAAELU/pWkwieKTzQc/s912/P1210764.JPG)
!?
And yes yes - my next post will have paint in it... or on it!
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Excellent thread and nice to see some more GAFDOZ figures painted up :)
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Excellent thread and nice to see some more GAFDOZ figures painted up :)
Hehe well I don't know if that is a joke or not, but I will get some actual GAFDOZ minis done soon too. lol
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Hehe well I don't know if that is a joke or not, but I will get some actual GAFDOZ minis done soon too. lol
No joke, I painted all of the GAFDOZ figures that Craig uses on his Killer-B website ;)
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Wait...is that masking tape covering the hole in the washer?
Good grief, that's brilliant!
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No joke, I painted all of the GAFDOZ figures that Craig uses on his Killer-B website ;)
Haha oooh okay! Cracking job you did too. I really like your take on the Lost Legion.
I thought your comment was ironic in that I have yet to show a single painted GAFDOZ mini (although several minis of other makes have made it to the thread) yet. lol lol
Wait...is that masking tape covering the hole in the washer?
Good grief, that's brilliant!
You know - that's the exact comment I made in 2004 when I saw a guy doing it to the bases of his undead warhammer camels. lol
Masking tape indeed. People seem to have all sorts of worries that 'it won't be sturdy enough' and put green stuff on instead... but I may be a peculiar fellow in that respect as I never put my bases on pointy sticks, thus minimizing the risk of penetration and the bases being scandalized. Hmm this sounds soo wrong.
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I am very looking forward to painted Olley's trolls!
Masking tape indeed. People seem to have all sorts of worries that 'it won't be sturdy enough' and put green stuff on instead...
It's sturdy enough, definitely. I'm using scotch tape and it works fine as well.
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I'm using scotch tape and it works fine as well.
I'm glad to read that I'm not the only one who does that....
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I use the masking tape thing too. Haven't had a problem yet.
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(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-3dv8PiNigLQ/TzQt066AqII/AAAAAAAAEL8/3SCC8g1wm-c/s512/P1210769.JPG)
The eyepod is coming along nicely... I don't even know how it's going to fit into the story. I do know however that I will present teh game as a serial of three episodes. And the players get to dice to see what goes on in each. Everything will be pretty random so first you probably roll 'what happened', then 'who did it happen to' and then 'who did it' and so on.. So each sometimes a walnusian will be kidnapped by an evil robot and Kalle Blixt will come to the rescue. Other times a robot will be kidnapped by a Walnusian and Kalle Blixt will once again have to sort it out.
A bit like the old encounter table from Rogue Trader, only worse.
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ebb53QAxhL0/TzQt1h-eKVI/AAAAAAAAEME/J3ob_b3UaNw/s640/P1210770.JPG)
I'm thinking this might be a funny addition too
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Wow, this is going to be good..
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Those are neat. Kind of reminds me of the eyebot thing from Jonny Quest.
(http://www.technovelgy.com/graphics/content10/jonny-quest-robot-spy.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v-pn0UMQ5us/TkLQSXyFjWI/AAAAAAAAA0A/0aeJoC8Sn1M/s1600/JonnyQuest2.jpg)
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Dr. The Viking, I think you're probably the most imaginative contributor to this forum.
Really great stuff and some wonderful ideas.
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Those are neat. Kind of reminds me of the eyebot thing from Jonny Quest.
(http://www.technovelgy.com/graphics/content10/jonny-quest-robot-spy.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v-pn0UMQ5us/TkLQSXyFjWI/AAAAAAAAA0A/0aeJoC8Sn1M/s1600/JonnyQuest2.jpg)
This is my inspiration for my own walker actually. I have always remembered it form the first time i saw it.
Grimm
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(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pwaTrngxQXQ/Tzd_HOPP6LI/AAAAAAAAEMc/38GwOMHbSfM/s720/P1210775.JPG)
Cygnus the Robot Master
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-_tv1PwhZVzE/Tzd_GRuhg0I/AAAAAAAAEMQ/_vB_DfCokEo/s800/P1210774.JPG)
...from behind
I will probably never really understand metal paints. Wish I had Vallejo liquid, but I don't. lol
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6rzLTOaJoAI/Tzd_HsIW3SI/AAAAAAAAEMg/fFI3JhBfK3Q/s720/P1210779.JPG)
Work has started on Kalle Blixt and a cave maruader too...
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I took an executive decision and finished the rest of the evil robots:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Nfa7HZUmfc0/Tze5M4zQZUI/AAAAAAAAEM4/U4H97j8VuPk/s912/P1210781.JPG)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-9T7VXBDpTgI/Tze5N6PBcYI/AAAAAAAAEM8/aUuPBAJSZy4/s912/P1210785.JPG)
The lot
That's the whole of my first faction done. I think their terrain should be all metal too. Wouldn't that be awesome? I mean a complete metal-episode. I just need to find a decor pebble can in silver..
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That looks so good!
Metal terrain is a good idea.
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The robots turned out very nicely! Well done.
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Metal terrain is a good idea.
Yeah! I'm thinking that I could do it... Although terrain for each faction was not part of the initial plan. BUT - if I'm going to have a project run for 2 years it should be manageable.
I'm tempted to include a lot of old print cards in the scenery too. Or something similar. Maybe it's a bit over much. It's when it's wrong it's right. lol
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Yeah! I'm thinking that I could do it... Although terrain for each faction was not part of the initial plan. BUT - if I'm going to have a project run for 2 years it should be manageable.
I would finish all the figures/gangs first. Then if the inspiration is still alive, go for terrain parts.
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"A compete metal-episode"
That would be some heavy metal. :D
OK, back to my room now. :'(
I'm loving this thread.
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Impressive robot legion! :-*
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Super robots! The Robot Master is especially cool!
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Super robots! The Robot Master is especially cool!
I'm happy you like that one... little geezer almost had me giving up at a point. Didn't know what to do about the plume. I think I might have to get another one and take the plume off and paint him up the same way as the first. ???
Or maybe three more without plumes and call the apprentices! :-* lol
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I just have to share this page I just found by fellow toy builder Bob Rosenberg:
http://www.obscure.org/~bob/toys/index.html
this got my attention:
(http://www.obscure.org/~bob/toys/sbrain1.jpg)
lol lol
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I think I might have to get another one and take the plume off and paint him up the same way as the first. ???
I imagine there are lots of opportunities for moding the miniature. Crest, open right hand, staff. Lots of stuff.
Perhaps a personal guard?
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I'm a wee bit late to this project, but everything is really cool!! Out of a good bunch im loving the robot army best! Also thanks for putting me on to Hydra Miniatures, I hadn't heard of them before.
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(http://www.obscure.org/~bob/toys/sbrain1.jpg)
Scorpion brain! how silly is that? And how great :)
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(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-iorj66MQisM/Tz0Jkn_WpvI/AAAAAAAAENI/HH_OwPD9ups/s912/P1210803.JPG)
Kalle Blixt - the main character of my show!
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Splendid paint job! Really super!
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Nicely done :)
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Thanks!
I've begun the work on his ship... got lucky in Toys'R'Us lol
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Excellent job on Blixt! :-*
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It's all looking excellent Dr V, looking forward to the next installment.
I've begun the work on his ship... got lucky in Toys'R'Us lol
What did you find ya b**tard!? I scour my local Toys 'R' Us for bargains and always find bugger all!
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Great paint job on Blixt. :-*
The yellow and blue combo looks sweet.
Can't wait to see more.
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What did you find ya b**tard!? I scour my local Toys 'R' Us for bargains and always find bugger all!
Well... it might not be a 'find' as much as yet something I found.
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-UBkh5t7cMAI/Tz5qiQQhaBI/AAAAAAAAENQ/Tt3XshxYAl0/s512/P1210806.JPG)
But it will be mightily useful for me as Kalle Blixt's rocket ship!
It a cheap playmobil (for even smaller children) rocket.
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-mUE5s5dH17Q/Tz5qj5LPehI/AAAAAAAAENY/Wyzb2u5ft4o/s912/P1210810.JPG)
And the next faction arrived from Killer B Games just today! Behold the awesome Colony of The Magma Men!
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZqC5GHm6xPc/Tz5qjHwo5mI/AAAAAAAAENU/5DuvgRAONic/s912/P1210808.JPG)
I was a bit surprised to see that the model I'll be using for Werner Blitz (Klug Pluton) was rather large. But OK - Werner will be bigger than Jens and Kalle then. Maybe he'll shrink when I paint him..
And now here's a piece of music to fill the intermission, happy weekends!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_402744&feature=iv&src_vid=f3LLX9ThXjI&v=lAihDAJX8Ow
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Excellent. I see you've employed some Svennn Productions rivet strips already. I've been utilising some of those recently.
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Awesome and Awful at the same time. I love it! :-*
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Great progress! THis is just getting more and more crazy :)
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(http://www.twins4ever.dk/cougarscorner/uploads/med_gallery_179_5_250242.jpg)
I did a wee test painting of a lava man. I think it's OK despite the use of dry brushing?!
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Should be alright :)
But, maybe an extra splash of dark colours on the crust would enhance the lava?
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Looks good to be. :-*
Maybe a little more red mid-tones?
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(http://www.twins4ever.dk/cougarscorner/uploads/gallery_179_5_290705.jpg)
Group shot
And details:
(http://www.twins4ever.dk/cougarscorner/uploads/gallery_179_5_97008.jpg)
(http://www.twins4ever.dk/cougarscorner/uploads/gallery_179_5_10896.jpg)
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lava-tastic! :-*
Nice work. I really like the scepter.
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Work work work and I get nothing done!
I'm trying to finish a lot of stuff for a lot of different games as always.
Firstly I'm working on a Gloire project.. a pulpy one at that.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/clovermilk/Gloire/WIP/P1220327.jpg)
So here's: Athos, Darthos, Aramthos and Pathos - the three + one musketeers helping out Don Armando in our continuous story line.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/clovermilk/Gloire/WIP/P1220328.jpg)
A few of the personage I'm also adding. The next scenario will hopefully feature all or some of them. Especially the girl.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/clovermilk/Gloire/WIP/P1220329.jpg)
And where's musketeers there's bound to be cardinals guard also! Everyone knows.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/clovermilk/Gloire/WIP/P1220330.jpg)
At this year's Horisont convention I'm presenting a small skirmish called 'Don Diego Did It!' with the lovely miniatures from Boothill. Ideally I'll figure out how to make burning miniature torches and give the game a summer nightly feel.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/clovermilk/Gloire/WIP/P1220331.jpg)
And lastly I'm still rummaging around the pirates theme...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/clovermilk/Gloire/WIP/P1220332.jpg)
... getting ready for Åcon
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/clovermilk/Gloire/WIP/P1220326.jpg)
And vikotnik is bringing goblin pirates so I had to retaliate with a mystical crew also lol
Other than that I'm working on a new presentation game that I hope will strike the same chords as my Vikings vs. Owlbears did. It'll be called Attack of The Vegan Cannibals and the basic story is this:
Just a mile out of town a vegan cult was having a lovefest to celebrate Mother Earth. But by some evil trickery their punch bowl with vegetable juice was infected with a flesh-to-plant turning bacteria that suddenly turned them all into horrible cadaver like vegetables!
All their inner hatred for mankind and the way it treats living creature and other vegetables overcame them and they set off to avenge their brethren in the local township.
So the basic game is something about a group of ad hoc investigators and some goverment cover up guys battling it out trying to find out what happened to the vegans. The goverment will try to cover it all up (doh) and the investigators will try to single out the source of the accident. And of course both sides will battle living trees, vegetables and fruity queens along the way.
