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Omnious Orc Shaman





A long time ago in a galaxy far, far, away...

Lovin' the terrain push again

I'll agree with the others - whilst i'm jealous, I'm also very glad I don't have a FLGS like mini market on my doorstep...

   
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Rogue Inquisitor with Xenos Bodyguards





Eastern edge

Well, dang, that is gonna grow to be one large warehouse/Industrial park.

"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. "
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Is 'Eavy Metal Calling?





Affton, MO. USA

Ustrello wrote:Loving the buildings so far!

Thanks , more ideas coming, maybe tomorrow.

inmygravenimage wrote:That scale is perfect for BMG and walking dead. Hmmmmmmm...

They fit great for zombicide and other CMON figs and most of the Mantic figs I have too.

GrimDork wrote:Shrubs look fine. They're a little big but they get that big no problem

I'll trim them some more, that was just quick cuts more to see how well they can be shaped.

Azazelx wrote:Yeah, the shrubs look fine. The loading dock building and shelving really take the cake, though - amazing stuff!

Hopefully these new shelves are convincing as well. Now I just need to come up with a decent plan, thinking more along the lines of Joe's plumbing supply

Ruglud wrote:Lovin' the terrain push again

I'll agree with the others - whilst i'm jealous, I'm also very glad I don't have a FLGS like mini market on my doorstep...

I've been kind of disappointed recently with Miniature markets selection. Most of their daily deals have been board games or clearance things I have had no interest in. They've had a couple items on the shelf in store that I've eyeballed, but nothing really great for a long time.

shasolenzabi wrote:Well, dang, that is gonna grow to be one large warehouse/Industrial park.

Thanks Shaso, hoping to have a good theme for it. I've seen some online items like the cars and trucks that might work with it as well.

Well I took a half hour tonight fully thinking about making another building, but some of my tools have disappeared again. I'll deal with the kids in the morning , but then looking at the old mordheim sprues that have never been touched I decided to build more racking instead. This time it's cantilever style like in the lumber and plumbing aisles at Lowe's or Home Depot.

Added some stuff nearby to the shelves to give a better idea of what it might look like in game terms.

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 
   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Mostly, on my phone.

Theophony's tiny Home Depot. For all your tiny needs!

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.  
   
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Gargantuan Great Squiggoth





Not where I should be

Fantastic work, wonderful to see, going to make for very interesting games. Looks spot on.




 
   
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Near Golden Daemon Caliber






Illinois

Yeah it's turning into quite the little supply shop.

MMs DotD have been much easier to resist lately. I mean my buying models is shut off anyway but they've barely been tempting me.

 
   
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Is 'Eavy Metal Calling?





Affton, MO. USA

inmygravenimage wrote:Theophony's tiny Home Depot. For all your tiny needs!

Im soooo tempted to make it with part of the sign fallen off so it's the Ho Depot . Zombie hookers at the checkouts

Camkierhi wrote:Fantastic work, wonderful to see, going to make for very interesting games. Looks spot on.

ThanksCamkierhi , I've been in too much of a sci-fi rut lately, so it's good to get back to reality...even if it's at a smaller scale.

GrimDork wrote:Yeah it's turning into quite the little supply shop.

MMs DotD have been much easier to resist lately. I mean my buying models is shut off anyway but they've barely been tempting me.


Yeah I think I've only seen one miniature based one in weeks and that was infinity, so I passed it up.

Inspired by a little coffee shop drive through I decided to chop up more of the mordheim sprues. This will be one of those boutique drive through coffee shops. Something Grounds will be the name I think. Still need a roof.

It's got the gothic vending window

And also has the little extensions out over the car area that don't actually stop the drivers from getting wet .

Now that I'm thinking about it I think I'll call it Midevil Grounds. "Time to get all Midevil on the morning."

Well my car broke down this morning and I threw up a couple times while waiting 2+ hours for AAA to come tow me. I think the transmission broke on it because it was running fine and then I made a turn to go up a hill and it just would not go, engine was still running and I had the heater (thank God as it was below zero).
After I got home I got to spend time on the coffee hut. I think this has been the funnest project I've done in a long time. Hopefully it gets my creative juices going good for a while.
Here is the backdoor of Midevil Grounds. The door actually opens and closes, it came from my scrap bin of Dust Quonset huts.
Automatically Appended Next Post:

A relatively blank side of the building, perfect for the dumpster I made a while back out of a pill box.

