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Miniatures Adventure => VSF Adventures => Topic started by: Dr. The Viking on May 23, 2010, 12:51:35 PM
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Me and Jonas are going to attempt to make a new VSF game for Horisont II (Danish gaming convention last weekend of November). This time we're going underground.
Idea is to have a "gentlemanly expedition" (supported by the British) go looking for possible Unobtainium ores in the ground and generally just exploring the newly opened volcano in Island. spots to construct a transcontinental underground railway from India to mainland England.
I'm going to use all kinds of different films and movies as inspiration and Time Machine (the old one) was the one that got me started. So here are the morlocks (my take on it). I've deliberately painted them quite colourful as I think it's help them stand out on the tabletop and I used a HUGE brush to speed up the painting.. so they're quite rough in some places.
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They look great, huge brush or not! I look forward to hearing about your underground advetures.
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Oh, they look great, I guess I'll have to start working on stats and such :) and get the mushroom people.
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lol I like them!
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Pretty cool, are they the Wargames Factory zulu's?
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Pretty cool, are they the Wargames Factory zulu's?
Indeed!
They're cheap. But they're not worth more than they cost... I only used them out of curiosity.
The heads are from Westwnid.
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A very nice idea, and the blues are great.
"What are you painting?"
"Morlocks!"
"I only asked."
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A very nice idea, and the blues are great.
"What are you painting?"
"Morlocks!"
"I only asked."
the "blue" is the worst part about them
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/S_kVJLPnf_I/AAAAAAAABNk/2UD8eQvn018/s912/P1150779.JPG)
lol
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Very nice looking figures, and I love the various blues. It would have been easy to screw up that paintjob, but you didn't.
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Great job on the Morlocks!!
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Hmm. They look blue when you've got blue in the background, and purple when there's some red...
Do they turn green against a yellow backdrop? ;)
It shows how much photography and monitor setting can affect perceptions.
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I think they are ace but must admit to being a little disappointed you used WW heads - only because I thought you had sculpted hair onto the zulus at first ;D
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very cool
like them a lot
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Where is everyone getting blue from?
They're purple!
Bloody good though. :)
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Yeah, I thought purple too. Awesome work. The project is going to be great. Bring on the mushroom men! ;)
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Nice idea - looking forward to seeing how this develops.
Qu: Are you planning to build a Subterranean Tunnelling Machine or will the party be walking/climbing down in to the depths of the volcano?
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Excellent Thorbjørn. That's the best I've seen those WF Zulus looking ;)
What figures are you going to use for the beautiful, peaceful, free-love, fair-haired Eloi?
By the way, you do know Peter Jackson's doing a remake of The Time Machine, don't you? ;)
(Only kidding... )
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***huge snippage***
...and I used a HUGE brush to speed up the painting.. so they're quite rough in some places.
Yes, yes, quite horrible; you shouldn't have to suffer so much. Ship them to me immediately, and I shall release you of this terrible burden. No need to thank me; what are forum brothers for?
Doug
PS You all DO know that color perception is often gender based. I'll dig up some images with turquoise paint, listen to you argue as to 'it's green', 'no, it's blue', and draw the appropriate conclusions...
PPS I would have said 'mauve - purple vs. pink', but this is no place for the word 'mauve'. Next thing you know, someone will use 'puce'...
Doug
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Haha sure! (the italic is meant to indicate "american accent")
Oh well, French is all Greek to me ;)
Excellent Thorbjørn. That's the best I've seen those WF Zulus looking ;)
What figures are you going to use for the beautiful, peaceful, free-love, fair-haired Eloi?
By the way, you do know Peter Jackson's doing a remake of The Time Machine, don't you? ;)
(Only kidding... )
One does wonder what real miniatures given the same treatment would have looked like doesn't one?
