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I've got 10 Acres. On a 28mm scale that would be....

 Nevelon wrote:

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Great to see what yall are up to! Remember, though there is plenty of time left, it does run away like... Tears... In the rain

OK, who’s going to do their portal as Tannhäuser Gate?

For those who don’t make the connection:

Spoiler:

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears...in...rain. Time to die.

Rutger Hauer improvised that, from what I hear. His best role, IMHO.

I'm still in. I'll try to get a pic of my material soon.

Good to see things are ticking over!

Come out to Adepticon and we can discuss my ideas over a pint!

Just re-watched Blade runner. Appreciated it more this time as I've been reading a lot of various Detective/PI+ style books (Detective that is also a wizard, detective that happens to live in fantasy world, etc etc) and the narration and flow of it resonates more now than it ever used to.

I'm struggling a bit here guys, I have a strong suspicion that I'll either be downsizing or switching Ideas before the end. I still really want to make a vault and a whole wasteland board but work has picked up as it always does this time of year. I've also got some other projects that have snuck up on me, trying to hammer out some models for the tail end of a Pulp Alley campaign.

We'll see, still time left.

@Solar_lion I wish my friend. I wish. Maybe once kids have grown up. And left college. Maybe a pint in the afterlife?

@GrimDork consider a vault door in the ground maybe? A bit LOST but still - more manageable but still thematic.

I'll make it across the pond before that! Still haven't been to the land of the Scots so I gotta make that happen.

If you've played fallout 4 already, you know how you could build the vault entry for the one near sanctuary...just saying...

Poor old rig won't support FO4 so I'm not as familiar, though I do recall seeing one built straight down into the ground. I want to make the big scenery piece, but not really to rush it, so I may just have to find a smaller project for now.

You could always just do the Door itself GrimDork, leave the surrounding bit off for now.

I'm having a bit of trouble myself. I want to do this idea for Malifaux, the Great Breach, but i'm not sure my skills are up to it. I haven't had a chance to put much together yet, but we'll see.


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And thus it begins (finally lol):

Looks a pretty fabulous start to me Guldenstern.

Well some nice work going on as per usual, some great ideas. And Grim, easy enough to make it a smaller flat piece for now, but later on lift it up and mount it in a cliff. For now just do its base as a concrete slab, then when you want to later lift it, it just becomes part of the cliff face.

Well here we go another LoER Terrain Competition.

Base...

Bit of stuff and some paint....

Bit more stuff and some paint....


A quick word on stuff!
This may be old news and I have just missed it before.
One of the stuff I am using this time was an accidental wonderment. I was going through some boxes and found a container I had some Air Drying Clay in, thought I would do a little sculpting, however the clay was rock solid. I thought well I will do it like and old master and carve it out of the block, but when I started carving this happened....


And in place with abit of PVA...


I think it looks spot on for rubble dust and rough stuff. Now I would not say necessarily let some go hard, but to be honest you could. But if you have a lump that has gone hard, this works fantastically. Nice mixed grade.

Anyways hope that helps someone.

Thoughts appreciated as always.

Wonder if that would work with my daughters deceased play dough...

Looks awesome Cam. Though it was neat before the lightning but now... Fancy.

I'm having ideas still, will certainly try to come up with something.

Oh man Cam I just threw some of that out because it was old and solid lol!

I use that all the time. Air Dry Clay is amazing for doing stonework- you model it into rocks when wet, and as it hardens it makes amazing little cracks along the edges, too.

Can I check. I don't think I am gonna be able to take part (maybe) but if I wanted to build say a tunnel entrance that concealed a door (portal???) that leads to a long-forgotten chamber. Would that count? I've got this model I want to paint and it would look awesome with a dio base and I have this plant pot staring at me and begging to be made in to something. Opinions?

i bet that would count...do it...

I probably will anyway, but I've missed you guys!! Would love to be in doing the contest

Oh boy Cam - cut away from your thumb please.... What with that and your flamethrower technique for bending plastic - very ouchy !!!

Great work though (everyone...) I wasn't going to enter this round but I'm starting to have a few ideas of usable pieces of terrain that would fit the theme (just...) Hmmm... know to decide if I have the time to start 'another' piece...

That's actually correct paring technique- it gives you enough control when making little shaving or cutting motions that you're actually safer cutting towards your thumb that way.

besides... that´s how you peel potatoes...

That aint no potato

it´s an ex-potato...

Really exciting work so far folks!

GrimDork wrote:Wonder if that would work with my daughters deceased play dough...

Looks awesome Cam. Though it was neat before the lightning but now... Fancy.

I'm having ideas still, will certainly try to come up with something.

Do it!

TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:Can I check. I don't think I am gonna be able to take part (maybe) but if I wanted to build say a tunnel entrance that concealed a door (portal???) that leads to a long-forgotten chamber. Would that count? I've got this model I want to paint and it would look awesome with a dio base and I have this plant pot staring at me and begging to be made in to something. Opinions?

Yup, fine with me

Ruglud wrote:Oh boy Cam - cut away from your thumb please.... What with that and your flamethrower technique for bending plastic - very ouchy !!!

Great work though (everyone...) I wasn't going to enter this round but I'm starting to have a few ideas of usable pieces of terrain that would fit the theme (just...) Hmmm... know to decide if I have the time to start 'another' piece...

Of course you do, 2 months left! Go for it!

Wow, this round is really taking off in fire-bending, plasma-glue style. Kudos all around.

I've been holding off committing to this competition, mostly because I wasn't able to finish the last one. But, I've made enough progress and had enough catastrophic failure that I'm confident I can finish before the deadline. So here goes:

The effect I'm going for is called an infinity mirror. I started with a mirror, a string of LED lights, and a piece of glass with mirrored tint on it. Stack them all together, and the reflections of the LEDs creates a tunnel-like effect that appears to be several feet deep, despite the whole apparatus being only about an inch thick. Mock-up pictured below.



Once I had the idea working, I cut some thin wood discs to hold the whole thing (it'll be about 6 inches across all told) and secured the mirror and the LEDs. The epoxy is drying on the tinted glass as I type, and we'll see where it goes from there.



-EoN

That's epic. Can't wait to see what the terrain piece will look like with it in

woah EoN that is going to be excellent!

Ok, Infinity mirror is sweet

Cutting towards myself is almost the only way I'll do it. Better results, and usually more control. Unless I'm applying a ridiculous amount of pressure of the order that can break the tool I'm using (like trying to use an xacto to cut a thick-ish arm on a metal model, for instance), in which case I'll be applying that ridiculous pressure directly away from myself.

Cutting towards yourself the wrong way is definitely bad, and there's always some risk when doing it 'properly' but there are some things that just pretty much don't work for me unless I'm doing them that way.

Having some board ideas, may be able to work a portal into one of them. We'll see how things time out.

Here is what I'm using for parts ...

Oh and board, both poster and card.

Whelp. Someone's invented a Portable Hole. We're all boned.