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Other Stuff => Workbench => Topic started by: Rob_bresnen on April 28, 2013, 02:45:50 PM
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I have decided to take on the PAPPIS challenge, and make a battlefield that will fit into a PAPPIS box from IKEA.
In order to make something useful, I have decided to make a small Finnish village for a 28mm skirmish/zombie game. This is because I plan to do a Force on Force campaign set in Finland later in the year, and so any terrain I make for the PAPPIS challenge will be useful for this too. It also helps that yesterday I took delivery of some custom made 'snow' flock covered boards I have had on order from Total System Scenics.
Inspiration for the game will come form 30 Days of Night, a film in which a remote and isolated community in the Arctic Circle somewhere is attacked by vampires. I am swapping vampires for Zombies, hence the tittle 'Thirty Days of Night of the Living Dead'
Planning is in the early days so far, but I think I will have a shop (S Market), a police station, 3 or 4 houses/cabins and a mobile phone mast, a few clumps of pine trees (it is Finland after all) and a few bits of scatter terrain. All figures and scatter terrain will be stored inside the buildings to maximise space in the box.
I plan to try to up my game a bit with this terrain. I have seen the standards here on LAF and there are some amazing model makers. Hopefully the competition will prove a good intensive and help me make something I can be proud of. I have never made snow covered terrain before, so it will be a new experience for me.
I think I will right my own rules, but they may well be based on FUBAR. I will also need some spawning points and snow-zombies, as well as a handful of suitably dressed Finns to be my survivors
(http://imageshack.us/a/img577/3332/dscf8649.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img706/9567/dscf8651l.jpg)
This is a quick mock up of the board just so I could test the idea and to check that the 'footprint' and hight of the buildings would be sufficient. obviously it's not going to look like this. Also note that the palm trees are not native to this part of Finland and are just proxies for the fir trees I haven't bought yet.
Here are a few pictures of Finnish houses I found on the net I will be using as inspiration for my terrain.
If I am very careful how I build these houses some of them might also be useful for Bolt Action 1939: The Winter War, when the good guys at Warlord get round to doing the Finnish rules.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img12/8681/porvoofinlandstreetscen.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img515/144/fiskarsinresidenssitalo.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img208/8114/seurasaari.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img833/5326/rukavillagefinland2.jpg)
Comments and advice very welcome! :)
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Very cool with a fellow winter landscaper in the challenge!!!
I think it looks very promising already!
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Looks great but will it all go in the box? :D
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Looking good so far, Rob.
I like the concept for this game and I have to say that those photos that you put up show that Finland is obviously a very beautiful place.
:-*
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It does doesn't it. Unfortunately I have never been, but its high on my list of 'to do' places to go.
My best mate and regular gaming buddy Leon has family in Helsinki, so I guess that is the connection for me, from a gaming point of view. I bought a load of Black Tree Designs Russians cheep in one of their very frequent sales, and thought about the Winter War 1939. When I thought about a modern Force on Force game in Finland, Leon seemed up for it too.
The Zombie idea was a natural extension of the need to build some scenery form my other games, coupled with the growing interest in 'winter' post-apoc gaming here on LAF. When I looked around I found loads of great minis to use as armed civvies.
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OK- some progress made on the mini supermarket for my Pappis box. I have constructed it from mounting card and clear plastic card. It's the first time I have used this technique as I usually use Foam core card. I have learned a few things which will help me with the other buildings.
This is still very much a work in progress- I need to add an interior layer of card to hide the plasticard. Obviously it also needs a roof. Then I need to paint it and winter it up a bit with snow and ice. A 'S Market' sign will finish it off along with some posters etc. .
My original intention when buying coloured mounting card was to use the colored side on the inside so I wouldn't have to paint the interior. This will reduce the risk of warping. Unfortunately I forgot in my haste to assemble my building and so I will have to add another layer of card on the inside.
I accidentally got some glue on the windows and there is no way to get it off, so I will have to cover it up with snow flock. It should look OK.
