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Miniatures Adventure => Pulp => Topic started by: Digits on November 27, 2019, 07:15:41 PM
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.....or should I say, my Lost World foray into Pulp / adventure gaming. Slow burner, but this is where I shall be putting up my attempts at capturing the feeling of a proper mad cap expedition into uncharted territory. Expect lots of scenery....plenty of animals, both contemporary and prehistoric......heroes, explorers and their adversaries.....wacky transportation and anything else that takes my fancy!
I have not finalised any rules....I may even write my own yet if I don’t find what I want.
Big influences, films such as “She”, “20,000 leagues under the sea”, “Journey to the centre of the earth”, “Carry on Up the Jungle” etc.
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Great picture :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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That's one nice display!
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Cheers....just been making the trees for my Vietnam thread.....makes sense to use them for this too!
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That is a great picture! I am interested to hear what rules you settle on.
-Michael
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Keep us posted. Love to see where this goes.
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Digits might be slightly deranged but he sure is creative! o_o :D lol
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Hey! I’ll have you know I resemble that remark!
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If this develops like your Vietnam topic, we're in for a treat....!
Doug
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Excellent. :)
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I have been building trees for my Nam project as I said above, but I thought I’d share this one here. Many tropical trees have buttress roots, helping to make them more stable in areas of poor or thin soil. I used to live in tropical west Africa and I remember there being lots of trees like this.
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That's a beauty- I have to make a few of those for my Pulp jungle table.
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Just wow. Very impressive tree. Watching this thread.
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Love that tree, fits right in with ones I'm planning on - especially the lianas vines (or whatever they're called). Actually found a great little product, a one off though, to use - and it spawned the idea of soaking thread in glue and dipping in fine flocking to get more.
And that tree is perfect for Pulp, too, since you have to have those vines if a certain gentleman is going to take a proper swing through the verdure. lol
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Amazing work on those trees! :o
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Superb jungle :-*
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Wonderful jungle! :-* :-*
Any chance for a tutorial on how you make those superb trees? ;)
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Cheers fellas. There is a “how to” in my “fire in the hole” Vietnam thread.
As for a certain swinger....I would love to find a Terry Scott version! I suspect he doesn’t exist....but my next tree(s) stand will be two trees on one base, so I can have climbers and vines adjoining both trees. I may sneak a figure in there for kicks.
I will also be paining up a few monkeys / parrots and other bird like to put in the trees like I did for this temple sat in a bamboo thicket. Yes, I know it’s from SE Asia.....but there is the mystery......how did it reach deepest darkest Africa!!? All a part of the expedition ;)
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That is one hell of a tree Digits, fabulous work :)
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WOW :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Indeed. Smashing work on that tree.
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Cheers guys.
Ok, I just received a couple of packs of Bend Sinister feathered and masked Pygmies (perfect for my adventures - these will be the “Dikwityu” tribe), some with blow pipes and some with spears. I realise they are out of production ( at least I believe that to be true) but does anyone know if there was ever a chieftain figure?
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Cheers
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No one? Ok then I guess not. No bother, I have found a suitably tall female witch doctor (?) from Reaper that will lead them.
Now to add paint...
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I wanted to get some to supplement the Eureka Miniatures ones:
http://www.eurekamin.com.au/index.php?cPath=87_126_153_164&sort=3a
Only the witch doctor has a suitable mask.
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Thanks, I looked at those. Maybe later.....I may even have a go at sculpting one myself lol
Meanwhile though....I have ordered this beauty
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I’m always a amazed when you take time to scroll thru Reaper catalogue just what you can find!
She will be the queen the little fellas look up to!
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There was no chieftain that I remember - I have these for my Pygmy army - I used them for "armored" units alongside Kallistra and Foundry models.
You have the shaman, though.
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I did wonder what the little fella was....hard to tell until I can get paint on him!
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Just collecting a few things together....and this guy arrived today, I LOVE him!
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Sure is swell of the guys to have a nice warm bath ready for him lol lol
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Yes but his mother usually pops in a rubber duck.....funny but he could swear the chap just put in a carrot!
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He can always make sure that he gets the last laugh and have a wee wee in the pot.
Have you have a look at African range on fighting 15 link I sent.
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I did......I am definitely doing the band idea........when I can afford it!
As discussed I will in time to quick sand patches, pit traps etc.
I don’t know about “Darkest Africa”
This is.........
“DAFTEST AFRICA”!!!!! lol lol
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If I remember right Old Glory do some pygmies ..
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no I am mistaken just had a look they are ordinary tribesmen but just 25mm
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I’m not looking for a full army....these will probably do.though I may get hold of the reaper pygmies as they are wearing masks. A little green stuff conversion and they will match in nicely.
Time to get som3 stuff painted me thinks.....
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"“DAFTEST AFRICA”!!!!! lol lol" << What a relief. Now it makes more sense, well, sort of, that you are going to be 'paining' some monkeys. Truth be told, I don't like to think just what that entails.
A little rhesus, m'lady?, he said to the stunned woman.
Reese's?, she said.
No, rhesus, he said.
Pieces?, she said.
Yes, ma'am, he said - much too eagerly.
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If I ever got around to doing a unit of pygmies I would
name them the 'Helarwi' You would hear their mournful
battle cry from the Elephant grass, " We're the Helarwi "?????
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Ha! Old ones are the best ones! Cleaner of course than the original joke! :D
Fifteens....forgive my spelling! Not intentional that one!
However, in the spirit of “DAFTEST AFRICA” feel free to throw up any whacky ideas. All will be considered, and one or two even acted upon!
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In regular Africa - the Bantu. In daftest Africa - the Daftu? :D
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They may well appear yet......for now I’m painting the Pygmies.....pics soon.
I also finished a pair of rock jungle pieces....makes a good ambush point.
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I need to keep my eye out for large pieces of cork bark. I want to make in time a large escarpment, and also a cliff face with waterfalls, hidden caves, rope bridge etc.....but not yet!
I also have been bitten by the bug to make a paddle steamer AND hot air balloon.....great projects for next year I think.
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So I set out to give myself at least half a dozen big trees. I’ve completed three so here are the next three under way. I have shown in my nam thread how they are done but I have another tip here.
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I wanted a nice tall straight buttressed tree and built this one....out of the wrong wire! This one is a little bendy. So, I built the smaller one to double base it. I can wrap branches from the lower one around the tall ones trunk. Foliage will disguise it nicely when done.
I suggest this being the perfect wire, which is what the finished, low tree and right hand one are made from. Note the 2mm.
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Now to get them latex coated....
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Pygmies!
These guys know how to survive the jungle and it’s prehistoric inhabitants. Wearing the masks is not just to intimidate outsiders, but is also a great defence against hungry velociraptors and ravenous....well, everything else! The mask confuses the lizards just long enough for the nimble little fellow to make his escape......at least, that’s the theory. And it only works if the chap is attacked from the front!
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And YES, I know the traffic light is upside down......these little chaps have NEVER seen one! Lol
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Ha great idea! lol
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Cheers fella.
Talking of ideas...here are my latest on the project, and a few goals I have set myself.
Well this is firmly set in the 1920’s though the odd earlier figure may appear (especially if they have been wandering aimlessly around the forgotten realm.
I realise I will need to build a river.....especially as I will be building a paddle steamer at some point. I also want a reason for building a large waterfall /cliff face complete with cliff gripping trees, and a tall jungle tree as a part of the base.....forcing me to build the falls at least 20” tall. This will be a major project piece and I will be spending the next few months gathering all the cork bark I can. ( if anyone can recommend a CHEAP source, please do). It has to feature a walk behind waterfall ledge with hidden cave entrance and MAYBE a carving out of the stone of either a Dino head or Kong! Not sure on this bit as yet.
The setting is somewhere in the deepest jungles....think Congo though many references will be from different parts of Africa. This means little chance of plains Animals appearing, though having seen Elephants in “jungle” settings, I will end up with a small herd at some point. I will be mixing up my natives a little too....think more Hollywood than National Geographic!
One of the settings will be a “worlds end” trading station / expedition jump off point centred around the most improbable, but boy am I looking forward to making this lol lol , watering hole, going by the name of the “Zambezi Speakeasy”. Think...Rick’s Place, set mostly outdoors, complete with bar, stage, dance floor and musicians, coloured lights, etc.
The musicians are already ordered. Watch this space.
I will also be doing a small village for the Pygmies though I’m tempted to have them up in the trees. This idea is kinda Tarzanesque / think Ewoks on Endor village. With me speeding up in my large tree department, this is likely to be the best course of action. Thinking about it, they would want to live off the ground with all these monster lizards mooching about. This would likely be a two / three large tree affair complete with rope bridges between platforms, liana swinging etc.
I’m on the lookout for a good sized dinosaur skeleton, not outrageously big but true to scale and large enough to transform into another dwelling. These will not be the only “human” inhabitants in the realm.
Enough for now....more ideas are swimming around in my little head.....but I need to keep this doable!
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This will be a major project piece and I will be spending the next few months gathering all the cork bark I can. ( if anyone can recommend a CHEAP source, please do).
You can buy 5kg bags from here: https://www.reptilecentre.com/search-results.php?query=bark&Search.x=0&Search.y=0
Be aware that 5kg is a sackful! It can be cheaper still during sales: Black Friday, January, etc.
Handily they are located 10 minutes from my sister, so she has delivered it to me for free. :D
Excellent trees btw. 8)
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You can buy 5kg bags from here: https://www.reptilecentre.com/search-results.php?query=bark&Search.x=0&Search.y=0
Be aware that 5kg is a sackful! It can be cheaper still during sales: Black Friday, January, etc.
Handily they are located 10 minutes from my sister, so she has delivered it to me for free. :D
Excellent trees btw. 8)
Wow! - brilliant link and thank you! This may happen quicker than I thought!
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Wow! - brilliant link and thank you! This may happen quicker than I thought!
No problem. :)
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Just to give you an idea, this is (most of) a 5kg sack of small tubes. The steel ruler is 2 foot long. Max outside diameter is around 5 inches. I also have some large tubes which are around 10 inches max diameter. Obviously, being a natural product actual contents of each pack is likely to vary. It will likely need a bit of cleaning up, but nothing more than a stiff brush should do.
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Thanks for the pic and info. Certainly cheaper than from a hobby store.
As everyone is interested in the trees, here is a WIP shot. Primed are ready for paint / foliage.
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I love your projects :-* and your enthusiasm. Really enjoyable.
I will also be doing a small village for the Pygmies
Well, what else would it be? :D :D :D
Doug
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Ha ha! Yes indeed!
And thanks Doug....enthusiasm Is one thing I have in droves...., hope you keep enjoying!
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Well, you're going to need to put some small measure of that enthusiasm to work creating some lowland gorillas and at least one of those solitary forest dwelling okapi. Otherwise your forest might seem a bit naked. And who wants a naked forest? At least you can go with pygmy elephants! lol
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Yup, definitely Gorillas, and I like the idea of painting an okapi.....but I suspect a tasty morsel like that wouldn’t last long with a pack of raptors after it!
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Trees are painted and first I’m applying the polyfibre. Foliage and vines in the morning....for now, my fingers are superglued solid! :?
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Trees are painted and first I’m applying the polyfibre. Foliage and vines in the morning....for now, my fingers are superglued solid! :?
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Lovely trees.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who has that problem with Superglue
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You are really on a roll at the moment!
About your far flung trading station, I have a suggestion. You can call it Ghala Nazuri This is Swahili for "Goods Depot". In fact if you want anything translated for signposts etc I know loads of African blokes at work.
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Hmmm....and you trust them enough not to saddle my station with a joke name?
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Have you looked here at their animals.
http://www.obeliskminiatures.com/
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Some nice animals/things, but most listed as 'Not available'
To add to the confusion different prices EU/Non EU & I'm
not sure at what point they will count the UK as 'Non'.
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Shame, I like their baboons. I will keep an eye out in case they restock.
Well....the main ingredient for my musicians has arrived Brian! Just waiting on a few sprues for the conversion and away we go.....
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And here’s a little mock up teaser.
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LOVE IT.
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Cheers fella....a ways to go yet but I’m looking forward to getting him finished.
Ok, so the shots that bring all the jungle pieces so far together. I just finished three more trees. Going to take a rest from making trees for a while.....and concentrate on figures and other stuff. I’m quite pleased how this is turning out.
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That's a nice selection of arboreal splendor - and a rather technicolor rendition of pygmies, too. And I spied some slate winged populace among all the greenery.
Imagine if you painted a collection of camouflaged pygmies and placed them in your jungle. Why, it might be years before you saw some of them again as they emerged from their hiding places. ;)
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Like I mentioned above....their only defence against the dinos.
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Truly amazing work all round but even at that those tree's just blow you away :-*
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So-oo, if the colorful masks throw off the 'scent'- or even 'sight' of the carnivorous dinosaurs, how does that impact the herbivorous ones? Might they think of them as colorful flowers worthy of a nibble or two? Your jungle is not a good place to be a 'little guy'. And what about the heat seeking ones? Many a modern reptile finds its pray through heat sensing. Maybe they need a nice quite cold water pool tucked away in the jungle somewhere?
Hope some of those more contemporary folk who might appear have a soft spot for the pygmies - at least until they feel the sting of a dart!
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“Soft spot”? Yes, I intend to have cannibals.
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The trees are the best jungle trees I have seen :o
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Cheers fella, glad you like them!
I think I need to paint a few parrots to add a small splash of colour.
Also been thinking and adding to my list. Like I said, I will be making a river, and I would love to see it teaming with hippos and crocs. There are a few waterline versions available, but not enough, so I am going to rectify that problem for myself.....
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Excellent work!
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Absolutely superb!
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Thanks chaps!
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so I am going to rectify that problem for myself.....
Hmmm - both intriguing and slightly sinister. What could he be planning....?
Doug
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Nothing overly sinister. First bits ordered. Let me try it before revealing all.
Meanwhile, I couldn’t resist. I found ANOTHER wire armature I’d started and forgotten about so that will be seven trees. Tbh, the base with little and large on it robbed me of a tall tree as I needed shorty to hold tall guy up. I can finish this one over the weekend.
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Uh-oh! Hope it is just my system but a whole bunch of the photos aren't showing up for me now that were just a day ago. Will try again later to check.
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None of Digits photo's show up for me either. Hopefully it's a timing issue.
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Yep,nor me.
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Hmmmm....Houston.....we have a problem!
Looks like I may have been handed the Photobucket hand of death!
So all my pics from the last 10+ years have disappeared and I can’t access my account! I have dropped them a line but I’m not holding much hope....
Right now I’m a bit upset so I will go quiet for a few days whilst I see if it can be resolved.
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THEY'RE BACK!
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Some, though not all, of the photos are back. Digits, again I recommend starting a Google blog as a place to store your own photos. You can share them from there to here on LAF. And you don't have to actually post or publicize your blog, just use it for photos and keeping personal records if you like. Having a google blog frees you from the photo buckets of the world. Far better you do that than go dark - there are too many of us who appreciate your work and how you present it.
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Thanks but being a technophobe....I wouldn’t know how!
Photobucket have responded saying there was a power outage at one of their data centres and that issues are being dealt with.....hopefully all will be resolved soon. :?
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Digits, if I can create a Google blog, trust me, you can do so, too. It isn't hard and there are numbers of people here on LAF that I'm certain would be happy to help you make forward progress. The only time I've ever lost a photo in a post was when I decided to delete the photo from my blog. Avoid the emotional punch to your gut of others creating problems with your photos - I encourage you to make the jump. Let us know if you do so and have questions. Help is here if you need it.
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Digits, if I can create a Google blog, trust me, you can do so, too. It isn't hard and there are numbers of people here on LAF that I'm certain would be happy to help you make forward progress. The only time I've ever lost a photo in a post was when I decided to delete the photo from my blog. Avoid the emotional punch to your gut of others creating problems with your photos - I encourage you to make the jump. Let us know if you do so and have questions. Help is here if you need it.
It doesn’t need to be a Google blog. I use Wordpress (I don’t think that’s Google) for photo hosting. Simples and free.
Doug
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I will keep it in mind thanks.
This is certainly taking them time to sort out though they have answered each of my messages. What’s bizarre is I’m seeing different images actually appearing on my iPad than my iPhone! I can see the opening image of this thread for example on my iPhone but not on the iPad!
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All photos restored within the thread now I believe. And that is very good because now I can be a proper thief of ideas for modeling a triple canopy rainforest and jungle with your inspiration Digits.
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Still glitches I think. I can see them on my iPhone but only half using my iPad!
And you go for it fella!
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Not 100% yet....but I think I can post new so here is my WIP shot.
I need a good jungle jazz name.....
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"Lianas Good Time, Swing Time Swayers"
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lol awesome!
Maybe 'Queen Melmendi and her Orchestra'?
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Good....but not punchy enough my friends......
Meanwhile....an eerie moon hangs large and heavy over the rain forest....
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By the way, if anyone has and spare standing Zulu legs like the chap on the left, please contact me, ta.
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Reminds of Duke Ellington’s immortal line’ and the natives were restless’...great job on the band!
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Good job on them.
I hate Jazz (see JC & Dice Master as they love it)
However, some suggestions:-
Big Vine Swing, We Play Zulus, Jungle Rhythm, Syncopated Six,
Jungle Drums, The Big Tree Sound, We got Wry-Them, 6-2-a Bar,
Wood Wind, Tribal Tempo, Up (the Jungle) Beat, Beat it Up, Dig-It.
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I think Big Vine Swing is the sound......but I like “Tribal Tempo”.......unless someone can better that.....
Another (no 7) nears completion, along with three pieces of ground cover. This tree is a lot darker green.
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And I’m starting to add bits of detail in.....spot the mamba.
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WOW WOW WOW
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great photo :-* :-* :-*
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Taint' Speakeasy one word? I like it. lol
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Highly possible.......I’ve never written it before.
Cheers guys.
