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Your terrain isn't half bad for a first attempt.

I would recommend painting your terrain if it is separate (such as the bridge) to get a better effect.

I would also recommend in getting a scalpel to trim off excess PVA after it has set if you don't manage to get it before it sets... I shall stop here before I bore you all to death or sound like I am nagging ^^;

P.S what scale are the models?

What do you mean? The bridge itself is painted. I'm confused.

Er, what? I don't know what PVA is.

Please explain.

They're pretty much Warhammer scale, actually, though maybe a bit bigger (I assume you mean for HeroScape?). They are on 1.25 inch bases (~30mm).

I noticed your miniature commission link in your sig. It intrigues me. Do you suppose if I sent you some money and a sketch, you could send me spare bitz that I could assemble to make look like the said sketch I would hypothetically send you? I really wanna try my hand at assembling and painting my own miniature.

If you undercoat the entire (post, ropes, bases with small stones... the whole lot) bridge, this actually helps bond models making them stronger. I find that it tend to fit in with the models better ^^ (Is really just a matter of opinion, your terrain is better than half the home-made terrain as it is.
If you have already done what I have said, bloody well done on your painting!

PVA is a type of glue, once it dries it looks alot like the glue from a glue gun... which in hindsight I guess that you used...

Thankies mate, I always like to know another range near to or the same as Warhammer (32mm is the largest I have gone for a normal guy)

Send me the sketch first and I shall see if I know a way of doing it, if so sure ^^

P.S If you ever need tips with building, painting or such, give us a shout and I'm sure I can help ~.^

Though im not really into tabletop games, those are pretty nice models.
i like the Nazi zombie guy. what about Nazi Robots? i think that would be cool. although it may not fit with your setting.

Ah, gotcha. So it's good to give it all a basic coat before you get to the actual painting? I just went to straight painting after all the parts were in place.

raziel wrote:

Send me the sketch first and I shall see if I know a way of doing it, if so sure ^^

Yep! Will do! For an idea, I basically want some sort of armored Scottish warrior in a kilt with a nice, big viking axe. I'll get a sketch done soon.

I need to get more paint though. I've got only a few decent acrylic paints; brown, tan, black, gray, silver, and flesh tone, plus a bunch of pots of really crappy paint. By the way, which type of paint do you recommend for painting this sort of stuff; acrylic?

The primer (spray paint) makes an even surface to begin with, strengthens the models and instantly gives the model depth if followed by a black wash of 1:1 black paint to water.

Armoured Scottish Viking? I'm sure I can do this easily, but the sketch would be nice ~.^

Annoyingly with paints you need quality more than quantity... the only reason I pay through the nose for GW paints.
it depends on your painting style, for example, if you paint with watery mixtures of paints then use vallejo paints or "Game Ink/Paint".
My brother uses GW's old supplier of paints "Coté d'arms" which is about half the price, twice the amount and on ebay.
Another good supplier is one which you would not expect, "Decoart.com" although the cost is slightly more you get just over four times that of GW's paints...

P.S Damn, I may be giving out too many tricks of the trade ^^;

Kinda. He's actually based off my character for our family's Ren Faire group, who is actually a Scottish knight crusader who simply claimed the viking axe off of a viking chieftain he killed.

He is a knight of the Fanged Rabbit.

I'll get some sketches done, though I dunno when, I'm still kinda figuring him out and I need to get some money together too.

After 4 or 5 restarts and countless hours, I have the basics of my custom HeroScape unit Quartermaster Frank Johnson roughed in. Its not pretty, but its a start.

I have no idea how I'm going to get the tiny details in place...