The corner joints are messy and don't join up that well. And because the card is flat there isn't really enough details to dry brush, so I will have to work harder to highlight it I might add a skim of fine plaster to the outside, covering the joins and adding a but of texture to pick up the dry brushing.
The fire escape is OK but it needs some sort of railing round it- that's a heath and safety issue in the icy Finnish weather.
I was hoping to find some shop interiors suitable for a modern supermarket by I haven't found any yet. I will keep looking. I don't want loads, but just enough to give the impression of a small supermarket- a check-out and some shelves should do it.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img211/6638/dscf8699k.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img41/6808/dscf8698s.jpg)
Comments and advice from anyone who knows more about making buildings than me (which wouldn't be hard) is most welcome.
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Looks good :)
Although we don't have palm trees here in Finland ;)
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Looking awesome, Rob :-*
I hope you plan a band a roaming finnish alcoholics lol
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I am not going to get into any cross-Baltic slanging match. ;) I have the highest respect for the Finns. And their Vodka.
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Certainly I'm sure Finnish vodka is better than this stuff:
(http://i.imgur.com/82UJuGa.png)
lol
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I am not going to get into any cross-Baltic slanging match. ;) I have the highest respect for the Finns. And their Vodka.
Don't worry, I would suggest the same thing for Sweden as well ;)
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I am glad I checked this one out :-*
First of all, you could use those palm trees inside of a small bath house, if you want to make such a terrain piece... remember to add floating zombies as well :D
Then, roving drunkards would prolly all be turned into zombies amongst the first victims of a zombie outbreak... they are already in a semi-zombie tupor on many occasions so the transformation would be quite instant, I presume ;) As a sidenote, they should be armed with knives and lunging after those player characters that have some booze in their belongings :D
The S-market is looking superb already as it is, other option would be K-market or Siwa... maybe even Tarmo Lähikauppias :)
If you ever end up in Finland, you need to take the Pappis box and the game with you!
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I am glad I checked this one out :-*
First of all, you could use those palm trees inside of a small bath house, if you want to make such a terrain piece... remember to add floating zombies as well :D
Then, roving drunkards would prolly all be turned into zombies amongst the first victims of a zombie outbreak... they are already in a semi-zombie tupor on many occasions so the transformation would be quite instant, I presume ;) As a sidenote, they should be armed with knives and lunging after those player characters that have some booze in their belongings :D
The S-market is looking superb already as it is, other option would be K-market or Siwa... maybe even Tarmo Lähikauppias :)
If you ever end up in Finland, you need to take the Pappis box and the game with you!
Thanks for the suggestions. I like the K Matket Logo better than the S Market, So I might go for that. Not sure about the gangs of marauding Zombie-Alcoholics-with-Knives though. :D
Although...I do have this one that might fit the bill...
(http://imageshack.us/a/img707/2382/dscf7702p.jpg)
Anyway. Back to the build.
I added a layer of cladding inside to cover up my earlier mistakes, some more surface detail to the outside to make painting the outside more fun, and some interiors. The upper floor can be easily removed. In an earlier version I modeled on a stair case, but it looked naff so I will just have to imagine their is an elevator or stairs up from the ground floor.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img809/429/dscf8740.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img16/1867/dscf8741m.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img211/5440/dscf8743.jpg)
I have also finished the fire escape.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img202/5438/dscf8744x.jpg)
Next stage, after a few minor details, is to use a very thin layer of fine plaster to add texture to the cladding and fill in any gaps, then start painting it. After that...bit of snow and ice, and its done.
Comments and suggestions welcome.
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Looking brilliant so far!
Some ventilation things for exterior detail?! A market must have a cooling device of sorts I guess.
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That is really coming along well. Rob.
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How about access to the roof.
It will give you another gaming area without having to build too much.
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Fram: That was a killer, mate.
lol
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Good idea. I will have to scratch build something something fairly flat so that it doesn't get broken when I put everything in the pappis box.
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looking good :D
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Thank you.
