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2015/06/08 04:18:12
Subject: The Bloggit: 7th June - All about that base (no rebel) - done?
Glad to be of any support. I have zero chance of winning, so I don't really view this as competition . Starfield or Hubble telescope photograph of a nebula if you can get it big enough (trek style )
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2015/06/08 12:13:59
Subject: Re:The Bloggit: 7th June - All about that base (no rebel) - done?
Ladies and gentlemen...... I give you.... a serious contended for the title!!! Some seriously awesome painting going on there! Really great from start to finish!
Stormwall wrote:That is beautiful. Especially the blued door. I think you may win this.
Starfield please.
Well thank ye kindly. I like the door, I'm not 100% it works but it's very Wars/Trek (even more Wars, I think).
TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:Glad to be of any support. I have zero chance of winning, so I don't really view this as competition . Starfield or Hubble telescope photograph of a nebula if you can get it big enough (trek style )
Oh, don't approach it with that attitude. I've got nowhere with stuff I've been delighted with, and done far better with something that I was less than pleased with. It all comes out in the wash. Hubble, eh? like that.
MagosBiff90 wrote:Ladies and gentlemen...... I give you.... a serious contended for the title!!! Some seriously awesome painting going on there! Really great from start to finish!
You are very kind indeed mate. Your pile of stuff is excellent and ultra-real, I love it. But thank you, truly (ps - will try to post stuff out Weds).
Solar_lion wrote:WOW !.. way to make this all come together . looks so cool. now you need a some good photos with a star background.
Cheers bud. I do indeed! I tried to get some pics but really not happy with them, wiped them all in a fit of pique. Instead, decided to work on this bad boy, for your viewing pleasure:
Nice to do some wet blending as I've not really had a chance to do much of that on the base. There's no drybrushing or inking/washing on this yet.
Whoosh!
Landing thrusters...
And ready for unloading.
As a smuggler's skiff, or a small escort vessel, I'm delighted with this. I think I'll have it as a counts-as Hwk-290 rather than Y-wing - too big really for a Y, whereas dimensions are very close to the Hwk - but still, very pleased with it indeed.
On a side note (or rather back round), should I perhaps put the asteroid base in an asteroid field - background here, not making more asteroids? Would that not make more sense?
Anyway, I must thank you all for your continuing support. All of this has been done against a background of considerable discomfort and as a sort of self-imposed forced return to P&M because I'm sick of moping. I can see many flaws in the work but I'm pleased with where I'm heading back too.
Cheers y'all,
graven
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.
2015/06/08 17:10:10
Subject: The Bloggit: 8th June - All about that base (no rebel) - done? Now with counts-as...
"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. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
2015/06/08 19:55:14
Subject: The Bloggit: 8th June - All about that base (no rebel) - done? Now with counts-as...
"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. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
2015/06/08 20:04:49
Subject: The Bloggit: 8th June - All about that base (no rebel) - done? Now with counts-as...
actually i like the asteroid field idea the bases i know on asteroids where always in a cluster... so that makes perfect sense...
as for the HKW will you be adding a bit of white or is the greenish yellow hue intended?... i bet the later...i think the ship looks great as is... especially the cockpit... there you did artful
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Cheers bud. The colour is as planned - Hwk scheme in game is brown, but it's a smuggler ship, and those are often in muted tones (Scum ships like the SCK, the hound's tooth) as are many cargo, mercenary and merchant ships in trek verse. I also thought the greenish tones were a nice contrast to the base.
Automatically Appended Next Post: In fact I might call it a SKF very happy with the cockpit, I had considered a high gloss paint (which is what the official slave 1 etc get) but I like the "light" effect glad you do too!
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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.
2015/06/08 20:20:04
Subject: The Bloggit: 8th June - All about that base (no rebel) - done? Now with counts-as...
Well it's not finished yet and, skiff Actually the D-9 light freighter has never been shown but is supposed to be comparable to the Hwk. Also, it amuses me cos it would work for anyone (mercenaries) AND I'm statting this thing with Ds9's stats from trek wing so that fits beautifully
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.
2015/06/08 21:32:42
Subject: Re:The Bloggit: 8th June - All about that base (no rebel) - done? Now with counts-as...
MagosBiff90 wrote:Bloody hell mate..... those painting effects are top notch! A really well thought through design and well executed! good luck with the comp buddy!!
Thanks buddy, you too!
Red Harvest wrote:Outstanding work. And so not gray
Of course, you need a few more asteroids. There is never only one.
It is big, but could have been much better detailed. And better painted.
too true, but very cool. Thought you'd like the Red
Hey folks,
First up, a wee batrep for you. My mate who's relocated down south is back up for a week to sort out junk so we decided to have a massive trek battle - borg cube and mirror universe vs Fed & ds9 vs romulan and cardassian (the last being me).
