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Miniatures Adventure => VSF Adventures => Topic started by: Malamute on January 15, 2009, 03:35:39 PM
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The first survey of Venus by the Royal Geographical Society during the Belborough Expedition in February 1884 encountered creatures similar to those found on earth millions of years ago....
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The first two dinosaurs found in a toy shop.The remaining ones are by HLBSC, the hunters are Copplestone.
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Ok, I NEED that plesiosaur.
What did you use for the plants?
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Top Trumps! Especially the stegosaurus (it's my particular favourite, but not for any particular reason). The flora is pretty nifty, too.
Froggy, unfortunately that waterline Nessie is no longer available. I have one too, and it is a lovely little toy. I think HLBSC still do an underwater version that goes on a flying base, but even that will be consigned to history at the end of March.
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I'm not really into these Lost Worlds scenarios, but I love the "Monasaur of the Inner Sea" from Dragonblood:
(http://www.dragonbloodminis.com/images/Dragonblood/miniatures/mosasaur3.jpg)
(http://www.dragonbloodminis.com/images/Dragonblood/miniatures/mosasaur2.jpg)
Unfortunately, it's pretty pricey at $19.99.
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Ok, I NEED that plesiosaur.
What did you use for the plants?
They are plastic aquarium plants and also the sort you find at garden centres for flower arranging.
Yes, its a crying shame the HLBSC dinos will be extinct again come march. :'(
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Nice work Malamute :-*. I will crack on with encounter cards for these for the next game.
I have a nice toy shop triceratops painted that will fit in nicely with these, also some of the same raptors (I prefer your paint scheme so I may repaint them). On the unpainted side I have another HLBS plesiosaur and a couple of their pterodactyls, also some unpainted 1/48 (?) scale plastic dinosaurs from the Natural History Museum.
BTW - how many of the raptors and pterodactyls do you have?
Nice terrain too :)
Dave
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:o man I love dinos
and it looks like I have to send my own team to the Venus :)
but the realy sad thing is that I didenīt have these plesiosaur and I know I canīt get him :'( :'( :'(
Good Stuff
cheers Grimm
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:-* Awesome!
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Nice work Malamute :-*. I will crack on with encounter cards for these for the next game.
I have a nice toy shop triceratops painted that will fit in nicely with these, also some of the same raptors (I prefer your paint scheme so I may repaint them). On the unpainted side I have another HLBS plesiosaur and a couple of their pterodactyls, also some unpainted 1/48 (?) scale plastic dinosaurs from the Natural History Museum.
BTW - how many of the raptors and pterodactyls do you have?
Nice terrain too :)
Dave
I have six raptors and two pterodactyls.
I also have a huge box of unpainted stuff, a T Rex Imperator(he's huge!) an Allosaurus, two dwarf Allosaurs, a triceratops, and other assorted beasties. Its unlikely I will get any more of them painted before the game.
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Those are great Nick!
Looks liek I will have to make an order with HLBSC before March after all. Keep putting it off, but I know they'll be gone if I don't do it soon.
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Great stuff, Nick. I did not know you had been bit by the musca dinosaurus huntica.
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Great stuff, Nick. I did not know you had been bit by the musca dinosaurus huntica.
I was bitten many years ago. ;) These are not new acquisitions, they have been hibernating in the loft for the last 5 or so years patiently awaiting an opportunity to come alive again. :D
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Malamute,
Very nice paintjob and photos. It is an excellent work!
[However, since photos are clean do represent an earth type environment, please note that Venus has a dark full of turbulent clouds. Just to distinguish earth from Venus environment the try to change backdrop using a cloudy one. Beware no much blue hues there. More red/orange ones]
Anyhow your work is as excellent as ever (could do I say and more)
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It also has a "day" cycle which takes longer than it's "year". That particular aspect, along with many others are being flatly ignored. That said, turbulent skies would look good.
I have quite a few of those dino's too, but I'm afraid none of mine are painted :( I promise to get some done for future Venus games, but no chance of adding to the pile for this one. I look forward to seeing them in person.
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Malamute,
Very nice paintjob and photos. It is an excellent work!
[However, since photos are clean do represent an earth type environment, please note that Venus has a dark full of turbulent clouds. Just to distinguish earth from Venus environment the try to change backdrop using a cloudy one. Beware no much blue hues there. More red/orange ones]
Anyhow your work is as excellent as ever (could do I say and more)
These are photographed against our bedroom walls which happen to be pale blue, whcih is great for everyday photos... I am not sure Mrs Malamute would be too impressed if I suggested changing it to Red/orange... lol lol
Must learn how to use Photshop one of these days for this kind of thing.. :)
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I think being picky about what Venus is really like is somewhat missing the point. Venus doesn't actually have jungle or dinosaurs either, chaps. :)
The point is what the Victorians might have imagined it to be like.
On Venus as I imagined it when we used to play Space 1889, what colour the sky was never came up, as my Venus was mist-enshrouded the entire time. It was a totally fog-bound jungle planet.
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That was kind of my point. Although I probably didn't make it very well.
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great stuff...I'll be looking out for these beasties in the battle report.
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I think being picky about what Venus is really like is somewhat missing the point. Venus doesn't actually have jungle or dinosaurs either, chaps. :)
What?!!! Utter Balderdash - next you'll be telling us that fairies don't exist either. ;)
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NOOOOOOO, no, no, no, no, no, no......!!!!! Fairies aren't real? What?! What are you saying, fairies aren't real?
Just yesterday, while hanging out in the humid Great Northern Jungle of Venus, a whole slew of fairies and I were discussing politics while drinking Absinthe. And Jim Morrison was there.... Jimi Hendrix, too.... Anna Nicole Smith, and JFK, as well. All of us, just hanging with the fairies. Not a cloud in the sky. Seriously, someone really thinks Venus is gas-shrouded? How beastly uncomfortable would that be?
Nice work on the flora & fauna of Venus......!