50 cent challenge - the not-Palantir

[Gunbird]

My trip to the third local goodwill store netted me some trucks, long wooden sticks of a soft wood that will come in handy at a later date, and this plastic thing. I have no clue what it actually is?



When I picked it up it reminded me of Isengard.....so I'm now looking for a suitable sphere to glue on top, and some washers to base it on so it stays upright. A darkgrey paintjob with plenty of black wash, and a Oil Stain paintjob with plenty of gloss varnish on the not-Palantir should make this a nice scenic piece for Frostgrave or Mordheim.

[DivisMal]

Nice. Just be careful not to look into that palantir-thingy. I've heard bad stories about the last guy who did!

[beefcake]

I'd be tempted to give it  variety of toppers. Statues and the like.

[Bren]

If you were playing 10mm or 6mm fantasy, that would be a perfect wizard tower.

[Hobby Services]

I'd be tempted to give it  variety of toppers. Statues and the like.

Same here.  Maybe magnetize or peg them so you can swap as needed and still be fairly sturdy.

[FramFramson]

A marble might make for a good palantir, especially if you can find a darkish one with a bright yellow or orange catseye inside.

[Gunbird]

If you were playing 10mm or 6mm fantasy, that would be a perfect wizard tower.

I've been looking at 10mm to play Minihammer, but dismissed that because I don't want another scale and none of the players are close. Thx for putting that idea back into my head <sigh>

[DivisMal]

I've been looking at 10mm to play Minihammer, but dismissed that because I don't want another scale and none of the players are close. Thx for putting that idea back into my head <sigh>

I did this and still have an Empire, an Orc and a WiP Chaos Army in 10mm for Minihammer. All currently safely stored since I move from Berlin to Hannover (which is sadly still a few hours from Amsterdam).

Minihammer is a great opportunity and much better than playing at the original scale!

[Gunbird]

I will not be doing 10mm Don't have the time, or money to add another scale right now

Anyhoo, progress on the not-Palantir.



Metal base, glued to plastic base, trim added with filler, top hole drilled out, magnet epoxied in, plastic cover added with basic trim that needs to be cleaned with a tiny bit of filler, magnets inserted into the bead I found which fit perfectly, sateh stick added in the top with epoxy and trimmed, needs a tiny bit of filler but other then that it is going swimmingly. I'll just make this top, the not-Palantir, and might come back at a later date for a Sauron's Eye kind of top bit.