What'd'ya think!? o_o
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/clovermilk/Gloire/WIP/P1220331.jpg)
Le Chuck Revenge ! :D (amiga fan inside) ;)
I you want to find ideas about vegetables fighting, don't miss the French Hero : I call LEGUMAN !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvvDylTx5nw
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/clovermilk/Gloire/WIP/P1220331.jpg)
Le Chuck Revenge ! :D (amiga fan inside) ;)
I you want to find ideas about vegetables fighting, don't miss the classic 80's French Hero : I call LEGUMAN !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvvDylTx5nw
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some fine stuff there, like the idea to put Olley's Dwarves to the bunch, looking forward to see the finished versions!
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some fine stuff there, like the idea to put Olley's Dwarves to the bunch, looking forward to see the finished versions!
It will be AWESOME§! :o lol lol
Man that is some spaced out French TV... I had to watch without sound, but I feel pretty confident that it still made perfect sense... or nonsense! ;D
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Man that is some spaced out French TV... I had to watch without sound, but I feel pretty confident that it still made perfect sense... or nonsense
You need the sound ! And translation lol
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:D
Last night I had another two splendid games of Gloire. Must say that the system really appeals to me so far. Of course Don Armando was featured again and wound up in lots of trouble.
Today I'm thinking that if they don't already exist some one ought to make LAF coffee mugs! I'll buy two!
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Just wanted to add links to all my three Gloire Reports here in one go:
All the King's Letters: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=41872.0
Chapel of Love: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=42063.0
In the Still of The Night: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=42096.0
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Doh!
How did I miss this thread for soo long?
As I'm just starting a "Retro Sci Fi" project myself, your great selection of minis and beautiful pain jobs are a source of inspiration.
And your scratch built models are just BRILLIANT and I'll have to steal ermmm... I mean try a similar idea.
Thanks for sharing.
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More rampage:
NOw I'm working on these:
(http://www.twins4ever.dk/cougarscorner/uploads/med_gallery_179_5_448854.jpg)
(http://www.twins4ever.dk/cougarscorner/uploads/med_gallery_179_5_421236.jpg)
(http://www.twins4ever.dk/cougarscorner/uploads/gallery_179_5_316322.jpg)
Kind of lost it a bit there with the voodoo queen but I had no idea what to do with a dress other than pull it off... so I tried flowers.
Should I deflower her again?
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I love the yellow on the marine. :-*
The pirate captives look really cool.
Kind of lost it a bit there with the voodoo queen but I had no idea what to do with a dress other than pull it off... so I tried flowers.
Should I deflower her again?
lol
Bright yellow flowers seem a little out of place for a voodoo queen, but they look good!
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Kind of lost it a bit there with the voodoo queen but I had no idea what to do with a dress other than pull it off... so I tried flowers.
Should I deflower her again?
What you might want to do is to get a balance between 'real' and 'fantastic'.
At real vodou ceremonies, the dominant colour is white. This is then accented by a small addition of colour – which colour that is depends on the vodou spirit being honoured.
For example, here's a photo I took at Fete Gede, which is the Vodou feast of the dead. The colour of the Gede spirits is purple:
(http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/qq291/oxianaboy/PB010118.jpg)
So, just a hint of colour on a base of white should capture the mood.
Hope that gives you some inspiration! :)
(Writing from Port-au-Prince – official LAF Haiti correspondent! lol)
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Kind of lost it a bit there with the voodoo queen but I had no idea what to do with a dress other than pull it off... so I tried flowers.
Should I deflower her again?
Admit it, the only reason you painted flowers was so you could ask that question!
Really nice work. I quite like the flowers. Don't you think that the space marine is a wee bit over powered for a game with pirates? lol
Cheers
Andy
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He is clearly not a space marine, he is a space pirate ;) (Well, actually he is an Alternative Armies Retained Knight)
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YES!
After being tested in the Schrödinger equation and receiving an A I am now officially on holidays! That means painting! :D :D
I here by swear that the next I post in this thread here on the LAF will include something newly built or painted!
Happy holidays and y'all take care now. ;D
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YES!
After being tested in the Schrödinger equation and receiving an A I am now officially on holidays! That means painting! :D :D
I here by swear that the next I post on the LAF will include something newly built or painted!
Happy holidays and y'all take care now. ;D
Congratulations! I knew you were physical... ;)
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So in my usual contempt for proper handy work and general lack of time I'm trying to finish a British Fort and my pirate ship for the weekend in one day:
Here are the mere beginnings:
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-l2tp8KR-p8Y/T-rcBr1boZI/AAAAAAAAEd4/X5Wl3LCV8Ok/s767/P1220508.JPG)
First the basic shape
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-gI3k8XGMf7g/T-rcGvDkxQI/AAAAAAAAEeI/6qAmoAOwYrM/s767/P1220510.JPG)
And then some fast planking...
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-y5btSXelcJo/T-rcEh7-_YI/AAAAAAAAEeA/1AXRkgqHJbs/s767/P1220509.JPG)
The boat! lol
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Slow progress:
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-SduNwys_7Zs/T-sK7fbsKcI/AAAAAAAAEfM/RLSXwhQtxZ8/s767/P1220515.JPG)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-NCJdIkLPaHY/T-sK5ie30-I/AAAAAAAAEfE/kigMBhGXS7g/s767/P1220514.JPG)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-cGeHvHPKaQc/T-sK4XlkUnI/AAAAAAAAEe8/7tUlnsEbUBM/s767/P1220513.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-w6BjV1dNYAA/T-sK2plEFJI/AAAAAAAAEe0/kr46YGIik18/s767/P1220512.JPG)
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Fantastic beginnings.
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Good start Thorbjørn, nice use of milk cartons!
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Great stuff!
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Good start Thorbjørn, nice use of milk cartons!
I have to agree, inspirational use of them lol
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I have to agree, inspirational use of them lol
Moths are the necessity of invention, as I always say.
But I hope it's going to work. lol
Maybe I could dub it Fort Lait... and then it could sub as a fort for my French Legion in VSF.
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Just call it 'Fort Late' then, instant joke material... lol
:o The ship! You are nearly finished! ...in one day! I needed three effing weeks just to paint mine!
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Love that yellow marine :-* :-* :-*
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I've been at since 9'o'clock this morning:
Boat's got gun ports now... 8 in total. Very crude and ad hoc, but that's all I can do...
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-8xs5TSvc1yU/T-wwyRNgOeI/AAAAAAAAEgI/EtoIsdgMnJ4/s903/P1220517.JPG)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TvPP2-uFGls/T-ww034FXKI/AAAAAAAAEgQ/2lAQB4eo8ho/s574/P1220518.JPG)
And I put a sail on it.. lol
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-dUMVHciKIjI/T-wv-
sONFMI/AAAAAAAAEfo/M1fOlhqxz9I/s903/P1220519.JPG)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-CtTKKlmgsNc/T-www3hWsrI/AAAAAAAAEgA/cOqIsNBenqc/s746/P1220516.JPG)
The fort got a lick of paint. Again very crude, but I don't have the time. lol
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Yeah, you're gonna make it!
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More stuff!
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tr1Pacsgq-E/T-xER0rfLZI/AAAAAAAAEgk/sZQJFQ8u-mE/s903/P1220520.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Wzbu6H50e8g/T-xEV1wtGlI/AAAAAAAAEg0/c7FwcQlqTcg/s575/P1220522.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-DNa_Fd9SpjU/T-xEZSYXAGI/AAAAAAAAEhE/nbbrzDF5zDs/s898/P1220524.JPG)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Ws1lty4hSh4/T-xEbhzbi3I/AAAAAAAAEhM/XcGfh-SuQ5w/s761/P1220525.JPG)
Aqaaargh
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-N64dn-qqqZc/T-xM45YL_5I/AAAAAAAAEh0/C87H_-3dUAI/s767/P1220528.JPG)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-AEnyS_FHjlc/T-xM7O_zDGI/AAAAAAAAEh8/SfO3cThPWjo/s851/P1220529.JPG)
Barring the windows the fort is done..
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Nice job on the fort. :-*
Man, that is what I call FAST building! :o
What material did you use for the rock formations?
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How did I miss this thread? Very inspirational.
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Like your fort.
Very well done in the small time you worked on it.
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Phew!
Åcon has come and gone. Too fast in my humble opinion. I'll share with you here a brief overview of the convention.
We had 128 m2 of tent set up this year all courtesy of Castor on this forum. There were some 15 participants in all through the weekend. We had Barbara The Barbarian and loads of beer chilling in a Hello Kitty pool.
Thursday:
Thursday night we had a deranged game of "Røvede Stationsby" in which the Death Lords had arrived on Earth to eliminate the planet's only meteor laser.
The Death Lords wanted to use their meteor slingshot to pulverize the Earth and then use an intergalactic vacuum cleaner to gather up the mineral cloud afterwards.
To aid them in their quest they'd animated the entire local museum, which was at the time displaying a selection of the world deadliest inhabitants through time: Mammoths, romans, cavemen and dinosaurs!
Opposite the Death Lords was the usual rowdy crowd of police, swat and the fellow-townswoman of 50 foot size and some private contractors called The Tiger Force.
And here are some photos... while they may not look the part the fun that was had more than made up for it:
(http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t75/Fredejensen/random%20encounters/a4c2b3a1.jpg)
Mammoth bowling commencing
(http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t75/Fredejensen/random%20encounters/0128adf9.jpg)
The police are getting ready to recieve a swarm of pilum
(http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t75/Fredejensen/random%20encounters/45807ced.jpg)
The table from one end..
Saturday
We also had a wee pirate game that featured vikings, dwarves in leopard skin hats, goblins and pirates!
(http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t75/Fredejensen/random%20encounters/0ba19550.jpg)
Here the dwarves and the crew of Sir John Glutton Smythe are fighting out his birthday at the local inn
(http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t75/Fredejensen/random%20encounters/2f4e13a2.jpg)
(http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t75/Fredejensen/random%20encounters/ba7d4953.jpg)
(http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t75/Fredejensen/random%20encounters/3e0260cd.jpg?t=1341174418)
(http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t75/Fredejensen/random%20encounters/8ea18390.jpg?t=1341174413)
(http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t75/Fredejensen/random%20encounters/f8955300.jpg?t=1341174431)
(http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t75/Fredejensen/random%20encounters/997348c8.jpg?t=1341174424)
There will probably be a more dedicated coverage of this later.. :)
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Looks like much fun was had. And it's good to see familiar figures in unfamiliar uses.
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And it's good to see familiar figures in unfamiliar uses.
I believe that is fast becoming our specialty lol
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Phew!
We also had a wee pirate game that featured vikings, dwarves in leopard skin hats, goblins and pirates!
(http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t75/Fredejensen/random%20encounters/0ba19550.jpg)
Here the dwarves and the crew of Sir John Glutton Smythe are fighting out his birthday at the local inn
Actually that is a picture of the Dwarves fighting Sven Flækskalle and his Viking crew. I did not take any pictures of the barfight with sir John Glutton Smythe I totally forgot in all the chaos and mayhem.
And also Jaay my first post and me out of lurkdom.
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Here's a few photos of the game, featuring a few of Thorbjørn's mini's and terrain, plus a few of LAF's other members.
End game start up:
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0024.jpg)
A view of the Viking short boat, just before it got sunk. Viewed from Le Chuck's ship:
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0027-2.jpg)
The sinking of '(whatever-it's-name-was-after-it-had-changed-hands)'. Viewed from Le Chuck's ship
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0025.jpg)
The sinking of the Unthinkable. Viewed from Le Chuck's ship:
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0021-3.jpg)
The sneaky pirates leave the scene of their crime, leaving two ships burning and sinking (a re-occurring theme maybe?)