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Louis Armstrong and his Hot(entot) Five?
Nic EUREKA MINIATURES
PS We love what you have done with the figures
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That should have been Hot(entot) Shot Five! My bad
Nic EUREKA MINIATURES
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How about slightly different monkeys.
https://eurekaminusa.com/collections/winged-fez-monkeys
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They are certainly different!
Cheers Nic, your figures are nice and clean making conversion easy. I may yet do the same with the club dancer set!
Putting paint on now....
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Thanks to my Dad and his jigsaw, I have the base plates for a pair of river steamers....will start working on these in the new year.
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I knew you’d find something eventually so that you can use all those pirate’s you have.
Instead of pirates of the Caribbean, it’s pirates on the Ubangi.🏴☠️
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Nope...I have the bloody pirate ships for that....saying that, pirates and jungles....another use for it!
Nope, I feel a small band of rugged looking sailors helping get the expedition as far up river as possible on the cards. Lots of inspirational looking steamers about, on these boards too. I see cages on board for trophy captures etc.
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Bloody Beezlebub! The photos are messed up again. How's a man to engage in proper idea stealing without the visual necessary. Heck, I guess I'll just trundle off to that other necessary! lol
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Digits,
If it helps, Blotz do some paddle wheels in different scales, that could be fitted to your boats ?
I only know, as I’ve bought them in the past, then the Sarrisa paddle steamer came along, and the Blotz paddles became redundant.
Flatpack.
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Cheers matey, I will check them out.....
Edit: ordered a small wheel to convert for the smaller of the two craft. The other will have encased wheels.
Also ordered a pair of floor hatches....useful.
Thinking in time of ordering the harpoon from pulp figures but of course, they didn’t KNOW there were dinosaurs up there.....
Will most definitely order some of the pulp minis merchant seamen....rugged looking bunch....reminds me of the chaps in King Kong.
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Glad to be of help.
Have a good one.
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Here is a link to an aerial photo of the Ituri rainforest in the Congo:
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/green-landscape-with-forest-near-bunia-ituri-royalty-free-image/753294907?adppopup=true (https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/green-landscape-with-forest-near-bunia-ituri-royalty-free-image/753294907?adppopup=true)
It shows quite a diversity in colors of the canopy. Found it while looking for inspiration beyond Digits fine work here on LAF. I hope to create both triple canopy forest pieces - with fairly clear of undergrowth bases such as is the norm within the interior of a rain forest and also dense jungle pieces with very crowded undergrowth for the verge of the rainforest. And Digits work, especially the buttressed trunks, will be a great guide.
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There are definitely lots of shades of green there.
Just watch, if you are doing smaller scale (15mm and smaller) to achieve that triple density, you need LOTS of trees. Be careful not to make it so dense you can’t manoeuvre your hands, and thus your figures through it.
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Bloody Beezlebub! The photos are messed up again. How's a man to engage in proper idea stealing without the visual necessary. Heck, I guess I'll just trundle off to that other necessary! lol
I thought the exact same thing for a bit. Thank goodness everything seems to be back and the idea thefts can go back to normal.
Dan
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YIKES!!! Got out my trusty ivory beaded abacus and did a little calculating and to get an accurately scaled triple canopy rain forest in 15 mm I'd need trees 30 actual inches tall! Holy mahogany, bat man.
After due consideration, half scale is much more workable - and playable, an essential element - so max height of 15" will be a limit. And that is just for the 'overstory', the canopy will probably top out at 12", the understory around 9", the shrub layer at no more than 6", and the ground level limited to stuff shorter than an actual 15 mm figure (a bit of a challenge but workable).
And, Digits, to answer your concern, like you, I will build pieces that will sit on the table and the game will primarily flow around the representations - though there will be some built in access points into the rainforest and, less so, into the jungle pieces. I guess the real challenge then will be to differentiate between the open play areas within the rainforest and/or jungle and those areas outside such as grassland - rivers will be pretty easy to differentiate. Have to add in kopje and riparian woodlands into the mix. While the extra material to achieve the same 'detail' in space is one challenge in 15 mm, there is the advantage of being able to represent a larger - and thus more versatile - area in the same table space.
Now, where around here can I find that liquid latex for bullet-proofing my verdure?
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My take is simple, I will only end up with half a dozen of the tallest trees, topping out at about 450mm each. Certainly not true scale height but a fairly good representation on table of that top layer.
I will then concentrate on a larger spread of medium height trees at about 25 - 30cm. The trick with these fellas will be to ensure they are wide in the canopy. This will mean I don’t have to build so many, as all that wire twisting kills my wrists and there will not be such a density of trunks to make figure mobility impossible. I am also finding these smaller ones cheaper to make and kinda therapeutic (indeed I made the armatures first three more yesterday whilst playing parlour games and watching crap Xmas telly (not you ma’am, you’re lovely!)
As for the lower levels, a few stands with palms and scrub adds a dash of exotic (and in my case prehistoric ) gloss, and I like the look of the bamboo thickets.
At a ground level.....yes tricky but I'm trying not to overdo the aquarium stuff. I’m trying to stick to the less colourful plastic foliage and mix it with mosses and flocks. I’m not too worried about grasslands (didn’t see any evidence of them when I lived in the bush myself) but I do like the idea of a little tall grass along the riverbank when that gets done.
The real tricks I think:
1) Get an effective mousepad mat. It needs to complement your jungle. Yes, a red earth is realistic for example....but a muddy mixed green fills in the visual gaps when you look down on your jungle.
2) Try to make your largest pieces as realistic and interesting as you dare. Hopefully this will disguise the true lack of density and it will dominate anyone’s top view of the table. Add in a few small traces of colour and interest such as bird life etc to draw the eye in.
3) Keep it green...avoid the lurid aquarium plants that shout “alien” unless that’s what you are modelling of course)
4) Remember it’s still a games table. You have to be able to game on it. It’s not just about figure accessibility and fields of fire etc.....but if you make it too dense, you will loose figures that only come to light when you are packing up and all those hours spent painting your mini masterpieces will be hidden in the shadows!
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Sage advice, Digits.
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Well, one trick from model railroading is to create a flat based canopy of desired size and then put more detailed trees around the edge. That covers space but does make the interior of the piece either inaccessible or, with a removable canopy, sort of plain.
Now, that photo I linked to - reminds me exceptionally so of many a bag of lichen I've seen. That makes it easy but hazardous since lichen can be fragile when it dries. Lots of ideas floating around.
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Camera crew as per conversation.
https://eurekaminusa.com/collections/civilians-film-camera-crew-28mm.
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Cheers Brian. Not sure between this one and the a Pulp set tbh. I will think on.
Meanwhile.....I know I was going to rest from trees for a bit...yet I’ve managed to pick up wire for another 9 armatures, plus the three I’ve been making. That meant I’ve had to order another pot of liquid latex, have to buy and cut out another set of place mats, buy more paint and foliage. Having just bought a packet of polyfibre....I may need another!
So....looks like I will have twenty trees by the time I’m done!
Oh, ind I’ve also ordered another twenty palm trees.
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So...going to have a large herd of wallowing hippos.
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I will need to modify ears and nostrils. I’ve ordered a Wargames foundry waterline hippo set too.
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You need an oxpecker or two to go on the hippo’s.
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Funny I was thinking of putting an egret on one. Not sure I could find oxpecker in 28mm! ;)
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So...going to have a large herd of wallowing hippos.
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I will need to modify ears and nostrils. I’ve ordered a Wargames foundry waterline hippo set too.
That is a nice idea. And simple to boot. :) Curious to see them pained up and based! :D
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Oxpecker = super sculpey, have at it Digits!
I found some plastic toy hippos that I 'sawed' into pieces to create my waterline hippos - in 15 mm, of course. Not yet painted nor based so no photos just yet. Got my adult hippos from Irregular - my young hippos from spinner racks in a toy store.
I'm a bit tempted to try and do a 'charging' hippo in the water. Wait, did I just give Digits even more ideas on what to do with sculptey? lol
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I’ve various hippos from different places including a pair of gaping mouth plastic ones....but nearly all are on the small side. A few can represent juvenile animals but I like the big mommas! The foundry set is coming and I hope is a good size.
So...recap what’s happening.
I am midway through a batch of seven trees! Armatures almost finished then onto latex.
I have the two river boat bases. Going to concentrate on the larger one for now but I suspect these will take some time to finish.
I need to raise funds and sell some bits on ebay to complete a few figure orders but also some bits for the boats, hence the timing.
I have the first dozen or so explorers to mount and paint, along with a dozen porters.
I bought four more blowpipe Pygmies as they will feature heavily in the game me thinks.
I have parrots and crocodiles on the paint table along with the jazz band.
So....lots going on.
Things that will get done eventually.....and this will get added to....
I need to make waters edge banking, complete with tall grass etc. I’m not going to make river sections I’ve decided, as I’ve always found it divides a table often rendering half the tale unused in game. I will represent my rivers edge / lakeside along the side of my table. The tall falls piece may change that in time...we will see.
I need to build the speakeasy and tree top dwellings. I also want some native huts but I’m undecided which and whether to make my own or buy them ready made.
Traps / pits and dangerous places......my mate wants me to build some quicksand spots....easy enough.....but I also want Punji pits, animal traps, carnivorous plants ( if I can find plastic Venus fly traps), tar pits and giant spider webs.....
A cave entrance or two.....concealed in bush.
Lots of figures, dinosaurs etc to buy.
I’d like to find suitable totems / idols etc to dot about the forest.
Lots to do.....
Oh, and come up with rules for the game!
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Idols. Dumbdumb from night in museum. Don’t you already have the Easter island ones or did they get cleared in house move.
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I'm sure I have some spare Dinosaurs. Remind me next time you are over.
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Have a look at 15mm dinosaurs for smaller ones, ideal foe for pigmies.
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Hmmm....to be fair I envisage each player to be controlling a team of three westerners, two men, one woman, an African guide and three porters. The latter acting as a kind of munchable buffer before the main characters start getting it.....the pygmies every bit the foe to the intruders as the wildlife.
I may even do a tribe of normal sized natives as an alternate foe.
However, I will look at all dino sizes....
Thanks for the offer Has.been, cheers.
Ps...dont Suppose you have any old itch helmets or scrap figures in pith helmets too do you? Happy to pay for them. Ta
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I will look for the Pith helmets, but what is an 'itch' helmet?
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A spelling error! Lol
Cheers
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Digits, for the waterfall, if you make it a corner piece the outflow can quickly flow to a waterway at the edge of the table - and keep to your plan. I agree, a water way at the edge is likely to work better than one that divides up the table. Good plan. And another stolen idea! Of course, I'll need a river and a coast line (maybe doubling as ocean beach and lake side?).
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Yes that makes sense.
So, doing a batch of seven won’t work, the other two are taller buttress types but I can only fit five on my spray tray. Need to latex these next.
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Oh no Jumanji is on tv. Hope digits not watching.
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A link for you, Digits:
https://achesoncreations.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=category&virtuemart_category_id=94&Itemid=67 (https://achesoncreations.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=category&virtuemart_category_id=94&Itemid=67)
Might be of some interest to you.
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Cheers. Yes I’ve seen their stuff, pretty cool.
Hippo herd coming along. Two more flatties to do and a little tidy up before adding paint.
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love those hippos
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I see those & find myself humming a Flanders & Swan's song...
'Mud, mud, glorious mud, nothing quite like it for cooling the blood.'
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Wonderful craftmenship. Looking forward to seeing more :)
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Digits
Absolutely inspiring!
Dan
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Yes that makes sense.
So, doing a batch of seven won’t work, the other two are taller buttress types but I can only fit five on my spray tray. Need to latex these next.
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A suggestion on your trees with respect to wrapping/wiring... Take some additional wire and wap in opposite direction. It will lessen the visual effect of...well, wire wrapped trees. :)
I did this for some Acacias many years ago, and it made a big difference.
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Wow! Those trees and hippos look great, the hippo idea has me inspired to do something like that myself.
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A suggestion on your trees with respect to wrapping/wiring... Take some additional wire and wap in opposite direction. It will lessen the visual effect of...well, wire wrapped trees. :)
I did this for some Acacias many years ago, and it made a big difference.
Good thinking, thanks. Tbh though, once they have two layers of latex painted on, they look fine. Also, many trees do grow spiral fashion so I’m not too worried.
Better picture with hippos trimmed. I need to redo the ears on two of them but otherwise ok. Just need another long one and that will do me, I can get em painted then.
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For Bob
http://www.greenstuffworld.com/en/reusable-blue-stuff/8-blue-stuff-mold-8-bars.html
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Many thanks for the link mate.
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You are probably already aware (or maybe mentioned earlier in the thread!? :?) but here is a link to Gringo 40's parrots:
http://www.gringo40s.com/28mm-exotic-animals.html (http://www.gringo40s.com/28mm-exotic-animals.html)
Just in case you were not aware. And if you know of similar in 15 mm, I'd sure love to know about it!
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Wow, amazing herd. I guess I better get busy looking for hippos (in 15mm).
Dan
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Dan, for 15 mm hippos start with Irregular Miniatures in their animal range. Toob small baby zoo animals has a hippo. And I've found at toy stores in their spinner racks some plastic hippos that I've used to cut into waterline models. Not aware of any 15 mm waterline metal hippos unless there is one in M.Y. miniatures ranges.
Irregular's 15 mm animal range is the single best place to find African animals. If you are looking for some African Cape Buffalo, PM me - not free but 7 poses plus a dead beast.
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Wonderful thread 8)
An anecdote you might be interested in; I have a friend from Rhodesia(as it was then,he was in the Rhodesian Light Infantry,that’s another story),who use to go spear fishing in the rivers,the best spots apparently were the underwater caverns the hippos lived in,of course they’d go when the hippos weren’t at home...
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I never realised they lived in caverns. They can’t actually swim, I know that. They run along the bottom and have to reach shallow water or push themselves up to get air. There was a program about them on telly a month or so back.
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Not sure they live in caverns, possibly as a nursery for the calves,and the story could be apocryphal, old soldiers tales and all that,however they would certainly use what's there :)
Interesting fact; they can sleep under water,unconsciously rising to breath.
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Check this out (wire trees about 2/3 of the way in):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvwwYeDVAqk&t=1228s
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Who besides me is wondering when Digits shall get back to work posting his progress on this thread?!
I feel somewhat abandoned when I was reeling along with all those cool ideas of his to steal! :D :o lol
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He sure looks like the guy from “ Fortitude”!
Fear not, I have to finish that batch of trees for a game at Flatpack’s Lead Shed so progress soon.....
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And here we go! Just sat in my garden painting these five fellas.
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My biggest issue now.....I can’t find ANY superglue in the house to start the foliage process!
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They look great!
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Had to pop to shops for some tablets...found a couple of cheap tubes of superglue.....may start adding some foliage!
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I really miss Poundland, their cheap... well everything.
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Yes. I’m usually a little anal about sticking to Loctite, but for these trees, the cheaper glue is fine. I have three polyfibred.....and may just have enough for a fourth....but will need to buy more to get all five done. Anyway, so long as weather lasts, and my strength returns, I should get four of these finished tomorrow.
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Today’s progress. Just managed to stretch my poly fibre and foliage to cover them.
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Hopefully tomorrow will see them vined and lower canopied like the one in the back ground...
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Fantastic mate.
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Oh my ... I’m in awe!
Dan
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Easy enough to do Dan....give it a whirl.
Ok, not wanting to run the risk of being accused of being distracted, I spent 10 minutes staring at my hull template before deciding to start adding some detail for what will be my little steam paddle boat. I recently picked up some pulp minis savage seas sailors and some detailing such as harpoon (for catching dinos obviously) life rings, search light etc. Also have some port holes, and cleats etc somewhere. Don’t really have a plan for it and it won’t be built in a hurry.
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If your happy, don't give a fig about distractions.
It is a hobby & therefore to be enjoyed.
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Very true.
Dull weather next week.....so back to sorting the trees me thinks.
Quite chuffed. Whilst sorting through my pirate box, I came across this chewed lizard. Will be cool in Dino park.
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Where in the world did you get that? Love it!
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Not sure. I probably picked it up at Triples...about 6 - 7 years back.
Will have to make a small jungle base to lay it in...will look good.
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I'm not scared of that!
I am scared of what ate it though.
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It is a bit gruesome for sure....anyway, I think you saw in the first posts on here what ate it!
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Whilst sat here painting, I decided to get it based. I will have to paint it pronto as I want to finish off the tree bases with plants and scrub so will do this at the same time. Should make an interesting piece.
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He of the very busy digits, Digits. lol
I love that dead dino piece and look forward to seeing it 'enshrined' in jungle!
Dang it, now I have to pull out the raw materials for jungle and triple canopy rain forest making again and see what I'm missing. Annoyingly inspirational. Well, okay, maybe not annoying. But reminds me how much I'm not getting done while you are flying through stuff like you have six pairs of hands (that's 12 hands!). :o
At least I'm getting stuff primed - 180 figures last night for my East African adventures, sort of colonial, sort of exploring, sort of pulpy. Going to order more porters, though (from Khurasan's West Sudanese range). Have ten forces developing and every one gets a 3 leader stand, a 3 native leader stand, a 12 or more unit of European forces and 12 porters - short three sets of porters. Plenty of native forces, too, and will be ordering some more Masai and Ashanti (not East Africa per se but its for fun), also dead Zulus and Generic Arabs (Irregular Miniatures). And a few other items, too, from others. Not adding dinosaurs to my mix but may have some Stone Age elements - Lost Worlds stuff. Last week finished off priming my African animals and am now over 1,000 critters! https://steeplechasingzebras.blogspot.com/p/the-steeplechase.html (https://steeplechasingzebras.blogspot.com/p/the-steeplechase.html) Scroll down to the April 2020 entry for photos - what was primed last week is in addition to yesterdays batch.
Congratulations on getting back to work. Alas, I didn't get any down time being an 'essential' worker. Thankful for that.
