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Miniatures Adventure => Pulp => Topic started by: War In 15MM on July 08, 2014, 04:49:51 PM
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For the last six months I’ve been working on my 28mm Pulp Egyptian archeological dig collection. This is the first time I’ve had to use two 5 ft. x 7 ft. tables in order to include everything the way I wanted it. One of the tables is a “modern”/Pulp-era Egyptian town and the second table is the archeological dig which includes a large temple complex, two pyramids and the archeologists’ camp. Below you will find a few pictures from the gallery. If you enjoy them, I hope you will take a look at the entire gallery (it is large) which you can find at www.warin15mm.com/28MM-Pulp-Egyptian-Gallery.html
(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j366/rgarretson/006_zpsa0007507.jpg) (http://s1082.photobucket.com/user/rgarretson/media/006_zpsa0007507.jpg.html)(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j366/rgarretson/023_zps7c57ffcc.jpg) (http://s1082.photobucket.com/user/rgarretson/media/023_zps7c57ffcc.jpg.html)(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j366/rgarretson/066_zps2eef675f.jpg) (http://s1082.photobucket.com/user/rgarretson/media/066_zps2eef675f.jpg.html)(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j366/rgarretson/094_zpseaac2e9d.jpg) (http://s1082.photobucket.com/user/rgarretson/media/094_zpseaac2e9d.jpg.html)
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[Gulp!]
Awesomeness :)
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Very impressive.
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Superb scenery :-*
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:o Holy smokes, that's gorgeous!
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Hooooolleeeeeeee...
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HO LEE CRAP! WOW, just WOW! 8)
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Simply THE BEST immersive scenery for pulp games I've EVER seen.
And with MOVING secret doors!
You can be really proud of your achievement, and I'm green with envy.
Bookmarked for inspiration.
Thanks for sharing.
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WOW :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Wow, that's beautiful!
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Top banana! :o :-*
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Jaw dropping!
Makes me wish I had the ability to focus on a project for a while.
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Oh my, this is epic! :o
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A world in miniature. Love it.
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Best...pulp...tables...EVER!
I mean, it's even got a full blown market, a painter, scarab swarms and a victim, a working secret door and...hippos! :-*
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That.
Is.
Brilliant.
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Awesome! :o :-*
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damn.. Damn! DAMN!!!!! :o
This is great.
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holy crap .... :o
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Wow.....perfect.
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:o
This is what my Egyptian table wants to be when it grows up.
Thank you for posting such jaw droppingly inspirational eye candy!
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Outstanding work! :-* :-*
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I just wanted to add a thank you for the supplemental text on your website, very helpful.
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Thank you all for the wonderful comments. The membership of LAF is an extremely talented bunch and I have adopted ideas I have seen here repeatedly in my collections. To receive your very generous words about my work means a lot. Dr. Mathias, thank you for stating your appreciation of my supplemental text. I love it when people provide me with that kind of information about what they post so I try to offer it when I post something. It's nice to know that someone actually reads it. Let me say to that very point that in pics 104 and 105 there is a seated fish-tank pharaonic statue, and I was able to added it to my collection because Amalric posted the information. I think that statue really added to that setting. Much appreciated Amalric. Thank you all for taking the time to write. Richard
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This is fantastic Richard some of your best work yet! I'm always surprised at what you can do with a few toys from the swap meet.
Robert
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Man, I'd LOVE to play on that table!
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Amazing! I wish I had the focus to keep working on something like that. Oh yeah and someplace to keep it in case I ever finished it.
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Best I've seen so far without a doubt. Like a tourist's photo collection way back when. :-*
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Outstanding! :o :o :o
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Absolutely awesome! What a fantastic set-up and great photos and a very useful list of sources there too. That Victorian gallery is equally brilliant. I'm going back to look at everything on your blog now, thanks. :-*
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Excellent stuff :)
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Outstanding.
