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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: whiskey priest on May 17, 2014, 05:27:31 PM
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Living up to my promise of nicking some of Matakishi's ideas I had some time in the sunshine today to get my sci-fi town/undercity to the 'nearly finished' stage.
Here are a few pics of it set up
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More blethering and WIPS on the blog
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FFS!
I'm going to catch tetanus just by looking at those pics! :D
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I do like my rust effects! lol
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Thats brilliant WP. It reminds me a bit of something from the Borderlands video game.
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Wow. I like the use of found objects... I think. Or are these shapes part of a terrain kit or something? I know you can get laser cut circles, hexagons etc. At some craft stores.
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The hexagonal sections were made by me as long tube (technically prisms) sections from mdf 6-8 mm thick, depends what's going spare. Cut on a table saw that was set at an angle and glued round hexagons that were cut on a CnC router. These were then cut up into sections and some used as is while others were mounted on circular tubes or on cuboid bases. A couple of the stairs are made by me as well but I won't describe the method as it's tedious. Add resin bits, some cork matt, and some more sarissa precision scenery and that's about it!
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I'm going to catch tetanus just by looking at those pics!
I do like my rust effects!
Jolly well done, every bit of it.
I have absolutely NO use for such scenery, yet it is SO compelling as to make me ponder how I could possibly do so.
Thank you for feeding my fervid brain.
Valerik
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I like the look of that.
Very effective.
Makes me want to play Necromunda.
8) 8)
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very very nice!!! you should take a look at Lynchwood, a map of Borderlands 2 with a very similar "geometry"! Actually, most of the BL2 maps are terrific inspirations for game tables, i wonder why someone didn't make a huge screenshot repository yet.
yet.
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Good stuff. Although the table looks like it is quite a structure.
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It's all hollow underneath, again made with MDF. I'm thinking of taking the whole board up to Foundry for oldhammer day but it needs extending a bit. Rather than tack on another square board I was going to add triangular pieces to each side giving another four 'sectors' if you like but still keeping the overall board square. I can have the current board sides act as part of a larger structure and add doors or stairs to pass over/through them into the corner sectors. This'll give the added bonus of having a 'home' corner four each faction. Each one could have a different theme, a storehouse, a pumping station etc. What do you guys think?
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Seeing how quickly and comprehensively you put this board together I can only assume that the triangular addons would make the whole thing even better. Assuming that the triangles are right angled and isocoles (surely there is a term for that shape that I am forgetting) then the board could be extended into various rentangular forms too, giving lots of modularity.
I suggest that you do all that extra work and find a way to cart the lot to the Oldhammer day...but I would say that ;)
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Down and Dirty. Me likes :)
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Looks really great. Nice work :)
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Bloody nice, WP! I've noticed on many of your pics that the railings are snapped on the Sarissa pieces. Would you say that's due to lack of durability or your own hamfistedness? =D Either way, it looks bloody nice. I'm very very tempted both by Sarissa's stuff and that from the other company Leon Pendraken is pimping. I forget their name all the time. Model mods something or whatnots...
BTW, how about a gangway or two on the ground level?
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I'd have to say a lot if it down to my hamfistedness but they are pretty fragile and some have broken with very little effort from me. I was going to get some of those other buildings (wargames mods??) for the extended sections they are pretty cheap. As for gangways, the stuff that is on the board in pictures is only a small amount of the sarissa bits I 've got, if you check out this post http://theleadpile.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/something-to-fight-over.html#more you'll see more of the stuff that can be used for crossing various areas. When I get home today I'll so a bit of measuring and workout how to do stuff. I may even have a go on google sketchup this afternoon.
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Oops! Double post! Anyways, this is what I'm thinking for the extensions.
Here is the board as is.
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And here it is with the corner sections added on
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It'd make the gaming area significantly larger and divide the board into 6 sections far more neatly than the usual six squared rectangle. As I was saying earlier I do have lots of stuff to populate the boards
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Looks very nice, in a kind of rusty, fooked up, don't park your car in this neighbourhood kinda way. :)
Interesting idea with the extensions.
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Great looking project, I think the added corners are a good idea.
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Thank you, it was your anarchy off line project that gave me the oomph (and ideas!) to get the stuff done over the weekend.
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Double post :? Sorry
Anyway got some time to paint up one of the signs I got from Ramshackle games
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And built the corner sections for the board extension
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Now I need to paint it and add a load more buildings.
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Hehehe!
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I'm always a big fan of nice board :-* WELL done! :)
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The pudding is coming!
The pudding is coming!
The pudding is coming!
