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Miniatures Adventure => Other Adventures => Topic started by: werekake on March 29, 2017, 02:55:36 AM
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"You better send a Meat Truck. Charlie's copped a saucepan in the throat."
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So, we enjoyed our time at Salute last year so much (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=88625.0) - we're coming back to put another game on! (or two)
This time there'll be a group of us coming up from Melbourne. Lon and I, again. We'll be joined by Adam (Freelancer), our resident expert on prehistorics, and Viv (from Knights of Dice/RubbishInRubbishOut).
We're gonna do an Australian outback themed table, split down the middle with a ridgeline/cliff. This will allow us to squeeze two games on our table.
- A Tribal-themed hunt, with primeval/Denisovan Indigenous-Australians and Asaro Mudmen (and some Savage-Core cro-magnon lurking as well).
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- (40,000 years later) A diesel-punk game with souped-up jalopies from Eureka and/or die-cast cars/model-kits etc.
Here's a concept sketch we did for the table a few months ago:
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The idea is to make the table/terrain easy enough for us to carry all the way from oz (and spend a few days in Dubai, while we're at it). So... we'll have a Deepcut studios badlands mat as the tabletop. Then the ridgeline will be made up of a horizontal and a vertical section, both of which should fit in a suitcase easily enough. This is, of course, all still theoretical as our wiz-terrain maker is still in the middle of making it with insulation-foam...
Here's a shot of our badlands mat, anyways... which we'll probably roll up and bend into a suitcase...
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Only a couple of weeks to go now, before we head off, so fingers crossed we get it all done in time! I'll keep updating this thread, making posts of stuff as we get it done - mainly to motivate our group, and to remind me what still needs to be done! :D
If you're coming along to Salute, please come over and say gidday/kia-ora. Half the fun of the day is meeting like-minded enthusiasts and chatting. I'll try and put a Salute map up soon, to show where we are...
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I will make a special note to come find you and throw some dice. It's the least I can do after all that effort you have made!
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Cheers mate,
look forward to seeing you! It'll be a quick run-thru of the games, I promise. So much to do at Salute, so little time to be playing games. ;)
So, we have the Asaro mudmen packed and ready to go. Made by Knights of Dice and painted by Scot. They'll look great on the table, I reckon.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6Ba1JZUoAICmVx.jpg)
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More about them, if you're curious, here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asaro_Mudmen
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The mudmen are strange but cool. I look forward to seeing your Salute map, I will need it to find you.
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The Salute map - we're at GC09. We're gonna be just a normal-sized 6x4 game (although gigantic games seems to be the norm at Salute).
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I also have Eureka on there... mainly cos there'll be a few guys at the stall coming up from Melb who'll be checking out Salute for the first time (Jack and Wes).
Talking of Salute, there was an announcement on FB yesterday re:the DLR Custom House stop being closed this year...
"Many people may have seen that Custom House on the DLR is closed this year, and not allowing people to exit for the ExCel Exhibition Centre. There is no need to worry, the next station Prince Regent is open, and as Salute 2017 has moved right down to the east end of ExCel the show will be closer to this station.
So it will should be easier to get in to the show this year, less of a walk!!"
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Denisovan tribe finished and ready to bring along. They look like these figs:
Freelancer's painted Denisovans
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Viv's
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Also will bring some of the Savage-Core cromagnon (painted by Lon)
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fighting my Neanderthals
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I still got a few things to paint, mainly some of the Forge of Ice skin tents!
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Freelancer flies off to the UK tomorrow morning - so he's pretty much got his stuff painted and ready to go. We had a catchup last night before he heads off, and he showed some of the things he'll be bringing along.
His Kangaroos - grey and red (greys are typically smaller, I think)
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Maximillian and his dog chase some of the kangaroos away - they're gonna be racing pretty soon, and a roo can wipe out an entire car if you're not careful and hit one going at full-tilt...
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Back in time, a Denisovan hunter is ambushed by a predator!
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I'll get some of the cars posted soon...