And you can't shock me with Peter Jackson scares like that. I know perfectly well that he'll be allowed to continue his slow motion spree for several years and that he'll probably let Elijah Wood star as the Terminator whenever he get's around to redo that one. lol
As for Eloi I don't really know. As I'm not doing Time Machine as such I haven't given it that much thought. BUT - I have thought about it though... and from what I'm getting real Eloi women only exist in a nude variation. So that's where I'm going.
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And you can't shock me with Peter Jackson scares like that. I know perfectly well that he'll be allowed to continue his slow motion spree for several years and that he'll probably let Elijah Wood star as the Terminator whenever he get's around to redo that one. lol
I think he'd do pretty good job of the Time Machine :D
Nice work on the Morlocks by the way :)
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... from what I'm getting real Eloi women only exist in a nude variation. So that's where I'm going.
Sweden?
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Haha sure! (the italic is meant to indicate "american accent")
Oh well, French is all Greek to me ;)
Err, so the figs aren't in the mail?
Actually, I don't think that sarcastic tone is exclusively American...
We just lack subtlety. :D
One does wonder what real miniatures given the same treatment would have looked like doesn't one?
And you can't shock me with Peter Jackson scares like that. I know perfectly well that he'll be allowed to continue his slow motion spree for several years and that he'll probably let Elijah Wood star as the Terminator whenever he get's around to redo that one. lol
Fair's fair, I thought Mr. Wood did a satisfyingly creepy job in Sin City, and with each sequel, Terminators seem to be getting both larger AND smaller.
As for Eloi I don't really know. As I'm not doing Time Machine as such I haven't given it that much thought. BUT - I have thought about it though... and from what I'm getting real Eloi women only exist in a nude variation. So that's where I'm going.
Sweden? I thought that image, from the I am Curious-genre, had just about been replaced with Wallender-esque. lol
Doug
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That is a spiffing idea to use the plastic zulus in a different way.
I might have to borrow that idea ;)
They look purple to me.
Cheers
Fuzzy.
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Sweden? I thought that image, from the I am Curious-genre, had just about been replaced with Wallender-esque. lol
here you definitely lost me....???
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Very nice paint scheme
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In the book the Eloi are described as looking like children, the "juvenile" Eloi look the same as the "Adult" ones, just smaller.
The morlocks are pretty neat and this whole thread makes me want to go off and write the lyrics to "Subterranean Homesick VSF" lol
"Johnny's makin' serum, workin' on a theorem, I'm on an Areonef thinking 'bout the government."
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In the book the Eloi are described as looking like children, the "juvenile" Eloi look the same as the "Adult" ones, just smaller.
The morlocks are pretty neat and this whole thread makes me want to go off and write the lyrics to "Subterranean Homesick VSF" lol
"Johnny's makin' serum, workin' on a theorem, I'm on an Areonef thinking 'bout the government."
Meanwhile I will figure out some lyrics for "Cause I'm V.S.F. I'm dynamite/V.S.F. and I'll win that fight/V.S.F. I'm a power load/V.S.F. watch me explode".
OK sorry that will never happen again, but I'm going to see a little Australian electronic act (at least I think they're electric - after all their name is an abbreviation for alternating current / direct current) in a week for the second time in a year, so I'm quite excited.. lol
Now back on topic: I'm nearly done doing the first of the morlocks pets. I'll keep in you in a limbo of excitement until I reveal my latest disasterpiece.
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A little update to our subterranean project....
The models are not completely finished, the bearer and the guy with the lamp is still missing their eyes, but I wanted to give a little update before I go on holiday.
(http://www.sadomator.com/warmachine/VSF-110.jpg)
These will be some of the expedition force to go into the vulcano to explore.
But we still need more models with lamps or torches, I do have a guy with a torch from Artizans pulp line, but we could need 2-3 more models of that sort, so any ideas will be welcome...
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That's a nice addition to your project. Keep up the good work Jonas 8)
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A little update to our subterranean project....
The models are not completely finished, the bearer and the guy with the lamp is still missing their eyes, but I wanted to give a little update before I go on holiday.
(http://www.sadomator.com/warmachine/VSF-110.jpg)
Very nice! Almost makes me want to switch to 28mm!
