Weekender XLBS: Inspiring The Unimaginative
August 4, 2019 by crew
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Happy Sunday Brothers and Sisters of CoG!
It’s the XLBS Show.
Who had time for hobby this week? Who sacrificed all their free time for the Giant 40k Table build?
Kick back and unwind with our CoG leaders as they regale us with stories of mischief and hobby time adventures.
Remember… Keep it Simple, Keep it Stupid!…..(well, that’s what Brother Lloyd says!)
I really like those ‘Objective Markers’!
Maybe someday they’ll be in the store for CoG members to purchase.
I’m really glad you like them @templar007 it’s been an interesting learning experience putting them all together.
I’m in this morning checking and touch wood we are nearly half way through printing them 🙂
I wonder if this paper found at Amazon would work for the linen banner?
https://www.amazon.com/Heavyweight-White-Linen-Textured-Cardstock/dp/B01EG3ZWMC/ref=sr_1_9?keywords=linen+paper+texture&qid=1564901639&s=gateway&sr=8-9
Next Hobby Weekend = AoS or Warcry
Of course, I’d never say no to Blood and Plunder as well!
(who am I kidding, whatever it is I’ll most likely join in with another Digital Ticket)
Happy Sunday!
Happy Sunday All!!!
Sorry this posted late the button pushing squirrel slept in!
Oh…..I really need to look into getting a button-pushing squirrel! 🙂
Do you mean Gerry?
The only problem/issue I would have with the 40k tables you’ve built is that there not big enough.
lol you just love busting our balls @torros lol
Big is always better! I don’t like games where units start within range of each other
Doesn’t matter how big you build the table the basilisk has a maximum range of 20 feet… unless they’ve retconned it
That would lead to another moan about artillery being on table in games. I just like a bit of manoeuvring room
Good morning and happy sunday!
I think it can be hard to tell how hard a table will be to play on if you haven’t seen the table in real live.
Sometimes it can be hard to play on some tables if there are buildings/ruins that are low so that is hard to place your minis in. But there are ways around that. And now you have more buildings that you can remove the roofs of.
Morning all, just listening to @warzan rant. Is it that some Wargamers are control freaks and like the order they can instill on their downtime and going EPIC or realistic just destroys this for them. Am fairly certain games with command challenges have died or not reached their full potential because Fred cannot move all of his troops in turn x cos he fluffed the roll and while this may be realistic, it might follow the historical fact, Fred get miffed.
I do find it very hard to engage with a ruleset where your troops do everything you want every turn.
Agreed – I really like Blucher by Sam Mustafa where you opponent knows your “allowance” but you dont
I think that’s more a matter of how those mechanics are represented.
A bad dice roll sucks, because you can’t do anything to change it.
Add a minimal bit of player agency and that moment of your units not doing the thing you want becomes a little less annoying.
Plus for some people the randomness of the to-hit/damage rolls is more than enough uncontrolled chaos as is, because having your expensive/pretty elite units miss the precious few shots makes them feel useless.
For flags could you not just create decals to put on the paper then paint over the decal?
I agree with the lack of imagination but I would even go further with my rant especially when it comes to vegetation on the table. There are more sci-fi and fantasy looking plants in my garden than there are on most fantasy and sci-fi tables. To go a step further, a typical fantasy table is a few Tudor buildings and trees – it is fantasy let your imagination run wild! I do have a real soft spot for Gothic architecture in 40K though but again alien worlds, lets go mad! Loving Gerry’s Americans. Very nice work and subtle way of… Read more »
I’ve been looking at 3mm ancients again and am going to try painting them with inks
I look forward to seeing that, though I do think 10mm is going to be my bottom limit of scales I would attempt.
I’ve never tried it before. I did make Moussaka from scratch for the first time yesterday so I think I’m on a roll for trying new things
First though is some 10mm TB line medieval knights
Those Knights do look lovely. I like Moussaka, aubergine is very underrated, disappointed I didn’t get an invite 😉
Got some stuff to do before i watch the show.Just wanted to say i can definitely see @warzan as the Willy Wonka of BoW / OTT.
And how could i forget…Happy Sunday one and all.
If Warren is Willy Wonka, who are his Oompa Loompas?
@lloyd and @dracs …Maybe Manny,Max and Savannah ( i hope my spelling is correct ? ) too ?
