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That was fairly amusing. I dunno if I needed the whole video, a few clips woulda done it, but it was pretty funny. Of course then I followed 'like this' links until I ended up watching 20 minutes of amusing cats =/

And what a weird post to flip the page with

Indeed. I wonder if the squirrel came back looking for more pumpkin hooch the next day.
So update on the fence. So close to being done.

Keeping it simple after all. This way I can use it with pretty much any of my desert/Bourak terrain.

Just a bit more work needed on the garden shed. Looks like I'll make this deadline after all.

Painting? Yup. Just a little though. Did devote some time to the fencing.

Scattered application of paint, but I did finish the base on Anyat.

I kind of like the mini too, but I don't play that faction, so it'll be a universal proxy.

Thanks for stopping by.

Moar please! How did you achieve the stone look? It came out nice, it has a good contrast with the cream white on the roof.

Fancy. I really like your curvy wall.

Beautiful work, Red. Lovely tonal variation, too.

Thanks Grimdork. Graven, it's just a few washes. Sloppy water-color painting style. I love water color painting but man o man am I bad at it.

 Stormwall wrote:
Moar please! How did you achieve the stone look? It came out nice, it has a good contrast with the cream white on the roof.

Latex Acrylic House paint + talcum powder for texturing. I have come to really dislike using sand. The roof is not done. I intend to finish it to match the roof on the adobe guesthouse seen a few pages back.

Gotta get this done tonight too. Then I can play with the notion of some geometric patterns in the archways, at least a few of them. Somebody suggested the 'Moroccan Pattern' which looks easily enough done. It would have to be painted and weathered to match though.

Also, Moroccan colourings would mean a Coral Corral...

...Or a Cobalt Corral. Ooh, my entry now has a name Thanks Graven. I won't be painting the geometrics on it though. A bit too time consuming, and time is pretty much gone.

A peak at part of the final product though, but just a peak.




I'll need to set up a decent sized area to photograph the whole thing.

Feels nice to be done early.

Looking fantastic My only complaint so far is that the support beams sticking out of the wall aren't a bit longer, it's just a bit too short for me to imagine Aladdin (or perhaps Bran Do Castro) jumping from beam to beam before swinging up to the roof or across to another building

these sculpted walls and buildings are looking so very nice! They make me think that there is a society that appreciates what they live in, and try to make it look good.

Lady Murder Mokey will be so sad and lonely

Beautiful work Red, as always. You certainly are a leader in this terrain stuff. Innovative and solid, great stuff.

I am a little with Grim, I can almost imaging those poles extending out a bit further and having some nice cloth shading your patios etc. Mmm you see inspirational. Think 2015 could be a year of "try making a Red city!" for me at least.

It's all just so beautiful!

Thanks Gentlemen. Those poles are called Vigas, and they are supposed to be that way. However... extending them sounds like a cool idea, and maybe draping some sort of cover, an awning on them? I may give it a try on the Syrofoam Palace experiment. I love good suggestions.

Anyway, the contest photos are up, here http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/60/574664.page#7451945 in my Infinity Thread. Seems like I forgot to post the guesthouse there. I'll rectify that when I do the interior.

Merry Christmas, one and all.

Good job on the wall, Red. Really nice shape to it all.

Have a good Christmas.

Just leave this here to "distract you" a bit....

Lol. That is a Dr. Who robot?

(1) Hide a peanut in the mask and tell the squirrel that the mask is "squirrel proof".
(2) Watch squirrel acquire peanut.
(3) Profit???

Those little buggers can get into practically anything. "Squirrel Proof" means nothing, at least around here. Not sure about the ones native to the UK-- red squirrels.?

I have heard that your fair island is under invasion from the Eastern Gray Squirrel (pictured above) There is apparently a wiki about it, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_grey_squirrels_in_Europe I had no idea that it is so serious (assuming the wiki is y'know, not being sensationalist)

They are edible, BTW.

Yeah I was gonna say, if something is overpopulating and also edible... problem seems to solve itself

 Camkierhi wrote:
Just leave this here to "distract you" a bit....

LOL Cam! a Cyberman head nut feeder to assimilate the squirrels,,,,,Hmm, Cybersqurrels, how would they be kept on focus?

Cyberman peanut feeders? Most excellent

Indeed, the grey squirrel has invaded - the red squirrel is rarely seen these days, it's been many years since I last saw one certainly. They're still active in parts of Scotland and Wales, but elsewhere are almost gone, there are a couple of conservation trusts trying to re-populate them I believe.