I there any chance one of you Finns could help me out. I want to do some signs for my shop, and I want help with the wording. I need a 'Staff Only' sign and an 'Emergency Exit' sign. Could you help?
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Google translate has those as "vain henkilökunnalle" and "hätäuloskäynti", respectively. But Google Translate being what it is, I have no idea if that's right in actual Suomi.
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Yep, sounds about right. Looks good to me, keep at it. I must say that the last source photo doesn't look particularly Finnish, more like some ski resort in the Alps? Although you might see something like that in Lappland, I suppose? But I might be wrong.
EDIT: yeh the picture info says Ruka, so it's from Lappland. Looks distinctly Swiss/German to me?
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For the houses I am going to do the traditional wood buildings. What interested me about that picture was the stone built up to the first few feet of the wall. I guess that is traditional because of the snow when it comes to wooden buildings.
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A nice start, looking forward to seeing this unfold.
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For the houses I am going to do the traditional wood buildings. What interested me about that picture was the stone built up to the first few feet of the wall. I guess that is traditional because of the snow when it comes to wooden buildings.
Sure, and it's not just the snow but moisture in general, you don't want that creeping up in the foundation. In many old buildings ('torppa' is good search word, although you get some pics of random blond bimbo as well, sorry), they just raised the building off the ground by placing some stones in corners and various strategic points, and then built the house on top of those. That way you'd end up with an empty space underneath the house. But you see all kinds, some start right off the ground without any foundation etc.
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A few more details here, and I have painted it.
The signage was printed off on the computer and laminated it, then mounted on card.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img819/525/dscf8746j.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img689/9341/dscf8750e.jpg)
And here you can see the Air-con/refrigeration units. I have built these out of a few bits of GW tanks and some plasticard. They are more ore less flat, which isn't realistic, but it is a concession to the fact this has to be stored in a PAPPIS box, and anything sticky-outy would break off or take up valuable space.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img197/8738/dscf8748.JPG)
All that is left to do now is the nerve-wracking bit: The snow. I am using fine white plaster filler and snow flock. It's the first time I have use this technique and I am rather worried it might cock up all my work to date. :-[
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Brilliant! Amazing even!
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Wonderful, Rob, simply wonderful.
:-*
This is turning into a great little scratchbuild with a free geography lesson thrown in for good measure.
:D
Looking forward to the next update.
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Very nice.
Regarding the snow - do a test run on a piece of card. Wait a day and then learn from that experience. Trying something for the first time with our wargaming work is nerve-racking for all of us. Doing a test drive makes things go smoother.
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I think I've shopped there. :o
Did you know: That company operates four levels of food store chains. Previously they were branded with an increasing number of 'K's to denote the size. However, apparently some hypersensitive folks had something against the 3rd level stores proudly displaying their huge "KKK" neon signs over the horizon. Thereafter it's been just single 'K's with a verbal descriptor. Boring.
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Dolmot that is an excellent fact! Made my Sunday
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I remember as a tutor taking new foreign exchange students (from the US and UK) to their student flats and on the route there was a supermarket of this K-chain, displaying the three neon K's.... yip, I had quite a lot of explaining to do.
KKKK = Citymarket
KKK = Supermarket
KK = ?
K = Local market
Very impressive work on the K-market Rob. Do you need some photo reference about what kind of advertisements they use on their windows etc? Or any other pictorial reference for that matter, just let me know.
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That would be great.
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Sorry it took this long :/
Just couple of pics of K-Market windows near my (still) current work.
(http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j384/pocolocopocoloco/plkm1_zps55cd1fb4.jpg) (http://s1083.photobucket.com/user/pocolocopocoloco/media/plkm1_zps55cd1fb4.jpg.html)
(http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j384/pocolocopocoloco/plkm2_zps71584654.jpg) (http://s1083.photobucket.com/user/pocolocopocoloco/media/plkm2_zps71584654.jpg.html)
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Coming together nicely 8)
cheers
James
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Thanks for those pictures Pocoloco. I will try to use them and see what they look like.
in the mean time- I have added snow and ice.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img827/5063/dscf8813ra.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img51/1355/dscf8814.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img405/8837/dscf8815q.jpg)
And here's a close up of my Finnish police van...
