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Miniatures Adventure => Pulp => Topic started by: FifteensAway on January 08, 2023, 01:26:47 AM
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It all started so innocently. Just searching for a word to rhyme with Kong, as in King, to come up with a fun title for a miniatures game. Then it happened. And the trepidatious result is:
“The Great and Terrible Schlong of Kong Disaster”
So, now I have a title - just need to come up with the actual game. And, yes, I will step carefully along this path. Very carefully. Or not.
You see, long before the ship Venture ever reached New York, it made a stop at La Ceiba, Honduras. Such a beast consumed more food than the ship was prepared for and an accident occurred during the loading of several pallets of bananas…
[Khurasan’s God King of the Jungle on its way to me as I type.]
While I have some idea where I am going with this - some - feel free to toss out your own ideas. They may, or may not, be incorporated into the game once enough is ready to run the event.
I have plenty of 15 mm porters transporting bananas but I'm going to need to find some pallet loads of bananas.
Oh, and important, I don't need an Empire State Building or a Skull Island for this scenario! Just a somewhat primitive Central American port backed by jungle and a version of the Venture which I already have a model in my possession for conversion.
Oh, what ideas float out of brains in a miasma of inadequate sleep. lol
*Above title duly placed under Trademark 2023 by me.* Might turn out to be a screenplay, you see.
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Perhaps "Dong" has a better ring to it?
In any event, I would think anyone who gets LOS to Kong's, er, equipment, should have to roll to not be distracted/horrified...
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Received the model for the big dude today, along with much else. And now regretting I didn't order certain figures from Khurasan for this pending scenario. I guess there will be another order - figures for the local troops near La Ceiba.
As to that LOS issue, I think it will have to vary based on the gender of the observer. For women, it could be fear and dread, or salivating longing. For the men it could also be fear or loathing or perhaps a lifelong feeling of inadequacy! ;D
Then again, there is certain biological realities that might mitigate that whole LOS issue. (Once upon a time I had an inkling of studying primatology so have some, limited, knowledge. And did that famous lady really find gorilla intimacy worth a try? And, if she did, was she disappointed or pleased? Not sure I really want to know.) :o
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I mean, you gotta get a female Kong in this thing! I mean, just think how much cash some asshole could make selling pure breed KONGS!!! Then you got your folks against such things trying to stop the love making for money. Who will cum up on top? hehe
Whatever you do, keep it WEIRD!!!
Brian & Mel
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Oh yeah, be sure to add a pink bow to Ms Kong for decency's sake. ;)
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Much yet to decide but another order to Khurasan as well as a somewhat larger order to Eureka for some additional troops for La Ceiba. I did find this item:
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It is a 21" model (per box) that I hope to shorten to closer to 14" and back date it a bit - and waterline it. Then I will need to find a German submarine to do the same. And maybe another submarine to be helmed by the chief Nemonaut, the JVS Naughtylust. (JVS = Jules Verne Ship)
Retirement just may be bringing out the worst in me! :o. Or the best? lol
Looks like there will be more going on than just an unfortunate incident with fruit.
Oh, almost forgot, the name of my tramp steamer must, of course, be the MIS Adventure. (which could be Mobile Itinerant Ship or more likely Much Insane Stuff!)
And in response to Weird, I didn't order it but Khurasan does have another large ape in its offerings that might work if I were to go down your suggested path. Though, at the moment, that doesn't quite fit but I will tuck the idea away for future reference - there is certainly uproarious fun possible down that path.
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Started doing some hunting about the web to find an "authentic" version of the Nautilus, ala Jules Verne, and found this site:
http://www.westernexplorers.us/Jules_Vernes_submarine_Nautilus.pdf (http://www.westernexplorers.us/Jules_Vernes_submarine_Nautilus.pdf)
I will be following the images seen in that site to create my own version rather than the oft seen Disneyesque variation so many emulate. It jibes pretty well with my many decades old memory from reading both Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Mysterious Island.
Also received my additional Khurasan figures today from the Chaco Wars range to add a couple of units. Now awaiting some stuff from Eureka and then the 3D printed trees from a US and a UK supplier to create some jungle.
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“Show us your growler!” has a whole other meaning where I live, so no need to change that submarine’s name. ;)
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Received my Eureka order today. Got a couple of 1941 Wake Island marine units, a unit of Philippine infantry to be used as Hondurans of some sort, and a unit of Australians - probably to represent a ship in port. Also got a number of extra officers including a couple to represent competing would be Banana Republic dictators. If I can, I will paint those two with chest overflowing with all kinds of medals - you know the likes, award for bravely staying home while sending a score of soldiers to their death, dictator self-awards. Already have - somewhere - enough Eureka sailors for three units. A couple extra naval officers in the just received order to be overall above the US marines and sailors.
