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2014/11/20 13:19:23
Subject: Red Harvest's Terrain Blog: Fencing (not with a foil either)
I know what you mean about those big pieces of packing foam, they look like walls and buildings but as soon as you start working on them they just refuse to cooperate. Glad this one is coming together for you.
Stormwall, It's all about practice, practice, practice. Anybody can acquire the skill. Just keep at it.
Ruglud wrote: Showed the bug to my missus, she was not impressed...
Nice paint job though
She's an entomologist? I could mail you a box of them, but I think that would violate a huge number of Federal laws. And Crown laws too. (Is that the proper term?) The bugs themselves are just a nusiance,but their stink...Wow. I could crush a bunch up and capture the stink in a bag and mail it. That would make an impression but not a good one. Fortunately several species of spiders hereabouts have developed a taste for the stinkers. Had a spider in the corner of my basement, and by the time I noticed it, it had quite a pile of stink bug husks below its web. I let it be. After all, it was, in a way, paying rent Carefully cleaned out the husks though.
Terrain is great but I keep scrolling back up to look at the bug lol. Glad I don't have them around here
Oh, you'll get them soon enough if you guys keep importing stuff from China. That's how they made it here.
So, I decided to make the windows inserts ike the doorways.
And put a base on the thing, which I should have done first, but since this is a 'learning project', no biggie that I did not.
I'll need to wrap the thing one more time to cover the base and the window inserts properly, but that will be fine. It will strengthen the piece a bit, which will be nice, given how soft the white sytrofoam can be.
Made a slight change to the fence
I did not like the flat top to the walls for the corner sections so...
A funny thought occurred to me this morning; something I wrote on another forum-- the Infinity forum-- some time ago, 11 April 2013 apparently.
kidterminal wrote:
That's some amazingly cool paper work there. You'll have on of the most stylistically cohesive boards I've ever seen.
Red Harvest wrote: My goal is to have a board unlike anything you have ever seen. Sort of a Gehry and Gaudi went on a vision quest in the Painted Desert thing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painted_Desert_(Arizona) a quick wiki link for starters.
It occured to me that I have yet to reach the goal, but judging from what I saw at the B-Brawl Tournament a few weeks ago, I am very much on the right path, since the table I set out was quite different from all the rest. Now, to finish it. And then the other two. I'll get there. It's good to have goals. Two years is not such a long time to achieve one (assuming I finish by April)
Thanks for stopping by.
2014/11/21 15:03:45
Subject: Red Harvest's Terrain Blog: No Bugs Allowed
Used the plastic from a mini's blister to make the 'glass'
Decided to do the reverse of what I did with the first window. I like this effect better too, at least for this instance.
Began lining the inside, so I can actually finish that too. Once I figure out a floorplan. Sort of going about this backwards, but enjoying it
Ah yes, Paint the Mini Sunday. Not all the way base coated, but close
Going with a brighter blue than the standard look for Fusiliers. Although the secondary blue-ish color doesn't really stand apart from the main blue. I may have to lighten it up a bit. Or darken the main blue. Ah well. Problem for another day.
Thanks for stopping by.
2014/11/24 12:29:57
Subject: Red Harvest's Terrain Blog: No Bugs Allowed
All looking good! I like the secretarys' attache~ gun.
Buildings look interesting as always.
I like the Haqqislam and SAriadna for my own collection so far, and I do like the faction of the Combined army of the Morats.
"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
2014/11/24 14:30:06
Subject: Red Harvest's Terrain Blog: No Bugs Allowed
Mastodon: @DrH@warhammer.social
The army- ~2295 points (built).
* -=]_,=-eague Spruemeister General. * A (sprue) Hut tutorial * Dsteingass - Dr. H..You are a role model for Internet Morality! // inmygravenimage - Dr H is a model to us all
Theophony - Sprue for the spruemeister, plastic for his plastic throne! // Shasolenzabi - Toilets, more complex than folks take time to think about!
2014/12/01 10:44:37
Subject: Re:Red Harvest's Terrain Blog: No Bugs Allowed
Thanks guys, except you Stormwall. Thank you very much. For the laugh
Finish it Casey's Law. You'll be glad that you did.
And apparently an entire week has passed since I last posted. Wow. Hectic days. Not much hobby time
So here are the bits
The prototype connector for the fence
And with the Garden shed
I opted for something basic here. I don't want anything to distract too much from the undulation of the fence. (ah, method to the madness.)
Built the floor for the styrofoam project, it will be removable so I can build an interior at some point.
And played with roof ideas
Got a little carried away with this one. I will go for something simpler
Early WIP. There will be another level and of course porches and patios. Turns out I am liking the really thick walls this thing has. Lots of potential.
And one last thing. Paint the Mini Sunday. Turns out I did a really lousy primer job on the minis from the Icestorm box , so I ended up stripping them all
and re-priming them, this time using the airbrush. Now they are properly primed, and I decided to heck with it and airbrushed some color onto most of them too.
There are a couple of Reaper minis in there too, that I intend to use as Palbots for the Pan-O
One reminds me of the 'bot from Metropolis. Awesome Movie, IMHO. The Philip Glass soundtrack was, meh. And the other is the one I base coated, thus sticking to the plan
Thanks for stopping by.