(http://imageshack.us/a/img837/158/dscf8817r.jpg)
Comments welcome.
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The snow looks really good although I'd cut back on some of the icicles 8)
cheers
James
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The snow looks really good although I'd cut back on some of the icicles 8)
cheers
James
Ignore him, they look fab ;D
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I think it looks perfect. I also love the van. Again this thread is getting me motivated to build something like it. Okay motivated to think about getting motivated... but it's a start.
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Looks just like the winter we had here still 1.5 months ago :) Amount of icicles is quite alright, it means the local kids haven't had chance to break them.
Van is looking good... maybe melt the front tires so they look like flat or is it supposed to still roll?
Friend suggested that you could include a dead reindeer or two amongst the scenery.
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:o Rob, those icicles look fantastic. Very delicate and very convincing. I like the aging around the air con units.
Haha, a dead reindeer " Easter egg" would be funny.
What's worse for the survivors? Living thru a post apocalypse or going to K -Market? :D
Cheers
Matt
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This looking absolutely cracking, Rob.
Simply stunning work!
:-* 8) :-*
Friend suggested that you could include a dead reindeer or two amongst the scenery.
I can help you there, mate.
Send me a PM if you want to go down that route.
;)
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Working wonders, Rob! :-*
I remembered this...
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NL-S2JdCDHU
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If you go for YT for inspiration, don't go this route o_o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQbz1LpSMCY
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Love the snow effect and I think the icicles look pretty good. :)
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Oh god, that was so bizzare, Poco!
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Hehe, Kiimaiset poliisit (The Horny Police) is quite an epic over here. Directed and written by Jouko Turkka, (in)famous theatre director whose plays always cause a public outcry (most famous besides Kiimaiset poliisit for a play where the actors threw sh1t (the real thing, not only verbal BS) on the audience. The clip I posted is quite mild, the episodes had police frothing, squirming etc etc, doing things not appropriate for YT... no wonder that the national broadcasting company YLE has declined the reruns of the show so far... and it is already ages old.
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I am sure most of you will have seen my last LPL entry- winter survivors. Obviously they were painted for my Pappis box challenge game, and so their picture belongs here too. These miniatures are a combination of Mojo Miniatures, Hassle free Miniatures and Fenris Games Miniatures.
In addition to being Finnish zombie slayers for my Pappis game, these guys will also serve as the basis for a Finish armed resistance, for my 28mm force on force games, as well as the possibility they might be Scifi civilians for AE bounty, explorers for a modern day 'Beyond the mountain of Madness' game or even some sort of 'The Thing' scenario.
(http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/4480/dscf8825p.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/62/dscf8825p.jpg/)
I would like some Finnish names for these guys (and girl) if anyone would like to christen them...
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Very impressive build with great attention to detail. I like it a lot!
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The figures look great!
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Looks terrific!
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Great stuff, Rob!
Love them all.
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I intend getting some those SSS/Mojo casts myself later in the year, they are so good.
Got plenty to be getting on with for the moment and a potential house move in the offing means they will have to wait a while.
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Looking good!
Regarding names, for an understanding and selection I'd suggest:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_names
There's great articles/list for most languages on Wikipedia.
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Typical Finnish names for me are.
Pekka
Jukka
Jarno
Arttu
Ville
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are they male or female?
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are they male or female?
All of the names Silversixx listed are male names.
Those are quite good name choices, I must admit. You can also combine them; eg. Jukka-Pekka, Ville-Pekka, Ari-Pekka etc.
Maybe for possible younger characters you can add Nico, Peetu, Joose, Sisu, Ukko, Väinö, Pyry (parents nowadays seem to like to name their babies either with bit foreign sounding names or then somewhat older names are making a comeback and "nature-based" names are used as well).
