A town in the making - Beau Gus Junction

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

The Wounded Green Horn Identified and first gunfight to follow - 'Greenhorn gets his goods back and a real western Name' alternate title - Muleskinner Mowdown at McCurdys Trading Post.

This sounds good!   

[pops]

after a great deal of painting, constructing, and acquiring some nice scratch built old west buildings from Mr. Nick Nascati - traveled to Philly to meet Nick and pick up the buildings - Beau Gus Junction is now a town - that needs finishing touches but a town nonetheless:


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http://imageshack.com/i/pl9W5ABHj

http://imageshack.com/i/po3mHcVOj

[Elbows]

Awesome lookin' town.  That's a heck of a lot of buildings (I wish I could make/afford that many!).  Looks pretty serious.  What's the mat.  Is that the Gamemat one you were looking at?  Thoughts?

Now you just need a bucket full of barrels, boxes, horses, hitching posts, street lamps, laundry lines, wagons, carts, mules...ie. "the junk" or detritus as I like to call it! 

[pops]

Thanks Elbows.  Nick, gave me a deal too good to refuse and overnight my buildings more than doubled!  That is the version of the Gamematz you recommended.  I am pretty happy with it - in retrospect wish I had gone with an 8 x 4 rather than 6x4 - but that's all the loot I had to spend...  I like the mat - hoping the end curls come down a bit more - a little more counter folding should do it I hope.  You were right the little bit of green in there makes a big difference.

When I saw the effects of the flat mat finish I put on the figures painted so far I was semi-devastated - it did indeed dull the shine from the army painter dip but gave everything a dusty like coating.  Sucks in a big way - but it is what it is.  That's what I get for a mass spraying at twilight without checking the effects on a figure or too!  

Hope to start rolling the civvies out onto the streets soon and playing a game.

[Elbows]

Is the Gamemat a mousepad one?  I don't have any corner curls on my DeepCut stuff.  It looks pretty good in the pics, I'd love a review as you get to using it.  Regarding dullcote-ing minis...if you have a greyish finish that's an issue that happens with a variety of anti-shine/dullcote finishes.  It can be rectified with a gloss coat and then re-matted.  On rare occasions (I think it may be relating to humidity) this will happen.  Rarely so bad that it ruins the model, but it does happen sometimes.

If you google it you may be able to find better methods/ways of managing that.  Normally it just flattens the model, no biggie.  I had a dragon which turned almost slate grey and required a hefty re-paint...I was ticked.  Never had that level happen again thankfully.

[pops]

Thanks for the tip on the finish!  I am going to give it a try.

Regarding the mat - yes - mouse pad material, much bigger than a corner curl both ends were curled - had to roll the mat the other way to get them to sort of lay flat - still working on it - hoping it settle via gravity or will put some weights on and press it flat.

[hentzau]

If the dusty effect isn't too bad, I've had luck with hitting the mini with another spray of anti-shine on a low humidity day and then getting putting the figure in a warm dry spot for an hour, in my case I use a gooseneck lamp with an incandescent bulb lowered right over the figures.  The toluene in the spray will liquify the varnish again and you can sometimes rescue it.  But, YMMV.  

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Beau Gus Junction is now a town

It certainly is! That's a great looking town, pops. I'd like to see some more photos once you get your figures set up in town.

[Treebeard]

Impressive work here Mr Pops.

[pops]

Thanks guys.  I'm a pretty bad painter, but what I lack in skill I try to make up with enthusiam.

Besides, its great therapy for relaxing.  Lol except for detaching Sarissa struts which can snap if you look at them the wrong way....

Have a great weekend!

[Elbows]

You talking about the little awning struts?  Gah, don't get me started!

[pops]

A quiet day in BeauGus Junction

Main Street  BeauGus Junction: http://imageshack.com/i/poMmfiarj

Lining Up for a Quaff at ‘Skinners: http://imageshack.com/i/plPDWL3Rj

Lots of Activity at the ‘Skinners: http://imageshack.com/i/pnv64kqdj

Place your bets - Fisticuffs in an empty lot: http://imageshack.com/i/pmH0QXOtj

Quinns Hacienda, ‘Skinners and Boot Hill: http://imageshack.com/i/poJHWV4Rj

[Elbows]

Cool!  When will you start depleting the population thru bloodshed?   

[pops]

Lol.  Not a gunfighter in sight yet.  First scenario will be 'Muleskinner Massacre'.  Just need a few more props painted.

[Elbows]

Pffttt, you don't have to be a gunfighter to carry a gun!