tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49877213176610441212024-03-16T02:09:24.988+01:00Old School WorkshopSuberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005091019027411799noreply@blogger.comBlogger634125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987721317661044121.post-42120832615106800122024-03-11T01:11:00.003+01:002024-03-11T23:30:47.962+01:00To Infinity... and beyond!<p style="text-align: justify;"> Quite some time since I didn't paint Infinity, but in fact the original project wasn't really finished, so about time I did something about it!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I had painted the Operation Kaldstrom core box, but my pal also got the "Beyond Operation Kaldstrom" expansion pack, as well as a couple of heavy units; here y ou have them all!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">First of all, I had a mini still pending from the core box, Oktavia Grímsdóttir. I had painted her, but not taken any pics. She´s a mercenary (well, maybe <a href="https://human-sphere.com/Oktavia_Grimmsdottir,_Icebreaker_Harpooner" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a little bit more complicated than that</a>, but the word covers it all for this post's sake), so she can provide some flexibility to your games.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgijp3kpGRuF54zqyOBjva8LVtZ4q4Gum8h-wxwJ5OYoJVO-tr0yOEQfayjtUTACCmlLIeL_GLRFLncQ8pnh69bhxwRU4VQIMVfquTUa2YeipaNBbnEYEHtvCPHnML7-quJ0MA3ictHZk_6LdbuynHO0CykxrDgKnSE68K1aD_dyKnZwO3fT_8DSp1CwZg/s3022/2024-03-10%2023.06.40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3022" data-original-width="2014" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgijp3kpGRuF54zqyOBjva8LVtZ4q4Gum8h-wxwJ5OYoJVO-tr0yOEQfayjtUTACCmlLIeL_GLRFLncQ8pnh69bhxwRU4VQIMVfquTUa2YeipaNBbnEYEHtvCPHnML7-quJ0MA3ictHZk_6LdbuynHO0CykxrDgKnSE68K1aD_dyKnZwO3fT_8DSp1CwZg/w426-h640/2024-03-10%2023.06.40.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now with added snow<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> Right, I've added snow to the bases (I have to fix this one!). The effect works fine at tabletop distance, but I'm afraid that if you look closer, it looks like the mini has just opened a box from Amazon and all the protecting stuff has spilled all over.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Anyway! The Panoceania team is made of these guys, a Varg (spec ops), a Boyg Soldier (scary bloke in his uberarmour) and a Locust (a hacker, don't be fooled by his gun):<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh24r3STiGzNRjOkeH9cVlxPFSBN1JlGjtip2kxs6uIUCxpIaxsD-yBk3vzusvihSJld2qw-5SfCaVi-VldVowmEYqih6wIuzQxuFf1ISo1R7xnpN1uBN5U01AK43sa2lbYIVUJ1Pz7uQ98FRoqPjFZIJjEBhDIiTlmx5sO57GE86EQ_VHtzwCEyHFyjio/s4032/2024-03-10%2023.07.17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh24r3STiGzNRjOkeH9cVlxPFSBN1JlGjtip2kxs6uIUCxpIaxsD-yBk3vzusvihSJld2qw-5SfCaVi-VldVowmEYqih6wIuzQxuFf1ISo1R7xnpN1uBN5U01AK43sa2lbYIVUJ1Pz7uQ98FRoqPjFZIJjEBhDIiTlmx5sO57GE86EQ_VHtzwCEyHFyjio/w640-h480/2024-03-10%2023.07.17.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Varg, A Boyg and a Locust come into a bar...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh5GBnBOOvtHLXz1VmJTTGUhdjmMYD8rxqsi4sEasREOIzrAs1Hq_HjaWTtdzRoPaktSNe98Nbs30O7mqbRgZ63nWgzK0sVxx62nh9_bsT-b7jksgoqYwL6kOPxk4seL8pjxfcaQ_jVXPZLKKq6JZwtjPL5AZ23DQD3YueeGbc8zYpi29NVzJMWFqDkqU/s4032/2024-03-10%2023.07.31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh5GBnBOOvtHLXz1VmJTTGUhdjmMYD8rxqsi4sEasREOIzrAs1Hq_HjaWTtdzRoPaktSNe98Nbs30O7mqbRgZ63nWgzK0sVxx62nh9_bsT-b7jksgoqYwL6kOPxk4seL8pjxfcaQ_jVXPZLKKq6JZwtjPL5AZ23DQD3YueeGbc8zYpi29NVzJMWFqDkqU/w640-h480/2024-03-10%2023.07.31.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Varg, A Boyg and a Locust come out from the bar...</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I tried to reproduce the same colour I previously used on other Panoceania units, but I believe this time I got maybe a slightly deeper blue. Anyway I think it works. They all have interesting designs and are exquisite miniatures, but that's precisely what makes a challenge out of each one of them! <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Let's move on. The Yu Jing team also consists of three members, a Shàng Jí ("superior"), which is a Hacker in an armour; a special character, Jing Qo, The Shadow of Huangdi; and a Ye Mao ("wildcat"), covering the spec ops role for the group.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOt_v5DczLyb9YgCKCr-BMMvtxywT-EGl5r9OXrYsw37Uh90hy9Woj_XeKqI24nAGrVc31s3D9uAQndOOy0VbilM5bEtgLhA_3YAoPhpdwrcscaLUvh50YaieAPF7aoPNxaaUFy8FNmnAAaKgJQxvPPnyhfpAi8p_dUJ09uFKWFr4QkOKnGZyFc2bviI/s4032/031.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOt_v5DczLyb9YgCKCr-BMMvtxywT-EGl5r9OXrYsw37Uh90hy9Woj_XeKqI24nAGrVc31s3D9uAQndOOy0VbilM5bEtgLhA_3YAoPhpdwrcscaLUvh50YaieAPF7aoPNxaaUFy8FNmnAAaKgJQxvPPnyhfpAi8p_dUJ09uFKWFr4QkOKnGZyFc2bviI/w640-h480/031.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seriously, you have to be more careful when you open your boxes, look at the floor<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNF9Dhc4L0l6x63GxpO4ch2TTbKMWt-RxOosCsfEAygk6-xibbPz_QKsyElpoUToz5V_8n0OaeElOlFkvMC-F4HCbdi6S8CHD7zS6v4VZdijIIhNOFuVS64uI3vZn3rPG86pecvqVfvShISxoc_INdx50d_PG816nLj1hvS40mu83LFVSkCBOe142fqmY/s4032/032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNF9Dhc4L0l6x63GxpO4ch2TTbKMWt-RxOosCsfEAygk6-xibbPz_QKsyElpoUToz5V_8n0OaeElOlFkvMC-F4HCbdi6S8CHD7zS6v4VZdijIIhNOFuVS64uI3vZn3rPG86pecvqVfvShISxoc_INdx50d_PG816nLj1hvS40mu83LFVSkCBOe142fqmY/w640-h480/032.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hey, no, I'm not done with you, come here immediately!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Once again I tried to reproduce the colours, but I think this time my orange is a little bit more vibrant than my previous work, which was slightly more yellow toned. However, I believe they all look fine when together.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I told you that besides the "Beyond" expansion pack, my pal also got heavy units. In Infitity these are known as TAG (Tactical Armoured Gear). Panoceania got this Cutter:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbu9wCsQ1frNnD7QHjbaxPL-KiJlVM6o1uRWK7nemPdOr1gZLz_fSyi1NXvbsi4qyNWVi67J0GB_lgv4hAeK9IpyHrdXgrzukj2sZzJmOk0vLQIn7N6EHpVQM8iwjNbHEz4QdqVp8_IH9DT7cNGCaXD5a5tMjgOGtSZRsZAPtuziCrzksVqzBLjOhcBls/s4032/033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbu9wCsQ1frNnD7QHjbaxPL-KiJlVM6o1uRWK7nemPdOr1gZLz_fSyi1NXvbsi4qyNWVi67J0GB_lgv4hAeK9IpyHrdXgrzukj2sZzJmOk0vLQIn7N6EHpVQM8iwjNbHEz4QdqVp8_IH9DT7cNGCaXD5a5tMjgOGtSZRsZAPtuziCrzksVqzBLjOhcBls/w640-h480/033.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well, this monster truly impresses<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>On the other hand, Yu Jing counts with the Blue Wolf Mongol Cavalry:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPN7PELfCbZ_HXRqxioaAvfp9SS4PjIsHaZUEAYDTC2PcQlAyhW_F2hJ0za7gbXpR-i2jonMVTi_YW11R-ifxEqLlyP4k_J8f9nfXoIzR-GIaBbNhny3cXHVdsfqp7O3jQnllgs2RI8h5gCLj5k44Gku2_dar1f9Tvg8io_yXe4ufoimuCWg_9TZaiqTI/s4032/034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPN7PELfCbZ_HXRqxioaAvfp9SS4PjIsHaZUEAYDTC2PcQlAyhW_F2hJ0za7gbXpR-i2jonMVTi_YW11R-ifxEqLlyP4k_J8f9nfXoIzR-GIaBbNhny3cXHVdsfqp7O3jQnllgs2RI8h5gCLj5k44Gku2_dar1f9Tvg8io_yXe4ufoimuCWg_9TZaiqTI/w640-h480/034.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking for Red Riding Hood<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>For sure you can have quite a game with all this! Here you have a pic with this whole batch:<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7-imHMPrjhkraldZTTNxL0j-hnBrQ7I7iS_wVu7quttSH6c8Fc-L_wE0BHNrnqvcszYGKGa9yZmonKZzRXIu9w5KSpHcRl02MgyEgWqVxe9YPJW1mzS1WhmiZU6ZTPmt3XjzSwtZ2zFgUKB30dTSFJLCVGATY-lMTeFnrGGWw8Zdti5tFL924vEjcOE/s3804/035.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1917" data-original-width="3804" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7-imHMPrjhkraldZTTNxL0j-hnBrQ7I7iS_wVu7quttSH6c8Fc-L_wE0BHNrnqvcszYGKGa9yZmonKZzRXIu9w5KSpHcRl02MgyEgWqVxe9YPJW1mzS1WhmiZU6ZTPmt3XjzSwtZ2zFgUKB30dTSFJLCVGATY-lMTeFnrGGWw8Zdti5tFL924vEjcOE/w640-h322/035.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We could make the cover of a book with such a composition<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>And a final pic with all the stuff I've painted so far, with snow bases for all:<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSWOjd3FxY3tUTw0uzMoV66hOG3q2KLbNW3Ce7P-3L3bl5NL3uU5khQwa9p48B_eksXJm6aeWFDYJpBAmiha01Z9oss0igxkrlXT0R-Zbd2g_pOcYghM8InIeseOQVklKcmoeVAQxbA5saIYOb0We0F1sUPq8Qbm5n8YiG7xTW52cBc0NBozGwBP5Vb4w/s4032/036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSWOjd3FxY3tUTw0uzMoV66hOG3q2KLbNW3Ce7P-3L3bl5NL3uU5khQwa9p48B_eksXJm6aeWFDYJpBAmiha01Z9oss0igxkrlXT0R-Zbd2g_pOcYghM8InIeseOQVklKcmoeVAQxbA5saIYOb0We0F1sUPq8Qbm5n8YiG7xTW52cBc0NBozGwBP5Vb4w/w640-h480/036.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The whole project!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Fortunately the differences in tones are not severe and the new freshly painted minis match the previous ones, I'm relieved!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Well, of course now that the minis are painted, there's only one thing we can do... we have to learn to play! I'll let you know of my progress on that front!!<br /></p>Suberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005091019027411799noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987721317661044121.post-41419375196398109292024-02-26T00:16:00.000+01:002024-02-26T00:16:01.174+01:00These are not the droids you are looking for<p style="text-align: justify;"> At least I'm sure they're not the droids you expected. If you ever were expecting droids. Oh, whatever.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I found this batch of Chaos Androids from Space Crusade and also found the willpower to give them a second chance of a new life. They were awfully painted (you know it was kind of 30 years ago...), so I had to start from the beginning.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6t2f2IKsIaseVCspnFbWfVfW67AXks0L3IrfRriWXaZtG8UShYxBpfSmx_WD5Jr8ptOB06sm83Nqv6ylSLjhplYQpAraYFFHiDYya0DBBj5BvfreIOpC7jkRUE9HUI4OPjq4BliGlDkMW-oPae2O-2EKrpEjYUVaX0cGmSt2n36OG_xB6BKNaNsONZCY/s1024/2024-02-22%2013.42.08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6t2f2IKsIaseVCspnFbWfVfW67AXks0L3IrfRriWXaZtG8UShYxBpfSmx_WD5Jr8ptOB06sm83Nqv6ylSLjhplYQpAraYFFHiDYya0DBBj5BvfreIOpC7jkRUE9HUI4OPjq4BliGlDkMW-oPae2O-2EKrpEjYUVaX0cGmSt2n36OG_xB6BKNaNsONZCY/w480-h640/2024-02-22%2013.42.08.