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It’s from home but that’s fine.....just sad working whilst directly opposite me are sat figures and projects waiting for me!
Still, not having to drive to and from wok gives me lots of time for hobbies. Just a shame the weather is about to turn...
Anyway, I will get this painted as soon as I can figure what colour a brontosaurus is!
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Five trees are now dressed.
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And not bad for a bit of scenery. I’ve never painted gore before so probably overdone it! Lol
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Excellent painting and dressing on the Brontosauraus. :-* :-*
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Re: “DAFTEST AFRICA!” - more trees and a dead brontosaurus!
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Excellent painting and dressing on the Brontosauraus. :-*
Dave you put dressing on the Bronto?????
Vignette, or salad?
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Steak Tatare - maybe a little Dijon mustard, mixed with Tabasco and a dash of Worcestershire sauce would do it.
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Still can’t remember who sold this model. However, a quick search on eBay and there are dead triceratops and stegosaurus models with little chunks taken out of them which could be used in a similar fashion. Don’t think they are quite as gory as this one....mere flesh wounds by comparison!
Anyway, fun to do but used up the last of my useful aquarium foliage. Until lockdown is over and I can mooch about, I will have to concentrate on painting minis and working on my boat me thinks.
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Dave I have a box of foliage you can have when lock-down ends.
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Thanks Pete, we can sort it then, cheers.
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More great entries on an already inspiring set up! Can't wait to see more - thanks!
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The colors indicate that is a very fresh kill. Had it been older, you would have needed a 'blacker' red - and, shades of Old West stuff, you'd need to be creating a LOT of 28 mm flies! (Now, if you think I'm picking on you on the fly front, just remember one day I'll have my 15 mm Old West up and you can pester me about 15 mm flies! lol)
Another well done piece.
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Flies!
Bog off!
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You tell him Digits!
You are sooooo right.
It has to be larvae & grubs.
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Now....prehistoric mosquitos on the other hand.....
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I came a bit late to this post, but it's a real pleasure to look back and see all the gaming eye-candy you've made. It makes me want to get out my own jungle set-up again. :)
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"It has to be larvae & grubs." lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol my (https://i2.wp.com/www.unexpected.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Donkey_Braying_25-2.jpg?w=800&ssl=1)
off! :D
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(https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/180425-giant-mosquito-found-01.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1236&h=820&crop=1)
There you go, Digits, a model for your mosquitoes!
Okay, now back to Digits lovely work. ;)
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Actually was thinking about getting a few of these from a Heresy Miniatures
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Ooo, that's perfect for a Fallout bloodbug!
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Don't paint the waspish colors and you have a proper Mosquito. Go for it! A dozen ought to do the trick.
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Three or four may be more in my budget!
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Still can’t remember who sold this model.
Acheson Creations Dead Sauropod
https://achesoncreations.com/index.php/primaeval-designs/28mm-designs/28mm-dinosaurs/dead-sauropod-detail
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Good find. Must have been a uk distributor though as I definitely bought it here at a show.
Thanks for the link fella.
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Remember the Dino. First time Sheffield triples at sports arena. Money in pocket burning a hole. Only taken about 10 years to find a use for it. Looking good. 👍
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I think you are right fella. Good to have you back, speedy recovery mate.
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Just looked through this thread. Inspiring stuff-Keep up the great work :D
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Slow burner but will try....
Ok, so I received my crooked dice Gorillas in the post today.
Along with the unfinished Eureka Chimpanzees these are the best ape models I’ve seen.
The big brute, not quite Kong but going to be a fearsome opponent for the hapless adventures me thinks, I need to base these but will look to paint them up over the next few days I hope.
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Those will be nice additions!
For my 15 mm stuff, I've got baboons (3 poses, 3D printed by a friend for me - no idea of source), HO chimpanzees that are fine models but 3rd rate for my purposes and too small but all I've been able to find (except the one that comes in the old Airfix/HATT Jungle box (Tarzan), trunk monkeys from Irregular Miniatures (monkey on a cut-off tree trunk), and gorillas from a few sources: the DDA from Bluemoon (think the movie Congo gorillas), toy shop items (Toob), and some beading items, plus Highlander Studios. Makes for a nice collection but could be better, for sure.
Glad to see you stopping by here because a lot of us are enjoying this thread.
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Was hoping to do more....but small accident broke my chopper! (You can fill in your own jokes!)
However, started on the steamer.
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Busted chops are no joke. :) Good luck with it's repair and finishing the boat!
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Me most very elegantly confused. Chopper mean heliochopper-copter. Chopper also mean chop shop guy cut automobile into many unfortunate pieces. Chopper also be specially efficient wood cutting tool. Oh, my aching amygdala.
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Chopper (with the busted blade)
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Ah, my amygdala begins to feel better already! lol
That looks like a rather old model of The Chopper, and of an 'industrial' strength. Pretty cool tool to have (have one myself, but a more recent model). In search of an electronic version - have one but it was cheap in both senses of the word and didn't last long and a bit wonky in its operation.
Hope you get a new blade soon.
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Chopper (with the busted blade)
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@Digits
It might be me digressing, but are those choppers still for sale somewhere? :o
Bit of a cool tool tip for scenery makers.
Anyhow, sorry for non thread related questions.
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Absolutely...pretty sure EMA Models sell them...
Yup
https://www.ema-models.co.uk/index.php/hand-tools/cutting-hand-tools/the-chopper-ii.html
Handy kit.
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I stand corrected, looks like I have the original Chopper I. Question about the Chopper II, how do you like the work surface below the blade, I think it is a neoprene rubber with a 'hard' surface? My chopper has a piece of chip board plus I have a cutting sheet of the material (apparently) used in the Chopper II - not used together, though!
I may be getting the NWSL Duplicator now that I did a little exploring on their website: https://nwsl.com (https://nwsl.com) Specific link: https://nwsl.com/collections/duplicutter-ii/products/the-duplicutter-ii (https://nwsl.com/collections/duplicutter-ii/products/the-duplicutter-ii)
Retirement (hopefully!) beckons around the end of next year and I plan to spend a lot more time with my two hobbies, miniatures and model railroading. Helpful tool to have around.
Recently ordered this: https://www.harborfreight.com/4-in-mighty-mite-table-saw-with-blade-61608.html?_br_psugg_q=mighty+mite+table+saw (https://www.harborfreight.com/4-in-mighty-mite-table-saw-with-blade-61608.html?_br_psugg_q=mighty+mite+table+saw) Will report on how I like when I get it - had just as many top line reviews as bottom line reviews with a smattering in between. Not too expensive so only marginal expectations. Hope it lasts longer than my other recent purchase from Micro-Mark: https://www.micromark.com/MicroLux-Mini-Miter-Cut-Off-Saw (https://www.micromark.com/MicroLux-Mini-Miter-Cut-Off-Saw) That didn't last long at all, less than one hundred cuts, maybe less than fifty. Good thing it was so cheap - though too bad it was so cheap (in the other sense of the word). Also, it was a bit wonky to operate.
Oh, and Digits, you've inspired me get to work on my own triple canopy jungle, finally able to get to an open hobby shop yesterday and lay in additional supplies. The world is slowly re-opening around here - but I worry it may get shut down again if the virus spikes which I expect it will. Hope I am wrong!
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Me too!
Very good bit of kit.....despite blade breaking, I have been using this blade for years...all my wild west stuff built with it, and blade still sharp.
The mat under is ok, but you can see repeated use has cut through it over the years, I’m too lazy just to turn it round (it comes out).
I principally use it on wood (balsa, bass, lolly sticks and coffee stirrers) and plsticard.
It comes with two angle set squares, unfortunately I lost one.
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Sad that Micromark tools failed that fast. I have given up on harbor freight for anything other than a one off use tool now. Their cheap tools are horrible quality in my experience. Given how rarely I use tools around the house, their failure rate was spectacularly high.
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US supplier in Montana has them on eBay
https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/353073383429?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&itemid=353073383429&targetid=876751517470&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=1006705&poi=&campaignid=9445985920&mkgroupid=98729475311&rlsatarget=pla-876751517470&abcId=578896&merchantid=6995734&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIl7jkhKbO6QIVFYXVCh2MGQH7EAQYASABEgLTp_D_BwE
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Absolutely...pretty sure EMA Models sell them...
Yup
https://www.ema-models.co.uk/index.php/hand-tools/cutting-hand-tools/the-chopper-ii.html
Handy kit.
Cool! Thank you for the link! :D
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It is only a single edge razor blade that is easily replaced - I have the same Chopper and went though loads of blades cutting bamboo skewers for my KPW stockades.
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Thanks fella. I can see how to change it....just amazed love never had to do it before now!
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Digits, you can replace the angle bit you lost - they sell them without the whole tool. Just FYI.
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Not here in the uk, at least I’ve not found them :-[
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Not here in the uk, at least I’ve not found them :-[
When the world calms down, find a model train shop nearby that stocks NWSL and see if they will include the piece you need in their next order.
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That’s an idea - thanks.
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I have also owned one of them for years you can pick up the blades in bulk packs on Ebay look for paint scraper blades. BUSTED.https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/100-Piece-Single-Edge-Razor-Blades-Window-Scraper-Blade-Replacement-Blade-Safety/164152784966?_trkparms=aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20200513093106%26meid%3Da589489cc095454e91b57ec772c274b1%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D12%26mehot%3Dco%26sd%3D362529209075%26itm%3D164152784966%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DSimplAMLv5PairwiseWebWithBBEV1Filter%26brand%3DUnbranded&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851
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Cheers fella, I have a batch of blades now.
I suppose I need to do some more on the boat!
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Another of my dormant threads gets a little breath of life blown into it.
I usually cycle back to ideas and projects that excite me. I found myself knocking up a sign for the planned “Zambezi Speakeasy” which will eventually sit on its roof when I get round to building it.
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Will get this painted up and dressed for the jungle, and pick up a few other bits I already started.
Indeed, I added a little gs to the outstanding members of the Jazz band, Charlie Squawker and his band Tribal Tempo, featuring Miss Ella Fitzsnuggly. However, I will also get them painted before showing them.
Even though I still have no idea how to play with this lot, it makes me giggle thinking on it! 😂
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I'm gigglin reading about it. :D
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How about Zamb-easy? :)
Dan
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That would have worked……but I’ve already welded my letters to the board mate! ;)
I will get the board painted today, will be good to get a few bits done and coloured. I started painting the band last night too. Even found myself listening to a little jazz whilst doing so! Lol
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Even found myself listening to a little jazz whilst doing so! Lol
NOOOOOOO! NOT JAZZ! :-[
Ladysmith Black Mombassa, YES! But not Jazz.
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JC will point you in the right direction for Jazzzzzzz.
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No soul!
Anyway, one painted sign for the club. When I find my vines, I will add one to it to tie it in with the trees.
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We has a jazz band!
Say hello to Charlie Squawker with his band, Tribal Tempo featuring Miss Ella Fitzsnuggly!
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Daylight has escaped so I will take a pic outside when it’s light, but hopefully you get the vibe! 😉
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Very nice David.
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Excellent work on that ensemble! I loved that set of figures. You can really see the resemblance to the historical Jazz greats in all of them.
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Yes….it’s a shame I had to butcher them tbh! Lol
Cheers guys
A few more pics
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Another finished task, painting the wallowing hippo heard. Admittedly a very quick paint job. If I was just doing one, I’d have spent more time!
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Edit:
It’s given me an idea! I could simply make a board that has a BIG wide river dissecting it. I have crocodiles, I could buy an elephant or two etc…..and simply have a game where the aim is to cross the river unharmed! I may mull that one over…..
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Next job me thinks…….painting a little admin!
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In my head, I envisage playing a game, with say four teams….each with six bearers. These will act as a kind of team health marker….the teams loosing theirs first being out….
Anyway, whatever I do, I’ve had these a few years so will be good to get paint on them….
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Digit returns! Haven't visited this thread for a while and missed the sign and the jazz band, very cool.
Love the hippo idea - and the game thoughts. Though I'll admit at first - and second - glance I thought they were unpainted. Just had to look closer. Probably show better when in-situ in their watery home. Certainly get cutting back on detail level when painting large numbers.
Nice lot of bearers. I'll have to get some photos of my finished ones and post up some of them - or all of them - for possible inspiration. If I do all of them there may be comments about my sanity because there are so many. Heck, I think I even have a few hiding away still to get painted but not for certain on that front.
Hope to see more on this thread sooner than later.
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Love the ensemble. They wouldn't look out of place in New Orleans here in the states. "Oh, when the saints, come marching in..." :)
And interesting idea with the bearers. It'd be interesting to see how that works out if you do that.
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Love that band. Got to get me some! Who makes them?
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Yes….it’s a shame I had to butcher them tbh! Lol
Cheers guys
A few more pics
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The conversion's a brilliant idea, IMO!
Talk about a REAL King Zulu Parade! lol lol lol
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Cheers guys.
Original minis by Eureka miniatures. I used some plastic Zulu legs and a few heads. I also used metal bits like the mask and parrot from Reaper I think. Grass skirts simply green stuff
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I think I still need a few carrying tusks (Foundry) and I need to find a couple carrying a bagged big cat or other game. Any suggestions welcome?
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So, that’s the luggage taken care of….i suppose I could do with a few adventurers and a little hired help next…..
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Fantastic, absolutely love the band 8) 8)
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Fantastic conversion and brushwork! Very Inspiring!
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Nice job on those porters. Somebody has to carry the bags...
Well done, lad!
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Always good to see Askari porters be nice if you could convert something into some of them fleeing in terror and dropping their cargo.
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Maybe something to think about!
Cheers guys, glad you like them.
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More Askari…this time hired help, tracker, guard, trail boss.
Lovely figures from Foundry. I will put some narrative behind all the characters in due course but I love these minis.
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I really like your progress on this project. Your painting is excellent!
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Thanks for saying so!
Ok, we have an EXPEDITION!
I painted a few adventurers, Lord Harry Lovatt-Standing and his chums.
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What I need now is some wildlife!
I think the initial wildlife I will concentrate on will simply reflect the wildlife of Africa. I can do dinosaurs another time.
I don’t really know where this is going yet suffice to say I’m enjoying the building of it.
I have just put in an order with Northstar for a range of animals, including an elephant, rhino, buffalo, hyenas, oryx, ostrich, leopard and cheetahs….enough to get me started.
I rather fancy a small mixed herd of wilderbeest and zebras along with a stalking hunt of lioness but that will have to wait until another time.
I already have a hippo herd, and sat on the side awaiting a brush I have some gorillas, and a few crocs.
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Very cool. Good luck painting all those animal skin patterns.!
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Cheers fella.
I may not necessarily be any good at it, but if truth be told, I think I prefer trying to copy animal patterning, especially as they pretty much will all look the same to having to make up colour combos for individual human figures.
I’m looking forward to painting the oryx for example…..looking at the following pictures, I’m hoping pretty straight forward, but should look collectively cool.
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They are also known in Southern Africa as Gemsbok and they taste really good - indeed the best meat I have ever had - during my time living in South West Africa, now called Namibia.
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Wow! Lots to love in this thread… particularly your jungle terrain pieces and those porters.
I am green with envy.
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particularly your jungle terrain pieces and those porters.
Exactly, you can never have enough of both… lol
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Very nice Michi….love the colours!
Thanks Grumpy! Being green in the jungle has its distinct advantages fella!
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Ok, I really wanted a bagged big cat……but I would have to have spent a kings ransome to get a model I wasn’t overly fond of. Suggested I do my own so a quick rummage and I had the remains of a Perry Zulu sprue I bought to make the jazz band and a warlord farmyard mule. A little modification and one bagged zebra for the train…and tonight’s dinner!
Painting an upside down zebra wasn’t easy so I apologise but actually I’m pretty made up seeing as this cost me nothing!
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The Perry zulus are a good match alongside the Foundry askaris too. You can’t really see it in these pics….but I did beef up the neck on the lead fella….just to show they’d picked the strongest blokes to do the heavy lifting…….plains zebra males weighing in between 240 - 320kg 😉
If anyone has a spare mule from the Warlord farmyard sprue, please let me know, I wouldn’t mind making a standing version of the same fella……pre kill.
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Food that comes with its own bar-code. lol
Excellent job David.
If you still hunker after Lion I suggest you look at kiddy
African play sets. A lot cheaper than metal, easier to cut
up, & weighs less (got to think about the poor bearers). lol
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Cheers Pete. I actually already ordered a DeeZee lion as I thought it would be funny if a male lion (known for their laziness and allowing others to kill for them) we’re to attack in order to pinch the carcass!
The big issue I have with plastic animal play sets is the mix of scales usually prevalent in any bag of animals. I will paint up the ordered metals then see what I’m missing, but to be fair, there are quite a few available.
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The big issue I have with plastic animal play sets is the mix of scales usually prevalent in any bag
True, but I adopt the following:-
a) Use whatever is 'in scale' for my wants
b) Convert the rest to Alien beasts (e.g. Oversize leopards had their tails cut off & were
painted bright blue), Statues or, even, given to children to play with. lol lol lol
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...& weighs less (got to think about the poor bearers). lol
No kidding. An adult zebra can weight upwards of 500 lbs. Those must be some strong bearers! :D
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Digits, War in 15MM does a lot of stuff in 28 mm. Have a look at the link below for his Africa gallery.
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=75217.0 (https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=75217.0)
Hope this works, should be his image of a dead lion on a pole between two bearers: (https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a472cc564b05f6c3b08511b/1515038884663-CQP3U445EJI8ZSF0D3RI/086.jpg?format=2500w)
It is his Large 28 MM Darkest Africa Gallery.
Of course, with your very cool dead zebra that you went above and beyond on, this may be too little, too late but you might still be interested. At the very least, if you haven't seen it before, spend time checking out his site for possible inspiration.