Author:	Captain Xavious [ Sat Aug 21, 2010 9:16 am ]
Post subject:	Anyone do much Miniature Wargaming?
I've recently discovered the awesomeness of a Mini Wargame called HeroScape. Its rules are quite simple, but with enough depth that you can make some pretty killer strategies with some clever thinking. Anyways, I just decided to make some custom terrain for it, because the stock ones are too dang expensive, and don't really look as nice. So here are some of the things I done: The above are some simple Jungle terrain pieces I made within the span of 5 minutes. They're nothing special, I just made them so we could have some trees in the game we had later that day. Made from cake decorations! A rope bridge I made, consisting of some weird waxed string I had, a bunch of popsicle sticks, hot melt glue, and some Elmer's glue for the sand/dirt on the bases. I'm pretty happy about this, except it doesn't quite fit on the hexes real nicely. This right here is a Nazi Zombie I made. I don't really have a use for him at the moment, but he was fun to make. He's based on a 1.25 inch square of balsa wood I cut, and is about the same scale as your typical plastic green army men. I really enjoyed assembling and painting this guy, but I don't have many model style soldiers left, and they are a bit too big for HeroScape. I really want to use Warhammer minis for this, but I can't find them cheap enough. Does anyone out there have any recommendations for a custom mini solution that's cheap? By the way, if anyone wants to keep track of minis and terrain I make, or anything else I do, I got a FaceBook album that I put this on, simply called "Stuff I do".

Author:	Sgt. Kelly [ Sat Aug 21, 2010 9:58 am ]
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Oh man, that Nazi Zombie is cool. You should make an entire army of those little guys! (And then of course a chainsaw wielding marine to balance it all out.)

Author:	Captain Xavious [ Sat Aug 21, 2010 10:08 am ]
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Well, I plan on doing at least two more Nazi zombies, we'll see whats left after that. I'd definitely have to do a chainsaw wielding soldier to counter them, but I'm thinking probably Army, not Marine, as I don't think there were too many Marines fighting Nazis in the wooded areas of Eastern Europe. Of course, the chainsaw would have to be a 1940's vintage model. They looked a lot bigger and meaner back then.

Author:	raziel [ Sat Aug 21, 2010 11:53 am ]
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Sure, I do miniature Wargaming (looks at large array of models) well... I collect wargaming models at the very least... Your terrain isn't half bad for a first attempt. I would recommend painting your terrain if it is separate (such as the bridge) to get a better effect. I would also recommend in getting a scalpel to trim off excess PVA after it has set if you don't manage to get it before it sets... I shall stop here before I bore you all to death or sound like I am nagging ^^; Mal P.S what scale are the models?

Author:	Black Eagle [ Sun Aug 22, 2010 3:23 am ]
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Impressive stuff, i like the terrain, and that zombie's nice. We burned all our soldiers with fireworks and other pyrotechnics, that was fun, poor pyroman's limbs aren't what they used to be.. Sounds like an ok game, but i think i'll stick to virtual strategy games...

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Author:	Captain Xavious [ Sun Aug 22, 2010 6:57 pm ]
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raziel wrote: Your terrain isn't half bad for a first attempt. Thanks! raziel wrote: I would recommend painting your terrain if it is separate (such as the bridge) to get a better effect. What do you mean? The bridge itself is painted. I'm confused. raziel wrote: I would also recommend in getting a scalpel to trim off excess PVA after it has set if you don't manage to get it before it sets... I shall stop here before I bore you all to death or sound like I am nagging ^^; Er, what? I don't know what PVA is. Please explain. raziel wrote: P.S what scale are the models? They're pretty much Warhammer scale, actually, though maybe a bit bigger (I assume you mean for HeroScape?). They are on 1.25 inch bases (~30mm). I noticed your miniature commission link in your sig. It intrigues me. Do you suppose if I sent you some money and a sketch, you could send me spare bitz that I could assemble to make look like the said sketch I would hypothetically send you? I really wanna try my hand at assembling and painting my own miniature.

Author:	Industry [ Mon Aug 23, 2010 2:52 am ]
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Though im not really into tabletop games, those are pretty nice models. i like the Nazi zombie guy. what about Nazi Robots? i think that would be cool. although it may not fit with your setting.

