Gorillas go Banana Wars (Could it be...workable? Wowza. Yowza! Pg 8)

[FifteensAway]

Yes, I imagine the structures are quite impressive - and take up a LOT of table - in 28 mm.  One of the advantages of 15 mm is being able to put a bigger 'world' on the table.  And I guess you can say I am building a pretty big little world as seen in this thread.   And other than -maybe- the desert camp site, it looks like I will be getting all of what I was hoping for.  Camp site is getting a test print before proprietor decides to sell it in 15 mm or not.  Hmm, maybe if it doesn't come out I might ask for it anyway as some sort of ruin or something buried in a sand storm?

[FifteensAway]

While in the "waiting mode" for all those 3D print items I've ordered, I've continued with reducing the total number of figures in the painting queue.  And then I decided to do something a little different than planned - color code all the varied forces with different colors on the undersides of the bases, a task made easier by having so many varied colors of spray paint on hand.  Some of those paints are from hobby projects, others from household projects, and then holiday decorating projects. 

Almost all of the figures are already primed so there was some masking of figures in the process.  Those not already on individual round bases only needed the underside of the base painted though some bases needed the basic color added to one side and the 'force' color on the opposite side. 

Still to go are the 'adventuring folk' which will be divided into the 'good', the 'bad', and the 'neutral' - each getting its own unique color.  Many of these will be the 'stars' of the show, usually either the good or the bad (remember, actors love to play villains - so, yeah, stars). 

And, for me, the most fun bit of the day was finding a name for my four Begal Lancer 'orphan' figures - they shall henceforth be the Svengali Lancers. 

Still need to remove a lot of figures from the square bases and re-glue them to the round bases but much closer to having all figures ready to paint.  Individually based figures on, mostly, 1/2" round bases will allow the games to be more characterful going forward.

So far ready to complete re-glueing if not yet done:
El Presidente force
Rightist Wannabe Dictator force
Leftist Wannabe Dictator force
United States Military force
British Military force
German Military force (the old colonial force, not the more modern below)
The Proto-Nazis and the German submarine landing party (each with its own base color)
The Natives (for Central America)
The Nemo-naughts
The unarmed local civilians
The armed ship's crews
The unarmed ship's crews

With those still to go as above, there will be 18 colors - including the Svengali Lancers who got their own color (the only gloss color I used).  That is because those not assigned a 'force' color will stay the basic flat red primer I use for most of my figures which makes the 18th color - though for this project I am using a sand colored primer.

Still 'too many' figures but at least they will yield an extraordinary variety.  Yes, too many, but a lot less than earlier laid out and even reduced from the first round of reductions. 

Oh, and I am debating about porting over my Kwanzabari unarmed civilian figures to populate my new 'toy towns' when they arrive - which will probably all just get the neutral color if I decide to do so.  Think in terms of figures that can be used from Egypt to points south within Africa.  Other figures will work for the non-native civilians in the Banana Wars in the title of this thread, more suitable for Central America.  And I suspect I will be mixing in my Pacific Island native forces - though that may require ordering some more bases, remains to be seen.

Okay, enough for now.

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Here is a link to a Workbench thread regarding sourcing - and populating - an airfield.  And only partly for my "IJ" Air Force:

https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=149222.msg1914989#msg1914989

Enjoy.

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Recognize anyone?

Okay, might help if they were painted...but three Indiana Jones figures?  All three I know of that have been made in 15 mm (excluding 3D prints of which I know of none but doesn't mean they aren't out there). I will not be using them all as Indiana Jones - but some of his relations/co-conspirators perhaps.

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Received the Jungle Cruise building today - and all one piece which avoids the issue about interiors.  Photos with figures, El Presidente and party, and a ruler for scale for those interested - like increasing to 28 mm.  Just keep in mind I asked for it at 1:100 scale.





Some nice detailing bits included:





And the opposite ends:





Color me happy.   If time allows later, I will post next to some of the desert buildings to show size difference.

[Sakuragi Miniatures]

Is this El Presidente's Palace? It feels like the place one could rule an Enchanted Kingdom from.

[FifteensAway]

Nope, not the presidential palace, just what will - eventually - be a piece of my pulp port though I'm thinking maybe one of the 'secret' ports, perhaps for the Nemo-nauts.  Just wanted to show how the building scales with figures and these were close at hand.