Some female names you could consider are: Maria, Marja, Laura, Taina, Tanja, Tuuli, Henna, Tanja, Tarja, Anne-Mari/Annemari...
And those painted survivors look damn fine! :-* How many more are you going to have?
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Have you considered flicking through the Ikea catalogue?
Seriously, for an IKEA PAPPIS challenge, what better place to look?
PAPPIS
HEMNES
BOKSEL
LINDVED
VITTJSO
STORNAS
GLES
DRONA
LEKMAN
:D
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lol - half my family has shared or shares their name with Ikea furniture.
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Using solely Swedish names for a Finnish team could be considered either offensive or a political statement.
Using Swedish place names, other proper nouns and common nouns would be mainly odd (and possibly offensive).
We have stats here (http://verkkopalvelu.vrk.fi/Nimipalvelu/default.asp?L=3). Just note that the top-lists for first names are skewed because they include all given names. As a rule of thumb, many three-syllable names are only very popular as middle (second or third) names. They all can be used as first, though.
Just remember where the double consonant is. All good first names have one. ;)
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That's useful. Thanks (Kiitokset)
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And here's a close up of my Finnish police van...
(http://imageshack.us/a/img837/158/dscf8817r.jpg)
Hi Rob,
just bought similar van from a 2nd hand market for 2 euros, though it is in somewhat more beaten up condition. If you need second van in your project, let me know and I'll send it you asap.
edit: our military police use also VW vans, so if you want to use the van for your other Finland themed project, it is very fitting for that as well, just needs to have an army green paint job.
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You did well. Bizarrely, I bought mine from a collector in California via US eBay. It wasn't very expensive but it cost me more than a couple of euros! I tried everything to find one more local, including using Google translator to trawl through page after page of popular Finnish toy shops. In the end the only one I could find was in the US- weird.
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Using solely Swedish names for a Finnish team could be considered either offensive or a political statement.
Using Swedish place names, other proper nouns and common nouns would be mainly odd (and possibly offensive).
Sorry Dolmot, not trying to be rude/racist. I suggested it because the build is for the IKEA PAPPIS challenge. But you make a point if it's a serious Finnish village setting.
Cheers
Matt.
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Well if the village is located on the western or south-western coast, then all Swedish names would be very spot on. No harm done with suggested Swedish names, I presume.
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I haven't really thought about where the village is, but given the fact that it is all but cut off by the severe weather, I am thinking it might be in the Lapland region. How does that sound?
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Lapland or maybe Kainuu region? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kainuu
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Great stuff Rob. :D
May I suggest Tapio and Erkki as a couple of names?
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Great names. Thanks guys.
Now LPL is out of the way I intend to knuckle down and get some more done. Here's a few snaps of my next build- the first of my Finnish houses. It just needs painting then snow/icing. I haven't applied the tiles to the whole of the roof as its going to be covered in a layer of snow flock, so it seemed a bit redundant.
I am thinking of painting it a sort of pea green.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img197/9985/lst1.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img543/5368/qazv.jpg)
And the interior is rather basic, but won't need painting.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img845/2563/fvup.jpg)
Hope you like it...do let me know.
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Great stuff, Rob!
I like the different textures that you including: Brick, wood and shingles, and of course the snow to come.
It all adds up to a very effective piece of scenery.
:-*
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Rob that looks good, I am stuggling to comprehend how much you plan to fit in that box! :) it will be fantastic!
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Lovely cabin, Rob!
We're still anticipating a band of roaming samis getting back for years of oppression and injustices ;)
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If anyone makes them in 28mm I would be happy to include them. Being politically correct I wouldn't want to exclude anyone. ;)
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Coming along a pace 8)
I really like the idea of not doing the roof area that will be covered in snow and it never even occurred to me :)
cheers
James
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If anyone makes them in 28mm I would be happy to include them. Being politically correct I wouldn't want to exclude anyone. ;)
You'd probably have to stick with some conversions of normal civilians with brightly, multicoloured cap.