Whilst we had a good time, I wouldn't say the game was fun. Wizkids power creep and ham fisted attempts to create balance make gw look reasonable. 2 Squadrons of cardassian fighters should not be able to take down the biggest ship in the game in one turn without breaking a sweat. So yeah, reminded why I don't play that game anymore.
Still, X-Wing!
Spoiler:
So here are my entry pics.
The 2 identical components:
Other components include an ice-cream tub, a plastic wine glass, sprue, playdoh, papier-mache made from political pamplets and assorted election newspapers, bottle tops, bits of lego, a deadzone sprue, back to front gw missile launchers and assorted junk.
And what's life without a spot of fluff?
Kalend Thora eased back on the jump engines and pulled the Starknife out of hyperdrive. She looked down, as if her red eyes could see through the deck plates into the tiny packets of glitterstim that were stowed beneath. She couldn’t help but smile. Why risk bulk cargo when something so tiny had such a huge payoff? Even after her Vigo had taken his cut, she’d have more than enough to keep her old D-9 running like a rabid wamp-rat in heat and more to spare.
As the Folly lazed into view, she couldn’t help but marvel at the brutal elegance of the facility. You can keep your gas mines, your spacer stations and dust ports – give me solid rock any day. And this was exactly the kind of… independent operation that kept her pockets fat and her record clean.
2 hours. 2 hours at station keeping. I have a bad feeling about this. “Central, what’s your status?” she broadcast for what must have been at least the twelfth time. R3-2A chirruped at least as impatiently. “Yeah, I know Arty, let’s take a look around.”
The station’s turrets lazily tracked her. Well, at least we know something’s working in there. No escape pods launched, no sign of damage. A beep, a whistle. “Yeah, the lights are on, just not sure who’s home little fella.” She was starting to get twitchy.
Landing lights were on from the cargo bay on the surface – drop ship maybe? That’s not the Empire’s style.
Hutts, perhaps, wanting a piece of the action? That’d be a bloody mess - the Black Sun was happy for Erith to run his place his way, but they wouldn’t want another operation muscling in on the action. Mind you, a mess this far out on the Rim might bring them to Tarkin’s attention, and no-one wanted that. Clean and quiet – a coup then? An inside job. She grimaced, a sour expression on her lipless green countenance.
The ship lazed its way round the station; her R3 unit let out what could only have been a chuckle. “I know, I don’t know why the insist on making exhaust ports so accessible either. Serve them right if someone stuck a proton bomb up it.”
Generators are still running fine. Feels like a trap. “Arty, little buddy, I think we’re just gonna have to chalk this one up to bad timing. Looks like they don’t want us to come a-knocking. We can make Seler in 18 hours.” She moved to bank the ship away, getting an angry series of clicks for her trouble. “Yes, I know you were looking forward to that oil bath. Wouldn’t mind a bath myself, still trying to get half of Kessel out from my fingernails, never mind that the scrubbers are so shot the whole ship tastes of spice.” Silence. “Fine, be like that you big baby.” She punch the co-ordinates into the drive computer, almost too annoyed to ignore the nagging in the back of her head. Almost.
The comms burst into life, startling Kalend and making her reach instinctively to eject her precious load. “Thora you old lizard – that you out there circling my station like a hungry gundark?” Erith’s tones. Jokey, but forced. She could hear – not wariness, exactly, but something different. Still, keep smiling, keep talking – and keep running those numbers. “It’s me you two-cred son of a Jawa. Why the hold up? Been scrimping on the power convertors again?” A low hum from R3 let her know that one flick and they would be the other side of the light barrier. “Let’s just say I’ve decided to put this place to good use. Seems to be there’s a lot to be said for getting shot of the Empire and its cronies – better for business, y’know?”So he’s gone over to the Rebellion, has he? This time, the smile in her voice was genuine, “Well then, if it’s good for business, you’d better let me in then, hadn’t you?” And in response, the bay doors opened, welcomingly. Now that’s information that will fetch a hefty price. R3 peeped a question, and she flicked off her open comms to reply. “You bet we’re going in there, Arty. Things just got interesting.”
And of course, they're no use unless you can use them in game:
Spoiler:
Hope you like! Apologies for shoddy phone pics, it's the only thing that I'm really bummed about.
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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.
