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+1 for sexy curves

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 Camkierhi wrote:
Looking forward to this. other bits looking great, distinct lack of water towers though?! JK

Landscaping looks good, and always good to see your methods, going to have to try some out soon.

Oh there you go, spoiling an Old Man's surprise.

So, I made a few changes to the Water tower. First I added some outlets so I could hook up some hoses to it and run them to the Comfort station and elsewhere.

However, when I drilled the holes, I got a very strong petrochemical smell, so I set everything aside to finish off-gassing. I'm guessing it was the resin, or resin+glue. That's one reason for the delays.

Meanwhile, I adjusted the base a bit...

...I hope you don't mind.

Anyway, The Surprise. There is a big Infinity tournament next week-end in Glen Burnie Md-- It's near Baltimore, and I plan to go, if I am in town. I may need to be out of town. I won't know until after Tuesday. I of course plan on taking a table's worth of terrain, and rather than theme it, I plan on doing a "best of" my terrain threads table. Currently it looks thus

As can be seen, the water tower and the Comfort Station and Hab modules are a part of it-- a good 1/4 of the table. So, I just need to do the rest of the painting-- that is the detail work-- and it'll be done. That catwalk is perfect, BTW, for and Infinity terrrain piece. I also have a bunch of other painting to do do, and finish constructing those buildings in the lower right of the first photo of the table. But if I don't, I can just use the hill itself and spread the Hab modules etc around a bit more. As long as I get everything base coated, I'll be happy.

Oh, and I need to paint the minis for my army. Never enough time.

@Grimdork: Definitely look into the clamps. You will not regret it.
Ruglud, Curves are good. Very good It's a guy thing.

Sorry.

Yes that is smelly resin. And of course you do anything you want to it. It is yours. Rip it to bits for parts if you like, but I am glad you are liking it.

That board looks amazing all together like that. Truly honoured to be part of that.

Yeah your board is straight up fantastic

That is a very sweet set up for a table.

You and your infinity diorama are a reason I'm in the game now. That table top is great.

Thanks guys. I just need to get it done in time. But I'm not going to cut corners to do so. Fortunately (?) I have Saturday evening free. One of my fellow gamers has a massive chest cold, so game night is off this week-end.

Cam, no way I rip it up. To the contrary, I think that I could duplicate it, make an observation tower based on it, replacing the tank section with a little covered platform.

Theo you'll have fun with it. Very tactical game.

Simply amazing Red. The care and detail you put into everything is of the chart amazeballs. I'm stunned.
A quick question, what do you use to make the hills?

Beautiful stuff, Red. Really looking great!

Looks great all laid out on the table, Red.

The terrain is nice too...

Thanks Warboss and Doc

Well Mekugi, the same material as in these hills

which are modular and 3'x6' when fully together.

Or these hills, which are meant to go on a table edge


Or these hills, which are 4'x6'

and re-arrange nicely to make all sorts of table configurations.

I use the white polystyrene, the cheap stuff which is used in packaging

I reinforce the edges with cardstock, use a thick layer of housepaint as glue for the layers of polystyrene, then when that is dry-- it takes a few weeks-- another thick layer of housepaint and then sand on that. But I screen the sand so that I end up with uniform size to the particles. Those hills are all 12 years old, and have definitely seen some use, but are holding up quite well. They have only needed a few spot repairs here and there over the years.

Too many distractions last night. Only managed to build a dome for the small building

I hosted that last photo in the Dakka Gallery for a change. Apparently that is the way to get your blog on the home page.

I hope to finish the other dome and everything else for this building and the hill building this evening. Then windows and doors for lots of stuff on Monday. Then nothing but painting after that. And hope I can be in town this coming week-end. I'll know that soon enough.

Thanks for stopping by.

That hill is magnificent. I WANT to play on it now!

 inmygravenimage wrote:
That hill is magnificent. I WANT to play on it now!

Can I come round as well? I'll bring the beers...

Amazing display! THAT' is a table (and hills, and buildings, and, and...) worth the travel!

(I mean, since there seems to a be a get together coming soon, I'd might as well join in!)

Llevo el vino?

Cerveza por favor. No me gustan los vinos. Ademas, tiene que aprender a jugar Infinity. No es dificil.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
That hill is magnificent. I WANT to play on it now!

We had many an epic battle of King of the Hill on it. Back in the good old days of 4e 40k.

Good terrain makes for fun games. But y'all knew that

The get together is in Glen Burnie, Maryland on the 8th of November. Looks like 30 or so people so far. Gonna send off 2nd ed Infinity in style. I of course will win the Wooden Spoon, because I have not played any of the ITS (Infinity Tournament System) Scenarios for this year. Played a few of last year's and we all disliked them enough that we stopped playing them and went back to another mission system. Oddly called Y.A.M.S Yet Another Mission System.

Progress, such as it is


I guess I am calling this a contour building. I need to tidy up that dome. I do not think I wll have time to do any more on it before the tournament. Today is the last day to do any work for that. Friday is for packing everything up and getting everything stowed in the car etc. Then just relaxing. Maybe work on the fences.

The other building

I may concentrate on finishing this tonight. We'll see. Like I said, I am not going to rush things. I have no problem putting these pieces on the table as they are. I think people might find it interesting to see the stages of this sort of scratch building, the raw piece, the primed piece and the finished piece. All three types will end up on the table. terrrain evolution... yeah,, that'll be the table's theme

The fence progresses slowly, but starting next week things should speed up.