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0023-1.jpg)
Cannibal island:
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0020-3.jpg)
The brave defenders of St. Røvede:
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0019-2.jpg)
A deserted island becomes the fighting ground of two crews, Le Chuck's zombie pirates and the crocodiles of the Voodoo Queen:
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0018-2.jpg)
And yes the Zombie pirates sunk three ships and had their hands in sinking two others - Great fun! ;)
Duncan
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Lovely stuff!
I might have to paint up a warband of pirates for Horizont ;) Krabbkuken Karlsson will destroy them lesser pirates!
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I might have to paint up a warband of pirates for Horizont ;)
A mighty fine idea! We should all do and get together in one giant battle. Ze Germans will roll cheap rum barrels over the border to make sure everyone is in a piraty (is that a word?) mood :D
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Wow! What a really fun looking con. :-*
The overall quality of the miniatures and boards was amazing. :o
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You crazy Viking lol
cheers
James
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You crazy Viking lol
cheers
James
Join the dark side, Jim!
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So on the workbench this week are new citizens of Røvede:
(http://www.twins4ever.dk/cougarscorner/uploads/gallery_179_5_672208.jpg)
First I'm making 6 Star Trek conventioneers... or are they? Maybe they really are time travelling Klingons?
And secondly three vampire kids that are going to hang around the play grounds of Røvede.
More interestingly the second coming seems to have come and gone... or at least lost it's momentum. Jesus arrived in Røvede during 1989 and found the place so horridly depraved and depressed that he gave up and moved into a flat over the local grill and bar - "Røvede Bodega & Grill". He changed his name to Jens Christian Snedkersen and now goes round town searching for beer with his good eye closed waiting to lead an uprising against Stein Bagger - the ultimate evil ruler of Røvede.
And lastly there's Elvis... who's toting guns and throwing grenades in his music shop in town center as he's been since he fled the spot light in the seventies.
(http://www.twins4ever.dk/cougarscorner/uploads/gallery_179_5_1492236.jpg)
I've also begun work on the first of the tanks of the Python corporation. A terrorist organisation hell bent on throwing down the rules of law and installing anarchy instead. They'll be attacking Røvede in force at the next Åcon in one year.
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What the... Who the... Whaaa'?
:-* :-* :-*
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You crazy Viking lol
This lol
cheers
James
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I love all things dinosaur and lost world. And I'm now going to attempt to copy WolfGirls nice terrain for my own collection...
Basiscly the first thing here is some kind of jungle rock with a podium on top where the jungle people can sacrifice to the lizard gods.
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-w0i6CuFYDls/T_VWn0xsLAI/AAAAAAAAElg/DYt_bHzYXoE/s575/20120705_103001.jpg)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sTjxsBV3IK0/T_VWsc2rYSI/AAAAAAAAElo/lOg0TdFW-MA/s575/20120705_103005.jpg)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-JiMVaiND1bI/T_VWuuNvJYI/AAAAAAAAElw/rr1FI4CJ6ko/s801/20120705_103012.jpg)
Here the blood of innocents will be spilled
I also dug out this old piece and am a bit in doubt where to go with it... either make it fit in my adobe city or let it be ork?!
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-91iOk7nVCso/T_VWyj9UGrI/AAAAAAAAEl4/RAzYDk9g-BI/s575/20120705_103124.jpg)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RmJbuUMH9OY/T_VW0MJirmI/AAAAAAAAEmA/t3NLZANVlrI/s575/20120705_103133.jpg)
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(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-WWRpnp-c-ro/T_WL0QNzJHI/AAAAAAAAEmg/h98o_63LjAE/s767/20120705_134327+%281%29.jpg)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-CIyzxIcgaSw/T_WL3l8oBcI/AAAAAAAAEmo/EED90rvcE74/s665/20120705_134327.jpg)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-GpMgsUf-HqE/T_WL79IhQ-I/AAAAAAAAEmw/TO0fq-XZPKY/s575/20120705_134337+%281%29.jpg)
Hmmm... not entirely satisfied. As if they don't look crowded enough. But then again - I do want to use them for gaming too.... should be room to place the minis.
I think I'll try sticking a few more palm trees on them eventually.
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(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-THA3hKgEouw/T_gx8nHoCdI/AAAAAAAAEnU/HFK5zsqPVpc/s767/2012-07-07.jpg)
More jungle on the way to the lost world.
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-eDpTEIL1uo4/T_gx_6SejdI/AAAAAAAAEns/hghNlhtjPIg/s767/2012-07-07.jpg)
A downed aeroplane and a parachute in a tree or hanging from a cliff is next on my to do schedule also.
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Looking good. I really like the rock formations, exactly what any Lost World needs.
More jungle on the way to the lost world.
Can never have enough jungle... ;)
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Looking good!! What's your grass made from?
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Looking good!! What's your grass made from?
It's some kinda Russian plastic aquarium plant that I got off of Cap Blood at blam . Dunno where he got it.
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OK... now.. this is a bit of a painful post for me to write, because I really love the Killer B miniatures and the whole idea behind their games. And I wish the best for the guy doing it all. :)
On the same page I actually paid £10 for a nice and shiny rules book from them. And here's where things get ugly I think.
Having read the rule book and being a bit 'hmmm.. maybe it'll all work when I get it on the table' I had set up for a game of Kalle Blixt vs. The Robot Master
I had invited Dr. Zombie over so we doctors could examine the inner workings of this new specimen. 8)
Here are some shots of the setup:
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-vhU33caSyO8/T_qC3p_JZjI/AAAAAAAAEok/l-ozdaL1iLY/s767/11b24ad2.jpg)
Cygnus is trying to hot wire the Walnusian princess to sacrifice her to the Gods of Thunder
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-lWw0ElRxyfE/T_qC4ys8bdI/AAAAAAAAEos/5jkb7aBag14/s767/a89065a5.jpg)
Kalle Blixt is en route to stop said Cygnus
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-2uYBAwd6c6s/T_qC6P7u-OI/AAAAAAAAEo0/i-aZQQcUpwQ/s767/e6f1f0ee.jpg)
Overview of the luscious jungle.
So what was wrong?
Well for starters. There are things that are missing.
The rules do not mention what turn sequence is used... what table size is 'standard'... how much terrain the author thinks works.
The rules refer to a 'charge' - but nowhere does it say what compromises a charge. And it's even rather important as the figures charging get a bonus... AND the figures being charged get a penalty.
There are more such weird omissions throughout the book. One of the better is 'to the rescue' - a cool special move that your hero can make to save another figure. Only problem is the rules don't explain how it works. Only that the figure is saved. :-X
First there's an attack phase and then a 'to the rescue' phase. Nowhere does it say if figures that died in the attack phase are eligible for saving later. But we ruled that that was probably the idea. ???
Then there's the set up or layout of the book. For instance the rules for fighting are written under the introductory review of the stats... under the 'brawn' stat. Now this might make sense to some, but not to me. I'd like a paragraph called 'combat' or something and have all the combat rules in there.
The example armylists include units that doesn't feature in the book and wrong points costs for units listed just above the example. Now this is not a big thing at all. But it signals to me that very little in the way of proof reading was done.
AND on top of that, what about the rest of the rules. Well this is purely subjective in opinion (I think the above is more objective in nature) but even here the game totally fails to me. ::)
First off every figure has AP - adventure points. Even the lowest minion has to keep track of how much he moved and how many points he spent. In the example armylists there are some 30-50 figures on each side and I just don't see how keeping track of that many figures would ever be fun. Just a lot of work.
Shooting seemed like it was almost impossible to hit. You roll 2d6 and hit a target based on the range band you're in. For example at long ranges a rifle will hit at basic 8. A shot costs 2 AP.
A standard shot - Unaimed - gives you a -2 penalty... for one AP point more you get a +2 aiming bonus. Now is that a total of +0 or +2? I said 0 Dr. Zombie said +2. After playing a little finding that it was impossible to hit anything I went along with +2.
OK so the list of modifiers goes on. If you moving, that's -1, if your target moved that's another -2, if he's obscured that's another -2. The terrain we used made and the fact that we moved a lot made it -7 most of the time and -11 to hit heroes as they are more difficult to hit.
This in my subjective opinion coupled with the fact that the basic figure has 4-5 AP and you can only move 4cm/AP makes for a very very slow game. A minion moving flat out over good ground will move 16cm. And be impossible to hit.
Next once you hit something it automatically dies almost. Most things having just 3-4 Life Points and the standard rifle dealing 1d6+1 damage no matter who you are.
Close combat is not to my liking either. When I read the thing I was confused but thought the idea that the hero could fight off a group of minions easily was cool.
However as was disclosed by our game you move in one phase and initiate a combat in the next. So if you go first you can never attack a target that doesn't want to be attacked, because it gets to move after you and then just moves away... when the attack phase comes you're not in basetobase and can't iniatite anything. Clumsy.
Maybe this is where the missing charge rules are meant to do something. (I sincerely apologize if this is all down to a mistake on our behalf of not finding the charging rules).
So all in all, my verdict is that GAFDOZ is a rules set that has some great ideas for what should be in a retro sci-fi set. Rules for setting traps, sacrifing henchmen, red jersey troopers taking hits for characters and so on.. but the execution is sooo poor that it seems inaccessible to people like me (in fact I think modern physics melt next to this). o_o
I'm not a power gamer or anything of that ilk, but this left me thinking that it was possibly the worst rules I have ever played. :?
As mentioned earlier though I love the range Craig has build and I love the whole idea of retro gaming. But I just have to write this as I did spend the money... now to make amends I will go to the KillerB site and order Rukbat and some more stuff. :D
KillerB should stay focused on miniatures and skip the rules. I don't know about the new supplement they have out, but I hope that it's compatible with other rules and mainly just a narrative. lol
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Those rules do sound a little 'undertested', to say the least, but I kept getting distracted by the pics of your wonderful scenery set-up, so could not make more of a comment than that, as I kept dribbling while looking at that fantastic jungle setting!
:-* :-* :-*
Sod the rules, just admire the scenery........ ::)
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Sod the rules, just admire the scenery........ ::)
Hehe thanks. Well in my world the rules are meant to make the game fun, and not obstruct the story. If they can handle that I think the rules are good. But I just didn't find that these particular rules were capable of not rendering our story defunct. lol
So I'm basicly just saying that I'm not going to use these rules for my presentation of my retro sci-fi project at Horsiont next year.
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But it was definately a memorable game...
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Looks good, I'll just ignore the rules part, I have no idea of that kind of stuff anyway.
It usually seems like we invent half the rules as we go along anyway, so I guess your game was not so much different than usual. lol
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Nice minis, nice paint job, nice scenery... sorry about the rules.
I just got the pre-release of "The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Dick Garrison" from Wargames Supply Dump, and gave them a quick read.
At first glance, they look ok, but I haven´t played any game yet.
Anyhow, I hope to see some more of your fantastic painted miniatures in the near future.
Thanks for sharing.
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Nice minis, nice paint job, nice scenery... sorry about the rules.
I just got the pre-release of "The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Dick Garrison" from Wargames Supply Dump, and gave them a quick read.
At first glance, they look ok, but I haven´t played any game yet.
Anyhow, I hope to see some more of your fantastic painted miniatures in the near future.
Thanks for sharing.
Dang!
Didn't see your reply there mate. Tell me everything about the Dick Garrison game!
Meanwhile I've made a new table for a 'lava world' - initially to feature in a Skulldred Challenge at our convention, but bite me if the Colony of The Lava men won't reside here as well.
