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Miniatures Adventure => Pulp => Topic started by: Molotov98989 on September 14, 2015, 08:11:58 PM
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Well let's see if I can't figure this one out ;-)
Hello fellow pulp'ers! After years of lurking I've finally decided to bite the bullet and jump into the world of Pulp adventures. I'm a nineties kid, so I was fed a healthy dose of adventures like Indiana Jones and the Mummy films, and I've just started to scratch my itch for lost Egyptian tombs and acts of daring do.
So, without further ado, pictures!
I'm using photobucket, and this is my first post here so expect some mistakes and errors. Will hopefully get on a roll of posting to this thread with new models as my collection grows. I'll try not to post too many images, will see what the consensus on hyperlinks is, or if I should just link direct to the album.
Album link
http://s110.photobucket.com/user/gigalord/library/Pulp%20Action?sort=3&page=1 (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/gigalord/library/Pulp%20Action?sort=3&page=1)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/Pulp%20Action/DSCN1101_zpsfdezdtph.jpg)
Here are my first two painted adventurers. Some NorthStar Africa models, easily usable as heroes or mercenaries and the like.
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/Pulp%20Action/DSCN1106_zpsisnwtygh.jpg (http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/Pulp%20Action/DSCN1106_zpsisnwtygh.jpg)
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/Pulp%20Action/DSCN1109_zpsbpwg65fv.jpg (http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/Pulp%20Action/DSCN1109_zpsbpwg65fv.jpg)
And here's some furnishings I've been making out of Balsa wood. Nice and easy, and can be used when tables get thrown over in a bar brawl :-)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/Pulp%20Action/DSCN1115_zpsb9g4lt31.jpg)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/Pulp%20Action/DSCN1116_zpsmxxad7lb.jpg)
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Nice start!
LB
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Get 'em, Pike! ;) lol
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Welcome to the wonderful gritty world of Pulp. :) Great start. Very nice paint work are you going to leave the bases black or are you planning on dressing them up some?
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Welcome to the wonderful gritty world of Pulp. :) Great start. Very nice paint work are you going to leave the bases black or are you planning on dressing them up some?
I plan to texture and paint up the bases ;-) I'm a "faces, bases, banners and shields" kind of guy, so getting all the details done and dusted.
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Very cool! I like your tables and chairs. THANKS for sharing.
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"Well begun is half done!!"
& you've made a damn fine start!
I plan to texture and paint up the bases I'm a "faces, bases, banners and shields" kind of guy, so getting all the details done and dusted.
Getting started in Pulp let me offer the clear base option.
Look at any AAR by Wolf Girl of Pulp Alley or Chris Abbey of Sally4th to see what I mean.
(http://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o665/pulpalley/League%20Rosters/Character%20Portraits/101_0012_zps4iva58dg.jpg)
I've switched to clear basing because Pulp takes you so many different places, all with varied terrain, jungle trails, desert wastelands, mountains & moons...
not to mention ON things like lorries, rooftops, rickety bridges, volcanoes, docks, decks, ships - air & otherwise...
NONE of which look right if your figures are dragging their own climate into the scenario...
Check out these threads:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=74292.0 (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=74292.0)
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=68144.0 (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=68144.0)
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=71078.0 (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=71078.0)
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=81956.0 (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=81956.0)
Follow any of the DIY threads & discover it's faster, easier, & cheaper than flocking, looks better too!!
Valerik
"Sky Marshal plays his chess without consulting the pieces."
Robt. Heinlein
EDIT My miserable spelling
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Great start, I especially like the table and chairs you made. I'm also a newb to pulp gaming and look forward to seeing where your journey takes you.
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I would agree with Valerik about the clear bases. If I had not been collecting for so many years and already had a great deal of my stuff based I would have used clear bases. But changing everything over at this point would be more work then I would care for.
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& you've made a damn fine start!
Getting started in Pulp let me offer the clear base option.
Well that's an interesting option ;-) I can't say I've considered clear bases before. I understand the arguments for and against it, will just have to get some and see how they take.
Thanks again for the warm welcome guys! I'll see about uploading some more photos later today. Cultists and wooden tables with pots and plants on them! :-D
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Here's an update.
Cultists that I've been painting over the past few nights. Models are from the North Star Pulp sci-fi range (steampunk adventures? the name of the range escapes me at the moment) and are from the set "Servants of Ra" or some such ^^;
Painted for the most part in the standard scheme on the box cover. I didn't attempt to paint the pupils on these guys, just the whites. Gives them more of a possessed/crazed look. I've another 3 from the set to make, all with clubs, so by the end I should have 7 all told.