Though I do think an "enchanted kingdom" presidential palace isn't a bad idea.  But I'm afraid Conyuras is a rather poor country, bananas and curiously 'unknown' swaths of jungle being its only real 'crops', so the presidential "palace" isn't likely to be all that grand.  But is likely to be either next door or very close to Teatro Marionetta.  Perhaps Mariposa Gordo Castaneda, wife to Presidente Jorge Tonto Castaneda, might at times take the stage and, well, umm, 'entertain' the audience.  . 

And here is the side-by-side:



The Jungle building is noticeably smaller than the desert buildings but that is okay, even if on the same board they aren't likely to be adjacent.  I will use the jungle building to help scale my scratch build port buildings, at least to some extent.  As a matter of fact, earlier today I dug down into 'the pile' and think I've re-found the buildings I will use to create my port - almost certainly much inspired by a recent post about a China Station port here on the Pulp board.  Amongst other points of inspiration.

[mikedemana]

I love that building! I would prefer it to have roofs that come off so figs could run around inside, but I understand everyone has different needs when it comes to the buildings on their tabletop. Great choice in this model -- it will look so cool painted up along the riverfront!

Mike Demana

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And more buildings arrived from Tabletop Terrain today.  Some minor and easily fixed breakage and one item in wrong scale - but proprietor responded to issue in minutes (while on his vacation!) that it would be fixed by Friday and correct sized items shipped (shipped 20 mm, ordered 15 mm).  Those folks place an extremely high value on top quality customer service.  Also, they added items to print not in their catalogs to meet my desires.  Here is a very jumbled photograph of the new items:



Bottom left is the Atreus gate for other projects, to its right is the Desert Gatehouse, above it is the desert blacksmith, above that is the desert stable, and above that is the desert 'slaver' house.  Then there is the sphinx like desert ruin - the head portion can be removed to reveal very cool interior detailing so this is one item where not all pieces will be glued together, and below that is the wrong sized abandoned desert tower - way too big to mix with the rest.  And at the very bottom of the photo, the control tower from Airfix arrived today which I will use for my airfield project.  Not really in view but at the extreme upper right you can just see the base of the obelisk - one of the items that require a minor glue repair.  The other items have been seen before.  The plastic bags contain detail components where appropriate.

Sorry, but not enough time for a better photo.  And I have some more buildings on order from another source to round out this project as far as buying stuff is concerned.

[Sakuragi Miniatures]

The full desert collection makes for its own magic kingdom. I wish I had room for all of that myself.

[FifteensAway]

Doing it in 15 mm makes it workable to have the whole setup.  However, even in 15 mm it takes a lot of space.

And while contemplating my setup it just occurred to me that this would be a great place for a contemporary Bourne chase game from the third installment, Ultimatum.  Not that I have the right figures but could perhaps adapt to the 1930s.  Hmm.

[fred]

Thats a great collection of buildings. Looking forward to seeing them painted up

[mikedemana]

Yay -- looks great in its prepainted stage. Looking forward to seeing the town all set up. 

Mike Demana

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So, I'm sitting and tinkering with how to set up the buildings and then I started to wonder about something...would those HO cars work, the 3D prints, circa 1925 vintage work?...so I pulled them out and and I got to here:



Yeah, okay, you're thinking, neater, a bit than yesterday but still just the same structures.  Um, no.  Look to the lower right.  See a vehicle or three?

A little closer view perhaps?:



There is a story here.  Last year I ordered a bunch of N scale cars that I really wanted.  Alas, I got a bunch of HO scale cars instead - and I couldn't get the dude to fix the problem (major health problems on his end may have been the culprit but still...)   Anywho...

A couple more photos with some smaller and larger 15 mm figures:





A 'perfect match' between figures and cars?  I don't know and I don't care.  Works well enough for me.

Oh, and I have a total of 27 such vehicles - quite a few more than the N scale I ordered.

And the other piece of the tale - I damned near just sold these!   

So glad I did not.  Now my town will be jam packed full of period appropriate cars and trucks and such - as soon as they all get painted. 

Color me several shades of Really Happy!

edit:. I just imagineered a name for my desert town/port - Gyro.  I like it because the town will revolve off and on to the table from game to game.  Oh, and it also rhymes with Cairo.  Fun.

[Sakuragi Miniatures]

Where did you get the vehicles?