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-G8u7lCZGm0s/UA65bg403PI/AAAAAAAAEw8/5i72VLnKYI8/s903/P1220594.JPG)
Just imagine a few small volcanoes, some smoke chimneys and billowing smoke clouds made from clump foilage. Oh and lots of yellow sulfur blurbs.
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Seeing the topic title I thought you had been to a new theme park :~}
Shame about the rules. Have you sent your comments to Killer B?
They might appreciate feedback.
Jungle rocks look good, but how about more vines hanging down the vertical surfaces? That wouldn't interfere with standing figures on the flat, should be relatively easy to do (perhaps just green or brown string?) and would allow figures more chances to climb up or down (with a chance to fall).
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Only just caught up with the last four pages, and WOW so much new stuff. I love the jungle table excellent stuff.
Wicked Cool :D
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Looking forward to seeing your progress with this! ;D have you thought about using lights in your volcanos? You can get small cheap 'Tea Lights', small fake candle looking electric lights that flicker. Ones bright enough and under your smoke stacks would be cool!! ;)
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Looking forward to seeing your progress with this! ;D have you thought about using lights in your volcanos? You can get small cheap 'Tea Lights', small fake candle looking electric lights that flicker. Ones bright enough and under your smoke stacks would be cool!! ;)
That is a BRILLIANT! idea! ;D
I'll have to look into it... the table doesn't have to be ready before November, so I might make it.
Now I'm going to present a small torturial about how to make smoke chimneys / lava stoves...
Making Viking smokechimneys part one:
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-O5RG35OcBLQ/UA-xM_TGh9I/AAAAAAAAEy8/wrtGnSwfLfw/s841/P1220595.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-iyKbj8YSeWg/UA-xOWg57eI/AAAAAAAAEzE/wHjFEw57FX4/s826/P1220596.JPG)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TYLpAbR3fN8/UA-xQGZm6mI/AAAAAAAAEzM/lD9BxKJQY5k/s902/P1220597.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-aaw1Qir9iYk/UA-xRuJsX_I/AAAAAAAAEzU/x9EtHExVjnM/s767/P1220598.JPG)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-lyv9b57FpeE/UA-xTmo3tRI/AAAAAAAAEzc/iNzsxt0rU3g/s767/P1220599.JPG)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-BnFGRjPH_dw/UA-xU9_NzWI/AAAAAAAAEzk/uepKnhP4HlA/s767/P1220600.JPG)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-MfTFwwtB7lg/UA-xWTF_cxI/AAAAAAAAEzs/GKv32xqI52A/s767/P1220601.JPG)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-MkrCD5q5Taw/UA-xYNW8PhI/AAAAAAAAEz0/e7zvb1rgAIg/s767/P1220602.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-N8djbQHzr6U/UA-xaE1i5fI/AAAAAAAAEz8/hJBoU2Op-F8/s767/P1220605.JPG)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-LLn0Wos0j6k/UA-xeChJJkI/AAAAAAAAE0M/tD-d29Mxwbc/s767/P1220608.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-shB1Xrf-77I/UA-xcYC5O9I/AAAAAAAAE0E/OjwrtmcyT6c/s767/P1220607.JPG)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PyLal7XaUjY/UA-xge3OLKI/AAAAAAAAE0U/MoGbYUK-rUA/s767/P1220609.JPG)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-xai5m5p2AXI/UA-xh-GystI/AAAAAAAAE0c/_6y6A6r_qAw/s767/P1220610.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Wzw5WlhBf1A/UA-xjnuYeJI/AAAAAAAAE0k/TiDvgztoSTU/s767/P1220611.JPG)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-BgpKGHeJ2R4/UA-xmPdVlwI/AAAAAAAAE0s/3Itr0oVQuKQ/s767/P1220612.JPG)
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Viking Lava Chimney Torturerial part 2:
So you've all seen part 1 and thought 'that's never going to work...' and now it's time to see.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-t32ZYoPwbn4/UA_aj0iEBwI/AAAAAAAAE04/TIW9BItHIb8/s767/P1220614.JPG)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-dW0wSmO5Bx4/UA_al-YJ6pI/AAAAAAAAE1A/a_Cz00gv0ss/s767/P1220615.JPG)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YLZFvuPKac8/UA_an6-MdbI/AAAAAAAAE1I/jyM2geqTORs/s767/P1220616.JPG)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-fnT_4PsWcmQ/UA_apZLr05I/AAAAAAAAE1Q/iqT-_a2AMHk/s767/P1220618.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-019QbBRED7U/UA_asdRN3YI/AAAAAAAAE1g/ioKLCVTs2NM/s767/P1220620.JPG)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-7rZq4dId8EE/UA_aq4J1GBI/AAAAAAAAE1Y/sMpISr3fzfc/s767/P1220619.JPG)
Final part coming this evening. I hope! lol
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Awesome!
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Awesome!
Thank you!
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Oooooohhhh! That's a great idea! Good tute!!
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Oooooohhhh! That's a great idea! Good tute!!
Thank you! Now take it to the next level Andy! Everyone loves lava. lol
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Wow that looks amazing! It looks simple when you show it like that. Thanks for the step by step.
I liked the looking for the plaster bag half way through lol the number of times that type of thing happens usually when I am holding something else together hoping it will stick.
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Amazing work there! Thank you for the tutorial!
Can't wait to see your smoke stacks. I'm planning on doing some in the future, I'd like to see how they're done.
Cheers
Andy
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Very clever!
Thanks for the tutorial.
:D
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Thanks!
I did get a bit more work done to the chimneys but I'm not finished painting them. I tried to set up a board though and I think it looks OK.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RXrD2qSOuz8/UBBgZdlBLwI/AAAAAAAAE1w/2fQGe0ugdsc/s903/P1220622.JPG)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X0aj4d8HQFk/UBBgbE261nI/AAAAAAAAE14/YD_PbrREBDc/s903/P1220623.JPG)
Here's a photo with Jesus and some cowboys from Hell for scale
I like the red hue to everything. I'm going to try and find some yellow rocks to act as sulfur too. And obviously the board needs a big central volcano piece.
Something like this would be cool also:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rmhTKbQ4Ik&feature=related
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I think you can get coloured glue sticks for hot glue guns, some with glitter too.
I've seen things (trees? aliens?) made using hot glue on a wire armature, maybe that might be another option?
The small tealight fake candles are often in UK pound shops in the autumn (firstly amongst the cheap halloween decorations and then later amongst cheap Christmas ones). I think last time we got them (for a school performance of Beowulf!) they were about 5 or 6 for £1.
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The small tealight fake candles are often in UK pound shops in the autumn (firstly amongst the cheap halloween decorations and then later amongst cheap Christmas ones). I think last time we got them (for a school performance of Beowulf!) they were about 5 or 6 for £1.
randomly flickering LEDs can be bought from Zinge (http://zinge.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=57)
they can be used as "throwies" (just taped to a button cell battery). more on that here (http://www.evilmadscientist.com/2011/does-this-led-sound-funny-to-you/).
I've been wanting to buy some for a while to create flame markers with the Flames of War smoke and flames set, but keep putting it off . ::)
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I'm not convinced about the lights yet. I want to add smoke to the volcano and I'm thinking that it would obscure the lights.
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The board looks excellent. ;D
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The board looks excellent. ;D
Thank you my friend!
I'm busy painting up more stuff for the table as I write... or well.. not simultaneously as such but you know..
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That is sterling work.
That board certainly does look fantastic!
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That is sterling work.
That board certainly does look fantastic!
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Thanks even though I'm not quite done yet.
In fact in this very moment I'm listening to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV0wPBYDQ6Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLhn9tc8Dvo&feature=fvwrel
And watching these dry so I can get some more work done to them:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wYHx5tT2_ok/UBD9Dv2xpzI/AAAAAAAAE2s/cLvtH4sxKf8/s764/2012+-+1)
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Ennio Morricone is perfect musical accompaniment to modelling, not so sure about Metallica ;) lol
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Ennio Morricone is perfect musical accompaniment to modelling, not so sure about Metallica ;) lol
Fantastic looking!
Ihave no use for a lava board, I probably never will have, but I want one now! Grr
...and unlike malamute. I'm happy about the metallica.
Cheers
Andy
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That is INSPIRING! I'm getting all sorts of ideas for my Spooky Woods Project from your WONDERFUL board. The little volcanoes are really cool.
Having moved to the Gold Buckle of the Bible Belt that is Texas, I LOVE Jesus & the Cowboys from Hell...maybe you could use Drop Kick Me, Jesus, Through The Goal Posts of Life as painting music.
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...and unlike malamute. I'm happy about the metallica.
Boooo! ;)
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Drop Kick Me, Jesus, Through The Goal Posts of Life
lol lol lol
Please tell me that you made that up!
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lol lol lol
Please tell me that you made that up!
"You're the reason our kids are ugly" then? lol
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lol lol lol
Please tell me that you made that up!
Nope...while it's a spoof (I think), there really is a song by that title.
First verse:
Drop kick me, Jesus, through the Goal Posts of Life.
Don't kick me to the left or the right.
Kick me straight through the up rights.
Drop kick me, Jesus through the Goal Posts of Life.
Imus in the morning featured it as part of his Right Reverend Billy Sol Hargas's First Church of the Gooey Death & Discount House of Worship from Del Rio, Texas: Gold Buckle on the Bible Belt.
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I'm actually in a complete western mood right now. Having just watched Fistful of Dollars with my two eldest boys. Wow they took it in like I don't know what. Everything was Baxters, Rojos and the Man with No Name the next two days. lol
I think my father would been proud... he tried hard to get me into all that when I was a kid, but I didn't buy into it... not until now!
So, I don't have any cowboy miniatures and I don't even know what scale I want that show in - I'm thinking 17mm as that would be manageable... but we'll see.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWZf_RBcB_Y&feature=related
In the absence of cowboys, I dug out some old GW chaos stuff and started fiddling with it:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GkVMd32rIpE/UBKAmzG4GdI/AAAAAAAAE5A/61BZBgNvOqY/s0-d/IMAG0044.jpg)
This will be a Chaos Chariot.. Imagine armour plates, a long fecking spear that they wield together or something and then we're rolling.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ZUlr5i8vqqc/UBJ9_3w6h9I/AAAAAAAAE48/W3t4gePWYIc/s705/IMAG0045.jpg)
And this will be a Tzeentch sorceror on a flaming lava turtle floating through the Never with a billowing trail of smoke behind it
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In the absence of cowboys, I dug out some old GW chaos stuff and started fiddling with it:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GkVMd32rIpE/UBKAmzG4GdI/AAAAAAAAE5A/61BZBgNvOqY/s0-d/IMAG0044.jpg)
This will be a Chaos Chariot.. Imagine armour plates, a long fecking spear that they wield together or something and then we're rolling.
Now that sheep is truly terrifying, "Behold mere mortals the lamb of doom!"
I can't help think that it reminds me of something
(http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/images/jamesriley/2007/04/24/blacksheep.jpg?maxWidth=600)
The only thing that I'd say about the sheep is how about some sort of saddle or howdah? (I love the idea btw)
Cheers
Andy
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Now that sheep is truly terrifying, "Behold mere mortals the lamb of doom!"
I can't help think that it reminds me of something
(http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/images/jamesriley/2007/04/24/blacksheep.jpg?maxWidth=600)
The only thing that I'd say about the sheep is how about some sort of saddle or howdah? (I love the idea btw)
Cheers
Andy
Hehe. Black Sheep! Are we going to force Andym to make that for our game? lol
Yes, reins, howdah and armour plates will all appear shortly. What got me going was of course the Admiral Benbow stuff again... so I'm off to find suitable materials for said additions to the sheep shortish.
