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Seriously, Skalk. Just put up the damn banner in your sig. DON'T MAKE ME DRIVE UP THERE.

GW Heads and hands and weapons are too big, everything else is normal O Gauge. Gw has brainwashed us all into thinking their oversized scale is "normal"

Galorn wrote:

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:One does not simply join the LoER. Its riveted gates are riveted by more than just rivets. There are rivets there that do not sleep. The Great Rivet is ever riveted. It is a riveted wasteland, riddled with rivets, rivets, and rivets. The very air you breathe is riveted. Not with ten thousand rivets could I do this. It is folly.

thats just....

Riveting

YEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!







Sorry, I'll get my coat and hat.

I really need to get back to working on terrain.

Thank you Skalk. Yes get back to terrain, before you invent some new self-sacrifice nonsense

@ dstein- I'll see what I can do.

@ everone else reading this thread- Here's the link to the Terrain contest. Please check it out and show some support if you like what you see.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/30/459468.page#4489977

i dunno what happened to you donning the banner for such a laaaaaaaang time but seeing it finally flying pround in your sig does me ol eens good^^

and thanks for the shots with yon cawdors! i see lots of salt weathering on this tower needed!!! then it will look ace as hell!

Skalk's flying the Catpirate banner...

now that is an epic fail.... haven´t even seen this... now i need to sand down my eyeballs...

Those towers are pretty damn beautiful. I really love a lot of what is in here skalk.

I'm loving your secenery man! Keep it up!

@ Vik- I wasn't flying the LoER colors because I felt I hadn't earned them yet. It's kind of like an honorary degree- looks nice, but isn't worth the paper it was printed on because it wasn't earned. I'm in the process of earning my place right now. The League will see my work very soon and I feel confidant that they will find it worthy. I have a lot more Necromunda stuff if you'd like me to take pics of it.

@ Briancj- Um, I guess? I have no idea what that is.

@ omgitsduane- Hey man, decent seeing you. I need to head over to your thread and check for an update, it's been a while. Thanks for the compliments. I'll have more before long, just have to finish this terrain piece I'm doing for the LoER contest.

@ HAZZER- It's getting better. I've learned a lot in the last few weeks. Stay tuned for more!



It has begun:



This is the first of many WIP shots for my LoER terrain entry. I won't be sharing WIP as I go because I want it to be a secret and then spring it on you all after judging has been decided. It's one of the better pieces I've done in a while. I'm particularly proud to say that it's going to wind up around 95% scratchbuilt and it has rivets. I repeat, IT HAS RIVETS. Lots of them.

This weekend I played my first 2 games of 6th Edition. I like it.

A lot.

Here's a few pics I took during the game. I really enjoyed the game, learned a lot, and I'm looking forward to many more in this edition. Many years of fun wargaming are ahead.

Apologies for the fuzzy pics. Also please note- my table doesn't look anywhere near as washed out / light as it does in these pics. It's actually quite awesome. The light on my table it pretty intense and apparently pictures are much lighter than they really are.

1- Table setup





2- Deployment



3- Game in progress





4- End of game



This was a huge game for me. 1st win in 6th Ed and 1st win in a long time. Enjoyed it quite a bit.

More terrain goodness coming. #1 focus is the contest piece, and it will have a place on my game board too.

Thanks for reading, thanks for taking the time to comment, and know that more terrain goodness is coming.

It's kind of like an honorary degree- looks nice, but isn't worth the paper it was printed on because it wasn't earned.

your millage may vary to mine but at least i respect your way of thinking!

now show us the color of yon rivtes

and that is a nice arranged table of yours!

Nice work buddy! That is one great looking battlefield

That table has come a long way Skalk! Looks great!

Love this terrain, Great work!

I will let you share your step by step process with me! as i am great at keepin secrets

Looked like a good game!!

@ Vik- I joked about the LoER in the beginning, but it was based on sheer jealously. I've finally found a method that works for me- 1/16th hole punch. Right now I'm punching cardboard, but I know I'll move up to plasticard once I get the right stuff. The only local place that sold it went out of business a couple months ago and I have SO many 12x12 .060 sheets left that I can't justify another online order for a while. I'm looking forward to sharing my work as soon as I'm able.

