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Miniatures Adventure => Age of Myths, Gods and Empires => Topic started by: opa wuttke on November 30, 2008, 04:15:08 PM
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Hi to all you lead adventurers !
I´ve spent the last 24 months with workings on a little egyptian scenario. Didn´t knew what it´s going to be some day, i´d fiddled around with one or two ideas and pieces of plaster (which soon began to become more then just some pieces ::) ).
Now it´s far from being finished but I think I can show it already....
(http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/opa_wuttke/Beyondmemphis001.jpg)
(http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/opa_wuttke/Beyondmemphis008.jpg)
(http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/opa_wuttke/Beyondmemphis011.jpg)
(http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/opa_wuttke/Beyondmemphis012.jpg)
(http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/opa_wuttke/Beyondmemphis014.jpg)
(http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/opa_wuttke/Beyondmemphis015.jpg)
The pictures aren´t that good...I was caught up in a kind of sandstorm ;)
Greetings
Opa
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Awesome. I really, really like that. The gateway is superb. The angles and scale are all just right. The flagstones are excellant too, it all is, but I especially like the gateway and flagstones. Did you make your own moulds? or are they Hirsts or similar?
You say it is not finished so it is going to be one hell of a layout.
I look forward to the next update in 2010 :D ;)
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Thats great. But there was no need to go to Egypt, set it up and wait for a sandstorm. We'd have been happy with pictures from your gaming room. lol
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very awsome cant wait to see some pics of games played on it.
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Awesome and inspiring. Now I'm completely sold on Hirst Egyptian molds for a lost world campaign.
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Yep... Awesome is the word for it.
Very nice.
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Awesome and inspiring. Now I'm completely sold on Hirst Egyptian molds for a lost world campaign.
second that
now it is apost that needs quite a support!
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that is cool! keep it up the great work!
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I´ve spent the last 24 months with workings on a little egyptian scenario.
Well, I've been working on my own egyptian scenario for about as long (Umostly painting minis, though), so I know what you mean :)
Those Hirst Arts moulds have been tempting me, too, but I stil cannot quite see myself casting up all that plaster... Very nice temple entrance, though. :o
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Hurry up and get it finished. No slacking!
The "WIP" is so good, that I can't wait to see it completed :-*
Fantastic work.
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That looks really authentic - you've captured the feel of Egypt!
Can't wait to see u game on it.
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All buildings indeed are casted with Hirst Art...
I bought me some molds on ebay 3 years ago and started to cast. At this time I did some other things (I got some more molds ;D ) and casted them casually for example if I´d set up to much plaster...I´d never had in mind to build a pyramid like this, because the efford with casting is immense. But after nearly 18 month it resulted in a nice pile of pieces...and so I began with the assembling.
If I had in mind to build such a huge pyramid in a short time I would have tried to find other ways to build it...or I decided to make my own molds. I started a trial in an other project with a self-made mold for pre-assembled pieces, but it wasn´t really succesful; after 3 casts the mold broke :-[...expensive experience alltogether.
But I like all the little pieces like the sphinx, the hieroglyph-stones and all that...
I try to finish this in 2008 (hohoho ::)... very ambitious my dear Wuttke...).... ;)
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can´t wait to see it ready !!! :D
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This looks really good, Hopefully I get the pyramid mold for xmas...haha
That is ONE HUGE pyramid you have made ! :-* ;D
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Recently I made some more egyptian-style parts. I finished the second row of sphinxes and added an abandoned quarry to the bottom of the pyramid-plateau. Also I tried to build a little ruin which should be half drowned in the sand to get an extra desert-feeling.
I hope you like it...
(http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/opa_wuttke/Tempelandquarry.jpg)
(http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/opa_wuttke/Tempel_back.jpg)
(http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/opa_wuttke/tempel_front.jpg)
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This is really really cool. I know what I would play on it !
Excellent work.
Björn
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This is really really cool. I know what I would play on it !
Excellent work.
Björn
So many possibilities! Again, I'm lost in admiration of the talented modellers and painters on the LAF :)
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Why not try a mastaba? It should be very easy, just a largish rectangle of bricks. You might want to cut a foam core and line it with bricks. ???
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Finishing the biggest part of my buildings and terrains by now, I wonder what I will play on this table... >:D
Some historical event maybe...
Caesars trip into Egypt ;)....no I don´t think so....
or Napoleons oriental adventure :?...no not at all
I think it´s PULP !!
Some creeping mummies, tomb raiders, confused archaeologists, desert creatures...yeah these kind of things ;D
So I took a little inventory especially looking for all those little fig´s that might be helpful...
of course jackals, lions, scorpions and snakes are dwelling in this ancient site
(http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/opa_wuttke/Beyondmemphis019.jpg)
some undead servants of pharao may also appear occasionally
(http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/opa_wuttke/Beyondmemphis020.jpg)
(http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/opa_wuttke/Beyondmemphis026.jpg)
well, I bought these little guys about 18 years and painted a few, but did not knew which use i could make of them...until know >:D
Of course they do not look wery egyptian by now...all these weapons :-[... but with a little touch up they could be very useful...
@flogglestreet
a mastaba....mmmmmh ::) worth thinking about
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The lions are Ral Partha, right?
And the Jackals? I relly need jackals for my western desert..... (west of the Nile, that is...)
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Regarding desert creatures, have you considered doing some mythical ones as well? Check out the link below, it's the old "Valley of the Pharaohs" RPG from Palladium which is now freely downloadable. The third section includes some pretty bizarre mythical creatures, including one with the body of a lion and the head of a snake. It could be pretty easy to convert out of a spare lion and snake miniature.
http://www.palladium-megaverse.com/cuttingroom/valley/valley.html (http://www.palladium-megaverse.com/cuttingroom/valley/valley.html)
Anyone looking for some inspiration on ancient Egypt should check it out. It's not a very big book but you still get more than you pay for :)
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Lions and jackals are WARGODS OF AEGYPTUS...
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Lions and jackals are WARGODS OF AEGYPTUS...
GREAT! Thank you!! :)
Must get me some ;D