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I don't prime in white that often<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I had originally painted them in metallics, kind of Terminator style, which was the closest reference (Necrons weren't yet invented at the time!). But this time I've opted for the truly classic scheme, or something close enough.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx8ml3wsSFn_vtOpq40LVA-4bxm_uYMD88pN3rHZe2qsCliOeeD6jDS0UMoNXhLVx73UWB4zYt55iXU0uXyR5Dx65xQDLvvRi1CZeLec4aThRrOv3dden5SjcicXCu4dPojTJAXuo4tfCucowR4XoYZpcLia-IPXIXjSu0R_B1U8zlJhynuyN9RI0iyMA/s1024/2024-02-24%2013.55.12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx8ml3wsSFn_vtOpq40LVA-4bxm_uYMD88pN3rHZe2qsCliOeeD6jDS0UMoNXhLVx73UWB4zYt55iXU0uXyR5Dx65xQDLvvRi1CZeLec4aThRrOv3dden5SjcicXCu4dPojTJAXuo4tfCucowR4XoYZpcLia-IPXIXjSu0R_B1U8zlJhynuyN9RI0iyMA/w480-h640/2024-02-24%2013.55.12.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There's no way to see it on the pic, but there are three different whites there<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I first applied a very, very light grey layer, then nulned it and then went again from the light grey to basically pure white. I discovered than the sculpts, though crude, are in fact better than I credited them for, and have some more details than I remembered, hidden here and there.<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi36mXECc1mnuV03MQgRtu71CxTf66ibnji2LqpeIlJN1LnbcUYKEr90fM65LlRUCGrq7UKTGhQ7Tu3Kn5QpkBzCuqkWLnTTMKcGvQ2J7lBxZPccsyijH8FWfE46BXqyHbKvFS5gNiG4etOdVQMAgCYnRs1Oc-L3pzARZeKiKbVW0MBv1zzb_vSdziROGM/s1024/2024-02-24%2014.29.04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi36mXECc1mnuV03MQgRtu71CxTf66ibnji2LqpeIlJN1LnbcUYKEr90fM65LlRUCGrq7UKTGhQ7Tu3Kn5QpkBzCuqkWLnTTMKcGvQ2J7lBxZPccsyijH8FWfE46BXqyHbKvFS5gNiG4etOdVQMAgCYnRs1Oc-L3pzARZeKiKbVW0MBv1zzb_vSdziROGM/w480-h640/2024-02-24%2014.29.04.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How would Mike McVey have highlighted those weapons? I tried my best<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">It's a very straightforward job, nothing complicated. From this point on it all was just a matter of metallics and little else. I've seen that the original paintjob includes some brass on arms and feet, but I didn't fancy the scheme, I think that plain white looks better.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Before I chose the classic pattern, I had some doubts. If these are Chaos Androids (for these are not Necrons at all!), which Ruinous Power should be their Unholy Patron? The obvious choice for me was Tzeentch, Lord of (forbidden) knowledge. I believe that an AI (Abominable Intelligence) should fall under the Lord of Change's domains. So I shortly considered using a blue and yellow scheme. But in the end I thought that the white, basic pattern was better and sticked to it.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfAffhujgjgjuShe2KGl9HgE6oeg3Nboe7kvHt98u2Zq3HJOgSi4QTjfM2NHq4t5YkO4XffmDcTZ4WLoNLgpVP84YcoKxrF50n7B8FRCW6t8dxD1eSNLw1LoeDgG10G56chFbnzV0WTrOcA2irf3jRIzaNBAtL1l1Mqyt5E-ccDwno4H1mXzeErnnqsao/s4032/2024-02-25%2013.13.10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfAffhujgjgjuShe2KGl9HgE6oeg3Nboe7kvHt98u2Zq3HJOgSi4QTjfM2NHq4t5YkO4XffmDcTZ4WLoNLgpVP84YcoKxrF50n7B8FRCW6t8dxD1eSNLw1LoeDgG10G56chFbnzV0WTrOcA2irf3jRIzaNBAtL1l1Mqyt5E-ccDwno4H1mXzeErnnqsao/w640-h480/2024-02-25%2013.13.10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maybe in a future repaint<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Here you have them all, alongside a couple of Dreadnoughts, which, now compared to these, would benefit from another repaint, it seems. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTAc86-LRsui-RH6GsviS6kIo6KP9YDH9DhawSWhC_nwnvPVjT8YXqKpWdNkzca-e5gYtLGryIzZbBwRUPPVTcbpOU7WzOrDCJgN50RROzXUehd_2jj4et4GzayJYJYpSzKUxBShTtdGV4VPW929-jzFIG6s7gSjMd6c05I4E48QyhT0Ecw70acorSYkA/s4032/2024-02-25%2013.13.11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTAc86-LRsui-RH6GsviS6kIo6KP9YDH9DhawSWhC_nwnvPVjT8YXqKpWdNkzca-e5gYtLGryIzZbBwRUPPVTcbpOU7WzOrDCJgN50RROzXUehd_2jj4et4GzayJYJYpSzKUxBShTtdGV4VPW929-jzFIG6s7gSjMd6c05I4E48QyhT0Ecw70acorSYkA/w640-h480/2024-02-25%2013.13.11.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What are we doing on the open field? We need steel and wires<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf1m6z5ptmkBg0usZkyZINs_JS79lRFi58RY2uTAGgXvdqEtpDlqQYbsNmnjetxvAmsnxVzfsFHFVq9pm198uQMl1hsaGzEziYqdb-w_oJNqne-FqH3p1sHYw9aJZFgRn_zEKXbj-Yl8TckEml0IIbBCS2H3DgRFjEgFM1ATh_zNVmfp7BKzqi3Kbq3as/s4032/2024-02-25%2013.13.12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf1m6z5ptmkBg0usZkyZINs_JS79lRFi58RY2uTAGgXvdqEtpDlqQYbsNmnjetxvAmsnxVzfsFHFVq9pm198uQMl1hsaGzEziYqdb-w_oJNqne-FqH3p1sHYw9aJZFgRn_zEKXbj-Yl8TckEml0IIbBCS2H3DgRFjEgFM1ATh_zNVmfp7BKzqi3Kbq3as/w640-h480/2024-02-25%2013.13.12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How come my pics with natural light look worse than the inside ones??<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">It's been a nice and short project, and I have to say I've enjoyed it more than I expected, even with the neverending layers of increasingly white. Not sure of what will be next, but I already have some candidates on the queue!<br /></p>Suberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005091019027411799noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987721317661044121.post-51001608810644143382024-02-11T16:53:00.004+01:002024-02-11T16:53:34.674+01:00The roar of the boar<p style="text-align: justify;"> It's been some weeks since I don't post. Please insert regular excuses about real life here.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I took this old mini that needed some refurbishing. Silly me, as I'm currently working on different stuff at the same time, I totally forgot to take WIP pics of this until it was really too late to make any sense.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">It's an old Rogue Trader Ork cyboar rider, which had the boar's head missing, so I had to sculpt it. The result is... crude, but fun nevertheless. Here you have the only pics I've taken:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0q0fmPwVtvi3zd1b77V8Uv2xSgKHtupSbnMLPSoUxa3Oi0yCCvXxLICahabw2SBfZ-ge7JaRVvwZtkVGAN9U5JY-tX2SnlJo2tOjTfUOJvV28guIQfPS1KqQYaApgV1HfIPnqmk5DjV6RWa5jDAqKVOtLJI8bEi9T0z00JPv4y6xov-h_Yei3RnQo0XM/s4032/2024-02-11%2014.27.55.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0q0fmPwVtvi3zd1b77V8Uv2xSgKHtupSbnMLPSoUxa3Oi0yCCvXxLICahabw2SBfZ-ge7JaRVvwZtkVGAN9U5JY-tX2SnlJo2tOjTfUOJvV28guIQfPS1KqQYaApgV1HfIPnqmk5DjV6RWa5jDAqKVOtLJI8bEi9T0z00JPv4y6xov-h_Yei3RnQo0XM/w640-h480/2024-02-11%2014.27.55.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Colour blast<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I'm not particularly strict about Ork Clanz, as my current army is more Rogue Trader than 2nd Ed, so I felt more or less free about colours. Bone white for the armoured parts of the cyboar looked nice, and I built it colour-wise from that point on. You can see the army marking on the pic above, the horned skull over red field.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN9inA4K8Gc2s-Nsn8hjpsBzUAUwbPpP7LbTMKsJ03nFMYw35Gg038o2DkucCCvvmLphfHW_-v51a6NmgDNNWw_fDDUR7JPxwEQJTkLmTGkfP49dhhdFzRej1digfcE6l6Xu0D5afqHvxoPM7Vzk4c16ZdoF6LRK8HbII1qrq86FuGza7hcr5IyW3faOo/s4032/2024-02-11%2014.28.07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN9inA4K8Gc2s-Nsn8hjpsBzUAUwbPpP7LbTMKsJ03nFMYw35Gg038o2DkucCCvvmLphfHW_-v51a6NmgDNNWw_fDDUR7JPxwEQJTkLmTGkfP49dhhdFzRej1digfcE6l6Xu0D5afqHvxoPM7Vzk4c16ZdoF6LRK8HbII1qrq86FuGza7hcr5IyW3faOo/w640-h480/2024-02-11%2014.28.07.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alien boars look like that. <i>Very</i> alien boars<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">The sculpt didn't end up as well as I would have liked, but it can pass as some kind of furry xenos of the same family as boars, which is enough for me. In fact, as the whole body is mechanical, I could have sculpted literally any kind of animal. A camel would have been nice, now that I think of it.<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHHATbMw3qznwWn10QQWdvR5bICu_JDxmqwzeLYQ8ZV2uT-yd3pSMfVjlZTuu9JUi3HYiEpL_CZ5kWdOCOEVreOdtceHDs6pdMSrYltjKOZezC5AV7xtu9RqvpiwLCQ9iw9-gvodesRN3g4OJDJ8bZRtUH2Uj1WgWJ-ZFu95mmG_LH7EBTf92OuBBRNL8/s4032/2024-02-11%2014.28.51.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHHATbMw3qznwWn10QQWdvR5bICu_JDxmqwzeLYQ8ZV2uT-yd3pSMfVjlZTuu9JUi3HYiEpL_CZ5kWdOCOEVreOdtceHDs6pdMSrYltjKOZezC5AV7xtu9RqvpiwLCQ9iw9-gvodesRN3g4OJDJ8bZRtUH2Uj1WgWJ-ZFu95mmG_LH7EBTf92OuBBRNL8/w480-h640/2024-02-11%2014.28.51.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anyway, not a nice fella to mess up with<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Even not using Snakebite Clan colours, I painted a snake on the boar. It's in a Celtic fashion, I guess, making a design and biting it's own tail. I wouldn't dare to call it Beithir nor Ouroboros, but it simply looked nice in that way, along the trimming on the rider's coat. I mean, there's not much more to it.<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcf_F0Fdf9S5tXZv14rjwp8J8CpKttDseQm5PiNb6BjK8DARigcE_jmwrCvRwdYtsU-tS3Qse8tisi0Zr-1DlH6wEHoH-oEksE1rwme95z6yvjjSebejbiI31jb8OjjGUi2F7XnO1ixfTlBGWWAaP9_mejEOVAGqviHwnqW-05tx7wB33iGoE3665VKTs/s4032/2024-02-11%2014.29.22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcf_F0Fdf9S5tXZv14rjwp8J8CpKttDseQm5PiNb6BjK8DARigcE_jmwrCvRwdYtsU-tS3Qse8tisi0Zr-1DlH6wEHoH-oEksE1rwme95z6yvjjSebejbiI31jb8OjjGUi2F7XnO1ixfTlBGWWAaP9_mejEOVAGqviHwnqW-05tx7wB33iGoE3665VKTs/w640-h480/2024-02-11%2014.29.22.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There's also another snake on his back!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I currently don't have more cyboars, so I faced this one as some standalone project, something feasible while I do some other stuff. I'm finding it fun to get these old minis back, so take for granted I'll be doing more RT in the near future ;)<br /></p>Suberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005091019027411799noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987721317661044121.post-69004207081607025682024-01-17T00:28:00.002+01:002024-01-17T00:28:26.681+01:00Large Shark beakies<p style="text-align: justify;"> It had been quite long since I last visited my realscale Space Sharks project. I think it's time to get back to my grey large marines!