No current plans to add any other figures - until something else sufficiently disturbs my imagination that I go hunting!
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For Weird WWII, you will be pleased to know I ordered another large primate from Khurasan, a different model, that might give me that female option. Definitely an interesting way to add variety to the scenario options.
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Ever Weird WWII weirdo needs a big ape in their collection!!!
Keep it WEIRD!!!
Brian
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Received my additional order from Eureka today - adding a number of additional units. Still awaiting a Rebel Minis order to add a bunch of unarmed civilians into the mix. Rather important to the primary scenario I have in mind.
Still hunting another submarine for the Germans and may need/want to do some scratch building of a couple of ships. And definitely need to build a seaport, ramshackle of course.
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I got the Eureka Wake Island sailors and the Filipinos. My Skull Island project has all the main components waiting for paint. Soon, I hope.
Also, Khurasan’s Chaco War figures could work for any 1930s “banana republic”, with the Bolivians playing the part of official government forces and the barefoot Paraguayans playing the part of rebels and insurrectionists:
https://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/chacowar.html
(https://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/k2800.jpg)
(https://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/k2801.jpg)
Enjoy!
Dan
PS. One more thing … Khurasan just put out some 1930s Pulp sailors. Here is their “freighter crew” and a few additional characters:
https://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/15mm-pulp.html
(https://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/30s-freighter-crew1.jpg)
(https://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/30s-pulp-adventurers1.jpg)
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CC, I have all those figures you included photos of (with great painting by Steve Dean - I can only dream of being that good).
Have a look at Eureka's WWII Australian as another source for figures. Also, the US Cavalry, and dismounts, make for useful figures.
Just waiting on an order from Rebel Minis to round out this setup. Finally have all the 3D printed trees to work on; the ones ordered from US arrived quick, the ones from UK took a couple of months (probably the UK shipping issue but apparently long lead times, too).
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That is excellent. I can’t wait for the photos and to read each of your updates. This is exciting!
Dan
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Los Abajos, Conyuras.
I've decided I want both a fictional town and a fictional country for my game so I've reset it to be in the little known Central American country of Conyuras. I think their national flag will show a conure parrot riding on a burro. :D. And, of course, their economy will be highly dependent on bananas! lol. Los Abajos can be an even more primitive port - though it may also host a primitive airfield. It will certainly host tramp steamers and the occasional wayward submarine.
With this reset, I can let my fertile imagination run even more riot than it already does.
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Okay, forces set:
The big dudes: Gorilla gorilla gigantus, male, a.k.a. King Kong, gorilla gorilla gigantus, female, a.k.a. Queen Kong, and gorilla gorilla humungous, very jealous male, a.k.a. Rage Kong (pity the puny humans if he shows up!).
The leftists: 7 foot units and 1 mounted unit plus two machine guns and their wannabe Dictator
The rightists: 7 foot units and 1 mounted unit plus two machine guns and their wannabe Dictator
The Anglo-American Alliance: 7 foot units and 1 mounted unit plus 3 or 4 machine guns/artillery pieces and both the American and British envoys/ambassadors (not certain yet) - aligned with the rightists
The Germans: 1 unit of Porto-Nazis on foot plus 6 additional foot unit and 1 mounted units plus 3 machine guns and the German envoy/Ambassador - aligned with the leftists
The ship crews: 2 armed foot crews with 1 machine gun, 7 unarmed ship crews (one of the Anglo-American envoys probably involved here)
The innocent bystanders, pardon, I mean civilians: 9 unarmed groups of men and women (with an Indiana Jones and dad sort of 'leadership' (?)), includes a doctor operating on a patient vignette
Ostensibly, the foreigners are in the country to avert a civil war. Ostensibly.
The Building Plans:
Model submarine to build/modify (purchased), probably another submarine to either purchase or scratch build, maybe even a third
Need to build at least two tramp steamers and a couple of other merchant ships (may be able to modify two or three boats I already have) for the docks and maybe a U.S. warship (probably? but a small one - though a 'tiny' carrier might be fun and add an aerial element besides a primitive airfield)
Need to build the docks, probably a combination of wooden docks and stone and/or concrete docks. Need to build some lifting machinery, probably modify a model railroad one I have and use some other model railroad stuff to build an even bigger one.