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A few years back GW did a sprue of lanterns and arms with torches for Mordhiem, I think it's out of print but you may find one on ebay.
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There's also the flagellant sprue, which is teeming with burning torches! :)
I need a source for Gaslamps...
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Those look quite nice. I was a bit disappointed with the Zulu sprues, many of the heads are too big. I may end up doing something along your lines, just not sure yet.
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There's also the flagellant sprue, which is teeming with burning torches! :)
I need a source for Gaslamps...
That's nice last option. I would like to avoid GW though. I think they have this "instant recognizability" about them that I don't like. But perhaps one could skip the arm and go just for the torch.
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I know what you mean actually. What about Fenryll or Grendel in their dungeon ranges? In fact, I'm pretty sure I saw something on the Grendel site last night...
Nevermind, they were wall torches: http://www.scotiagrendel.com/Products/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_43&products_id=272
Oh and Fenryll don't have anything. How odd.
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I know what you mean actually. What about Fenryll or Grendel in their dungeon ranges? In fact, I'm pretty sure I saw something on the Grendel site last night...
Nevermind, they were wall torches: http://www.scotiagrendel.com/Products/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_43&products_id=272
Oh and Fenryll don't have anything. How odd.
But wall torches that are very convertible to hand held; these might have to be cut in half anyway, and taking the 'wall straps' off wouldn't be that much extra effort. I know cutting off a pistol or upheld sword and green stuff-ing flame isn't a challenge to most. However, these ten thumbs make even this typing painful.
I'll have to keep Scotia-Grendal in mind.
Thanks!
Doug
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Cool!
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That sounds doable. And even simple. Which is a great combination! lol
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Three pages of replies and no one's said "Cool smurfs!" Do I have to do all the tired but obvious humor myself here, people?
(Cool concept, Torb)
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Nah mate, cos these are purple, smurfs are blue. lol
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Just a little update to show that our subterranean project is not all dead...
(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/VSF%20-%20Svampe/Svampe.jpg)
Mushroom Men WIP.
Aother of the encounters... I have more mushroom men on the way...
I hope we can begin playtesting a bit during late summer or fall...
Things have been a bit slow lately, too hot weather is not good for the work morale and some Rogue Trader and Epic marines has taken some of my time, but I hope to have more to show soon.
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Those are some boss mushroom men :D Where do they come from?
I made a few myself earlier in the year, but they had to get left behind when I moved :'(
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Inspired idea, Mushroom men?... Wonderful!
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I'm looking so forwards to seeing this. Have you started on the board yet?
Duncan
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We have not started on the board yet, but any day now... aaaaany day now... maybe...
The mushroom men are from Ral Partha Europe and can be bought from Iron Winds Metal in the States...
I have some mushroom men on the way from Rapier Miniatures too, but they only have photos of the giant mushroom men in their shop, so I am looking forward to see if the small and mini mushroom men are useable in size and look with the Ral Partha ones.
Anyway, this should be finished for Horisont in Esbjerg (Link (http://sites.google.com/site/horisontesbjerg/))
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How the bloody hell did I miss this thread. Man I'm getting old!
Great stuff chaps, this is an excellent project. :)
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Thanks, hopefully we have more to show soon... I hope the Rapier mushroom men arrive tommorrow :)
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Love the mushroom men so far. Don't forget Reaper's Mushroom men!
(http://www.reapermini.com/graphics/gallery/4/03041_w_1.jpg)
(http://www.reapermini.com/graphics/gallery/4/02679_G.jpg)
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Yeah, I probably need those too at some point, but right now I am still waiting for the Rapier mushroom men, I hope they arrive tommorrow...
Meanwhile I have finished painting the 12 Ral Partha mushroom men I have and they are just waiting for the glue on their bases to dry and then I will paint the bases, I hope I have some pictures tommorrow.
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Great thread. I love the mushroom men and look forward to seeing the final painted photos. Keep up the good work!