Album Link; http://s110.photobucket.com/user/gigalord/library/Pulp%20Action?sort=3&page=1 (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/gigalord/library/Pulp%20Action?sort=3&page=1)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/Pulp%20Action/DSCN1119_zps3gjra6ld.jpg) (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/gigalord/media/Pulp%20Action/DSCN1119_zps3gjra6ld.jpg.html)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/Pulp%20Action/DSCN1122_zpsuqasspd4.jpg) (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/gigalord/media/Pulp%20Action/DSCN1122_zpsuqasspd4.jpg.html)
And here we have some tables covered in things ;-) Pretty much all made from beads and balsa wood tables again. I've tried to go for a mix of shapes and sizes, so some could be cups and decanters, others incense burners and plant holders :-p
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/Pulp%20Action/DSCN1129_zpsonju0rgj.jpg) (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/gigalord/media/Pulp%20Action/DSCN1129_zpsonju0rgj.jpg.html)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/Pulp%20Action/DSCN1130_zpskydyaswl.jpg) (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/gigalord/media/Pulp%20Action/DSCN1130_zpskydyaswl.jpg.html)
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Hi - the tables and chairs look good, I like the colour you have got them, looks very realistic.
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I really like the ornaments. I need to get some beads for the same purpose at some point.
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nicely done. the name is something like 'in her majesty's name' - lots of stuff under the VSF forum (but pulp is definately better IMHO)
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nicely done. the name is something like 'in her majesty's name' - lots of stuff under the VSF forum (but pulp is definately better IMHO)
Yeah that's the one ;-)
Well time for another update! Characters this time. Again, from the "Servants of Ra" set. A professor (who I like the look of as an advisor to the heroes, rather than one of the mad cultist villains), the reincarnation of...a Pharaoh, and one of his mummy friends!
Album link; http://s110.photobucket.com/user/gigalord/library/?view=recent&page=1 (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/gigalord/library/?view=recent&page=1)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/DSCN1132_zpshorasbfw.jpg) (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/gigalord/media/DSCN1132_zpshorasbfw.jpg.html)
And some potted plants. This time, big beads, big plants, small tables/planks. Easy to make and paint, although I'm tempted to try painting the plant stalks wooden, to cover the bright green :-p
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/DSCN1131_zpsuzmpetpn.jpg) (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/gigalord/media/DSCN1131_zpsuzmpetpn.jpg.html)
I've also taken a photo with most of what I've made and painted so far. Just got to keep slowly adding to it before I think of playing demo games or anything like that. Larger objectives, tombs, pyramids jutting out of the desert sands, the usual ;-)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/DSCN1146_zpsv5g22rzn.jpg) (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/gigalord/media/DSCN1146_zpsv5g22rzn.jpg.html)
Bonus! I've been working on this big pulpy robot guy. He's an old Heroclix model, bronze giant or something like that. I've left him pretty plain, besides the weapon addition, so I can use him as a Nazi robot, or a stolen armour prototype, or some such.
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/DSCN1150_zpswfqqajug.jpg) (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/gigalord/media/DSCN1150_zpswfqqajug.jpg.html)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/DSCN1148_zpsqfn8s0i2.jpg) (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/gigalord/media/DSCN1148_zpsqfn8s0i2.jpg.html)
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I do like your take on the Servants of Ra characters - a bit different from the usual, which is great.
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Nice work!
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Well it sure has been a while! Rest assured I haven't forgotten about my Pulp Alley guys ;-) Just been a bit busy with real life things.
I do have an update coming out. So give me a bit of time to sort it out and then I'll replace this message with one full of pictures ;-D
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Very cool! I really like all your terrain bits. Well done! ;)
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Everything is looking really good. You're off to a great start!
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I figured it was about time I posted an update here. I don't want to kiss and tell after all ;-)
It's not much of an update, mostly just work in progress pictures of a battle board I started work on. The pattern and size is not of my own device. I was given this as it was going to be thrown out at my local art university :-p not bad for a freebie! I think it was meant to be the background to some design student's end of year work, but at 2' by 3' it's a decent size for small skirmishes ;-) Once it's finished of course.