@ madmartykmf & dsteingass- Thanks for the compliments! You have both been hugely inspirational for me and I deeply respect the work you do. My Necromunda terrain is getting a huge facelift once I finish a few other projects on deck, and I may have figured out the future of my Pegasus Gothic stuff. You'll both be getting proper credit when I start posting that work.

@ Hmelrose- Thanks for the compliment and taking the time to post! I took some time to check out your work and I really like your CSM and terrain! Just subbed to your thread, you'll be seeing me around more.

@ Wh40kPicasso- Ok, but if you submit something better based on the same idea I'm going to increase my 'bad advice' to speed up your irredeemable corruption. PM sent.

@ HAZZER- It was the most fun game I've had in a long time. I really like the rules change for Rapid Fire weapons. They were horrible in the last edition. They finally make sense, and are a lot less complicated. 0-12 inches, double tap. 12+ - 24, single tap. Movement doesn't matter. You still can't charge if you use a Rapid Fire weapon in the Shooting phase, but all my guys carry Bolt Pistols as well, so that's not a problem. I'm really excited that Plasma Guns are finally worth something again. Having the options of move AND shoot again makes me think that a ST7 ball of sunlight blasting through the chest of my opponent might be worth the 1/6 chance of Gets Hot.



No pics to share today, but know that I am quite busy and I'm looking forward to completing this piece I am working on. I've really stepped up my scrathbuild skills and I have a feeling I'll be doing a lot more things like this. There's a good chance a "counts as" Skyshield Landing Pad is in my near future. I've read what they do for Deep Strike. Summoned Daemons use Deep Strike. Hmm. HMMMMMM.

I've been thinking about what I'm doing regarding terrain lately, how all this got started, my overall goals, my prioritization of projects, etc. The first thing I thought about was how much I think about things. Not just terrain- everything. It's overwhelming to the point of inaction sometimes. With so many possibilities, which is the right course of action? Gaaahhh!!! *head asplode*

But since this is my Terrain thread, I'll talk about terrain. I've been thinking (really? ha) about what it is exactly I'm trying to accomplish. The overall and easy answer is "to build a better battlefield". My main challenge has been to focus. I'm really trying to stick with my "on deck", but I've noticed that has changed quite a few times since it was set up in April. I've given some stuff away just to be rid of it. I've gathered other things I had not intended (but and quite pleased with). I'm building somehting I likely would not have ever gotten around to if it hadn't been for the terrain contest. I want so much to work on my Necromunda terrain. I feel bad about getting my Fantasy stuff out and then putting it back so soon with nothing actually finished. I'm feeling a distinct need to work on my 40K terrain (specifically my Aegis walls and my Bastion) because it has a direct application to the game now instead of just being "scenery'.

I'm actually tempted to throw my 'plans' out the window and work on whatever I feel like. But I know what happens when I do that. I have dozens of unfinished projects to remind me what my directionless efforts yield. But then there's the constraint of creativity. Painting a Bastion really isn't creative, it's work. Tedious work at times. I was really excited when I bought it, but when I was finished building it my interest in it dropped off significantly.

Now that I'm doing rivets I'm rethinking my Necromunda terrain and I really want to get back to work on it. In 3 months this thread will have been around for a year, and you know how much Necromunda terrain I've finished? None. Zero. Nothing. Not one piece of my Necromunda terrain has been finished. Sure, a few walkways came of it, and they are decent enough, but there's not a single main structure rebuilt. I've cut things up, I've measured, I've taken notes... and I've had a few Sisyphean moments:





I have accomplished a lot of things though, so I'm not going to rage on myself too much. I'm just frustrated that the main reason I started this thread still hasn't happened, and the main reason I got back into building terrain isn't being addresses as quickly as I had anticipated.

I want to take a couple days off from work and just hammer on a few projects. No distractions, no housework, no obligations... just blasting Metal and high productivity!

My current project is a lot of fun. I started with a very general idea and as I've worked on it I've enjoyed watching it unfold and take directions I hadn't considered when it was just an idea. I'm using most of the techniques I've learned recently (huge credit to Bruticus for showing me the way) and in the end I'm going to have a piece I'll be proud of.

So what does all this mean? If all I have to worry about is I can't decide which piece of terrain I want to do next, it means my life is awesome and I'm definitely doing a lot of things right.

So thanks for being awesome, Dakka crew! You are all part of the inspiration and motivation that I don't get from the folks I know IRL.