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The first batch of Mushroom Men are done and I am still waiting for the Rapier mushrooms.
(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/VSF%20-%20Svampe/svampe-001.jpg)
(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/VSF%20-%20Svampe/svampe-002.jpg)
12 Mushroom Men from Ral Partha... next in line I will try and finish some of the adventurer expedition, while waiting for my Rapier order to arrive.
Also I have ordered some different mushroom terrain from Grendel.
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But there are no dots! :o
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But there are no dots! :o
Just what I was thinking lol
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So you want me to do freehand dots? oh no :(
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Half part of the expedition, there will be 4 teams in all, each with a guy holding a torch or lamp, an adventurer and they will have some bearers in each team which will work as wound counters.
(http://www.sadomator.com/warmachine/VSF-111.jpg)
These guys are still unnamed, but I think the two on the right is brothers.
Sorry about the quality of the picture, but the sun is not really so helpfull today.
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Outstanding work on the adventurers and mushrooms. All you need on the mushroom's base are little blue gnomes that are about three apples high... ;)
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ha ha ha, yeah, with little white hats..
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Great work Jonas, I reckon the pair on the left ought to be French and not just brothers, but maybe even twins. So something like 'Girard et Girard' or 'Dupon et Dupon' ;)
Duncan
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Hmmm, they might be French, but Dupond et Dupond? he he he, that would be too silly ;)
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I finished the last bearer (wound counters) and painted in the eyes on the rest.
(http://www.sadomator.com/warmachine/VSF-113.jpg)
I painted them with some slightly different skintones as their "uniforms" was not very exiting.
I need one more though as there should be 2 for each team, so I ordered some more Foundry models through Caliver Books, so I just have to wait patiently and hope it won't take too long.
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My Gawd you've been busy!
Good looking!
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Very nicely painted Jonas, and good skin tones on the bearers too.
Duncan
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Thanks gang :) Now I am just waiting for models to arrive by post before I can continue...
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Those are looking great. There's also the Hasslefree Agarix. :)
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Yeah, I know about the Hasslefree Agarix, but for now I will just wait for the Rapier mushroom men and see how they fit in...
I don't need huge amounts of mushroom men , after all we plan to ahev 3 levels into the earth and only few explorers, so we don't want to kill the explorers off too fast.
;)
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Howe'd I miss this thread, baby? Great stuff! I like!
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Thanks, I just recieved terrain for the mushroom level:
(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/VSF%20-%20Svampe/svampelandskab.jpg)
I have two of each pack, so there is twice as many as pictured.
I also recieved crystal terrain for the Morloch level the other day, but I have no pictures of that right now.
Next plan is to find a day we can dedicate to working on the terrain pieces.
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Fantastic! Where are they from?
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The mushroom are from Scotia Grendel (http://www.scotiagrendel.com/Products/), under their Fantasy range...
They have many other great things too.
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A small update, I finally recieved my package from Rapier :)
(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/VSF%20-%20Svampe/Svampe-003.jpg)
(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/VSF%20-%20Svampe/Svampe-004.jpg)
Two large mushroom men, here shown with a couple of the small mushroom men and an adventurer, to show their size.
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The Rapier figs are amazing! :o
You know you could always use your mushroom men as halflings in bloodbwl!
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The Rapier figs are amazing! :o
You know you could always use your mushroom men as halflings in bloodbwl!
Yeah, but I already ahve a Snotling Team, Goblin Team, Orc team, all the old one pose plastic teams and a few spare models, so I don't think I need more Blood Bowl right now, especially when I have no one to play with ;)
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especially when I have no one to play with ;)
Thank you. lol
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Yeah, but I already ahve a Snotling Team, Goblin Team, Orc team, all the old one pose plastic teams and a few spare models, so I don't think I need more Blood Bowl right now, especially when I have no one to play with ;)
Jonas come down to Vejle, we're running a bloodbowl tournament every thursday evening from september (the competition looks good this year too)
Duncan
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The mushroom are from Scotia Grendel (http://www.scotiagrendel.com/Products/), under their Fantasy range...
