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Miniatures Adventure => Old West => Topic started by: ivor13 on January 29, 2015, 05:02:26 PM
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Hey guys,
Here is a link to my blog on the Dead Man's Hand town I'm currently working on. A town with no name as of yet, but I've got a few ideas!
Thanks for looking!
Ivor
http://saturdaymornings13.blogspot.com/
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I like all the little additions to make it more lived in.
I also like the partially built building in the background of some photos, I think I will steal that idea and add some partial cladding to my 4ground building.
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Those are great looking buildings!
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Thanks guys! Burt, I'm going to put up the under construction building soon, you'll get a much better look at it then. It's turned into one of my favorite buildings! :)
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Excellent work. How did you make the street or if purchased who makes them?
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Thanks a lot, appreciate it! The streets I purchased at Historicon last July. They are made by Battlefield Terrain Concepts. I had seen them the year prior, but they are kind of expensive. They are like a latex rubber and they are really made to be used as individual roads. For my board I just put three next to each other to get a bigger "street", but I'd need a lot more to cover the whole town, and that's way more money than I want to spend! I'm going to try to make my own streets here in the next couple of weeks with a product I found called Liquitex Flexible Modeling Paste.
Hopefully this will work out and we can have a much cheaper alternative! I'll share the process on the blog when I start (Unless it turns into a disaster, to which we both forget I ever had the idea and will never speak of it ever again!).
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ROTFLMAO
Hopefully this will work out and we can have a much cheaper alternative! I'll share the process on the blog when I start (Unless it turns into a disaster, to which we both forget I ever had the idea and will never speak of it ever again!).
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Looks fantastic - was that your stuff on 4Ground's facebook page? Well done my good man!
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Thanks a lot! It was, though to be honest, I wish they'd chosen some different photos. I think there are some that are much better than those :)
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Great work, you have made these building looks so much better.
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Here's another update - this time I took on the Sheriff's Office and finally got a chance to upgrade a stairway!
Thanks for taking a look!
http://saturdaymornings13.blogspot.com/2015/02/fords-canyon-sheriffs-office.html
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Excellent work, best bit of decorating I've seen since Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and Handy Andy :-*
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Ha! Thanks! Though your own work is pretty amazing! Museum type quality for sure :)
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Nice work, Ivor.
Your town is really starting to come together well.
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Thanks Mason, going to take quite a while to catch up with you though!
Here's a link to some updates
http://saturdaymornings13.blogspot.com/2015/02/a-new-undertaker.html
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Yes with lots of nice additional detailing. Always a great way of making gaming on it memorable.
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Very nice work and I strongly approve of the "This is Anfield" poster I spotted in the background of one of those photos... :D
Doug
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Thanks guys! But much like Mason, Digits, you have set the bar pretty damn high on details!
Very nice work and I strongly approve of the "This is Anfield" poster I spotted in the background of one of those photos... :D
Ha! Thanks Doug! My wife rides horses professionally here in the states, and her competition horses name is "Captain Fantastic". If I pay the bills, I get to name them! The next she gets has already been decided will be named "Anfield"
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Hey guys,
Another little update for the 'ol 4Ground Bank!
http://saturdaymornings13.blogspot.com/2015/02/fords-canyon-first-national-bank.html
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qU-PgCtlXn8/VOuFxyQAiPI/AAAAAAAAB54/fgdqVtrOlyA/s1600/20150223_131222.jpg)
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Beautiful work as always. I'm patiently waiting to order another large batch of 4ground buildings. Of the new big ones - which are your favourites?
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Beautiful work as always. I'm patiently waiting to order another large batch of 4ground buildings. Of the new big ones - which are your favourites?
Thanks a lot!
Hmmm... that's a tough one. The Bank easily made it to the top of my least favorite to build! I'm pleased with the end result, but getting there... >:(
I really like the corner buildings, especially the Undertakers. I think I've bought 3 of those so far and mashed them around, repainted and whatnot to make different businesses, ironically not one being an undertaker! That one I think you can change the most around with the interiors and porch overhangs. So I'd put the Undertaker as my favorite kit - but not as an undertaker!
I am going to start on the Sassy Gal this week hopefully, but I have this feeling it's just going to be so much bigger than everything else on the table that it is going to look out of place. I just need to stop worrying about it and just get it built!
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Yeah, the Sassy Girl is neat but I think I'll be passing on it simply because it's soooo big. It would be fun to play an entire game inside the saloon though... lol
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Now that I've finally figured out how to add images, I thought I'd show a quick photo of my 4Ground stagecoach. I know some of the other guys have been talking about it and wasn't sure if it's bad form to be throwing a photo of your work on someone else's thread, so I figured I'd just do this instead.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wqV6PIRmLWc/VMuvI4b8KZI/AAAAAAAABss/Qa891qT2Nc8/s1600/637.jpg)
Something pretty easy to improve the look of the stage is Woodland Scenics dry transfers. They are awful to work with and the lettering is difficult to get on straight, especially in such a confined area, but it's the Old West and it's not supposed to be perfect - at least that's what I keep telling myself! :D
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Looks good with the old glory crew. I'm with you, letterin an stuff is meant to look rough and ready in the west! ;)
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I may have missed it someplace, but how did you make the muddy roads? They look wonderful!
