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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: Sixmilletoe on October 05, 2016, 09:10:00 PM
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Good evening all,
I would just like to share with you all my latest project. First up, the Empire and Orc fleets.
I've owned the Empire fleet for many years and did not paint these myself. The Orc fleet is painted be myself and I've chosen a simple but 'Orcy' colour scheme for the fleet than that depicted on the games workshop boxes🙂
As an addition to the fleets, I have also remade all the card templates and tokens in scaled down acrylic to both save space and improve the aesthetics of the game.
Hope you enjoy!
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I love your templates and counters - they look so professional. What's the process for making them?
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:o OMG, that's beautiful. All of it!
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one of my favorite games, well done!
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All of this is fantastic...I love stuff like this.
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Very nicely done!
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Nice painting on the fleets (and I want to see more).
But your tokens are really a great idea and they are top !
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Lovely stuff! Such nostalgia seeing them here, although painted much better than mine ever were back in the day.
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Thank you all for your kind words! There will be much more to come soon hopefully including more fleets, acrylic game markers and battle reports with any luck!
I love your templates and counters - they look so professional. What's the process for making them?
As an architectural Modelmakers by day, I am fortunate enough to have access to a laser cutter and drawing software at work. In my free time(lunch breaks🙂), I draw/trace existing tokens from scanned images or free hand and convert them into various acrylic tokens.
Once drawn, the material is first etched(on both sides in many cases), removed from the laser and has paint rubbed into the etch and is then placed back into the laser for the final cut pass.
The stat templates require the same process as above with the additional process of assembly. They compromise of 3 layers of 1.5mm thick acrylic glued together using dichloromethane (plastic weld) for a clean bond. The relief between layers allows the 3mm thick tokens to locate well into each location and also be easy enough to remove.
Below are some pics of the the remaining fleets to paint and also an example of some acrylic in game markers.🙂
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Bretonnians up next!🙂
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I just finished collecting every fleet myself..including an undead and lizardman fleet using some kitbashes, greenforest trading company ships and others.
I look forward to watching your progression
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Where the f*** did you get all those Corsairs :o :o
Game soon, game soon, game soon :D
cheers
James
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Where the f*** did you get all those Corsairs :o :o
Game soon, game soon, game soon :D
cheers
James
Yeah, got a bit carried away, but wanted enough Bretonnians to have a Bretonnians vs Bretonnians napoleonic style game :D
Back next week mate, then we'll arrange a game and hopefully do a battle report. Have you got any scenery we can use?
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Got a fair bit :D
Also got a 6x4 mat on the way :D
cheers
James
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Great upgrade for this old game.
Stéphane
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Fantastic thread. I really, really regret getting rid of a lot of Man o War stuff back in the day :/
love the templates! :-*
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Beautiful stuff!
I absolutely love the acrylic templates and markers. Wish I had acces to such fancy gear, I'd love me a set like those.
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Wonderful!
Those template look the nuts (you spoilt architectural snobby types.... ;)).
8) 8)
Love the colour scheme that you chose for the Orcs.
Looks spot on to me.
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Those template look the nuts (you spoilt architectural snobby types.... ;)).
8) 8)
Jealous hippy ;D
cheers
James
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Jealous hippy ;D
Bloody cheek.
:o
And you still spoke to me civilly all afternoon today knowing that I was none the wiser of what you had posted here.
Shocking!
>:D
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Some lovely work there, but you have my sympathies if you're trying to use Orcs in that game. Their performance under the rules as written was so bad at least two of our locals quit the game over them way back when, and I sarcastically converted all of my Orc figs so that their ships were listing, battered. half-sunken wrecks (which was better than the fully-sunken state they actually wound up in during most games).
Still an unpleasant memory, and it ruins my nostalgia for the game.
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Bloody cheek.
:o
And you still spoke to me civilly all afternoon today knowing that I was none the wiser of what you had posted here.
Shocking!
>:D
:D
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Got a fair bit :D
Also got a 6x4 mat on the way :D
cheers
James
Excellent! Sounds like you're as keen as I am!😄
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Some lovely work there, but you have my sympathies if you're trying to use Orcs in that game. Their performance under the rules as written was so bad at least two of our locals quit the game over them way back when, and I sarcastically converted all of my Orc figs so that their ships were listing, battered. half-sunken wrecks (which was better than the fully-sunken state they actually wound up in during most games).