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I encourage those of you who haven't already to look up the song "Fenton, Death Sheep From Hell".
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I encourage those of you who haven't already to look up the song "Fenton, Death Sheep From Hell".
Ha! Will do...
I just though how easy it would be to make a Weresheep from an old GW beastman. Just cut the horns and add wool. Maybe give it a different body too.. but still.-
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lol lol lol
You MAD, crazy Viking, you!
Absolutely stark, raving lunacy!
I love it!
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Hehe. Black Sheep! Are we going to force Andym to make that for our game? lol
Yes, reins, howdah and armour plates will all appear shortly. What got me going was of course the Admiral Benbow stuff again... so I'm off to find suitable materials for said additions to the sheep shortish.
Ha! Will do...
I just though how easy it would be to make a Weresheep from an old GW beastman. Just cut the horns and add wool. Maybe give it a different body too.. but still.-
Oooh yes! That would be fun! I think that it must be done.
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Forged in the Fires of Mount Bloom:
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-CmrdEdhlweo/UBKs1gqIKyI/AAAAAAAAE6A/AlKU1RyuYfU/s753/P1220633.JPG)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ldliX52PCwY/UBKs5uNxwhI/AAAAAAAAE6Q/ldFOVf1T_HI/s704/P1220634.JPG)
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(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-01IXeGj15bE/UBOIXegXk8I/AAAAAAAAE68/kCqBb0o_7yo/s903/2012-07-27)
I just realised after reading ttgn that my ramshackle plants are perfect for retro sci fi gaming. Retro sci fi was the original topic of this thread! What a coincidence.
I tried to get a ficus benjamina vibe with the one in the lower right corner... still Work in Progress
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Citizens, are you not entertained!? :-D
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You mad viking you!! (I think you might hear that phrase quite a bit!!) What ever your smoking over there, you need to give some to the rest of the world! It would be a happier place! Full of giant sheep and floating turtles, but a happier place! ;)
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I like the armour plating on the Battle Sheep (TM). It looks as though you actually used metal... Dare I ask where you got it from?
And the plants; well they are nice, but it worries me slightly that they look as though they are straight out of a psychotropic nightmare!
Cheers
Andy
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I like the armour plating on the Battle Sheep (TM). It looks as though you actually used metal... Dare I ask where you got it from?
I´d be very surprised if it did´t come from cans previously filled with intoxicating beverage inspiration in liquid form ;)
Dear Dr. The Viking,
never before has the danish people had such an excellent ambassador as thee. Even the great work of King Knud the Canute pales compared to the ingenious contraptions of thine. I am forever changed & eternally grateful! Keep up the spirit(s), please...
Yours truly,
Dr. Mr. Cigarface
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I like the armour plating on the Battle Sheep (TM). It looks as though you actually used metal...
I made this a few years ago, scale 1:1 ;)
(http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/tt196/Comsquare/2006-05-13-1147603568_Gosberta1Kopie.jpg)
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I made this a few years ago, scale 1:1 ;)
(http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/tt196/Comsquare/2006-05-13-1147603568_Gosberta1Kopie.jpg)
Haha! I bow to your sense of strange!
You've bettered me by quite a margin. lol
Inspiring!
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I like the armour plating on the Battle Sheep (TM). It looks as though you actually used metal... Dare I ask where you got it from?
It's from the tubes you get all sorts of pasty food in.. mayonnaise etc.
Whenever we finish a tube like that in our home I cut it up, clean it and flatten it. Store it for future projects.
You mad viking you!! (I think you might hear that phrase quite a bit!!) What ever your smoking over there, you need to give some to the rest of the world! It would be a happier place! Full of giant sheep and floating turtles, but a happier place! ;)
Haha! I've got a rocketship with ventilation so I don't need a magic dragon to fly places anymore. lol
I think I'll name the turtle 'Little A'Tuin'
I am forever changed & eternally grateful! Keep up the spirit(s), please...
Good!! If it means you're available for some serious discussions of real life gaming soon - even better! lol
Now show me something YOU've painted... it's way overdue!
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Wonderful stuff Dr the Viking!
Your amazing sense of humor and imagination is only rivaled by your painting skills. :-*
Oh crap, I forgot, you also make gorgeous terrain. :D
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/clovermilk/20120729_190917-1.jpg)
I've begun work on the howdah now. I need some toothpicks to get much further. But I think they're still being sold somewhere around here.
And work has started on a second sheep as well. Slightly possessed by demons.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/clovermilk/20120729_190730.jpg)
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Slightly possessed by demons.
Or it has nasty cancerous tumours of the throat from smoking too much. Naughty giant sheep.
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Speaking of cancer I came across this at the local Toys R' Us:
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-bHpbxCTlqkI/UBa5p_GRvLI/AAAAAAAAE7w/v-xE23bzCF4/s575/2012+-+1)
30 kr ~£3 ~ €4 ~$5... I think it will be handy for my next project.
(Oh and, yes, I realise that what I put forward in this blog of sorts, and what I present in completed form later on, seems to be a bit inconsistent. I promise you though, that if you follow my blog for years you will see it all completed sooner or later)
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Are you making the cloud board? It will be awesome!!!
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Are you making the cloud board? It will be awesome!!!
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Ssssshhh!!!!
If I declare something before doing it, it always fails to be completed!
I did buy 4 cans of spray foam today though.. and 2 buckets of white with a pink taint to it. ;)
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It sure didn't take much convincing did it.. :D
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This is almost finished now!
The Chaos Doom Strider ( ;)):
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-66PoFotxvjQ/UBbqyy3WjBI/AAAAAAAAE8s/QfvUVnJ0dC4/s575/P1220640.JPG)
Pretty please with crew on top
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Flq9Hci-i8Y/UBbqt3D_OpI/AAAAAAAAE8U/Ju51oCHsd8Q/s616/P1220638.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-oa4hyug_04k/UBbqrhu6VTI/AAAAAAAAE8M/_cv9S8XEcN4/s629/P1220637.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-4xKNjj7Mf5I/UBbqw69vqNI/AAAAAAAAE8c/5U2SnwsLmmw/s818/P1220639.JPG)Being Chaos, the crew is not afraid to cheat and bring along weapons from other dimensions.
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Now that is inspired... not sure what it's been inspired by; but it's definitely inspired all the same!
Cheers
Andy
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Haha thank you! I think.
I still need to do the other half of the belt holding the howdah and the reins for the sheep.
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I am still not completely sold on these sheep. Perhaps once you get them painted.
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I am still not completely sold on these sheep. Perhaps once you get them painted.
No... once they trample the fruits of your hard labour to death under their hooves. Then you'll get it. Muahaha
I think you have to embrace the concept of tzeentch and true chaos to properly understand it maybe.
Ok the next is in the works:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/clovermilk/2012-2-1.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/clovermilk/2012-3-1.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/clovermilk/2012-1-1.jpg)
It's beaked and has a bad breath.
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Speaking of cancer I came across this at the local Toys R' Us:
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-bHpbxCTlqkI/UBa5p_GRvLI/AAAAAAAAE7w/v-xE23bzCF4/s575/2012+-+1)
30 kr ~£3 ~ €4 ~$5... I think it will be handy for my next project.
(Oh and, yes, I realise that what I put forward in this blog of sorts, and what I present in completed form later on, seems to be a bit inconsistent. I promise you though, that if you follow my blog for years you will see it all completed sooner or later)
Ohhhh, what is it, something from prince of persia? (i.e. what's it called so I can go and buy one!!)
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Ohhhh, what is it, something from prince of persia? (i.e. what's it called so I can go and buy one!!)
It's the Alamut Gate from Macfarlane Toys. Prince of Persia, yes.
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(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-AAV6ThQeedQ/UBehB03qs3I/AAAAAAAAE-M/0hnCvVN7rDM/s845/P1220645.JPG)
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AWESOME!!! I love it already.
I have started trawling the internet for suitable devil miniatures and/or evil people to assault the gate.
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AWESOME!!! I love it already.
I have started trawling the internet for suitable devil miniatures and/or evil people to assault the gate.
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(http://www.reapermini.com/graphics/gallery/4/02530_w_1.jpg)
I've got this guy already,. He'll be add the gate... seeing that he already has the guest list. :D
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(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-VpOtPb4lUKU/UBfGLdXftWI/AAAAAAAAE_A/E5xX4zoZeeM/s575/P1220646.JPG)
Now I know how to make a nuclear explosion in 28mm... you may not be thinking 'clouds' yet but I hope you will in the end. Pink ones at that.
I had to go with a flat area in the middle, so there would actually be somewhere to put miniatures!
And the sheep has gotten a bit more work to it - it needed that deathroller:
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-CnTjTp0jgak/UBfGMsLBTjI/AAAAAAAAE_I/d0RV6LGQqYQ/s852/P1220647.JPG)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-F1pOPHdvqzE/UBfGOKaf9HI/AAAAAAAAE_c/HNs8tabBxeE/s861/P1220648.JPG)
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I think I'm so fascinated by animals/monsters with howdahs on them that I may actually end up doing a fantasy howdah game.
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(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-13Ssbm35FZI/UBfYCZGmc3I/AAAAAAAAFAE/8YWvqa6sBiw/s903/P1220652.JPG)
At least to my 7 year old it conveyed the image of clouds hovering. He asked me before I told him... lol
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The clouds look lovely. :-*
Especially since you have had no one to inspire you, because no one, to my knowledge, has ever done anything like this!
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-F1pOPHdvqzE/UBfGOKaf9HI/AAAAAAAAE_c/HNs8tabBxeE/s861/P1220648.JPG)
WTF!
Just when I thought things couldn't get any weirder! ;D
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Barking Mad! :o
I love it! lol
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What are you smoking?
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What are you smoking?
Nothing! Still! lol
In all honesty I find that the smokers I do know are also among the most unimaginative people I know. :?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0FrQNHqotQ
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Speaking of smokers, we need to do a waterworld type game with drifters vs. smokers.
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Speaking of smokers, we need to do a waterworld type game with drifters vs. smokers.
OK, I'll see what I can do. Need to make the Griswald-board for my Swiney Pigg hogmen after this board.
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This is amazing!
What on earth is that pink stuff on the death-roller sheep-bird? It looks really odd, might be a nice texture to paint over...
Loving the clouds. Very cool!
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OK, I'll see what I can do. Need to make the Griswald-board for my Swiney Pigg hogmen after this board.
Fantastic :D
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And then I did the bases for the sheep. Just borrowed an airbrush too, so hope to get some paint on them soonish.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-QybbEFkbf_Y/UB7OmleytLI/AAAAAAAAFCg/8W3xJBbCOzI/s652/P1220657.JPG)
And this is how I hope to make the second one look (please excuse the lack of talent using paint)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-oAlZnO95Zoo/UB7Op6PjY3I/AAAAAAAAFDU/a6EAGNagsQ8/s657/P1220658.JPG)
A double seater with an axe wielding maniac at the back and a sheep wielding maniac up front
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Awesome! :-*
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Saw the thread and thought I will click on that for some Sunday evening Danish madness and I was not disappointed ;D ;D
If you are not smoking it perhaps you should check your local water supply :D :D
You are definately on something but its coming up with some wonderful results
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/clovermilk/20120808_153940.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/clovermilk/20120808_153944.jpg)
Next board in progress. It will probably be both for Skulldred and the Steamship Troopers game.
I'm not going to attempt quite as elaborate board as elladan.