The pudding is coming!
;)
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Lovely board and old school minis, very well painted I might add!
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Thanks guys. Aggro, there are more pics of the figures in this thread http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=65981.0
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Managed some more buildings and the corner sections are done, still a bit of detailing to be done (doors and signage, windows needs painting, that kind of thing) but I'm 90% done.
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Seriously cool. I cant wait to get a game or two in on this :-*
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Brilliant!
The 'corner' idea has worked out really well.
8) 8)
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A very good project.Must be great to have a cool table like this to play on.
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Now you just need some ground level 'street trash. to provide cover.
;)
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The pudding cracks me up. One of the more nonsensical Rogue Trader scenarios from the random generator ;)
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I love the RT scenario generator! It's delightfully bonkers. o_o
Suggestions for street level trash and bits and bobs will be gratefully received.
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Suggestions for street level trash and bits and bobs will be gratefully received.
Apart from the obvious things like barrels, crates, skips, containers etc....how about the odd burnt-out wreck?
Any old sci-fi toy should work as a good basis.
;)
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Looks stunning. :)
How about a Slave Auction. Seem to remember a lot of slave trader stories in RT. And Water sellers.
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Absolutely awesome. :-*
Water sellers is actually a good idea. I believe it can work with any kind of street vendor. Trolleys and so on can give you a mobile scenery basis. Kiosks or street furniture for ads ans stuff like that can also work.
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Finished the first of the Tech Gang for the game on confrontation that we'll be having in August.
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Brilliant. I've got a week of kit bashing ahead of me inspired by confrontation. :D
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Lovely work man. Can you get the Confrontation rules anywhere on line, legit? I remember reading them in WD back in the day but never played it. :D
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TechGanger looks cool. A mix of GW plastics where used to make him, if not mistaken.
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You can get the rules but couldn't possibly say that they were legit. The general consensus is that they are basically just laserburn and I reckon you should be able to get them.
He is just a kit bash, Marine scout head, Elysian torso, empire knight left arm, maxmini right arm, RT hand flamer and empire militia legs. I've got another 4 to go.
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looking forward to seeing em
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Finished off the Tech Gang
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those Dudes look great for a cyber punk gang. Might have to steal some of your ideas.
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The tech-torso and power fist are resin parts?
Great posters in the background.
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Fantastic looking gang there. That's a lot of plasma weaponry. lol
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Great posters in the background.
Indeed, very cool scene and I really like the gang. Well done :)
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I painted up some of the old citadel Paranoia troopers to count as security for the up coming game with Cheetor.
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I dont really know that range at all, but they look cool in those colours. The Ferrograd Watch.
Our planned "small game" is getting bigger all the time lol Are you planning for the GM to use those guys or are you working up to adding a third player?
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That would be telling! Lol!
I did send you the Gm's Briefing didn't I?
I've got a figure to paint up to lead these guys and a couple of figures to populate the bar and then I'm all done, just need to get the other confrontation gang painted then I can concentrate on finishing off the board.
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I did send you the Gm's Briefing didn't I?
I forgot, of course you did and I remember what those guys will be up to. Thats what I get for posting on Sunday in the AM ::)
I've got a figure to paint up to lead these guys and a couple of figures to populate the bar and then I'm all done, just need to get the other confrontation gang painted then I can concentrate on finishing off the board.
You are a dynamo. Its going to be a great looking game :)
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I painted up some of the old citadel Paranoia troopers to count as security for the up coming game with Cheetor.
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-qJ09ugfwYGQ/U680llZHsmI/AAAAAAAABXg/iusFA0hFA8g/s640/blogger-image-1419045423.jpg)
Classic look there very nice.
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I've not seen those figures before, but they really look fantastic; top work!
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Second confrontation gang 95% finished
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Nice!
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That's a pretty cool look for a gang.
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I love this thread.
Full of wonderful memories and great classic minatures all coloured-in properly!
:-* :-* :-*
I also hate it as I keep getting ideas of ways that I can incorperate these wonderful old classics into my current gaming plans.
Now I am after Paranoia stuff.... ::)
>:( >:( >:(
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Ooooooh I was looking for some Sci-fi inspiration in some LAF areas I did not often explore before, and I find this! :o
FFS!I'm going to catch tetanus just by looking at those pics!
Um, no, rusted iron won't give you tetanus, there's no bacteria in rusted iron itself. Only if a horse did shit near it. :D
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Second confrontation gang 95% finished
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Stunning use of the naffer Space Wolves heads. Most of those look terrible on Marines but really good on those chaos boys.