And feel free to contact him to see if he recalls where figures you might be interested in were sourced. He's a good guy and very responsive. And immensely creative and prolific like nobody's business. Why, a bit like you.
Fun stuff.
One day - maybe even this year! - I will have to post my own African adventures here. Much painted, much, much more still to paint!
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Great job on the zebra!
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Thanks….makes up for the mediocre job on these Gorillas…….been sat on desk for a bit but I’ve rushed them in the end…..not overly happy but they are playable at least. I may return to them at a later point.
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Heaven help you if PETA ever views this thread.
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Don’t look at me…….it’s Gol that keeps eating everything!
Zebra was a clean shot anyway!
Oh, and Aventine produce a dead African elephant……I will HAVE to get one of those!
Quick paint job on the crocs
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And a little expedition shot……coming out into the clearing.
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Found another mule in my bits box (makes sense as there are two in the box!)….I will turn that into a another zebra.
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Superbly done! Very atmospheric!
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Cheers fella. Looking to try and get in a game in a few weeks time with an old mate.
I’ve ordered the Congo rule set……and twenty five Copplestone Ngoni.
Not sure yet just how many figures I need but hoping I have enough for a game.
Just a small matter of painting a tribe and a zoo full of animals now…..
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Great topic…! I love the shot of the expedition entering a clearing - lovely.
Doug
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Cheers Doug.
Just cleaning up a few animals (I think the moulds may have had their day on a few) and made another zebra….alive this time!
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Wow! Your project is moving along very nicely.
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Cheers…..that’s how my projects roll……I have an initial enthusiasm….do a bit…walk away for a few years….then plough all in for as long as the mojo holds out…..
Anyway….minis arrived for the wildlife. My fingers hurt with all the flashing truth be told.
Africa’s Big Five in the foreground plus a few hyenas, cheetahs, ostrich, warthogs etc
The oryx are proving a real bugger to do……the sodding ears keep coming off. I lost one so have to gs a new one, but I’m struggling so they can wait.
In time, I want a small herd of mixed zebra, gazelle and wildebeest….but funds are exhausted right now.
So been thinking on what I need going forward.
In no particular order
Some new scenic pieces, especially as a good number of these animals won’t b3 found in the forest!
These will include-
Elephant grass bases (non jungle pieces basically)
Termite mounds
Acacia / Baobab trees
A river (I REALLY need a bloody river!)
A waterfall
A waterhole
Rock escarpments
Tribal village / huts (maybe two different types for different settings)
Dug out canoes
Village cattle herd
Villagers
A lost temple
I will need at least another tribe after the Ngoni, but not sure which way to go…..but the Masai have a place in my heart / history so I probably have to do them…….but I love the idea of the “Hehe” because they sound funny….but they won’t look overly dissimilar to the Ngoni…….a bit to think about here.
Zebra herd (as above)
Build the Zambezi Speak Easy / Trading Station
Make a hot air balloon
Finish the paddle steamer
Buy more armed Askari
Maybe do a small detachment of British soldiers
Crap….I’d best stop there before I over phase myself! Lol
Anyway, I suppose I need to do a bit of painting…..
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Fantastic thread! Very inspirational!
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keep up the good work Bwana.
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A hugely impressive undertaking. I'm particularly looking forward to seeing the terrain.
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Don’t put that on me mate! Lol
To be fair I want to emulate some of the great work already done on this forum. I’m inspired by work in Diablo Jon’s thread, particularly his elephant grass…..but I need to figure out the materials he’s using, particularly the ground cover he uses around the bottom of the bases. I pm’d him but…..
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Very cool project all around.
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I just tumbled on this topic and I want to say: wow! :-*
Thanks a lot for sharing your work and your pictures, it's all very inspiring!
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Welcome guys! Glad you are enjoying the safari!
Came out a tad darker than I’d hoped but spotted hyenas on the prowl.
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And I’m hoping these will turn out a couple of large termite mounds. I’m using a lightweight filler (mixed with pva) over polystyrene cones though so only time will tell…
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A few more from the hunting party.
I particularly like the Askari on the left…..I used to live among other places in Oman. Oman had a strong link to Zanzibar which this fella reminds of…..so now I’m thinking, I must add Zanzibaris to the list! 😩
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Love the new additions, especially the termite mounds.
You may be interested in Dark Fables Gazelles see: http://www.darkfableminiatures.com/store/p132/103._Gazelles.html
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Oooh - they look good. Also the terrain Mat. I’m going to have to start reading this topic from scratch and I’m looking forward to it a lot :D
Doug
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Cheers and Gol, those are perfect thanks! Those and the Caracals to be fair….now I need to know how to order …
I can get them from Fenris Miniatures along with the best (and priciest!) zebras I’ve seen! Maybe next month….
Pleased to report the termite mounds dried nicely so just sanded off the rough bits and sealed it with pva…..will sand the base and paint up this week.
Once I’ve figured out the ground level grass / turf that Diablo Jon uses, I will get it ordered to finish them off.
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Just realised I’d been reading the topic when it started a couple of years ago but it’s been great to re-read it. And to make me realise I need some of those pygmies…!
Rules. Mad Lord Snapcase recently sent me a copy of Adventures in Jimland by Jim Wright. They look like a really fun set of African Exploration rules and have a simple campaign element included. Maybe worth a look?
Doug
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Cheers Doug, I will maybe take a look. I have Congo on order, if it doesn’t do what I want, I will certainly try them out.
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A couple of Buffalo.
Some of my favourite animals….they don’t take it lying down. I’ve seen more injuries inflicted on Lions by these fellows watching nature documentaries than any other potential prey. You may take umbrage with the painting….but every time I’ve seen them….they always look like the proverbial pig in shit! Muddy horns and flanks was what I was trying to achieve….
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I never thought I’d say this but after seeing those, I need some buffalo…! They look spiff. By the way, what’s your surface/mat? Is it a mat, in fact or a textured surface (which is what it looks like).
Doug
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I tend to play on mousepad mats (see pics with jungle on) as I can vary the setting to suit ( I have about five different finishes I think).
But I made this board a while back to simplify my taking pictures on….I’m no photographer and I don’t mess with directional lighting, lighting boxes or any such…I just plonked the minis on this board and happy snap!
Placemat, covered in sand and painted to complement my go to figure base colours is all.
And you HAVE to get buffalo……especially as they are one of Africas big five……meaning they would give a hunter a hard time!
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Blimey, you’re not hanging about. Cracking stuff 8)
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This really is absolutely fantastic - well done
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Brilliant work done at amazing speed! Respect!
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Much appreciated fellas!
Ok, a few pussycats….
Cheetahs
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And Leopard (Big 5)
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And a quick pair of termite mounds! Easy terrain. Just wish I could find a 28mm ant eater!
I’ve run out of tufts really so will add more when I stock up.
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Just wish I could find a 28mm ant eater!
In the cartoon strip 'BC' one of the cavemen is bitten by an ant.
In the next frame he reappears with the Ant Eater under his arm
& uses it on the ants like a machine gun, Zot, Zot, Zot, Zot, Zot!
lol
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This project is flying, great work.
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Brilliant stuff ... I love the leopard and the termite mounts ... and all the rest. I do hope you enjoy playing games with these. :-*
28mm anteaters .... though I guess these are not the ant eaters you are looking for! lol
(https://www.magistermilitum.com/media/catalog/product/cache/3c30937a4842283fcade5bd8b2304fa5/d/s/dsm7993_f1_p.jpg) (https://www.darkswordminiatures.com/darkswordmedia/VisionsCritters/7993/v_7993_fs_p.jpg)
Dark Sword Miniatures
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Eureka Miniatures
But then ... are anteaters native to Africa? I thought you can only find them in Central and South America. I think you might be looking for an aardvark ... sadly I didn't find one of those in 28 mm either ... :(
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I found an Aardvark…though why it’s bundled up with a kangaroo and a koala, I can only guess! It will have to wait.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/273978416076?chn=ps&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3A1EjV0gAV4RESDvpwYSbIOyQ48&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&itemid=273978416076&targetid=&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=1006705&poi=&campaignid=16781080297&mkgroupid=&rlsatarget=&abcId=9300844&merchantid=138346785&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxNLy15nB9wIVxhkGAB3O8AfXEAQYASABEgJ0CfD_BwE
I’d settle for a pangolin but just as scarce.
Cheers guys.
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I found an Aardvark…though why it’s bundled up with a kangaroo and a koala, I can only guess! It will have to wait.
David, I'll go shares with you on that pack. I fancy doing something Aussie.
Maybe 'Western', there used to be a TV series when I was a kid, it was set
in Australia & was based around a Stagecoach line. I think the series was
called, 'Whiplash'. There is also Tom Selleck in the film Quigley down under.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102744/mediaviewer/rm731679233/?ref_=tt_ov_i
I'll take the Roo & Bear, you the Ant thingy. :D
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Will have to wait until next month as I’m all spent up but sure we can do that fella!
Meanwhile, a little courtship on the savannah!
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Well I have a week and a half to get some opposition painted for the funding party, as well as a few more Askari hired help. Then I’m away to learn the rules for Congo and have a few games.
Of course, this assumes the Ngoni turn up along with a small foundry order with a few more Askari….oh, and the rules! Lol
The animals will continue to be painted when I get a chance but they will have to take a back seat when the humans arrive.
I also have some aquarium grass in order so may get a shot at a few patches of elephant grass….time willing.
Orynx are based…ear replaced! May start painting these soon
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Thanks for sharing your work. It's fantastic. I am really enjoying the thread!
The Whiplash series is available on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYhHvPIs_Qs&list=PL6fJmjt84zZhNVhRHPgOljHzU5xfBhlHB
David, I'll go shares with you on that pack. I fancy doing something Aussie.
Maybe 'Western', there used to be a TV series when I was a kid, it was set
in Australia & was based around a Stagecoach line. I think the series was
called, 'Whiplash'. There is also Tom Selleck in the film Quigley down under.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102744/mediaviewer/rm731679233/?ref_=tt_ov_i
I'll take the Roo & Bear, you the Ant thingy. :D
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Point of order M'lud....the koala is not a bear ;) and you can have the male that keeps me up at night with his over enthusiastic mating grunts!!!
Pete
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Pete
You may as well pop down to Oz and pick it up lol lol
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Digits
Your well assorted menagerie and your painting skills are really outstanding!
Dan
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Slow response here, but you'll find Livingstone, the source of the Nile, Alan Boesak's "mislaid" funds, AND Solomon's mines before a wild anteater in Africa.
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Point of order M'lud....the koala is not a bear ;)
Sorry M'lud, mea culpa.
you can have the male that keeps me up at night with his over enthusiastic mating grunts!!!
Coo, ta!
Pete
You may as well pop down to Oz and pick it up lol lol
Bob it is YOUR car that
has a decent Sat-Nav. 8)
Slow response here, but you'll find Livingstone, the source of the Nile, Alan Boesak's "mislaid" funds, AND Solomon's mines before a wild anteater in Africa.
...any chance of a 'slightly miffed anteater' then? :D
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From Wiki
"Anteater" properly refers to the four species of the suborder Vermilingua native to Mexico, Central America, and tropical South America. This includes two species of Tamandua (Silky Anteaters) and the Giant Anteater.
Anteater can also refer to any of several unrelated species which have independently and convergently adapted to fill the same niche of eating ants or termites:
Aardvark (Cape anteater), a medium-sized placental mammal native to Africa
Echidna (spiny anteater), a family of monotremes native to New Guinea and Australia
Numbat (formerly Banded Anteater), a small marsupial endemic to western Australia
Pangolin (scaly anteater), placental mammals found in tropical regions of Africa and Asia
So, by stating I needed an “Anteater”, I simply and generally meant Aardvark or Pangolin, as they both eat ants or more likely termites!
If we are going to get picky……..wtf is a dead brontosaurus doing being found in the jungle? 😉
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.wtf is a dead brontosaurus doing being found in the jungle? 😉
He don't look very dead David! :o
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You and I clearly have a different definition of “dead” mate…..
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Nah it's just a flesh wound....he's had worse lol lol
Pete
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Great project :)
Ignore the trolls ;)
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Apart from the stream of gaming goodness, thanks to this topic, I now know what a monotreme is :D
Doug
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And iv’e never heard of a Numbat before……cool name!
Cheers guys…..I don’t mind the trolls…..it makes for an interesting diversion, and they will look just as good shot and mounted on the walls as the rest of the game! 😉
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You and I clearly have a different definition of “dead” mate…..
lol lol lol, Sorry David I was thinking of the other one, the one roaring at camera.
My youngest brother always was scathing about my lack of Dino knowledge. lol
Nah it's just a flesh wound....he's had worse lol lol
lol lol lol
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No worries fella…I understand now…..😉
So, my first herd….Gemsbok! Typically live in herds of 10 - 40…..so a small one, but let’s not go mad! Lol
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Lovely stuff :-*, really enjoying seeing the animals painted up. :)
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Dang, shnizzel! Nice looking animals on this thread. Those cheetahs and that leopard, are (wait for it......) spot on! :D
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Ha! Thanks a lot fellas, glad you are liking them!
Unfortunately, most of the colourful ones are done…..but I will still have the fun of painting a giraffe and a few zebra yet, plus some of those lovely gazelle. Funny enough, the elephant and rhino should be the easiest, but the bigger the model, the more phased I get! 🥴
Still on the animal list to paint / buy*
Giraffe
Elephant
Rhino
Warhogs
Lion
Lionesses and cubs*
Chimps
Hippo
Vultures
Cobra
Zebras*
Wildebeest*
Aardvark*
Meercats*
Gazelle*
Caracals*
Hunting Dogs*
So, a bit to get though yet!
I need to paint a few tribesmen though so I can start playing…hopefully they should turn up in the next two days…..
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Nice! :-*
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Amazing work....the Gemsbok are stunning!!!
Pete
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The sable antelope is a really handsome animal; consider it too. And African wild dogs make werewolves seem cuddly by contrast.
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Cheers guys.
Ok, I just received a couple of packs of Bend Sinister feathered and masked Pygmies (perfect for my adventures - these will be the “Dikwityu” tribe), some with blow pipes and some with spears. I realise they are out of production ( at least I believe that to be true) but does anyone know if there was ever a chieftain figure?
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Cheers
I know I am a ways behind on this thread....
I have 2 or else 3 sets of these figures, they are wonderful lil fellas. But alas no Chieftain or other such figures. I have heard rumours that Bend Sinister may be coming back...hope so.
Pete
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If by chief you mean the little guy centre picture….I have a spare of those (I didn’t realise when posting that original that that was him!). Drop me a pm with your address. If overseas, you would need to sort postage….
Cheers guys. Sable antelope….yes stunning. I went on a game drive from Shimba Hills specifically to see them, they were magnificent!
As for the wild dogs, I can believe it though as a kid I read “Solo” (Hugo van Lawick) and had a much more gentle impression of them!
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Ok….what a cock up! Lol
I ordered some hairgrass (two lots tbh)….little realising there is hairgrass and HAIRGRASS!
Judging by my WIP pachyderm, this would indeed be the MOTHER of all elephant grass were I to use it……me thinks not.
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Back to e-bay….
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Great thread :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
There was a thread a few years ago about making elephant grass, can't remember who by though :'(
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the MOTHER of all elephant grass
Sell it on to someone who does 54mm Wargames, there
must be some here on LAF.
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I will have to 😢
Mac - Diablo Jon’s thread…..I have taken advice from him on this….but I jumped the gun with the grass purchase! The correct stuff is en route.
Ok, so a couple of the big five (straight forward dry brushing)
Rhinoceros
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And elephant in musth
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Great skin tones on those.
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Great work on those animals they look fantastic!
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Cheers fellas!
A few more Askari foot soldiers
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Edit:
So, here is what I have for my hunting party. I don’t know if will be enough for “Congo” or not, buts it’s all I have right now.
I need the Ngoni to turn up so I have a fighting chance of getting them painted in time (I have one week now)…and I need the rules to materialise!
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Seeing them like this makes me realise I need a lot of terrain yet! Lol. I am going to have a go soon using my preferred tree building method at making acacia trees…basically short trunk and spreading limbs, so I will do a few of those. The elephant grass will be the biggest challenge but that will all have to wait for a few weeks yet.
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Progressing well David.
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Are you planning on using Congo rules? I have them but have not tried them yet. Do they play solo? I painted all of my African stuff last year. I just need to use my stuff!@
🤔😕
Keep up the great work.
Regards
Hitman
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This is a most impressive and engaging thread...GIVE US MORE!!!
Pete
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Are you planning on using Congo rules? I have them but have not tried them yet. Do they play solo?
To be honest fella, I’ve not read them yet as I’m waiting for them to arrive. Maybe ask me in a week or two…
Thanks all, don’t worry, lots to do as yet. 😉
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Man, you keep doing great stuff. Looking forward to seeing all that stuff in a game!
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Hmmm….so the thing is, I often jump on the bus long after everyone else got off!
Problem is, the moulds for a lot of these figures have seen better days and a LOT of work had to go into cleaning and assembling these tribals….two broken scalpel blades, sore and cut fingers, headaches….not fun!
And so much for random selections of minis in these packs….in the standard warrior pack, I received three each of two identical poses! Not great!
I will paint them in smaller batches though just to feel I’m making progress.
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Managed to avert near bloody disaster though. A call to Caliver Books to request they send me the rules before I take these minis away with me, threw up the issue they didn’t even have it in stock when they took the money! I do hate that. Anyway, cancelled the order and ordered from Northstar, having checked first that they had it….hopefully en route. I should have bought it from them in the first place.
On top of that, following my outsized elephant grass debacle…I received my order of dwarf hair grass, only to realise they had sent the wrong plant…because they didn’t have the hairgrass in stock, despite saying they had! FFS! 😫😫😫
So, another refund coming but I did manage to speak to another aquarium shop to confirm the right stuff…….not a great experience!