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Is that a Marsupial Lion? Tanked up on 12year old single malt apparently! :D
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Yep, Thylacoleo, the original Drop-bear. A last minute conversion of a ring toy I found in a gift shop. And yes, his ungainly pose as he leaps on the unwary hunter could be blamed on the scotch, rather than the incredible memory plastic that continued to return to its finger gripping ring shape, despite legs being cut off and re-postioned o_o
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Yup 12 yo single malt islay makes driving games that much more enjoyable - and you don't have to worry about your drink-driving limit when you're pushing 28mm scale cars around a table. ;D
Talking of which, Lon has been working hard on getting his cars ready. They're the Eureka range, with a variety of bodies, grills, mudguards, pipes, vents and weapons to 'customise' your ride.
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His favoured weapons on these cars seem to be rocket launchers and flamethrowers.
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The 'green-machine' gets it's initial undercoat
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More updates coming soon as Lon continues painting up the rest of his cars, and I work on some fun 'dashboards' for the game.
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Love the rocket launchers!
Nic
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These are looking pretty sweet!
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Those cars are awesome! And the neanderthals too. I look forward to seeing them all in the flesh.
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Wishing you guys all the best.
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Cheers Lucky. Things are getting a little bit tight for time now - we only have a week before we fly out! So many things to get done, so little time!
Latest updates... Wes has been painting the ridgeline which will serve as a natural barrier for both games on the single table. He's just trying to decide on the colours - want to get the 'feel' of Aus outback geology.
From the front:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C8mf_JYW0AIiJRd.jpg)
and the sides:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C8mf_GzWAAcdeoP.jpg)
The Forge of Ice tents/shelters have been done, done them up to look kinda of like an amalgamation of wattle&daub, with skins and furs:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C8-Vd74UwAEd8qb.jpg)
The cars for the Maximilian game are just about done by Lon.
The Red Devil (with flamethrower on the back, and big jezzail/AT-rifle on the far side)
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The Green Machine (with multi-rocket launchers and machine guns under the hood)
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Just a few things left to do - and then we're good to go! Hopefully the weather's better in the UK than it is here...
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Love the Mountain fin - like a Great White Shark cutting through the tables at Salute!
Nic
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Love the Mountain fin - like a Great White Shark cutting through the tables at Salute!
Nic
I love everything about this!
And, nice work on my tents!
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Cheers Alxbates - glad you like it all. The tents painted up a treat, well-sculpted for that purpose. ;)
Nic - the great white shark is slowly turning oxide red.
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A bit of flock and scatter will hopefully lighten it up, like Wes has done for this base section
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The players' dashboards I've pretty much finished
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And Viv at Knights of Dice has put together a movement template for us
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Just a couple more days before we fly out of Melbourne on our long trip to London! <gulp>
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Wes has finished the ridge and it's an absolute beauty - works well on the Badlands mat as well.
The Tribal Denisovans on one of Wes' hills:
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Mad Maximillian and his car - the 'First of the V8 interceptors'. ;)
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A better shot of the car, painted up by Kosta
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Flying out this morning! Managed to squeeze the ridge-terrain into my luggage... really hoping things don't break.
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Lon has the eucalypts, cars and figures squeezed into his bag. Note the Salute map with specific stalls marked out for purchases... our wallets are gonna take a battering.
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Stop off at Dubai for a couple of days (36-37 degrees) and then London (15-16 degrees)... Will hopefully have pics from Salute!
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Bon voyage.
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Make sure you have enough fuel for the trip home.
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Happy travelling.
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Don't worry guys, I have just come down from Scotland well stocked with bottles of the fuel we need. Catch you in London ;)
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Wow! This is all absolutely fantastic. The mudmen are particularly cool!
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I met the chaps and had a quick run through of the Maximillian game. I like the movement rules with the template. The more extreme the turn you want to throw the car into or the greater the speed, the less control you have over where the car will end up. So you can plan what you want to do but that doesn't mean you will be able to do it. Strong possibility I will buy into this game when the rules come out, and you can use easily available diecast cars, and go to town on pimping/armouring them up.
Thanks Lon! I never did find the Eureka stand though to buy the crew figures...
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Apparently they sold out all their car stock on the day.