They have many other great things too.
Are those the Fungi, Shaman's fungi, and the Dragon's Horn fungi? There is no picture of the latter.
SteveN
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@Snate56: yes, thats the ones, the mushrooms with horns are the Dragon Horn Fungi.
@Thorbjørn: When are we going to play Blood Bowl?
@dijit: I will consider it... what teams are allowed? I have only painted my Snotling team so far and they are not included in the main rules anymore, Snotlings with Trolls, I don't want to do a Ogre team.
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@Thorbjørn: When are we going to play Blood Bowl?
Whenever you feel like it. I know Bjørn is still eager to play.
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@dijit: I will consider it... what teams are allowed? I have only painted my Snotling team so far and they are not included in the main rules anymore, Snotlings with Trolls, I don't want to do a Ogre team.
Any teams from the current rulebook. Don't worry about painting, half the teams aren't painted anyway (though from the past few years, only one none painted team has got through to the finals, so it's a good way to bribe the dice gods!)
Duncan
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So after 6 pages I get back to my thread. lol
The morlocks have been reinforced by underground gorillas.
Next I'm going to work on the morlock scene. It's going to be something with crystals and gold.
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They look great Thorbjørn. It's funny how the odd colour scheme seems to work so well on them.
Duncan
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They look great Thorbjørn. It's funny how the odd colour scheme seems to work so well on them.
Duncan
Thank you Duncan. I believe they could serve other purposes as well.
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The morlocks have been reinforced by underground gorillas.
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Nicely done!
Your brush is getting pointier... ;)
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Looks great, I think we should try and make a total stats of the project at some point soon, so we know what is finished and what needs to be done...
Also a teaser is put up on the Horisont (https://sites.google.com/site/horisonteng/games_2010/vsf_jonas) homepage!
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Your brush is getting pointier... ;)
No no... my painting is just getting slower. :?
lol
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(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TH6jXTLgzHI/AAAAAAAABzc/W2pHMPZ2KOo/s912/P1170270.JPG)
Hiding in the caverns at the lowest levels of our Underground VSF game Martian Overlords are awaiting the repair of their saucer.
The saucer was badly damaged as it plunged from the skies in the dark ages after being struck by a Chinese dragon. It ended up deep inside an Indian volcano.
Stranded and unable to communicate with the outside world the Overlords are of little concern. But should an expedition be foolish enough to excavate this horror no one would be safe!
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Why thank you!
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Wonderful and very imaginative project! :-*
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Wonderful and very imaginative project! :-*
Why thank you!
Soon I'll be done painting the miniatures... and I'll be unable to postpone the construction of the terrain boards any longer! *dread* lol
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I've been thinking, you could build it on a vertical post in one corner, then have the three levels swinging out from it. So when you look at it you can only see the first level, until you swing the first level round to revel the second and so on. It might demand a little engineering-uity, but you know you want to!
lol
Duncan
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Love a good adventure with 'depth'... ;->=
Sorry for the tardy post, but am I the only one that thinks our new Martian Overlords look a bit like Predator heads on legs?
Doug
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Liking the paint scheme of the Gorillas Thorbjørn - who makes 'em?
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Liking the paint scheme of the Gorillas Thorbjørn - who makes 'em?
Thank you! They are done by Bronze Age miniatures. An American company.
Carried by Miniatyricum om the EU.
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Now I've started making the terrain for the boards.
There should be three in total. All of them will have stalagmites... and thanks to superscenic I've found a way to do them quick and easy.
Punch a few holes in some sand and add plaster:
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TJdg7K_mUAI/AAAAAAAAB9I/KsqvNH2_r0A/s912/P1170475.JPG)
These were done using the .. blunt.. end of a brush and a toothbrush.
They are "the big ones" and I'm going to make some smaller ones now. I hope to make them a bit pointier though. Doesn't matter that much,... but still - why not try.