(I also used a warhammer skaven model for scale, he's 28mm so you have an idea of what I have to play with here)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/IMG_0316_zpsbkblvgxj.jpg)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/IMG_0313_zpsjxd8sjmn.jpg) (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/gigalord/media/IMG_0313_zpsjxd8sjmn.jpg.html)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/IMG_0339_zpsccxdlnzb.jpg) (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/gigalord/media/IMG_0339_zpsccxdlnzb.jpg.html)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/IMG_0342_zpsbbrbwour.jpg) (http://s110.photobucket.com/user/gigalord/media/IMG_0342_zpsbbrbwour.jpg.html)
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that's an excellent freebie! could totally be used as an arroyo in mexico.
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Very cool! :-*
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Excellent score. Maybe I should start hanging around art school dumpsters. I'm looking forward to some battle reports on it.
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Update!
It's been a while, and I am sorry about that guys ^^; life has a way of getting in the way of things, and I'm sure something or other will crop up again down the line :-p But until then, new models!
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/DSCN1751_zpsiva1kqxg.jpg)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/DSCN1754_zpsfvnxi7ut.jpg)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/DSCN1756_zpsbbepufm6.jpg)
First things first, some cultists! From the Osprey publishing line for Frost Grave, I've found they are a pretty neat fit for my Pharaoh worshippers. And a variety of weapons breaks up the reliance on clubs and pistols in the group.
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/DSCN1759_zpsttcna6og.jpg)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/DSCN1760_zpsjehhepdw.jpg)
I have this west winds model that I'll paint as a travelling preacher for the heroes. Nothing fantastic, but should provide some nice variation to gun-toting mercs and cowboys ;-)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/DSCN1767_zpse9ptlnfp.jpg)
Now this is just the beginning, but I quite like the idea of having an adventure set in the jungles of the far east. I figure roaming Japanese patrols will shake things up considering the staple baddy will be the Nazis. Might even make for some interesting instances when a German expedition crosses paths with some imperial officers...
And finally, something I'll post in a second post, my newest terrain project. While the weather outside is too horrid to work on the game board, and really I can only do it outside because of it's size, I've this interesting thing to work on ;-)
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So what is this new project? Well I'd always hoped to recreate a kind of bar-fight scene with these models I've been painting. A star wars Canteena, Indianna Jones, showdown in an opium den scene ;-) Well, it finally struck me last night in a burst of inspiration, that maybe all I needed was a shape and some walls to indicate boundaries, and I could put the rest of the terrain on the board to indicate that this is inside, and that is outside.
Like all great projects, it starts with a template...
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/IMG_1559_zpss2qimtih.jpg)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/IMG_1560_zpscoj6jjar.jpg)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/IMG_1562_zps9cgknc57.jpg)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/IMG_1563_zps6q3dkyeo.jpg)
I went with an Octagon shape, as I liked the idea of this being a large meeting area part of the building. Walls and such will all be separate to the base, if in the future I try and make corridors and other rooms, then this can be connected to them and altered as needed. I knew I wanted Ogival arches, to smack of middle eastern architecture and design. so once I figured out a simple enough way to draw them correctly, I made a template and moved onto using real materials.
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/IMG_1564_zpshvgqpjzm.jpg)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/IMG_1565_zpsudpobvsd.jpg)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/IMG_1566_zps6s3g8xih.jpg)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/IMG_1567_zpsl5pzwejy.jpg)
So I've gone with foamcore. It's an easy enough material to work with, and provides a nice thickness. Can be flimsy, but I've balanced that with card plating and down the line, milliput stonework around the base of the columns.
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/IMG_1570_zpshrnnqdha.jpg)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/IMG_1572_zpso8jfwiql.jpg)
And, if you are interested, some inspirational pictures that I found helped me while putting 2 and 2 together to make this thing ;-)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/cantinaMcQ_zpsc3lhuels.jpg)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/cantina_zpsj67qdhbg.jpg)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/The_Liwan_or_Sanctuary_of_the_Mosque_of_Ibn-Tuloon_1878_-_TIMEA_zpsypex9ld6.jpg)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/Fig_8_Ibn_Tulun_Mosque_pointed_arch8_zpsv7kz5fwn.jpg)
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/gigalord/2006AH2786_zpskftbfled.jpg)
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coming together nicely - can't wait to see the cultists all painted up. who makes those japanese figures?