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I recently bought one of these Horus Heresy Mk.VI Tactical Squad boxes. It was kind of love at first sight, I can't emphasise how much do I love the Mk.VI (I guess that as much as any of you. I hope so). It encompasses everything that has to be said about nostalgia. It brings me back to the RTB01 times, when I got on board of this Warhammer madness. When it was called Rogue Trader. I believe I could write a whole essay on the subject, but don't fear, I won't. If you share the feeling, there's no need of it. If you don't, there are no words that can make you understand how it feels.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">No more digression. The Mk.VI <i>Corvus</i> armour. The <i>beakies</i>. The models are a little bit larger than the previous Space Marines, so I thought I could just assemble the models and make them fit in with my previous Carcharodons. However, they are not as large as the Primaris models (if you remember, that's what I used for <a href="https://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com/2022/12/secundaris-marines.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">my latest unit</a>). So I had to re-scale these too! Below you can see a regular marine from this box and a converted one:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHu6MMTiDrI-6pIoqAJKmhA9Apfv7v03lIPxSKAR8stqqKN4IXGm-SBS3-8gBsyOhh2qkZspV_3DT41yPGp5d_6fN9INlAamRP_HmVjszWyJz_li2WrCzmXT12NLn5Fn7FhxR5bi22cXn3kZPIzuLJAq1Yijxl-GJQbaTN3HIlQZhP4Dm0Vzx9sDkpymA/s1024/16.01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHu6MMTiDrI-6pIoqAJKmhA9Apfv7v03lIPxSKAR8stqqKN4IXGm-SBS3-8gBsyOhh2qkZspV_3DT41yPGp5d_6fN9INlAamRP_HmVjszWyJz_li2WrCzmXT12NLn5Fn7FhxR5bi22cXn3kZPIzuLJAq1Yijxl-GJQbaTN3HIlQZhP4Dm0Vzx9sDkpymA/w640-h480/16.01.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little difference, but enough to be perceived<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Funny thing, once you start to enlarge your marines, you cannot just leave it at the legs or waist. The lack of neck seems alarmingly obvious:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggBx090oAQZArIOpSr6uSlwSQfMFeCr_wdtpForu1vJYlP_2zKJI-RH560OG6VfDU502Ib4e6cB9vnpsBjdzx7_x-j-WsjlYAUzpBaShbL3ThfyqadlTsnr1BJgZlUmkizn-TADl0vSe9IW9cUaWEva30LgmnfcrncDB7V9SikJmhRg8b43NHmnRLXZIM/s1024/16.02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggBx090oAQZArIOpSr6uSlwSQfMFeCr_wdtpForu1vJYlP_2zKJI-RH560OG6VfDU502Ib4e6cB9vnpsBjdzx7_x-j-WsjlYAUzpBaShbL3ThfyqadlTsnr1BJgZlUmkizn-TADl0vSe9IW9cUaWEva30LgmnfcrncDB7V9SikJmhRg8b43NHmnRLXZIM/w480-h640/16.02.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He didn't appreciate being called Brother Shorty<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">So I had to work on knees, hip and neck. There's no need to do anything with arms, shoulderpads or anything else. Well, unless you want some kind of conversion, like the Sarge here:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdsYxyt2XDd0DgRTXZ0wOGrsC5VZFZbhiuVDBU0O7x4HYwo9eVf44vL8wsbxWsonLK230yFKnS9ANSSn46qfYCcCKacNjkUVtI_s-f6Vbi1K_4m0Le-L74be58BadSeYBNOyZU8-p0MfkbvLH0UaswdI8ty_qCOVhxUJcr9FaH7hfJHnIR3ZAqFk9Jcgw/s1024/16.03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdsYxyt2XDd0DgRTXZ0wOGrsC5VZFZbhiuVDBU0O7x4HYwo9eVf44vL8wsbxWsonLK230yFKnS9ANSSn46qfYCcCKacNjkUVtI_s-f6Vbi1K_4m0Le-L74be58BadSeYBNOyZU8-p0MfkbvLH0UaswdI8ty_qCOVhxUJcr9FaH7hfJHnIR3ZAqFk9Jcgw/w640-h480/16.03.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The gauntlet comes from a metal Chaplain. I prefered the classic sword instead of the new provided with the current kit<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>As I wanted to keep a relative old school vibe, I used this Missile Launcher from Space Crusade:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhwZFn55yoZqR3jpwKXSk6axNryBXW3qUcWVXD1pxjpI_lYfp1p_K2qp6QS8GLuXzaWHWO7oiSca7JKIFM1fk10t55Hd7nrsMt0Qxvl97FU1GDvTd_HBH0rRgRqOrZU3oL_wVmp08rqO1gfJlk54Bz-jwGkpDSNGaYn9I8WWo_F_XPk-T1s2T9KQ9zPo/s1024/16.04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhwZFn55yoZqR3jpwKXSk6axNryBXW3qUcWVXD1pxjpI_lYfp1p_K2qp6QS8GLuXzaWHWO7oiSca7JKIFM1fk10t55Hd7nrsMt0Qxvl97FU1GDvTd_HBH0rRgRqOrZU3oL_wVmp08rqO1gfJlk54Bz-jwGkpDSNGaYn9I8WWo_F_XPk-T1s2T9KQ9zPo/w640-h480/16.04.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looks like a heavy thing to carry<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Once again I took the same path I used with the heavy weapons operator in my previous squad. In case you don't remember (you don't have why), I built a harness to help the marine to handle the weapon while not holding the whole weight solely on his arms, kind of the Aliens thing:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.sopitas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/aliens.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="480" height="256" src="https://www.sopitas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/aliens.gif" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">I did this to my previous marine:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijCC1rHpN1A1XYueRSIU84XNSEhKJCPaCAGwGKfZ42lwe0ZdZ0UruQ1LKA42FfFQQ-VuXlI8f9u4DAGFL6ysz8jFXvevi0jYQOP_TAeO0pU-o75rZNN8etS_E3mGi5lNV8I5PZncJ9FXLKjqwNTVjKNAFu39Smt-CWOIoa7JJSDcmhQLNN2B-Sb4oh/s800/2022-11-26%2000.53.50.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijCC1rHpN1A1XYueRSIU84XNSEhKJCPaCAGwGKfZ42lwe0ZdZ0UruQ1LKA42FfFQQ-VuXlI8f9u4DAGFL6ysz8jFXvevi0jYQOP_TAeO0pU-o75rZNN8etS_E3mGi5lNV8I5PZncJ9FXLKjqwNTVjKNAFu39Smt-CWOIoa7JJSDcmhQLNN2B-Sb4oh/s320/2022-11-26%2000.53.50.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Archive pic<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>And I did it again now:</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRpeBlQ254rA9YlY5UJfsgpNr9npOuWTm3qqHtwRoo1Kxy4dNxUkLlipgJJ89r-B6Bf9gp142dN-hyuE91vIVmHsmIRbt44NbnsyraYv2q4lcWo4i4FQy2KxJkWlhOMbDwH5gDClDWB_agKEctiyYSCBTe9Xx5ssmHn_dJRjtF8x9WZFPeXFk4DuiQTh4/s1024/16.05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRpeBlQ254rA9YlY5UJfsgpNr9npOuWTm3qqHtwRoo1Kxy4dNxUkLlipgJJ89r-B6Bf9gp142dN-hyuE91vIVmHsmIRbt44NbnsyraYv2q4lcWo4i4FQy2KxJkWlhOMbDwH5gDClDWB_agKEctiyYSCBTe9Xx5ssmHn_dJRjtF8x9WZFPeXFk4DuiQTh4/w480-h640/16.05.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The guys from Prevention of Occupational Hazards approved it<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">There's not much else to it. From this point on it's all a matter of smoothening the green stuff work and painting the whole thing in the very same way I've always done.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">If I can bring something new is that I changed my mind from my previous works and decided to put a back banner on the Sergeant. Of course, if I was doing it with this Squad, I also had to do with the other one. So I came up with these:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDPhDTInn_9HR_mQxkce8Id7QQEGDi2VihuEiaQ0BPl_6rg9TiX265QAkU2iQoZbJ6koLVlew8RLyYqy7zxd2BDEjrsH3-0X-J3BwC_nyrYdMYOqUI00ZWFWJhOqSRhdf7nBDrOFAw4ZItQxbOZxeSB0x6nCGMV4T74RDLRpLraxUFnNE8APHXyHDwUFU/s1024/16.06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDPhDTInn_9HR_mQxkce8Id7QQEGDi2VihuEiaQ0BPl_6rg9TiX265QAkU2iQoZbJ6koLVlew8RLyYqy7zxd2BDEjrsH3-0X-J3BwC_nyrYdMYOqUI00ZWFWJhOqSRhdf7nBDrOFAw4ZItQxbOZxeSB0x6nCGMV4T74RDLRpLraxUFnNE8APHXyHDwUFU/w480-h640/16.06.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A little bit smaller than I anticipated, but it works<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxRemoAlYUyKLQA6Ny-7juZmH-e4K7DH-BrNGaIkirT6a5B8Wd6k4HgNUMTLlavtqu_Uu9rPcFkjjCWGbJ8OkB2gFEQAUInbVZplwHbkWn-AoxFU0UUrkJQaGzy8EBDi-bLPyTpzDUDzicX96EiT72iWA1rZtnaQqnfQgfSg4KhQXd1mqs-Mcpa355FeE/s1024/16.07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxRemoAlYUyKLQA6Ny-7juZmH-e4K7DH-BrNGaIkirT6a5B8Wd6k4HgNUMTLlavtqu_Uu9rPcFkjjCWGbJ8OkB2gFEQAUInbVZplwHbkWn-AoxFU0UUrkJQaGzy8EBDi-bLPyTpzDUDzicX96EiT72iWA1rZtnaQqnfQgfSg4KhQXd1mqs-Mcpa355FeE/w480-h640/16.07.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The banner on the other Sarge<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">The Horus Heresy box comes with a back banner for the Sergeant, but instead I used it on my Captain, as I think it looks best there:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4twRCxMDKPY5-GTtCBkAwnkZk_AjREd7KLkdTmcQrgVj_klgF_3yc7ZVBc1x19vcvNhX5rrH7Pzd0ffnhf8lrGtLMfjiDpHv1wyRSgnNIvxHnC4a13Snoz1IzhpOUWUTtqd-X2PYGzx46Q4CS5nbobNSywdbmSLuZOLLC_ntarqGuGLnW9HryikSN2XU/s1024/16.08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4twRCxMDKPY5-GTtCBkAwnkZk_AjREd7KLkdTmcQrgVj_klgF_3yc7ZVBc1x19vcvNhX5rrH7Pzd0ffnhf8lrGtLMfjiDpHv1wyRSgnNIvxHnC4a13Snoz1IzhpOUWUTtqd-X2PYGzx46Q4CS5nbobNSywdbmSLuZOLLC_ntarqGuGLnW9HryikSN2XU/w480-h640/16.08.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He didn't have any banner until now<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Here you have the whole squad, in all their Mk.VI glory:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Tg7GE4jE4LtzA20MCA9ZA7lbZzE9OMaprxuD5TRosRitvNd-_IArer9QopW5rpbf4xuRCnerZfLjAIDGMuAFdpCkq06R5B_zmbwAUtZ5PQJhUxx4M9gujYqfAW8i40xY34PFJw5vavXvLzIPnDhrlqUVLJpI9y_e_hqRTFszlcazM9pbvfr_oZUgfCM/s4032/16.09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Tg7GE4jE4LtzA20MCA9ZA7lbZzE9OMaprxuD5TRosRitvNd-_IArer9QopW5rpbf4xuRCnerZfLjAIDGMuAFdpCkq06R5B_zmbwAUtZ5PQJhUxx4M9gujYqfAW8i40xY34PFJw5vavXvLzIPnDhrlqUVLJpI9y_e_hqRTFszlcazM9pbvfr_oZUgfCM/w640-h480/16.09.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj04bXb2h3eA9vxsLZCBtSUpbk_jUev0izlZbBBih8AgAfvTdnTrK5a3hjAZRNLA6G7mZrIzL7y6m7vNgzefcOEsrNvt3bX1NqN9Bftn8J0S9hfsLUgkoU3-cL_zeLQU9BDMLT3n4lsWZP_UC3LHvTc9xw88N0zVu_yYuS_wd34pS4EIht3xYtMs1JKYec/s4032/16.10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj04bXb2h3eA9vxsLZCBtSUpbk_jUev0izlZbBBih8AgAfvTdnTrK5a3hjAZRNLA6G7mZrIzL7y6m7vNgzefcOEsrNvt3bX1NqN9Bftn8J0S9hfsLUgkoU3-cL_zeLQU9BDMLT3n4lsWZP_UC3LHvTc9xw88N0zVu_yYuS_wd34pS4EIht3xYtMs1JKYec/w640-h480/16.10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJm1sMBwq-fXe6GqI1mslf6ANnzKLPxZd06hkKOouQuTJuxyJNWVFflKjKe9Auo4uVFZ_GvGO2up4bRrvXyTJUHwnn-1SXxGp8Vnv22w623sCjJTcuV8pEGuM23N_ZTB6JgBIf-Exu-ZS8QMm4x6r31GgHpTWANYd9fZfPO_Q6w85n1u179QfPxtu5lIU/s4032/16.11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJm1sMBwq-fXe6GqI1mslf6ANnzKLPxZd06hkKOouQuTJuxyJNWVFflKjKe9Auo4uVFZ_GvGO2up4bRrvXyTJUHwnn-1SXxGp8Vnv22w623sCjJTcuV8pEGuM23N_ZTB6JgBIf-Exu-ZS8QMm4x6r31GgHpTWANYd9fZfPO_Q6w85n1u179QfPxtu5lIU/w640-h480/16.11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The only thing I regret is the breathing vents on the helmets preventing me from painting shark mouths. Trust me, I tried. But there's not enough room for that. Sigh.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">They are missing the
