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The Colouring-in Room / Re: Utter Chaos
« on: May 22, 2013, 07:41:23 AM »
No idea this time, though it reminds me of the one available from Alternative Armies (mainly because it looks a bit as if it had ears).
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Cool Toys / Cthulhu paper toy thingie
« on: May 21, 2013, 08:46:11 PM »
Wasn't quite sure where to put this- but as it's a toy (sorts of), I guess this is the place to post.
When I found these I thought some of you might have fun printing out and building an army of little paper Cthulhus with your little ones. Or build them for yourselves- paper toys can be fun.
scroll down a bit to 'My Little Cthulhu - papercraft', right click and save the pdfs.
http://dreamlandtoyworks.com/my_little_cthulhu.html
building instructions + more toys (french site, pics don't need translation though): http://jerom-bd.blogspot.de/2008/12/deux-papertoys-ktulu-inspirs-par.html
It's odd what you'll find when you're looking for something else. Also stumbled upon this: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jamiechambers/the-very-hungry-cthulhupillar
When I found these I thought some of you might have fun printing out and building an army of little paper Cthulhus with your little ones. Or build them for yourselves- paper toys can be fun.
scroll down a bit to 'My Little Cthulhu - papercraft', right click and save the pdfs.
http://dreamlandtoyworks.com/my_little_cthulhu.html
building instructions + more toys (french site, pics don't need translation though): http://jerom-bd.blogspot.de/2008/12/deux-papertoys-ktulu-inspirs-par.html
It's odd what you'll find when you're looking for something else. Also stumbled upon this: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jamiechambers/the-very-hungry-cthulhupillar
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The Colouring-in Room / Re: Utter Chaos
« on: May 21, 2013, 07:11:50 AM »
One of those minis I still haven't bought...
Back to the infantry:
If you want something more empire-ish or brettonian for your rank and file, I guess the Perry plastics would be worth a look (and at £18.00 for 40 placcy minis not bad):
http://www.perry-miniatures.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_62&products_id=2490
http://www.perry-miniatures.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_62&products_id=2471
or the Fireforge Foot Sergeants (~£30 for 48 minis)
http://www.fireforge-games.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=51&category_id=13&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=95
There's a size comparison pic on Brückenkopf (http://www.brueckenkopf-online.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/DV_FootSergeantsScale2.jpg), left to right Warhammer, Fireforge, Perrys.
Some of those + some chaos bits = big horde of chaotic infantry.
Back to the infantry:
If you want something more empire-ish or brettonian for your rank and file, I guess the Perry plastics would be worth a look (and at £18.00 for 40 placcy minis not bad):
http://www.perry-miniatures.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_62&products_id=2490
http://www.perry-miniatures.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_62&products_id=2471
or the Fireforge Foot Sergeants (~£30 for 48 minis)
http://www.fireforge-games.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=51&category_id=13&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=95
There's a size comparison pic on Brückenkopf (http://www.brueckenkopf-online.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/DV_FootSergeantsScale2.jpg), left to right Warhammer, Fireforge, Perrys.
Some of those + some chaos bits = big horde of chaotic infantry.
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The Colouring-in Room / Re: Utter Chaos
« on: May 20, 2013, 08:35:49 PM »
An old Hobby Products/ DSA demon thingy, available from Ral Partha: http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/17044-demon-shruuf-p-1040.html
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The Colouring-in Room / Re: Utter Chaos
« on: May 20, 2013, 06:20:49 PM »Quote
Lord Oculac is in charge of the cyclopses (he steals one an eye from each minion)
like that idea!.:edit:.
Forgot to actually suggest something: Celtos Gaels - http://www.brigademodels.co.uk/Celtos/The%20Gaels.html for standard infantry.
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The Colouring-in Room / Re: Mesaan invasion
« on: May 17, 2013, 08:45:25 AM »
Looks like they were good little Mesaans so they do deserve a little treat... buy nice bases for 'em, you know you want to...
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The Colouring-in Room / Re: Mesaan invasion
« on: May 16, 2013, 06:59:32 PM »
I do like that colour choice.
The different markings could well reflect their rank/ social status/ whatever you wanna call it or maybe they're from different tribes/ clans/ strains (if their bred in a lab).
The different markings could well reflect their rank/ social status/ whatever you wanna call it or maybe they're from different tribes/ clans/ strains (if their bred in a lab).