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Eew, someone put some cow dung on your table. You silly ecological crazy viking ;D
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Crazy Jack's BBQ sauce!
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(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-NZbKD7f3KpY/UCK4ITvUyTI/AAAAAAAAFEo/3cIlexcvns8/s767/P1220661.JPG)
More cow dung. Not the most convincing table I've done but I think it'll look good once it's done.
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....but there's no pink sheep!!!!!! :o :o :o
Seriously though, nice work!! :-*
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I really like it!
How was the fur to work with?
And you should really consider "Battle of the archipelago" where fishermen fight over land rights, fishing rights, their female cousins and moonshine ;)
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I was following this thread about space and aliens but I must of blacked out or something, because the next thing I know is there were these pirates, I think I saw Jesus, and I was about to float on pink fluffy clouds but was attaked by a giant evil sheep.
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I was following this thread about space and aliens but I must of blacked out or something, because the next thing I know is there were these pirates, I think I saw Jesus, and I was about to float on pink fluffy clouds but was attaked by a giant evil sheep.
Hehe I know that feeling. lol
Here's a couple of miniatures that I hastily tried to finish yesterday for a game, that I wound up cancelling because I was falling asleep while standing up when the evening finally came:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CN2F3x7nskY/UCTBeLNWJQI/AAAAAAAAFGE/nM9Up2fy1p8/s903/P1220668.JPG)
I can see that I need to go over the metal areas again and the head of the Witch King too... forgot to paint the nose and pick the teeth out.
Snow white is as done as she's going to be. I think she got it thoroughly.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LKPEBBAb6ag/UCTBffHM9TI/AAAAAAAAFGM/IOqD_4_7nqk/s902/P1220673.JPG)
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Snow white is as done as she's going to be. I think she got it thoroughly.
That is a very disturbing thing to say! Are you putting your trust in Google Translate again!?
New game next week?
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That is a very disturbing thing to say! Are you putting your trust in Google Translate again!?
New game next week?
No! It was quite deliberate. I only use Google from English to Danish or from German to English. Not the other way around lol
About the game: Sure! I'm going to write up an introduction of sorts... to inaugurate our campaign in style. ;)
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Two things:
1) Firstly I've started a new thread to document the endeavours of Dr. Zombie and I while we campaign with Skulldred.
It's here: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=44767.0
2) Secondly. Craig of KillerB games wrote me that he'd read what I'd written about GAFDOZ. And summa summarum he'd refunded my money and taken my comments with him. Boy! Now that is customer service. I protested against the refund but now I've decided to go and spend the money at Killer B's store. Only thing holding me back is that I have to check the basement first to see what I haven't bought already. ...
Even if I ain't gonna be using their rules I'm still using those lovely Bob sculpts! Everybody go buy something from them now! lol
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You know, Dr. You are a little odd. If you don't mind me saying?
Going with the animal theme, just wondering when you're going to do that white rabbit...
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You know, Dr. You are a little odd. If you don't mind me saying?
Going with the animal theme, just wondering when you're going to do that white rabbit...
Wicked.. not odd. lol
Oh well.
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Lovely stuff as always Dr. The Viking! :-*
I admire your creativity as well as your skill with a paintbrush.
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Craig of KillerB games wrote me that he'd read what I'd written about GAFDOZ. And summa summarum he'd refunded my money and taken my comments with him. Boy! Now that is customer service. I protested against the refund but now I've decided to go and spend the money at Killer B's store. Only thing holding me back is that I have to check the basement first to see what I haven't bought already. ...
Even if I ain't gonna be using their rules I'm still using those lovely Bob sculpts! Everybody go buy something from them now! lol
Lovly miniatures they are, and several are at the top in my "to buy" list.
Glad to deal with companies like that. There are lots of nice people in our hobby!
Best wishes.
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/clovermilk/20120818_202258-1.jpg)
I hope this will prove to be hogzilla and an Oliphant,.
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To quote Commander Cody...... "man what a ride!"
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/clovermilk/20120820_115939-1.jpg)
Mother Lovebone and her 4 toddlers. Aliens to the bone.
Made this for Mr. Ward without his consent. They're off in the mail now... it'll be interesting to see how they fare!
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(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-YMNiuHfnTiU/UDTYuP5bvXI/AAAAAAAAFT0/qWb4wiMrrEA/s902/P1220764.JPG)
Knuckle Duster 28mm Old West miniatures review:
They're awesome.
Here are some size comparison shots:
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-T_Kq_eDvXCo/UDTYwS91WdI/AAAAAAAAFT8/SSBPMnnzfog/s902/P1220765.JPG)
Dixon, Knuckleduster, Boot Hill, Knuckleduster, Dixon
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JG1Xtrqv1Hg/UDTYz0-jcWI/AAAAAAAAFUE/akrUUH21UY8/s903/P1220766.JPG)
Old Glory, Knuckleduster, Dixon, Knuckleduster, Boot Hill, Knuckleduster, Reaper
Slightly off Boot Hill (as the modern 28mm representative) and Old Glory (as the O.G. representative) but spot on with Dixon and Reaper.
I love the sculpt of The Man With No Name.
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I did a review on my Dice of Legends Blog, Forrest gave top notch service and the miniatures are amazing. You can see them painted up on my blog and over on my photobucket account on my links.
enjoying the post string so far...
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Is the OG representative a silhouette ??? lol
I also like The Man With No Name, he is instantly recognisable. :)
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You crazy Viking lol
cheers
James
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I had a blast painting those heroes of the old West set and the marvelous seven set. I spent some time looking at pictures online to ensure I got as close as I could in colors.
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I scratchbuild some tablse and benches from cardbord:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gTMshrRxKUQ/UDiImJKloAI/AAAAAAAAFYE/NEi6HKmsjPM/s902/P1220843.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-tewP0-L4skU/UDiInH8luoI/AAAAAAAAFYM/STvCkpp0zHE/s903/P1220845.JPG)
Didn't make the menu though
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-P6G595jjosA/UDiIqe911cI/AAAAAAAAFYU/irxTlzVkLvs/s902/P1220848.JPG)
And here's some live stock I also did.
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Even if people don't give a damn I'll keep on truckin'
Strictly speaking a repost, but I'd like to keep my Retro Space project together in this thread.. which has failed miserably so far. But I'm thinking that some of the gents who followed this thread originally would be spared of my efforts if I didn't repost...
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-gdRIa9i9jPM/UEWgoxxckFI/AAAAAAAAFcc/w6utsXrHo3o/s903/P1220901.JPG)
Paul Romney and Mitt Ryan. A pair of Space Pilots lost on their voyage to fame and intergalactic reknown. Now marooned in a cold and desolate enviroment without the slightest contact to the civilised world.
Will the European Space Force with Intergalactic Hero Carl Blixt be able to save them?!
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-u656zGtC7_s/UEWgq-NGauI/AAAAAAAAFck/9-jchrkT0hE/s903/P1220903.JPG)
I went for a 'downed x-wing pilot' look. And I tried to go a new way with skin colours starting out from khaki instead of the usual offerings... :)
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Way cool. :D
excellent work on those spacemen :)
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Everything is looking lovely, but I am seriously impressed with those cardboard tables.
Great stuff!
:-*
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OK so I'm back at VSF for a moment.. spurred by the Triumph and Tragedy rules that promise to invigorate our game after it died in the hands of the last set we used.
T&T is at once tactic and fast... and not cluttered up in nonsense. Thumbs up. In retrospect I don't know why we tried the German rules lastly... if anyone should be able to deliver a set of good rules it should be a German! ;)
In our VSF setting Prussia and England is not at war as such. They have a general mistrust of each other but they don't fight a land war in Europa akin to a world war or something. It's strictly war by proxy in the colonies of Asia and Africa.
But as things are getting hotter I thought the Prussians would start to employ factory like conditions to their armour production. Steam tanks have proved to be the way forward and the reknowned scientist engineer Udo Frank has designed a new tank that makes up for it's lack of speed in it's ease of construction. It is the AX-VII:
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-zwwejIfQ8CQ/UEr1Z7WSz3I/AAAAAAAAFdc/rwdgk0Nsf-s/s903/P1230047.JPG)
The production line. Welding teams are coming next to install wheels and cogs.
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ErARY8C7tbg/UEr1bunoCwI/AAAAAAAAFdk/fEN9p5eOI84/s601/P1230048.JPG)
More of the concept. Not a prototype but just a general image.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-s2W7ObyR9Mw/UEr1g_X3eII/AAAAAAAAFd0/M_EC2o0D53Q/s672/P1230050.JPG)
The locomotive mechanism
The plans must not befall the British and secrecy is of the utmost importance. The Prussians hope to launch a never seen before brutish strike against the British and once and for all knock out the Empire.
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Nice :)
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Nice :)
Very! lol
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I love the various & sundry projects that you have going. The new Tank Works are a fine addition to the thread...we'll all keep The Secret I'm sure. GREAT STUFF...keep the madness coming.
How's the Terror Sheep coming along? If you'd like to see what a strange old mind can come up with for a plastic Rhino, check this out:
http://s762.photobucket.com/albums/xx269/DeafNala/WHFB/Lulu%20-%20The%20Land%20Waster/
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Looking forward to seeing how these turn out. :)
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Looking forward to seeing how these turn out. :)
Well do stay tuned! I'll do my best to get a prototype sorted and then painted. :)
What do you lot think!? Machineguns or small cannon!?
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I'm thinking sheep catapults!! ;) ;)
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I'm thinking sheep catapults!! ;) ;)
Promote this man! Immejiately!
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I'm thinking sheep catapults!! ;) ;)
You crazy Viking lol
No, wait a minute... That's not right...
You crazy Scotsman lol
cheers
James
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Well do stay tuned! I'll do my best to get a prototype sorted and then painted. :)
What do you lot think!? Machineguns or small cannon!?
Right my sensible Viking friend, go with a mixture of MGs and a couple of cannons.
Don't listen to these crazy people, sheep catapults indeed. ::) lol
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The tanks are still in progress. Doing 6 at once turned out to be rather bothersome. And slow.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3C6QiWmpDSY/UFND8mG0EDI/AAAAAAAAFfE/FSp1_c5a_XI/s902/P1230054.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-CANtaAqdGIw/UFND9JhOkbI/AAAAAAAAFfI/QRKgOyqbgns/s903/P1230055.JPG)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hf3lAZ8hBh8/UFND7oHNf8I/AAAAAAAAFe4/nV3Fc6AVHGQ/s903/P1230052.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Rb8vW8GaZ2w/UFND-CWC-rI/AAAAAAAAFfU/lkt3M7-xwyE/s903/P1230056.JPG)
Meanwhile I'm trying to turn these Renegade First World War 1 miniatures into Prussian Army miniatures for my VSF. I used Franco-Prussians painted in white dress uniforms for the colonial part of the forces, so I figured that the army would be a little more worn but rugged.
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Even if people don't give a damn I'll keep on truckin'
Ignoring him isn't working! Maybe we should try more 'direct' methods...
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Ignoring him isn't working! Maybe we should try more 'direct' methods...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pafY6sZt0FE
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Love the Prussians and looking forward to seeing the bothersome Tanks...
;D
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Love what you have done with the machine gun :-* :-* :-* :-*
The figures are WIP? Aren't they?
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Love what you have done with the machine gun :-* :-* :-* :-*
Thanks mate!
The figures are WIP? Aren't they?
Yes! Very much so. This is what I managed to get done today in a couple of hours. Need plenty of more done to them before they're done. But I keep this blog to sort of blurp out something when I don't have something finished to show.. lol
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Meanwhile I'm trying to turn these Renegade First World War 1 miniatures into Prussian Army miniatures for my VSF. I used Franco-Prussians painted in white dress uniforms for the colonial part of the forces, so I figured that the army would be a little more worn but rugged.