And some reindeers, Samis won't leave their homes without a herd or two.
http://m.digitaltmuseum.se/things/mssa/S-NM/NM.0249929?place=Lappland&search_context=1&pos=19&count=1048
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That hat is for females... At least the Finnish Sami hat for males is called Four Winds hat:
http://media.tori.net/image/medium/16/1643987286.jpg
The new building looks really good, will be nice to see it covered in snow :)
By the way, have you thought about getting snowmobiles? Or if the village is located near some slalom center, even a snow cat? The latter would be quite perfect against the zombie hordes :D
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Funny you should say that. I have got this one- it just needs some snow flock. I am not sure I am going to add it into the PAPPIS challenge as it is quite big, and I am not sure if there will be room in the PAPPIS box. It's not a real world one, as it comes form a SciFi range, but in the absence of anything better it will do.
My idea was that the survivors own vehicle has become stuck in the snow, and they must make it to the ATV to get out of the village. Unfortunately, its at the other end of the village, with lots of the living dead between them and their escape route.
I have also ordered a couple of snow mobiles form Ainsty Castings too, but they haven't arrived yet.
(http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/5719/ndhg.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/694/ndhg.jpg/)
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So finished shots of the first house.
I feel the green is too dark, given the photos I have seen. I was hoping it would turn out a pea green, but its much darker than that. The next one will be much brighter.
Front
(http://imageshack.us/a/img703/3564/uyd.jpg)
Back
(http://imageshack.us/a/img196/5966/adwh.jpg)
Inside (in the Pappis box the inside of the houses will be used to store scatter terrain like broken down card, road signs etc. )
(http://imageshack.us/a/img853/4424/cql4.jpg)
With the K Market
(http://imageshack.us/a/img541/6629/0qam.jpg)
Tapio and Erkki expore the town, ready for danger.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img23/5513/4fge.jpg)
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Love it so far, Rob.!
:-*
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This is a mighty fine jov, Rob! :-*
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Fantastic Rob! :-*
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Great work!
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Coming along very nicely!
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This is a really cool project 8) :-*
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For future reference, the predominant color for Finnish wooden houses and outbuildings (especially pre-war) is overwhelmingly red, with white window and door trim. For slightly later ones, you do get a lot of colors, though. Especially in the so-called "rintamamiestalot", which were generic housing conceived of in the late forties to accommodate the migrations caused by losing all that territory to the Soviets.
The snowmobile is cool, but a bit too "hardcore" for the Finnish climate, it looks more polar-explorer caliber. If you can find some of the smaller, "ski-doo" type somewhere, they're appropriate for Lapland, being used for hunting, motorsports, tourism and the like.
Also, as a movie recommendation, I urge you to find and wath Rare Exports if you've not done so already :D
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Oh...just watched the trailer! very cool. I am going to get that ASAP.
Regarding the snow mobile- I am inclined to agree. It's much bigger than I thought it would be in the picture. I think I will keep it for a future project- an kind of Ice Station Zero/The Thing idea I had.
I will do my next house red, as I agree that it seems to be more common. I went for green because I don't have the right red in my collection, but I was a bit disappointed how dark it came out. I was hoping for a nice pea-green. The next one will be better.
Thanks for the advice.
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For those wanting to see the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RQlikX4vvw
Also stumbled upon this while I was there:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO0LYcCoeJY
Two films to check out. Win.
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Regarding the snow mobile- I am inclined to agree. It's much bigger than I thought it would be in the picture. I think I will keep it for a future project- an kind of Ice Station Zero/The Thing idea I had.
When I first saw Silent Invader's range that was the first thought that came to my mind too.
I love those figures and have plans for a Thing-thing in the future.
Loving what you are doing with them Rob.
Very inspirational!
:-*
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Its not Finland without trees!
I bought these trees for a reasonable price (£20 for 24 trees) off a model train shop. The bases are by 4Ground.