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Looking good! ;)
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Ah. I Should have said, the Japanese are from the Bolt action platic line :-)
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Nice work! :)
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i always imagine pulp/cheesy bar scenes like this:
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m0U2HfbHntw/TZj7qFqYplI/AAAAAAAABxo/W4t85GFOUoo/s1600
/Hungry%2B3%2BMonkey.jpg)
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Awwwwwwwwwww!
I wanna have..... Those Cultists! The Japanese! Plus just about all the rest!
I do have the IHMN Ra though! Thanks for reminding me.. lol :-* :o :D
Very nice work and concepts.
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So it's been a Hell of a long time since I last posted. Life has a way of getting in the way of things, and I wasn't about to post back in this thread unless I had something worthy of updating;
Here's a train-set commission I've been working on. Strictly for Pulp-esque adventures. 28mm scale, started off life as Laser-cut MDF (from TT Combat; the "Phantom Line").
https://www.facebook.com/jameshall13/media_set?set=a.1560030087356055.1073741903.100000472370213&type=3
(https://s6.postimg.org/4nnx7w6bl/DSCN3338.jpg)
(https://s6.postimg.org/weug28wzl/DSCN3347.jpg)
(https://s6.postimg.org/qbcvic6pt/DSCN3341.jpg)
(https://s6.postimg.org/tjhcvdszl/DSCN3342.jpg)
Taking an embarrassingly long time to make and paint, this is by far the largest commission I have ever completed. Weighing in at 4ft in length, the track has been assembled in foot long increments, around 11 all told (without including the junctions and bends), with a custom hand-made bridge and two platforms. The steam engine Morrigan is 4ft in length end to end, from engine to observation deck. Featuring doors that open (hand-made hinges) and removable furniture for use in the carriages and on the platforms, There is Alot to play with here.
(https://s6.postimg.org/d3dhpe96p/DSCN3378.jpg)
(https://s6.postimg.org/6lul5vytd/DSCN3371.jpg)
(https://s6.postimg.org/km18brpxd/DSCN3386.jpg)
(https://s6.postimg.org/9enspwz5t/DSCN3360.jpg)
https://www.facebook.com/jameshall13/media_set?set=a.1560070534018677.1073741904.100000472370213&type=3&uploaded=42
This project has grown and evolved over time. Things were added, and things were modified to bring new angles and additional detail to the set. Wallpaper was printed off and added to the waiting areas, when originally they were going to be bare. The bridge became large enough for 3 tracks to run comfortably underneath it, when originally it was only going to cover 2.
(https://s6.postimg.org/un62l330h/13250373_1395489867143412_1488173698_n.jpg)
(https://s6.postimg.org/yv0utu4g1/13233452_1395530713805994_2138931449_n.jpg)
(https://s6.postimg.org/ad8r5y1vl/13231088_1395530700472662_973225788_n.jpg)
(https://s6.postimg.org/6ahq6v7r5/13296125_1402267466465652_385156060_n.jpg)
(https://s6.postimg.org/nl84yvzep/13292768_1402756436416755_328175553_n.jpg)
(https://s6.postimg.org/ptmbg86ip/13479243_1423369667688765_1379793296_n.jpg)
(https://s6.postimg.org/f82g48075/13510675_1425978804094518_547176670_n.jpg)
I won't lie, I bit off more than I could chew, but I finished it in the end and you know what? Now that it's done, I'll be able to play some sweet games on it, and help the guy add more to the set in the future. :-)
(https://s6.postimg.org/dvpcg2s5d/14341795_1516611015031296_662841270_n.jpg)
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Beautiful work! :-*
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Great painting and terrain, but the bases really look bare and out of place, especially when the models themselves have so much care put into them. Don't neglect the bases.
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Great painting and terrain, but the bases really look bare and out of place, especially when the models themselves have so much care put into them. Don't neglect the bases.
i agree - i'll understand green or grey (hey i'm guilty of it too but how else to do concrete?), maybe sand/tan but black seems too out of place.
i think the train is fantastic. and the walkway is well done too. i think someone has an mdf version for those of us (me) who are less skilled for diy.
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Even just black bases could look okay (I wouldn't personally do that, but there's people who see it as a stylistic choice, and that's fine), as long as you cover up the slot that's still clearly visible on the base, or hide the "threshold" between the figure's integral base and the bigger base you glued it on. That's a bad way to phrase it, but hopefully you get what I mean.
And grey concrete bases can look great if you just drybrush them for texture.
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To put all of your minds at ease.
The bases are temporary.
Thanks all the same though guys ;-)