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Thank you all for the wonderful comments. They mean a lot coming from the talented people of LAF. Robert, to your point about the swap meet I am especially lucky to have the swap meet I have near by. It has been a wonderful source of material for my collections and that is especially true of the temple complex in this gallery. Thanks again to all of you for taking the time to write and for the very generous comments. I have a big smile on my face. Richard
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While WIP photos of my temple complex and pyramids were posted on the Workbench, my wife suggested that some viewers of this gallery have probably not seen the WIP pics and so it would be good to post some of them here. As my wife is wiser than I, I have posted some of those pictures below.(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j366/rgarretson/IMG_0674_zps1618652c.jpg) (http://s1082.photobucket.com/user/rgarretson/media/IMG_0674_zps1618652c.jpg.html)(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j366/rgarretson/IMG_0672_zps95a31f68.jpg) (http://s1082.photobucket.com/user/rgarretson/media/IMG_0672_zps95a31f68.jpg.html)(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j366/rgarretson/IMG_0659_zps21ccddb1.jpg) (http://s1082.photobucket.com/user/rgarretson/media/IMG_0659_zps21ccddb1.jpg.html)
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It was your WIP pics that got me motivated.
And Yes, our Missus's are always wiser than we.
:D
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That's great. THANKS for the WIP pics. ;)
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wow, what an impressive dedication and workload! I think I can join in the chorus of "I always wanted to do such a project" too. But lack the perseverence....
a few months ago I had the luck to see some scaled accurate models
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=63571.0
and as You can see, You really hit the nail with Your gaming board.
please allow me a few remarks that are not meant to nitpick, but to improve Your project (if it can be improved at all):
I am not sure how You will want to game the scenery, but the aquarium pieces of the collonade at medinet habu temple might cram the interior a bit (nonetheless the inspiration is clearly visible).
Have You thought of adding the procession road to the entrance, flanked by many guardian statues? You could add a few to the interior first court, or some obelisks, in place of the collonade. Also, the pyramid could use the typical funerary temple in front of it. I would think about either using the collonade aquarium pieces for this or the small temple from the inner court, which im turn You could then replace with aquarium collonades instead. Then You could have two different impressive complexes You can arrange for every given game and table size, with enough space inbetween to loosen up the whole ensemble.
And finally, please forgive me this remark, I know it is a matter of taste, but I personally think that the goofy sphinx head not only conceals and crams the main entrance, but also spoils the whole impression and Your wonderful effort.
You could use it as the front of a cliff temple, like in Abu Simbel, and flank the table with it...
Anyway, I am looking forward to see this astonishing project completed
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What everyone else has said.
I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOO jealous. I had thought that I had enough Egyptian stuff to start asimilar project, I obviously do not. You gathered about a thousand scarab beetles, I have six. You get Pyramids at swap meets, I get broken pens with Egptian tops at car booter sales, and so on & so on.
The Egyptians must have had a god of jealousy (green eyed perhaps) If not I must make one up for my (puny by comparrison) efforts.
Many many thanks for the inspiration you are giving us.
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Amalric, David, former user and has.been thank you for taking the time to write and for expressing your enjoyment of my efforts with the Egyptian dig. I tend to view posting such as the Egyptian dig on several levels. Of course, I post my pics in the hope that you will like what I have done and say so -- for my vanity. But I also post as payback for all the great ideas I have received from others that post (Hammer's Tintin mummy adventurers; Amalric's posting of fish-tank decor and Michael Immig's Dr. Kentucky Drown's car). I hope that in some small fashion my gallery will help current project such as Amalric's and Eric the Shed's and others with their work. And to that end, former user's suggestions offer another layer of ideas that can be incorporated in more projects. LAF is such a rich site of wonderful talents and crazy minds that I can't imagine trying to do what I do without it. Richard
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You sir, work on a grand scale.
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LAF is such a rich site of wonderful talents and crazy minds that I can't imagine trying to do what I do without it.
I don't think anyone has ever put it better, or more succinctly Richard!
I thank you for your inspirational efforts.
You make me glad I chose to abandon ancient Ægyptian terrain, early on, otherwise has.been is spot on!
am SOOOOOOOOOOOOO jealous.