That's it for this rant. Will offer some new pics soon, I have a couple 'side projects' I might work on tonight between glue / paint on my main project. If I get anything significant done I'll share it here.

I'll be back!

i can´t recall how many projects i have had to postpone or stop entriley... the shelf of shame is always full... but i have found that this is all good and right because it is all just a learning process... you live and learn and well i am not the guy that looks for productivity in the hobby but for the fun... and this is that sometimes you get something finished and most of the time... at least for me... it gets ruined... tho that always pains me... but funnyly my wife even more looks disturbed when i have to start anew... for me it is always good as long if i have fun doing what i do... when i get frustrated to a certain point i have to change the project... but that hasn´t have to work out that way for everyone...


that

1/16th hole punch.

is still high on my to get list... the way to massproduce rivets is still with a punch set... the rodslicing methode dave uses is only for smaller runs... and i think that holepunch with that diameter is in dire need for me too... *shuffels over to ebay*

..AND I recall scolding you for that smash! I'm glad you learned from it!

Why have I not seen that canal piece before? That is absolutely perfect Necro scenery, I can imagine gangs sneaking along the canal bed to avoid a sentry... Can you place that on top of your gaming board? Would give a great change of elevation.

You could fill that with a layer of water effect and mud, like Neil did with his awesome canal. I found a pretty cool product called Envirotex Lite that ought to work well.

PM sent!


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Also, Rowboat Girlyman is still a poon, and skalk is still a pro! even though GW got new poster boys. Its got nothin to do with your terrain post, but i figured you'd want my 2 cents!

Thats my rant for the night as well! also, only genius's rant. as one i should know! you know the whole takes one to know one? well its true. So good luck on your terrain projects for the future. as such, what did you have in mind for future projects?

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:@ Vik- I joked about the LoER in the beginning, but it was based on sheer jealously. I've finally found a method that works for me- 1/16th hole punch. Right now I'm punching cardboard, but I know I'll move up to plasticard once I get the right stuff. The only local place that sold it went out of business a couple months ago and I have SO many 12x12 .060 sheets left that I can't justify another online order for a while. I'm looking forward to sharing my work as soon as I'm able.

@ madmartykmf & dsteingass- Thanks for the compliments! You have both been hugely inspirational for me and I deeply respect the work you do. My Necromunda terrain is getting a huge facelift once I finish a few other projects on deck, and I may have figured out the future of my Pegasus Gothic stuff. You'll both be getting proper credit when I start posting that work.

@ Hmelrose- Thanks for the compliment and taking the time to post! I took some time to check out your work and I really like your CSM and terrain! Just subbed to your thread, you'll be seeing me around more.

@ Wh40kPicasso- Ok, but if you submit something better based on the same idea I'm going to increase my 'bad advice' to speed up your irredeemable corruption. PM sent.

@ HAZZER- It was the most fun game I've had in a long time. I really like the rules change for Rapid Fire weapons. They were horrible in the last edition. They finally make sense, and are a lot less complicated. 0-12 inches, double tap. 12+ - 24, single tap. Movement doesn't matter. You still can't charge if you use a Rapid Fire weapon in the Shooting phase, but all my guys carry Bolt Pistols as well, so that's not a problem. I'm really excited that Plasma Guns are finally worth something again. Having the options of move AND shoot again makes me think that a ST7 ball of sunlight blasting through the chest of my opponent might be worth the 1/6 chance of Gets Hot.



No pics to share today, but know that I am quite busy and I'm looking forward to completing this piece I am working on. I've really stepped up my scrathbuild skills and I have a feeling I'll be doing a lot more things like this. There's a good chance a "counts as" Skyshield Landing Pad is in my near future. I've read what they do for Deep Strike. Summoned Daemons use Deep Strike. Hmm. HMMMMMM.

I've been thinking about what I'm doing regarding terrain lately, how all this got started, my overall goals, my prioritization of projects, etc. The first thing I thought about was how much I think about things. Not just terrain- everything. It's overwhelming to the point of inaction sometimes. With so many possibilities, which is the right course of action? Gaaahhh!!! *head asplode*

But since this is my Terrain thread, I'll talk about terrain. I've been thinking (really? ha) about what it is exactly I'm trying to accomplish. The overall and easy answer is "to build a better battlefield". My main challenge has been to focus. I'm really trying to stick with my "on deck", but I've noticed that has changed quite a few times since it was set up in April. I've given some stuff away just to be rid of it. I've gathered other things I had not intended (but and quite pleased with). I'm building somehting I likely would not have ever gotten around to if it hadn't been for the terrain contest. I want so much to work on my Necromunda terrain. I feel bad about getting my Fantasy stuff out and then putting it back so soon with nothing actually finished. I'm feeling a distinct need to work on my 40K terrain (specifically my Aegis walls and my Bastion) because it has a direct application to the game now instead of just being "scenery'.