Need to build a number of warehouses to line the docks.
Maybe a little bit of a railroad running along the docks and stabbing into the jungle.
Need to build at least a representation of the town itself but mostly as a backdrop, though a Catholic Church is probably needed - there are a bunch of nuns mixed in with those unarmed civilians - and a lot of those folk are going to be praying for salvation if things go wrong for them. Can't imagine anything going wrong for the civilians in this scenario; can you? ;)
Need to build a bunch of jungle (multi-use for this scenario and Africa and other settings as they come up). Have most of what I need except some large buttressed trunk trees as the 'masters' of the jungle.
Need to build banana plantation - already have the stuff, just to build (and modify some bought built to match better to my own)
Maybe - if they can be found in 15 mm - find some animals to add some color to the jungle, jaguars (might have one), tapirs, and such. Have some birds and bats I can paint up and add in - sort of like the brilliant touches done by Digits. Domestic live stock I have in numbers more than adequate and already painted.
There needs to be the main port and an out-of-the-way 'secret' dock tucked into a jungle river's mouth.
All the figures are washed to prep for painting, all the figure bases prepared. I figure this can be as many as a 12 player convention game, though could go full bore with only 6.
Progress made, plan in place. Now to just get busy. Realistic target date is November, overly optimistic target date is July - to meet planned conventions I attend here in California. Getting it all done is going to take a bit of luck - even for November.
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I say start with the trees…but then I would. Do the buttress trees exactly the same size as I do them….they would look fantastic with 15mm minis!
And good to see you thinking of animal touches to your scenics…..you know it makes sense!
As for warehouses….laser cut wooden ones are your friend here….just jazz them up with a bit of corrugated tin roof and painted on thinned filler/pva. They would look great.
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...though a 'tiny' carrier might be fun and add an aerial element besides a primitive airfield...
Have you considered some kind of flying boat?
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Tarnegol,
Absolutely would love a flying boat, especially a Pan Am Clipper, if I could find one suitable for 15 mm! If you know of one, let me know.
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You got $260 ?
https://www.pilotshop.com/catalog/stpages/KB314T.php
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There you go…..$200
https://www.boeingstore.com/products/boeing-b-314-clipper-wood-1-100-model
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$200 US might be a bit steep for the budget! I 'could' buy it - but the wife would tell me, "You've got some 'splaining' to do." :D
Nice models, though, and would be great for certain Indiana Jones adventures. Who knows, if nothing better comes to light, I might cave in and buy one. So, thanks for the links.
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Found these - I appreciate that I'm the wrong side of the Atlantic...
https://www.scalemodelshop.co.uk/1-104-pby-5a-catalina-us-navy-seaplane-cm5301-atlantis-models/?gclid=CjwKCAjw__ihBhADEiwAXEazJte5ahbqV8jVY422T3zPo89iblUEhhwN5HLJabgQc8PM6Q630_GSQhoCq4UQAvD_BwE
https://ecardmodels.com/product-tag/flying-boat
https://www.shapeways.com/product/EYUWUQNDU/1-144-or-1-100-felixstowe-f-2a-early-model?optionId=60682115
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Tarnegol, thanks for those links, will investigate further later.
For now, some photos of stuff for building my port, all items I've had for a while for building an old west town - which they will still be used for so shingled roofs rather than corrugated. I will add the roofs and some siding and use my recently acquired dice trays to be used as window and door frames (a Tarnegol find, by the way). Chimneys are a maybe or maybe a probably. I should have enough materials for most if not all of these buildings already on hand. If not, then trips to my supply sources will be in order, all thankfully local and hopefully with items in stock.
Here are the photos:
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Enough buildings for either two sides of a street with one along the bay/river or maybe two stretches to get to 10' worth to accommodate the planned water craft, a lot even for 15 mm.
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One of the two boats in the mixture, a bit dusty from storage. That is a stand of 15 mm ACW figures to show scale on the bow. Will need to do some work to make the superstructure fit more in scale. And, maybe, cut the hull on my table saw so it doesn't ride so high in the water. Or, again, maybe, do the above and cut it width wise to make it longer.
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Just a closer shot of the figures. By the way, that same stand of figures is in the first shot above but maybe hard to see.
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I have a full bag of each of these, they are doll house 1/48 scale shingles but I figure to use them for doors with a little additional work.
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And here is my 'stash' of die trays from Pendraken (Red Vector I think) that I will use as window and door frames.