Chapter symbol on the shoulderpads. I have ordered some custom decals,
but until they arrive, they look good to me :)</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXVnBnoiXeQKafsW9MBbmJJW5aTCSeFXPLuk-Ndq6CWmN9C8xdKyGiz8zi10VvdHw-yPgXM7lFeaMBZL832cvatVk8048T00uoSX1-SHseWvpnD1a5-9g_0eshaLokZzfAzoDM9tYlq00Ip9nFsjrrRBRL0KaqcvliNFXpcj7RA7iv3MXfJM4aIF8zkPA/s4032/16.12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXVnBnoiXeQKafsW9MBbmJJW5aTCSeFXPLuk-Ndq6CWmN9C8xdKyGiz8zi10VvdHw-yPgXM7lFeaMBZL832cvatVk8048T00uoSX1-SHseWvpnD1a5-9g_0eshaLokZzfAzoDM9tYlq00Ip9nFsjrrRBRL0KaqcvliNFXpcj7RA7iv3MXfJM4aIF8zkPA/w640-h480/16.12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I really do have to work on a backdrop<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">What can I say. I totally love these models. They finally are what I was waiting for. I think these are the true evolution of the old miniatures. They keep the aesthetics, they are not over the top, haven't fallen on the gruesome baroque nonsense we sometimes see nowadays. It's simply an update of the old models and I love it.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The box brings enough sprues to build two squads, so you can bet I'll do some more stuff in the future (probably not more Carcharodons, but I'll see what to do).<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">BONUS! As I was painting grey and black, I thought I could work on something else too. I could have made a post of its own, but I think it really belongs here. I had a Rhino re-scaled and 3D printed, so it matches my realscale Space Marines:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgtKyQoQf40Wa0SWQsKjtFEIgiUGsIfyP6nwvx5BZBannoj9DKD3y6GmQRWysOLYhEi5IGwlmFU1Agt_c5h4p-nUXM1vl4lEHlntqkWYRBntMQu0AUbPGwhP151CbAU3at-PlKnEd0aAnuvZJQnVzkJhj3Y6OPbxAOQysDNqRqIU2sTaL8tP7SPdsDZBE/s1024/16.13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgtKyQoQf40Wa0SWQsKjtFEIgiUGsIfyP6nwvx5BZBannoj9DKD3y6GmQRWysOLYhEi5IGwlmFU1Agt_c5h4p-nUXM1vl4lEHlntqkWYRBntMQu0AUbPGwhP151CbAU3at-PlKnEd0aAnuvZJQnVzkJhj3Y6OPbxAOQysDNqRqIU2sTaL8tP7SPdsDZBE/w640-h480/16.13.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OK, right, this is BIG<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I'll be honest, I wanted it even larger, the size of a Land Raider. I made some rough numbers and it looked like the size it needed to be to make ten realscale Marines fit into. But I was finally persuaded and now on a retrospective I'm glad. Let me show you how I turned this from this tone of grey to a totally different tone of grey.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifFN86ObLkEqUsNfzvrNGaWGeMwK5Vq2Gze_iz4OwgL-iPw08nTMGsug4EnU2OgQKmmNaAsrfHHYUWJ-tySlO0PMCdhq2db1zE5LY0JdV2CxuDjtA0-WL-r76PuMibfApwF-S2Vbpnp7Jlb8g3yTKqB1xciRKuo8nBYTH9CEmUWRrIdi1Gco9YO8JpzEc/s1024/16.14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifFN86ObLkEqUsNfzvrNGaWGeMwK5Vq2Gze_iz4OwgL-iPw08nTMGsug4EnU2OgQKmmNaAsrfHHYUWJ-tySlO0PMCdhq2db1zE5LY0JdV2CxuDjtA0-WL-r76PuMibfApwF-S2Vbpnp7Jlb8g3yTKqB1xciRKuo8nBYTH9CEmUWRrIdi1Gco9YO8JpzEc/w640-h480/16.14.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ta-daa. Easy. I collected some useful bits too<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Now to the fun parts. I planned to use decals too, but the hatches don't really allow it. So I had to make it the hard way.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6Qni2uh-_-DEuFDLnD8q2QngUPnpg7_BVMPA_ST9sU52ZDulqbKf-hsYRtWrqEQvg4xBkSqhSPPr851m8b5JsycK9ulIL65vNXlDfG0-944wMqZSezdF-Qzlk8BzpiJB4r1zEPCNxnlcCCZVlGDLZd-YUZKVWkyxzCI-ILwkKasEBYbeDXZ6gB7PRuc/s1024/16.15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6Qni2uh-_-DEuFDLnD8q2QngUPnpg7_BVMPA_ST9sU52ZDulqbKf-hsYRtWrqEQvg4xBkSqhSPPr851m8b5JsycK9ulIL65vNXlDfG0-944wMqZSezdF-Qzlk8BzpiJB4r1zEPCNxnlcCCZVlGDLZd-YUZKVWkyxzCI-ILwkKasEBYbeDXZ6gB7PRuc/w480-h640/16.15.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If it goes wrong, I'll have to name my Chapter the Space Herrings<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8mQed2HSwwlWZOZu_ewwOlVYjaBRZT1WjcCR6vEnjXGbblUXoJBoH1sPKtXohMhQHRAoFnBiRfzFgw7sP2DGSn-VIMGDZSIqmVTEXFoNYnZiLi4Z2nNhyphenhyphenVgh1jcwM7CtOwmAI-Q79GsbaRfdFJf2lDEvYnYUOIiUS6dVtmSnbXnN00mZ36LU5cMV2x9s/s1024/16.16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8mQed2HSwwlWZOZu_ewwOlVYjaBRZT1WjcCR6vEnjXGbblUXoJBoH1sPKtXohMhQHRAoFnBiRfzFgw7sP2DGSn-VIMGDZSIqmVTEXFoNYnZiLi4Z2nNhyphenhyphenVgh1jcwM7CtOwmAI-Q79GsbaRfdFJf2lDEvYnYUOIiUS6dVtmSnbXnN00mZ36LU5cMV2x9s/w480-h640/16.16.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Space Eels will work too<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A thing I was missing was some lights. I cannibalised an old Rhino and did this:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-oRIytoff0IL09wdBYEXz55iiwrKkaMubi77tuVEhtT3O-DOPmsatSD3VI8xXVNYaM4OK_yp63G7P9JtYCWCSMFU2PBID5ZAgTtdGdLb6hs915CFHh2K4NSFUOFokYOIzatjT43EGXa5b6RnEEhyphenhyphenF_GrlMBQ2bLXS8IWkJmCAmrfOvSELMvM7-4ujgVk/s1024/16.17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-oRIytoff0IL09wdBYEXz55iiwrKkaMubi77tuVEhtT3O-DOPmsatSD3VI8xXVNYaM4OK_yp63G7P9JtYCWCSMFU2PBID5ZAgTtdGdLb6hs915CFHh2K4NSFUOFokYOIzatjT43EGXa5b6RnEEhyphenhyphenF_GrlMBQ2bLXS8IWkJmCAmrfOvSELMvM7-4ujgVk/w640-h480/16.17.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fortunately the size difference wasn't an issue<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I faced some issues when painting the decorations on the side hatches. The separation between the two doors didn't allow me to paint the Shark, as the awful hollow space in between really ruined it all. At first I toyed with the idea of three stripes with Maori style symbols:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3UDuDiUQBfItZgf2RwKIrPBsH1ejBT6u3tpibEokkOtxeoFBDVS_Oy6la6yINVcB0ad78VpLZJT4gBOh990xCJAwwIt6rIkRuNlNNlTBYe2dH9DubE1PX9o7fCCbhOwwX4AulDfBFt7E0szDgsE4SHhd185riKuPuz0zCu1c5Am-cYz1xGENxDtooACU/s1024/16.18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3UDuDiUQBfItZgf2RwKIrPBsH1ejBT6u3tpibEokkOtxeoFBDVS_Oy6la6yINVcB0ad78VpLZJT4gBOh990xCJAwwIt6rIkRuNlNNlTBYe2dH9DubE1PX9o7fCCbhOwwX4AulDfBFt7E0szDgsE4SHhd185riKuPuz0zCu1c5Am-cYz1xGENxDtooACU/w640-h480/16.18.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">However it looked weird at tabletop distance<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Then I moved forward and painted the rest of the empty spaces:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjlelAqBl2nvkjLfOO8e0sFaCujCRgwnwhAto6tRYnO9vD3HpU6ECJu8ovfDrAirOulFxt5GVXMt_SK4FEQRTmzGTckHOLzFVl3dv4hyWrLqvdG2j8DjYxiw15Gp5d0vnNaUe-Xv2v4MdrC5WmVbQpW_dWhVvr6RCn9AdzP1xg_KQ-HG7AFeaaezS8-xc/s1024/16.19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjlelAqBl2nvkjLfOO8e0sFaCujCRgwnwhAto6tRYnO9vD3HpU6ECJu8ovfDrAirOulFxt5GVXMt_SK4FEQRTmzGTckHOLzFVl3dv4hyWrLqvdG2j8DjYxiw15Gp5d0vnNaUe-Xv2v4MdrC5WmVbQpW_dWhVvr6RCn9AdzP1xg_KQ-HG7AFeaaezS8-xc/w640-h480/16.19.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Too much. Looks like the blackboard at my school when I was a kid<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">It wasn't working. Sometimes less is more. I realised I had to take what I call the Epic approach. When you see a Rhino at a distance (i.e., little Rhinos in Epic), you have to understand what you are seeing. If it's all a blur, you are doing it wrong. And this was exactly what was happening here. Whatever symbol was to be depicted on that door, it had to be readable. I could only breathe and take the wise decision. Paint black again over it and start again.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidSXk-korlCKw7gdiDXs6HqVwN6Zxys1fsPQ_Hd0zOqI-UB9je_xfzTzAnkJWeD0hw-6u6tV7tU7r0S5t4Z-IFWlr5k6AREYv8nW7fgdBcDOUxuYE5uCJY9NdCumfCcVgOfc0D4y1mIeR4vTzzNFHZjHqJ821TkX39UiAofZvuhGZtdTePxsHCa86bVJQ/s1024/16.20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidSXk-korlCKw7gdiDXs6HqVwN6Zxys1fsPQ_Hd0zOqI-UB9je_xfzTzAnkJWeD0hw-6u6tV7tU7r0S5t4Z-IFWlr5k6AREYv8nW7fgdBcDOUxuYE5uCJY9NdCumfCcVgOfc0D4y1mIeR4vTzzNFHZjHqJ821TkX39UiAofZvuhGZtdTePxsHCa86bVJQ/w640-h480/16.20.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was a hard decision, but it brings peace and joy to my hart<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9AjBkYT9m1mMlSt4-09rQ_7uDlwurtK1ZMEXvoBbMaA98PUFXqJpG1pGFbXhPtAwrLHkPvWkLDRBTSz-q4bkKoCX670mzpGZwruozGS7ik-xPKi8sWlYt5OvMcQyG0wNmA3rd6efl4HfXRjXoFMhepR9kLZLbjhMiN25yGyTyEGoR5x9IX6XJH03jTD8/s1024/16.21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9AjBkYT9m1mMlSt4-09rQ_7uDlwurtK1ZMEXvoBbMaA98PUFXqJpG1pGFbXhPtAwrLHkPvWkLDRBTSz-q4bkKoCX670mzpGZwruozGS7ik-xPKi8sWlYt5OvMcQyG0wNmA3rd6efl4HfXRjXoFMhepR9kLZLbjhMiN25yGyTyEGoR5x9IX6XJH03jTD8/w480-h640/16.21.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As a compensation, I painted some of my Maori mandalas on the upper hatch<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The final touch was to add a couple of banners on the back. If there's something more Old School than that, I don't wanna know. It's still missing some symbols here and there, but I plan to use decals for that. When they arrive I'll take more pics, but for now this is it:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS3qEtJfxtPQj6mQ9apN2uXnVi9Ek3yD5kh5ULj4G8iLn6zbxZrNI-iZizb2JRHq5jaQZW4FIoUj9hnEf6tExkfK05uwU_U9nj9qY-LhzjIpVTpbigKnVNtuUS-9KdyrFWS4gg_G824bLP_5DeWzA4h97kO3RmIDMcYYZuNKDhu9ag_5IQtge_senHezs/s4032/16.22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS3qEtJfxtPQj6mQ9apN2uXnVi9Ek3yD5kh5ULj4G8iLn6zbxZrNI-iZizb2JRHq5jaQZW4FIoUj9hnEf6tExkfK05uwU_U9nj9qY-LhzjIpVTpbigKnVNtuUS-9KdyrFWS4gg_G824bLP_5DeWzA4h97kO3RmIDMcYYZuNKDhu9ag_5IQtge_senHezs/w640-h480/16.22.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZRxmPuGx3ZAtrQsdxZalaT6Ab2jbdq2rrObfPDdbbXCH043-xxGx40U7y3j_wbTOG5ETEgYAeYU63CKurz9gRVlkZCPmNilMFZB18J-St4GWMm4vnOmv4dS62Mss1rdfmYNUi3N3XAPZ6ln_VDxgsR977p6KHKGqMhXSYCgOZpsfcpZwTTMxKt3IIy8/s4032/16.23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LrWjq3av7pcO0hyDsz0P03N748AIr3Q7blEqTE_aKAibKs_Ywxo9MpConKyQyKfdLTa5xp-qhmsBdNdkZ619keozFsgwZ-KVveSxGlF2JIp4PwZfbZIkwHKetd-_OtiR5VUs1zFCkhuYYZOs_7732y2d3JZYFzcSubgoyOPOAa0DZA90FOkUtUKfpKI/s4032/16.25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LrWjq3av7pcO0hyDsz0P03N748AIr3Q7blEqTE_aKAibKs_Ywxo9MpConKyQyKfdLTa5xp-qhmsBdNdkZ619keozFsgwZ-KVveSxGlF2JIp4PwZfbZIkwHKetd-_OtiR5VUs1zFCkhuYYZOs_7732y2d3JZYFzcSubgoyOPOAa0DZA90FOkUtUKfpKI/w480-h640/16.25.