The Egyptians must have had a god of jealousy (green eyed perhaps) If not I must make one up for my (puny by comparrison) efforts.
Many many thanks for the inspiration you are giving us.
Your work does prod me vigorously toward progress on harbour, island & volcano projects, each currently in some state approaching moribund unfinished unfinished hell, unstarted dormant deferred derailed delayed!!
Yeah, yeah, that's it, momentarily dee-laid!
Valerik
who needs another project like he needs another neck
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Inspired thanks. My pyramid is on it's way in the post.
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It certainly is... :D
And it was this thread that initially inspired me to kick off the Ancient Egypt Adventures...
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This is the greatest conversion I´ve ever seen... Good job
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Bloody good show that man.
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Thanks to all of you for writing and letting me know how much you enjoyed the gallery. To state the obvious, when I put one of these galleries together, I'm doing something to please myself... to make me happy, but what is equally obvious is that I hope others will enjoy it too which is a big reason why I post. So thank you for your words appreciation. Mad Lord, you're going to love the pyramid you ordered; it's great! Eric, if I did anything to inspire your work, I'm very pleased and I'm going to enjoy your Egypt Adventures as I do all the collections you produce and post. For the record and for those, if any, who might be interested I'm currently working on a 28mm Victorian era African safari adventure… great fun. Plan to have it done in October. Thank you all. Richard
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I'm feeling guilty. In an earlier posting I listed ideas I got from others but I failed to mention Hammers. When I saw his take off on Tintin's Cigars of the Pharaoh I thought it was nothing short of great so I decided to include mummy wrapped adventures in this gallery as well. While I gave Hammers credit in my gallery write-up, I didn't mention it in this posting. I regret that since it is one of my favorite elements in my Egyptian archeological dig collection. Now I feel better. Richard
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I'm feeling guilty. In an earlier posting I listed ideas I got from others but I failed to mention Hammers. When I saw his take off on Tintin's Cigars of the Pharaoh I thought it was nothing short of great so I decided to include mummy wrapped adventures in this gallery as well. While I gave Hammers credit in my gallery write-up, I didn't mention it in this posting. I regret that since it is one of my favorite elements in my Egyptian archeological dig collection. Now I feel better. Richard
Shocking, just shocking I say! lol
(I hope thick sarcasm duly noted :P)
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Noted and probably deserved. That said, Hammers does great work… I steal from the best. Richard
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Wonderful stuff!! Is your pulp need now sated or will these tables grow to even greater heights??
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I steal from the best. Richard
You'd be a bloody fool to steal from the worst!!
"heavily influenced" you may be, but you do damn fine work of your own Richard!!
Valerik
unabashedly stealing others' ideas himself, NONE of which have reached fruition
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Fantastic!
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Krimso, Valerik & Evil Bob, thank you all for taking the time to write and for the very generous remarks. As to krimso's question about where I'll be going next, the answer is I'm leaving Pulp Egypt and heading for Victorian Africa… more Hollywood than history. I plan to have my African adventure gallery done and posted in October. Once that is complete, I'll be leaving the 28s for awhile and returning to the 15mm military world by way of the French and Indian War. Richard
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That is fantastic. I myself have been on the brink of a 15mm FIW project for quite some time. I picked up a large pile of Blue Moon's stuff back when they first introduced the range but up until now I haven't gotten much farther than adding them to the lead pile. My next project is likely going to be building an Aztec city suitable for both pulp adventures and my current 28mm conquistador project.
You should have quite a bit of fun in the world of Victorian Africa! ;D
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I'm positively baffled!
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Dr. The Viking, I can only hope that you are baffled in a good way. krimso, most of my 15mm/18mm FIW is Blue Moon as well, and like you I purchased a large pile of the stuff when it first came out. Love it! Happily it will soon be time for those figures to be the focus of my brush. It could be a long project… I'm thinking that it my have me involved for the better part of a year. Should be fun. I have a 15mm Aztec city and temple area for my Aztec and Conquistador collection. If you are interested in checking it out, you can see it at www.warin15mm.com/Aztec-Gallery.html
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Thanks for the link. Definitely an inspirational Aztec city!! Quite close to what I was imagining. Very nice work indeed.