The Menu board, hard to see the electric panel next to it.

The business end of the building, Midevil window to serve the piping hot beverages through. Toying with the idea of going over the top and putting a skull on the ballard next to the window, maybe cutting the top off of the skull and hollowing it out to be a tip jar of sorts

A wider view to see the corrugated roof over the drive through window and the Diamond plate main sign on the rood. Also a little vent on top.

So other ideas welcome as to what I could add to it. If i go with the Midevil idea then I need to find some swords, axes or halberds to cross on the wall next to the serving window.
I think I have one or more of the empire halberdiers somewhere that I could make into a statue to go in place of the pallard .

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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 
   
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Mostly, on my phone.

I love this. It's officially bonkers.

"I like my coffee like I like my future. Grim and dark."

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.  
   
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Mastering Non-Metallic Metal







Nice rack, Theo.

Good work on the new building.

Good luck with the car.

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Japan

That's a nifty building. I'm amazed at your ability to build structures like that. Also, jealous.

Now showing more Samurai Marines, Bad Squiddo Amazons, and an Oldhammer Chaos Thug!

Painting total as of 3/28/2024: 21 plus a set of modular spaceship terrain

Painting total for 2023: 79 plus 28 Battlemechs and a Dragon-Balrog

 
   
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Illinois

I like the coffee shop, medieval drive thru

 
   
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Is 'Eavy Metal Calling?





Affton, MO. USA

inmygravenimage wrote:I love this. It's officially bonkers.

"I like my coffee like I like my future. Grim and dark."

I had a friend who ordered coffee similar one day from a black waitress. He said he likes his coffe like he likes his women, hot, black and bitter I stopped going out to eat with him after that. His wife (sitting next to him, was not amused....or black....but she was definitely hot and bitter after that crack ).

Dr H wrote:Nice rack, Theo.

Good work on the new building.

Good luck with the car.

Stop checking out my rack Doc.

JoshInJapan wrote:That's a nifty building. I'm amazed at your ability to build structures like that. Also, jealous.


Thanks Josh , all the parts hit me at once, it's been a long time since I felt good about building something, or even cutting up kits.
GrimDork wrote:I like the coffee shop, medieval drive thru


Thanks Grimdork, the medieval ages would have been much more civilized had coffee been more available. I don't drink the stuff, but I know certain people are better equipped to handle the day after a pot of two.

No pics right now , just primed the coffee shop and the cantilever rack, maybe next year will see me painting again.

Just got a call that my car is fixed, blew an axel and bearing. $270 later it's good to go.

Also just got a call that my son probably broke his thumb in gym class playing floor hockey. some other kid chopped his stick, but hit his thumb instead . Times like this that you wish you could kill the other person just once . They still wouldn't learn though.

Also I've complained about Miniaturemarket not having anything good on the Dotd, well I almost bought today's deal. "The Others" for $55.00, I dropped my Kickstarter pledge on it due to funds and the fact that I'm not a huge tentacle horror fan, but I really liked the look of some of the KS exclusives. I stopped buy thinking of buying it, even to the point of having them bring out a copy to look at it, but I still walked away empty handed . I got a bit of a bonus from church and thought about picking up one of the 6 other copies of Aliens vs Preadator board game that they have for 1/2 off (plastic wrappers torn), but decided to still hold off as i have one box still untouched tucked away with a power loader. Thinking about that though I think I have my next building design for main street USA.......a comic book/game store. I could make statues out if the aliens, predators and colonial marines , or maybe do a whole wax museum set up and leave the statue idea for a space marine outside a scale GW store . What's your vote?

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 
   
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Using Inks and Washes





Edinburgh

Looking great, Theo! These are going to add so much character to your battles. If you're going for a medieval / religious theme for a coffee shop, have you thought about calling it "Hallowed Grounds"?

Bad news about your son - have they got him in a cast?
   
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I once got a stick in the face playing indoor hockey. Didn't leave any lasting physical damage...

 Theophony wrote:
... I'm not a huge tentacle horror fan...
Sacrilege... heretic... Learn to love the tentacle that loves you...

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!  
   
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Illinois

Hallowed Grounds? Double pun? Exquisite!

Indeed, hope your boy recovers well.

 
   
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Combat Jumping Ragik






Beyond the Beltway

 Theophony wrote:
...The medieval ages would have been much more civilized had coffee been more available. I don't drink the stuff, but I know certain people are better equipped to handle the day after a pot of two.