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Just in case, another size comparison pic, with a regular Rhino (the donor of the lights and some bits):</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBLKrcCFD1t-S7FMREARIFOmQCZ6emBpWiO6flaKFStvHKyT3WMeytTPPQXTD5Kg7vT7fDaz3L4c1Zrr6FqlNsnm-a5yP2Cd6Q3TPd3s1ayG8LLRcEN_mFt4J0-lOtiHgkoCyUSvGsR0jq6QTlya1hrwc3-NbagqIsO3ZKA9J2w1M4XlfWsGxK9nOg9Tk/s1024/16.26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBLKrcCFD1t-S7FMREARIFOmQCZ6emBpWiO6flaKFStvHKyT3WMeytTPPQXTD5Kg7vT7fDaz3L4c1Zrr6FqlNsnm-a5yP2Cd6Q3TPd3s1ayG8LLRcEN_mFt4J0-lOtiHgkoCyUSvGsR0jq6QTlya1hrwc3-NbagqIsO3ZKA9J2w1M4XlfWsGxK9nOg9Tk/w640-h480/16.26.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daddy?</td></tr></tbody></table><p>So a realscale Rhino to meet my realscale Marines:<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSu0d7ptzah6WTw7vf8vOOafM0rMi6WUJcf_bVD4OvQ_QLa6pbh-fs23tRdeX8vCarPIWJMnihQkb7664L4PdKutainlEOWAkfk-KTwdx39_un4-1Hc3mHNGNkZHG0xWfgypPFzngcJrEhLS1TwJkH7CuTACCZPgma4WylhGsm0B8V6aYMBWMlCrol8F8/s4032/16.27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSu0d7ptzah6WTw7vf8vOOafM0rMi6WUJcf_bVD4OvQ_QLa6pbh-fs23tRdeX8vCarPIWJMnihQkb7664L4PdKutainlEOWAkfk-KTwdx39_un4-1Hc3mHNGNkZHG0xWfgypPFzngcJrEhLS1TwJkH7CuTACCZPgma4WylhGsm0B8V6aYMBWMlCrol8F8/w640-h480/16.27.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At this pace I'll soon need a realscale board<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I promise an update when I get the decals. Until then, let's keep on moving forward!<br /></p>Suberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005091019027411799noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987721317661044121.post-15624103384143830562024-01-04T19:26:00.002+01:002024-01-05T12:20:04.576+01:00New year, old mini<p> Happy new year to everyone!</p><p>I hope all of you are doing fine after the season excesses, I'm coming bact to normal too.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">First of all, a (not so random) tought about Blogger itself. I've been experiencing annoying issues when trying to comment on other blogs. Either the system doesn't allow me to publish anything or directly doesn't even allow me to sign in. I suspect it has something to do with cookies, but I'm experiencing it randomly and on different browsers, so I cannot say for certain what the problem is. I sometimes write the comment and try to publish it for ages, until I have to give up. That's why I'm commenting with such delay on some of your blogs, or even I cannot comment at all. It has also happened on my own blog when trying to answer your comments. I know I'm not the only one, but well, it sucks anyway.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">But enough rants! You came here for minis!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These holidays I made a trip through nostalgia road and I rescued this monstrosity from oblivion. The infamous Manticore from the <i>Dark World</i> board game:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA0RJbZxYsfmhc_1Mpe-Es6l3jCmRPNWLJfRKSMcU2jLqMO67fT0kgUOTZQbZO-EjvxbYGt3giYV2p3LrHd7QLLCaaY0y_C2IMUH3MDnV95UxaOclOo0t86VKa0vdeRnL53vrzG50R_fKYLcffc25EGwR_DyTn4cntU7RREK5v9HlxJ04moslMFlFdO8k/s1024/2023-12-27%2001.20.55.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA0RJbZxYsfmhc_1Mpe-Es6l3jCmRPNWLJfRKSMcU2jLqMO67fT0kgUOTZQbZO-EjvxbYGt3giYV2p3LrHd7QLLCaaY0y_C2IMUH3MDnV95UxaOclOo0t86VKa0vdeRnL53vrzG50R_fKYLcffc25EGwR_DyTn4cntU7RREK5v9HlxJ04moslMFlFdO8k/w480-h640/2023-12-27%2001.20.55.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painted in... 1992?... 93?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I had this beast totally forgotten for literally thirty years. I had it in a bits box and these days I decided to tidy it up a little. I don't think that WIP pics will add much to this post, but anyway I made just this one:<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhMJSQsL0V8n3L-i4BkqHiQilK9IL0SJyTiZXZOza9Xh1OsF4FGzNu7xijnRfq32k5FXi0auSuP8vgzzF11EvprvZ_4-l1uxAYsfYWX31JtkQHuOvq4VmNHJ5GuQvKrFhe83fRNaiEZb5IMRZ4aIUio0nECCo9knOeaeIsZakFmu4Cvx9cb0UGnCOM6vU/s1024/2024-01-02%2017.25.49.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhMJSQsL0V8n3L-i4BkqHiQilK9IL0SJyTiZXZOza9Xh1OsF4FGzNu7xijnRfq32k5FXi0auSuP8vgzzF11EvprvZ_4-l1uxAYsfYWX31JtkQHuOvq4VmNHJ5GuQvKrFhe83fRNaiEZb5IMRZ4aIUio0nECCo9knOeaeIsZakFmu4Cvx9cb0UGnCOM6vU/w480-h640/2024-01-02%2017.25.49.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still hurts at sight<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I honestly couldn't be bothered with stripping it, so I have to confess I simply primed it again and painted over it. The pics below are quite overexposed, I'm afraid, but will give you an idea of what I achieved:<br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsKLv_FH78T085eyxSa_0hxWo9__qAzxgiamxrXZINVcSYuFtvJkWx6dddVVgd9l9J7zqkNi14WiE1yvoaaibquTTf7kqm9kBH-q_BGAqEds0qjR96hlZLvvTWl7DovilqdBtV2O1qQoANk6AIozmfscJCZVQo68ExUE-5gZzyD-ewa2TyyyYKk76pi4A/s4032/2024-01-04%2001.54.27.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsKLv_FH78T085eyxSa_0hxWo9__qAzxgiamxrXZINVcSYuFtvJkWx6dddVVgd9l9J7zqkNi14WiE1yvoaaibquTTf7kqm9kBH-q_BGAqEds0qjR96hlZLvvTWl7DovilqdBtV2O1qQoANk6AIozmfscJCZVQo68ExUE-5gZzyD-ewa2TyyyYKk76pi4A/w640-h480/2024-01-04%2001.54.27.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's all I could get out of this mini!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKe405F9uiXHhj9gnSJNWlcLqh_Jv6_T9FLFPZjh-ydnPfy1gB6I4uAdQaiwxSV-RZ3X4yQH1dtyJ1XnMJGnlrCmiR4tWzmtFizQYVVs92O8__Ww3Zexq1nIOlWTRq309waG1rxDkUT2FXJdPW82Sz9BfRw4Q7U5ix6WIlr9NGyq3y-dWeQOKwGFPf7JY/s4032/2024-01-04%2001.55.04.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKe405F9uiXHhj9gnSJNWlcLqh_Jv6_T9FLFPZjh-ydnPfy1gB6I4uAdQaiwxSV-RZ3X4yQH1dtyJ1XnMJGnlrCmiR4tWzmtFizQYVVs92O8__Ww3Zexq1nIOlWTRq309waG1rxDkUT2FXJdPW82Sz9BfRw4Q7U5ix6WIlr9NGyq3y-dWeQOKwGFPf7JY/w640-h480/2024-01-04%2001.55.04.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glorious 90's hair!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDLEiMssOJnVz5VnZ1dy3ec38iKP5k85xHTWR2TBzXJPWVckE9UzvxSdU6jk_bgKdoresVu8J4ur7uEaPbW9Fa1Ly36qmk0ksxPXI_L_ImPoCybCQxRg6w6ADnp9Z1_a0BytoWRNkoPyIisOadsOFiEFkc9CN9eVRbEGLXvjfYy1O2kVbACMAhlyxB4mc/s4032/2024-01-04%2001.55.18.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDLEiMssOJnVz5VnZ1dy3ec38iKP5k85xHTWR2TBzXJPWVckE9UzvxSdU6jk_bgKdoresVu8J4ur7uEaPbW9Fa1Ly36qmk0ksxPXI_L_ImPoCybCQxRg6w6ADnp9Z1_a0BytoWRNkoPyIisOadsOFiEFkc9CN9eVRbEGLXvjfYy1O2kVbACMAhlyxB4mc/w640-h480/2024-01-04%2001.55.18.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It has clearly working out at the gym<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6CbF-jIhacOkRQyqTRPhv8ERgL5FN4rI4prEr_jOGhCYGQdMePryqBe1tYWTGzyT4-wg0oZP4jY2fCyCu4l2hQAEy8R60nhUVgnjmi8Fwr2zObDHQAXlj078y9_kCo9vmwL6kiJ6d2j-ejl_hd-rEjumkgOjqeAw88jzyW_RBg-L8gjlQdt_dr9jGTjo/s4032/2024-01-04%2001.55.28.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6CbF-jIhacOkRQyqTRPhv8ERgL5FN4rI4prEr_jOGhCYGQdMePryqBe1tYWTGzyT4-wg0oZP4jY2fCyCu4l2hQAEy8R60nhUVgnjmi8Fwr2zObDHQAXlj078y9_kCo9vmwL6kiJ6d2j-ejl_hd-rEjumkgOjqeAw88jzyW_RBg-L8gjlQdt_dr9jGTjo/w640-h480/2024-01-04%2001.55.28.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The tongue remains a mystery to me afrer all these years</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Of course the sculpt is what it is. I believe (I have no proof, but also no doubt) it was an attempt to reproduce the Manticore by Citadel (I may be wrong, haven't checked it, but I believe it's a sculpt from 1987 or so). Well, there was an attempt. The head obviously doesn't belong to a lion, but some other kind of anthropoid monster. I tried a lighter colour on the snout, yet not fully reproducing a lion.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">There's some kind of convention about painting the lion's mane darker than the rest of the fur, but after checking some reference pics I have to say I've been fooled all my life, manes are quite in a similar colour to the rest of the animal. Anyway, I went with the convention.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The same goes about the scorpion tail. There's some kind of convention about scorpions being red, and I haven't ever seen an scorpion other colour than black. I've seen pics of some other colours, but definitely not bright red! So you can see I went mostly for red, but turning into darker tones, almost black, on the upper side. And this is it!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I don't have any immediate use for this beast, but I'm pretty sure there were homemade rules for Manticores in HeroQuest, for example, so I may try those.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYfdBigJwdb_3dlhulDRiTdu6EN7YBYUSCMfVqB5hyphenhyphenhHc72CK6D2_eC7VWikNq_7I7NvAiPBq6F-ts-29bvD8VSxnvUNe-Q58aBoTbt4lUNIzkDwH9Rjnp_3IyK45s-XVF1y4ypUVqoahr_pfz_BPt3BzTT-vO2-0k34a5nXi67vi3ZunvEn1m7Hqfcls/s4032/2024-01-04%2001.57.34.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYfdBigJwdb_3dlhulDRiTdu6EN7YBYUSCMfVqB5hyphenhyphenhHc72CK6D2_eC7VWikNq_7I7NvAiPBq6F-ts-29bvD8VSxnvUNe-Q58aBoTbt4lUNIzkDwH9Rjnp_3IyK45s-XVF1y4ypUVqoahr_pfz_BPt3BzTT-vO2-0k34a5nXi67vi3ZunvEn1m7Hqfcls/w640-h480/2024-01-04%2001.57.34.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Random encounters in the wild<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Well, this feels weirldy calming, after three decades! I think I still have some other Dark World minis somewhere, so who knows, I may try to recover some of them!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I don't think I'll buy the current model from the Cities of Sigmar ranges, but I'll leave it here for your own consideration, if you want to compare this mini with my own Manticore.<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZi1h8p1POprDfvHNmPTFql7vkv72wQr4yDNVZz0iewuzwHShDfkWXcaXFOQZcIT08spy-3RR7TgBD9EHNzYiaoijwh0vgCJ2SYRvDNg-sEUTZVjkuAQDf10i185_QGO5Qnx9GNfBonEVv89_3X1X7esWBUrKYnockbBhd6SLD_JODIqy_bGJpP99IBgc/s1360/new-cities-of-sigmar-hero-tahlia-vedra-v0-ioslsau0tc9b1.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="1360" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZi1h8p1POprDfvHNmPTFql7vkv72wQr4yDNVZz0iewuzwHShDfkWXcaXFOQZcIT08spy-3RR7TgBD9EHNzYiaoijwh0vgCJ2SYRvDNg-sEUTZVjkuAQDf10i185_QGO5Qnx9GNfBonEVv89_3X1X7esWBUrKYnockbBhd6SLD_JODIqy_bGJpP99IBgc/w640-h354/new-cities-of-sigmar-hero-tahlia-vedra-v0-ioslsau0tc9b1.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Find the seven differences. I dare you<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Well, I guess I can declare that 2024 has officially started! Let's see what projects does it bring!</p><p>Cheers!<br /></p>Suberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005091019027411799noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987721317661044121.post-20872613833720352902023-12-23T01:39:00.007+01:002023-12-23T01:41:33.579+01:00The "Laika", explorer flying ship<div><p>A whole new project today, to end 2023!