2015/06/10 18:43:15
Subject: Re:The Bloggit: 10th June - Trek Wing batrep & All about that base (no rebel) - done! pics galore.
well... for obvious reasons i can´t wish you wholeheartedly luck after this ... but i think it looks simply amazing and i bet you will range pretty damn high... a place on the steps is yours or i´d be damned...
cards look professional too...tho not that i know what you´re talking there
Viktor von Domm wrote: well... for obvious reasons i can´t wish you wholeheartedly luck after this ... but i think it looks simply amazing and i bet you will range pretty damn high... a place on the steps is yours or i´d be damned...
cards look professional too...tho not that i know what you´re talking there
+1 on all counts
(Those cards are brilliant - sort of thing I would do. AsVik said though - not got the foggiest what they mean though )
GW - 670 pts || - 354 pts || - 46 pts || - 106 pts || LoTR - 400 pts (Evil) vs 0 pts (Good) || Space Hulk - 1/35 || Deathwatch Overkill - 0/50
OtherMEdge: Karists - 23 points || Epirians - 0 points Shattered Earth: Awaiting delivery "Awakening" Terrain: Awaiting delivery DWMG2: 4/54
My Miniatures blog || My Terrain blog || My MEdge blog || Paradigm's Painting Challenge League Tables: 2015/16, 2016/17 The Hobby Mission: 25/713 minis complete, 98/406 terrain complete. 46 more minis in 2016 to complete my goal for this year
jreilly89: "In the far future, there are only drive-bys."
2015/06/10 20:02:15
Subject: The Bloggit: 10th June - Trek Wing batrep & All about that base (no rebel) - done! pics galore.
Wow! all so many big objects floating that Star Trek table!
Asteroid base looks great!
"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. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
2015/06/11 17:05:24
Subject: The Bloggit: 10th June - Trek Wing batrep & All about that base (no rebel) - done! pics galore.
Star Destroyer not up to the standards of the Hawk Wargames 10mm Carrier saw that at Salute and drooled hard. Asteroid base is cool though
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2015/06/11 20:10:29
Subject: The Bloggit: 10th June - Trek Wing batrep & All about that base (no rebel) - done! pics galore.
Viktor von Domm wrote:well... for obvious reasons i can´t wish you wholeheartedly luck after this ... but i think it looks simply amazing and i bet you will range pretty damn high... a place on the steps is yours or i´d be damned...
cards look professional too...tho not that i know what you´re talking there
Completely understand mate, love you stuff too. Cards were fun to do: the base is just DS9's stats and ability redone for X-Wing, the D-9 just a Y-Wing (better fit, it in the end) with a pilot that happens to stack well with the R3 unit (which is my favourite astromech in the game).
Gitsplitta wrote:
"Hey Arty, did you ever notice that from this angle the station looks like a Rancor that's just had his head crushed by a giant steel door?"
Brilliant work mate.
Well, now I can't unsee that Thanks bud, from me and little Arty
TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:
Viktor von Domm wrote: well... for obvious reasons i can´t wish you wholeheartedly luck after this ... but i think it looks simply amazing and i bet you will range pretty damn high... a place on the steps is yours or i´d be damned...
cards look professional too...tho not that i know what you´re talking there
+1 on all counts
(Those cards are brilliant - sort of thing I would do. AsVik said though - not got the foggiest what they mean though )
Cheers Navigating the cards, for the uninitiated:
The base always acts last (the orange 0), has 5 weapons (2 turrets, 3 torpedo launchers) with 360 arc (the red in an arrowed circle), can't evade (green), has 8 hull (yellow, can withstand a lot punishment even when it's lost shields) and 8 shields (blue, can shrug of most things). Normally when you fire ordinance they discard - this doesn't (same as Ds9). It can be used by the Scum and Villany faction as well as rebels. It can focus (better chance of hitting) or target lock (can fire torpedoes and missiles). It can have one secondary turret weapon, 2 different kinds of missile, 2 different kinds of torpedo, and 2 additional crew members. Oh, and it costs about the same as a large ship (Falcon, Slave 1 etc) or indeed as DS9 - it could just as easily be used as a non-aligned facility (a la Empok Nor) in Trek wing.
Kalend is a super-good pilot - skill 8, on a scale of 1-10 - and Y-wings are tough but not ultra-maneuverable. She's a crack shot when it comes to getting out of tight spots - hence the reroll ability - and can also pack an astromech. This particular version is "Horton Salm", Grey Leader, just translated to this. If there's time I'll make a Scum version of her (there are, for example, both Imperial and Scum version of Boba Fett) as Scum also get Y-wings, and a Title: Starknife card which will work the same was a Y-Wing only title.
Nevelon wrote:Turned out very well. Nice little chunk of rock you’ve got there.
Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got, I'm still graven from the block?
shasolenzabi wrote:Wow! all so many big objects floating that Star Trek table!
Asteroid base looks great!
That many cool toys. Still not much fun :/ and cheers mate!
Solar_lion wrote:Good show!.. Nice touch of a story and playing cards.
Win Win all around!
Well, I live in hope
Llamahead wrote:Star Destroyer not up to the standards of the Hawk Wargames 10mm Carrier saw that at Salute and drooled hard. Asteroid base is cool though
I would rather see it as a 2D mat, I think.
