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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: Gunbird on September 03, 2017, 12:51:06 AM
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My trip to the third local goodwill store netted me some trucks, long wooden sticks of a soft wood that will come in handy at a later date, and this plastic thing. I have no clue what it actually is?
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When I picked it up it reminded me of Isengard.....so I'm now looking for a suitable sphere to glue on top, and some washers to base it on so it stays upright. A darkgrey paintjob with plenty of black wash, and a Oil Stain paintjob with plenty of gloss varnish on the not-Palantir should make this a nice scenic piece for Frostgrave or Mordheim.
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Nice. Just be careful not to look into that palantir-thingy. I've heard bad stories about the last guy who did!
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I'd be tempted to give it variety of toppers. Statues and the like.
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If you were playing 10mm or 6mm fantasy, that would be a perfect wizard tower.
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I'd be tempted to give it variety of toppers. Statues and the like.
Same here. Maybe magnetize or peg them so you can swap as needed and still be fairly sturdy.
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A marble might make for a good palantir, especially if you can find a darkish one with a bright yellow or orange catseye inside.
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If you were playing 10mm or 6mm fantasy, that would be a perfect wizard tower.
I've been looking at 10mm to play Minihammer, but dismissed that because I don't want another scale and none of the players are close. Thx for putting that idea back into my head <sigh>
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I've been looking at 10mm to play Minihammer, but dismissed that because I don't want another scale and none of the players are close. Thx for putting that idea back into my head <sigh>
I did this and still have an Empire, an Orc and a WiP Chaos Army in 10mm for Minihammer. All currently safely stored since I move from Berlin to Hannover (which is sadly still a few hours from Amsterdam).
Minihammer is a great opportunity and much better than playing at the original scale!
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I will not be doing 10mm :P Don't have the time, or money to add another scale right now :)
Anyhoo, progress on the not-Palantir.
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Metal base, glued to plastic base, trim added with filler, top hole drilled out, magnet epoxied in, plastic cover added with basic trim that needs to be cleaned with a tiny bit of filler, magnets inserted into the bead I found which fit perfectly, sateh stick added in the top with epoxy and trimmed, needs a tiny bit of filler but other then that it is going swimmingly. I'll just make this top, the not-Palantir, and might come back at a later date for a Sauron's Eye kind of top bit.