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The title should give you a hint ;) For so many years I've been obsessed with those modellers who build sci-fi or steampunk flying vessels from scratch. After a long, long time I've made my mind up and I'm giving a step ahead. Let's see what happens!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">First of all, I wouldn't like to put the cart before the horse. Or whatever vehicular allegory can apply here. I'm starting with the base. Just al old CD and two pieces of good, old school metal, who knows where from. I just happened to have those at the bottom of a box for decades. You can also see a brush, but don't be deceived, I'm not really using it:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_MXjbmAA_6OJFT7Pn_3-_9sba5RWMRA0S_0wuX2cntZsJRfP9o8Jy5CCpkOEvfPOxcb7j6982oovPpQz_3chGcpuXjH1NSJpJxWD21Fby_EAUnegDego6AbX5JDviYPyF8joVWh_6g4ArReXq6hRH_QIxEWsDX85Eqynoq8n7_kgJ-xbHWV6ko1NcCc/s1024/2023-11-20%2016.06.17.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_MXjbmAA_6OJFT7Pn_3-_9sba5RWMRA0S_0wuX2cntZsJRfP9o8Jy5CCpkOEvfPOxcb7j6982oovPpQz_3chGcpuXjH1NSJpJxWD21Fby_EAUnegDego6AbX5JDviYPyF8joVWh_6g4ArReXq6hRH_QIxEWsDX85Eqynoq8n7_kgJ-xbHWV6ko1NcCc/w640-h480/2023-11-20%2016.06.17.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look at its case, though<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNsU5-FdOGMI-AWA8YLKalDfGYde7jpY82xvIvRvMmoLx_GJLukqOMtUVhlqms9qX7Ab3Ug5v-vAE8qnnpAd-h_7jiFKtfeluT102krkOkHaitYryZa9RSnME3MqjMrWEq10Om48CwAoLbci1jpt43ERUOfnymY5Bmk3HOhqy2ErcBBeB2V7dAQXJZcw4/s1024/2023-11-20%2018.21.24.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNsU5-FdOGMI-AWA8YLKalDfGYde7jpY82xvIvRvMmoLx_GJLukqOMtUVhlqms9qX7Ab3Ug5v-vAE8qnnpAd-h_7jiFKtfeluT102krkOkHaitYryZa9RSnME3MqjMrWEq10Om48CwAoLbci1jpt43ERUOfnymY5Bmk3HOhqy2ErcBBeB2V7dAQXJZcw4/w640-h480/2023-11-20%2018.21.24.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ah, there it is<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">You see, just some DAS clay and the top of the brush case. While all this gets ready, let's move onto the case itself.<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyVVAeJznaQ90xZ0BE-N7IGy6sklSqNG4Co1bU4SDo3LrfCRVClqG7fHJmflXKKOxJf18ESDfCNnrqnfgu5jwU2jTMvuyAPDSCy9WG_SZ5LGxvzC-4RMwsbzhwh0yowdC8Bnzdozrolvl_pRDMy9dqOilXTPzUvR03LZalgJAJ-i22aNGChaxfARXt94E/s1024/2023-11-20%2018.22.23.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyVVAeJznaQ90xZ0BE-N7IGy6sklSqNG4Co1bU4SDo3LrfCRVClqG7fHJmflXKKOxJf18ESDfCNnrqnfgu5jwU2jTMvuyAPDSCy9WG_SZ5LGxvzC-4RMwsbzhwh0yowdC8Bnzdozrolvl_pRDMy9dqOilXTPzUvR03LZalgJAJ-i22aNGChaxfARXt94E/w640-h480/2023-11-20%2018.22.23.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And this strange piece of a tube I literally got from the works on a building close to home<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh77f4-E7dwRkuMdXGPBh29WBxQFS5SyNgPDsGKSxQELlA6C8fkeCo6djbJBQ5ECavgfD-W8RgrsltMdjnd-wYVXPPOz3UVZdCTFFlDXOIfPtV6K4JwTDiGkJ-CL1MDYI2qUW5UPWYMWeNJW-8S_jrcMUCew7FBdlDpafFdn1VfhGWzLCSmKqukGSGRdwk/s1024/2023-11-20%2018.25.35.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh77f4-E7dwRkuMdXGPBh29WBxQFS5SyNgPDsGKSxQELlA6C8fkeCo6djbJBQ5ECavgfD-W8RgrsltMdjnd-wYVXPPOz3UVZdCTFFlDXOIfPtV6K4JwTDiGkJ-CL1MDYI2qUW5UPWYMWeNJW-8S_jrcMUCew7FBdlDpafFdn1VfhGWzLCSmKqukGSGRdwk/w480-h640/2023-11-20%2018.25.35.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm wrapping the case in plastic...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZ5lC9zpcUFQpBVmuBfI-G0hYlz53zMzmuEbogOVWFcH69HoOZHVgQ76d_iEiT4KOkZsziQrlkg41x4Ky9rs9zxQO-LtGTp0Z7TqE9CFkYX8AexaP3VTyQQrW9vom0YIrLX8iygFL0JBeRAOSReDE2FECE9NhYVSqoesAUSLX7BO-8qzTCgxalRMjKwo/s1024/2023-11-20%2018.25.36.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZ5lC9zpcUFQpBVmuBfI-G0hYlz53zMzmuEbogOVWFcH69HoOZHVgQ76d_iEiT4KOkZsziQrlkg41x4Ky9rs9zxQO-LtGTp0Z7TqE9CFkYX8AexaP3VTyQQrW9vom0YIrLX8iygFL0JBeRAOSReDE2FECE9NhYVSqoesAUSLX7BO-8qzTCgxalRMjKwo/w640-h480/2023-11-20%2018.25.36.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and filling the outer space with green stuff<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>You'll see where this is heading in a minute. Let it cure. In the meantime let's get back to the base:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJ1DR7qRNcCBOlvun1DOoxh0tAliCsbks0iZZGNLMVpPNyIKs7Flgkul9jM5DKC7RcRlgmBZEmU8AAeTiOJrdhUpsTbV_3PDxp5eFPVuSgZbFVXPHoXLlhlVLKjdh9XLlikpj1SXdHrQAFmrdHzcXT0nE9TzkBvXuFkZ9ShT4fllU0EKYat9yhImKVBg/s1024/2023-11-20%2023.39.04.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJ1DR7qRNcCBOlvun1DOoxh0tAliCsbks0iZZGNLMVpPNyIKs7Flgkul9jM5DKC7RcRlgmBZEmU8AAeTiOJrdhUpsTbV_3PDxp5eFPVuSgZbFVXPHoXLlhlVLKjdh9XLlikpj1SXdHrQAFmrdHzcXT0nE9TzkBvXuFkZ9ShT4fllU0EKYat9yhImKVBg/w640-h480/2023-11-20%2023.39.04.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty standard stuff<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3KJNmLmI8jieroFGJetOg4sKyuOs03-VjWEb7-fKroAxgZ8xGhNjb5-Rm7tDwPF7WX2ZVx1qAnD-dBRcAeDdOcHBbcbraO5hDhVEk-PNFUVF_ByRrJ5CudlMj0Q1W3D6r5y0aREfjCGv-pw-mE5m9evePZzrZAOJyWaXrGTR-DfQzC5bXSDX1vb2PqdI/s1024/2023-11-21%2000.02.06.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3KJNmLmI8jieroFGJetOg4sKyuOs03-VjWEb7-fKroAxgZ8xGhNjb5-Rm7tDwPF7WX2ZVx1qAnD-dBRcAeDdOcHBbcbraO5hDhVEk-PNFUVF_ByRrJ5CudlMj0Q1W3D6r5y0aREfjCGv-pw-mE5m9evePZzrZAOJyWaXrGTR-DfQzC5bXSDX1vb2PqdI/w640-h480/2023-11-21%2000.02.06.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sand, sand everywhere<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Well, you can see I'm showing the project in chronological order. Some days were involved, but I hope you won't lose interest. Let me keep on and show what was the green stuff thing about:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAYW3kBwvoEG76fNeULaxO6HMZiwHnNa6_9BVEZsvNitK1Fn-RWucdnu6PLPSYaJXhEg6uPOA94Adwc5Y0Fu2KKS9Bps3cZulrfFxBaQt-YOI3R50dId-4wQzDGI50U2GPV-Aa1sI651wgAw9nj7DPUcQA4FCN3TwXnnbiuub5uU7FxYdwK2-M06Qq9Uw/s1024/2023-11-21%2000.05.16.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAYW3kBwvoEG76fNeULaxO6HMZiwHnNa6_9BVEZsvNitK1Fn-RWucdnu6PLPSYaJXhEg6uPOA94Adwc5Y0Fu2KKS9Bps3cZulrfFxBaQt-YOI3R50dId-4wQzDGI50U2GPV-Aa1sI651wgAw9nj7DPUcQA4FCN3TwXnnbiuub5uU7FxYdwK2-M06Qq9Uw/w480-h640/2023-11-21%2000.05.16.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Take the excess away...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEGk390g2VMLKgWmtkZVTDY6oD7YGqq3-qkxI6vxWiueAXP-ZAsrHqodjqWswjf6IhyWHyYLgqdD_q5pSqgbt-CGBRELBHPo-Q6U3_2Y2EunJ9XDBsm0kmqw6jReTX_I1ortkTNMNM5y9eVEcW9XzoAG-XJUhZruJaxKkAE8drIX2VnenhxQm1VG1xajg/s1024/2023-11-21%2000.09.38.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEGk390g2VMLKgWmtkZVTDY6oD7YGqq3-qkxI6vxWiueAXP-ZAsrHqodjqWswjf6IhyWHyYLgqdD_q5pSqgbt-CGBRELBHPo-Q6U3_2Y2EunJ9XDBsm0kmqw6jReTX_I1ortkTNMNM5y9eVEcW9XzoAG-XJUhZruJaxKkAE8drIX2VnenhxQm1VG1xajg/w640-h480/2023-11-21%2000.09.38.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ta daaa! The hull of the ship!!! (Stay with me, please, don't close the tab yet!!!)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>So, if I glue the metal rod to the hull, I can have a detachable base and can start to work on the ship itself:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEyW2TbxhbbpU0rIA9AGoF-I1uUd4HDsOF1tYnRzcDrHdixAZZABX5R6TbLw5iGKZwYe4Bp6g39XF1aoOVKBn98HJz4ieByY5P0SqH7XUp29uLE1ez8Sz0QaCMs5NvxInVZ0RicUqxjhhk91LUluKYF4DeJr5c-GQNsfQ2a2O1xGHjycOPbrN96rWY1g/s1024/2023-11-21%2000.24.43.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEyW2TbxhbbpU0rIA9AGoF-I1uUd4HDsOF1tYnRzcDrHdixAZZABX5R6TbLw5iGKZwYe4Bp6g39XF1aoOVKBn98HJz4ieByY5P0SqH7XUp29uLE1ez8Sz0QaCMs5NvxInVZ0RicUqxjhhk91LUluKYF4DeJr5c-GQNsfQ2a2O1xGHjycOPbrN96rWY1g/w480-h640/2023-11-21%2000.24.43.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Or else I'll have the most glorious, flamboyant cup of wine ever<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I hope the process is understandable!</p><p> A little bit morea bout the base:<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlWssRWSq56OpzJ3ELXm-xQ-ZsGy2deNWqICI7PRhTaXzTXkHasvm4NkyQn1K2bXKGP70Ys7ADKzP6TKm3qxtcRvvnQVT1qeBYrnNqxymP8-logpNcoquDQcylHH53kcTqE7Gdo_Rq5QkBKSLroPNsK-Uk-wGCeCNSU7Wx_r3rBEa9yXkBK9MAlgaJR_8/s1024/2023-11-22%2020.32.20.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlWssRWSq56OpzJ3ELXm-xQ-ZsGy2deNWqICI7PRhTaXzTXkHasvm4NkyQn1K2bXKGP70Ys7ADKzP6TKm3qxtcRvvnQVT1qeBYrnNqxymP8-logpNcoquDQcylHH53kcTqE7Gdo_Rq5QkBKSLroPNsK-Uk-wGCeCNSU7Wx_r3rBEa9yXkBK9MAlgaJR_8/w640-h480/2023-11-22%2020.32.20.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looks quite barren<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXGFZ2pMezIYn4pEotzSeCljIwg6GMacerno3GSzgGRnwgpEhm3YV-oLPSwvO57bnc0fZd57GfJ_V4r77IDh76Qfqe0shp8ZWnt6xcDyc_vd4BlpK895vFCv2Z7dffo-D1rt9km9MWhog1IWTCsFzryQi67DCVNDt7kBjqYsYBQ6h8UKu6bTfpQZGi2qw/s1024/2023-11-22%2020.32.37.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXGFZ2pMezIYn4pEotzSeCljIwg6GMacerno3GSzgGRnwgpEhm3YV-oLPSwvO57bnc0fZd57GfJ_V4r77IDh76Qfqe0shp8ZWnt6xcDyc_vd4BlpK895vFCv2Z7dffo-D1rt9km9MWhog1IWTCsFzryQi67DCVNDt7kBjqYsYBQ6h8UKu6bTfpQZGi2qw/w640-h480/2023-11-22%2020.32.37.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Please let me introduce <a href="https://gamersgrass.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GamersGrass</a>. Awesome beyond anything I could say<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEoRnalxceW6Zo6TrFXjMXE6TOK9ukmE3tRp7jrZv4Aw0Etm295wPdqOgiQFSg48VuD6mh0NX-zQvYwQgc2MDXTz9kT19ecg-E9GbuGvsVgOgg87rVMl1nUm9FYdc_ZXYfpfmKVFG2pMxVYOOKWQXv2H6Zm9XjefasZMkUZMkaksXz6jOr6Dop4m4CBk/s1024/2023-11-22%2023.21.11.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEoRnalxceW6Zo6TrFXjMXE6TOK9ukmE3tRp7jrZv4Aw0Etm295wPdqOgiQFSg48VuD6mh0NX-zQvYwQgc2MDXTz9kT19ecg-E9GbuGvsVgOgg87rVMl1nUm9FYdc_ZXYfpfmKVFG2pMxVYOOKWQXv2H6Zm9XjefasZMkUZMkaksXz6jOr6Dop4m4CBk/w640-h480/2023-11-22%2023.21.11.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Told you<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>OK, time to start with the ship! I made some portholes with card and cut a round piece as the lower deck:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAFI0SItPBPvbUExzMmnwBnqKA2pnaEXM42Doq7U_VnZZM-4bpY-RwWFjoCpKhvJuN_ubQLgP7JEX_7XnT_BxPWuPekiAZGn38uRy9qsDUWSX_MGtcKVY-vJ0X-Q26LqWPV1iVTqOEZ9rhq-eR9Mpesy8ea46WmGbtplIAZBR6h_LJYJgcKb9DJhUTOFo/s1024/2023-11-23%2000.58.20.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAFI0SItPBPvbUExzMmnwBnqKA2pnaEXM42Doq7U_VnZZM-4bpY-RwWFjoCpKhvJuN_ubQLgP7JEX_7XnT_BxPWuPekiAZGn38uRy9qsDUWSX_MGtcKVY-vJ0X-Q26LqWPV1iVTqOEZ9rhq-eR9Mpesy8ea46WmGbtplIAZBR6h_LJYJgcKb9DJhUTOFo/w640-h480/2023-11-23%2000.58.20.