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Ha! They're not mine! They are made by Battlefield Terrain Concepts. I got them at Historicon last year, really expensive imho, that's why I only got one set. I'm in the process of making my own roads on MDF board and a product called Liquitex flexible modeling paste. I think it will end up working well, I've done one test board so far, just got to get the rest of the boards cut to get going.
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I did a little upgrade to my Gun Shop - my goal was to try to create something similar to The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, with the shooting range.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vFTLFHK4kOU/VPJYvCUl3cI/AAAAAAAAB70/nytcdvDKz7Q/s1600/20150227_172513.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2Hr1Tzox-_Y/VPJYrzYYX-I/AAAAAAAAB7s/gGtmNu_vw44/s1600/20150227_172458.jpg)
http://saturdaymornings13.blogspot.com/2015/03/gun-shop-upgrade.html
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Love it, do the targets fall in half when they turn sideways and you stamp pn the planks ;)
You have done a splendid job on these. I am not a fan of the MDF builds, but you have done an outstanding job on bringing them to life. :-*
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Amazing
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Oh my! The gun range out back is a fantastic idea and very well executed! :-*
I may have to borrow that for a back yard for my gun shop.
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I love that idea!
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Brilliant!
:D
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Thanks guys! Much too kind coming from the masters of this board! I'm light years away from your work :)
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Paul - I expect to see a gun range in the next Upsheet Creek instalment...in honour of Ivor perhaps you could create a sign that has Revolver but the R is faded..the e is missing, the V & O are there,,the L,V,E are all faded but the R is still in place :D
hope that makes sense
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GREATEST IDEA EVER! lol
Immortalized in the Creek! This has to happen!
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hope so...
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Brilliant. :D
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Paul - I expect to see a gun range in the next Upsheet Creek instalment...in honour of Ivor perhaps you could create a sign that has Revolver but the R is faded..the e is missing, the V & O are there,,the L,V,E are all faded but the R is still in place :D
hope that makes sense
I like your thinking, Giles.
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GREATEST IDEA EVER! lol
Immortalized in the Creek! This has to happen!
It may do.......ya never know.
Or something else related to your username instead.
There are a few things that will be added to the Creek over time, and these things will, of course, need to fit in with the original themes.
;)
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You have a lovely set of buildings.
The 4Ground buildings have really come alive.
Love all the extra touches you have added.
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Thanks a lot! It's pretty easy to get ideas and inspiration from this board! There is a lot of amazing modeling talent here for sure!
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Here are my Artizan bank robbers doing what they do best to Ford Canyon's First National Bank
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DJP_iu2Skc0/VR8f9hh50RI/AAAAAAAACDw/Hf3j3XRxKBQ/s1600/20150306_125625.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MR8Flsjo6EM/VR8f1jMQjhI/AAAAAAAACDo/2VuJ6KAdz7Q/s1600/20150306_125642.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IPsidg2PmWU/VR8f_pMipNI/AAAAAAAACD4/fC0YdBiXmoM/s1600/20150306_125851.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Yw_5H2_eYLo/VR8gIrYRNAI/AAAAAAAACEA/II1zBk7IY7Y/s1600/20150306_125753.jpg)
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Brilliant! :-*
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Nice work, sir.
That is a very characterful set of figures, and you have certainly brought out the best in them.
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Thanks Mason, these have to be my favorite Old West figures by far :)
I have finally completed the 4Ground Saloon! A link to the build and many more pictures is below
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mBrWYmcxJAE/VR87jjOuNfI/AAAAAAAACEQ/gttIhRS-_sc/s1600/20150403_203459.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5ZeG1l1NCuM/VR88uTdeRFI/AAAAAAAACEs/b97gCJ5AR3U/s1600/20150403_203949.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UC-VgIThKUw/VR8cm4lu9cI/AAAAAAAACC8/fLE_2Z6nOmc/s1600/20150403_153332.jpg)
http://saturdaymornings13.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-4ground-saloon.html
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That saloon sure is a Gem.
8) 8)
You aint foolin' me with them fancy wallpapers, though.
I bet it is really a right rough dive.
:D
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That looks absolutely tits. Well done! I really dig those bank robbers too - very slick figs.
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Thanks guys :)
It's always the fancy places with nice wallpaper that seem to be the most corrupt lol
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Really nice stuff! Do you just spray right over the out of the box parts for the repaint?
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Thanks! I do, really simple and you don't lose any of the details of the etching :)
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^Yep. It works a treat. Particularly with thick paints like the Army Painter spray/primers. It goes on in one coat. I've done a couple the same way. Also the DMH kits (of similar size) have some mix/match capability, so you can really build quite a few variations.