I will check tomorrow for other buildings I may have in similar status.
No photos yet but maybe in a day or so of a lot of stuff I found useable for building my jungle, going to need a lot of that. And rummaging around, I also found 15 trees I can use to build my African iconic umbrella acacia; I'd forgotten I had them so that was cool.
A question for Digits in his jungle wanderings, or others with similar experience, just how colorful is the jungle? I know it is going to be mostly green and probably brown or red brown but what about more colorful bits? I have a bunch of stuff I can use for lower growth within my jungles to help create that triple canopy feel - knowing, of course, that there will be areas less dense due to lack of sun penetration.
I'll try and get more photos up soon of the raw materials for jungles, including some 3D prints I've acquired.
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The thing that struck me the most in the Cameroon jungle I lived in was very monotone colour…..green with a covering of dirt. Not a lot of light penetrates down through canopy either. Stank of decay, very humid and unpleasant. Don’t recall many splashes of colour.
You’d think all the rain would wash off the dirt…but we had quite a reddish soil. The big rain drops would splash it about a lot and certainly all the low level shrubbery was dirty and streaked.
I really should go back to all my own jungle and use weathering powders on all my low level stuff…..
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When are we gonna see the apes?
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"When are we gonna see the apes?"
Depends on whether you want to see them unassembled without paint or after they get painted. Two of them are 'some assembly required' and the the other needs some work on his store bought paint job, too black for my tastes so some dry brushing to do. Sure, gorillas are basically black but there are touches of color. Might get some work on them this month but more likely in May since a different project needs to get cleared off the painting table first.
And, Digits, thanks for the comment on jungle colorings. I was thinking that might be true. May still add a little color here and there, like fruits on some of the trees, flowers blooming in clearings, but keep it more subdued. Maybe keep most of the color for other spaces.
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I can wait for them to be painted. :)
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Wow. You're certainly making progress. Great job so far...
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Your ships have made me want a ship.
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Photos later but I found three plastic ship models I've had for years, originally meant for adapting for a model railroading project, that will be good starting points for a couple of tramp steamers (same model for two of them) and a third for some other sort of merchant ship or maybe another tramp steamer.
Advice on water-lining plastic ship models gladly accepted. I figure to start by assembling the two hull sections and glueing in place the deck pieces (probably inverted for my purposes). Dremel tool too much? Certainly be a lot faster.
My big hunt is for another submarine or two - though more likely to scratch build, especially one.
Have some decent ideas about making the water portion of the port.
Did a photo inventory of my various trees for my jungles which I will also post later. There are a lot more than I thought - which might be almost enough! :o lol
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Advice on water-lining plastic ship models gladly accepted.
If you haven't seen it there is a specialist tool out there for model ship builders. Quick google of "model ship waterline marker" pulls up for some under a tenner.
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snitch, thanks for the pointer - but I suspect marking it out will be easy, I studied drafting in school years and years ago. It is the actual cutting I'm more concerned about.
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Many more photos when I get more time but here is one of something I found while trying to find my unassembled bananas - which I found. I'm thinking those lions will make a nice decoration outside of a 'presidential palace', maybe the only grandiose touch unless I get ambitious.
Ordered some 3D stuff from Dungeon Artifacts today to add some fun to the build - and ease my workload, too (not all for this game, though).
Time for a few more photos:
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Shows stack of three ship models, the Russian spy and the fishing trawler are the same model, the other appears to be an oil tanker - as designed. The little wooden ship is a maybe. Track will run into the jungle from the port.
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This image shows the ship's hulls. Unfortunately, I forgot to include figures in the photo but the ships are about 14" long.
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Above shows some mountains/rocks, all from aquarium supply decor. Just add some lichen to cover the holes and good to go.
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More pet store items, might have been for reptiles. Again, use of lichen hides the holes.
More in the morning. Need to sleep.
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Now for a flood of photos of the jungle raw materials:
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This is a wire wrap tree apparently sold commercially. I plan to get rid of the snow effect and use it for a larger jungle tree - and probably do something to better texture the trunk.
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Above will be used to make bamboo, need to add some trunks, can make a nice little forest. Not strictly for Central America though, don't think much bamboo there.
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Just some palm trees - I may sacrifice these to use the fronds as ferns in my forests, jungle and otherwise. Maybe. They have some odd 'tire' like bits on them so probably.
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Very cool fine - really nicely done palm trees - but without bases, will need to Dremel out the extruding base to be able stand properly or create bases I can 'bury' the obtrusions in.