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Weirdest recipe ever<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">A second round piece will serve as the upper deck, and a slush cup, conveniently adapted, will be the cabin:<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe66XjFxTA5efd0JZb7fgf6sXyPyYJJ5qANF_ylpPvu15fmuYOn7dcpTxIJd52fJz3N-fU9Pa37J8LhuJ2oPVhnZEo4S2COsJCuREHEKcbBPgWcuwU8Phz6_j66H-WFbf_8WDIDaJqFLNXAUPFjszIk4PiztQe3b-4o_3FGht65_O72O0fWTsG_g_Y0DE/s1024/2023-11-23%2000.58.21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe66XjFxTA5efd0JZb7fgf6sXyPyYJJ5qANF_ylpPvu15fmuYOn7dcpTxIJd52fJz3N-fU9Pa37J8LhuJ2oPVhnZEo4S2COsJCuREHEKcbBPgWcuwU8Phz6_j66H-WFbf_8WDIDaJqFLNXAUPFjszIk4PiztQe3b-4o_3FGht65_O72O0fWTsG_g_Y0DE/w480-h640/2023-11-23%2000.58.21.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leela shown for scale. She however may pilot her in the end<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>So this is more or less the idea:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibdYw98YnAsnTuYwkqmAukHR1GPL6QpsYqO7Zxp8Or3oxcjbhjpr5EjpdCAO0AWtb3zrQmcnFaUVf3ZZKoHPzZrhyphenhyphenH6oT0JHmM2M-KOr6PbfeqjvdTmlAO1AR47Zd4XNPl54TCYLyUBqbkX9oRI4YVBK8FQA0PVrh3hjDLt-ql6wOXoZpOyPsbTx7dcDk/s1024/2023-11-23%2000.59.00.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibdYw98YnAsnTuYwkqmAukHR1GPL6QpsYqO7Zxp8Or3oxcjbhjpr5EjpdCAO0AWtb3zrQmcnFaUVf3ZZKoHPzZrhyphenhyphenH6oT0JHmM2M-KOr6PbfeqjvdTmlAO1AR47Zd4XNPl54TCYLyUBqbkX9oRI4YVBK8FQA0PVrh3hjDLt-ql6wOXoZpOyPsbTx7dcDk/w480-h640/2023-11-23%2000.59.00.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But... why two decks?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Because I'm opening an access between the two of them, so part of the lower deck will be visible:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVDKhLmk3fk_ibebJ4spR-B5p42rZERNp7QRpmDkxXxAwyWdc-KxuqIA2V5vTzru11YCS07tDo8_eFp0Xm7bqcFGumlCJK3k2ghDbz5rtx-_iLZu2Jm9YI6Dj7pK0gdXC6xv2t5Ng_UKngsDoxjRVpuafuDL6tdnsHShNnR-ul9mvq0pwX4oeeu7c-qwk/s1024/2023-11-23%2001.31.31.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVDKhLmk3fk_ibebJ4spR-B5p42rZERNp7QRpmDkxXxAwyWdc-KxuqIA2V5vTzru11YCS07tDo8_eFp0Xm7bqcFGumlCJK3k2ghDbz5rtx-_iLZu2Jm9YI6Dj7pK0gdXC6xv2t5Ng_UKngsDoxjRVpuafuDL6tdnsHShNnR-ul9mvq0pwX4oeeu7c-qwk/w640-h480/2023-11-23%2001.31.31.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I toyed with the idea of two rudders, but in the end I took another path, you'll see<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>OK, let's build some stairs:</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtiUdy5D2BuD4wR8DI6VcsvrlVqgt0jtqzpazTEYmR-SClKxPyBjy8WygHwhJOxTi6xbdKoSdAfUkXBi2ThyphenhyphenTFUoKKHok0cbVrPFe4Y1ccTU2-6JOSSKhQe4Dao9fwZpA2diq7HJO_Qh7qHGpzxMOvy77Ritu1alRjyq2W1xcT1a_f0qtwkWjaSK6Z5c8/s1024/2023-11-25%2000.19.12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtiUdy5D2BuD4wR8DI6VcsvrlVqgt0jtqzpazTEYmR-SClKxPyBjy8WygHwhJOxTi6xbdKoSdAfUkXBi2ThyphenhyphenTFUoKKHok0cbVrPFe4Y1ccTU2-6JOSSKhQe4Dao9fwZpA2diq7HJO_Qh7qHGpzxMOvy77Ritu1alRjyq2W1xcT1a_f0qtwkWjaSK6Z5c8/w640-h480/2023-11-25%2000.19.12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cheap and easy, just as the rest of this project<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJdkx2kbP_rnI6YIPetym5KjcV5t1s0K-2fceqsU8FKUWo8_N3EHayh87ZNjeY5efjo_6LvkVjvpmoV6DacXE2GyuNVSK51AkUBBS8PwH99hkaTzE_X84siiBsDen9Y69GcU78Zsinvx9tm4p9d08XaB3Sbq4u9ZKAXVLSlshVb1vMsAHdHPFaH89Al0E/s1024/2023-11-25%2000.23.42.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJdkx2kbP_rnI6YIPetym5KjcV5t1s0K-2fceqsU8FKUWo8_N3EHayh87ZNjeY5efjo_6LvkVjvpmoV6DacXE2GyuNVSK51AkUBBS8PwH99hkaTzE_X84siiBsDen9Y69GcU78Zsinvx9tm4p9d08XaB3Sbq4u9ZKAXVLSlshVb1vMsAHdHPFaH89Al0E/w640-h480/2023-11-25%2000.23.42.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Will have to do<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqUIf69GXFJBJHOrEP0VJ_1RsIsLgGdQkkwpsV5OfOqKk3yKAJNeUfY7AW2OjnCBt0I9UCo-XfFz45xRyA4OqqSfNhhDXznNWrR8CyQk4xsCssKAKLC__rG73zcra6VXHXCKQIUjEWmQ2c3ljyoyXRVdSZMCWtPOgzjErzjvOf7hFTA7-qmP-hLBC2fMk/s1024/2023-11-25%2016.52.46.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqUIf69GXFJBJHOrEP0VJ_1RsIsLgGdQkkwpsV5OfOqKk3yKAJNeUfY7AW2OjnCBt0I9UCo-XfFz45xRyA4OqqSfNhhDXznNWrR8CyQk4xsCssKAKLC__rG73zcra6VXHXCKQIUjEWmQ2c3ljyoyXRVdSZMCWtPOgzjErzjvOf7hFTA7-qmP-hLBC2fMk/w640-h480/2023-11-25%2016.52.46.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hmmm</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMyVrDFXST5x4eCryhvzrqs1YZEYFfloY0krlUgU5F8zmhB0Y5jaGoz_thxk8TrdnzY7zuRVVBUJ3fuF14UEUv3xrYVClJwMWDtFs1Hbi425pyH82lW8tGSoUVPn5SPKHH_WcDxQJmPq3s1jSYzZBGNng636VFu_Fij25ma-mGkPSI4wDXLGy2GTX9hhM/s1024/2023-11-25%2018.46.13.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMyVrDFXST5x4eCryhvzrqs1YZEYFfloY0krlUgU5F8zmhB0Y5jaGoz_thxk8TrdnzY7zuRVVBUJ3fuF14UEUv3xrYVClJwMWDtFs1Hbi425pyH82lW8tGSoUVPn5SPKHH_WcDxQJmPq3s1jSYzZBGNng636VFu_Fij25ma-mGkPSI4wDXLGy2GTX9hhM/w640-h480/2023-11-25%2018.46.13.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Awful, but will be barely seen, so it works!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I also worked on a little space under the upper deck, letting some stuff uncovered. A couple of tubes, a stopcock, whatever:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiAlfdhCxqiMV-NmgU9_fFbQbRbyHruJMzgfsp59rHa5tceKKKEODeW6K3Tx_E_PSxV0BbRVpGz-rzoAuvv_LAR9ARA1iXpFJLufyDn6Eh5pWyiIU1w6NQrJ4XIVzTFvvJiyd2dtP3nYpAgVDZUlMRF4ailgyYrpen6RIcAhxQFTKMFj5b7U-KNNwocpQ/s1024/2023-11-25%2019.15.43.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiAlfdhCxqiMV-NmgU9_fFbQbRbyHruJMzgfsp59rHa5tceKKKEODeW6K3Tx_E_PSxV0BbRVpGz-rzoAuvv_LAR9ARA1iXpFJLufyDn6Eh5pWyiIU1w6NQrJ4XIVzTFvvJiyd2dtP3nYpAgVDZUlMRF4ailgyYrpen6RIcAhxQFTKMFj5b7U-KNNwocpQ/w640-h480/2023-11-25%2019.15.43.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Difficult to see in this stage<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8VdJd_Bd-Qh8ZJB7q7cWfhtLWOu_xxUMSElzsEU-pP0_4lrDEO_kfQTRtDOZ1Cx6dsYHbxgZXAPCKuXxY7oB4sfjUMg75bN0qNM95xwnyeU9uTP3B2R-s_F1Kh6wXI9yooWInSTSI7bsfHHfaKNBHt3SwDKcPVgXIin5BboNyj9pcYSwLo5PtL4I3xsg/s1024/2023-11-25%2019.35.17.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8VdJd_Bd-Qh8ZJB7q7cWfhtLWOu_xxUMSElzsEU-pP0_4lrDEO_kfQTRtDOZ1Cx6dsYHbxgZXAPCKuXxY7oB4sfjUMg75bN0qNM95xwnyeU9uTP3B2R-s_F1Kh6wXI9yooWInSTSI7bsfHHfaKNBHt3SwDKcPVgXIin5BboNyj9pcYSwLo5PtL4I3xsg/w480-h640/2023-11-25%2019.35.17.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh, better, but where does it fit?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBdxXLqQlcKOVFu6OawRBVfArWiVE8FZJbLjPMbwjmf9WZsueepSusHEtub3JaMHVEDlfIWhKVFx7qhRALPqUHdO1T8bvt5ATqElDEIJ8NiDFUGa0S6z_Dzbwvyw9kc6EYpdeUelqQoaZPre2OSWZILnvXLD2bqkVNHLcERfv9PJ14w9BUK35FWUxBxU/s1024/2023-11-25%2020.31.38.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBdxXLqQlcKOVFu6OawRBVfArWiVE8FZJbLjPMbwjmf9WZsueepSusHEtub3JaMHVEDlfIWhKVFx7qhRALPqUHdO1T8bvt5ATqElDEIJ8NiDFUGa0S6z_Dzbwvyw9kc6EYpdeUelqQoaZPre2OSWZILnvXLD2bqkVNHLcERfv9PJ14w9BUK35FWUxBxU/w480-h640/2023-11-25%2020.31.38.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh, there<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDoxjYt4AA6aM-xvXq4-MDBuqlnCh0JEFqWb6zp1D-qqPwvsXz4qBondmiBkPwJ4U2FTNM2C0f6GuzUbAKjupnPtoEpp9H83-84ksXU7r1QOlr0t0Ijru_8ggSdcCmCtmXQowv_0GVKt1nTfyyMnTLYr3jr1pBx4vEKEoBHk0X7dfCjuJx7oNIuTmCo-o/s1024/2023-11-25%2023.30.40.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDoxjYt4AA6aM-xvXq4-MDBuqlnCh0JEFqWb6zp1D-qqPwvsXz4qBondmiBkPwJ4U2FTNM2C0f6GuzUbAKjupnPtoEpp9H83-84ksXU7r1QOlr0t0Ijru_8ggSdcCmCtmXQowv_0GVKt1nTfyyMnTLYr3jr1pBx4vEKEoBHk0X7dfCjuJx7oNIuTmCo-o/w480-h640/2023-11-25%2023.30.40.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p>Right, all this absurd work for a couple of tiny, narrow spaces barely to be seen. I know, I know</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIdR2cl1zzY_QABfXnCjxIAS-XqlT_8bIr6L8ybuHp8t-uwrhf-D8b0TDAJqcfLOiM4jV0eIZz5N-WoELbwW6buiKcXGlcr2QmE0SPOA3MrwivBwZlJI27ip73Epi_kPCEMTcHQWvKMaDqI0kA92dpMD_4s8m8YV5U9l25n0gvyoWR-oWGEN5NcQ0xKEI/s1024/2023-11-25%2023.31.39.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIdR2cl1zzY_QABfXnCjxIAS-XqlT_8bIr6L8ybuHp8t-uwrhf-D8b0TDAJqcfLOiM4jV0eIZz5N-WoELbwW6buiKcXGlcr2QmE0SPOA3MrwivBwZlJI27ip73Epi_kPCEMTcHQWvKMaDqI0kA92dpMD_4s8m8YV5U9l25n0gvyoWR-oWGEN5NcQ0xKEI/w640-h480/2023-11-25%2023.31.39.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But I know they're there<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT7pVmVR2iFDHubnuQTqcULk3ZZskrN93cFOnkpMtBp2jKroj4Z5eRnAg_SwzaqLNXz8hdEv5bqJ4TkN1ZZumLj8e6dzZfkLRoM7vsyctWVk-3MGUizT0J14v88NJVzsqLFS05hE4bHFiuqAzgYRkP522bEv4Vkj8pV3SQxCwl_TiE2kiXe9h9cy3GWjo/s1024/2023-11-25%2023.32.03.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT7pVmVR2iFDHubnuQTqcULk3ZZskrN93cFOnkpMtBp2jKroj4Z5eRnAg_SwzaqLNXz8hdEv5bqJ4TkN1ZZumLj8e6dzZfkLRoM7vsyctWVk-3MGUizT0J14v88NJVzsqLFS05hE4bHFiuqAzgYRkP522bEv4Vkj8pV3SQxCwl_TiE2kiXe9h9cy3GWjo/w480-h640/2023-11-25%2023.32.03.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've seen enough horror movies to know I must not walk those stairs down<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSziYzRYDHfL5mTzcdeos-GeacMB0wwkzdte2Lhny3wfe73YOgU4lUraPooMlJn5rPK6tn1mhMGj6DTGlxNWuTnUNrPZBv8oDnZuVq44RWuEPX4axMbHykDuFZKu1d1aaYyvZKdn6_m19ZzxjTvQ_kVOi-GunDufR7NFBtlwyQEGphXKABkVbYLsNamiQ/s1024/2023-11-25%2023.32.29.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSziYzRYDHfL5mTzcdeos-GeacMB0wwkzdte2Lhny3wfe73YOgU4lUraPooMlJn5rPK6tn1mhMGj6DTGlxNWuTnUNrPZBv8oDnZuVq44RWuEPX4axMbHykDuFZKu1d1aaYyvZKdn6_m19ZzxjTvQ_kVOi-GunDufR7NFBtlwyQEGphXKABkVbYLsNamiQ/w480-h640/2023-11-25%2023.32.29.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You see? You see? I told you could see the lower deck! I'm not crazy!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Now I have the basic structure. As you can see, I grey primed it all. Working with the transparent bowl was kind of confusing:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4jtvym7mJvZcYHR6gQiNh2bPfmLouZ1RAcFANTwTf_d7hMMusHBFYzmBA3lQKVBvc4rHiCGyGUJ1_X1_Xu_TgRiHtYLEP_YZFyhmvt0hPRTusAJqL8N2DxU7YH4H-u8tci3upa9bTzrfL27gQ-hJ7svIIdyqwKNtkL0X8imi6wdrQQG43BJ0CoyIgwWA/s1024/2023-11-25%2023.32.55.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4jtvym7mJvZcYHR6gQiNh2bPfmLouZ1RAcFANTwTf_d7hMMusHBFYzmBA3lQKVBvc4rHiCGyGUJ1_X1_Xu_TgRiHtYLEP_YZFyhmvt0hPRTusAJqL8N2DxU7YH4H-u8tci3upa9bTzrfL27gQ-hJ7svIIdyqwKNtkL0X8imi6wdrQQG43BJ0CoyIgwWA/w640-h480/2023-11-25%2023.32.55.