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The Colouring-in Room / Re: Some kind of... Wasteland Dragon sculpt
« on: May 16, 2013, 02:51:47 PM »It's somewhat inspired by Jackson's Chameleons- and coincidentally (possibly due to similar choice of source material) happens to resemble critters from the Fallout games called Deathclaws.I don't really like the source material (love the game, just not the specific creature), but it's an excellent representation. Instantly recognised it, very impressive work!
Really?! Clearly I don't even know the source material.
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The Colouring-in Room / Re: Some kind of... Wasteland Dragon sculpt
« on: May 16, 2013, 11:31:20 AM »I'm sure it's not one you're meant to have fond memories of!Goris was quite likable though...
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Fenris news / Re: Sea Dragon monument
« on: May 16, 2013, 11:19:31 AM »
Who did sculpt that btw? Looks good.
With a bit of work that probably could be turned into a bookend as well and might be a nice gift for people that otherwise ain't interested in miniatures. But then I keep thinking that big Cthulhu(minati) sarcophagus lid thingy would make for some lovely wall decoration as well.
With a bit of work that probably could be turned into a bookend as well and might be a nice gift for people that otherwise ain't interested in miniatures. But then I keep thinking that big Cthulhu(minati) sarcophagus lid thingy would make for some lovely wall decoration as well.
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Heresy / Re: CGF: Sharclon
« on: May 14, 2013, 09:34:55 PM »
Armour looks almost like it's enamelled. Quite like that look.
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General Ranting / Re: What would you do with this dragon?
« on: May 12, 2013, 06:44:46 PM »
Prime it, if you can't strip it. And try to get rid of the wings/ rework them.
Played with one of your pics a bit and minus the parroty colours it looks less appalling:
Played with one of your pics a bit and minus the parroty colours it looks less appalling:
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Hasslefree / Re: Grymn Heavy Infantry
« on: May 10, 2013, 02:04:25 PM »Thanks for the feedback.Conveniently available via Hasslefree- cogs & gears decals: http://www.hfminis.co.uk/shop?product=cogs-%26-gears-1~hfdec019&category=accessories~decals-%28architectural%29
The bases were kinda wasteland inspired and if i do more Grymn (which i know i will lol) I'd plan to add puddles of dirty water or maybe an oil drum or two.
Any thoughts towards insignia's? I was thinking maybe a Cog symbol on the helmet (if i can get one small enough)?
Neat, clean and simple paint scheme- works well.
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Libertee's Miscellaneous Musings II / Re: Things that make you happy
« on: May 10, 2013, 11:06:50 AM »
Proper good news!
Don't leave her alone for the 30 minutes, though judging from your posts you probably don't need anyone to suggest staying with her for the time she's sitting in her wheelchair.
Sitting in a wheelchair after being in bed so long it more tiring and exhausting than one would expect. So if the wheelchair hasn't one already, maybe talk to the doc and see if you can find a fitting head rest* (my grandma had trouble keeping her head from falling backwards due to the necks/ back musculature being so weak, that's why I'm suggesting the head rest).
*I think that'S what they're called in English
Don't leave her alone for the 30 minutes, though judging from your posts you probably don't need anyone to suggest staying with her for the time she's sitting in her wheelchair.
Sitting in a wheelchair after being in bed so long it more tiring and exhausting than one would expect. So if the wheelchair hasn't one already, maybe talk to the doc and see if you can find a fitting head rest* (my grandma had trouble keeping her head from falling backwards due to the necks/ back musculature being so weak, that's why I'm suggesting the head rest).
*I think that'S what they're called in English
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The Colouring-in Room / Re: Shipping Container
« on: May 07, 2013, 04:38:53 PM »
In my case it's simply that I like containers- I wouldn't mind living in a container house.
To scale things down again: they're fun to paint, look good, have many uses as scenery elements for various periods from modernish to scifi.
To scale things down again: they're fun to paint, look good, have many uses as scenery elements for various periods from modernish to scifi.
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Tutorials / Re: painting (lasercut) brick buildings
« on: May 06, 2013, 05:03:26 PM »Rev nice did some 2d Paper building drawings a bit more "deformed" than those a few years ago.Did see them later on when some were used again for last year's salute. Quite liked them, even did draw some portal thingies for that game. And I do agree a whole table with 3D versions would be quite a nice thing.
The sketches were more a silly idea for creating something with those cartoony gw zombies + tentacled monsters & mutants- something along the lines of what would happen if Walt Disney and old H.P. decided to watch the Muppet Show & zombie flicks and -while on a bad acid trip- decided to team up to create a remotely fantasy-ish setting.
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General Ranting / Re: The DALEKs are coming... how can we stop them?
