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Other Stuff => Workbench => Topic started by: Vanvlak on July 19, 2015, 07:33:13 PM
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Another of my doomed-to-fade threads? Maybe not. Instead of opening a thread for each project I am working on, I have grouped the lot here, and will then create threads once stuff matures.
To begin, here is the workbench undercoat queue:
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j108/vanvlak/summer2015/DSCF7437_zpsfq7gifsc.jpg) (http://s78.photobucket.com/user/vanvlak/media/summer2015/DSCF7437_zpsfq7gifsc.jpg.html)
Dark Eldar Talos/Chronos hybrid on the left, several 10mm vehicles for a beyond-Mad Max set of vehicles, 3 flies from SpellCrow, alien terrors from the Crossover Kickstarter (now assembled - they arrived yesterday), and bits of scenery - the Frostgrave beanstalk is complete and has been shown in another thread.
I also cleaned up my Gaming Surface A - the one designed to survive in the basement, with its very high humidity. The surface consists of ceramic tiles, the scenery is limestone. Doesn't look like much so far, but I am planning to work the limestone bits into something more interesting..... ;)
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j108/vanvlak/summer2015/DSCF7435_zpsvui8n6hi.jpg) (http://s78.photobucket.com/user/vanvlak/media/summer2015/DSCF7435_zpsvui8n6hi.jpg.html)
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j108/vanvlak/summer2015/DSCF7432_zps92wlanea.jpg) (http://s78.photobucket.com/user/vanvlak/media/summer2015/DSCF7432_zps92wlanea.jpg.html)
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j108/vanvlak/summer2015/DSCF7433_zpscfsxvhsn.jpg) (http://s78.photobucket.com/user/vanvlak/media/summer2015/DSCF7433_zpscfsxvhsn.jpg.html)
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Ceramic tiles...interesting
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It's also the ideal material to thwart those ham-fisted gamers who accidentaly destroy more delicate terrain. (And by "more delicate terrain", I mean everything not built out of stone!)
OTOH, not for 'away' games. :D
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Interesting..... :)
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It's also the ideal material to thwart those ham-fisted gamers who accidentaly destroy more delicate terrain. (And by "more delicate terrain", I mean everything not built out of stone!)
OTOH, not for 'away' games. :D
That's true. And better still, coffee spills (unless they make it to the rule book).
On the other hand, dropping one of those on a model hurts... :?
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A tiny update.
I have just counted the number of 8" square spare ceramic tiles I have: 25.
Which means 5 x 5 = 40"x40" = Frostgrave surface.
One problem worrying me about Frostgrave is the frost itself - I have some models which fit Frostgrave to a T, but which I would also like to use in a different setting with no snow. What to do? Defrosting seems the obvious solution, but I DID like the frosty setting aspect.
The solution turnedout to be obvious: it's magic-induced frost, so some partsof the city are frosted over, others are not. D'oh! :D
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Time for some Fury Road (sort of) love.
Look, a box!
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j108/vanvlak/max/DSCF7441_zpsjdu9jaxp.jpg) (http://s78.photobucket.com/user/vanvlak/media/max/DSCF7441_zpsjdu9jaxp.jpg.html)
Opened...
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Remeber the old Pappis box challenge? This is what I had never completed, with a bigger box and different bases. OK, all changed bar the inspiration for a battle in a box.
8 1' x 1' cork tiles
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j108/vanvlak/max/DSCF7443_zpsms1tm19n.jpg) (http://s78.photobucket.com/user/vanvlak/media/max/DSCF7443_zpsms1tm19n.jpg.html)
2' x 4' - the shop ran out of the stuff, or I'd have a 3'x3' option too.
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j108/vanvlak/max/DSCF7444_zpseepdg3db.jpg) (http://s78.photobucket.com/user/vanvlak/media/max/DSCF7444_zpseepdg3db.jpg.html)
6mm Epic Spleenrippa, also useable as a smaller buggy in 10mm; and a conversion - with a terrain close up
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j108/vanvlak/max/DSCF7446_zpsexdpeygn.jpg) (http://s78.photobucket.com/user/vanvlak/media/max/DSCF7446_zpsexdpeygn.jpg.html)
A desert monster....
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j108/vanvlak/max/DSCF7445_zpsb4iwwx2r.jpg) (http://s78.photobucket.com/user/vanvlak/media/max/DSCF7445_zpsb4iwwx2r.jpg.html)
:D sorry, got distracted.
Some patches of grass
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j108/vanvlak/max/DSCF7447_zpsxmr5cvdk.jpg) (http://s78.photobucket.com/user/vanvlak/media/max/DSCF7447_zpsxmr5cvdk.jpg.html)
A 3-cornered pyramid?
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j108/vanvlak/max/DSCF7448_zpso0iafbdd.jpg) (http://s78.photobucket.com/user/vanvlak/media/max/DSCF7448_zpso0iafbdd.jpg.html)
They come in threes.
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That's it, before it gets madder than Max.
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Are those simply Cork tiles sprayed grey? They're brilliant for a desert table!
As for the tiles; watch your back! How are they attached to the table? Tile glue? And will you be texturing them in some way?