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The games did look good in the 'flesh'. It's a pity the Mudmen didn't make it over, but the Cro-Magnon's looked good in their place. I got a set of Denisovans from Eureka, a printed copy of Tribal, and the Primeval supplement as well. Now I just need some opposition for the Denisovans and few animals to scatter around the table. Are you planning a visit for next years Salute? :D
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The games did look good in the 'flesh'. It's a pity the Mudmen didn't make it over, but the Cro-Magnon's looked good in their place. I got a set of Denisovans from Eureka, a printed copy of Tribal, and the Primeval supplement as well. Now I just need some opposition for the Denisovans and few animals to scatter around the table. Are you planning a visit for next years Salute? :D
Ah bugger, sorry I didn't get to meet you - give you a big old maori bear-hug and a hongi greeting. ;)
I got confused by the toilet situation at Salute this year, and ended up wandering the perimeter of the venue until I realised I had to go outside to get to the lavatories. This, along with the distractions of games/traders, meant I missed an hour or two at the gaming table.
Yup, I think we'll be back for next year. My wife wants to run the London Marathon to complete her 'world majors' - so I've got permission to come over and play again. Of course, this all depends on whether or not London Warlords will have us back again...
Glad you liked Tribal. Sorry about the lack of mudmen - Viv (the bowler-hat wearing friend) - forgot to bring them... >:(
What sort of setting are you thinking of playing your Denisovans in? I like to think that they could be used from Australia through the asiatic steppes and onto Europe - i.e they're nomadic hunter-gatherers suited to plains-living. Recent studies suggest they were found from Europe thru to Siberia and into SE asia and Australia - mixing with Neanderthals and others. for eg. http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2017/04/26/science.aam9695.full
So... long story short - play them with whatever you like!
Some shots of our day at Salute. It was really good fun - meeting people and chatting about our games. I think most people couldn't believe we'd come all the way from Aus to play some games.
The Maximilian game: Firefly vs Green Machine
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Kangaroos in a desert setting
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This kid loved racing his Dad - blew his Dad's car up with his flamethrower!
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Adam explains Tribal to a gamer... introduced the game to some spanish punters as well, who loved it.
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Alan Marsh came over to have a look at the figures he's sculpted thru Eureka. He's made the maori, the denisovans, and the drivers/Mad-Maxiimilian figure. He's never played a wargame before, so we tried to introduce him to the concept of wargaming... not sure he got it, entirely... ;)
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Thanks to everyone who came along to introduce themselves play - hope you enjoyed yourself!
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Looking fantastic! I am especially interested where I can get the cars and rules for the Maximilian Game???
Thanks!
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Same. I've asked on a different forum how many cars per side for a typical game, if basing makes a difference and an ETA.
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The cars are available from Eureka miniatures. The bodies are modular resin and have got metal weapons, vents and exhausts etc, so everyone can 'pimp their ride' to their own specifications.
The rules will be available in June, thru Mana Press.
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June? Excellent news!
Answer to my other questions:
1. Are vehicles based / not based / doesn't matter?
Shouldn't matter if based or not - so long as you can hold the measurement template up against the car in a consistent manner (and weapons/armour etc don't get in the way).
2. How many cars per side for a typical game?
We've done a 'purchase' set of costs to the cars, so you 'buy' the numbers of cars. I haven't seen this yet, so can't tell you for sure - I envisage 2-3 different cars, depending on scenarios.
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Thank you for the quick response. I have looked all over the Eureka website and cannot locate the cars :( Can you give me some hints on how to find them (scale, series, etc...)?
THANKS AGAIN!
The cars are available from Eureka miniatures. The bodies are modular resin and have got metal weapons, vents and exhausts etc, so everyone can 'pimp their ride' to their own specifications.
The rules will be available in June, thru Mana Press.
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I'd follow Scurv's advice and contact Nic - with the sheer amount of 'new' stuff Eureka gets on a weekly basis, he finds it hard to update the website. I know there was a post on the cars on the Eureka FB page... https://www.facebook.com/eurekamin/posts/10154511150375509
His email is: nicr@eurekamin.com.au
Scale = 28mm. Suits our terrain, figures and other vehicles we already have from that era.