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For the table, you should consider something that can be easily modified. While it might be the right size for your little one now, sooner or later you are going to blink, and she’ll be a foot taller, I know you said you don’t want sawhorses, but they can be easily adjusted with longer lumber as needed. If you use cubes as a base, you might want to choose a size that you can add more of to get to a comfortable hight.

Nice inventory. I should start taking stock of what I’ve got primed myself. As I still rely on the great outdoors to prime, I need to make sure I have enough minis squirreled away to last the winter. And if stuff needs to be built, I need to start now.

I haven't even got that stuff primed or assembled for the most part, that's the 'all everything' list. Primed up is just 3-4 PanO but I tend to prime with the airbrush at least half of the time (and basically all the time in the winter).

So.

PSA

Testors Dullcote Lacquer (in the bottle) is freaking fantastic. It dries in seconds. It's flat. It isn't tacky. I can dip my bones and cover them in this stuff, and they will not be tacky.

I'm a bit ecstatic atm.

That evil nun? How can I describe her before... man, I'm probably gonna go to hell for this... the nun felt like she was covered in a thin layer of syrup. After the dullcoat, I can touch her without ... damnit no, it's just too inappropriate...

The nun was very tacky. Now, the nun is not tacky at all and makes for a fine gaming piece. Perhaps she will join the undead cowboys or resume command of another league of her own.

Yay!


No pictures atm, I'll maybe put one up of the rescued bones models after the fact. Crap... I may have to bust some of these guys out, though I still need to find my airbrush hose with the quick connects attached.

inappropriate nun discussion

I might have to check out the restore dullcote, I've heard others talk about it now that you remind me.

Well... I was gonna have to use the word sticky in relation to talking about touching a nun and... well yeah I decided not to go there.. of course now I kind of did in a roundabout way.

I mean, the stuff works as a brush on sealer straight from the pot too, doesn't have to be fixing anything.

One drawback, though, is that (like most testors stuff, iirc) the stuff is noxious. I don't like to be in the same room with an open bottle without my mask on. But it gets results. For damn sure.


So I saw someone had cobbled together a small-medium Forces of Nature army from their reaper bones 2 minis, all of which I also own. I may have to copycat them +/- some changes. It was stuff like a unit made of all of the baby dragons plus an elf or something behind them herding them forward. The shark man counting as a nature spirit (water) or some other gribbly thing. Gnolls and bugbears taking up slots as lesser elementals, etc. Of course they're working on an 'additional races' book with 9 more armies and 'The Herd' is a beastmen army so that may work better for stuff like gnolls/bugbears.

But given how modular KoW armies are with allies and stuff.. I can really just pump out clusters of units to be bolted together to make armies. Like right now I've got 3 skaven/ratmen units on my desk and just 2 KoM units and 1 regiment of skeletons, so the men have employed the necromancer in charge of the skeletons and it's an even fight (for now!).

I'm glad I ordered some of the Naiads from the kickstarter. I like their rules in game. They're basically light/squishy infantry but they regenerate (4+, so basically 50% of their damage goes away each movement phase) so you've got to sweep them in a concentrated attack or they may stick around harder than you'd expect for a light unit. I've got a bunch of underwater monsters from bones2 that will go well with the Naiads. I'm also thinking up a couple of ways to use the Kraken from my bones2 for KoW. I'm thinking.. to use it as a regiment, or possibly the largest monster you can get in the list, depending on the size/powers of each..whatever is strongest basically. But anyway, modeling wise I'm gonna dump the boat and either use a water effect (real water or w/e it's called?) in a half-sphere (like the lid of an ICEE or something to mold it) with a wizard (hands raised to the air) conjuring the water to keep the Kraken floating around in the battle. Or possible just find a good way to sculpt waves and have a wizard more or less surfing (or riding a dolphin or something) in the Kraken's wake, magicking up the water.

The Forces of Nature idea sounds pretty sweet.

Need to see the Kraken concept now. It just sounds too cool.

"Don't worry troops we are too far from the ocean for that pesky kraken to touch us.....oh.......they brought the ocean with them......run."

Once I get the airbrush done, I'll be more in the mood to experiment/paint with it. I still can't find my fugging quick connectored hose, and I can't get the teeny airbrush sized connectors (1/4 or maybe 1/8" even) in town so I've got to find it.

I think I've got some realistic water stuff.. and if I don't then I'll figure something out. I really want the Kraken to work as a playable model and I think the levitating in a too-small fishbowl/riding summoned waves will work. I'm not sure which I like better. Maybe the fish bowl one. Though I wouldn't be opposed to the surfing thing for cavalry or water elementals etc.

Sin eater and Custodier are getting close. I have 5 more previously bought Nomads that don't come from Icestorm left to do: Bran do Castro (gene-modded Morlock character, got some monkey aspects), a sin eater with sniper rifle, the spitfire Riot Grrrl (still trying to decide if I wanna do the Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 scheme with a link of them or not...), and the two Tsyklon Sputniks. And everything in Icestorm, of course. But one project at a time!

I need to paint some quick/easy/mass/small/whatever stuff soon too, just because.

Gonna check my finances and see about getting some bases I guess.

Love the fishbowl idea. Reminds me of Dr Suess for fishy reasons.

Yah like that but the bowl is magic holding in the water, and Fish is the freaking Kraken.