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Inspired by Diablo Jon’s magnificent thread and his great looking elephant grass, I have decided to try and copy it a little (as they say, imitation is the best flattery!) .
Maybe won’t turn out as cool as his, but here’s where I’m at.
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The two grasses he used were a “dwarf” hairgrass (see my earlier post…be careful! Lol) and a chaingrass, which will sit in the centre of each hairgrass.
I liberally sprayed these firstly with the Halfords khaki camo paint.
Then spraying the bottoms with army painter desert yellow, and the tops with army painter goblin green.
And that’s where I’m at. I will assemble a few, then dry brush the tips with a light green paint, let’s hope it works!
I rant out of paint but I have the same amount of aquarium grasses again so should it work, I will hopefully have a fair covering of elephant grass for the table.
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Inspired by Diablo Jon’s magnificent thread and his great looking elephant grass, I have decided to try and copy it a little (as they say, imitation is the best flattery!) .
Maybe won’t turn out as cool as his, but here’s where I’m at.
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The two grasses he used were a “dwarf” hairgrass (see my earlier post…be careful! Lol) and a chaingrass, which will sit in the centre of each hairgrass.
I liberally sprayed these firstly with the Halfords khaki camo paint.
Then spraying the bottoms with army painter desert yellow, and the tops with army painter goblin green.
And that’s where I’m at. I will assemble a few, then dry brush the tips with a light green paint, let’s hope it works!
I rant out of paint but I have the same amount of aquarium grasses again so should it work, I will hopefully have a fair covering of elephant grass for the table.
That looks fantastic, I got something from ebay & its nowhere near as good (its shocking!) as what you have.
could you share where did you get it from please?
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No worries, it’s this stuff you want.
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If you can get it in ebay / Amazon great, otherwise ring round the aquarium shops.
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Great stuff :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Always impressed with your output
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Have to strike whilst the mojo is flowing fella! 😉
Not quite finished as I need to do a little ground cover around the edge to disguise the bases, and I need to highlight the tips of the grass a bit……but to give an indication, you get this much from half a pack each of the two grasses.
I need to buy more place mats and spray paint before I can make more but this is enough to test the game with me thinks…..
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No worries, it’s this stuff you want.
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If you can get it in ebay / Amazon great, otherwise ring round the aquarium shops.
That’s brilliant, thanks.
They look spot on 👍
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Not waited for the sponge flock to dry, and I’m waiting on some suitable scatter dried grass to arrive to finish….but it works enough for me!
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I just need a lot more now!
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Looking good.
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Super grass! :D
The birds are a nice touch.
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Very effective, nicely done.
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That works well :)
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Hi mate the Elephant grass looks the dog's ( errr hyena's?) danglies well done.
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Since you have some dinosaurs, you need a bunch of raptors to go after those foolish enough to flee into the grass.
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Hi mate the Elephant grass looks the dog's ( errr hyena's?) danglies well done.
Cheers fella….your great idea!
Thanks all!
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Brilliant..absolutely brilliant!!!
Pete
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Digits
Is this the same plant style?
https://wargaming.info/2011/an-aquarium-of-thorn-thickets/
Dan
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That’s the chain grass that goes into the centre of each of the hair grass pieces. That’s the great thing about Diablo Jon’s solution……it thickens the grass making it a little more realistic and hides the centre holes. So yes you need that too.
I have enough bits sprayed and a couple of small mat bases to make two small thickets I think….I will take a pic of the assembly if you like?
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Looking good Dave.
I wouldnt want to wander thro that grass. Gulp.
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You and me both! Funnily enough though…..on my honeymoon, my wife and I went on Safari in Kenya, coupled with a week at Bamburi Beach near Mombasa.
There was an orphan animal sanctuary near our hotel there, and we had a pleasant day wandering about the pathways, being able to get close enough to pet the relatively tame animals there.
At one point however, my wife, an arachnophobia, refused to walk on the path as it passed under a giant cobweb in which to be fair, a very large spider (bigger than my hand anyway) sat. Instead she thought nothing of trampling through the very long grass (admittedly not as high as elephant grass) to the side of the path. Now, bear in mind that over that two week period we encountered a cobra over dinner at one of our lodges, and ran over and killed a black mamba in our minibus, you’d be more inclined to take your chances on the path me thinks! 🥴
Anyway, I just took a few pics assembling the grass.
Start by sticking down the Hairgrass with a hot glue gun. Do not be tempted to spread it out thinking you will get more coverage….this stuff I think works because you can get it to look dense as indeed it should be.
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When done it should look like this. See the holes though, they look unsightly and unrealistic.
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So take your chaingrass……stick a dollop of hot glue in the bottom of the hairgrass, and push it in.
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Repeat until you’ve done them all, and see how much thicker the grass now looks. You have now hidden all the holes.
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Don’t forget, you will need to disguise the bases around the perimeter of your grass patch as they too don’t look good. Use flocks, tufts, sponge foliage to suit your table as appropriate.
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Edit:
Wow! Postman just handed me my copy of “Congo”…..and though I haven’t had time to read and digest it ( can’t do that until next week), a quick skim though reveals a well put together rule book, and a myriad of colourful eye candy pictures! I’ve already spotted half a dozen things I need to get myself…..I will have to stop reading it and get on with my painting….!
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I’ve already spotted half a dozen things I need to get myself…..I will have to stop reading it and get on with my painting….!
Such as what? (needed things) ???
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That elephant grass look the business! Well done.
And I've played Congo. Really like them. I'm thinking of using them for my War of 1812 figs (Indians vs regulars and militia kind of thing...). Even played a game at a convention of Vikings vs. early Native Americans... 8)
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Such as what? (needed things) ???
Well…mostly miniatures, but a Grand Manner Steamer for one! I would never afford it mind 😫😢
Jim…yes, I’m looking forward to trying them out. We’re actually away on a boating holiday with a friend and our aim is to learn it then…hence why all the furious painting! Lol
I just noticed Blotz do Congo tokens so I will probably get me a few of those in time…nice.
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a Grand Manner Steamer for one!
Just had a look at it. :)
I would never afford it mind 😫😢
Just looked at the price :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
Wargames standard £336 ;D
Collectors standard £441 ;D ;D ;D ;D
No doubt postage on top of that as well.
Surely, in keeping with your project, they are having a...Giraffe!
If you want one, give me a budget & I'll make you one.
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Cheers Pete…but I’d best finish the one I was making first me thinks.
Maybe he will do a resin only deal again later this year….?
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OK. Don't forget that Sci-Fi 6 wheeler next time we meet up.
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I have it ready for delivery fella!
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I have it ready for delivery fella!
And the gold ingot on the back? lol lol lol
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😩😢😢
I don’t bloody believe it! My mate who was coming boating next week (gaming holiday we tend to have every few years) has had a family bereavement and had to pull out….so all this bloody painting feels like it’s for nothing!
He clearly can’t help it but it’s put me on a downer!
Edit:
So after a day of licking my wounds and achieving nothing of note, I’m staring at twenty five half painted Ngoni. I’ve over phased myself a bit so will have to break down into smaller groups.
I did however spend a little time reading the rules yesterday evening…..and I like the mechanism. Clearly not intended for serious wargaming larger battles, but they do look like they are aimed at having fun and look straight forward to learn quickly.
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Oh well…onwards and upwards!
The first Ngoni are done. The chief, his sons, a pair of witchdoctors and a runner.
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Oh well…onwards and upwards!
The first Ngoni are done. The chief, his sons, a pair of witchdoctors and a runner.
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I LIKE them…!
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Those are excellent! :-*
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Cheers….because here’s “faasands” more of them! (Well twenty odd anyway!) 😉
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So now I have another full protagonist force so I could indeed play the game now.
Ngoni Chief, choice of sons / war chiefs, choice of witch doctors
One group of young unmarried warriors
Three groups of Married Warriors
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The scenarios call for a few bits that seem to recur, namely tents, baboons, warthog and a herd / flock of village livestock.
A quick hunt round and I have enough goats for some strange reason to make a flock!
So a few little things next me thinks.
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Not the most exciting post but just wanted to sing the praises for these simple Renedra tents…..they don’t actually look too bad!
The Kirangozi gets the boy to wake the camp.
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David, I thought you said some 'intense' excitement. lol
Nice work by the way.
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You continue to impress mate!
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I like the lamp over the open flap/door.
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Thanks Grumpy, hopefully you enjoyed the Ngoni? To be honest, I bit off more than I wanted to chew there…..but I’m pleased with them.
Cheers Bob…yes little bits just make a point of interest, especially as the tents are very uniform in appearance. In fact last night, I added a parrot to the roof of another. What the camp scene needs of course is a pile or two of clutter / luggage but that can wait.
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Very quick goat herd….needs a herder but again, will have to wait.
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And a pair of warthogs
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Very quick goat herd….needs a herder but again, will have to wait.
You can do a few herders & use the goats in different games,
eg African, Arab, Afghanistan even dark age.
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There are still herds of goats today. And jolly tasty some of the cheeses can be too.
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Goat curry - hmmmm!
Well going to take a few days break as this is when I’m meant to have been playing 😩
However, there will be other times so starting to think on what I want to tackle next.
There are still a few animals to paint for sure, and I’d like to start buying a few villagers to add a little flavour….but they are going to need somewhere to live!
One of the first tasks then is to build a small village. I have my eye on some nice resin pieces, but I also want to have a go at doing my own. So in preparation, I will be using these as a base.
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I want to do them with teddy bear fur thatching so will be good to learn how.
I also need a lot more scenery to play on the kind of tables I like. I have a fair bit of jungle scenery, but it’s the savannah I want to concentrate on for now.
So I marked up half a dozen place mats ready to cut out base shapes for more elephant grass and a waterhole. I also marked up for a pair of acacia trees. I found my stock of wire so I will start on the armatures for those….using exactly the same process as my jungle trees, but with shape and form in mind.
I need to order that bag of bark I was thinking about too. I will need it for my eventual waterfalls, but I also need to make a kopje, smaller but similar to this to give a little height and interest to the table.
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Wow, I wonder if awesome rocky outcrops like that inspired Lion King. :)
Dan
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You just keep adding more great stuff!
I may have to get those tents...you've really done them justice!
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Excellent work! I love the camp and animals!
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So much to nick.....I mean this whole thread is just full of lovlies!!!
Pete
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Holy elephant dung rolled around by a beetle, Batman! I don't visit this thread for a week or two and, bloody light speed, look at all you've done. Even War in 15 mm would be jealous methinks. Your definition of "have to wait" may be a bit different than most of us.
Love all the animals - even some real 'herds' mixed in there. Will watch the acacia tree process and the kopje additions with wrapt attention, on my own list of to-dos.
Alas, my own African plains project is in hiatus, more or less, as I ready some piratical elements for a convention game scheduled for mid-July.
While I will have a lot more animals than you they won't be painted nearly as nicely as yours. Though I am thinking to fully repaint the three dozen giraffes I've already done because the second batch just doesn't match anywhere near as close as I wanted. That will hurt. But be better in the end - I hope.
Man, you are knocking stuff out. I, too, am well-enamored of this thread - and inspired. Heck, even a little annoyed that I said yes to the pirate project - but that is on me.
Oh, and sorry your friend couldn't make it - even for such a cause, I get how much of a mood-downer that can be. I think you found the best cure, drive on and get more done.
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Three dozen giraffes?? Are you mad?!
Cheers for the comments guys, much appreciated.
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36 giraffes to repaint - 24 more to add + 2 dead, all waiting work. As to my sanity, I try never to claim it for fear that will result in a visit by some gentlemen in white coats carrying a funny coat with straps in the back. And then a sojourn in a room with 'soft' walls.
ACK! Acheson Creations soon to stop trading:
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So, if there are things they make you want, get your orders in before the end of May 2022!
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Thanks for the heads up….but being in the US difficult postage.
Anyway, back from my jolly, so time to have a go at these mud huts. Cereal packet roof cones added. I picked up a half price fleece throw in Wilco so I will try to make th3 roof thatch from that.
First up I need to texture the walls….
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Anyway, back from my jolly, so time to have a go at these mud huts. Cereal packet roof cones added. I picked up a half price fleece throw in Wilco so I will try to make th3 roof thatch from that.
First up I need to texture the walls….
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Very good progress - I did very much the same thing with my huts, here is my approach: http://tableterror.blogspot.com/2019/03/congo-clay-huts-lehmhutten.html
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I like those….very feral!
WIP shot…tempted to leave them like this….cute fluffy houses! Lol
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"Cute fluffy houses?" In Daftest Africa? Shouldn't they be foreboding and sinister - except for why are those colorful birds at peace, and what about that pangolin with no fear of people roaming about, and the monkeys don't seem afraid, either? Very strange. And a little more than mildly disturbing. And, seriously, what about that pile of bones back aways, really, really big bones. What sort of an elephant has bones that big!?
;) :D ;D :o
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More cracking work 8)
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You are right….no place for cute and fluffy!
Ok, so my first attempt at thatching…..I suspect I have a bit to learn! Lol
Anyway, they will do for one tribe at least….I will probably buy some Zulu type huts at some stage too to give me an alternate village.
Will have a go at painting tomorrow.
Meanwhile, I find myself cursing incessantly as I TRY to make the start of a treacherous log rope bridge! I now understand why I could NEVER model tall ships! 🥴
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Ok, the trickiest part (I hope) is done!
It would have helped if I’d started with a plan….but the start is always the hardest part!
There would have been FAR too many knots for my fat fingers to deal with, so using dabs of superglue was the way to go. Wax thread, very useful if you’ve not come across it. I’m tying in lots of random knots now to tighten certain bits and give it a more rustic / heath robinson finish….
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Now to figure out how to suspend it and make some rope hand rails….
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Ok, making the base ends was pretty straight forward. I had some heavy coasters that will add stability to it. Once I’ve roped it all up, I will disguise the bases with a little foliage.
If you are wondering about the twigs….I got the idea for them from Flatpack…they are sold in bags at Hobbycraft and are really rather useful.
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A thought for you, maybe a little late but just in case: if you reverse the bases - not the supports, those would have to be reversed - then you can abut the flat elements to other bits of terrain. The flat edge abutting the bridge seems wrong being so straight. Though maybe you plan to adjust with terrain below the level of the coaster bits.
Another project I am working on, at a slower pace than you, is a rope bridge for my mid-July pirate game, probably a three span bridge, one from each village to a central island with the third space to another island with the local deity statute on it. A little easier to have so much in my chosen size.
You think you had a bought of colorful metaphors on your rope bridge project, image what color I shall turn the air doing it in 15 mm!? :o
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For 15mm I’d be inclined to use some of the Renedra fencing (a small piece can be seen in the above picture) the plastic rail under it can be disguised with the rope work but it would make your life a lot simpler. I was going to use it for this but my 25mm bases wouldn’t sit right on it!
Anyway…more progress tonight….nearly there…just needs the zig zag support work on the other side then tightening up on this side to make them even. Finally I will break a log in the middle to make it look there is a little peril in crossing.
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Et voila! Ready for painting….
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And this is what I meant about the Renedra fencing……I chose the hardest side as it’s the “bottom of the fence” but do this both sides and it sufficiently masks the underside rails. Quick and passable plank rope bridge me thinks….
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David, the trouble with building a nice rope bridge is...
now you've got to build an enormous chasm to go with it! lol lol lol
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Yup, I’m aware there is a small omission here…..it seemed like a good idea at the time! Lol
A river system is missing from all my games as I have yet to find a suitable way of representing one that doesn’t scare me. That is on the cards to do for sure.
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Painted mud huts. I will pop in a few “curtain doors” eventually but these are done!
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Gorgeous job on those huts - but not sure what to make of the 'seventh' build in the photo?! ;). Will look forward to seeing them in-situ with whatever you add to provide that essential 'lived-in' look - or maybe 'deserted out of' look.
Thanks for the demo with Renedra fence into bridge photo. It is an idea to ponder but not sure it will get me to where I am going - need to span an 8" wide space, at least that is the current thought. Also need at least a 1 1/2" width to accommodate my base widths of 1". May seem awfully wide but I 'see' it in my minds eye working out.
Rivers need not be too scary. My go to for making water is acrylic gloss medium which can be tinted with acrylic paints to add some color - above prepainting the base of the river, whatever material it may be, doing so is essential for adding depth, even for shallows. It is even possible to add some small details inside the gloss medium. I usually do several layers to help get the color and the sense of depth. It is also easy to clean and easy to freshen up even years later by just adding a layer of clear gloss, hunt about and you can find higher gloss finishes. A good art store is your friend.
Here is a link to a long river I made for a friend's game showing the process: http://steeplechasingzebras.blogspot.com/2013/03/kipaji-mto.html (http://steeplechasingzebras.blogspot.com/2013/03/kipaji-mto.html). With your artistic skills, I'm sure you can do a better job. And, obviously, you won't need such a massive length of river so won't be so rushed to get it done as I was with a convention deadline. Looked even better in person than in the photos (alas, friend did not store it properly so not sure if it is still useable - hazards of summers that get north 0f 110 degrees fahrenheit and garages that get another 10 or more degrees hotter).
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Cheers…..however I do it, I’ve decided taught varnish is my way forward me thinks.
As for lived in….I need to add curtain doors, get hold of some earthenware pots, and maybe add the odd juju doll to ward off spirits. A few bits of animal life too….
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Love those huts….. :-*
Doug
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I need to add curtain doors,
Go to things like Sunday Newspaper supplements. Cut out pictures of
bright dresses, shirts, blankets, curtains etc. Cut out a rectangle that
is bigger than the doorway. Crumple it, then glue it in place (UHU around
the inside of the door will do)I then, when it has set, paint the 'curtain'
with thinned PVA glue. It protects it.
get hold of some earthenware pots
Much cheaper than buying the resin ones is what Flatpack did with his
Vietnam buildings. Some interesting shape beads & a pack of jewelry
making very small rings of wire (About a pound from Craft World).
