Dr. The Viking's current ramblings: Dark Side of The Moon page 35

[Malamute]

Oh it's there all right!  

 

[Dr. The Viking]

I'm afraid that biro is indelible ink and you won't really get rid of it any time soon. The best option is probably to sand it all back and mark with a pencil (and use a pencil from now and ever on).

We have this problem at work, especially with youngsters out of uni who seem to want to mark everything with a bloody pen and find out their mistake afterwards.

Pva might work but it'll still leak through after time.

Of course, if anyone has the ultimate solution then I'm all ears but we haven't found one yet (apart from the sanding).

cheers

James

Hmm... I think I'll try using alchohol. It solves most problems it seems.

[dijit]

Hmm... I think I'll try using alchohol. It solves most problems it seems.

- spoken like a true viking!

[Dr. The Viking]

And then this guy turned up!

[Svennn]

I gave in and read quite a few pages of this.  You truly are a genius, a totally bonkers, mad, loopy genius but a genius.  Crazy, crazy Viking.

[Dr. The Viking]

I gave in and read quite a few pages of this.  You truly are a genius, a totally bonkers, mad, loopy genius but a genius.  Crazy, crazy Viking.

Thank you very much. Very kind, sir. 

[Constable Bertrand]

I hope he came with a friend, we don't want him being lonely. Perhaps he could be friends with ironman, and red skull?

That's a beauty of a PJ Crazy Viking, the figure is right up my alley. I just don't know what his role will be in the fluffy pink clouds. Will he be protecting the pegasus people from the dinosaurs?

[Hammers]

And then this guy turned up!

That's some very nice and effective shading there. Black is difficult, I  find. It is easy to overdo it and make it look grey.

[Dr. The Viking]

That's some very nice and effective shading there. Black is difficult, I  find. It is easy to overdo it and make it look grey.

Thank you sir. I find it easier to paint black if you highlight using fleshtones instead of whites/greys. Courtesy of PappaMidnight.

On this one I think I did actually use greys though... doh!


Oh well - on with the rambling: I've been meaning to make a mat for my African gaming. I went to the DIY and bought the 7 tubes of sealant and a partridge in a pear tree, scooted home and poured it all over the cloth I'd bought as well. I'd bought a tube of liquid pigment as well to tone the sealant.

To my horror I discovered that I'd bought GREY sealant. Damn. So I skipped the idea of making an Africa mat and made one of the Moon instead.









The reason the felt mat is brown... is of course that I thought I was making an African mat. In retrospect I should have gotten a grey one for the Moon.


Now I don't really know what to do with a moon mat, but I guess I have to make some craters and a nazi moon base as well now.

[janner]

So cool - come and help me make NW European and futuristic ones soon!

[Dr. Zombie]

I have already booked him to do one for me.

[OSHIROmodels]

Looks good to me mate 

A naughty German space base sounds like a corking idea. Don't make it like the one from the film though 

cheers

James

[Mason]

That looks great, sir!
 


I am sure you will find plenty of uses for it, knowing the way your projects can wander...

I know....look who's talking.
 

[Jonas]

We were talking about using the moon mat for a game including the filming of the fake moonlanding.

 

[Dr. The Viking]

We were talking about using the moon mat for a game including the filming of the fake moonlanding.

 

There will be lots of mooning once I get some terrain done.

So cool - come and help me make NW European and futuristic ones soon!

Sure I'll help you out.