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Offline Frank

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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #405 on: January 24, 2012, 10:00:05 AM »
This looks nearly perfect for me! A beautiful piece of work. :-*

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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #406 on: January 24, 2012, 10:12:16 AM »
Great stuff and that steamer - who would not want to participate in this game?  :-*

Can you not buy a background in pet shops that may save you some work.

Exactly what I was thinking. Many have lush green vegetation that would provide an excellent backdrop i think
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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #407 on: January 24, 2012, 07:31:05 PM »
 :o What you call "an acceptable result", I would call "bloody marvelous".

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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #408 on: January 24, 2012, 09:50:35 PM »
Another thought that came to mind is some of the Foilage sheet that Woodland Scenics has. You can stretch it out till its fairly see through but might just work to hang in patches against the back of the river edge pieces?
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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #409 on: January 24, 2012, 11:23:45 PM »
Wonderful work!  :-* I like the idea of a dark backdrop to render the scenery even more impenetrable.

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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #410 on: January 25, 2012, 12:08:43 AM »
Wonderful stuff Hammers.  It's a real pleasure to revisit all the pages of this thread from time to time, and see the progress you've made.

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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #411 on: January 26, 2012, 02:23:12 PM »
Amazing stuff! :) Love the riverbanks!

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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #412 on: January 26, 2012, 05:09:10 PM »
Monkeys!

I think you will find they are the missing element which will make the whole thing zing!!!  :D

Seriously Peder. Superb. Maybe one day i will even get to play on it  :)

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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #413 on: January 26, 2012, 06:12:26 PM »
Really great, I think you have captured the look of the dense vegetation perfectly. :)
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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #414 on: January 26, 2012, 06:55:21 PM »
Monkeys!

I think you will find they are the missing element which will make the whole thing zing!!!  :D

Seriously Peder. Superb. Maybe one day i will even get to play on it  :)

I hope so. It'd be great to see you on a SLAM or something similar.

With some luck I shall be playtesting the beast soon. I have had people badgering me about it for a while.

Unfortunately one of my aims, making the game portable, is not fulfilled. I can probably fit the jungle in one moving box, the boats in a largeish transport, the minis in a small ditto. The gaming matte, however... I staggered as I carry it to the car! If I only could find a similar vinyl or wax table cloth.

I've been looking for something which looks like howling or spider monkeys.
« Last Edit: January 26, 2012, 06:57:08 PM by Hammers »

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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #415 on: January 26, 2012, 06:58:21 PM »
Really great, I think you have captured the look of the dense vegetation perfectly. :)

I think it will work. It is going to be interesting to see what it looks like when all the riverbanks, reed beds and islands are in place.

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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #416 on: January 26, 2012, 08:29:01 PM »
A keenly anticipated moment at Chez Carlos. Until then, perhaps a brief musical interlude about islands and streams?

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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #417 on: January 26, 2012, 10:28:44 PM »
Unfortunately one of my aims, making the game portable, is not fulfilled. I can probably fit the jungle in one moving box, the boats in a largeish transport, the minis in a small ditto. The gaming matte, however... I staggered as I carry it to the car! If I only could find a similar vinyl or wax table cloth.
I know that this is not what you're looking for, and that you might have already looked at these options. But for portability versus breaking your back at some Rauk, here's what I thought of :)
My first thought was the zuzzy mats. Although premoulded with stuff, I'm sure that you can cover up anything above the imagined water level with brush and other debris that usually floats in a river. And I know that you're dying to do some cow carcasses ;)
http://www.zuzzy.com/dr-tf-001_terra_flex_gaming_mat.html

Another option might be to buy a fabric that you dye with various shades and just accept that it does look like a cloth. However, you can really work around this buy adding loads of scenary and other mish mash pieces.
I know that this doesn't solve your own set standards. But, it does solve the whole transportation issue rather easily.

And I know that us fish loving and cancer ridden west coasterners aren't that picky when it comes to gaming ;)

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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #418 on: January 27, 2012, 06:15:49 AM »

And I know that us fish loving and cancer ridden west coasterners aren't that picky when it comes to gaming ;)

Are you alright, Ag6x?

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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #419 on: January 27, 2012, 06:18:29 AM »
Really great, I think you have captured the look of the dense vegetation perfectly. :)

Well, I think I have the method down. Material wise I think I got what I need of plastic plants. What's missing is all the twigs. A bit of a problem now that we have snow.

« Last Edit: March 10, 2012, 05:20:28 AM by Hammers »

 

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