Superglue a ring onto the top of the bead. Look at his, they look great.
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Lovely terrain! Inspirational!
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Cheers guys!
Courtesy of a re purposed cloth covid mask, I now have door coverings in them all. I had two pots but need a few more yet.
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Those came out a real treat. For my huts I used towel - but I like the look of your fur better, I think. See: https://frictionbmcminiatures.blogspot.com/2020/08/golgothas-terrain-huts.html
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Those came out a real treat. For my huts I used towel - but I like the look of your fur better, I think. See: https://frictionbmcminiatures.blogspot.com/2020/08/golgothas-terrain-huts.html
Your looks more like thatching which more permanent I suspect than the grass mine have simply thrown over the roof! Lol
I like your use of cane mats to make the walls, interesting effect!
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A couple of Vervet monkeys add a point of interest to another.
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The monkeys are a great addition - they certainly add a sense of realism and no doubt some fun...
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Those look great, I agree the monkey adds a very nice touch, no bias opinion here. lol
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Cheers.
Ok, more elephant grass…just need to dress the bases but this doubles what I already have. Just need a can of spray paint then I can finish about another four or five pieces.
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I have a few characters to paint next, then I may start building the trees…..
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I’ve also been toying with ideas for the speakeasy…….I suspect though this is as much planning design as will get done…..lol
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Lovely! Very inspirational!
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Dammit - I’m going to have to have a go at making some of those huts. What did you use for texturing the walls and the thatch? If I can do some half as good I’ll be chuffed.
Doug
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I do like that Elephant grass 8)
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Cheers guys.
Doug, the thatch is a fleece throw I bought from Wilko, simply brushed out with diluted pva.
The walls are simple poly filler, roughly applied to give me a coarse look. I always mix in a little pva with it first to make it stronger and less likely to crumble. Cracks are simply it drying out and being a little thickly applied. I like it like that as it looks like dried mud, an added bonus me thinks. I’m tend to sponge the filler down once applied to remove rough bits.
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Love the doors and the pots and - of course - the monkeys.
Have you ever sourced from Baueda? I'm pretty sure you can find stuff of use to you like more pots, based out of Italy so hopefully not too bad on the postage front, maybe with a UK supplier(?).
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Following on from Pete’s message about the pots.
Cheap beads from hobbycraft.
Also get a pack of the small metal rings from the same section.
Superglue the rings to the top of the beads and you can make all kinds of pots.
In true Blue Peter style....here’s some I did earlier lol
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Dry effective Bob, thanks! I like those!
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Cheers guys.
Doug, the thatch is a fleece throw I bought from Wilko, simply brushed out with diluted pva.
The walls are simple poly filler, roughly applied to give me a coarse look. I always mix in a little pva with it first to make it stronger and less likely to crumble. Cracks are simply it drying out and being a little thickly applied. I like it like that as it looks like dried mud, an added bonus me thinks. I’m tend to sponge the filler down once applied to remove rough bits.
Thanks - the dried mud cracks are a bonus, they do look realistic. I just need to dig out a documents tube and I can get going.
Cheers
Doug
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If you have a local print shop near you, they are bound to have a couple knocking about….good luck!
Edit:
So, I finished the grass last night so I thought I’d start on my first acacia tree…..this is as fast r as I got before blisters stopped play! Lol
It’s possible I may have made this TOO big! May have to trim it back a tad….
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They have quite a distinctive shape so I’m “trying” to emulate it but remains to be seen. Unlike my other jungle treees, I’m thinking I need to beef up the trunk of this one, so I will be bandage wrapping it before applying the rubber.
I am going to just concentrate on one acacia tree for now…..but I may have a go as some smaller scrub trees too that I can populate a few scenic copses with.
Anyway, this is a slower construct that should take a few weeks to do me thinks.
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Hmmmm…….I may have overdone it!
This will certainly dominate any savannah table! 😂
About 30cm tall so roughly 16/17 meters? I think on researching them….Acacias typically get up to about 12m!
Oh well, the mother of all acacias it is! Lol
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Well, I look forward to the
Californian Redwood giant acacia but to return to the huts, your roofs are fixed I think? So did you leave them without floors so you can access the insides? Sorry to be hut-obsessed :)
Doug
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Sorry to be hut-obsessed :)
Less JABBA (about) THE HUTT please lol lol lol
It’s possible I may have made this TOO big! May have to trim it back a tad….
Hold fire on that David. It will be perfect for when you do Zulu Wars in 40mm, or 54mm :D
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Well, I look forward to the Californian Redwood giant acacia but to return to the huts, your roofs are fixed I think? So did you leave them without floors so you can access the insides? Sorry to be hut-obsessed :)
Doug
I fix the roofs yes but my main reason for leaving off the floor was that I can simply place them on whatever mat I want so they will blend in. I have to glue pots and detailing to the walls as there is no floor to stand them on.
You could have separate roofs if you want to access yours, but I wasn’t bothered too much about that myself. Be aware though, none of my huts are the same, and making the roofs fit meant some were squeezed / mis shaped to fit and then fixed in with pva / superglue and plaster! You could of course take a bit more care than I did! Lol
And Peter….NO…..we are NOT doing Zulu in larger scales! Lol
I will simply content myself that there is an element of Lost World here….so some trees and animals may well be bigger than the norm! 😉
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Less JABBA (about) THE HUTT please lol lol lol
:D I’ve got your coat for you….
I fix the roofs yes but my main reason for leaving off the floor was that I can simply place them on whatever mat I want so they will blend in. I have to glue pots and detailing to the walls as there is no floor to stand them on.
You could have separate roofs if you want to access yours, but I wasn’t bothered too much about that myself. Be aware though, none of my huts are the same, and making the roofs fit meant some were squeezed / mis shaped to fit and then fixed in with pva / superglue and plaster! You could of course take a bit more care than I did! Lol
I will simply content myself that there is an element of Lost World here….so some trees and animals may well be bigger than the norm! 😉
Thanks for that. I don’t know much about African huts but having a bit of size variation may be pretty accurate.
The Lost Worlds element is definitely a plus…..
Doug
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Just found this
“Acacia erioloba, known as the giraffe thorn or camel thorn tree, is the most recognizable tree in the Kalahari desert (and elsewhere in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe). It can grow up to grow up to 18 m tall and live up to 200 years” - I’m inside the height limit! Huzzah!
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So I’m going to tackle this one slightly differently to my jungle trees. I’m trying to disguise the twisted nature of wire trees using medical tape and a stretch bandage. This should give a good base too for applying the liquid latex. I also sided this method to add in a supporting strut to the top most “trunk” to beef it up and mask it ahead of the latex.
I will add a little pollyfilla around the roots before adding the mood latex.
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Having seen and stood under real ones I can confirm they are surprisingly large trees. They also have large grey white seed pods that look like flat bananas - obviously these depend on the time of year.
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My understanding is that the shape of the acacia's on the East African plains has a lot to do with giraffes grazing habits which means the understory of the greenery is likely 18' - 20' from the ground what with their height and those rather long tongues. Feel free to disabuse me if my understanding is wrong.
Love the idea of the beads with the rings to make pots - though a bit more of a challenge perhaps in 15 mm but perhaps still workable.
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I agree…..but I made my base trunk too bloody high! :(
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Acacias are a very interesting tree.
For a start they are a member of the PEA family. Very short lived for a tree of there size, only 15-25 years.
Then we have the African acacia which has many ways to stop from being nibbled on.
Most species have long, sharp thorns, which prevent (most) animals from eating their leaves. Sometimes stinging ants live inside hollowed-out thorns, which provides another disincentive for predators.
Also the trees create poisonous chemicals when they detect an “assault.” Not only can these chemicals be fatal to animals, but the trees “warn” nearby acacias to start making their own poison. When the leaves begin to fill with poison, they release ethylene gas, which drifts out of their pores and toward other acacias (within 40m). In response to the warning, the nearby trees begin to manufacture poison themselves.
Pete
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can grow up to grow up to 18 m tall and live up to 200 years” - I’m inside the height limit! Huzzah!
But only if you live to be two centuries old David. :D
Nice work I look forward to seeing the finished version(s).
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You might look up the South African kaffir boom, now usually called a coral tree (the older, Afrikaans name incorporates a term which carries a frightening load of racial contempt). Despite its history, it's a ravishing tree, with brilliant vermillion flowers; I'm entertaining the idea of trying my hand at one for the Zulu wars.
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Oooh that does look pretty.
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I agree, looks pretty, but how long do the blooms last? I have to do some small scrub trees ( I have eight small wire armatures I can use) - may be an idea…
Meanwhile, first latex going on the tree…..
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I have seen others use Latex Rubber in a similar fashion my worry would be its longevity - does this rubber not disintegrate after a few years?
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Not noticed that yet mate….I need to put another layer on it. I don’t jumble them up in storage so that protects them a bit I suppose., plus there will be a few layers of paint on it.
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Seeing the bottle of WS Latex Rubber reminded me of an experiment I did this week.
I recently bought some sea foam to add as branches on trees and the best way of protecting them seems to be dipping them in liquid latex (Geek Gaming video). Every type I looked at was costly but my local game store had had the WS Latex Rubber on sale so I bought that.
As you show, it is quite thick but I poured some into a tub, added water, mixed it up and dipped some sea foam. It works but requires around 3 coats before one can handle it without breakage.
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Hmmm…good idea. This bottle is about five years old and I think thicker than it should be….
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The flowers actually remain a fair while, as I remember (I've been living away from my native country for many years).
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Hmmm..worth thinking about perhaps.
Meanwhile, a pair of giraffes….one Northstar, and it’s young / sibling being Ral Partha.
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Those are lovely - think you got the pattern spot on...
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Nice looking giraffes! They do indeed look "spot on". Literally...
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Great job on the giraffes David.
Did you paint the 'bricks' over a 'mortar' base coat, OR
paint the 'mortar' over a 'brick' base coat?
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Very well done giraffes.
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Great job on the giraffes David.
Did you paint the 'bricks' over a 'mortar' base coat, OR
paint the 'mortar' over a 'brick' base coat?
Definitely brick over mortar as you need to lighten the mortar the lower you go down the animal first….the patches are easy to do…if a little laborious. Plus as you need to vary the sizes in the right places, it’s easier to paint on patches.
Cheers guys.
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If you're doing any more I'd definitely be interested in seeing some stage shots.
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Lovely! Absolutely lovely!
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If you're doing any more I'd definitely be interested in seeing some stage shots.
David, if you do, I'll lend you a herd of giraffes to practice on.
I'll have them back when you've painted them, of course. lol lol lol
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;D
Knowing you you probably have a dozen!
If I get another I will post up but it’s pretty straight forward. Cheers
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Great work :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Knowing you you probably have a dozen!
hey David, if you do more lovely paint jobs I'll BUY DOZENS !!! :D :D :D
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Late to the party regarding the giraffes but spiffing for certain sure. And what a size difference.
Been away to Eureka with a side trip to Manila and a jaunt to Samoa - actual real places, mind you, not fictional at all. And all from Friday morning through Sunday evening. Mind you, I'm a bit tired from all that traveling.
For my own 15 mm variations, I have the Irregular giraffes and then some of the Pendraken 10 mm giraffes that sort of match for size difference with Digits larger cousins. Also found some smaller critters courtesy of Toob toys.
And you lot keeping laughing at dozens. Just you wait - a while or three.
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I love those acacias!
I tried something similar. Mine still need to be painted and very lightly flocked:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/9593487@N07/albums/72157707123698885
Dan
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Nice shapes!
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Just put in order with Wargames foundry (using their 20% off Jubilee offer) and digging out other bits I already have ready for painting.
So a few bits coming up over the following weeks
African villagers / women / children
Zanzibaris
Congo Chieftains
Musket armed tribals
Camp Characters
Animals still to paint
Lion pride
A few zebras
Impala
Meerkats
Baboons
Another giraffe
And then…lots of scenery! So, still a way to go. I need to get a game in soon!
Oh, and I’m looking to take advantage of up coming Grand Manner resin only event to order myself some tribal buildings and a steam boat!
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Yup, Grand Manner Resin only sale on at the moment, so I’ve ordered myself a Masai village set and a rear paddle steamer, along with a pair of stilted jungle huts / hooches that will work for Vietnam too plus a couple of small bits for my WW2 collection.
Foundry minis have arrived so I’m going to clean up the villagers for painting first me thinks….
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You are going to be busy then. :D
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Until next years event at least! 🥴
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Until next years event at least! 🥴
Well don't forget I might work for swaps, especially buildings. :D
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A full month gone by with nothing new in this thread from Digits! :o. I think I'm having withdrawals? Of course, after some detective work, I find he is playing about with his Western Front stuff so he hasn't fallen in some strange volcanic crevasse, just being his normal hobby world peripatetic self. That is a familiar phenomenon to so many of us. ;)
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I’ll have you know site that I resemble that remark! 🧐
However, I am playing Congo hopefully Sunday which will no doubt rekindle my desire to paint more for this project. I have about twenty villagers and more animals sat on my paint tray looking to get finished soon. Fear not fella.
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Still didn’t get in the damned game!
Oh well…..pushing on.
Decided I’m taking a break from painting WW2 minis for a bit (might change when 02 Hundred hours turns up), but in the meantime, I have a few civilians and a handful of animals on my paint tray. Going to tackle som3 of them me thinks.
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Struggling to find the mojo today but one male lion.
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Struggling to find the mojo today but one male lion.
Take pride in your work David. lol
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Lovely Kitty.
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Looks good!
Mike Demana
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Nice - and curious that you use the term 'mojo' in this context since it originates 'out of Africa'. o_o
Now, having recently seen a pair of lions leaping into the air after some prey, I have profound respect for keeping out of the way of lions. San Diego Wild Animal Park has a male and female pair (and I was able to get the male to roar by chuffing at him) that has one part of the enclosure that has a bit of a roof over it. Both were lying lazily in that area, the male in one corner and the female in another when a pair of mallard ducks flew in. I got just a flash of the male but I got a full view of the female lion leaping full into the air, at least five and maybe ten feet for the front paws, clawing at the female duck which she didn't bring down but, wow, the muscles and power in that leap were something to see. And then the noise from the crowd brought my attention back to the male lion - who did catch the male duck and had it in his mouth not quite yet dead. Quite the moment when the female lion saw his catch and came over and looked him straight in the eye. Being a captive lion, he didn't seem to know what to do now that he'd got the bird. Pretty awesome display of the power of a top predator. Your lion's pose reminds me of that moment.
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What I take from that is….ducks are stupid! 🤔
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Nice lion there, Digits! Did you paint him up before or after your Panzer Lehr? :D
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What I take from that is….ducks are stupid! 🤔
lol lol lol lol lol
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I rather thought the takeaway should be "ducks are dinner". ;)
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Well, I just realised that clicking on 'show replies to your posts' (top left main forum page), actually show all the posts you've replied to, who knew (probably everyone but me).
So I just had the treat of finding about 15 new pages of this thread. Fantastic stuff, as always.
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Sadly, on visiting the park again in late September, I found out that both of the lions seen earlier in the year had died, both being quite aged lions. Which just says to me just how powerful a lion in its prime must be. The new lions are three sisters - and all I saw them do is sleep.
Wondering when the right butterfly returns to Digits' shoulder and whispers him back to this thread?!
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Eating raw duck is clearly not agreeable with them!
Fear not fella, I have quite a collection of animals and figures to paint up soon enough…..plus a heap of resin to get though. Once I’ve made my rivers (my big task over the next few months) I will be itching to get this stuff on the table….
I also bought a huge bag of bark so those kopje I intended to do are on the cards. I will be using some of it to build escarpments either side of a river section to form a ravine, over with I will be fixing the rope bridge I made earlier, so lots of scenery in the offing.
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Digits, glad to hear of your pending plans. Perhaps, if that butterfly thing doesn't attack me in the meantime, we might have "dueling threads" about the time you will be back at it. I am nearing finishing up my second batch of natives, just need to texture the last of the bases and then add tufts and seal coat - this is the mirror image of the first batch. Have the third, and much smaller batch, on the painting table lately along with a herd of quagga (yes, I said quagga). And I've purchased figures I will be using for my own Daftu tribe using, mostly, the old Black Hat Martian askaris - just because they give a different look, will have to file down the ears or somehow modify a bit. Yeah, I know, Daftest is Africa is your thing but I did float the idea of the Daftu tribe so I have a pretty good claim to it. You can still create your own if the mood strikes! ;)
Also making solid progress on the zoological front: table ready are the elephants, giraffes, okapis, vervet monkeys, Cape buffalo, and about a third of the ostriches. The wildebeest are part way through getting bases textured and then on to the tufts but fully painted, by far the largest herd. Then the quagga as mentioned and then the zebras up next. Still LOTS more critters to paint, most primed and ready. Biggest potential 'intended' delay will be if I add substantial numbers of animals if a certain company releases hoped for additional species! Fingers, toes, and anything else crossable duly crossed.
And many, many more people to paint up, again, mostly - but by no means entirely - already primed. And, ack, waiting to pull the trigger to order some more, especially the newly released pulp figures from Khurasan miniatures. But that means I have to find myself a proper tramp steamer - or build one.
Somewhere in all that figure painting I have to find time to do my own terrain work, umbrella acacia, some jungle, kopjes and the like. And paint up a town and a bunch of river boats. Thankfully, I have all of the materials, just need to get into gear on it all - like into overdrive.
I wonder where I can send the wife on an extended vacation after she retires at the end of this year to get her out of my hair for a while so I can really make some progress! Oh, wait, she'll insist I go along. Dang. lol
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Good to hear!
Right, seeing as my WW2 North Africa project is fast going sideways, I need to start divorcing the more Pulpier stuff from it and as it’s still “Africa” this is the obvious place to put it. Hence forth this aspect being “The Piddle in the Sands!”
I just painted the rope bridge I made earlier in this thread……here with Indiana Jones traversing it….