You do VSF - great, that we can both do :)
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Looking good so far. :)
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Your Prussian WIPs look great Viking!
You never cease to amaze!
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You do VSF - great, that we can both do :)
Now you've got my attention! lol
Let's get that rendezvous at Langelandsgade sorted. :D
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I wanted to try and build some of the general's mountains.
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ZaBGL6NQN1Y/UGFwNLtfgII/AAAAAAAAFgo/TUQZhPoRizM/s903/P1230073.JPG)
They make up for their appearance in game-ability I think. And for pulp/vsf it's almost suitable that they look like stage props. lol
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But they’re unpainted..and I've thought you’re that guy here who hates pics of unpainted stuff.. ;D
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The mountains look great.
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At the mountains of madness!!!!
Love them mate, I really like that they look like stage props. You could do a Wild West town in the same way!!!
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But they’re unpainted..and I've thought you’re that guy here who hates pics of unpainted stuff.. ;D
I would never stoop to the point of expressing hate about my hobby. My feelings are a bit more controlled, I think. lol
I prefer pictures of nicely painting or partially painted miniatures above pictures of unpainted miniatures for sure.
Terrain on the workbench, I think, is quite nice to see in the nude first and then in paint in one of the appropriate boards later. :)
The mountains look great.
Thanks. It's all inspired by the revered Major General Tremorden of course. Not my idea at all in fact.
I've gone and misted them with white spray paint now, but I think I'll give them a proper airbrush instead as the mist left me a bit 'hmmm'-ish.
At the mountains of madness!!!!
Love them mate, I really like that they look like stage props. You could do a Wild West town in the same way!!!
Haha! I'm going Mexico, so don't think that's going to happen.
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Terrain on the workbench, I think, is quite nice to see in the nude first and then in paint in one of the appropriate boards later. :)
sure, it was actually meant to be a joke :)
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sure, it was actually meant to be a joke :)
Shit! Haha! I didn't see that at all... thought you were dead serious! lol
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Thanks. It's all inspired by the revered Major General Tremorden of course.
I knew it!
In my book, anything inspired by that site is a classic and thus complete and just as it should be.
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This weeks workbench shots:
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-RAA0vIUBk7s/UHF6GRGOEvI/AAAAAAAAFhE/3rnePuI2DoY/s903/P1230074.JPG)
Some 15mm sci-fi stuff.. going to finish up the 2nd mechaton in a short while
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ebRGlQ4s87M/UHF6JIZonFI/AAAAAAAAFhc/pRcYndIhDWg/s903/P1230081.JPG)
And I've been bitten by the Infinity bug. It's not a major love but there a pretty cool gaming group in my neighbourhood with lots of nice terrain and plenty of initiative which counts for a heck of a lot these days.
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looking good.
I wouldn't mind seeing some close-ups (and in profile) of those 15mm troops.
Mechatons look awesome, funny but nevertheless awesome.
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I have one of those robot things somewhere... :D
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looking good.
I wouldn't mind seeing some close-ups (and in profile) of those 15mm troops.
Mechatons look awesome, funny but nevertheless awesome.
I actually did take some, but they turned out completely crappish. So I just have to figure out how to do it properly. Bear in mind that this is my Work In Progress thread, so nothing is done yet. The inf still needs to get their guns painted and the shields too. And some black in their eyes.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-XgVHSAvFCwo/UHF6HV1l7-I/AAAAAAAAFhM/WtJfvhrhKNg/s903/P1230078.JPG)
I have one of those robot things somewhere... :D
I originally bought it for VSF, but I have so much for VSF that haven't even seen action yet, so I decided to use them for this instead.
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The metallics look really nice. :-*
It will be interesting to see how your infinity stuff turns out.
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(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-RAA0vIUBk7s/UHF6GRGOEvI/AAAAAAAAFhE/3rnePuI2DoY/s903/P1230074.JPG)
Love those robots at the back, and lens effect on the the more finished one is super!
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ebRGlQ4s87M/UHF6JIZonFI/AAAAAAAAFhc/pRcYndIhDWg/s903/P1230081.JPG)
And I've been bitten by the Infinity bug. It's not a major love but there a pretty cool gaming group in my neighbourhood with lots of nice terrain and plenty of initiative which counts for a heck of a lot these days.
Good man; it's a great game, but *really* needs to have the correct terrain to shine properly... Anyway, it's one of my all-time fave games, so I'll be interested to see how you get on with it! ;)
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This weeks workbench shots:
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-RAA0vIUBk7s/UHF6GRGOEvI/AAAAAAAAFhE/3rnePuI2DoY/s903/P1230074.JPG)
Who makes those bigger fellows in the back?
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They are toys from the animated movie "Monsters & Aliens". This robot was the baddie.
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:o
Nice work!
Those big fellas are stunning, and the effect on the lens looks great!
:-*
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As I'm almost living on the breadline these days I'm trying to get some use out of old crap I've had lying around.
This week it's some old WW1 Brits that I almost certainly will never entertain in a proper game of World War 1... so I chopped off their heads and added some more humorous ones and they will now do as sci-fi light infantry for my Korus Vultor army.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-oPko8fWOvzs/UHRHFjTu50I/AAAAAAAAFic/1xHQ4RYH2Fs/s1158/P1230085.JPG)
I'm not much of a sculptor but in 15mm I think the slightly comical look adds to the overall. lol
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Cute :D
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Barking Mad! ;)
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Cute :D
Barking Mad! ;)
Both of the above, but it certainly works!
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What colours should I paint them in? They'd be fielded together with the brass party upstairs..
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WHITE!
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WHITE!
Isn't that a bit too racist and not so sci-fi?! I would have liked to use a sand colour but I'm not sure if it will just look too boring...
I tried doing a bit of photoshop and made this colourful suggestion inspired by various cultists:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/11/2007_09_10_12_10_50_39.jpg)
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Orange hats would be quite halloween
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Orange hats would be quite halloween
Yes, I'm sure the Americans would be thrilled by the prospect... ;)
In all seriousness (blatant misuse of a word, nicht wahr?) though I did contemplate orange too. Brownish jackets and khaki trousers. We'll see.
I'm liking the thoroughly rewarding feeling that is 15mm... completing entire miniatures in a matter of minutes!
I must say that Jonas has a point with the white. Even though I would be playing the bad guy again the. But perhaps that was settled the moment I made the light infantry wear pointy face-mask-hats .
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No, anything but white. Purple cultists are much better :)
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I'm liking the thoroughly rewarding feeling that is 15mm... completing entire miniatures in a matter of minutes!
Heretic!
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Well, you have to bark at the same moon as the lunatics you're with....
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I quite like the purple/pink, although purple with white hats or vice-versa could look good too... Very Catholic-inspired:
(http://static.photaki.com/cristo-crucificado-portadores-encapuchados-procesiones-de-semana-santa-alicante-espana_543594.jpg)
(http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00002gIlk2l8xnA/s/650/24242.jpg)
(http://especiales.laprensagrafica.com/2012/semanasanta/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/fnac07042012vpvia06.jpg)
(http://static.photaki.com/portando-la-cruz-encapuchados-en-las-procesiones-de-semana-santa-alicante-espana_543622.jpg)
(http://www.bienmesabe.org/revista_uploads/procesion%20calvario%20semana%20santa%20cruz%20palma%20encapuchados.jpg)
In Spain, during Holy Week, you see processions filled with people dressed up like the pix above every year... It's quite a spectacle!
Anyway, I'd certainly avoid orange hoods, as I think at that scale it'd look like they are wearing traffic cones... lol
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Man! Those papal Christian people are some real lookers. lol
OK so today I lined up my dinosaur collection and took a picture. I know that most people on this planet are into dinosaurs, and a lot of you probably have your own collection and thus can relate.
I'm not going to take pictures of the 15mm scale ones I have as they're, well... 15mm.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Ji9Dz4__yFw/UHg15LOZnjI/AAAAAAAAFjA/X9MNkQ3Pzsk/s839/P1230087.JPG)
First up is a herd of Tricera... let's not get into detail with the suffix there. Suffice to say that recent developement in the field has shown that what was thought to be different species (protoceratops and triceratops) are all the one and the same. I'm taking it one step further and saying that anything with 4 legs and horns goes into the triceratopii category.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IfO9EADnQe0/UHg17IFSHiI/AAAAAAAAFjI/EI566hKSLpM/s851/P1230088.JPG)
The horde!
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ZGKhP0lfudM/UHg18Km6iyI/AAAAAAAAFjQ/ccPGlVSnYDM/s902/P1230090.JPG)
I think these are supposed to be deinonychus but I'm not sure. Otherwise they're just fantasy dinousaurs. I'm not subscribing to the whole T-rex with feathers anyway.
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-wLMjz_SIfQE/UHg19onuR2I/AAAAAAAAFjk/0Xl24QeXUq4/s903/P1230093.JPG)
Looks like meat's back on the menu, boys!
And in other news; I've been doing some 15mm terrain pieces:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gO3JgLqG8wM/UHg2Hi-INqI/AAAAAAAAFj0/LPpE-c0xjcM/s767/P1230095.JPG)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--GhPTO0Yb_E/UHg2IzjDG7I/AAAAAAAAFj8/2gbwrudwRH8/s903/P1230097.JPG)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-a98LJJ_MW7Y/UHg2Kc3mMBI/AAAAAAAAFkE/r9IOzX-iShI/s767/P1230099.JPG)
It even opens!
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-QQD96K9IZ_k/UHg2Lmx2s4I/AAAAAAAAFkM/I8WzGikpk4Y/s767/P1230102.JPG)
Scale
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-e2plSPWzP9g/UHg2M7ARPiI/AAAAAAAAFkU/0UooXgR7nLE/s903/P1230103.JPG)
The warehouse of evil
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-z9uC6ivPNbw/UHg2OEnn05I/AAAAAAAAFkc/uhk5B-uWA1w/s903/P1230108.JPG)
First attempt at some ramshackle star gate adobes
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9NItuGQVrEc/UHg2Pg9YtsI/AAAAAAAAFkk/dhBsJl4wvsw/s767/P1230110.JPG)
Yeah, mama!
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ovTIvxA7XfA/UHg2GnZh89I/AAAAAAAAFjs/R2gaoMMi60A/s767/P1230094.JPG)
And the occasional excruciatingly boring plateau thing-a-ma-bob.
Mainly old toys added to bases-.- But that's the extent of my talent today...
So I also managed to find a colourscheme for my light infantry:
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-jcOdui9rLp8/UHg2UplzbQI/AAAAAAAAFlE/CxUT8KiWUdw/s903/P1230114.JPG)
Inspired by the W.O.R.M.S.
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-5LSNc_hvVQs/UHg2VWSDzKI/AAAAAAAAFlM/xYstZmZQT3w/s902/P1230117.JPG)
And built a Mongrellian death worm too
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vC73QZxGyMU/UHg2WL4m4BI/AAAAAAAAFlU/WR58HJ-iaQk/s903/P1230118.JPG)
It's the tail of something from tyranid 40k.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-PRPp913Q7BQ/UHg2W8XsckI/AAAAAAAAFlk/SbH7Cg0QI0U/s903/P1230119.JPG)
I think it'll look smashing when it's painted and emerging from the ground! Ready to eat some unfortunate individual.
Yeah! Baby! So that's it from me this week. Sorry I haven't got more done, but I think I'm between a rock and a hard place time wise...
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Inspiring!