I applied plaster filler fairly roughly to create bumps.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img829/7589/bxzs.jpg)
I used PVA to stick various textures of sand to the bases, then painted them burnt umbra.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img836/2276/6o7d.jpg)
I sprayed them form a good distance- about an arms length, with white GW spray paint. I spayed the trees form above to create a frosty look.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img199/3288/msdq.jpg)
I used plaster filler to make some patches of snow. I applied tome to the branches with a brush too.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img90/2223/02s1.jpg)
I used PVA to apply snow flock to the base. A small sieve made sure there wasn't any clumps of snow.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img849/9514/p27u.jpg)
One down- laods to go.
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Excellent 8)
It'll certainly be easier to transport with the trees separate to the scenic base - great thinking
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Its not Finland without trees!
Yep, and water. The perfect backdrop for any [noembed]Finnish activities (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6JkMVghTvI#t=2m50s)[/noembed]. :)
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Yep, and water. The perfect backdrop for any [noembed]Finnish activities (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6JkMVghTvI#t=2m50s)[/noembed]. :)
:o. And I was imaging sauna and plunge pool!
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Great work on the trees, Rob.
:-*
How many can you fit in the box, along with everything else?
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Not sure yet. I haven't finished the 'everything else' bit yet.
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OK. Trees are one thing, but Zombies are another thing entirely.
With time running out I am pressing on with my snow bound zeds. Here's is a test shot of my first couple. I went for Mantic zombies because they are cheap and easy to paint quickly. Studio miniatures would probably have worked better but they would have taken much longer to paint properly.
Anyway let me know what you think.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img834/5669/hltu.jpg)
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They work for me, mate.
Any other types of Zed planned?
;)
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They work for me, especially the fresh blood on the hands. Looks good against the fresh, white snow.
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They work for me, mate.
Any other types of Zed planned?
;)
Something big, and something odd, but very Finnish.
They work for me, especially the fresh blood on the hands. Looks good against the fresh, white snow.
thanks. I was quite please with they way it came out. they are certainly going to be visible on the snow-flocked battlefield.
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I've gotta hand it to you Rob, (or perhaps the zombie can...) that's a fine looking PJ.
Nice shiny blood, would there be any drops on the soft white snow below as the Z meanders across the frozen land searching for brains?
Cheers
Matt.
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nice, also think a few drops on the snow would look great
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nice, also think a few drops on the snow would look great
Another vote for blood drops, specialy since you equip your Zeds with bloodied body parts
(Then again, you could say that the temperatures are so low, the blood freezes within seconds or minutes ;))
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I have finished my next village house- this one in the more tradtional red.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img835/1904/8hkm.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img7/5978/udpj.jpg)
and some more zombies. I have finished nearly 20, but want to do a few more, in=cluding soem end-of-level-boss zombies >:D
(http://imageshack.us/a/img543/6940/xbss.jpg)
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Silent screams is all I can hear right now. Awesome stuff.
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King good, I really like the snow on the bases 8)
cheers
James
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Great stuff, Rob.
Love that building!
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Be careful, mate....all this building work can be addictive.
Before you know it may have built half of Finland!
;)
..... I really like the snow.....
Ooooh, yes.
All that lovely, white, fluffy COOL snow!
:D
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Wow Rob, nice little house. I know my buildings only just fit my box, so it's probably a good thing to have a 'limit' to the space we can use, hahahaha. Or as Paul says, you will build half of Finland!
Cheers
Matt
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You're really teasing my appetite with this, Rob :)
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It looks great and I'm definitely looking forward to seeing the finished project :)
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Brilliantly executed all of this.
You championed the box! lol
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Thank you for the support, ideas and encouragement on this project. It is now in a state of almost completeness. Basically I have finished the building but I still have three buildings I need to paint. However, as it is near the deadline I have to post what I have done already, so you can see what I have managed to achieve. I will certainly go on to post more photos when I get round to finish painting the rest of the buildings (in a couple of weeks after my holidays).