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Now I've started making the terrain for the boards.
There should be three in total. All of them will have stalagmites... and thanks to superscenic I've found a way to do them quick and easy.
Punch a few holes in some sand and add plaster...
Those will look really nice on a sandtable.
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Looks great and unless you permanently fix them to the table I think we can find loads of ways to use them in games.
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Looks great and unless you permanently fix them to the table I think we can find loads of ways to use them in games.
Jury is still out on that one, but I think I'm going for small 4-5-6 clusters on board cutouts.
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Now in techni colour:
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TJj2KMWYy1I/AAAAAAAAB-g/JgwLuxIYf0g/s912/P1170497.JPG)
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Very nice and a great idea.
Quite a project, always fun to see things shaping up so well.
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Those are great, simple and effective. :)
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Great idea, they look just right. :-* :-*
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Great idea, they look just right. :-* :-*
Thanks!
After all this terrain business (cyberfire, vsf and jungle) I'm gathering up some wanting to paint miniatures and not terrain again.. funny how the fall/winter always get's me in the spirit of VSF. lol
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The project is still alive and we have conducted first playtest with good success on most parts...
(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/VSF%20-%20Miscelanious/newspaper.jpg)
(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/VSF%20-%20Miscelanious/sepia.jpg)
The assembled expedition - Ready to explore the inner Earth!
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The assembled expedition - Ready to explore the inner Earth!
A tunnel from Great Britain to India? Now THAT is an UNDERtaking,
Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk... ;D
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A tunnel from Great Britain to India? Now THAT is an UNDERtaking,
Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk... ;D
Hehe yes. I tried hard to come up with something both crazy and VSF - and an intercontinental underground railway seemed to fit the bill. lol
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Well, why not? everybody knows the Earth is hollow, so it is just a matter of finding the right tunnels :)
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Well, why not? everybody knows the Earth is hollow, so it is just a matter of finding the right tunnels :)
And, fortunately for the AAR's, GM's always make sure the adventurers find the WRONG tunnels... :D
Doug
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A few more terrain elements are in preparation now. I'm thinking that the look of this game will be rather good. It's very much going to be an adventure game, where the players will not know what coming at them and they might even go to do a bit of thinking themselves.
This is fortunate as I find the GASLIGHT rules themselves to do little in delivering a game. Luckily it doesn't really matter what system is used as long as the scenario is worth playing. :)
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TMBPQqOOi6I/AAAAAAAACMI/JuhyeiuBbiE/s912/P1170865.JPG)
Crystals for the morlock land
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TMBPQ9CJYwI/AAAAAAAACMM/XWGzgmB0HkU/s800/P1170870.JPG)
Mushrooms for the mushroom forest
I came up with the idea to scrap the last of the three scenarios and rewrite it completely. So the martians featured earlier will not all make an appearance.
Instead we're going to do something outside and have the players emerge bewildered in the middle of a Prussian camp, where they have to find a way to get to "home". 8)
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Fantastic look terrain, really love the mushroom pieces. :)
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Outstanding terrain!
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Those mushroom models are superb, and who knows what wild and wacky effects their spores may have on the adventurers? ;D o_o ;)
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OK så!
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TMCUVE-MpMI/AAAAAAAACMs/5dpdzZAnD7k/s912/P1170880.JPG)
First board is all but done... actually the board it self isn't done but the terrain and the minis for it are! lol
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TMCUV5M2aZI/AAAAAAAACM0/-fAW2qG6aBI/s912/P1170888.JPG)
The gloss sheen on the crystals makes for a hard time photographing it!
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Very nice work. The morlocks and terrain look very good together.
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A few more terrain elements are in preparation now. I'm thinking that the look of this game will be rather good. It's very much going to be an adventure game, where the players will not know what coming at them and they might even go to do a bit of thinking themselves.