« on: May 06, 2013, 03:05:33 PM »
No wonder they're so angry- nobody wants them around, people just send them away or plain refuse to even let them enter the country (but then I think Australia is a bit precautious when it comes to introducing new species to the local fauna).
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Tutorials / Re: painting (lasercut) brick buildings
« on: May 06, 2013, 01:05:26 PM »Don't think I'd use yours for these buildings, pearls before swine and all that- the buildings would end up looking far better on the inside than on the outside.parquet/ hardwood flooring:
Have got some parquet flooring lasercut into real wood veneers almost ready to add to the webshop. Used t on Cthluedo at Salute a couple of years back...
Resin windows....yes. Watch this space
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Tutorials / Re: painting (lasercut) brick buildings
« on: May 06, 2013, 11:45:14 AM »
While I originally created these for something else (some hand drawn buildings, project that I started in 2007 or 2008- never got any further than drawing some sketches* and these floors), I think if the buildings look more like cartoon representations of brick buildings I could just as well use drawn interior details. So, do you think these would be suitable as printout parquet/ hardwood flooring:
.:edit:.
* for the curious and brave- thumbnails:
.:edit:.
* for the curious and brave- thumbnails:
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Tutorials / Re: painting (lasercut) brick buildings
« on: May 05, 2013, 02:12:56 PM »
I keep thinking I should have painted the ground floor as if it was covered in big tiles, and plastered the first floor. But then a) often the tiles only are on the front and b) the usually also aren't that big.
I'd guess you could use a lasercutter for creating a correctish brick pattern, just not sure if that wouldn't mean a fairly expensive building. Anyways, as quick buildings for people who just want houses for the gaming table they're ok. Deffo beat beer cans and cereal boxes.
I'd guess you could use a lasercutter for creating a correctish brick pattern, just not sure if that wouldn't mean a fairly expensive building. Anyways, as quick buildings for people who just want houses for the gaming table they're ok. Deffo beat beer cans and cereal boxes.
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Tutorials / Re: painting (lasercut) brick buildings
« on: May 05, 2013, 11:12:45 AM »
That's exactly why I suggested building blanks. These made me come close to just plastering them over with a mixture of acrylic caulking, paint and fine sand, but they're a bit too expensive as building blanks.
The idea behind all these laser cut buildings is great, the research + execution often is -politely put- expressionistic, bordering the realms of surrealism. Mind, I can't do any better when scratch building.
The idea behind all these laser cut buildings is great, the research + execution often is -politely put- expressionistic, bordering the realms of surrealism. Mind, I can't do any better when scratch building.
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Suggestions (HF) / Re: To complete the sets: Hit Girl & Dr Horrible -alikes
« on: May 05, 2013, 10:39:00 AM »
I usually don't even get the references when I've actually seen the movie/ read the comic book/ saw a commercial/...
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Tutorials / painting (lasercut) brick buildings
« on: May 05, 2013, 10:33:37 AM »
Not the most interesting read by far, but as I stuck that on the blog earlier on, I figured I could just as well post the tutorial here as well. Might even prove useful to someone:
List of stuff used:
This is somewhat messy, so best to not add any details like wallpaper etc to the interior or paint the windows/ doors until afterwards.
Didn't prime the building prior to painting. I used a small 75ml sample pot of terracotta-ish coloured wall paint- there's still at least half a pot left, and the paint had already been used for other stuff.
Already have added mortar and some dirt to most of the first floor:
After the initial basecoat has had time to properly dry, I use somewhat thinned down black artists' acrylics and cover the walls.
The first layer is applied as a thick wash, quickly wipe off most of the paint with a paper towel- this will stain the building and run into the recesses.
Now take a big brush and paint on some more black, this doesn't have to be neat.
Mix a bit of the terracotta paint with white for a lighter tone. Heavily drybrush the whole thing:
Make a big ole mess of the whole thing:
Now take your base paint, drybrush that on, not quite as thick as the lighter tone but just as messy.
Time to use the pastel chalks. A black one in this case.
Rub the pastel chalk all over the wall, now use a big wet brush and paint the water onto the surface. this will dissolve the chalk/ pigments. No need to use as much water as I did- I just had to make sure it'll show in the pic:
Take a paper towel and wipe off the water- from top to bottom to create streaks:
Go make some tea or smoke a cigarette and let the poor mistreated building dry a bit.
Now apply varnish (I use brush on varnish, but probably this would work with spray varnish as well). Usually I'd use gloss varnish for this as it's a bit more resistant, but I've run out of that. So this is what it looks like once the matte varnish's been applied and dried:
More pastel chalks, this time black & white. Use a scalpel, cutter or similar to scrape over the chalks. Put the resulting cheapo pigment powder into a container.