Love the box btw: I have a thing for that sort of gear. Let me guess; there originally used to be some sort of tools in there? Perhaps a microscope or something along those lines? It wouldn't have been your girlfriend, right? I mean: it says +GF+ and all, but that'll never fit... lol
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Amazing idea for cracked earth! Damn, that's brilliant.
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Are those simply Cork tiles sprayed grey? They're brilliant for a desert table!
Thanks - and yes they are, with some patches in brown and yellow, some very small patches of flock, and two larger white areas representing dry salt pools.
As for the tiles; watch your back! How are they attached to the table? Tile glue? And will you be texturing them in some way?
The other tiles - not attached at all -the ones shown in the pics are heavy enough to stay in place, AND will not be moved around, so my back is safe. The smaller ones I mentioned in the picless post have to be movable to give variety in setting up. But as long as I limit the number I carry I should be dorsally fine. :D
Love the box btw: I have a thing for that sort of gear. Let me guess; there originally used to be some sort of tools in there? Perhaps a microscope or something along those lines? It wouldn't have been your girlfriend, right? I mean: it says +GF+ and all, but that'll never fit... lol
Well my wife's petite, so as my GF she'd have given fitting in the box a run for its money ;) :D
It did contain a tool, never discovered what, however, as it was empty when I came across it.
They don't make them like they used to.....
Amazing idea for cracked earth! Damn, that's brilliant.
Thank you - it's open acccess, so copy away :D
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The PAPPIS Challenge lives! Nice work Vanvlak - the box looks very sturdy (unlike ikea cardboard) and the cork works great for cracked earth!!! 8) 8) 8)
I'm looking forward to the next instalment. :D
Cheers
Matt
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The PAPPIS Challenge lives! Nice work Vanvlak - the box looks very sturdy (unlike ikea cardboard) and the cork works great for cracked earth!!! 8) 8) 8)
I'm looking forward to the next instalment. :D
Cheers
Matt
Thank you.
It lives - armoured and cat proof, if a little larger than the actual Pappis box.
Next instalment will probably veer away into some different project, which is why I am collecting them all here (bar one - Halo). So it could be more of this, or Frostgrave, or Project Lionheart (no relation to Richard). ;D
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A one stop shop to Vanvlaks hobby hopping. Perfect 8) :D Just take a peak at mine haha haha.
Cheers
Matt
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A one stop shop to Vanvlaks hobby hopping. Perfect 8) :D Just take a peak at mine haha haha.
Cheers
Matt
Most certainly!
And now for something completely different - more tiles (back to the ceramic variety).
These are not part of the first board shown, but a Frostgrave project - remember the beanstalk? That will be transferred to ones of these tiles. But I'm looking too far ahead. Here are the ingredients:
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j108/vanvlak/FROSTGRAVE/DSCF7455_zps4akz7lfz.jpg) (http://s78.photobucket.com/user/vanvlak/media/FROSTGRAVE/DSCF7455_zps4akz7lfz.jpg.html)
The tile itself (8"x8" - there were a pile of these in the house when we bought it).
Some LOTR scenery bits.
A few scraps of that bark-lke stuff they put on plants (I stole my few bits of this from a plastic plant in a boardroom, one bit at a time in my jacket pocket.....).
Cat litter. Unused; important detail, that.
Sticky soft cushioning pads to avoid having the rather abrasive tile bottom surface scratching any table they're put on to - indispensable!
Here's where these go:
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And here's the assembly (still to be painted ofcourse!) with a guest wraithy sort of fellow for a spot of nostalgia, and to clearly demonstrate the pic is fuzzy... ;D
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j108/vanvlak/FROSTGRAVE/DSCF7491_zpsunpp60dv.jpg) (http://s78.photobucket.com/user/vanvlak/media/FROSTGRAVE/DSCF7491_zpsunpp60dv.jpg.html)
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Kitty litter? Now your just inviting the fluffy beggar onto your table! ;D
Yep it's fuzzy. lol
Matt
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Kitty litter? Now your just inviting the fluffy beggar onto your table! ;D
Yep it's fuzzy. lol
Matt
All four of 'em...
And now - well,you get the idea.
Dropzone Commander is next.
I got a pile of Shaltari models for my birthday (my wife knows me :-* ) and have started a project on this, including the scenery.
Here goes:
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I'll be using the tiled table, with several hills of this type - paper packaging PVA-glued onto plasticard bases, with some artificial sand for stones. More to come.
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I recently bought the Mongoose Tanker bug from Rivera (thanks :D ), as I have often wished to get a few of the bug types. I assembled the beastie, and it IS big :o Since I omitted to include anything in the pic below to scale her, she's 18cm long.
Still needs filler and paint. I think Hermione (she's a she) will feature in a wide range of uses, probably including Frostgrave.
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j108/vanvlak/review/DSCF7526_zps909vvggc.jpg) (http://s78.photobucket.com/user/vanvlak/media/review/DSCF7526_zps909vvggc.jpg.html)
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An almost-2'x2' surface with 1" grid - very useful. I have 4 of this, and will be able to use these as a 3'8" x 4' table when used together. I kept the palette intentionally limited, in line with the Necromunda Eschers I entered in the Lead Painters' League 9 (last round).
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j108/vanvlak/Lionheart/DSCF7564_zpspjbejyw0.jpg) (http://s78.photobucket.com/user/vanvlak/media/Lionheart/DSCF7564_zpspjbejyw0.jpg.html)