Disease has done in the Reds, or so it seems. A shame. But enough about squirrels. It's not like you can mount lasers on them or something...

Paint the mini Sunday turned out to be clean, assemble, base and prime the minis Sunday.

Some Infinty figs, and some Reaper Pathfinder stuff for another game. That LE bounty hunter (green and white base) is a monster.

Priming is the application of paint, so it counts. I just hate having unassembled stuff lying around. Now it can go in the painting queue.

N3 Preorder guy is pretty chunky. Neat assortment.

Love the look of those buildings - nice mix of architectural elements.

Walls and garden shed turned out, as expected, beautifully. Both texture and colour are spot on, plus the great modularity and flexibility of the design. Aces on that.

Primer is white, white, black (an tan, since at it) are colours, too, so yes, of course it counts. But not that much, some other colours are expected for next weekend, so be ware.

I don't know much about squirrels, we only have some cavies (if google-fu didn't fail me, that is) turned half-domestic around the yard. The only seem to be eating grass, so no quarrel with them yet. They are edible (and part of some traditional dishes elsewhere), too, so might keep them as emergency stockpiles, just in case!

Cavie is the same as Cobaya? Cui-Cui? Guinea Pig? Tasty little critters, at least in countries further north of you. Also, sold as pets in the US. Or these, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patagonian_mara ?

There used to be saber-toothed squirrels in Argentina. That's a funny thought.

Cavy - Is that some sort of wild guinea-pig?

Initially confusing pic - was wondering when halflings had entered the Infinty-verse

White is most definitely a colour - no complaints here Although some colour might be good on the big merc - at present I can't help but feel he's wearing some kind of rudimentary clam-shell bra


edit: sabre-tooth squirrels? Quality wild-life

second edit: okay, seems Red has it right, following that link.

Spot on: Cui-Cui, Cuis, o cuyi. And yes, roasted. Taste sort of like chicken, too. But then again, almost anything does.

Sabre-tooth squirrels? , now I definitively have to make one of those! With bionics.

And lasers.

On Red Bull.

Here's the handome devil now,


And the article, http://blog.everythingdinosaur.co.uk/blog/_archives/2011/11/04

I always liked the onomotapoeia of the name cui-cui.

Technically white is all colors.

 monkeytroll wrote:
Cavy - Is that some sort of wild guinea-pig?

Initially confusing pic - was wondering when halflings had entered the Infinty-verse

White is most definitely a colour - no complaints here Although some colour might be good on the big merc - at present I can't help but feel he's wearing some kind of rudimentary clam-shell bra


edit: sabre-tooth squirrels? Quality wild-life

second edit: okay, seems Red has it right, following that link.

Bolded the ROFL part. You're right. Now I can never unsee it

To start the new year by stickin' it to the Man, a double post. Mwah-Ha-Ha.

Trying out a new toy tool, a nice aluminum triangle. Sadly, with inches instead of centimeters :( But those are a be-yotch to find in the USA. Seems to be working well. I just wish that it was a heavier gauge.


Added the first porch to the 'experiment'

I'll finish it like the other building with the supports etc, although I think I will use a different tile pattern on the patio underneath.

The final major piece of the roof


One more porch and patio to go, then onto the details. Should finish this off soon enough. Then I think I'll focus on painting and finishing off a few other projects that have been languishing, before I start anything new.

Famous last words, eh?

Thanks for stopping by.

The building looks truly epic and beautiful. Your work is fantastic and it makes me very envious.

Thanks Archer.

Not much work done at all. Oh but I did learn that I do need bifocals :( So that kind of sucked.

Paint the Mini Sunday, a bit of paint on Lem the Pathfinder mini

I'll be painting him in the standard colors, rather than branch out on my own.

Set up a table with all the projects that I have started in the past 2 years, but have not finished. It's the Table of Shame:


But there is also the Table of Fame, things I did complete within the past 2 years


In all fairness, a decent portion from the Table of Shame just needs to be painted, and windows/doors or water efffects added. The bulk of the work is done. The Table of Fame does look a bit empty.

I reckon I'll finish that front end loader-- the papercraft-- this week-end, and then get to work on some painting. Those sheets of paper are the nice sailing ship papercraft that I want to do, but I'll save that for last. I'm thinking no new projects until the Table of Shame is cleared.

Maybe real WIPs next time. Got a lot of reading to do too.

Thanks for dropping by.