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These trees will be used to make a lot of the larger upper story trees in my jungle, obviously with much modification to greatly reduce the "toy tree" quality.
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There are fantasy trees with faces on the far side, sold for use in those faerie villages found in plant nurseries and sometimes in craft stores. I will obscure the faces and add my own canopies. These will be larger trees in the jungle.
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Another item not for the planned game, the iconic umbrella acacias I need for Africa will stem from these trees.
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Forty-eight deciduous trees to help bulk up my jungle bases - may add a little more color to these trees, or at least more shading in the green spectrum.
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Some inherited banana trees that need some work on the coloration. Much too light. Also have about three dozen more of these but in smaller scale in need of assembly. I'm pretty sure these came from Pegasus Hobbies - both the assembled and unassembled. The combination should make a nice banana plantation. Given the Banana Wars setting, seems rather appropriate.
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Another super cool find, these will give me a lot more of the look I am striving for. Might make a few of the "greyer" pieces move closer into the greener end of things.
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No shortage of palm trees - though I don't want to overdue them in my jungle. I also have a lot more of these, palm trees - not necessarily the same models, created for my pirate extravanganza game back in 2012. That bare armature I will probably paint to represent a dead tree. And no photo, but have some very hard twigs I can use as deadfall in my jungle - and have some dead leaves I can use to add texture to the bases.
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Found in craft store fake plant section. Remove the tire on a rope and they'll work nice as larger jungle trees. Really like their coloration.
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3D prints ordered from Kobold Krafts in the UK - five of them. Very pricey.
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If I were to order more from Kobold, it would be more of these top story trees for my jungle.
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The above images are of trees from Dungeon Artifacts in the US - ordered 20 of these and working with the company to get more of the larger canopy pieces to make my trees fuller. Will still use the smaller canopy pieces but maybe not as part of trees.
Just need some more of those taller trees and a nice sampling of large buttressed root jungle trees and I'll be happy. A lot of work to get them to look like jungle. Hope Digits doesn't hate me for caving on doing a lot of the scratch building he's done for his jungle. In my defense, I do want to finish my jungle before I turn 80!!!
Yes, that is a LOT of trees. I need a LOT of jungle! ;). No precise count but closing in on 200 trees including the unbuilt banana trees. Hope that will be enough.
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You certainly have a variety of trees there….are you intending for them all to stand individually or are you going to mix them onto area based on groups?
I still think there is room for a few scratch built buttress trees…
And you could leave the tyres on those trees…..gorillas love ‘em! 😉
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"And you could leave the tyres on those trees…..gorillas love ‘em! 😉". lol lol lol. Fun idea - alas, a bit out of scale since I don't think they had tires that large, relative to the figures, circa 1935 and earlier. Maybe Rage Kong would be okay with them - as pacifiers! ;)
I plan to build area bases of trees, plywood bases cut into irregular shapes and edges chamfered with a belt sander. There will be more 'round' shapes for the interiors of the jungles and more 'oblong' pieces for the outer edges. The edge pieces will be much more dense, the interior pieces somewhat more open.
Both types, if it works the way I see it in my imagination, will have a triple canopy with a few tall tress sticking out, a layer below that, another layer below that, and then the ground on the interior pieces will have more open spaces for figure placement and other areas a bit dense. Each base may have a few to maybe even a dozen or more trees, some bases will be playable and others will be purely scenery and inaccessible. It needs to not only look as good as I can get it but also to allow a reasonable set-up and take-down time element.
Another aspect that I am going to work hard to include is to add some vertical elements to the underlying terrain, not just a flat jungle.
I'm estimating a need to cover at least a 5' x 5' section of table but leaving plenty of more open spaces for the gaming, possibly closer to 5' x 8' of the table jungle but if need be some pretty big clearings. Probably a couple of the oblong pieces will have passageways through them for when I want to represent jungle coming near to water's edge.
Going to have to bring some creativity to the storage challenge, too. Actually, a project for today is building a real human sized storage-only shed to clear up a bunch of stuff around the domicile exterior spaces and secretly add hobby storage space. Responding while taking a brief break, but won't finish today.
I am leaning towards making the port the short edge the table, either 5' x 8' or 5' up to 16' table size - can truncate if too long, might even paint up a portable backdrop for just that purpose, 5' wide). I think a 3' deep by 5' wide port might work out, that 3' depth can allow piers that can take 2' long ships. If I need more than that, I can have the port 'turn a corner' and continue up one or both edges, probably both to allow for that 'secret' base - or space that down one edge well away from the main port and expand the port on the far long edge if needed. Yeah, the latter. Typing away can sometimes free my inner creative process.