Now grab an empty paintpot or similar and put some of the powder into that.
Add thinner & glaze medium, stir well, it'll take some time to mix this. Mortar:
Good idea to prepare some sooty dirt at this time as well- process is the same as above, just add some more colours:
Apply the mortar with a small brush, no need to be super tidy- as the building's been varnished you can just wipe off the mortar mix- preferably just after you've painted on too much:
It doesn't take half as long as you might think, so far the most time consuming step was basecoating the building. One wall, all mortared up and ready to go:
Unless you feel it's time to add some dirt. In that case, use a #2 brush and the sooty dirt mix from earlier on. Apply that to the top part of the wall, pulling the brush downwards to form streaks:
Apply some more, should that be required (the grey blue parts in the pic below are still wet):
Some muddy/ earthy dirt, created pretty much the same as the mortar & dirt mixes, just that this time I used a dark brown and some ochre and mixed it to a slightly thicker consistency and dabbed on in a random fashion.
After the first layer of dirt has dried you can apply some more:
Sprinkle some ochre over the still wet mixture and partly blend it in with the rest of the dirt:
List of stuff used:
- Lasercut mdf brick building by Sarissa.
- two big brushes, one small brush, one #2 sized brush
- a scalpel/ cutter
- terracotta-ish wallpaint
- black artists' acrylics (or just any other black paint)
- pastel chalks: black, white, blue, green, dark brown, ochre
- empty paint pots & containers
- paper towels
- water
- Vallejo thinner & glaze medium (These will dissolve/ thin the pastel chalk powder, so it flows better into recesses and is easier to feather & blend.It'll also hold it in place later on and seal it. All in one go.)
- varnish
This is somewhat messy, so best to not add any details like wallpaper etc to the interior or paint the windows/ doors until afterwards.
Didn't prime the building prior to painting. I used a small 75ml sample pot of terracotta-ish coloured wall paint- there's still at least half a pot left, and the paint had already been used for other stuff.
Already have added mortar and some dirt to most of the first floor:
After the initial basecoat has had time to properly dry, I use somewhat thinned down black artists' acrylics and cover the walls.
The first layer is applied as a thick wash, quickly wipe off most of the paint with a paper towel- this will stain the building and run into the recesses.
Now take a big brush and paint on some more black, this doesn't have to be neat.
Mix a bit of the terracotta paint with white for a lighter tone. Heavily drybrush the whole thing:
Make a big ole mess of the whole thing:
Now take your base paint, drybrush that on, not quite as thick as the lighter tone but just as messy.
Time to use the pastel chalks. A black one in this case.
Rub the pastel chalk all over the wall, now use a big wet brush and paint the water onto the surface. this will dissolve the chalk/ pigments. No need to use as much water as I did- I just had to make sure it'll show in the pic:
Take a paper towel and wipe off the water- from top to bottom to create streaks:
Go make some tea or smoke a cigarette and let the poor mistreated building dry a bit.
Now apply varnish (I use brush on varnish, but probably this would work with spray varnish as well). Usually I'd use gloss varnish for this as it's a bit more resistant, but I've run out of that. So this is what it looks like once the matte varnish's been applied and dried:
More pastel chalks, this time black & white. Use a scalpel, cutter or similar to scrape over the chalks. Put the resulting cheapo pigment powder into a container.
Now grab an empty paintpot or similar and put some of the powder into that.
Add thinner & glaze medium, stir well, it'll take some time to mix this. Mortar:
Good idea to prepare some sooty dirt at this time as well- process is the same as above, just add some more colours:
Apply the mortar with a small brush, no need to be super tidy- as the building's been varnished you can just wipe off the mortar mix- preferably just after you've painted on too much:
It doesn't take half as long as you might think, so far the most time consuming step was basecoating the building. One wall, all mortared up and ready to go:
Unless you feel it's time to add some dirt. In that case, use a #2 brush and the sooty dirt mix from earlier on. Apply that to the top part of the wall, pulling the brush downwards to form streaks:
Apply some more, should that be required (the grey blue parts in the pic below are still wet):
Some muddy/ earthy dirt, created pretty much the same as the mortar & dirt mixes, just that this time I used a dark brown and some ochre and mixed it to a slightly thicker consistency and dabbed on in a random fashion.
After the first layer of dirt has dried you can apply some more:
Sprinkle some ochre over the still wet mixture and partly blend it in with the rest of the dirt: