Interbellum - What are they doing up there? 13.01.2015

[lasgunpacker]

Simply astounding.  I hope the players are worth it.

[Wirelizard]

Your props are awesome!

You must have built up quite a varied collection of odd paper and such to pull everything off, but it looks like it was worth it!

[Andym]

Simply astounding.  I hope the players are worth it.

Totally agree! Astounding stuff!

I especially love the Zeppelin ticket and the coffee stain on one of the letters. I wish we'd had the tickets for our own Zeppelin game at BLAM.

[OSHIROmodels]

Fantastic work, the conception is great 

That will really make the game 'pop' as it were. I'm assuming you p,ay in the evenings by candlelight only 

cheers

James

[von Kalden]

A swastika on a 1932 Zeppelin ticket? 

Otherwise really stunning work.

[Daeothar]

Cheers guys 

Like I said; it was a lot of fun to do. And even though the pace has slowed alot since starting up, I still keep at it from time to time, to keep them interested. It is also a great way to provide clues, even though after allt his time, I still have to drag them by the ears to 'get' what's in there. You'd think they'd be going through the handouts with a fine comb and holding them up to the lights to check for watermarks, but no sir...

A swastika on a 1932 Zeppelin ticket?

Well, as this is Pulp, I tend to muddy the timelines every now and then if it suits my needs (and throws off the players (even more)). For instance, I've got an FA-223 in the works for them to intercept. And it holds 10 passengers instead of 4. Like I said; artistic licence when it suits me... 

And I'll immediately see to the symbol; totally slipped by me.

[uti long smile]

Truly beautiful work.

[The Somnambulist]

Fantastic stuff, I used to do similar things in my roleplaying days, not to that extent though!

[Daeothar]

Thanks again for the great responses; yes, I probably am slightly mad, but my players like it, and I seem to have inspired the alternate DM to start using props and additional goodies in his campaign as well. Or, as he puts it, I raised the DM bar so high, he cannot lag behind. he curses me for the extra work, but the rewards are all the greater when the results are unleashed on the players

But enough of that; back to the minis!

I finished the first squad of opposition last night; 10 Fallschirmjäger, which I hope to deploy in many later settings as well. I will also expand on them, with another squad of 10 and their transports; two FA-223 Drache helicopters. Both way ahead of their real-world counterparts, but that's the beauty of pulp: one can do as one pleases!

The first Drache is in the works, and I hope to be able to finish it some time this week. More on that later, for now, here are the first 10 troopers:



More Fallschirmjäger blah blah and more detailed pictures can be found in the WWII section, as I posted the squad there (seemed more appropriate): http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=44650.0#new

[Mason]

Great work!
Very impressive.
 

Those lovely roads of yours seem to make the perfect catwalk for your fellas to pose on.
 

[Daeothar]

Thanks

Yeah, those roads see more use as backdrop than they are used as gaming pieces, but no matter; either way they get exposure...

I also have in the works a dedicated background for the purpose of taking pictures of my minis. It's a low relief warehouse/garage building, in paper!

There's this most excelent site which sells papercraft buildings for railroad layouts. Now, I've always found those paper buildings to look flat, cartoony and often downright ugly and unconvincing. But this guy has some top notch stuff! I think he uses photographic material to create his buildings, because they all look ace.

I had been ogling them for some time, but was stopped by my concerns regarding durability and flat surfaces. But the warehouse I mentioned is a free sample building, so I figured I'd try that first, before dishing out for regular building.

And I've not been disappointed! I had to upscale the PDFs to accomodate 28mm miniatures, but that proved to be easy enough. I took the PDF apart, so I could re-arrange the components over more sheets to cater for their larger size, but they scale up perfectly. He even has a bit of instruction to upscale his buildings (they come in O scale and N scale) to S scale. Next time, I'll scale up some more though, as this is ever so slightly on the small side for 28mm. Would work for 25mm though.

But I shouldn't rant on without any pics of course... The building itself is pretty much finished, but the street in front (where the minis go) is still only undercoated for now. With a bit of luck, I will be able to put the finishing touches to it over the weekend. But I gave it away now, so I'll post some pictures of the building itself this evening.

[Blackwolf]

What an amazing thread!!! Your players are jolly lucky

[Daeothar]

They sure are. Now to get them to appreciate the fact too...

In my earlier rambling, I mentioned a background building for when I take pictures of minis, so here are a couple of WIP shots. There's still lots to do, but I'm sure you can appreciate the fact that these paper buildings look pretty dang impressive:





This one obviously is for 20th century / modern minis, but I plan on making at least one more, with a more natural setting, which can accomodate more rural and 'in the shrubs' minis. Like mr. paratrooper up there, who now looks a bit lost, all alone in the big city... And maybe one with a medieval/fantasy tone and a scifi/futuristic one.

For now though, just enjoy the first and only one in all its In-Progress splendor...

[dijit]

An amazing attention to detail, incredible work.

[Mason]

I agree with you.
That is a superb amount of realism for a paper building.