Thanks once more for all your support in this gang. Doing this has been very therapeutic, as well as a lot of fun. I've had a couple of folks ask me how much it would be to make them one which is pretty cool, too
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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.
2015/06/11 21:11:04
Subject: Re:The Bloggit: 10th June - Trek Wing batrep & All about that base (no rebel) - done! pics galore.
Gitsplitta wrote: "Hey Arty, did you ever notice that from this angle the station looks like a Rancor that's just had his head crushed by a giant steel door?"
Brilliant work mate.
very good one... almost would have made me spray my müsli over the laptop...if it wasn´t around midnight...
and thanks graven, that was a good initiation... by the way... i have the templates printed... now they are currently ripening with dust... to one day see a moment of scratch building^^ when that glorious day comes... i´ll let you know^^
We refuse to take sides in this anymore. And we refuse to let you turn us against one another. We know who we are now, we can find our own way between order and chaos...
It's over because we've decided it's over. Now get the hell out of our galaxy! Both of you.
"Whoever takes purple sash is purple, and follows purple leader." I follow purple tau. Theophony
2015/06/12 15:10:43
Subject: Re:The Bloggit: 10th June - Trek Wing batrep & All about that base (no rebel) - done! pics galore.
Now to build one for Star Trek attack wing. I'd suggest a rule like Wesley crusher may be attached to this station for free. Once per game action: jettison Wesley crusher out the airlock, remove Wesley from play, opponent must buy you a beer .
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
2015/06/12 15:52:43
Subject: Re:The Bloggit: 10th June - Trek Wing batrep & All about that base (no rebel) - done! pics galore.
Theophony wrote: Now to build one for Star Trek attack wing. I'd suggest a rule like Wesley crusher may be attached to this station for free. Once per game action: jettison Wesley crusher out the airlock, remove Wesley from play, opponent must buy you a beer .
HAHAHAA...... love that!! +1
Back to that base..... I agree with everyone... it is going to place very highly I feel! ... "almost" wishing you best of luck!
and thanks graven, that was a good initiation... by the way... i have the templates printed... now they are currently ripening with dust... to one day see a moment of scratch building^^ when that glorious day comes... i´ll let you know^^
It's a great game, but a money pit. The card creator that I used also lets you generate dials etc which is good if you're making stuff yourself
Miss Dee wrote:I would of given it more than 8 hull
I would've too, but 8 is the same as DS9, as well as the giant ships (the rebel transport, Tantive IV and the imperial Crusader) - only the Decimator, which is designed to ram other ships, has more. Also, 8 shields make it extremely difficult to take out.
Theophony wrote:Now to build one for Star Trek attack wing. I'd suggest a rule like Wesley crusher may be attached to this station for free. Once per game action: jettison Wesley crusher out the airlock, remove Wesley from play, opponent must buy you a beer .
Too right. He's a nice bloke though, is Wheaton. Very privileged to have met him back in 2000 on my one and only trip to San Diego.
MagosBiff90 wrote:
Back to that base..... I agree with everyone... it is going to place very highly I feel! ... "almost" wishing you best of luck!
Thanks mate. I think the spirit of friendly competition is always well served hereabouts
And so a wee daft thing for you:
I am no good with photoshop, but still: this is a title card, which turns it into a named ship that can get a Modification, something Illicit, and be Scum
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.
2015/06/12 16:19:40
Subject: The Bloggit: 10th June - Trek Wing batrep & All about that base (no rebel) - done! pics galore.
Warboss_Waaazag wrote:I really like the way the freighter came out and it's super cool that you're making it and the station into useable, custom X-wing pieces. Great job!
Thanks mate! It's also usable for Armada, as that has a space station token that's this size
Viktor von Domm wrote:so.... how long will it take for you to start building our own death star?....
Oh shush you
But meantime, as the deadline isn't up, I thought I'd ensure it's playable for attack wing with an alternate stand:
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Clear flight stand still there. Advantage of playing against the giant cube and ds9 meant I could double check my dimensions. I'm hoping to make a card up for this also
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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.
. Starfield or Hubble telescope photograph of a nebula if you can get it big enough (trek style 
)
- 670 pts || 
- 354 pts || 
- 46 pts || 
- 106 pts || LoTR - 400 pts (Evil) vs 0 pts (Good) || Space Hulk - 1/35 || Deathwatch Overkill - 0/50
don't approach it with that attitude. I've got nowhere with stuff I've been delighted with, and done far better with something that I was less than pleased with. It all comes out in the wash. Hubble, eh? like that.
You are very kind indeed mate. Your pile of stuff is excellent and ultra-real, I love it. But thank you, truly (
Ultramarines, 3rd Co. and friends, 16k+ 
4k 
Competition Index
Thanks bud, from me and little Arty 
