Weekender XLBS: Scale Models In Wargaming, Worth The Extra Effort?
September 4, 2016 by dignity
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Happy Sunday!
Done. Both Bootcamps. Woot! See you there guys.
Phew! Got the boot camp I wanted. I’ll see you in November
Dropfleet bootcamp Ordered Now I’m going back to sleep 🙂
Same here. 🙂
Happy Sunday!
Would love to do the Dropfleet Cmdr bootcamp – unfortunately the days are all wrong. Enjoy folks!
Oh boys… you want something like 3d terrain which is then inkjet printed in 3d… you’re so 2010… 😉 Check this out – you’ll want one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgH2p7OxDgg
Did I just hear Warren claim we’re in control of our hobby? Did Lloyd just say we can pick up things in small hits? Get real guys… Unless you have infinitely more self control than most of us the only things applying any control on our hobby is some conbination of the following:
– The depth of our wallets
– The attentiveness (or not) of our significant other (or our ability to sneak things upstairs)
– Available storage space
– Medical incapacitation
During my long break (~25 years) between episodes of TT gaming the PC game that sticks out for me was MicroProse’s Darklands (1992). It was the first RPG game (with a fantastic map based on Holy Roman Empire Mid-Europe) which let you play off the rails. Yes there was a plot and a main quest line – but the hours I spent ‘off the rails’ were endless. If we compare that with let’s say a D&D adventure – yes you can go wandering off and the DM will have to adapt – but ultimately you need a narrative thread and… Read more »
Ok, I also ordered my place for DFC. Back to sleep now.
November? December! Too early in the morning
Warren mentioned yesterday that there will be a file of more information (bow address, directions from airport…) Can’t see it…
Morning all 🙂
Its on the ticket booking page whefe it says ‘click here’
Heres the direct link anyway 🙂
http://www.beastsofwar.com/downloads/welcome-packs/BOW-VISITOR-WELCOME-PACK.pdf
Yes, I found it. Thanks. The cover says it’s from the 2015 DZC boot camp. Are the train and bus times still up to date?
Just a quick question. Do you pick games to feature as boot camps yourselves or do the game creators come to you asking you to host one for them? And FYI, if you’re looking for a little more feminine appeal in your zombie films I recommend Return Of The Living Dead 3. When a young boy is so in love with his girl he keeps her from death by breaking into his father’s secret military facility, it’s a winner. Whenever I I have a lady over who wants something a little more romantic from my film collection I just pop… Read more »
LOL
That file will be made available to anyone who has registered. Just wait for a bit.
Nice elpotof. See you there.
Happy Sunday guys, really excited for both bootcamps. The more I read about The Walking Dead the more I can’t wait for November.
See you at the Dropfleet Commander Bootcamp 😎
crap its gone already?
with the figure you could try to mat the figure and paint on water effects liquid but I don’t know how that would work or look like
Uhu glue, perfect for alien slime
Looking at the original source picture I’d have started with an underlying white/silver metallic colour and then used inks/washes to get the blue effect (perhaps even airbrushed on – see Anarchy Brian’s tutorial from a year or so back) – or tinted something oozy (like a watered down pva glue with some pigment) and applied it.
‘Return of the Living Dead 2’ is the movie you’re thinking of.
Those Hobby-Boss tanks are extremely interesting at the price. I was wanting to have a couple of ‘wrecked’ tanks for my Bolt Action game and was reluctant to spend £20-25 on a model that I would then destroy. But at £8-12, it suddenly becomes doable and affordable.
An option worth exploring – so thanks for the heads up guys!
@warzan – The zombie movie with the barrels of zombies/chemicals was Return of the Living Dead. One of 2 sequels to Night of the Living Dead that was produced by 1 of the other creators while George Romero went on to produce the much more serious Dawn of the Dead. It was actually Return that introduced the concept of zombies eating brains came from.
Yet again Justin is wrong in that the Return movies with all the barrels actually had zombies, they were only ghouls in Romeros original Night of the Living Dead 🙂
Return of the Living Dead 2 begins with the barrel falling from the military truck and being found by a boy.
It’s been a while since I watched it, was the original Return the one with the 2 plonkers in a morgue kicking a barrel and putting a crack in it?
Pretty much. They”re not in a morgue but they take the body there to burn it after they’ve chopped it up.
Hate to be the one to have to tell you @Warzan, but it is Scott Bakula and not Scott Beluga :p
sounds a bit fishy
@lloyd on the subject of scale I went down the 1/72 route for Bolt Action. The reason being was price and the variety of vehicle kits. If you want fast and easy build tank kits then Armourfast models are great, for under £10 you get two really easy to build tanks. I generally use Armourfast for my squadron tanks, then get a more complicated kit for the commanders tank. The biggest issue in this scale are the infantry some manufacturers produce infantry in bendy rubbery plastic, which are horrible to paint. I’d recommend the following minis, Valiant, Ceasar, HaT or… Read more »
As for the Alien queen I think their is a lot of different things you can do with the model. So with one of models of a genestealer who are very inspired by the alien franchies rather than dulling down the white carapace and going doing it on that side I added a terrain effect to try and get that idea of the environment in which he was emerging from. That idea of a claustrophobic environment where there are darkened hallway everywhere, moisture drips from every surface, and steam pours from ill kept vents. http://i719.photobucket.com/albums/ww199/caladors/Front%20down.png So yeah you could go… Read more »
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Surely one of these will work :’| ha ha
Nice intro guys. Great now I want to buy a man-sized Velociraptor suit. Maybe you can buy a small dog version Warren to have a chicken size T Rex for your young un. Really happy to have grabbed a ticket for the Drop fleet boot camp and looking forward to the Breezemount breakfasts. On another note I have downloaded the Re-roll magazine but have been saving it for something to read during my work lunches this week. I think this is great for me to catch up on stuff I may have missed or not have had enough time to… Read more »
Happy Sunday 🙂 I was really interested in the scale models chat. I do know that some scale modellers look at the wargamer’s vehicles and tanks with a look in their eye saying something more or less “kids stuff”. That’s because of the amount of detail which interferes with the realism of the kit. Lloyd said stuff about skipping the engine build 🙂 now that’s heresy for scale modellers who search through schematics of the engine and replace the original kit stuff with bits to make it as realistic as possible. But… Do we need this stuff in wargaming? No.… Read more »
I’ve filled a few gaps in my FoW 15mm army using Zvezda 1/100 models – they don’t even need glue (although I do glue a few key points) and are extremely good value! I particularly pick up support trucks etc. from them.
I know they do 1/72 and 1/35 – anyone got any feedback on those?
On the topic of 3D printers/painters. Wouldn’t there be spots on models that would be hard to reach when fully assembled? Like between gun and the chest, beneath capes.
I know what Lloyd means, I was used to playing 40K and when I first built and played with a bolt action tank I also though is was kind a small.
Concerning the developpment of 3D printers, these are the first step towards the replicators of star trek. It will have a large impact on relocalising the production industry closer to the customer, Are there miniature gamers in China?
By the way it is Scot Bakula not Baluka.
Thanks for the show.
Well, I got to party too late 🙁
Dropfleet bootcamp was sold out before I even had a chance.
Happy Sunday all. Like the alien paint job. Nice to see an alternative to black. On the subject of photographing glossy minis I have had a bit of success using natural light outdoors rather than artificial lighting, must be something about the omnidirectional nature of daylight not making the mini shine in such a distracting fashion. I don’t know much about using proper cameras (I use a cheap digital camera), but I was told that setting a longer exposure time can have a mattening effect too.