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krimso, glad you like the Aztecs. Until I pointed that gallery out to you, it had slipped my mind that Egypt was the second time I'd used toy pyramids in a collection… the Playmobil pyramids with Egypt and the Back Off Buzzard step pyramids with the Aztecs. Good luck with your project. Richard
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Good god, that is so amazing stuff! A game using it would attract quite the crowd at a convention...
Did the alligator heads come like that, jutting out of the temple? Or was that a modification?
Mike Demana
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Mike, thanks for the kind words… always appreciated. I think what you're asking about are the statues in pics 69, 78, and 86. They are part of a resin entrance called the Pharaohs Tomb (F0014) by Scotia Grendel. If that isn't what you were referring to, let me know what the picture number is and I'll try to help with an answer. Thanks again for taking the time to write and for the generous comments. Richard
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krimso, a note about a step pyramid I saw this weekend at PetCo. I don't know if New Jersey has Petco stores, but I stopped by one this weekend to see if there was anything interesting in their fish tank or reptile decor sections. They had an Aztec style step pyramid. It was $14.95 and seemed to be made of concrete. It was in the reptile section. It seemed to be to be of indefinite scale… could be used with 15mm/18mm or 25s. I thought I would mention it to you because step pyramids aren't that easy to find. Richard
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krimso, a note about a step pyramid I saw this weekend at PetCo. I don't know if New Jersey has Petco stores, but I stopped by one this weekend to see if there was anything interesting in their fish tank or reptile decor sections. They had an Aztec style step pyramid. It was $14.95 and seemed to be made of concrete. It was in the reptile section. It seemed to be to be of indefinite scale… could be used with 15mm/18mm or 25s. I thought I would mention it to you because step pyramids aren't that easy to find. Richard
Cool, thanks for the info, Richard!
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this one?
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MzU4WDUwMA==/z/rzQAAOSw7I5TvayW/$_57.JPG)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nobby-Aqua-Ornaments-28191-Maya-Pyramid-Aquarium-Decoration-16-x-16-5-x-10-cm-/301156525501?pt=UK_Pet_Supplies_Fish&hash=item461e53e5bd
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Keep in mind that I didn't measure the one I saw, but I'd guess it was about 8 or 9 inches across the base and maybe about 6 inches tall. It was a single color with only one small opening/square at the based. It was also made of something like concrete so it might not do well in a water environment which could be why they had it in the reptile section rather than with the fish decor. Sorry I can't be more helpful. Richard
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amazing!
I steal from the best. Richard
"good artists copy. great artist steal" - Picasso
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amazing!
"good artists copy. great artist steal" - Picasso
(http://colorisrelative.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/banksy_steal_picasso.jpg)
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I dig it.
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If stealing a great idea to enhance my own work is a mark of excellence, I guess I'm your man. Thanks again for taking the time to write and for the kind words. Richard
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Just amazing. I'm sure you can play dozens of scenarios without changing a single thing.
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Nick, glad you like it. I had a great time collecting, building, painting and planning its layouts. When I organized the two tables, I hoped that I would produce a town with several different points of interest and activity. The same was true of the dig site table. The use of the interior settings allowed me to carry those points of interest to what I hoped would be more intense/"dramatic" levels. It's been a lot of fun! Thanks so much for writing. Richard
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I just saw that Foundry has put out their Egyptian Adventure line of figures. I will be getting EAV522 (Egyptian Mummification). Some of the others are unique enough to be of interest as well.
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(http://colorisrelative.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/banksy_steal_picasso.jpg)
Ruddy good... I love Banksy's type of humor.