This is fortunate as I find the GASLIGHT rules themselves to do little in delivering a game. Luckily it doesn't really matter what system is used as long as the scenario is worth playing. :)
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TMBPQqOOi6I/AAAAAAAACMI/JuhyeiuBbiE/s912/P1170865.JPG)
Crystals for the morlock land
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TMBPQ9CJYwI/AAAAAAAACMM/XWGzgmB0HkU/s800/P1170870.JPG)
Mushrooms for the mushroom forest
I came up with the idea to scrap the last of the three scenarios and rewrite it completely. So the martians featured earlier will not all make an appearance.
Instead we're going to do something outside and have the players emerge bewildered in the middle of a Prussian camp, where they have to find a way to get to "home". 8)
Hello! Glad to see you got home safely.
Yeah I'm not sure what to make of gaslight myself. Dewbakuk and Thunderchickens BLAM game used the Gaslight To Be Continued rule set and it went very well; perhaps its a system that lends itself to smaller encounters.
I'm sure either of the two afore mentioned chaps can divulge more.
Nice work, will we see it perhaps Blam next year? Or even SCALAM?
Cheers
Andy
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Good grief, Thorbjørn - you have been busy! Looking good... Love the morlocks. Evil, scary, cannibal bastards. ;)
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The game is a skirmish with few models, we have tweaked the Gaslight rules a bit to fit our ideas; shorter movement because of the dark and terrain (done because of the small boards), limited visibility with use of torches and lamps for lightsource rather than a sun and instead of hitpoints we use a team of african bearers for each adventuring party and they count as hitpoints or wound counters for the group.
But ideally you should all visit us at Horisont (http://sites.google.com/site/horisontesbjerg/) and participate ;)
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I'm really looking forward to Horisont now. :)
/Jaeger
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I'm really looking forward to Horisont now. :)
/Jaeger
Rightly so! lol
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Wow! That looks absolutely gorgeous, I just love the contrast between the rich dark purple crystals and the light sandy toned stalagmites. :)
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Looking good you two, looking forwards to seeing this.
Duncan
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OK now I began carving the boards for the different levels.
Here's a work in progress shot of the Mushroom Forest:
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TMH-Gu4cbqI/AAAAAAAACNw/jrrygOrmdXU/s720/P1170893.JPG)
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TMH-HPp40bI/AAAAAAAACN0/NhPvTiu6p_E/s640/P1170897.JPG)
Probably a bit cartoonish/simple, but I want it to be facilitating my game too.. not just look the part! :D
(I hope you're not to bothered by all this unfinished business,.. look at it as a teaser of what to come!)
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Wow - I love this project. Quite inspirational. I look forward to seeing more.
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Board done..ish. In the final game I will probably stick some lichen on too. Still need to finish the bases of the mushrooms that Jonas has done.
The shrooms I did out of flour doesn't really fit in I think... going to ponder over that the next few days. Maybe the lichen will tie it all together.
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TMS33bxzjPI/AAAAAAAACPo/ySXw7UyZJ38/s640/P1180019.JPG)
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TMS3-ZPjtsI/AAAAAAAACP4/GhckF6jPORM/s912/P1180024.JPG)
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It looks very good, but I think your right, a small bit of not-giant vegetation might help to break it up a bit more and tie it all together. (does that make sense?)
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I love everything about this display. Great terrain boards and mushrooms, stalagmites etc. I love the Morlock zulu conversion (I might pinch that idea ;) ) and the great apes.
terrific work.
Cheers
Fuzzy
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Just out of curiosity: how many boards do you plan to bring to Horisont? There's Cyberfire, there is Vikings vs. Owlbears vs. Ninjas vs. Romans vs. at least two other factions I forgot about, and now there is Subterranean VSF.
Not that I'm not looking forward to see these at Horisont, though ;) Well done!
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ok, I will be showing the VSF game and Thorbjørn will be showing the Vikings VS game and I think we have a third person to show the Cyberfire game.