Many people said that they thought I was ambitious in my designs, and perhaps I was. Certainly I have felt under pressure over the last couple of weeks, and with real world work and home getting in the way of my creative exploits, I was lucky to get as much done as I have. Perhaps if I hadn't been doing the lead Painters League at the beginning of the challenge I might have made a bit more progress too.
That said, I managed to finish 3 buildings, 10 trees, 20 zombies, 4 zombie spawn points, two boss-level zeds, five zombie survivors and two ski-mobile objectives! And I have built but not painted three other buildings.
So that's not bad.
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Anyway.. first off, let me show you my new shiny things...
(http://imageshack.us/a/img24/168/zb50.jpg)
These are my spawn point markers. There are four of them and they mark where the zeds come on to the board.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img202/184/kj4h.jpg)
The first of my Boss-level baddies- actually an Abomination from Zombiecide. For some reason I ended up with two in my box.
More to follow...
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More stuff...
(http://imageshack.us/a/img607/3700/7vpp.jpg)
What Finland based zombie game would be complete without a zombie elk? This really is a case when reality trumped my imagination. When Mason asked me if I wanted a zombie elk, I was a bit taken aback, but I jumped at the chance. It's an old Horrorkilx mini, I think, that I rebased and repainted. - I am delighted with the result. Thanks Paul ;)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img542/9140/5ap9.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img96/5024/zgqi.jpg)
OK. So its Finland, right? K-Market, trees, timber houses, zombie elk...what's missing? (don't say vodka)- A sauna of course! This is on of the buildings I still need to finish painting.
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(http://imageshack.us/a/img692/3478/7dn5.jpg)
An unfinished police (poliisi) station. Needs painting and details/signs etc
(http://imageshack.us/a/img18/4653/cijh.jpg)
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:o
Stunning, mate, all of it.
Simply stunning.
You have taken this [BOX] challenge and set the bar damn high, sir.
That is some serious top quality output, and I am glad that it is not going to end there.
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Really looking forward to seeing the rest of it.
It sounds like a lot of fun.
8)
As for the elk, mate: You are welcome, and you did a great job, along with everything else.
:D
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Thanks Mason... I have seen your work, and I take that as a big complement coming from you.
I seem to be having some problems uploading pictures at the moment, but I have more to post. I will try again in a bit.
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You can always rely on Mason to provide an Elk when required. :D
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Brilliant execution! :-*
Does it fit in the box? ;D
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You can always rely on Mason to provide an Elk when required. :D
When he said he had a little job for me, I had no idea what I was agreeing to!
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You can always rely on Mason to provide an Elk when required. :D
lol
(Nutter!)
When he said he had a little job for me, I had no idea what I was agreeing to!
lol
(Another nutter! You should fit in just fine... ;))
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Brilliant execution! :-*
Does it fit in the box? ;D
Oh yes.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img708/5047/pooy.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img706/4195/o0bn.jpg)
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There is a full battle report now on my blog.
I have decided to rename my PAPPIS game It Snows In Hell. Extra house-points for anyone who can work out the significance of the title.
http://fourcoloursupers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/it-snows-in-hell-battle-report.html
(http://imageshack.us/a/img856/8058/0adt.jpg)
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I dont believe it fits rob. Where is the water tower in that box shot?
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I dont believe it fits rob. Where is the water tower in that box shot?
It fits in the police station for storage. The internal walls and floor of the police station can be removed and stored in another part of the building.
Honestly, it all fits.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img839/4247/4po9.jpg)
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Clever! 8)
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Great build all round 8)
cheers
James
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Clever! 8)
'Tis, indeed!
8)
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8) Oh, alright Rob, it seems to fit. I was just checking it conformed to the Pappis challenge rules, apparently you Sir are also Tetris champion unbeknown to us all. That is very well placed sir! Can you package my box? I'm having trouble finding space as I plan future constructions.
Will you be squeezing the fragile walking dead in there too??? :D I am not sure if I will be able to make mine fit! ???
Your sport,
Matt.