[15mm] Ockman's Sci-fi, update 231120: New terrain boards

[BeneathALeadMountain]

I love that ape like mech suit and your palette choice is very eye catching. Envious of how well your environments always frame your miniatures and look alive (not sterile/posed).

Andrew
BeneathALeadMountain

[Ockman]

a great scene.  It is a fun model.

Thank you, Louie! It really is!

Well it really worked for this team. I am so jealous of your terrain board, it is always great to look at.

Thanks, Doug! I haven't built that much terrain lately, but I want to expand on my collection... There might be a desert board as well as an ice one in the close future.

I think it looks like an awesome color scheme.  Excellent painting, as always.

Dan

Thank you, Dan! I'm happy with how it turned out, even if it didn't look as planned. Cyberpunk is awesome!

I love that ape like mech suit and your palette choice is very eye catching. Envious of how well your environments always frame your miniatures and look alive (not sterile/posed).

Andrew
BeneathALeadMountain

Thank you for your kind words! I do think terrain is even more important for a nice photo, than the miniatures themselves.

[Ockman]

Mistake posting

[Ockman]

Meeting the Patrons by Oscar Falk, on Flickr

"Do not point that thing at me!"

"Hey, do not point that thing at me squidface!"

"Easy now, easy now... Would you please both lower your weapons?", Vorpal Dink asked. "I think that these aquatic fellows need our help to get something back which is theirs".

"Lower your weapon, Hruk. Mister Dink and his associates are to help us bring back the Seer stones that Kefalos Trade Guild stole from us. We have found out that they are to deliver them to a secret site here on Golgotha Prime."

"We have mapped their previous flight routes to the facility. It's always good to know what the Kefalos are up to", Captain Biro interjected. "Anyway, they are quite predictable in their movements. There is a specific point where we can station one of us with an EMP missile launcher. It should bring the craft down without damaging the cargo."

"The EMP blast ought to disable the craft's tracking signal, which should give us time enough to get the stones and get out", Dink added.

"It ought to", Hruk replied. "But let's be prepared if it doesn't."

"Yes, let's be prepared", Captain Biro agreed.

Flying into an ambush by Oscar Falk, on Flickr

Ambush by Oscar Falk, on Flickr

Crash site by Oscar Falk, on Flickr

[Ockman]

Ice planet board by Oscar Falk, on Flickr

I wanted to be able to add some variation to my Five Parsecs from Home games, it wasn't enough with just one city board, one badlands board and one starport. I wanted to be able to visit the classics: ice planet and desert planet.

This time, I wanted to do it quick and without too much work. I got a 60x60 cm canvas on MDF from the art store, a big tube of white paint and a smaller tube of ochra. I begun with the ice planet, where I just added a drop of Enchanted Blue in a big pile of white acrylic. I tried to not mix it very much, but to work with wet paints, blending the lighter blue with white, going only in one direction with the brush.

When it was dry, I turned it over and painted Ochre with a small amount of white with the same method. Amount of time it took to paint one side? 30 minutes. So about an hour of work (without drying time) for two new boards.

We're going places where we've never been...

Flipside Desert Planet Board by Oscar Falk, on Flickr

[Oldben1]

That looks great!

[LouieN]

Have spaceship will travel.

[Ockman]

That looks great!

Thank you, Michael! I'm really happy with it.

Have spaceship will travel.

Band of lovable rogues available for hire. Will not murder innocents, but have no problem neutralizing criminals, tyrants or corporate troopers.