M.O.O.S.(E). Ministry of Occult Studies (England): 12/10 Game shots

[Mason]

I like that werecat!!

Thanks, einarolafson!



I should get a chance later to do the photo-demo-thingy, but until then here are another couple of refugees from my Mordheim Project that were never used, so they have been rebased for Strange Aeons as well.

The Banshees




I think that they will also work well as Ghosts and as Ancient Warriors from an old English Barrow.

Hope you like 'em...

[DeafNala]

It may be the "Great Minds" thing or a spooky coincidence, but this morning I felt a "need" to start on my West Wind Cat Creatures (insert B Horror Movie theme music here). At any rate. the Feline Fiend is really cool & painted up GREAT!

AND the Banshees are equally fine creations. VERY WELL DONE!

[Thorlongus]

Wow , great banshees....nothing scarier than an undead pissed off ginger woman

[Mo!]

But If you have no soul... how do you become a ghost?

[einarolafson]

nice and creepy additions!!

[styx]

I have the third one of that set and been thinking of stealing her from my VC army...it is the one in the dress with open arms.

Great work!

[aggro84]

Love the banshees. 
Of course they are both redheads. 

[Enethaeron]

Nice addition to your lurkers. They look old and terrifying. Now you need sceneries inspired from this:

http://www.google.fr/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=newgrange&oe=UTF-8&redir_esc=&hl=fr&sa=X&oi=image_result_group

[Mason]

It may be the "Great Minds" thing or a spooky coincidence, but this morning I felt a "need" to start on my West Wind Cat Creatures (insert B Horror Movie theme music here). At any rate. the Feline Fiend is really cool & painted up GREAT!

AND the Banshees are equally fine creations. VERY WELL DONE!

Thanks, Amigo!
Looking forward to seeing those Cat Creatures, oh yes!
 

Wow , great banshees....nothing scarier than an undead pissed off ginger woman

Thanks, Thorlongus!
I assume that you are speaking from experience......

But If you have no soul... how do you become a ghost?

 

nice and creepy additions!!

Thanks, einarolafson!

I have the third one of that set and been thinking of stealing her from my VC army...it is the one in the dress with open arms.

Great work!

Thanks, styx!
Steal it!
You know that you want to...

Love the banshees.  
Of course they are both redheads.  

Thanks, aggro!
Naturally....

Nice addition to your lurkers. They look old and terrifying. Now you need sceneries inspired from this:

http://www.google.fr/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=newgrange&oe=UTF-8&redir_esc=&hl=fr&sa=X&oi=image_result_group

Thanks, Enethaeron!
That is exactly what I was thinking.
 





I finally found the time to sit down and mess around with the picture that I wanted, so that I could do a step-by-step of how I make the 'vintage' pictures.

It is very simple, actually, just a little messing around with the 'edit' function on Photobucket.

Obviously, this will only work if you host your pictures on Photobucket, but I am sure that every picture hosting site will have a similar editing function.

First up, here is the original picture, having been cropped to an area that I like the look of.


I chose this picture as the more colour and depth it has the better.
A picture that is predominantly one colour will not work as well.




The next step is to click on 'edit'.
This will bring up the options bar at the bottom of the screen.
Click on 'Effect'
This brings up another set of options.
Click on 'Vintage'.
Again, another set of options appear.
Click on 'Rusty'
Now click on 'Apply'

You should now have a picture like this:


So, to recap, it is:    
Effect>Vintage>Rusty> Apply



Following on from the earlier example, the next stage goes like this:
Effect> Too Old> Shaan> Apply.

You should now have something that looks like this






The next stage is a repeat of an earlier one;
Effect> Vintage> Rusty> Apply.

It should now look like this





The final stage, which brings it all together, goes like this:

Border> Default> Dirt> Apply.

You should now have a finished 'vintage' photo that looks something like this;



I think, for something that is so simple, it gives a good effect.
It sounds quite a tedious process, but like anything, a little practice makes it easy.
Once you are used to it each photo only takes a couple of seconds.

Try messing around with the different 'effect' settings on Photobucket for different final results.

I hope that you found this useful.


Back with a chainsaw-wielding Maniac tomorrow!

[Uncle Mike]

Brilliant!  Can't wait to see your crazy maniac! Also, 'official' Chainsaw rules are finished and being playtested for inclusion in Kulten.

[einarolafson]

Nice tutorial, Thanks.

Brilliant!  Can't wait to see your crazy maniac! Also, 'official' Chainsaw rules are finished and being playtested for inclusion in Kulten.

I need to get one Hybrid with chainsaw then!!

[Mason]

Brilliant!  Can't wait to see your crazy maniac! Also, 'official' Chainsaw rules are finished and being playtested for inclusion in Kulten.

Thanks, Uncle Mike!
Great news, because I thought that I was pushing it with the chainsaw, (although the chainsaw was invented in the '20's), and in the hands of a Mad Scientist anything should be possible!

Nice tutorial, Thanks.
 I need to get one Hybrid with chainsaw then!!

Thanks, einarolafson!
Yes, you know you want one!
Need is another matter entirely....




OK then, seeing as it now has the official approval of Uncle Mike, here is the...

......Maniac with chainsaw




Another refugee, this time from one of my Blood Bowl teams, (another great game that I no longer play), he was just itching to join Dr Dixwith-Naytcher's group of experiments!


Tomorrow will be some figures that I bought from Majorsmith, as it meant that I did not need to paint my own....

[Mister Rab]

Dr Dixwith-Naytcher

 

[styx]

I hear the new guy with the chainsaw is a real cut up!

Great work! I plan to get the Black Cat Bases cultist with a chainsaw. Almost got him last order.

[DeafNala]

There is something truly horrifying about a chainsaw...for moi, it has something to do with a total lack of skills with most power tools The mini is cool in a grotesque sort of way. Your brushwork & basing have produced yet another outstanding creation. VERY WELL DONE!