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Delighted to see an addition by you to this thread. And with the Piddle in the Sands name I recommend you drink A LOT!!! of extra tea to keep showing us more. lol
Nice work on the rope bridge. And on Indy, too.
I'm afraid by project has gone its own sideways while I foray into a bit of Star Wars building and AWI painting. But I am itching to get back to it.
Hoping to see more here soon.
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Lots of character in that rope bridge David, well done.
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Loving the rope bridge.
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Thanks fellas. Yup it was about time it got painted.
So to recap where I am for the pulp elements a few pics. The scaffold will be a part of a set archeological dig once the parts arrive. I have a few more Arabs to paint, and a few diggers. Never done any Pulp gaming as such, but a copy of Osprey Pulp! Has landed on my mat, I will give it a read.
I am building scenery for wargaming in North Africa, and as I like to have multiple uses for it, much can be used for Pulp and indeed Congo.
There is some instruction on how these bits are made in my Luke Warm in Libya thread.
In particular, the Bedouin Tents here
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=138983.60
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All great work but I particularly love the scaffolding! :-* :-*
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Pretty easy to make fella….twigs, string and lolly pop sticks is all! 😉
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I'm loving this stuff you're building: you should be able to get a great pulp game going with all this.
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Cheers fella.
Well, first off I just nipped the sides off the two base plates on the the rope bridge so they will fit better onto various rock pieces and look a little more natural in place.
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And what can be better than a scaffold piece…..well two scaffold pieces!
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I can’t find enough rustic looking ladders so will have to add some dreaded mdf ones I suspect…..I don’t have the will power to make those! Lol
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Looking really excellent! :-*
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I can’t find enough rustic looking ladders so will have to add some dreaded mdf ones I suspect…..I don’t have the will power to make those! Lol
David, get a bit of wire mesh. the kind that has squares about 5mm.
Snip out your ladder length, taking care to snip the rungs at different
widths. Paint up & your rustic ladder(s) are ready
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More great stuff! Well done, lad!
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Cheers M’Lord!
Do you have an example of one please Pete?
Thanks Jim.
Meanwhile…second scaffold painted. My Egyptian pieces are on order from Scotia G…..once they arrive, I will be able to put these to proper use.
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And a quick easy piece, date plantation. This could look handy with a couple of tents placed under the canopy. I may have to get a few bell tents.
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That palm grove must be a managed grove. All planted in nice straight lines.... ;)
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Indeed large one close to where I lived in Oman. Once I get a few buildings, it can be part of a farmed plantation. It will also be necessary to build an irrigated crop field or two.
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Do you have an example of one please Pete?
Now that I have finished my 'Build something competition' entry (Just e-mailed
the photo proof) with hours (just) to spare, the deadline is midnight tonight!!!!
I'll track down the mesh (somewhere in my mess :D) & knock one off.
Hopefully tomorrow.
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Amazing thread!
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Many more nice things - including the well with someone with the initials I.J. I believe nearby?! ;)
I think Digits got a superfluidity of creativity genes. So, I guess we can all thank his parents for that! :o :D lol
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All of your things look great.
I know the post with the vervet monkeys in is old, but I just saw it and was wondering were you got them from.
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Cheers…Gringo40’s…they have those and some parrots.
Fifteensaway…..there may be a little truth in that, plus they fact they dragged me around Africa and the Middle East throughout my youth!
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Just painted up the Warlord pack camels which doubles up my train. Lovely models these.
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I need to paint a few foot Arabs next I think.
I’ve been messing about working up a solution for irrigation…..may have to do a few of these and perhaps another well.
Also, I’ve been drilling out and attaching ropes for the Grand Manner bell tent. I need a little plasticard to mount it on though yet.
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The tent will get a little finds table out front but now I need to find some 28mm scale small egyptian artefacts ……anyone suggest from where please?
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Camels, eh? Filtered or unfiltered? :D
I know, I know. Bad joke. But seriously folks...
Lovely job on those beats of burden. They do indeed look the part....
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The tent will get a little finds table out front but now I need to find some 28mm scale small egyptian artefacts ……anyone suggest from where please?
Wargods of Egyptus (https://www.crocodilegames.com/content/storeImg/WGE-106.jpg
but that would be an expensive option.
Jewelry fittings might be a good place to look. Ear-rings, charms etc.
A small bit of Green-stuff could pass muster, if you use your obvious skills.
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One ladder, as promised.
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That seems to work…i have a few ladders on order but not convinced they will work. I will keep eye out for some mesh though, thanks Pete.
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What an amazing thread! :-*
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I can’t find enough rustic looking ladders so will have to add some dreaded mdf ones I suspect…..I don’t have the will power to make those! Lol
I know you don't fancy building them, but they don't take too long (pic from my BSC2020 entry):
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I used thin bamboo (from a cheap ikea window blind) and thin cord. Glue the ladder together with superglue, then add the cord once it is dry. More superglue on the cord to toughen it all up. If you intend making multiple ladders them a small jig from thick card might help, just don't glue the ladder to the jig!
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Cheers fella. Yup I can see the theory…but as you can see from my poor knotting skills….this may be one too far for me! Lol
I like your scenic piece though, nice work.
I had a look at the Crocodile Games website…they do some great little pieces, but for cost of $13 ….postage was a further $22!
Does anyone know of other uk suppliers? Black pyramid hold very little stock.
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Sorry, Digits, can't help with your details, other than maybe those little tube things in craft stores (at least over here), there is at least one that is Egypt focused. Not sure items will fit size wise, though.
For templates, a sheet of waxed paper is a good idea. Keeps the assembly away from the template.
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I sure I will find something printed on Etsy…..that or there are a few Reaper bits I think…
Anyway, the palm plantation got me thinking on the next piece…..irrigated crops.
I decided to start with making the irrigated Chanel’s…using cocktail sticks.
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Then used thinned down filler to give them a more contoured backed earth feel. I also decided that I’d make another well, for this specific piece. Combined with water trough aqueducts (sure I saw something like this at Ibelin in Kingdom of Heaven) to feed the channels.
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I had decided too this would be a shady spot, so plenty of trees.
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Ready for painting.
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Brilliant Digits.
Thats also on my very long list to do. Another use for the Vietnam jungle, U Boat and crew figures. Must make a Doug McClure figures lol
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Your crop field and watering system looks good so far.
Also, in the shot with the scaffolding in the ruins, who makes that chap with the green hat going for his pistol? I like that fig...
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Sorry…you need to ask Overlord for than one fella.
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Er, yeah, I see that now. They don't call me Captain Obvious fer nothin"... :D
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No worries!
Ok, these think paint very quickly which is always a boon……I can paint one of these in half the time it takes me to do one figure! Lol….probably shows! 🤣
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Must make a Doug McClure figures lol
To paraphrase the Simpsons, 'You'll probably recognize me from such films as...' lol
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You lost me guys! 🥴
A little detailing. I’m pleased how the drainage channel worked out. Any water would quickly evaporate so a simple green/brown wash to mark the channels.
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Next terrain piece will be the archeological site, once the bits arrive.
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You lost me guys! 🥴
Doug McClure starred in a lot of 'B' movies where they fought dinosaurs in jungles.
Parodied in the Simpsons where his character's first words are, ' You probably know me...'
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Ahhhh! Ok me being dumb. I get it now. I think if I’m not mistaken, I have a mini that represents him already…..
https://antediluvianminiatures.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/dhdjjh.jpg
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The iconic movie role for Doug McClure:
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Of course, he is probably most remembered for his long running role in the TV series The Virginian.
His was a Very Recognizable face, for sure.
But that movie poster is penultimate Pulp I suppose. And come to think of it, subtract the dinosaurs and you get close to my Pulp game I'm putting together: The Great and Terrible Schlong of Kong Disaster. All the figures washed, all the bases pre-prepped. Painting figures and, biggest task, building terrain up next.
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And Paul is quite right…..I also have painted U boat and some German crew around here somewhere…..
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I think I have a man-crush on Digits - or at least his spectacular terrain modeling! o_o lol
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Awww…shucks!
Miss Postie just handed me a parcel from Scotia Grendel….a couple of of tomb entrances and some broken pillar. Think I will set this open tomb into a cliff face and structure the scaffold about it.
I also received these pla printed ladders. Not sure about the big nail / peg at each rung…I think they need removing and rope substituting! 😫. Still…solid enough ladders as a basis.
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The main bad guys in my foreseen pulp story will be my Bedouin Tribe. The first few guys are ready.
Left to right…..Yasir Usama Babi, their leader Sheik Jabuti and Yahya Asif.
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Mustafa Shufti and Yaseen Omar.
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I make no apologies for their names!
My old sparring partner Brian is coming to stay in a few weeks and we are thinking of adapting our rules for Vulture Creek for this……we shall see.
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Now this is clever. Most excellent terrain.
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No need to apologize for the names but I do think you got one slightly wrong, I do believe Sheik Jabuti should be Sheik Yerbuti - if you want to get it proper and aligned with a slightly different phrase. A late friend used that name for one of his regular appearing characters. Dance terms anyone? o_o lol
Really nice painting on those figures. I think I may have seen the striped skull cap dude at a bob sled race.
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Ahhhh! Ok me being dumb. I get it now. I think if I’m not mistaken, I have a mini that represents him already…..
https://antediluvianminiatures.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/dhdjjh.jpg
Crooked dice have one also.
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No need to apologize for the names but I do think you got one slightly wrong, I do believe Sheik Jabuti should be Sheik Yerbuti - if you want to get it proper and aligned with a slightly different phrase. A late friend used that name for one of his regular appearing characters. Dance terms anyone? o_o lol
Yes, I was referring to said dance but I actually meant to spell it “Djibouti”. Say it fast enough and it still sounds right though.
I was going to go with Sheik Abdul Abulbul ( those of you who will remember “Whoops Baghdad” with Franky Howard will get the reference. There will be an “ Ali Oopla” in the next batch! Lol)
Snitchy…cheers fella.
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I like those Arab fellers. Regardless of their names.... :D
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What about, 'Mustapha Shufti, also those two famous Sheiks, Yermunny & Yerdyce' ?
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I already mentioned Mustafa in my post mate…he’s the one kneeling down. ;)
I have names for next batch but if I need another sheik…cheers.
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Sheik Djibouti has a nice ring to it.
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Glad you approve.
Small update. I finally tied knots around every rung…..the pla ladders don’t look too bad I don’t think!
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They will all get set into the dig site piece in time.
Meanwhile, I just knocked up the archaeologists camp piece. I need to send off for some specific Egyptian artefacts to add to it, but that can happen after it gets painted anyway.
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Progressing well David.
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Thanks.
Also now positioned the tomb entrance embedded into the cliff.
Have to leave this a few days but should turn out ok I think.
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Looking more and more promising. Well cool all around. Can't wait to see it with paint.
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Good progress there, Digits. Well done!
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Love those crows who makes them?
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Sorry I don’t recall but search on Etsy will find them easy enough mate.
Cheers fellas.
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Love the whole scaffolding bit. I have figures and stuff for doing archaeological digs - mostly courtesy of Old Glory Bluemoon's 15/18 mm ranges. But some cool diggers from Rebel Minis.
I have a number of ruins, from CP Models now, and also some dinosaur skeletons to embed into digging sites.
And I relocated my main Indiana Jones figure in the last day or two.
Your ruin in the cliff is yet another idea worth stealing! ;)
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a little progress on the dig site. Needs to dry out for a day or so before I can start painting it and attaching the scaffolds etc. the little canopy on the left is the “finds area” so I need a table in there me thinks.
I ordered a few artefacts from Crocodile games than can be popped in there and on the table outside the tent of Doctor of Archeology, Diggory Lovatt-Standing, son of Lord Harry Lovatt-Standing, big game hunter from earlier in this thread.
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“Omar, my Arabic is a little rusty. It would appear someone has tinkled us a message, be a good chap and translate it please?”
“Sidi, it is a warning! It is “insarafa”. We are being told to…. how you say….bugger off!”
“I say, that’s a bit rum! Extraordinary marksmanship however….”
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The archeological site is done. As I said above, there are a few artefacts on order to add a little detail as yet, but this should be fun to play around on.
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Looks Damn fine! Artifacts are usually small or broken and can be tucked in anywhere you need. better yet just model some small brown paper bags or muslin sacks and call it a day.
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Thanks fella. Indeed you are quite correct….I should just have piles of broken pottery etc…but I’m going full out pulp on this one…so I have ordered a sarcophagus, some canopic jars and a few statuettes - rich find to be sure! 😉
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Someone else on LAF made some quite believable pottery shards.
he used bits of broken egg shell set with superglue. Just a thought David.
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Another fine masterpiece.
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Cheers Pete, will have a think on…
Ash, thanks fella 😉
The archaeologists tent still also needs artefacts but is playable. Just need some figures now me thinks…
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Brilliant work!
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Man, your tables must be great to play on from a visual stand point. Very, very nice.
And I love the flowers on the palm tree, that is an exceptional detailing touch. Have one in bloom just like that around the corner from where I live (well, two corners but who's counting?! lol). I believe this is the first time I've seen any in bloom around here that were white, maybe a couple of times for yellow for different varieties - maybe.
Of course, duly noted for inspiring my own work.
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Er, sensational…..!
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Looking great David. As others agree will you now accept you do good work????
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Looking great David. As others agree will you now accept you do good work????
Thanks for saying so….yes, I like making scenery 😉
So…nearly enough for a good sized pulp game I think.
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I still think I’m missing something……and certainly some figures to play over it…..but it’s getting there.
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I still think I’m missing something……
T.E. Lawrence on a Brough superior perhaps...
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Absolutely lovely scenery, great work. :-*
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Top work!
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"I still think I’m missing something……"
Well, that one 'naked' camel looks a bit lonely. I imagine you already have some goats. I think a motor car and a truck would add a lot of interest. And a biplane. After that, I don't think you have room for more. Maybe a few scorpions here and there, a platoon of scarab beetles, perhaps a snake or three? No, seriously, you can get these things in the 3D printing world these days. Or, as others have suggested, a bit more above ground ruins, some tumbled columns or some such.
And, if I may, the source of your ground cover? (or did I miss that earlier in the thread somewhere?)
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Just outstanding work. Bravo.
Someone else on LAF made some quite believable pottery shards.
he used bits of broken egg shell set with superglue. Just a thought David.
That would be my fault. Would be good to add to your dig.
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Very cool idea, thanks, that looks great! I may indeed have a go. Musk make myself a couple of boiled eggs 😉
Ground mat is from DeepCut Studio. And scorpion is covered…..cheers.
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Very cool idea, thanks, that looks great! I may indeed have a go. Musk make myself a couple of boiled eggs 😉
For the larger pieces and rims there is a toot in the workbench tutorials sections. Easy and cheep.
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Yup I’ve seen that one, very nice idea, thanks!
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Nice idea, Snitchy. Another idea from this thread to use.
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That table looks awesome!
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Cracking stuff 8) 8) 8)
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Many thanks chaps! 😀
So, thinking on what’s needed for this. (And thanks Fifteen….a few of your suggestions jolted me here).
A couple of houses / buildings, perhaps a mosque at some point.
A suitable number of archeological types including diggers etc…..enough for say two competing groups.
The sponsors of my dig……shady gents from Cairo, owner operators of “Mr Chicken” looking to break into the big leagues. I like the idea of a Mr Chicken truck being used as their main transport….but I may need help from someone with an idea I have for a set of decals for it…….
A few more tribesmen.
Some Egyptian police…with suitable transport…….maybe even an old armoured car…..
A mummy….obviously.
Giant scorpions / scarab swarms / undead priests etc…
However….what I really want is a diecast 1:60 biplane of sorts….but I’m struggling to find one……
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However….what I really want is a diecast 1:60 biplane of sorts….but I’m struggling to find one……
There's the Corgi Barnstormers range, but probably a tad bigger than 1:60
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Will take a look….ta.
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I took a look around the web and see what you mean about hard to find that 1:60 biplane, especially die cast. And I think the Corgi Barnstormers are 1:72 so probably too small - from my quick search.
I also tried 1:56 and 1:64 - the latter might work best if you can find anything, probably a more common scale. I could find biplanes but couldn't identify the scales. I'll keep my eyes and ears cued up for this - if I visit my local hobby shop I'll ask the proprietress, one of the most helpful people you could imagine, a legend for the quality of customer service she provides.
And if I've provided a small amount of inspiration it is only fitting considering how much I've taken from your work.
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Matchbox Skybusters biplanes are apparently 1/64.
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Thanks both!
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Here is an item on eBay if you are willing and the shipper will do international, east coast of US:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/284248463728 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/284248463728)
If shipper not willing to do international, PM me and maybe we can work something out - if it is still available for sale.
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Thanks but I will take a look about this side of the pond for now, but if I don’t meet any success….
Cheers
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Morning David.
These matchbox sky busters ranges are available at Morrisons supermarkets here in the uk.
I know, as I picked up two modern aircraft from the range, just this week.
Take a look in the toy section, or maybe you could get them on Morrisons on-line?
Hope this helps.
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Will take a look, thanks Bob
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And I think the Corgi Barnstormers are 1:72 so probably too small - from my quick search.
I think you're probably right about Barnstormers being 1/72, they do look small. I found one reference saying 1/48, but I'm guessing that's incorrect.
David, there are these die-cast biplanes (1/48):
https://uk.corgi.co.uk/catalogue/scale/1-48?encoded=s89JzEsPSCzJsE3OL0rP1C3NVkvLzClJLSqOzk3MS0ksyS-qjIeIxCdVxkYXFOWnlCaXxGeWpObGFycn5qTG2hpamVgoBIPYagWJ6anxmSm2FhZmasX5RSVAPbYWYFFbQwA
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There is a Grumman Goose Amphibian monoplane in 1/48 which is supposedly a 1938 model.
I think you're probably right about Barnstormers being 1/72, they do look small. I found one reference saying 1/48, but I'm guessing that's incorrect.