As I can/would be a critical and negative bugger at times, I feel I should say a few nice words about the OTT store and the service provided. I’ve made a couple of orders and they have been packed and sent very quickly. As they are sent Royal Mail they have always arrived in good shape – I think I am very lucky as we seem to have nice postmen and women in our area which helps! The Love Hearts are also a nice touch, I look for them first before looking for the toys. I can imagine that Warren… Read more »
Great show and great rant! I don’t credit myself with very much imagination but it is for that reason that I love all the weird and wonderful places you guys take me to via your crazy builds. The feature tables at Warhammer World couldn’t really be used for tournaments either but people travel from all over the world to play on them because of the immersion factor. Your apocalypse table is on another level. I think we just have to accept that whatever you say or do on the internet, no matter how bulletproof in its logic, there will always… Read more »
I second your comment @DarkDanegan about, “feature tables at Warhammer World couldn’t really be used for tournaments either but people travel from all over the world to play on them because of the immersion factor”. People are traveling from several different places to the OTT studio to enjoy their hobby and those tables are fantastic! If I were in studio, I’d love the fact that I could place my finished models down on the table and photograph the heck out of them in those different settings. (and then pull them quickly to avoid receiving an Alpha Strike from a low… Read more »
Before I start I still have an open invite to anyone wanting to learn 3D Design with a Free program (Google Sketch Up although any Open Source program can work) just send me a PM. Anything from learning to create to learning to just rescale/manipulate Objects. 40K Fifth Edition is by far the best. People are so spoiled now with so much dedicated Terrain and every single rule having to be force fed to them via Facebook and Warhammer Community. No people can just min max armies with 3 bare minimum detachments so they can get enough CP’s to run… Read more »
I’d give your stream a watch! ??
I feel like, (AND I MIGHT BE WRONG THIS IS JUST MY OPIONION) that the people who complain about the tables or campaigns might be the highly competitive tournament style players, people who dont like having a disadvatage somewhere. So with the deployment issue mentioned, it could be because they wouldnt be able to get their best units, into the best positions .
Does that make sense? again, i could be wrong
The rant was delicious but far to civil. I certainly would have been more explicit ? Flags and banners are a bit of a conundrum. After some experimenting I decided to stick to paper prints (no 3D effect) and pva with all the folds, creases and weathering done by myself. Brother Lloyd’s banners look to cartoonish and not grimdark enough for me I’m afraid. I’m really excited about the BA Korea day and am hoping I’ll get permission from my good lady to spend another weekend in Ireland. In terms of other hobby weekends or boot camps I would be… Read more »
I had a look at Heart of Leviathan and it doesn’t look like the type of naval game that would be for me
Lol. Hardly surprising matey…the ships are far too big! ?
It was the recommended playing area of 3×3 that puzzled me
It definitely looks more like a board game with miniatures than a wargame. I like the aesthetic of the models a lot tho and hope they will become available separately at some point.
Watching the show and my wife walked in just as @Warzan was talking about the next hobby weekend ideas and she heard two of her favourite words: “Harry Potter”. So, consider that one vote from her to that as an idea… and I never thought I would say this, but if it means me and the Mrs can come over to join you fine fellows for a weekend of hobby goodness… I’ll vote for Harry Potter as well…. now I need to take a shower after saying that. 😛
Great show guys as always.
Could you print on fabric for banners?
Note to self, listen before posting cos it will prob be said!
Happy Sunday! What?! There are 40k players who wouldn’t want to play on those tables? I just can’t understand… I get the point of tournament tables, I even understand 2D terrain Warmachine tourney guys use (although the tables don’t look like wargaming to me) and all that. But I dare to say that no one got into 40k or any other miniature game purely for the joy of competitive gaming — no, you got in because your favourite faction looks amazing and the miniatures are amazing. No one in their right mind spends that kind of money on gaming tokens… Read more »
I’m right there with you @guillotine when you say, “No one in their right mind spends that kind of money on gaming tokens only”. We do this hobby because our models look super cool when set up on a well done terrain filled table! Also, your bit about ‘Warmachine’ tournament tables with 2D terrain……..I came very close to traveling to the ‘Lock & Load’ event. But first I watched some videos from the previous year’s event and was dumbfounded at the sight of all the flat 2D tables! Gorgeous minis and terrible tables! I saved my money and just built… Read more »
Regarding banners; could you perhaps print a banner on transfer sheets and then put it on that Japanese paper? In addition, use transfer solvents to get that painted on look?
Or put your transfers on t-shirt materials and starch or PVA them? Air-brush on cloth anyone? New tech is not necessarily better tech. Staring at Jerry’s t-shirt should have been a big answer to your dilemma.
Warren please conquest for the next hobby weekend (although I’m buying to kit from you guys anyway)
Happy Sunday
happy Sunday.
People who don’t like the tables, it is simple DO NOT WATCH, or learn how to place and use models correctly for the conditions. this is called engaging brain.
what I would like to see is a wild west exodus boot camp, or konflikt 47. PLEASE.
I agree those of us who had to use our imagination in the 90’s don’t seem to mind the fog of war. I think the problem is with today’s information technology and that everyone has the information within a couple of clicks. Imagining things is no longer a thing.
I think it would be good to see cruel seas of blood red skies as hobbies for a weekend.
Happy Sunday, enjoyed watching the show, thanks very much.
Washi paper?