Here are the minis that I'm bringing to the tournament. Forgive me if I don't post the actual army lists. The reason is obvious. I hope.

I must get some paint on those 3 that still show primer. Not one of the minis is finished, but at least they are base coated, more or less. And wow, I need better lighting for photographing minis.

Finally, something no Infinity player should be without...

A case for all the markers and dice and other paraphenalia.

It is going to be a fun time. I'll take my camera and get pictures of the tables to post here, with close-ups of any really nice scratch built stuff.

Thanks for stopping by

I like your travel/standard play-case thing. I may have to steal that Idea if I ever get to play regularly

Great looking terrain as always

Have fun, and take plenty of interesting pictures.

Those tachikoma style drones look interesting, might have to look them up....


And in a blatant attempt at thread-jacking, disguised as an honourable thank you.....



/hijack

Heh, that looks like some kind of Dr Who villain to be sure! Or maybe something out of the 3rd end 40k rulebook

Looking great bud. Building is really good,stealing some of your idea s . Walls are awesome and looking forward to more on them

Hope you have a great playtime.

Love the curvy buildings! Who says infinity is all about hexes?

WIne, as miniature painting, is and acquired taste. So is beer, so there might still be hope for you on that front.

Hope you were serious about having the stages three stages of the building on the table together, I'd say it'd make a great display of how to's, and how good - in this case! - scratch builds can look.

Seems you are having some good time coming up, best of lucks!

Nice progress, Red.

Have a good game session.

Monkeytroll-- lovin' it. Much more than I ever would have done. I am glad the bits have a good home. And the not so bits. i just hope Littletower's reach him soon. Oddly enough, although your was 100 grams heavier (first prize v 2nd prize) the postage was the same. Even the postal worker found that odd.

Thanks for the encouragement guys.

 Littletower wrote:
WIne, as miniature painting, is and acquired taste. So is beer, so there might still be hope for you on that front.

Hope you were serious about having the stages three stages of the building on the table together, I'd say it'd make a great display of how to's, and how good - in this case! - scratch builds can look.

Seems you are having some good time coming up, best of lucks!

As serious as a heart-attack.

This is the table as played on during the tournament.

And people liked it. So a win-win.

I did not do well the first game-- it was my least favorite scenario from last year, and unlike wine, I do not think it has improved with age. Had a bye for the second round. Had a real bloodbath for round three. I had more victory points (Ie amount of points of models killed) but fewer objective points-- the things you need to win the scenario. Round four was a bloodbath too, but I came out on top in VP and OP. So I figure my record was 1-1-1. A Gentleman's "C" if you will.

Most important, I had a great time with 32 other Infinity players. We got patches, a catered lunch, so people didn't have to leave the site to eat, a very smart move on the TO's part IMHO, and a great time in a nice, clean, large FLGS. Man oh Man, do I wish there was one of those near me-- this one is an 80-85 minute drive away. (Yes, Americans talk about travel in terms of time, not distance. We can be strange that way.)

Here is my little bit o loot

The sneaky game store owner put out a table with Infinity figure on it, marked 30% off. Can you imagine the nerve... but, uhm, I had been meaning to get that Bagh-Mari sniper anyway, so... I also snagged a couple of pins for the factions I play, and one, the Bakunin pin (the orange one), for my friend who did a bit of GenCon shopping for me this year

Sounds like you had a good time, table looks amazing. Winning is not everything after all.

Nice couple of bits, in all I would mark that down as a success.

BTW it takes me 75 - 80 minutes to get to work every day, so I don't think that is bad for a fun day out. Wish I had a store anywhere near me at all, nearest I have is GW round the corner from work.

Glad you did! And it certainly looked ace, too!

Winning's overrated. 1-1-1 sounds suitably balanced to me

As for package getting here, as much as I wish it had arrived already - and more so after seeing MT's loot!; even 100 g less then that'd look like a TON! -. I¿ve learnt to be patient and not to jump to the door every tie the doorbell rings... Healthier like that... Be right back, just have to check my mailbox (again) And postage should have been cheaper, it's downway after all (Sorry, lame early Sunday attempt at a joke there, feel free to edit and erase!)

Glad you had a good time!

"Most important I hada great time with 32 other Ifinity players."

That's the win right there

Glad you had fun and your board was well received.

Yes, glad to see fellow gamers getting in games, thanks for sharing

Thanks all.

Cam, 75-80 minutes, driving? My morning commute is about 60-70 minutes normally, but that includes a train/subway ride. This is pure driving at about, hmm, I should be mindful of traffic laws, so I'll say 65 MPH (~ 105km/h) for most of it. My closest LGS is 30 minutes away, and in a nasty part of town (won't name either store or town though) and has never ever been cleaned. Not joking. So, I won't go near it. I cannot abide filth. Were it a nicer store, I'd go.

Littletower, down? Don't tell me you below the equator folk actually draw your maps with the Northern Hemisphere on top? That's just silly. (and in an amusing side note, when Europeans first arrived in North America, and got some maps form the American Indians, the Europeans were baffled by the maps. Seems the scale was not one of distance, but rather one of time ( Like 1cm =1 hour travel time, rather than 1cm= 5 km) Perfectly sensible, if you think about it. more than one way to do cartography)

Anwyay, now I can get to work on some fences. Maybe get the corner pieces done so I can start on the detailings.

Photos to follow of course.

Must see pictures...

Oh and I am a 50 mile drive. It is not bad, but cost the earth over here with the price of fuel. (and a silly car)