Oh, and on order are some appropriate pyramids to plop into the jungle, some in a more ruined state and some in better condition. For this game, those will be decorations, for other games they can greater influence.
A hammer and nails are calling my name so time to get back to work on the shed.
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By the way… you do know there are no gorillas in South America right? It is this a big fallow of artistic pulp license ?
Funny but the jungle I described from my youth in Cameroon had one feature I didn’t mention. There was a large concentration of lowland gorillas there. Almost every day you could hear them….but we never saw them. Their sound carried for miles.
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By the way… you do know there are no gorillas in South America right? It is this a big fallow of artistic pulp license ?
To be fair, and I hate to break this news on this thread, there also aren't any Kong-sized gorillas anywhere. :o So, from a pulp perspective, anything goes, giant gorilla-wise...just sayin'... ;) :D
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Oh, bummer, dudes! First one of you ruins my day by telling me there are no gorillas in Central (South) America. And then the other one of you curmudgeons tells me there are no such thing as Kongs. Way to rain on my parade. :-[ :'( :(
Or not! lol
The scenario involves animals being transported from some remote island (??) towards New York City with a stop enroute where untoward things happen and then there is that secret port. There have been many reports in recent years of large swaths of banana plantations being picked clean and no one knows where they've gone, not just the fruit but the leaves too. And that is as far as I dare go for the moment in revelations.
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Bananas…..you need to watch this fella.
https://www.facebook.com/TheSingleHilarity/videos/gerald-the-gorilla-not-the-nine-oclock-news-s2-e25-1980/376026277668056/
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To be fair, and I hate to break this news on this thread, there also aren't any Kong-sized gorillas anywhere.
They could be a giant species of gorilla that is extinct everywhere else, except on the island.
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Gerald, hmm? Maybe an adjusted scenario one day where one of the Kong's speaks, with a Harvard Yard accent?! lol
Found and ordered a 1/144 scale U-Boat Type IIB. Cool find. Probably have to do even more work on reducing it than the American submarine listed above in this thread which is 1/180 scale. But unlikely they will be very close to each other and really will be 'scenery' so shouldn't be too much of a problem.
Also found and ordered an ERTL Trevor the Traction engine which I've seen successfully converted a few times for 15 mm wargaming. So, I can add a steam traction engine to the game - probably at the banana plantation.
Have numbers of vehicles to line the streets of the town mostly from WWI ranges but also some earlier vehicles from Peter Pig's Mexican Revolution range and some other stuff I've collected to use in my Prohibition era gangster setup. All still needing to be assembled and painted, etc.
Not sure that my Old West trains from Peter Pig will fit in - and not aware of any 15 mm engines and cars suitable, a bit of a hole in 15 mm really, what I have in mind would fit in for Africa, Central America, and even India. If anyone knows of anything, let me know, steam locomotives, not diesels though maybe a small gas-mechanical for the plantation (T scale not workable based on price and availability in U.S.A. HOn3 might work but WAY too expensive generally.). Going to have to do a little more research on Central American trains it seems.
This is growing into quite a project, what I've jokingly referred to as my "Pulpus Opus". Maybe it should be "Pulpum Opus"?
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With a little help from a response in a related thread I started, I find I have figures for a presidential guard for El Presidente Conyuras. (El Presidente title is in memory of a friend who used the title for his own similar games years ago).
There is a band (maybe a composer can put together a ditty as the national anthem - remember, bananas are central to the theme):
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I was never in marching band or any band for that matter so I am uniformed as to how to properly line them up so feel free to enlighten me!
There are three marching armed units:
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Even a figure for the guard commander mounted with a sidekick:
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The odd bit out is the officer figure in the right hand unit, these are not cleaned enough to stand up for the photo:
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The full guard:
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These figures will be British marines and an American marine and sailor (even if not designed as such) who are tasked with staying close to El Presidente and, if his life is in danger or of being captured, they are to whisk him away to safety if they can do so without danger to themselves:
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I've decided the presidential palace will have to be next store to a movie theater, perhaps sponsored by the Germans, and called Teatro Marioneta.