I'm actually tempted to throw my 'plans' out the window and work on whatever I feel like. But I know what happens when I do that. I have dozens of unfinished projects to remind me what my directionless efforts yield. But then there's the constraint of creativity. Painting a Bastion really isn't creative, it's work. Tedious work at times. I was really excited when I bought it, but when I was finished building it my interest in it dropped off significantly.

Now that I'm doing rivets I'm rethinking my Necromunda terrain and I really want to get back to work on it. In 3 months this thread will have been around for a year, and you know how much Necromunda terrain I've finished? None. Zero. Nothing. Not one piece of my Necromunda terrain has been finished. Sure, a few walkways came of it, and they are decent enough, but there's not a single main structure rebuilt. I've cut things up, I've measured, I've taken notes... and I've had a few Sisyphean moments:





I have accomplished a lot of things though, so I'm not going to rage on myself too much. I'm just frustrated that the main reason I started this thread still hasn't happened, and the main reason I got back into building terrain isn't being addresses as quickly as I had anticipated.

I want to take a couple days off from work and just hammer on a few projects. No distractions, no housework, no obligations... just blasting Metal and high productivity!

My current project is a lot of fun. I started with a very general idea and as I've worked on it I've enjoyed watching it unfold and take directions I hadn't considered when it was just an idea. I'm using most of the techniques I've learned recently (huge credit to Bruticus for showing me the way) and in the end I'm going to have a piece I'll be proud of.

So what does all this mean? If all I have to worry about is I can't decide which piece of terrain I want to do next, it means my life is awesome and I'm definitely doing a lot of things right.

So thanks for being awesome, Dakka crew! You are all part of the inspiration and motivation that I don't get from the folks I know IRL.

That's it for this rant. Will offer some new pics soon, I have a couple 'side projects' I might work on tonight between glue / paint on my main project. If I get anything significant done I'll share it here.

I'll be back!

You are welcome I do really enjoy seeing the massive amount of creativity that goes into your work.

Bruticus wrote:Why have I not seen that canal piece before? That is absolutely perfect Necro scenery, I can imagine gangs sneaking along the canal bed to avoid a sentry... Can you place that on top of your gaming board? Would give a great change of elevation.

You could fill that with a layer of water effect and mud, like Neil did with his awesome canal. I found a pretty cool product called Envirotex Lite that ought to work well.

or alternatively texture the "sediment" using spackle, and fake the depth using shades of paint... ( ie go "Old Skool")

@ Vik- You and I have discussed the countless projects we have started. I posted pics of what I have going on recently, have added a few items to that w/o finishing anything else. Need to change that soon, my "on deck" shelf is getting cluttered.

@ dsteingass- Yeah, I'll never posting pics of it again.

@ Bruticus- That was one of two 4x4 board I made that I was really excited about when I first made them but even after a few games our group consensus was the canal was really annoying because of how it limited terrain placement, and the only function it wound up serving in the end was a place to roll dice. Both 4x4 boards have been stripped. 1 remains as a board for 4x4 games (Necromunda, Mordheim, small 40K games, etc) and the other one has been traken outside for other uses. I was really into the idea of layered terrain but the reality of it was more annoying than useful.

@ Wh40kPicasso- See below

@ Galorn- You know I respect your work, I really appreciate the compliment. More awesome work coming soon!



No work last night, a friend of mine got back from vacation yesterday so we hung out.