2014/12/01 12:36:24
Subject: Re:Red Harvest's Terrain Blog: No Bugs Allowed
Building looks great. Roof V 1.0 really caught my attention for a while, would love to see one like that some time (Agree that it might not be quite the right style for this house, but it'd look great nonetheless).
Simpler one is more fitting, and looks good. +1 for thick walls, both in the model and IRL. Great thermal insulation, though the recessed windows limit natural light a bit: maybe a skylight to make up for that?
Sunday painting seems to be paying off too,
2014/12/02 01:02:48
Subject: Red Harvest's Terrain Blog: No Bugs Allowed
Love the priority mail boxes you used, and the slope of that roof. Why didn't I think of going to the post office to get free cardboard. Makes perfect thick walls, and I bet the glue pad on the end of the box is useful.
Is this why the post office is suffering budget issues. Are wargamers depriving the public of mail services due to extensive bit ordering and free cardboard perusal?
Spoiler:
warhammer40killuminaticonfirmed
Oh and please keep painting on Sunday. As for the laugh, well, that just makes this day come to a perfect end for me.
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I liked the multi-angled roof, but agree that is doesn't fit that particular building.
Look forward to where the new roof goes.
Mastodon: @DrH@warhammer.social
The army- ~2295 points (built).
* -=]_,=-eague Spruemeister General. * A (sprue) Hut tutorial * Dsteingass - Dr. H..You are a role model for Internet Morality! // inmygravenimage - Dr H is a model to us all
Theophony - Sprue for the spruemeister, plastic for his plastic throne! // Shasolenzabi - Toilets, more complex than folks take time to think about!
2014/12/03 02:07:03
Subject: Red Harvest's Terrain Blog: No Bugs Allowed
Argh! Here I was, innocently browsing your P&M blog, thinking "no bugs" referred to tyranids, or the infinity caskuda, or something. And then, I saw this...
Brown Marmorated Stinkbugs. Nasty invasive species here on the East Coast. Saw this one crawling on my Alguacil (All-gwah-THEEL, or All-gwah-SEEL) So I took a quick snapshot before dispatching it. The trick is to crush it, but only a little bit. That kills it, but doesn't release the stink. I sort of roll the sole of my shoe gently onto it. It makes a satisfying crackling sound too Man I loathe the things.
Can't stand those things, and you're right, they have totally invaded. I find the trick is to gently grab it with a wad of toilet paper, and flush it. I forget who gave me this tip originally, but it works like a charm - no stink at all.
Oh, and nice modelling, too but this is going to be the image stuck in my mind from this plog at the moment...
2014/12/03 03:40:35
Subject: Red Harvest's Terrain Blog: No Bugs Allowed
Been quiet for a little while (probably due to my regular routine being interrupted) but the buildings are looking spectacular. Really hanging out to see some paint or stucco applied to them.
2000 Point Armies
[40k] Orks - Kaptin Grimskragas Razorfangs; Tyranids - Hive Fleet Acidica; Astra Militarum - Murdochs 5th Armoured Detachment; Necron - Reclamation Legion of Tomb World Fordris; Inquisition - Ordos Hereticus Witchfinder Tasetus and Coven; Iron Hands - Taskforce of the Garrsak Clan Company; Alpha Legion - XII Ambush Cell, Loyalists of the Twin Primarchs; Aeldari - Guiding Light of Yarn Le'ath;
[Warhammer] Empire - Obsidian Knightly Order; Bretonnian - Vain Quest for the Grail, 11th Crusade of Araby; Dwarf - Throng of Kark Veng; Ogre Kingdoms - Wondrous Caravan of the Traveller and his Maneaters; Tomb Kings - Bronze Host of Ka-Sabar; Chaos Dwarf - Protectors of Hashuts Holy Places; High Elf - Dragonriders of Caledor;
2014/12/06 19:25:03
Subject: Red Harvest's Terrain Blog: No Bugs Allowed
A whole week passes again. Thanks all for the comments.
Stormwall wrote: Love the priority mail boxes you used, and the slope of that roof. Why didn't I think of going to the post office to get free cardboard. Makes perfect thick walls, and I bet the glue pad on the end of the box is useful.
Is this why the post office is suffering budget issues. Are wargamers depriving the public of mail services due to extensive bit ordering and free cardboard perusal?
Spoiler:
warhammer40killuminaticonfirmed
Oh and please keep painting on Sunday. As for the laugh, well, that just makes this day come to a perfect end for me.
Here's Why you did not.
If you don't hear from me for the next 3-5 years, you'll know where I am, spending an involuntary vacation at Club Fed. I just used it for a temporary mock-up. Corrugated cardboard is, erm, an interesting material for building terrain. And by interesting I mean a PITA to use and generally not worth the hassle.
Littletower wrote: Building looks great. Roof V 1.0 really caught my attention for a while, would love to see one like that some time (Agree that it might not be quite the right style for this house, but it'd look great nonetheless).