Just needs to be a bigger bowl then!

Yeah, I'll have to find something to put the invisiwater in, and triple check the materials to which it will and will not stick. Gotta paint the Kraken first though. Which I can now do, what with having found a bag full of literally everything I was missing and nothing else. How convenient...

Three of my Moderators are claiming the discovery but I'm pretty sure they didn't have anything to do with it. Now that I have my hot glue guns, drill battery/charger, and air hoses... I can get to some more heavy duty stuff than just brushwork.

So now production can return to regular awesome levels of speed.

Well. Kind of. Still got tiny baby and oppressive levels of heat, but the heatcmay be backing off. Regardless, should get a bit more done. Especially with bones being more viable now.


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Well. Kind of. Still got tiny baby and oppressive levels of heat, but the heatcmay be backing off. Regardless, should get a bit more done. Especially with bones being more viable now.

Interesting idea for the Kraken, Grim. But why not just use the one from Wrath of Kings?

Didn't back that and was unaware of such a model. Mostly looking for ways to use and integrate my bones stuff.

More thoughts on KoW. So I know Azazel does his KoW units as 12 25mm round bases on a movement tray. I would like to soft copy the idea to integrate bones models into my KoW regiment bases but such that they can come back out for DnD.

Pictures to follow. First is source idea. Next has X's where KoW skeletons will be glued to base.

I've hit upon what seems like a devastatingly simple way to accommodate the round bases. The only drawback is that I'd destroy the base trying to mount all 12 like that. So the second photo shows a compromise. Gonna keep working on this but feedback is greatly appreciated!

Does it have to be square?



Just a thought.

For Kings of War? Yes, they've gotta be a specific size/shape.

However, what you linked would be a great movement template for 40k

Use it for me grots.

 Camkierhi wrote:
Does it have to be square?

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Just a thought.

That is the strangest cookie I've ever seen.

@Cam makes sense, and even though I don't play 40k anymore, I'll thank you for being an efficient player for the rest of that community

I prefere this setup. It looks more natural, and scenic.

Yeah, that's the only way I can do it and still punch out the holes. The X's will be skeletons glued to the base who are always there, with the models representing clear-round based minis that I can pop off to use for D&D or what have you.

I'll put up some more photos soon to help clarify what I'm after.

How are you going ot punch out the 25mm round holes ?

I could use that technology in my aresenal.

This is not the same brand, but its from the same place and looks to do the same thing:
http://www.hobbylobby.com/Scrapbook-%26-Paper-Crafts/Accessories-%26-Tools/Punches/1%22-Paper-Shapers-Nesting-Circle-Punch/p/13843

A 1" circle hole punch. Works beautifully on paper and cardstock. The stuff I'm using to make my bases out of is a bit thicker and you've really got to wrangle the punch and material but so far so good. It's great for making custom tokens with those bottle cap stickers. I suspect you could also punch "Invisibases" out of that thin blister/clamshell plastic too, but I haven't tried it.

I had one, similar to that, but it broke the first time I tried to cut through cereal box cardboard with it. I've seen people hammer sharpened plumping pipe through stuff, but I've yet to find a method that works better for me than just using an exacto/scalpel blade.

You could just draw the circles on where you want the bases to fit and just build up around them with putty, card, sand, flock, etc..


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I made that last comment, before seeing the pictures.



That looks pretty good.

I may have to try that so my skeletons can serve double duty.

That might also work, but so far the punch is toughing it out. I will probably put a little sand/flock/spackle on the punched second layer of card, and maybe just a super thin coat on the bottom of the base sockets so I can paint them to look the same (and therefore show up the same through the clear bases).

That's pretty much why I'm trying this out. I don't want to hesitate to paint stuff. If I know I can make models fit into bases later, I can just bust them out base them and set them aside. I can work them into bases later, just so long as I have a method that will work out.

Do note that the one on the left is just with everyone glued down. I think for this base I'll probably glue the integrated-base mantic guys down after they're painted and then slop the spackle around. With only 5-7 models on the base, I should be able to hand paint it pretty quickly without messing any of them up. Ideally I would be able to airbrush the tray, but I think I can more convincingly integrate the mantic skeletons if I do it that first way I mentioned.

I may also see about cutting the mantic skeletons off their integrated bases as it would give me a little more breathing room in terms of positioning them, and they'd also wind up being exactly the same height as their removable peers. Plus.. then I could airbrush the base before hotgluing down the mantic skeles.

The trick with that last bit being that those bases are kind of hard to shuck off without damaging the skeletons!

I'm at work right now, but these are the punches I use (I didn't get a case though) , and if you hunt you can find a 1" one as well.
http://m.ebay.com/itm/12pc-Hollow-Hole-Metal-Leather-Punch-Set-1-8-3-4-Inch-Vinyl-Gasket-with-Case-/161464921666?nav=SEARCH

Look for 1" leather punch.

Damn Theo those look nice And pretty cheap. Do you just strike the top end or something? The only thing I'm seeing is it caps off at 3/4" which is one size too small, but it's a look in the right direction.

Can't see Ebay at the moment, but it got me searching online.

This one has 25mm and 32mm blades....
http://www.amazon.com/Industrial-Self-Centering-Leather-Plastic-Canvas/dp/B008S54NGQ/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1439149436&sr=8-5&keywords=leather+hole+punch+25mm