Maybe it's time to start.... http://www.seniorlifestyle.com/5-diseases-morning-coffee-preventing/ ...
Yeah, I know, an odd link, but it was the first one to have all the big bads listed.

Now, that Mordheim Terrain Sprue was one of the better offerings Games Workshop ever made. I know I managed a few cool buildings with it. It's heartening to see it still has potential.

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Affton, MO. USA

Scarper wrote:Looking great, Theo! These are going to add so much character to your battles. If you're going for a medieval / religious theme for a coffee shop, have you thought about calling it "Hallowed Grounds"?

Bad news about your son - have they got him in a cast?

Nice idea for a name , but now I'm actually thinking Medieval Brew (although that could be a drive thru liquor store ), well it'll wait till paint starts going on it.

Dr H wrote:I once got a stick in the face playing indoor hockey. Didn't leave any lasting physical damage...

 Theophony wrote:
... I'm not a huge tentacle horror fan...
Sacrilege... heretic... Learn to love the tentacle that loves you...

A stick to the face you say.......that explains it , as for the tentacle horror stuff I'm not a huge fan of it, or the anime representation either . Though I have always wanted an aquatic army with squid monsters and crab men, so tentacles might happen eventually.
GrimDork wrote:Hallowed Grounds? Double pun? Exquisite!

Indeed, hope your boy recovers well.

Oh he's recovering just fine, we didn't even go to the doctors as his hand wasn't even bruised when he got home and had full range of motion. The school nurse was just being overly cautious. He was playing video games like a champ last night with no problems or complaints.

Red Harvest wrote:
 Theophony wrote:
...The medieval ages would have been much more civilized had coffee been more available. I don't drink the stuff, but I know certain people are better equipped to handle the day after a pot of two.

Maybe it's time to start.... http://www.seniorlifestyle.com/5-diseases-morning-coffee-preventing/ ...
Yeah, I know, an odd link, but it was the first one to have all the big bads listed.

Now, that Mordheim Terrain Sprue was one of the better offerings Games Workshop ever made. I know I managed a few cool buildings with it. It's heartening to see it still has potential.


Interesting article, almost made me start drinking coffee right away.

Did more chopping and cutting today. I know I intended on making a comic shop or wax museum, but I think this will be some sort of retail outlet. Fills out a full 1' square tile.


Not sure what to make it, maybe just a clothing store or thrift shop.

The cardstock roof is removable so I might later finish the interior of it as well. Also I will add "glass" windows from blister pack packaging.

Space around back for the owner to park or receive deliveries. I added a non-working door behind where the van is parked after the picture was taken.

Everything but the roof has since been primed now.

Next up I think I'll go vertical again and do a high rise apartment. Maybe only 3 floors, but who knows. The thing is I don't want to make a stairwell that large, so it might not even be shown. Also the back half I need to make it so the wall can be removed and possibly allow internal movement. Still planning it out though. Also should I make the ground floor a business and the apartments more of studio loft style?

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 
   
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Mostly, on my phone.

If you are crazy enough to do interiors, do em right store down stairs, studio above. And, generally, these look amazing.

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.  
   
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Is 'Eavy Metal Calling?





Affton, MO. USA

 inmygravenimage wrote:
If you are crazy enough to do interiors, do em right store down stairs, studio above. And, generally, these look amazing.

Well okay

Center entrance, figure a shop on both sides of the door with a back stairwell or elevator.


Sides of the building, both are the same.

The split, back part comes off to be able to use the inside, which will get dressed later.

I didnt like the back, so I gave it more windows as I figure a high priced loft apartment should have more natural light.

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 
   
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Edinburgh

That thing is huge! Looks awesome - are you planning on leaving the split in there so you can access the things inside?
   
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Affton, MO. USA

 Scarper wrote:
That thing is huge! Looks awesome - are you planning on leaving the split in there so you can access the things inside?

Thanks Scraper , I cut the locking bits off of the pieces so they just slot together, so if needed in gameplay we could open up the building and just take the back half off.

Well I wanted to see what this progress has earned me, so I set up the table with some basic layout.

So left to right in the foreground. Soccer mom in the VW van grabbing a pick me up at the coffee shop. A contractor in his SUV loading up at the plumbing supply house. A little round about park with fountain, I have some picnic tables somewhere to make the park scene more elaborate. Then a strip mall with loading area, maybe a sandwich shop to grab something to eat at before walking to the park.