So I don't think there will be any problems :)
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So I don't think there will be any problems :)
The problem will be visitors not getting to play every cool game. lol
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Just out of curiosity: how many boards do you plan to bring to Horisont? There's Cyberfire, there is Vikings vs. Owlbears vs. Ninjas vs. Romans vs. at least two other factions I forgot about, and now there is Subterranean VSF.
Not that I'm not looking forward to see these at Horisont, though ;) Well done!
Hehe my main job is just to do the terrain and minis. Jonas will do the actual showing in the case of VSF as mentioned. I'll probably have to run to and from Cyberfire and Vikings though as the guy I was doing Cyberfire with folded it seems. :)
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Hehe my main job is just to do the terrain and minis. Jonas will do the actual showing in the case of VSF as mentioned. I'll probably have to run to and from Cyberfire and Vikings though as the guy I was doing Cyberfire with folded it seems. :)
Thats a pity. I think we may just end up with more games than its possible to play this year :o :-*
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We playtested the scenario again yesterday - now with even more colour.
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TM1a_5V-SjI/AAAAAAAACVQ/gFXWhgb9Nr4/s640/P1180152.JPG)
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TM1a_rlGlMI/AAAAAAAACVM/Xwd2nRkZ9os/s640/P1180150.JPG)
The final board has been changed into an emerged state. I'll leave it to Jonas to tell something about the actual game.
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A beautiful board! Jonas hurry up with the battle report!
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Ehm, yes, we forgot to take pictures untill it was over, but the game went ok, there has to be only minor changes before Horisont.
When we playtested with just ourself we suffered loads of casulties, but these fresh playtesters seemed to stroll right through all scenarios with only very minor casulties (1 african bearer).
The players are ofcourse supposed to get through the game but it almost seemed to easy this time, but as it is a dice game and we have many random events it is impossible to tell what will happen, so I guess that sometimes it will be easy and sometimes hard.
Now to the actual game, I won't be revealing too much as it would be a giveaway for future gamers to play it.
The first level went by a bit slow but still quite easy, the players soon found out what they needed to do to get rid of the Morlocks but was a bit slow to execute the plan.
Next was the mushroom level, the random counters was turned lucky for the adventurers and they went through this level really easy, but there was not really anything that needed change, it is random which cards will be turned and in which sequence the events unfold.
At the last board the adventurers surface and that had a small flaw in the game, they surface at night, so they better can sneak around, but it worked badly with the limited sight mod (which worked fine in the caverns du to the random events being turned when in sight and counters moving around to represent hidden mosters etc). So for next game it will still be dark here, so the adventurers will be able to sneak around, but moonlit enough to have normal vision for sighting unsneaking models and shooting etc.
All in all a good playtest and I think it will wok well at Horisont and if it turns out that everybody just cakewalk through all three boards, then we might change some stuff before bringing the game along to GLAM or whereelse we might go.
- Jonas
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Just a suggestion but maybe the mushrooms on the lower left corner on this picture would blend in more with the rest of the board if you ad a few painted dots on some of them?
Anyhow, that’s a very nice board and much bigger than I though when I saw the first pictures of it.
Very nice work! 8)
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This has been a great project to watch going together. I'm inspired to do something big of my own, but wouldn't be able to start until late Jan. Any plans to re-use the boards for "regular" games?
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Smurfy!
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I did a small photo shoot in advance of Horisont and that will probably be the last quack from me on this thread:
lol
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_YgOzHmVzYc0/TOuQPkhma8I/AAAAAAAACgo/hVosC6K58M4/s640/P1180360.JPG)
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:-* o_o ;D and lol - they're all very very lovely and generally groovy, Dr The. I particularly like the mad-looking guy with the book of mushrooms; and the flames on the bald chap's torch are, I swear, moving as I look at them. For a first-rate blend of craziness and brilliance, this collection is up there with the best of them.
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Cracking stuff Old Boy. Lovely brushwork ;D
Will we be seeing a GLAM VSF game from you next year?
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If nothing comes in the way we will be bringing this game at GLAM :)
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Looking forward to it already ;)
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Very cool looking stuff and nice paintjob too! 8)