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Hammers, thanks for taking the time to write. I'm a big fan of your work. It is some of the most creative/smart stuff I've seen. So you keep creating and posting your brilliant pieces of work, and I'll keep stealing your ideas… sounds like a reasonable division of labor. Thanks again. Richard
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Outstanding work Richard. Truly inspiring!!!
I just saw that Foundry has put out their Egyptian Adventure line of figures. I will be getting EAV522 (Egyptian Mummification). Some of the others are unique enough to be of interest as well.
Where? Where? I didn't even notice those on the Foundry site.
-Todd
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Todd, when you look at the Our Ranges section on the Foundry site, you will find them in the last column on the far right under Casting Room Miniatures. Richard
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Todd, when you look at the Our Ranges section on the Foundry site, you will find them in the last column on the far right under Casting Room Miniatures. Richard
Thanks, I was completely unaware of that range. There's some good stuff mixed in with some real anatomical oddities. ??? o_o
Really cool project, quite inspiring.
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Dr, thanks for taking the time to write and for the very generous words. You are absolutely right about the ups and downs of Foundry's Egyptian Adventure line, but there are some interesting and unique items in that collection. Richard
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Todd, when you look at the Our Ranges section on the Foundry site, you will find them in the last column on the far right under Casting Room Miniatures. Richard
Ahhh, now that helped. THANKS! :D
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You're welcome.
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amazing :-*
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that Egyptian line is killer! Love tye mummy stuff. You just need a third and forth standing then advancing mummy! FFL is great too!
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you should also check out the Reaper line of egypt themed stuff
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gary42 and former user, let me first thank both of you for taking the time to write. As to needing more mummies for a larger army, I must admit to the fact that I have many more painted mummies than are shown in the gallery. The simple fact is that it takes hours to put these table layouts together, and I just get tired around hour number three and things get left out. As to Reaper, I completely agree that they have great stuff, but I have to say that I used a lot of their figures in this gallery. In pics 11 and 13 there are Reaper merchants. The scarab beetle swarms and victim in pics 86 and 87 are Reaper. The sarcophagus and a lot of the treasure pieces shown in pics 92-97 are Reaper. The Horus statues in pics 98 and 99 are Reaper. I think that the female mummy in pic 101 is Reaper. The seated mummy king (one of my favorite pieces) is Reaper as is the Bastet statue in pics 104-106. And the mummy guards in pic 107 are Reaper. Lots of good Reaper stuff available and I used a lot of it. In fact, many of the mummies that I mentioned above that I failed to include in the gallery are Reaper as well. One of the things that made this collection so much fun to do is the fact that there is a lot of great stuff from a lot of manufacturers to select from. It was a great experience.
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holy moly - I just realised that I missed the finished temple stuff - wow, this is the epitome of ancient egypt on a a tabletop...
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former user, I'm glad you had a chance to take a second look and enjoyed seeing the full gallery. It is a big one. Richard
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Thanks for the link to the Foundry stuff Richard. Some of those look quite useful! :D
-Todd
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Todd, you're welcome. Let me add that former user's post has made me realize that viewers don't always go beyond the sample pictures posted and check the full gallery. With that in mind, let me say that when I post my galleries on my website I also post a write-up that outlines what manufacturers I used in terms of figurers and terrain and what went into the construction of the items that I've built/scratch built for the project. I love it when people take the time to check out the full gallery and write-up, and I hope that what they see and read helps them with a project they are working on. Richard
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oh...my...god
what else is there to say. AMAZING!