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Those buildings are fantastic. I had never considered doing the inside of my buildings - but now, who knows. Nice job on the bank robbers as well.
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Thanks a lot! :) It's really easy to be inspired by all the brilliant threads here for sure. Like I mentioned in the saloon build, there definitely is a fine line between improving your model and sliding into "doll house" mode lol
I think it definitely improves the overall look though, so I'm sure I'll continue to do it in the future.
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Been a long time since I've done an update, though I have been working on the town.
Here's a few photos of our last game and a link to my first attempt (be gentle lol) at an AAR. More photos in the link.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xB4ifjAMslI/VWoUOvtl_7I/AAAAAAAACLc/nIQfr9AbAC4/s1600/20150530_150215.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Hg69z8k9dIg/VWoUT4vqtXI/AAAAAAAACLs/cpuB8cV207c/s1600/20150530_150950.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CcdW29Z2OEo/VWoUqCgWaFI/AAAAAAAACMk/IPvE9t_5vgE/s1600/20150530_152420.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tQjhTt8VAEI/VWoUguudb8I/AAAAAAAACMM/feBZlrNnfzg/s1600/20150530_151821.jpg)
http://saturdaymornings13.blogspot.com/2015/05/dmh-aar-cash-box.html
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Amazing! What a town! :-* :-*
I somehow missed this one, but you have my attention now Ivor.
All that brightly coloured MDF looks fantastic, and gives the town a unified cheerful atmosphere. The perfect spot for slapstick gaming, and gun slinging shenanigans. :D
The gun range is particularly nice :-*
Cheers
Matt
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Brilliant, Ivor!
Very cinematic.
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Nothing like having someone jump on the roof of a moving stage is there?
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The town looks great in those shots.
I must add more signs to my place, they look brilliant.
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Thanks Matt, appreciate the kind words! :)
Nothing like having someone jump on the roof of a moving stage is there?
It definitely was the highlight of this game! A brilliant move by my friend and hopefully it will up the ante in all our future games!
It is amazing how the right sign can really make a building more visually appealing! To be honest, I think maybe there are still probably 4 or 5 existing buildings that I want to CHANGE their signs!? Always a work in progress. lol
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Those signs really are well-done though.
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Those signs really are well-done though.
Yeah, my little western world has a liking of printed product too. Wanted posters are stuck on every corner, and adverts are stuck up in the back lanes, and newspapers litter the floor. You'd think the council would install recycling bins ;)
My printer is firmly in the 1 colour camp, he would be rather envious of all your neon coloured posters ;D They really are fetching and add life/history to the town. 8)
Cheers
Matt.
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Yeah, my little western world has a liking of printed product too. Wanted posters are stuck on every corner, and adverts are stuck up in the back lanes, and newspapers litter the floor. You'd think the council would install recycling bins ;)
My printer is firmly in the 1 colour camp, he would be rather envious of all your neon coloured posters ;D They really are fetching and add life/history to the town. 8)
Nothing wrong with your posters etc, Matt.
I will probably go along the same route.
Whilst Ivor's town looks wonderful with all those splashes of colour, I think plainer signs would work best in mine too.
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Thanks Paul, I was just trying to say I liked Igor's posters too - perhaps I should have posted after my coffee lol
I'd imagine that late 1800's printing presses/jobs were mostly 1 colour affairs, with the splashes of colour in town being the beautifully painted store signs/windows + fabric banners and bunting.
It's quite feasible to do both colour & BlackWhite in a "glitzy" prosperous OW town, but early border/mining towns may be a bit rougher, and more simple affairs.
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Personally I have been trying to do BW advertising on my rustic OW buildings, and faded colour adverts on my PostApoc. But both do have some kind of paper litter - I think it's working so far to tie them together. ;D
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Cheers
Matt
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I painted up the James Gang over the weekend in some hoods all set to rob a train :D
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4EIpzo80fs0/VXXzxa73pVI/AAAAAAAACTc/DxDxIGksu_s/s1600/20150608_153735.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SgfOaetwvfY/VXXzqVWUYBI/AAAAAAAACTM/ZWBUFIS5rwk/s1600/20150608_153523.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uyR0dcDi3zM/VXXzvMN3BxI/AAAAAAAACTU/oRhr2tf7YbI/s1600/20150608_153657.jpg)
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A dastardly looking bunch of miscreants!
:o
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Haha awesome! Great conversions :-* :-*
They really make me giggle sorry;
Attending Halloween
a set of invisible men
Spooky men haunting a local place needing to be unmasked by a gang of youths
A bunch of scary scarecrows
I think you could use those characters in heaps of genres. Nicely done.
Cheers
Matt
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lol Thanks guys! I'd love to think that I have the skills like most do here to convert figures (my list of movie and cartoon characters would be enormous :D), but alas the only skills taken to bring these figures to the board consisted of hitting the "add to basket" button :)
They are from Lon at Brigade Games