Hobby Lab: The Complete Guide to Asteroids
July 4, 2014 by lloyd
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Love it. Never thought of Lava Rock.
On a side not perhaps a bench vice of some sort is a better option than drilling into the palm of ones hand with a power tool. If one was particuly soft and you went right through it would not be nice.
Another excellent episode – this series alone makes being a Backstager worth while to me. This might be useful for a Hard sci-fi game i’m working on as it’s primarily about asteroid mining.
p.s. this video worked fine so I have no idea why that last one still doesnt (maybe my comp just couldnt handle Romain’s awesomeness?)
Huh, who’da thunk it. Sorry, tin foil is out, but the others were ace!
No magimix love for the foil?
The foil technique was more aimed at those situations where you don’t have alot of time or hobby materials available.
Kind of emergency asteroids… on a budget 🙂
Excellent video, Lloyd on top form.
The Hobby Lab to end all Hobby Labs!
I’m off to buy some lava rock… What time does B&Q open, again? Maybe a bit of varnish to seal them and I’ll be done.
I’m glad to see that I wasn’t the only one who thought that Warren was doing a Venkman impression when the proton pack heat gun was broken out 🙂
My mistake, it was Egon that looked more concerned…
Loving it. http://www.gamesofwar.net make some asteroid shaped bases that would go amazingly well with those roids. I may have to combine the two.
You are gods! Thank you!
Great stuff guys I love what your doing, but for crying out loud Warren, drilling something your cupping in your hand? If you have to drill something that has an irregular shape at weird angles then use a pad as a support, this could be anything from a wadded up old t-shirt or even a piece of polystyrene that you’ve scooped out. There is no point in doing something awesome if it means you get hurt in the process. Option 4 all the way.
I will make a point of not doing it again 😉
Glad to hear it 🙂 sorry to rant but I cant count how many times I’ve heard “it’s ok I’ve done this loads of ti…ARRRRRRGH” or variations there of.
Great tutorial, keep it safe 😉
I must admit I had visions of Warren in the gory German Forklift Safety video when I saw him drilling the lava rock and cork bark cupped in his hand.
Yep some of the Army H&S vids from my time in could be fairly ‘pointed’. I love the contradiction between Lloyd and Warren here, Lloyd says “so always cut with the blade facing away from you” while Warrens busy drilling into his hand. 🙂
I cant dispute the convenience of those Lava Rocks but I will probably stick to using polystyrene because I like to make asteroids that are substantially larger than the fighters. I will definitely incorporate the heat gun in my process, though, because it will help to add some hard edges to the rock which are taken away when I sand the material to get the kinds of shapes I want. I dont know if X Wing has rules for this but another reason I like to use polystyrene is to create irregular shapes.. which spice up a dog fight when… Read more »
Is true, when you paint them they are in the same “reality” than the rest of the models, is like having one model that was painted realistic and a cartoony looking one along side, they won’t look as being in the same place.
Glad to see I’m not the only one with a love of Lave Rock for asteroids. Cheap, resilient, very effective looking and best of all light!
The ones in the link I did several years back and are still going strong.
http://dropshipstudio.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/call-harry-stamper/
Yeah, they look class! Love the way you have groups of them on a base.
Cheers Lloyd. It was a last minute change, but it does mean you can do some quite whizzy effects like asteroids that have just split in two (or more) by varying the heights. Creates a nice illusion of depth to the field.
Great video guys but just cringed when Warren was using the drill. Is there an out take with Warren with a hole in his hand
Is that the space board from quite a while back per the move to uk? Just can’t remember seeing you guys do the planet/nebula spraying on that, but if there is a vid of it I think that would be cool to put up again or put a link to if it’s hidden away on the depths of th site. That’s no Moon I mean asteroid , oh yes it is, 🙂
Quality video gents. Lava rock and polystyrene for me. Thanks ;0))
So tell us more about this DZC space game you keep hinting about.
Still cant decide which of them is Al Borland : D
Very nice vid indeed ! Thank You
Good show!
But are you actively trying to get yourself stigmata, Warren? i don’t think that would count towards your sainthood done like that…
How could you not use the millennium falcon for scale? was is a conscious choice? how many puns did we loose out on this episode?
also, you forgot the fifth type of gaming asteroid: the one made out of white bendy glow sticks…
And if you have enough glow stick left over you to make a triangle you can make a ship to.
Two tips I’ve do weighted lava rock asteroids.
1) drop $3 on a concrete drill bit, it will save you from dulling your other drill bits on the lava rock
2) if you don’t want to buy a whole thing of silver spray paint for the flexs, a tool brush, your thumb, and bright silver paint will work as well. Put paint on the bristles, draw your thumb across them to “flick” paint onto the asteroid.
Nice video! I also think that the lava rock option looks to be the best. I cringe whenever Warren start to drill the asteroids, it looked as if he will scream in agony in a minute..
Bloody good show. It’s like Blue Peter for adults. 😀
Nice!
As a suggestion, would it be a good idea to list your materials on your post, so that people can see what they need to create your building projects? Whilst some hardcore gamers may know prior to watching your videos, new people to gaming may not an a handy list would be fandabbydozey for them I feel.
Btw, this video ROCKS!….. sorry, couldnt resist, juvenile humour mode was activated. 🙂
@broadside that joke was ter-rubble 🙂
I’m beginning to take you guys humour for granite 😉
never too slate for another one…
each joke is getting bolder than the last!
I have to admit I was VERY disappointed. Four options and not a single potato! If it’s good enough for Star Wars… 😉
I’m gonna be gullable here 😉
Did they really use potatoes!!! 😀
To be fair I think it was just the one hidden among the rest as a bit of an in-joke. I saw it in a documentary about the special effects. A quick google search an voila:
http://www.egosystem.com/starwars/tesb/tesb03.htm
Look at the section: Amazing What You Find In Space
Silicate and iron composition of asteroids, from either the core or mantle of former planets? Accretion discs? Distinctions between Asteroids, Meteors, and Meteorites? Is this BoW or “How the Universe Works” on the Science Channel? 😀
Damn…. How much do I wish I had a hobby room/ gaming space like this in my house! I think the phrase “Well Jel” applies here.
(Well Jealous ; for the un initiated)