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Pete, thanks for the "omg" and "AMAZING"… always wonderful to hear/read! Richard
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Because I featured vehicles from Atlantis the Lost Empire in my Pulp Egyptian collection, I’ve decided to share a few more of those vehicles that I’ve picked up since the Egyptian Gallery was photographed. On the Saturday morning of the day we photographed the Pulp Egyptian Gallery, I went to the swap meet and to my great joy I found the truck that is part of the AQUA EVAC Action Set. It’s a hard item to find. While it was not a complete set or complete truck, it was all that I wanted in that its cab, wheels and undercarriage were all in perfect shape. All that was missing in terms of the truck was the rear cargo bed, and I scratch built that using Evergreen plastic. Great little truck, and it cost me only $1. The driver is from the Dixon Gangster collection. Two weeks ago at the swap meet I picked up another Command Car (shown in pic 48 of the gallery). It was missing a few pieces but fortunately the pieces that were missing were ones I would have removed anyway. That also cost me $1, and I’ll be doing a slightly different modification of it when time permits. In addition to the Command Car, that day I found several of the Happy Meal Dr. Sweet Tanker Trucks (comes in two parts/tractor and tank) and two of the Audrey in Oiler Trucks. I got all of the Happy Meal vehicles for 50 cents each. The Happy Meal vehicles are not as detailed as those sold in the Disney shops, and they come with extremely oversized figures, but other than the oversized figures, they are scaled perfectly with the other Atlantis trucks and the oversized figures are not difficult to remove. Below I’ve provided some pictures of these recent swap meet finds. (http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j366/rgarretson/IMG_1250_zps9b85ea99.jpg) (http://s1082.photobucket.com/user/rgarretson/media/IMG_1250_zps9b85ea99.jpg.html)(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j366/rgarretson/IMG_1251_zps421b107e.jpg) (http://s1082.photobucket.com/user/rgarretson/media/IMG_1251_zps421b107e.jpg.html)(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j366/rgarretson/IMG_1252_zps2286f220.jpg) (http://s1082.photobucket.com/user/rgarretson/media/IMG_1252_zps2286f220.jpg.html)(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j366/rgarretson/IMG_1253_zps75a6951e.jpg) (http://s1082.photobucket.com/user/rgarretson/media/IMG_1253_zps75a6951e.jpg.html)(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j366/rgarretson/IMG_1254_zpsb9d0032f.jpg) (http://s1082.photobucket.com/user/rgarretson/media/IMG_1254_zpsb9d0032f.jpg.html)
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Good kill,..err catch,...I mean find :-*
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Over the years the swap meet has been very good to me… pirate ships, Duplos (for scratch building), wheeled vehicles of all types, planes, odds and ends for terrain, HO and O gauge buildings and on and on and on. I never know what I'm going to find but it's always an adventure.
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Wonderful repurposing of those Disney Atlantis toys. I have some of them, and you've given me ideas !
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outstanding! these toys must be the most cannibalized set in the world
well done!
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Thank you. The Atlantis vehicles really deserve their popularity. They are great pieces to paint and modify. I've been very lucky to find all the ones I have found. Richard
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They look great, some lucky finds there.
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I'm a latecomer to this topic - just read the whole thing at one go. May I echo the superlatives from previous posters and I'd also like to add how I appreciate your unfailingly prompt, informative and courteous response to comments posted here. I would add that the style of your descriptive paragraphs that accompany the photos makes for a highly readable article.
A couple of questions, if I may. First, you refer to your work as "galleries". I infer from the way you describe the projects that the object is to create a gallery to be photographed but that you don't actually use it to game on. Is that correct?
Secondly, what do you use for your ground covering in the town part of the gallery?
Thanks for sharing this inspirational work.
Doug
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Doug, thank you for the very kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed the gallery and took the time to write. You are correct about the fact that I don't game. When I began putting my 15mm military collections together more than 30 years ago, I thought I would become a gamer, but that never happened. But despite the fact that gaming never took hold, my love of the associated hobby has grown stronger over the years and has taken me into the world of Pulp/Adventure/Victorian Gothic… in 25mm/28mm as well as the 15mm /18mm military figures. The ground cover used is an indoor-outdoor carpet that I purchased about the time that I began painting figures (30 years back). It came in tan (shown in the Egyptian gallery) and an off-green that can be seen in most of my 15mm military galleries. It was cheap and not worth much as carpet, but it has been wonderful as ground cover for my figures. Unfortunately, because it was terrible carpet, it was discontinued years ago. I was lucky to find it on a close-out sale and bought enough of both colors to cover two 5 ft. x 7 ft board. Thanks again for writing. Richard