Author:	raziel [ Mon Aug 23, 2010 7:55 am ]
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Captain Xavious wrote: What do you mean? The bridge itself is painted. I'm confused. If you undercoat the entire (post, ropes, bases with small stones... the whole lot) bridge, this actually helps bond models making them stronger. I find that it tend to fit in with the models better ^^ (Is really just a matter of opinion, your terrain is better than half the home-made terrain as it is. If you have already done what I have said, bloody well done on your painting! Captain Xavious wrote: Er, what? I don't know what PVA is. Please explain. PVA is a type of glue, once it dries it looks alot like the glue from a glue gun... which in hindsight I guess that you used... Captain Xavious wrote: They're pretty much Warhammer scale, actually, though maybe a bit bigger (I assume you mean for HeroScape?). They are on 1.25 inch bases (~30mm). Thankies mate, I always like to know another range near to or the same as Warhammer (32mm is the largest I have gone for a normal guy) Captain Xavious wrote: I noticed your miniature commission link in your sig. It intrigues me. Do you suppose if I sent you some money and a sketch, you could send me spare bitz that I could assemble to make look like the said sketch I would hypothetically send you? I really wanna try my hand at assembling and painting my own miniature. Send me the sketch first and I shall see if I know a way of doing it, if so sure ^^ Mal P.S If you ever need tips with building, painting or such, give us a shout and I'm sure I can help ~.^

Author:	Captain Xavious [ Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:34 am ]
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raziel wrote: If you undercoat the entire (post, ropes, bases with small stones... the whole lot) bridge, this actually helps bond models making them stronger. I find that it tend to fit in with the models better ^^ (Is really just a matter of opinion, your terrain is better than half the home-made terrain as it is. If you have already done what I have said, bloody well done on your painting! Ah, gotcha. So it's good to give it all a basic coat before you get to the actual painting? I just went to straight painting after all the parts were in place. raziel wrote: PVA is a type of glue, once it dries it looks alot like the glue from a glue gun... which in hindsight I guess that you used... Heh heh, yeah, it was from a glue gun. raziel wrote: Thankies mate, I always like to know another range near to or the same as Warhammer (32mm is the largest I have gone for a normal guy) Yep, no prob. raziel wrote: Send me the sketch first and I shall see if I know a way of doing it, if so sure ^^ Yep! Will do! For an idea, I basically want some sort of armored Scottish warrior in a kilt with a nice, big viking axe. I'll get a sketch done soon. raziel wrote: P.S If you ever need tips with building, painting or such, give us a shout and I'm sure I can help ~.^ Sure thing! I love playing HeroScape, but I love to make terrain and stuff even more. I just can't afford the WH minis, even if I could find a place to get them. So HS is a good, cheaper alternative for me. Plus I love the simplicity of it, and my whole family actually plays it, to varying degrees. I need to get more paint though. I've got only a few decent acrylic paints; brown, tan, black, gray, silver, and flesh tone, plus a bunch of pots of really crappy paint. By the way, which type of paint do you recommend for painting this sort of stuff; acrylic? Drake wrote: Though im not really into tabletop games, those are pretty nice models. i like the Nazi zombie guy. what about Nazi Robots? i think that would be cool. although it may not fit with your setting. Thanks! As for your idea, I'm afraid it wouldn't be easy. The reason I made Nazi zombies in the first place is because I got a couple plastic model Nazis that are pretty easy to convert into zombies (couple gouges here and there with a soldering iron, a good pose, a dirty, messy paint job, and it's done). Didn't really feel like modeling regular Nazis, because I don't like regular Nazis.

Author:	raziel [ Mon Aug 23, 2010 2:24 pm ]
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Captain Xavious wrote: Ah, gotcha. So it's good to give it all a basic coat before you get to the actual painting? I just went to straight painting after all the parts were in place. The primer (spray paint) makes an even surface to begin with, strengthens the models and instantly gives the model depth if followed by a black wash of 1:1 black paint to water. Captain Xavious wrote: raziel wrote: Send me the sketch first and I shall see if I know a way of doing it, if so sure ^^ Yep! Will do! For an idea, I basically want some sort of armored Scottish warrior in a kilt with a nice, big viking axe. I'll get a sketch done soon. Armoured Scottish Viking? I'm sure I can do this easily, but the sketch would be nice ~.^ Captain Xavious wrote: I need to get more paint though. I've got only a few decent acrylic paints; brown, tan, black, gray, silver, and flesh tone, plus a bunch of pots of really crappy paint. By the way, which type of paint do you recommend for painting this sort of stuff; acrylic? Annoyingly with paints you need quality more than quantity... the only reason I pay through the nose for GW paints. it depends on your painting style, for example, if you paint with watery mixtures of paints then use vallejo paints or "Game Ink/Paint". My brother uses GW's old supplier of paints "Coté d'arms" which is about half the price, twice the amount and on ebay. Another good supplier is one which you would not expect, "Decoart.com" although the cost is slightly more you get just over four times that of GW's paints... Mal P.S Damn, I may be giving out too many tricks of the trade ^^;