And the main banana 'monopoly' in the country is run by a company called Carmina Burana Miranda - or CBM. Perhaps their spokesperson will be a very young and quite 'flamboyant' Juan Valdez - or maybe Javier Valdez. I have a spare pack animal I will have to modify to be carrying bananas! lol
Now I need to find my El Presidente figure. A portly gentlemen would be great if he fits in 1930's. Welcome ideas. 15 mm, please (or 18 mm).
No idea of the provenance of the guard figures in the photos - maybe Scruby or Mike's Models but I really don't know (the odd officer is Minifigs).
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Rummaging about 'spare' figures and found my Javier Valdez and his mule - mule will be modified to carrying bananas:
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And decided a candle holder from a late gamer's collection will make a nice homage to a certain island that isn't central to this game, Javier and mule for scale:
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And now off to look for some figures that just might join this fray. Temptation is a terrible thing sometimes. Other times it's lots of fun! :o lol
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Umm, some 'adjustments':
The big dudes: Gorilla gorilla gigantus, male, a.k.a. King Kong, gorilla gorilla gigantus, female, a.k.a. Queen Kong, and gorilla gorilla humungous, very jealous male, a.k.a. Rage Kong (pity the puny humans if he shows up!). Need to add El Presidente - not yet found a figure that excites me. Hoping for a rather portly sort, maybe, but something that strikes my fancy.
The leftists: 7 foot units and 1 mounted unit plus two machine guns and their wannabe Dictator added one unit of armed women
The rightists: 7 foot units and 1 mounted unit plus two machine guns and their wannabe Dictator added one unit of armed women
The Anglo-American Alliance: 7 foot units and 1 mounted unit plus 3 or 4 machine guns/artillery pieces and both the American and British envoys/ambassadors (not certain yet) - aligned with the rightists added one armed unit
The Germans: 1 unit of Porto-Nazis on foot plus 6 additional foot unit and 1 mounted units plus 3 machine guns and the German envoy/Ambassador - aligned with the leftists added one unit of additional foot
The ship crews: 2 armed foot crews with 1 machine gun, 7 unarmed ship crews (one of the Anglo-American envoys probably involved here) rummaged about and found figures for 2 more armed crew, added one unit of unarmed crew
The innocent bystanders, pardon, I mean civilians: 9 unarmed groups of men and women (with an Indiana Jones and dad sort of 'leadership' (?)), includes a doctor operating on a patient vignette added three units of unarmed civilians
Not listed previously are four units (3 added) of a 'secret' force. Also not listed previously are four units of a very different 'secret' force - with a couple of other 'civilian' units associated with the latter. And, of course, there is the guard with that band for four units to protect El Presidente.
The core theme of the 'adjustments' stemmed from realizing by adding these additional units I can divide most forces into half so that each force of eight units can be run by two players and still have relative balance excluding the mounted contingents that I don't plan to expand. The odd out is the unarmed civilians; by having twelve units I can have three factions, those who support El Presidente and then the leftists and the rightists.
I could, if need arises, have 17 players in the game. And probably a few more units from 'extra' figures will be added to the mix so I can probably boost that to 18 players - though might have to dip into my general extra figures. Game long enough and you find you have that little pile you don't quite know what to do with.
Hopefully by this time next week I should have significant progress on those steroidal apes.
Hmm, doesn't someone make planet of the ape figures in 15 mm?! Brakes, push the brakes, hard, stand on them! Enough already. :o
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Found my El Presidente in my collection - from Bluemoon's Prohibition era gangster civilian figures. He is in the center with his right hand man on the viewer's left and his 'bag' man on the viewer's right. But what is in the bag? The main dude will be in white or maybe a pale yellow - but the tie will be white for sure.
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The next shot shows the presidential "gun yacht", perhaps on standby for a fast get-away? El Presidente is on board for scale. This is from Peter Pig.
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Then there is this submarine I've had for several years now waiting for this scenario to crawl out of my imagination. I'm going to try and waterline it and hope it doesn't get destroyed in the process. As to what its purpose might be, that is a secret only to be revealed in the middle of a game (if it survives being worked on!). Same figure for scale. It is an aquarium decoration and I think I've seen it here on LAF before.
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And last image for now is Rage Kong as he came from the store - bought many years ago. His arms are positionable. I will paint his chains to be more rusty and do something with his hair to give it more color especially his 'silver' back, teeth are too white for my tastes - but love his eyes. Note our valient El Presidente for scale. He is HUGE! Would even work in 54 mm I think. He dwarfs the other two Kongs - up for assembly soon.