But my mind is still grinding away. I had an idea last weekend for a Chaos Alter that 'counts as' a Skyshield Landing Pad. I think we'll be seeing many different instances of that idea coming along very soon. It will have a specific application for me as I'm really starting to take an interest in Chaos Daemons as allies and as an army choice. I have enough Plaguebearers to make 2 units of 7, and I have enough Bloodletters to create an entire army. The ones I have are from 3rd Ed, the huge buffed out ones w/ the massive axe:



I'm going to try them w/ the Axe because (so long as there's not a specific rule for Hellblades) it confers a +1 ST bonus (total ST56!) and AP2 so no armors saves, but also comes w/ I1. If the I1 just allows my opponent to crush me before I get to hit back then I'll have to rethink how I deploy / employ my Bloodletters. If I attach a Herold w/ a sword on the model I'll at least get a few 'initiative order' shots in against most models I'll be facing on a regular basis.

I also have 2 Bloodthirsters, 2 Great Unclean Ones, and 6-8 Daemon Princes. I think the 1-2 punch of Death and Destruction is coming back!

So anyway, back to my Chaos Altar idea. Here's a sketch:



What do you think? It's a rough sketch, and of course I'll have chains and spikes and skeletons / corpses / wargear strewn about.

I have been kicking this idea around for almost 3 years now, was going to build one for a campaign game but it never happened so I never made the altar. Now it's way more than an objective in a 'one off' game, I can use it in every game. Give my opponent somehting to shoot at while we wait for my Daemons to arrive .

Dang! I missed a lot while I was gone!

Congrats on the win!

I can't wait to see what the gate ends up looking like!

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:@ Vik- You and I have discussed the countless projects we have started. I posted pics of what I have going on recently, have added a few items to that w/o finishing anything else. Need to change that soon, my "on deck" shelf is getting cluttered.

@ dsteingass- Yeah, I'll never posting pics of it again.

@ Bruticus- That was one of two 4x4 board I made that I was really excited about when I first made them but even after a few games our group consensus was the canal was really annoying because of how it limited terrain placement, and the only function it wound up serving in the end was a place to roll dice. Both 4x4 boards have been stripped. 1 remains as a board for 4x4 games (Necromunda, Mordheim, small 40K games, etc) and the other one has been traken outside for other uses. I was really into the idea of layered terrain but the reality of it was more annoying than useful.

@ Wh40kPicasso- See below

@ Galorn- You know I respect your work, I really appreciate the compliment. More awesome work coming soon!



No work last night, a friend of mine got back from vacation yesterday so we hung out.

But my mind is still grinding away. I had an idea last weekend for a Chaos Alter that 'counts as' a Skyshield Landing Pad. I think we'll be seeing many different instances of that idea coming along very soon. It will have a specific application for me as I'm really starting to take an interest in Chaos Daemons as allies and as an army choice. I have enough Plaguebearers to make 2 units of 7, and I have enough Bloodletters to create an entire army. The ones I have are from 3rd Ed, the huge buffed out ones w/ the massive axe:



I'm going to try them w/ the Axe because (so long as there's not a specific rule for Hellblades) it confers a +1 ST bonus (total ST56!) and AP2 so no armors saves, but also comes w/ I1. If the I1 just allows my opponent to crush me before I get to hit back then I'll have to rethink how I deploy / employ my Bloodletters. If I attach a Herold w/ a sword on the model I'll at least get a few 'initiative order' shots in against most models I'll be facing on a regular basis.

I also have 2 Bloodthirsters, 2 Great Unclean Ones, and 6-8 Daemon Princes. I think the 1-2 punch of Death and Destruction is coming back!

So anyway, back to my Chaos Altar idea. Here's a sketch:



What do you think? It's a rough sketch, and of course I'll have chains and spikes and skeletons / corpses / wargear strewn about.

I have been kicking this idea around for almost 3 years now, was going to build one for a campaign game but it never happened so I never made the altar. Now it's way more than an objective in a 'one off' game, I can use it in every game. Give my opponent something to shoot at while we wait for my Daemons to arrive .

Actually the Invuln save makes the I 1 bit largely moot. and you forgot they have furious charge as well.

Hmm roman style columns you say... Dave should be sending me some that would be easy to tweak for your purposes...

Skalk, I'm bored. When am I coming up to Vermont?

@ Jake- Thanks! It was a really good game, very close up to the point that I was able to get the starboard flank to collapse. From there it went my way pretty well.

@ Galorn- Yes, send me more stuff so I can feel like and even bigger loser for not having sent you back anything yet.

@ Briancj- What are you doing the weekend of ... July 28th? 40K 6th Ed, 2,000 pts. Batrep w/ pics absolutely mandatory.

Blasphemy!!! also sounds interesting!