Other side view, bad lighting

Night time....also known as worse lighting, but you can make out the police car behind the Jersey barriers which are blocking office street that is damaged from (alien incident, super hero battle, plane crash, my son passing gas ). Two shipping containers holding tools and supplies for repair work soon to happen. Then the store/loft apartments.

Another directional view.

More to come. Ideas and criticisms are always welcomed.

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 
   
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Incorporating Wet-Blending





Japan

That's an impressive set up. I like the backstory you gave the neighborhood. It really ties everything together.

Now showing more Samurai Marines, Bad Squiddo Amazons, and an Oldhammer Chaos Thug!

Painting total as of 3/28/2024: 21 plus a set of modular spaceship terrain

Painting total for 2023: 79 plus 28 Battlemechs and a Dragon-Balrog

 
   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Mostly, on my phone.

Fantastic stuff dude! Maybe see if you can get some of those flickering tea lights you get at Hallowe'en, do flaming barrels?

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.  
   
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Affton, MO. USA

JoshInJapan wrote:That's an impressive set up. I like the backstory you gave the neighborhood. It really ties everything together.

Thanks Josh , always more fun when there's a reason or purpose.

inmygravenimage wrote:Fantastic stuff dude! Maybe see if you can get some of those flickering tea lights you get at Hallowe'en, do flaming barrels?

actually had a set of 12 sitting across from me when you posted that, but they are too large for barrels.

Well got sidetracked by Christmas and now the wife and kids are off till the new year. Santa was good this year, got an Xbox one, still figuring out the controls as I've never even touched an Xbox before and it seems less than intuitive. The big prize of it was getting the bloodbowl II game for it as well . My Frosty Mugs (one of my Dwarf Teams) has already been ported over from miniature to digital.

Kids have Minecraft and 7-8 other games they like on there. My son is playing some Ancient Greece version of minecraft and did me proud by asking "isn't that the Parthenon?" Then went to the Chinese mythology game . I never paid much attention to minecraft either.

Dropped by Miniaturemarket yesterday and grabbed the last of the Alkemy figs they had on the dinged shelves, they've been taunting me over a year now. 15 more Asian themed archers and speartroops as well as 4more Asian wizards and 8 more figs for my herd/beast army.

Happy New Years to everyone

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 
   
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Melbourne .au

Just worked my way through your latest scenery frenzy. An outstanding set of buildings and such. Your table is going to look amazing. I just realised how long it's been since you posted. Hopefully it's just because of the XBone distracting you... I've been spending a bit of time on mine lately and it's been a nice change.

   
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Affton, MO. USA

I LIVE!

Sorry for the absence, but I have been dealing with stuff. Three deaths in the family in short order, one being my wife's Grandfather, which means we've been dealing with Grandma almost daily for the last 5 months.

I can't promise that I'll be back to doing anything major anytime soon, but I haven't been completely idle either.

Today I picked up a pack of tentacle tokens from "the Others" boardgame. 60 of them for $12. They are half the size I wanted, but they will be good chaos bits.

Got to run. More later.

Theo.


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 
   
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Illinois

Wow dude sorry to hear about all that! Good to see you still kicking around.

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Not where I should be

Missed you. Condolences.hard times. Love and prayers are with you.

Interesting tentacles.




 
   
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Affton, MO. USA

GrimDork wrote:Wow dude sorry to hear about all that! Good to see you still kicking around.

I feel more kicked than kicking, but I need some life relief, so I'll be trying to grab minutes here and there.
Camkierhi wrote:Missed you. Condolences.hard times. Love and prayers are with you.

Interesting tentacles.

Thank You , need all the prayers I can get.

I wish the tentacles were larger, and that all 60 weren't the same pose, but at $0.20 each I guess I shouldn't complain. They are meant as corruption tokens for the board game "the Others: seven deadly sins". It's a tentacle horror game, which I was going to back on Kickstarter since it's made by the same company CMON that does zombicide, but I'm not a tentacle horror person. Still I thought if they were large enough I could give them hand weapons or spears and make a demon unit out of them for Kings of War. No luck .

Anyway, most of my free time I've had has been wasted on playing bloodbowl on our new Xbox one. I love that game and even bought the new boardgame version, which had me painting a bit too. I'll try and do more pics later.

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 
   
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I totally sympathize, my friend. My dad just recently died and I've been taking care of my mom since January (she just turned 85). I'm not idle either, but my free time is limited. Good to have you back.

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