Weekender XLBS: Back To Basics & Tanks Of The Future
September 18, 2016 by lloyd
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Happy Sunday!
Happy Sunday
Happy Sunday!
Happy Sunday.
I really enjoyed this new improvised format.
Happy Sunday
Happy Sunday, no hot drink as it is way too late for that
Happy Sunday.
That dust Helicopter could totally fly @dignity , there was a contra rotation coaxial rotor aircraft made and flown in France in the late 1930s, development stopped due to ww2, and then the prototype was destroyed in an air raid. That said, I do agree with you on the cartoon look of the dust stuff, yeah okay K47 has Mechs, but their proportions make then look possible, the dust Helo looks too tall and slightly swollen to me.
Happy Sunday, it’s still the weekend!?!
If you had yesterday’s show in the can will people be talking in 20 years about the lost BoW episode and whether it still exists on a hard-drive somewhere? …. Probably not 😉
Front-arc bases: with my Infinity models I’m using an air-brush and masking tape to create a shading effect that shows the arc – of course those with 360 don’t need it.
I’m also toying with the idea of using UV ink to mark up some characteristics on the edge. A UV light (like one of the ArmyPainter laser pointers) reveals reminders quickly.
As for the stale egg dilemma – you can always rely on the old egg in water trick – as demonstrated here by Delia… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2OWXN80NZQ
In one hundred years time the drones will be a lot smaller – how about nano-technology?
Infest an area defined by an electronic signal (within which the drones can operate) – watch tanks/fliers/tech generally grind to a halt…
I think some have just been activated in my home heating controller system… need to finish watching this and go fix it.
Quite enjoyed the informal layout to the show this week for a change. That’s not to say I think you should do this every week, but it would be nice from time to time.
P.S. get a Mac, updates take about 15 minutes every months 😉
From October, Windows ones probably will as well – MS are packaging the monthly updates into one single patch
I preferred this format to – as actually felt like a backstage event…. Backstage doesnt have too be polished am happy for impovised if it gives you guys more time to do other stuff.
A very enjoyable, informal, ‘off the cuff’! production, guys. @warzan ‘Egg on yer face, egg on yer face’
@warzan mentioned a weekend ago or so about the next scatter terrain challenge, water themed. I think its a great idea and already have many ideas. Hope you dont let the idea drift away
Happy Sunday! Great show, the improvisation made it really come to life, I almost prefer it to the usual style. On Kings of War and multibasing: I am still not fully sold on it. I totally agree, that the diorama bases can look really good, and yours is actually quite exceptionally nice and fits the theme of the army perfectly. However, on the other hand I find the lower model count on the base somewhat detrimental, as regiments look understaffed and less impressive. My personal sweet spot is going no less than 25% under the official model count and usually… Read more »
Loving the new striped back show
I think I prefer this basic format. Gritty and underground… first rule of backstage club is, tell everyone about backstage!
@warzan reference arc markings on bases – Mierce Miniatures already does this for their Darklands range – all their models come with a plastic round-lipped base of the appropriate size with the markings already molded for the front arcs. just a case of making sure you have the model faced correctly….
Loved the low-tech episode. After all our hobby is a low-tech one.
Hate to tell you guys but the planes that Warlord Games have for Bolt Action / K47 are 1/72 scale, not 1/48.
Happy Sunday! Really liked the format to be honest, felt exactly as I’d describe Backstage – a group of friends shooting the shit about gaming whilst hobbying.
Completely agree with @warzan on the basing discussion. I hate playing Infinity and seeing half painted bases through the terrain. Just takes away from the paint job on the model, there has to be a more elegant solution.
There is. I use Antenocities’ Compass Bars. Only work bases what’s edges are 100% straight though but they look really nice. http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/compass-bars-for-25mm-aw-bases.html
On the issue of tanks, ground troops will always be required. You can’t control a population or an area with drones. It will still need human interaction. Likewise a ground war requires the victor to have air superiority, the Gulf war is a prime example of this. Yet this only works in a conventional war, as Afganistan has shown us if the enemy conducts a guerilla style war it tends to go out of the window slightly. In a situation such as that ground troops are required not only to control the area but win the hearts and minds of… Read more »
@lloyd You mentioned basing for your upcoming Romans. I did basing on a Kings of War army that had both super thin bases on individual models and magnetized movement trays. If you are interested I posted a thread on the Mantic forums a ways back that showed both the process and some of the misteps along the way. Here is a link:
http://vb.manticforum.com/forum/kings-of-war/kingdoms-of-man/6876-napoleonic-steampunk-army
@koraski Cool, I checked it out but couldn’t see the pics when I clicked them. Do you need an account?
@lloyd I updated a thread here in BoW and added info on how I made the troop trays.
http://www.beastsofwar.com/groups/painting/forum/topic/my-custom-bases/
So what if quantum processors that exist in an alternative reality are already using our computers for processing. Would this explain why the windows update takes so long?
I really liked that informal version of the XLBS. You really could do this more often with all 4 of you sitting there and just talking, it was fun to watch and was an amazing start into my sunday.
Well i also love to see you talk about the community picks, so at least a little bit of technology would be needed, for Ben to appear too … but i would love something like today more often.
@warzan enjoy reading that WD, really great that someone got it for you. And @dignity … we want to see that Slaughter Priest painted up!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamov_Ka-25
Justin, this one flies.
One of the best XLBS ever! You could do these “unplugges” ones more often and not only when technology fails. I really enjoyed it =)
I agree with @panzerkanzler . There should be more Weekenders like this, as well as XLBS, it was brilliant.