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Am using my hobby time to try and push on with some Anima Tactics figures atm so the terrain has been neglected of late.
However...
Test played a skirmish game called Fear and Faith over the half term with my daughter.
Lots of fun with me on the wrong end of a 4-0 drubbing!

Thought it a good chance to try out the Necro terrain and while it has flaws shows a lot of promise as a playground for our little aggressive chums.

The upper flooring looks like it will need to be reduced in size. For practicallity of handlinfg gthe models it is to obstructive as it is.

Need to organise the steps and ladders but that was on going anyway.

But as mentioned lots of promise.

well this thread was way too long dormant for my taste^^
will be good to see some fresh updates mate!

vik

and:
well so much for teaching your doughter... she overrun you...see what teaching kids does?... let them stay dumb and we stay on top...*evil snigger*

The Dice Gods hate me! Curse you Mr. Bones!!!

who´s that mr bones?

He be who you pray to when rattling the bones (dice)

ah...now i understand...early dice made from bones...got ya^^

but the lady luck is who you needed to pray to, but the more we beseach her , the more she losses interest in us... but if we tiptoe on the edge with the stakes as high as they can get, then she might be there...

Hello Chibi Bodge battle see you often on Neil and Vik's threads, didnt know you had a thread. What a great thread it is to, fantastic terrain mate. Love the eldar/dark eldar style stuff especially the crashed ship. Also like your gangway wip.

Thanks Perkustin
nice of you to say and glad you found this little part of Dakka

Keep meaning to create a banner with a linky to the blog but never seem to get around to it

glad your still having fun! been thinking of picking up a few anima tactics models myself. Fear and faith sounds like a cool game to play with your kids
must beat uno or monopoly anyday

Fear and Faith is based on Ganesha Games engine, and is pretty simple once a numpty like me gets his head around it.
I think there is a lot of mileage in it with the possibility of variation and adapting/creating one's own characters and scenarios.

Also have an the Kooky Teenage Monster Hunters expansion which is more tongue in cheek, and a bit of a wry nod to Buffy etc. So even more fun on the horizon.

The problem is getting all the games played and building/painting everything and now have decided we will have Steampunk Vampire showgirls.
Something else to add to the list of things to do


Anima Tactics I really like as a game and the fluff is good too imho. Some models are better than others but usually good to very good. "Suffers" from having some excellent concept art which the minis don't always live up to.

Not had the chance or energy to finish off any but will try and get some pics up. Not going for brilliant painting like you see on these threads that look good even under the macro lens, will be pleased to finish something that looks good on the gaming table.

rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Steampunk Vampire showgirls rrrrrrrrrr

thats some nasty thoughts you´re instilling...

gosh now i have to wash my brain out with soap...

Hey Chibs , just wondering if you finished any of those Anima tactics Guys, also is the Necro build on permenant hold mate

and wheres these steampunk vamps we were promised

The latter are a long way off
Have finished XII as I have had enough and not happy enough to show in public

Have been unable to finish off some BFSP dwarves as intended to the concentrate on the AT figures.

Also need to do some bats as we can proxy the vampires but need something for the transformation.
Have bought some transparent Fimo as the vampire leader can also turn into mist, so will try and get those done at least sculpted for my daughter when she finishes at Easter.

there is transparent FIMO??? how cool is that? endlesspotential in that...

I am not sure how transparent it will be Vik
Doubt it will be clear see through and am expecting something more like frosted glass.

It won't matter for the transformed vampire as long as it is ethereal and looks like she is in the process of popping in and out of corporeality then it will be fine.

Will pop up some pics to show how it goes.
It is part of the Fimo Effects range.

well for the things i have in mind your decription is quite cool...as in cool as icicles...^^ or even as a new way to make forcebeams coming from weapons...add a layer of wash of your liking and your good to go...

There are other transparent colours too
and glitter...
and no that will not be used to make the vampires!

Yeah, it'll be interesting to see what you acheive, could be useful for smoke/mist/warp substance type effects.

Glitter vampires - where's the shudder emote

yep sounds really cool Chibi. never used fimo myself , thanks for the tip , will look into it.

The transparent Fimo is as transparent as porcelain.
Was not expecting a glass like finish but was hoping for something more see through and ethereal.
With some careful painting it might work.

My first attempt with Fimo and have found it difficult to work with. Guess am at the bottom of the learning ladder which doesn't help, neither does the fact that I am getting more used to GS these days.

Oh well can't win em all

or any now I come to think on it!

well since fimo is unbaked squishy up to the point you are done with it, it is kind of hard to work with... real sculpting in the sense of work with GS it is not compareable at all...if you want basic shapes and maybe something like scenic bases or like i did sandbags the stuff is quite great...
like my late granddad used to say...for every job use the right tool...
by the way... any more work latley done on your wounderful necro terrain?
will you show us your fimo attempts of bats?

The bats will be GS Vik
The misty vamp I tried to do with the Fimo last night is so abyssmal as to be not worth photographing!

Necro terrain is stalled pending other jobs

I agree about the materials for the job.
Wasn't hoping for fine detail, the squishiness was frustrating but will use the Fimo for other projects




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Misty is being salvaged
Also made her base from Transparent Fimo
Not that you can tell it is see through!

Might giver her a quick prime and paint job
She is too big but who cares.
No line of sight issues and she da boss vamp so is okay she is a strapping lass.

Out of the blue comes a mutant tortoise WIP
Not sure if the human head (donated from another WIP wot got broken) works or not
What do you reckon?

Will possibly reptilify the face a bit more but I kind of want a more sympathetic feel rather than mutant = evil sort of vibe.

ps the Mutant is neither ninja nor teenager, not named after a Renassaince artist and does not chow down on pizza.

holy... a sign of life in this thread^^...hooray

the turtoise body looks great, tho i am not sold on the head...first question, why did you make the neck so long? a nose ??? i would rather use a tau head then insted... but if you aim for a truescale^^ tortoise then i suggest going for a more like this look:



i think this head wouldn´t give you any trouble seeing your skills with GS and also ir would carry the look even further...
one must however ask why...? or is it one of those questions that can be answered with a simple because?^^

cheers, and thanks for that update^^...also i just realized that you never got a comment of misty...that auto appending stuff is really crappy...so many things can get lost...


vik

I had a shorter neck on the mutant tortoise but decided to lengthen.

The chap will be semi bipedal hence the long forelimbs.

It is for a skirmish game called "Mutants and Ray guns" which works on the same mechanics as Fear and Faith.

Never thought about using anyone else's head tbh Vik
Will probably adapt this one with some procreate or GS






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Some species do have long necks, I just like the idea.

i see, long necks, i have a fleeting memory of some turtules in a sealife something i have seen... the thing i would suggest is give the current head two GS bals as eyes and if you are feeling like it then add just lids (semi open^^) to it... maybe get rid of the nose...as the nose definatly puts the head off for me...is it only me or does the face look like as if it is whisteling a tune?^^

What, you've never seen a happy-go-lucky mutie chelonian whistling Happy Together?

That freaky mutie is herectical , back to the balck ships with thee chibi

Nope
Not heretical as it nowt to do with GWery

That's alright, either have the balck ships