I received my plastic tiles in the mail. They are just what I was looking for. The tiles come in a big flat sheet. I cut them to size and glued it down today. This terrain project is starting to come together. There is still plenty to do. Especially with the base and making the ladder up to the door.
I also have tried to make a ground cloth in the same manner that Mark L has for his games. The sheet dyed ok. The dye was who knows how many years old. I sprayed some camouflage spray paint on it and it is getting there. I am not sure how it looks. My wife is dubious. But I am starting to like it.
No pictures yet for this.
My Santa Clause project is really coming along. The figures are painted. Now I am just working on basing them. They came out better than I thought that they would. I am working on a sabot base for two of the figures. It has turned out nice so far.
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Speaking of basing, I have seven AWI provincials that I am getting the bases finished for.
Next I have managed to finish a few of my new flight bases for Bag the Hun. These are the Litko bases that have a dial that reads from 1 to 6 and a holder for a 6 sided die. This will allow me to track speed and altitude on the stand. I am having great difficulty gluing the magnets to the top of these. I think I have glued more of them to my fingers than to the flight bases. You can see an example of my older plain ones there in the mix. The unfortunate thing was that I could not reuse the old ones as I could not fit the pieces over the top of the magnets.
Lastly, I spent some time getting some clump foliage on my big tree. Again, more glue on me than the tree at this point. There is still plenty to do here. Oh well, at least I am being productive.
Inspiring work all around. The watch tower is looking great.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Its coming together. I need to figure out how to make the stone work at the bottom of the tower.
DeleteI had a look at using clump foliage for my trees, but gave up after just looking at the stuff and only used it for bushes on the base. I ended up using wire wool / steel wool (whichever it's referred to in N.America). I'll spray it black, then give it a spray of green. Then I'll glue the metal wool to the painted twig I'm using as a tree.
ReplyDeleteBag the Hun's a WW2 TooFatLardies game, right? I was thinking of trying their WW1 aerial combat rules for a blog game, but they no longer offer them for sale. I was going with the Old West first, anyway.
I didn't enroll for either of the xmas schemes, as I've too much on my plate already, this time round. Next year, I'll know in advance.
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There is a light version of Algernon Pulls it Off that is in one of the specials. It works but it is obviously not the full game. Bag the Hun is a TFL product. Most of my gaming buddies here prefer CY6 though. Next year, please join in to the Christmas schemes. They are good fun.
DeleteI know what you mean about clump foliage. I don't much like it but all of my other trees are made from Clump foliage already. Not sure how it would look to have the wire one with them.
Great progress on the tower and I love the look of that tree.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Hopefully I will be able to knock out this tree soon.
DeleteGreat modeling, Chris.
ReplyDeleteThank you sir.
DeleteHaha. Gluing magnets on top of flight stands is easily one of the worst things a gamer geek can do. I did 10 for "Check Your 6 Jet Age" and 10 more for Star Fleet Battles. I discovered exactly where my wit ends. The worst part is making certain that you've kept the correct polarity throughout the process. Or maybe the worst part is that every tool you grab to assist is ferrous. Or how about if you get two stands that aren't quite dry yet too close to eachother and the magnets zip across your table creating a horrifying super-glue + magnetic disaster?
ReplyDeleteGrats on getting those finished!
To keep the polarity correct, I have a sample stand that I did first. I then used it to help me glue all of the magnets to the airplanes. Now I am using an airplane to glue magnets to all the bases. Its working so far.
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