David, there are these die-cast biplanes (1/48):
https://uk.corgi.co.uk/catalogue/scale/1-48?encoded=s89JzEsPSCzJsE3OL0rP1C3NVkvLzClJLSqOzk3MS0ksyS-qjIeIxCdVxkYXFOWnlCaXxGeWpObGFycn5qTG2hpamVgoBIPYagWJ6anxmSm2FhZmasX5RSVAPbYWYFFbQwA
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Morning David, I didn't want to say anything until I had actually looked
through my 'stock' ,& you know how chaotic that is, but I have found
not one, but two possibles for you.
a) Fiat CR32 Freccia
b) Ryan PT-20 Trainer.
Both are 1/48th unmade kits.
The Ryan kit can be made as either landplane or floatplane (with a
ground handling dolly)
Of any interest to you?
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Great suggestions and thanks…will mull over what to get.
Pete…tbh I really just want die cast. I have lots of experience of broken plastic aircraft over the years that push me thst way 😉. Thanks though fella.
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Whilst we are at it…I’m looking for a suitable 1920/30’s high sided truck on which we will be putting the following company logo….thanks Jamie for the help!…..
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Pete…tbh I really just want die cast. I have lots of experience of broken plastic aircraft over the years that push me thst way 😉. Thanks though fella.
No worries. Plane kits put back into stock. :D
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Hopefully catalogued and sorted in suitably historical order!
Looking for something else in my garage, I came across three lion statues I’d forgotten I had. As I’m making a small bit of escarpment, I may as well paint these up to use in the sands too. I think I will keep these unbased however for multiple uses….
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Hopefully catalogued and sorted in suitably historical order!
...er...not quite. ;D
I came across three lion statues I’d forgotten I had.
a project to take pride in?
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Indeed!
Painted up along with a small escarpment piece.
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Unfortunately now, I’m starting to realise I want to expand the dig site! Must start looking for some larger scenic pieces…….fish tank models etc…….oh dear…
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….fish tank models etc
Now there I might be able to help you. I have stashed away several boxes of 'Egyptalia'
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Colour me interested…….🧐
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A trio of Leonids, though not a meteor shower! lol. (a bit soggy here today - perhaps to match the weather in London for the coronation, wife up at 2 AM local time to watch). Nice addition.
And for those who've never seen:
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Curious where you sourced your blooming palm trees? Probably too big for me but still curious.
Just had a -very quick - perusal of the whole thread (well, the photos, mostly) and note we've gone from jungle to desert. Which has me wondering how far into the future before Digits makes a left turn and we see stuff for Back of Beyond type pulp in this thread?
So, have there been games in the jungle with reports I've missed somewhere?
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Not yet truth be told…….I’ve not really had any game time with it at all! 😢
Things are looking up though….an old friend is down next weekend so we will be trying something out on here no doubt.
As for the palm trees…….I simply remove the palm leaves before painting the trunk. Before I replace them, I pop a small bit of light coloured lichen on top of the trunk with a dab of superglue then glue the palm leaves back on to secure it.
You can say they are in flower sure…but I am also trying to make nod here to the twig like bundle often seen with date trees. I was doing it from memory….but clearly could have opted for something a little more orange in colour…never mind, I can live with it.
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Aw, accidental flowering palm trees, then! No worries - but does give me a good idea how to do those brownish orange bits under the green fronds so glad I asked. Except for neatly trimmed trees, almost always see that on palm trees, old decaying fronds mostly. Will make them look more 'real world'.
Might not be quite as effective in 15 mm but careful choosing of lichen bits might help. And soak them well in glycerin before using might help them drying out. Tried spraying some in matte sealing spray and worked for a while but a rather short term solution. Have to check one of my model railroad scenery books for the proper way to 'cook' the lichen in glycerin.
Hope you get that game in! And photos, of course, please. ;)
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Whilst we are at it…I’m looking for a suitable 1920/30’s high sided truck on which we will be putting the following company logo….thanks Jamie for the help!…..
You could use on of these, by Lledo. They made trucks in several different liveries. They are more in the 1910s, but would still be around in the 20s, and even the 30s...FYI, the figure is 28mm, for comparison's sake...
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Yup that could work. I’ve ordered an Bedford but if it doesn’t work, I will take a look for one of these. Cheers
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Glad to he of service... ;)
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Colour me interested…….🧐
Too much to post, you'll have to come and have a look.
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Ok, we need to set something up mate! 😉
Meanwhile, postie has been and my artefacts have arrived…..doesn’t seem a lot for the money! 😢
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The tent will get a little finds table out front but now I need to find some 28mm scale small egyptian artefacts ……anyone suggest from where please?
Wargods of Egyptus (https://www.crocodilegames.com/content/storeImg/WGE-106.jpg
but that would be an expensive option.
Jewelry fittings might be a good place to look. Ear-rings, charms etc.
A small bit of Green-stuff could pass muster, if you use your obvious skills.
..doesn’t seem a lot for the money! 😢
I did warn you David. For better value, More Bang for your Buck come to ...
honest Pete's Emporium. :D :D :D
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Maybe….but I couldn’t make ANYTHING approaching the quality of these items from green stuff!
They are cool.
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They are cool.
I agree, they are cool, but think along the following lines.
You have one nicely detailed wooden crate, but want a stack.
You wouldn't try to make similar crates in green-stuff, no!
What you would do is cut some bits of balsa wood into crate
sized lumps & cover it with a 'tarpaulin' (paper towel soaked in wood glue)
with only the detailed crate showing.
I was thinking you could do something similar.
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Yup I know that….but I like shiny looking objects that scream Egyptian bling at me!
Anyway, it’s done now!
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doesn’t seem a lot for the money! 😢
Snap. Always my complaint. These should fit in nicely though. Maybe some 10 or 15mm Egyptians as small statues too?
Edit.
Just found this. Might be more items for you.
https://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/product/the-museum-props/ (https://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/product/the-museum-props/)
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Those relics/artifacts look cool...looking forward t see what you do with them...
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Looking to the left, looking to the right, peaking under that tarpaulin over there, sneaking about and looking in the nooks and crannies, and, nope, no Digits to be found here for months and months. Oh, well - butterflies got to flit.
Sigh. ;)
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Guilty as charged.
Saying that I did see the Mr Chicken van on Jamie’s paint table yesterday!
Those relics will get painted soon I’m sure and I have other ideas for the excavation yet.
However, my head is currently turned….I’m painting ww2 Russians, building a hamlet, painting Samurai and about to renovate a medieval castle! I can’t be everywhere at once can I? 😉
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I can’t be everywhere at once can I? 😉
Judging by how many projects you have stuffed into your poor tiny garage
David, I thought you not only could, but in fact were. lol lol lol
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I found this thread completely by accident, but what a great read.
Fantastic work Digits, I now have the urge to make some trees.
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Go for it! The world needs more trees…fact!
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Another one to accidentally find the thread, my goodness but that archaeological dig is astonishing.
I really like the tent too, lovely work.
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Just found your thread and wow awesome work all round 10/10.
Ron
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Thanks chaps….glad you like the project!
Ok, these were sitting half done on my tray, so thought I’d just finish them. They look better from a distance! lol
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My son just moved back in with us for a few months so thought I’d re look at the Congo rules seeing as I never actually got to play them! Expect a few more models over the next few weeks and perhaps a couple of battle reports.
I also want to finish off the archeology dig site with a few painted trinkets too….
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Ok, these were sitting half done on my tray, so thought I’d just finish them. They look better from a distance! lol
Ah, David. You should take...Pride in them. lol
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Here kitty, kitty, kitty. :o
When in a game, they will look just grand and fulfill their role. A painted figure is a game enhanced, an unpainted figure a sore sight to all our eyes - though latent with potential. Hmm, I have Vast Reserves of potential then! lol :D
Nice to see something new in this thread. One of my favorites, both of Digits and on LAF as a whole.
(I think your butterfly affliction is contagious, I've spent so much time on your threads I got infected myself - while supposed to be working on French Foreign Legion I've been pulled to Three Musketeers, Robin Hood, and Jousting - and a minor flirtation with Pulp. Alas, I'm not sure a cure is available or even far off in the offing. Oh, woe is 'not' me. Having too much fun. ;))
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Ha…yup an affliction that has us all stumped!
Yup so I want to have a game soon with lots of background. As such I realise there are no village civilians painted as yet….so that will be my focus….
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That dig site is really well done. I’m going to have to and do something similar.
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Go for it. There are also lots of other awesome dig sites on this forum worth checking out too.
Looking at it, I still need to paint the trinkets as previously mentioned. But I also need a set of other tents for the rest of the dig team….and maybe an alternate entrance to the lower depths of the tomb….hmm…..
Still, some stuff for Congo first!
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"...so that will be my focus…."
Should this be an alarming statement? Digits is about to 'focus'? Will all those other threads be - temporarily - abandoned? Or will the butterfly, once again, win the 'race'? Stay tuned for further...well, furtherance. lol :o ;)
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Hmmm….well butterfly struck again last night…..started putting paint to villagers…ended up knocking up a packing crate and adding a little bling to the archaeologists camp.
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Very nice indeed, and I suspect soon to be the focus of rival archaeologists, cultists, mad scientists, and all manner of eldritch energy.
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Great job David.
Looks like an Indiana Jones car boot sale.
Keep up the good work mate.
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Brilliant work. Brilliant thread.
Thanks for sharing.
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Nice additions to the archaeologists camp.
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Great backdrop to a scenario based game. Well done.
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Well, bling-a-ding-ring! Very nice. I actually like the open book on the table, a bit different - though clearly blank pages for the archaeologist to record notes in. Or, if a found book, has some magic spell started causing the images on the pages to dissolve into thin air? Could be - and could be very sinister! :o
In helping sort a MASSIVE collection of figures from a deceased local collector, not gamer - none of us knew him, I ran across some female archaeologists from I think Copplestone. Do you have any of those in your collection yet? Or have we seen them and I've forgotten? Just did a 'drive-by' google check and, yes, Copplestone - and apparently ones in resin by others, too. [Vast majority of collection is either Napoleonic figures - or 100+ Britain boxes, many in mint condition.]. Some other females from Brigade games on those funky slotta-bases, who also have female archaeologists apparently, smaller though. [By massive, boxes by the score, probably more than one hundred boxes. Overwhelming to be certain.]
edit: Brigade Games seem to have the Copplestone so same female archaeologists.
Sorry, but all the Pulp figures in the collection are already spoken for.
Thanks for adding to this delightful thread, Digits. Hmm, if there is ever a Pinned page of the 'best of the best' threads of Pulp, this should be at the top of that list. Not just cool stuff, but some nice, helpful how-to's mixed in.
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I think I have a - brontosaurus sized - bone to pick with Digits. When are we going to see that long "promised" waterfall!? Hopefully before the five year anniversary of the start of this thread. Harrumph! :D
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Hmmm…yes it is on my list of things to research and have a go at for sure….but asking me to put a timescale on it? You are clearly mixing me up with someone with a structured life! 😉
Thanks all, glad you like the recent meagre offering. I will try to do better!
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Now you’ve gone and done it.
Mention bones and dinosaurs.
What do archaeologists love digging up. 🦕 🦖
Dig site terrain.
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Archaeologists? Surely you mean palaeontologists no?
To be fair there are some great kids dino skeletal heads etc that would make a great model set back in plaster at a dig site though ….go for it!
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Copplestone have a little paleontologist and bones set - that might, at some point, work its ways into Digits hands - and then in a decade or three we might see ready for the table! lol :o :D ;D
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Err…I think that may have been Troy there wanting to do a dino dig fella?
And I resemble your remarks sir!
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I understand it was Troy, I was pointing out for his benefit and - maybe - suggesting you add it to yours as well. Perhaps in that beautiful dig site model of yours, the Archies find something unexpected? And maybe the smell of incredibly ancient bone attract a not so ancient dino. There is that first photo in the thread...
And, if you have enough of the right sort of Archaeologists you can name them Archie, Jughead, Reggie, Betty, Veronica, and Kevin. And the dinosaur, well, Marmaduke, of course. lol
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You are clearly mixing me up with someone with a structured life! 😉
Well, it isn't me. Actually, it's comforting to know I'm not alone...
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Not me, seeing if could half butterfly you again.
I can’t do anything new until moved house.
35 years of lots of wargaming to go. Down sizing 3 bedroom and loft, to 2 bedroom no loft space 😭.
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Ha…swerved!
A little more bling.
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And don’t leave your ladder unattended ……
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Mummy would you mind footing the ladder for me whilst I climb.
Very nice bling. Where did chest with cat on top come from?
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Same place as the other bling…Crocodile games. Nice stuff in white metal. There are some great looking printed minis about too however…
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Very cool stuff. Though either the local preservationists are incredibly good at hiding the glue cracks or the artifacts are found in tact making them national treasures for Egypt so good luck getting them out of country - and alive!? :o
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Now that hits the spot. Very nice and convincing bling even when photographed close up.
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Thanks!
So I just ordered the Pulp Alley Starter set……it’s about time I actually used some of this stuff in a game or two. This archeological aspect lends itself nicely I think…….i may have to paint a few bad guys to bolster the story….
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I am looking forward to seeing what you do David.
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Pulp Alley is popular but if it ends up not 'floating your boat' then Fistful of Lead might be a good option. That is my go to for such stuff, the Bigger Battles version though. Can still use it for smaller scale actions. You need options to ensure your wonderful collection hosts fun games. Don't let rules alone put you off. There are lots out there.
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Indeed….can try all sorts.
So it arrived pdq…..going to have a read and try it out me thinks. A few useful figures in the box too, including another Indiana wannabe.
Painted up a few tents last night too from Debris of War. Useful for a range of games me thinks.
This weekends job is to paint a few more Pulp minis…including the Mr Chicken staff….
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I hope you enjoy Pulp Alley: it's a favourite of mine. it will be great to see some games on your stunning terrain.
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The expressions on those lion's faces suggests to me you need to trowel around in fantasy ranges to find some "lion men" to 'come to life' in your games and terrorize the Archaeologists and whoever else might be close at hand.
Did a quick check and found this, a bit pricey but sort of cool: https://www.reapermini.com/miniatures/lion%20man (https://www.reapermini.com/miniatures/lion%20man)
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Temptation, temptation, temptation.
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Or simply use a lion mask for some devotee cult? £1 each
https://www.bitzbox.co.uk/product_info.php/28mm-lion-head-accessory-p-16652
Cheers
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I'll be following your adventures with interest Digits as I invested in Pulp Alley a long time ago and never played a game. . . .
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So it arrived pdq…..going to have a read and try it out me thinks.
If you have never played, you are in for a treat. Pulp alley is one of our go to systems as it always tells a story. It really is a load of fun.
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If you have never played, you are in for a treat. Pulp alley is one of our go to systems as it always tells a story. It really is a load of fun.
I agree, and it is incredibly versatile. We use it as prescribed but I have seen it used for western gunfights and a 17thC game Cthulhu/monster hunter game.
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Or simply use a lion mask for some devotee cult? £1 each
https://www.bitzbox.co.uk/product_info.php/28mm-lion-head-accessory-p-16652
Cheers
That has potential for a future sequel where the cult devotees come to London/New York to retrieve the artefacts taken from their temple and exact revenge...
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I use both Pulp Alley and Fistful of Lead regularly. All depends on what sort of game you want. The former is more geared toward rpg, while the latter is more straight skirmish. Both are great games.
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To be fair I’ve played Fistful of Lead a few times with Flatpack and HasBeen et al…… often fun games. I’ve also used it to play pirates. I just wanted something a tad different if I’m honest and so far Pulp Alley is looking good….. just need a little clear air to have a go.
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Go for it David, it is an enjoyable game.
As with all games, don't play with any rules lawyers. They will suck the fun from it. :?
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Go for it David, it is an enjoyable game.
As with all games, don't play with any rules lawyers. They will suck the fun from it. :?
I've noticed when playing Pulp Alley with Elder Son, we often find ourselves making decisions or waiving certain rules because the story is getting interesting and we don't want to spoil it. Are we alone in this?
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Talking of which…can anyone direct me to a cool looking gang sheet / Rasta blank for Pulp Alley please?🙏
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I've noticed when playing Pulp Alley with Elder Son, we often find ourselves making decisions or waiving certain rules because the story is getting interesting and we don't want to spoil it. Are we alone in this?
You are not alone. The best games tell a story and dam if the rules get in the way.
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I've noticed when playing Pulp Alley with Elder Son, we often find ourselves making decisions or waiving certain rules because the story is getting interesting and we don't want to spoil it. Are we alone in this?
Your way is the right way.
I once heard an umpire respond to a players objection by saying, ' I know it's
stupid, but that is what the rule says' WRONG WAY !!!!
On another occasion a player bragged that to persuade his allied Cossacks to
attack the enemy he fired on them with his OWN artillery, as the reaction test
added 2 'if fired upon by artillery. If I had been umpiring I would have agreed
that the Cossacks launch an attack, but at HIS artillery (well they were the ones
firing at the poor Cossacks. lol lol lol)
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I agree, and it is incredibly versatile. We use it as prescribed but I have seen it used for western gunfights and a 17thC game Cthulhu/monster hunter game.
Definitely versatile. I've used it to play Wars of the Roses, samurai, WWII, Conan, gothic horror, pulp, Cthulhu, Doctor Who, Star Wars, Necromunda. All have been lots of fun.
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You are not alone. The best games tell a story and dam if the rules get in the way.
Your way is the right way.
Thanks for that. I doubt it would have changed anything if no-one had agreed, but still...
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Flitting about a bit….African Villagers. Skin colours not fantastic but they will do!
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Your villagers all look good. Well done!
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Cheers fella!
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People! Places need people. Not just warriors - who might also be people. Or not! :o. I like this new addition of villagers.
And no worries on the skin tones, Africa is a big place and their are many skin tones, yours look just fine to me.