Still an unpleasant memory, and it ruins my nostalgia for the game.
very true, orcs are by far the weakest fleet. This will make any victories all the sweeter!
I have been reading up on Orc fleet tactics and it seems that although their ship of the line squadrons are sub par, their strength lies in the Orc hulks.
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/279191/strategy-and-tactics-orc-fleet
I think the write up in the link above is spot on and agree that when playing as the orcs it's all about attitude, not necessarily winning. They are the 'baddies' after all! ;)
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very true, orcs are by far the weakest fleet. This will make any victories all the sweeter!
I have been reading up on Orc fleet tactics and it seems that although their ship of the line squadrons are sub par, their strength lies in the Orc hulks.
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/279191/strategy-and-tactics-orc-fleet
I think the write up in the link above is spot on and agree that when playing as the orcs it's all about attitude, not necessarily winning. They are the 'baddies' after all! ;)
Pretty much every word of that link is true, and most Orc players in the old days came to the same conclusion in just a few games, especially once the Plague Fleet stuff hit. Skaven and Chaos and Dark Elves are "baddies" too, but their rules produce (at worst) decent games, and some combinations are just plain too strong. I'm looking at you, teleporting Tzeentch fleet.
I still never managed a single win with Orcs in over two dozen games with them, but my closest fights were with fleets composed of maximized Hulks and none of the suicidal Drillakillas at all. Hopefully you'll do better (or adopt house rules, which was the other general fix I recall) but do remember, while winning isn't everything, giving your opponent an interesting game instead of a challenge-free walkover is pretty important if you want to keep them coming back for games. It's regrettably hard to put up a good fight with Orcs under RAW, and beating them up gets dull as quick as losing with them does.
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Pretty much every word of that link is true, and most Orc players in the old days came to the same conclusion in just a few games, especially once the Plague Fleet stuff hit. Skaven and Chaos and Dark Elves are "baddies" too, but their rules produce (at worst) decent games, and some combinations are just plain too strong. I'm looking at you, teleporting Tzeentch fleet.
I still never managed a single win with Orcs in over two dozen games with them, but my closest fights were with fleets composed of maximized Hulks and none of the suicidal Drillakillas at all. Hopefully you'll do better (or adopt house rules, which was the other general fix I recall) but do remember, while winning isn't everything, giving your opponent an interesting game instead of a challenge-free walkover is pretty important if you want to keep them coming back for games. It's regrettably hard to put up a good fight with Orcs under RAW, and beating them up gets dull as quick as losing with them does.
I can certainly believe it. Although, if you could see how badly Jimbibbly rolls, I say the orcs chances of winning are significantly improved! lol
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Even after all these years it remains an excellent fun game.
Problem always was the record keeping and you've fixed that!
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I can certainly believe it. Although, if you could see how badly Jimbibbly rolls, I say the orcs chances of winning are significantly improved! lol
Oi!
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Oi!
You'd be the first to admit it lol
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True :D
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Man'o'War, Man'o'War ling on the road!
Lovely gallery. Makes me wanna paint up some ships.
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Fantastic stuff. Love those templates.
I'm sure you've got it covered but if you are looking for suitable Islands etc I fully endorse the stuff from Combat zone.
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I always loved MoW, started getting into it just as the discontinued the game
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Fantastic stuff. Love those templates.
I'm sure you've got it covered but if you are looking for suitable Islands etc I fully endorse the stuff from Combat zone.
Actually I've not. I had intended to make my own at some point, but I have enough on my plate just painting the fleets! Thanks for the pointer, I'll check them out. :)
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Not all of the Bretonnian lead pile, but enough for a 1000pt game at least.
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Couldn't resist a little play either :)
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High elves next.
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Lovely stuff matey 8)
cheers
James
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Ta :)
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Exquisite collection you've got there! :-*
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Fantastic stuff! I'll prod our local hoarder of all things Man-O-war to get a game set up.
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Very nice bretonnian fleet ! :-*
I like the way you've done the sails to indicate squadrons.