Simpler one is more fitting, and looks good. +1 for thick walls, both in the model and IRL. Great thermal insulation, though the recessed windows limit natural light a bit: maybe a skylight to make up for that?
Sunday painting seems to be paying off too,
Of course there will be skylights. The V.1 was just a quick mock-up, so I could see it in 3 dimensions. It has potential, but on a different building. The advantage of recessed windows is that they do let in ambient light, but not direct sunlight, so less heat goes into the house that way. Upsets any cats that live within though-- no sunbeams. :( The other solution to reducing heating is to have covered porches, verandas, etc... There will be a few of those too.
RiTides wrote: Argh! Here I was, innocently browsing your P&M blog, thinking "no bugs" referred to tyranids, or the infinity caskuda, or something. And then, I saw this...
Brown Marmorated Stinkbugs. Nasty invasive species here on the East Coast. Saw this one crawling on my Alguacil (All-gwah-THEEL, or All-gwah-SEEL) So I took a quick snapshot before dispatching it. The trick is to crush it, but only a little bit. That kills it, but doesn't release the stink. I sort of roll the sole of my shoe gently onto it. It makes a satisfying crackling sound too Man I loathe the things.
Can't stand those things, and you're right, they have totally invaded. I find the trick is to gently grab it with a wad of toilet paper, and flush it. I forget who gave me this tip originally, but it works like a charm - no stink at all.
Oh, and nice modelling, too but this is going to be the image stuck in my mind from this plog at the moment...
Oops? I use tweezers sometimes to grab them, or even better, an old plastic jar with a few inches of soapy water in it. They have not been so bad around here this year. They seem to be up north these days.
jabbakahut wrote: I hate those, in my house in South Carolina the back door entry gets flooded with these things. Each week I vacuum them up, smells terrible.
The smell actually attracts more of them I hear.
For a piddling update, see below :(
Finally finished blocking out all the connectors for the fence.
Three weeks to go. I hope I can find time to get 'er done.
Decided on a second story for the sytrofoam palace
I may be over-complicating it, considering it was meant as just a test. You can see where the porch will go too. There will be one on the other side of the house as well. And a semicircular wall on the second story wall that overlooks the lower roof. I can actually visualize the finished building now, so no more groping along for how to do things. This should speed up the building process
So far the lesson learned: I could probably have done it faster and easier using other material, but, I probably would not-- no, make that definitely would not -- have made such thick walls, or used the dimensions as they are, or made that neat little pair of indentations on the one wall. As an experiment and learning piece, I like it, and I like that it has taken me 'out of the box' as far as building ideas go. I suppose that there is a pun in there somewhere.
Ah, paint the mini Sunday has become re-paint some of the minis Sunday, and batch paint a bit too. Here are the results, still WIPs
Much smoother painting this time. Me gusta el aerógrafo. Best way to apply primer and base coat.
And the batch painting of the Pan-O fusiliers, and I threw in the Bipandra and Angus, and Tabitha Bolt minis, since they are all pretty similar.
Very early WIPs, but it is progress.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope to have more done before next Sunday.
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2014/12/08 17:36:00
Subject: Red Harvest's Terrain Blog: Club Fed Vacation?
Well been a couple weeks since said how brilliant you are so I guess it is time again.
Second story is excellent and it is funny how these things drag us in, usually kicking an d screaming. I think our most terrible statement to self is "I'll just..............."
Painting is looking excellent, really working well for you forcing a routine. The figures are excellent as always.
2014/12/09 20:37:22
Subject: Re:Red Harvest's Terrain Blog: Club Fed Vacation?
The fence is coming along nicely, great job with the connecting posts as well. As for your troubles with the post office boxes... I got in trouble at the post office for cutting down one of their boxes to make it smaller. The guy at the counter said he still had to charge me for shipping the box as the larger box , so I opened the box took my item out of it and left him the box, went next door to ups and they shipped it for less. Glad I didn't leave my address on the box though as TFG would have shown up on my doorstep later for payback.
Fence and new second story house are looking awesome by the way.
LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13
I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14
2014/12/09 21:10:31
Subject: Red Harvest's Terrain Blog: Club Fed Vacation?
Walls are looking great! Awesome about the new story added to the big place, the secretaries look great too! all looking good.
"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
2014/12/09 23:17:31
Subject: Re:Red Harvest's Terrain Blog: Club Fed Vacation?
I thought I misunderstood the new tittle, then I read on I saw I had got it right, and got worried!
Sounds like one regulation that must not see much use, though, so I wouldn't worry much! If I'm not wrong, defacing currency is a federal offence too, and wasn't there a stand selling flattened pennies at the top of the Empire State Building, IIRC? Still...
Upside would be you'd have plenty of modelling time
I dont' care about the cat: anything that can help toning down the heat would be much welcome at this time! (It's been so hot as of late down here, that the paint dries on the brush before it hits the model even once!)
Second storey looks as good as the first, keep on it.And the recesses on the wall are great, so good you went along with this "experiment" then!
Painting Sunday's keep paying off too, good for you. Aerógrafo? Yes, I've heard/read about those magical things: the ones that let you apply paint without the pesky hairy sticks, right? Seems to work well