As always.
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As ever I present to you a new WIP... I hope the point got across earlier that this thread is exclusively for work in progress. Finished business will get posted in the relevant folder later.
I think I'm suffering from miniatures fatigue at the moment. I have so many projects and so little time. And even though I enjoy sitting by myself painting stuff and not really gaming, I'm beginning to feel slightly annoyed by looking in my cabinets and seeing hordes of painted stuff that I've never used.
Also lately I've started gaming a bit with janner of LAF Medieval fame and it really got me thinking that what I want to do now is have some games and stick to one genre (or three at tops) for a least half a year.
It seems the first pick will be Dux Brittanarium. We've ordered starting forces and now we're basicly just waiting for them to turn up...
Dr. Zombie and I did have a good thing going with the Skulldred campaign, but the rules were not really suited for our almost roleplaying like approach. I hope the campaign is not dead, but it seems the good zombie has been drowned in work...
OK, so, I have been trying to paint a bit also. Second World War II. Yeah! It's been quite a while but I used to game I Ain't Been Shot, Mum! quite a lot back in 2009 and earlier. This time it's 28mm Russians. Been lying in my store for ages... and now I will paint them! Damnit!
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-57L24dGgsSw/UKis0nQ-NcI/AAAAAAAAFvU/elVbW5JURBA/s903/P1230184.JPG)
I've tried to speed up painting by using drybrushing and other crappy techniques for the initial steps. I'm not in the illusion that I would be able to paint a force in top standard and live to tell... I don't want to tire myself doing this. ;)
Haven't done the eyes yet, and won't do so until I get an optivisor. I tried one in Germany and I'm not ever going to bother painting eyes without one again...
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-f_CAcc6oTAQ/UKis1ycC99I/AAAAAAAAFvc/YX_OdP-xBdY/s302/P1230185.JPG)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-3Fn5km0XO4k/UKis2jLaVCI/AAAAAAAAFvg/veVkumiuMUw/s264/P1230186.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-AoijrcWmU8Q/UKis3ciyKfI/AAAAAAAAFvo/rZlPp_tRArA/s277/P1230191.JPG)
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Looking good, Thorb!
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Nice ones!
Some washing and quick highlights should bring them up to good standards :)
What's the issue with Skulldred?
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Nice ones!
Some washing and quick highlights should bring them up to good standards :)
What's the issue with Skulldred?
No issue! Just not an RPG.. or really a campaign game. More of a competitive Songs style battle game. Quite OK.
Think perhaps GW LOTR would suit my gaming style better.
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Haven't done the eyes yet, and won't do so until I get an optivisor. I tried one in Germany and I'm not ever going to bother painting eyes without one again...
I use X4 reading glasses from the Pound Shop - I have an opti visor but find it too cumbersome. Once my eyesight fails further though I will be back to using it :(
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No issue! Just not an RPG.. or really a campaign game. More of a competitive Songs style battle game. Quite OK.
Think perhaps GW LOTR would suit my gaming style better.
Did I fail to mention the Orc army in the cupboard ;)
and don't think that sneaky Russian camouflage will save you from my Fallschirmjäger...
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(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-55A3kmmbIAA/UNDlJxTRRLI/AAAAAAAAF3U/KVNGxR-M9BM/s1120/cloud+scape.jpg)
My pink fluffy clouds made an appearance at Horisont.
No body managed to appreciate it enough to have a game on them though,. lol
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They are a lot of fun! I can see many uses for them.
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(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-55A3kmmbIAA/UNDlJxTRRLI/AAAAAAAAF3U/KVNGxR-M9BM/s1120/cloud+scape.jpg)
My pink fluffy clouds made an appearance at Horisont.
No body managed to appreciate it enough to have a game on them though,. lol
What :o
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What :o
Now don't go encouraging him. You know what he's like ;)
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I do support him :)
How someone can pass on the chance to play crazy battles amongst the clouds surpasses me though. I'd choose that anytime before yet another WWII scenario :)
It's a pity that there seem to be only two crazy, mushroom inspired* gamers in Dcandinavia lol
*I know that there are quiet many more, but they rarely post on this forum.
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Dude, you are a hero and a legend of model making and gaming. I love all your stuff and you do so much, in so many periods, and are so good humoured with it! Danes are totally awesome and you are above the average for the danes! HURRAH!
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I am guessing a Pearly Gates (using WW) or Doctor Snuggles scenarios. Or perhaps something with Tom Meier's weird Noraland miniatures:
(http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0118/3042/products/FPPU_Bomber_1024x1024.jpg?0)
Flying Pink Unicorn Tactical Bomber
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Doctor Snuggles scenarios.
Oh now I am impressed.
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I actually have some saracen looking guys on flying carpets in the painting que to assault the gate.
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Haha!
I don't know where to start! lol
Thanks for the motivation!
That unicorn is definitely going on my list.
I'll probably bring the game to Horisont 5 as well. With a setup of sorts... and a new set of boards for the ground. Needs to be more purpleish I think.
It was either this or the board the depicts a battle going on in a brain. I might still need to do that as well though. Jut can't store the thing in my car yet.
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Åcon is komming up soon! That means I have to build new stuff for various games between cleaning the house and finishing my box challenge!
Here we go with the WIP:
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-x2QFckoWWnI/UcrdtBtzt-I/AAAAAAAAHrw/pDGxzdTjAbw/w958-h547-no/P1240609.JPG)
I need to make some adobes for my pirate/tex mex needs. Unlike Malamute's lavish display mine will look shabby but will have the possibility of adding an interior.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-7oT-epWi_m4/UcoAZxCZ3nI/AAAAAAAAHqI/mWpDHf8dMXM/w1043-h514-no/P1240605.JPG)
More cans for the Prussian army!
With turrets of Bibblical proportions
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Nice turrets ;)
cheers
James
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Kewl, looking forward to seeing the adobes. ;)
Loving the Prussian tankettes. But where's the Espresso ???
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Kewl, looking forward to seeing the adobes. ;)
Loving the Prussian tankettes. But where's the Espresso ???
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-DBHIyYx27vs/UcryCAsmplI/AAAAAAAAHsA/ewWes2hbT_I/w729-h547-no/P1240619.JPG)
Oh it's there all right! lol
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Coolio.
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OK now I'm bummed... turns out that the fancy paint I bought doesn't even begin to cover the fancy lines I did on the buiwdins!
Look:
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/BuRMEJjE4SgdGkgfe60fLB8RatPLkddhKT224jd09Gw=w1044-h500-no)
Shriek! Aaaargh the horror!
I don't know what I'll do... maybe some poly!?
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I've had the same problem with using biro to mark out cork buildings, no matter how much paint you put on it seems to leak through. Try painting them over with PVA (wood glue) first see if that seals them.
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I'm afraid that biro is indelible ink and you won't really get rid of it any time soon. The best option is probably to sand it all back and mark with a pencil (and use a pencil from now and ever on).
We have this problem at work, especially with youngsters out of uni who seem to want to mark everything with a bloody pen and find out their mistake afterwards.
Pva might work but it'll still leak through after time.
Of course, if anyone has the ultimate solution then I'm all ears but we haven't found one yet (apart from the sanding).
cheers
James
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Oh it's there all right! lol
lol
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I'm afraid that biro is indelible ink and you won't really get rid of it any time soon. The best option is probably to sand it all back and mark with a pencil (and use a pencil from now and ever on).
We have this problem at work, especially with youngsters out of uni who seem to want to mark everything with a bloody pen and find out their mistake afterwards.
Pva might work but it'll still leak through after time.
Of course, if anyone has the ultimate solution then I'm all ears but we haven't found one yet (apart from the sanding).
cheers
James
Hmm... I think I'll try using alchohol. It solves most problems it seems.
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Hmm... I think I'll try using alchohol. It solves most problems it seems.
lol - spoken like a true viking!
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(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-qF0YO3NPiNI/UcyfYx3yKdI/AAAAAAAAHuo/jK5YPAt7RcQ/w595-h547-no/P1240648.JPG)
And then this guy turned up!
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I gave in and read quite a few pages of this. You truly are a genius, a totally bonkers, mad, loopy genius but a genius. Crazy, crazy Viking.
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I gave in and read quite a few pages of this. You truly are a genius, a totally bonkers, mad, loopy genius but a genius. Crazy, crazy Viking.
Thank you very much. Very kind, sir. lol
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I hope he came with a friend, we don't want him being lonely. Perhaps he could be friends with ironman, and red skull?
That's a beauty of a PJ Crazy Viking, the figure is right up my alley. I just don't know what his role will be in the fluffy pink clouds. Will he be protecting the pegasus people from the dinosaurs?
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(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-qF0YO3NPiNI/UcyfYx3yKdI/AAAAAAAAHuo/jK5YPAt7RcQ/w595-h547-no/P1240648.JPG)
And then this guy turned up!
That's some very nice and effective shading there. Black is difficult, I find. It is easy to overdo it and make it look grey.
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That's some very nice and effective shading there. Black is difficult, I find. It is easy to overdo it and make it look grey.
Thank you sir. I find it easier to paint black if you highlight using fleshtones instead of whites/greys. Courtesy of PappaMidnight.
On this one I think I did actually use greys though... doh!
Oh well - on with the rambling: I've been meaning to make a mat for my African gaming. I went to the DIY and bought the 7 tubes of sealant and a partridge in a pear tree, scooted home and poured it all over the cloth I'd bought as well. I'd bought a tube of liquid pigment as well to tone the sealant.
To my horror I discovered that I'd bought GREY sealant. Damn. So I skipped the idea of making an Africa mat and made one of the Moon instead.
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-iGAYy-ANFXk/UfDZB9pRP0I/AAAAAAAAH-0/6pAX5ZdX7as/w729-h547-no/P1250054.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Z2UgFXKHBvY/UfDZEMHJ0TI/AAAAAAAAH-8/ijj1NE2biwM/w410-h547-no/P1250056.JPG)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-yG8jsYRZjEQ/UfDZF1nc_QI/AAAAAAAAH_E/BBjm1UEVVYQ/w729-h547-no/P1250057.JPG)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-QwpGwjBe0gg/UfDZHjEV1aI/AAAAAAAAH_M/EgkyCJMT1tE/w729-h547-no/P1250059.JPG)
The reason the felt mat is brown... is of course that I thought I was making an African mat. In retrospect I should have gotten a grey one for the Moon.
Now I don't really know what to do with a moon mat, but I guess I have to make some craters and a nazi moon base as well now.
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So cool - come and help me make NW European and futuristic ones soon!
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I have already booked him to do one for me. :D
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Looks good to me mate :)
A naughty German space base sounds like a corking idea. Don't make it like the one from the film though ;)
cheers
James
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That looks great, sir!
:-*
I am sure you will find plenty of uses for it, knowing the way your projects can wander... ::)
I know....look who's talking.
:D
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We were talking about using the moon mat for a game including the filming of the fake moonlanding.
lol
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We were talking about using the moon mat for a game including the filming of the fake moonlanding.
lol
There will be lots of mooning once I get some terrain done.
So cool - come and help me make NW European and futuristic ones soon!
Sure I'll help you out. :)
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(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-a-O1-oUUdhI/Uf4A0t8ULPI/AAAAAAAAIE4/Sa5CcGGDB1A/w1044-h517-no/P1250142.JPG)
Working on this at the moment. It's a daemonologist... inspired by old warhammer fluffery.
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Now you just need 12-15 Greater Demons!
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That's rather cool mate 8)
Now you just need 12-15 Greater Demons!
Shouldn't it be 13?
cheers
James
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Depends on your chaos deity's number of choice ;)