Author:	Captain Xavious [ Mon Aug 23, 2010 5:41 pm ]
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raziel wrote: The primer (spray paint) makes an even surface to begin with, strengthens the models and instantly gives the model depth if followed by a black wash of 1:1 black paint to water. Ah, ok. That sounds easy enough. I'll have to keep that in mind. Thanks! raziel wrote: Armoured Scottish Viking? I'm sure I can do this easily, but the sketch would be nice ~.^ Kinda. He's actually based off my character for our family's Ren Faire group, who is actually a Scottish knight crusader who simply claimed the viking axe off of a viking chieftain he killed. He is a knight of the Fanged Rabbit. I'll get some sketches done, though I dunno when, I'm still kinda figuring him out and I need to get some money together too. raziel wrote: Annoyingly with paints you need quality more than quantity... the only reason I pay through the nose for GW paints. it depends on your painting style, for example, if you paint with watery mixtures of paints then use vallejo paints or "Game Ink/Paint". My brother uses GW's old supplier of paints "Coté d'arms" which is about half the price, twice the amount and on ebay. Another good supplier is one which you would not expect, "Decoart.com" although the cost is slightly more you get just over four times that of GW's paints... Ah yeah, I know what you mean. The worst thing about that cheap paint I got was that there wasn't even quantity to save it. Fortunately I found a bunch of paint I got for my college art class a semester or two ago that I totally forgot about. They're a little thin and watery, but I think they'll do the trick until I can afford some more paint. raziel wrote: P.S Damn, I may be giving out too many tricks of the trade ^^; Hee hee, well, it's much appreciated.

Author:	raziel [ Tue Aug 24, 2010 2:16 am ]
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Captain Xavious wrote: Kinda. He's actually based off my character for our family's Ren Faire group, who is actually a Scottish knight crusader who simply claimed the viking axe off of a viking chieftain he killed. He is a knight of the Fanged Rabbit. I'll get some sketches done, though I dunno when, I'm still kinda figuring him out and I need to get some money together too. Well, if you send me the sketches I am sure I can find you a good price for what you want ~.^ Mal P.S Glad that this is helping

Author:	Captain Xavious [ Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:16 pm ]
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After 4 or 5 restarts and countless hours, I have the basics of my custom HeroScape unit Quartermaster Frank Johnson roughed in. Its not pretty, but its a start. I have no idea how I'm going to get the tiny details in place...

Author:	raziel [ Sun Aug 29, 2010 12:44 pm ]
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Captain Xavious wrote: After 4 or 5 restarts and countless hours, I have the basics of my custom HeroScape unit Quartermaster Frank Johnson roughed in. Its not pretty, but its a start. I have no idea how I'm going to get the tiny details in place... um... just a fyi thing... it is easier to sculpt up then it is to carve down. You may find it easier (I know I do) finding a "base model" to work with, the best I could find for what you are after is this. Mal P.S not in the mood to write a witty comment today... maybe next time.

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Author:	Captain Xavious [ Sun Aug 29, 2010 7:29 pm ]
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Yeah, I imagine it would be easier to modify an existing thing, but I wanna try and make one from scratch first. just so I can say I did it. Also, I just designed and wrote up a table top war game today. Still need to test it, but I think its quite solid. You design your own units by selecting a few "traits" for them. Most traits are just a weapon, but some increase their defense or speed, among other things. It gives me something to do with all my plastic army men.