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Awaiting an order from Rebel Minis to finish off the people for the collection. Found - and being printed for me locally - a number of bits of animal life to add some color to my jungles. Rummaging about looking for a few specific things, I found a number of items I've had that I decided to add to this collection.
And for this and many other scenarios, I've got maybe two dozen trios of 'character' figures to add into the mix, probably use these as player alter-egos so that they feel a 'personal' involvement in the game. And since Fistful of Lead are the rules of choice, can make them pretty hard to kill off without being overly powerful to avoid them disappearing too quickly once 'battle' is joined. A lot, not all, of these trios include at least one woman, a few only women; the unarmed civilians have a lot of women and some children. A select few of the figures are duplicates - only so many actual sculpts out there. Different mixes of figures and different paint jobs will make them all useable - and different names even. And I've added some additional smaller forces for specialized tasks within the scenario.
Except for waiting on those Rebel Minis figures, it is down to painting and building. Oh, and on that building front, I pulled down a dozen craft store bird houses bought many years ago that will convert to the commercial district for the port to add to the industrial and residential area structures shown earlier in the thread.
Most everything being created for this scenario will be useable for other games that leave the Kongs out. I even have a few other 'monsters' - all rather famous - that can be added into the fray. And most of them are even appropriate for Central America - or readily adaptable.
edit: out in the garage for a bit and took two quick shots of the 'bird' houses:
First shot is an overall of the twelve buildings - in different styles.
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And this shot shows a Bluemoon 15 mm Victorian woman for scale - she is not slated to be part of the game, though maybe she and her friends might make it into a different game.
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These are rather out of scale for 15 mm as is but I think with enough effort they can be converted. The hardest part is how thick the roofs are but that can be minimized. Or so I hope.
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Your Rage Kong looks great!
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Was 'gifted' a quartet of planes and purchased an excess - both entailing a bit of benign pay-back at some point for each person.
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I was gifted the above planes, two each today - not sure what they are but they will get repainted for this scenario. Two of them are sea planes. Will do something nice for the person who gifted them at some point. If anyone can identify these planes, that would be great - all the documentation is in Japanese.
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The Pfalz was sold for a nice discount - but I am helping the person who gifted them with a search for some figures he needs.
These make a nice addition to my game. I also recollected that I purchased some other 1/144th planes - ten of them, all different - for my German East Africa set-up that can make guest appearances in this game. All of those need painting.
And the below will make a very nice addition - once painted.
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A nice in-tact pyramid to be found in the jungles. It comes in two pieces as seen below.
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The above is also in-tact, a throne pyramid. Below is the same thing but in a ruined state.
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Here are there back sides.
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All of the pyramids are 3D prints from Dungeon Artifacts, a cool company. Bought many other items from them for other periods/games.
Still waiting on one order to arrive for some figures.
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Courtesy of my local 3D printing guy, I now have 15 mm snakes, toucans, frogs, and monkeys! More critters due this Friday and more either on order or being hunted down. Especially cool is a bunch of vultures but also tapir, jaguar (?), and capybaras, among others. Last human figures due for arrival this week for Kong scenario, from Rebel Minis. Well, last figures until somebody releases something I can't resist adding; I'm looking at you Khurasan Miniatures - and anyone else smart enough to really want my money. lol 8)
Oh, and, yes, those critters are small - but it still works.
Will have to start prepping figures and fitting into my busy painting schedule.
edit 6/8/23: just for reference, railroad name to be Ferrocarril Nacionales de Conyuras or FNdC in abbreviated form.
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Hmm, just saw that Old Glory 25s has a new Bluemoon range: Mexico Uprising for 1910-1920 period. May get some of the figures to add to my mayhem. Mexicans in colonial helmets, US Marines and sailors and the civilians, both Mexican and Americans all look useful. Might have to trim some of those civilian sombreros, though.
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I never knew of these. Thank you for sharing.
I knew Peter Pig had a Viva Pancho range but missed this.
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Deflatermouse, you are welcome - the Peter Pig Mexican building range is nice. Still debating ordering the Old Glory items, tempted but hard to justify with TOO MUCH already.
However, after a 'false start' with Way Too Large, I now - finally! - have a bunch of vultures for 15 mm. I did ask to have them printed a bit big for easier painting but after hunting for decades, I finally have some - a few dozen even, in trees and on ground, etc. And some more trees as a bonus (without vultures). The oversize will either go to Stone Age collection or get painted to sell as 28 mm, maybe both(?). I'm happy! :D ;) :) lol :P
Summer hobby doldrums, more or less - too hot of late, could be worse, much worse.