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looks like the face of a robot in disapproval of your life choices<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">The cabin is pretty tight, but some stuff can be done. I recovered a mdf door I got like centuries ago, in the elegant shape of the doors in the <i>Serenity</i>. The rest is just cardboard:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZU2Z2m7Lnw_rDvf8y5SKMt76wH33KQUL-qlkD6zH0q8i8g1zU11tCslLorUbnlanPokZdo6xmmCHEDhTjWzTsToe1OIU3P32HE4Ebw-SCrjEifqzv68hICPpx7hlayjG-t1SNUIRrKdRXJzBvrkPAzEGbcsfOijD5oEko5fF_aHeRHELmMU98Y4bcx0/s1024/2023-11-25%2023.32.56.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZU2Z2m7Lnw_rDvf8y5SKMt76wH33KQUL-qlkD6zH0q8i8g1zU11tCslLorUbnlanPokZdo6xmmCHEDhTjWzTsToe1OIU3P32HE4Ebw-SCrjEifqzv68hICPpx7hlayjG-t1SNUIRrKdRXJzBvrkPAzEGbcsfOijD5oEko5fF_aHeRHELmMU98Y4bcx0/w480-h640/2023-11-25%2023.32.56.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty rough, I'll have to add some stuff later<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I also added pieces from an old kids toy (I believe from one of those ball machines) as the engine. Let's see what can be done of this stuff:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQC07E576abKwLqVjSeW37Wb_H8hUCE3cQXuLpETX9tsmcBxkVuqEgJUaBMRRzrBuIraBoaaq2Q_s_BuTuk5IvWV3wY_P4V7W3fAfaI3nVrGT3zKt20O5d3bVRpRGQawk-4GUX20uvAte1rG6e_4qiNSJBPh_zoygazvHoF4ezvnEzAAlysLlXQ0blCw/s1024/2023-11-26%2022.03.20.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQC07E576abKwLqVjSeW37Wb_H8hUCE3cQXuLpETX9tsmcBxkVuqEgJUaBMRRzrBuIraBoaaq2Q_s_BuTuk5IvWV3wY_P4V7W3fAfaI3nVrGT3zKt20O5d3bVRpRGQawk-4GUX20uvAte1rG6e_4qiNSJBPh_zoygazvHoF4ezvnEzAAlysLlXQ0blCw/w480-h640/2023-11-26%2022.03.20.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't worry, I'll take the brush itself away!!!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2vvjxzUNWg0m_uhMHn0afR_G-RUfiI7DHnS0pw5o45XuDoVorJpHRn3-1H5lNHenfuN8ACi4cCDjHPJarwXxUxrjn4xOrAGaU0kgFGea601Bpm3hw6LeMIzMO0rYxLi-lkMYNwNVuhPkFd8dyQ5YGtRrSjwvLmOwD1ZVnhBlvz2clgexjYw0qEbP4YZE/s1024/2023-11-26%2022.03.21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2vvjxzUNWg0m_uhMHn0afR_G-RUfiI7DHnS0pw5o45XuDoVorJpHRn3-1H5lNHenfuN8ACi4cCDjHPJarwXxUxrjn4xOrAGaU0kgFGea601Bpm3hw6LeMIzMO0rYxLi-lkMYNwNVuhPkFd8dyQ5YGtRrSjwvLmOwD1ZVnhBlvz2clgexjYw0qEbP4YZE/w480-h640/2023-11-26%2022.03.21.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So, with some additions here and there...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijUkKFSPSRWkyYQ5jaIrzbwpf3vzJDienOtwWJaXi8dVaB7VpA2c6Ju_vnCVC8krrht9qjwHHUPOhlVNNxW21jfPoL3ifhO46dT4gH3XqBwrsWq0NUbCZJ2SRLuYil8OXFYd1md6-2cyX3AMPfOY4tmmYQQoQEsn5aMLtwcD-a5xd9Gj9vHAAgLAJO_t4/s1024/2023-11-27%2001.14.17.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijUkKFSPSRWkyYQ5jaIrzbwpf3vzJDienOtwWJaXi8dVaB7VpA2c6Ju_vnCVC8krrht9qjwHHUPOhlVNNxW21jfPoL3ifhO46dT4gH3XqBwrsWq0NUbCZJ2SRLuYil8OXFYd1md6-2cyX3AMPfOY4tmmYQQoQEsn5aMLtwcD-a5xd9Gj9vHAAgLAJO_t4/w480-h640/2023-11-27%2001.14.17.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's more or less the idea!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">However, the engine look a little bit... bland, I don't know how to put it into words. At this point I was going towards some kind of Ghibli-like design (which of course would be lovely, but not my current aim). I recovered this other broken toy...<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOl-wL2x15iFZJwC1FFRcjGk_SCebQZvL_rd7OaZfAoMuNTdLl9CwZtp9sVQGT00ZYVITTDT_vxraJZ-EvwautLl3aINidzDGvlN4A7sIH-HKeVdw4XnTs24n8LjhDN3hYC8rI3wBduqypfNxegbPdEPEmtmx6eivNJO4gEWBWv-YUNz6bltTphw2__W8/s4032/2023-11-27%2018.45.26.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOl-wL2x15iFZJwC1FFRcjGk_SCebQZvL_rd7OaZfAoMuNTdLl9CwZtp9sVQGT00ZYVITTDT_vxraJZ-EvwautLl3aINidzDGvlN4A7sIH-HKeVdw4XnTs24n8LjhDN3hYC8rI3wBduqypfNxegbPdEPEmtmx6eivNJO4gEWBWv-YUNz6bltTphw2__W8/w640-h480/2023-11-27%2018.45.26.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not everything here will be needed...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzK2zTJYBGyCd1Jjyl1Ggk1NdypBBbELGRvlDoXl1QqkX-Pdaedp7-6hV60GrX3aw0eXm4q5pRbhckCJB-gqtQipaYJeB1ic6ShpSoU1onABzCSiOJTFfPcLEvNl0ji-36lDAep8B5EjPg6fp7V3FXie600zKitr5aE55qImRnz8L0T2eABXIbTilipTw/s1024/2023-11-27%2022.00.25.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzK2zTJYBGyCd1Jjyl1Ggk1NdypBBbELGRvlDoXl1QqkX-Pdaedp7-6hV60GrX3aw0eXm4q5pRbhckCJB-gqtQipaYJeB1ic6ShpSoU1onABzCSiOJTFfPcLEvNl0ji-36lDAep8B5EjPg6fp7V3FXie600zKitr5aE55qImRnz8L0T2eABXIbTilipTw/w480-h640/2023-11-27%2022.00.25.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...but the pieces will be put into good use<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">It was in need of something else. Something that visually added some volume, to avoid the Ghibli-esque sense of tiny, fragile bubble. I found that an absurdly oversized helm was the answer:<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrcxJrO7c6ZIi7IiN8XQpjp4rKxFLk2bsryjcviipV64F1AxtSL1bNZHEsRb15d6kw0rJ8NQjjeqrP6Ppw5_-Q3XboJVzmsKLYv7O7AD_Jm-Sphlr5L-M5IRBgoRVdLlQrNPcAai-oab0Gk8UrwuKqprhodbnWyHKFFTP8k3E-pmTEwNAQEk8xjYF1HxM/s1024/2023-11-28%2000.10.44.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrcxJrO7c6ZIi7IiN8XQpjp4rKxFLk2bsryjcviipV64F1AxtSL1bNZHEsRb15d6kw0rJ8NQjjeqrP6Ppw5_-Q3XboJVzmsKLYv7O7AD_Jm-Sphlr5L-M5IRBgoRVdLlQrNPcAai-oab0Gk8UrwuKqprhodbnWyHKFFTP8k3E-pmTEwNAQEk8xjYF1HxM/w480-h640/2023-11-28%2000.10.44.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But now I'm getting some kind of Star Wars vibe, hmmm...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Whatever. I have to move on. I then faced a problem. The base was not resistant enough to support the weight. So I supplemented the fix of the plastic cane<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0X0JbtimbHjV9VPO7BwQmdNizvD4Kz66d23ZdCQYNzPdwFOtmToeZLO_tZ6dp3BIW6brnMKQiiuV6dPp3uWA-r_U7FXFX7CyXkJPGGTc5MiIEU98u0z7v-_JVDoSQs5EcS3iBlwO_c9B_hH18JPwouHZgfTJrfGylOJnq9dahPemsA-ErFnn9kW57V_s/s1024/2023-11-28%2000.16.01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0X0JbtimbHjV9VPO7BwQmdNizvD4Kz66d23ZdCQYNzPdwFOtmToeZLO_tZ6dp3BIW6brnMKQiiuV6dPp3uWA-r_U7FXFX7CyXkJPGGTc5MiIEU98u0z7v-_JVDoSQs5EcS3iBlwO_c9B_hH18JPwouHZgfTJrfGylOJnq9dahPemsA-ErFnn9kW57V_s/w480-h640/2023-11-28%2000.16.01.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Again, I didn't want the greenstuff to get stuck to it!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhapB57VuDM0L8SwSoib_fAVUOmcA3ilIiCBvMJJ-RC2Iq-COPbzsjhPhwVVfKYv76wRVLsHOypGzOWzecJCkYZseSyVA4QENhyClYUniS6Wu_f1rVVCFY5AdLAFfsGlAgn8NEsSvaq6n52sov7hgXYbQU2mvqmffQAWMMnyecLSldRieEXjDq5UXFumjk/s1024/2023-11-29%2000.20.03.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhapB57VuDM0L8SwSoib_fAVUOmcA3ilIiCBvMJJ-RC2Iq-COPbzsjhPhwVVfKYv76wRVLsHOypGzOWzecJCkYZseSyVA4QENhyClYUniS6Wu_f1rVVCFY5AdLAFfsGlAgn8NEsSvaq6n52sov7hgXYbQU2mvqmffQAWMMnyecLSldRieEXjDq5UXFumjk/w640-h480/2023-11-29%2000.20.03.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I needed acces to the inner space<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIPl62OpzzF4vPpxGnf65AgCC4digBE4ytP6Y81v2Qg8hWypTX9x0tHXAKcOeHYcUtRSMmDMUqeSefJJ2kHBQolYaIwtDTwOLQVbhhNysA9ianFdCMtYN1cCOmfWvi6D39m6Ljlci4efIJ5-gAsdxEOtZ0diTV2kbFfHh9rXWcLU2cvIz-GLqLPb57RTo/s1024/2023-12-01%2000.52.24.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIPl62OpzzF4vPpxGnf65AgCC4digBE4ytP6Y81v2Qg8hWypTX9x0tHXAKcOeHYcUtRSMmDMUqeSefJJ2kHBQolYaIwtDTwOLQVbhhNysA9ianFdCMtYN1cCOmfWvi6D39m6Ljlci4efIJ5-gAsdxEOtZ0diTV2kbFfHh9rXWcLU2cvIz-GLqLPb57RTo/w480-h640/2023-12-01%2000.52.24.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now the cane can get really sturdy and fixed<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I glued it to the base and added quite a lot of more plants to hide the ugly union:<br /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5vlH876h9TO1bPZViN-Qpeye23Ognotv9sI9sDIJkXWhGKmMIVaf8_9dDv7kiRGSsPb_M9G32bBbqjmnXRnz4mvQsVpqflTu33vHjDKQDz0KQ3NzCDeR4FeYwMKC87-AopPgx2C18G0xpohxV1Nd-QkxEfN20MTaOHSPHmgip2WbQNACEz-6lR-dihWE/s1024/2023-12-02%2001.22.26.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5vlH876h9TO1bPZViN-Qpeye23Ognotv9sI9sDIJkXWhGKmMIVaf8_9dDv7kiRGSsPb_M9G32bBbqjmnXRnz4mvQsVpqflTu33vHjDKQDz0KQ3NzCDeR4FeYwMKC87-AopPgx2C18G0xpohxV1Nd-QkxEfN20MTaOHSPHmgip2WbQNACEz-6lR-dihWE/w480-h640/2023-12-02%2001.22.26.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Less desert, but more natural<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>OK, base is definitely finished and problems solved. Where were we? Oh, yes, additions to the hull:<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSaw6VAC9kyMTdl5tOTLwbXUPPNU_SI4u4-TyZq5Z8ppO8vSIUSeSFgeewU0bnz9w6yKjptS079FL_CYVz6hdxw01UM-lCwzYiYVgxxVA8bwSBD5QTBSdftF_eI_bGnoIGivHntkFmEhjvevbmRlMKfQxF_BsOvAP5dmSUjlIKNUl7NL4IRXowtVxI0Q/s1024/2023-12-03%2001.27.15.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSaw6VAC9kyMTdl5tOTLwbXUPPNU_SI4u4-TyZq5Z8ppO8vSIUSeSFgeewU0bnz9w6yKjptS079FL_CYVz6hdxw01UM-lCwzYiYVgxxVA8bwSBD5QTBSdftF_eI_bGnoIGivHntkFmEhjvevbmRlMKfQxF_BsOvAP5dmSUjlIKNUl7NL4IRXowtVxI0Q/w480-h640/2023-12-03%2001.27.15.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice smell to the room and three... gravitic stabilizers<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1QUSkror9dMuxQdjim5PlCmgvhiQuD-iSGYfo2bkj2NxZG7N48faQFGdaYXQnJ0odP1g9PIfX_uXzZ6vIwvBO2_Zj_PTHVUz6qK2D-OZ74b5LI2nUMHyNcBQEQjaJbGhcq67B_iFuw83jCSDvSVjWFoviNyjhmzCWKOOcEAM-jScaPHcqwW_TJUAwesM/s1024/2023-12-03%2001.27.16.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1QUSkror9dMuxQdjim5PlCmgvhiQuD-iSGYfo2bkj2NxZG7N48faQFGdaYXQnJ0odP1g9PIfX_uXzZ6vIwvBO2_Zj_PTHVUz6qK2D-OZ74b5LI2nUMHyNcBQEQjaJbGhcq67B_iFuw83jCSDvSVjWFoviNyjhmzCWKOOcEAM-jScaPHcqwW_TJUAwesM/w640-h480/2023-12-03%2001.27.16.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was these ot felt pen caps<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> It looks like all the lower structure is done! OK, to the upper deck then! I added some more stuff to the cabin, including a mast:<br /></div><div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYA6YnzGxzWvGlIlpXN_GULTDXLlcRjAVJ9h8i6mgG2-_ZjLKaqsMCHTb1was0kzWW0QgdNJ_HzPqjrJP1K9xxda_1CNzDJL9zqUGVXw1B9HS8VB0mwE1q5JS0e8Jj4J4joOvUsNkoDl2R3auP-uqE2hp44k0vbwUzbeaD9mQnQZ7AUfrvlkgkZSISVKw/s1024/2023-12-05%2023.26.54.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYA6YnzGxzWvGlIlpXN_GULTDXLlcRjAVJ9h8i6mgG2-_ZjLKaqsMCHTb1was0kzWW0QgdNJ_HzPqjrJP1K9xxda_1CNzDJL9zqUGVXw1B9HS8VB0mwE1q5JS0e8Jj4J4joOvUsNkoDl2R3auP-uqE2hp44k0vbwUzbeaD9mQnQZ7AUfrvlkgkZSISVKw/w480-h640/2023-12-05%2023.26.54.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now it looks a little bit more crowded<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyaxNRZyV5RdAiYatZs1RUUqoYUxkA7xZFgU87bmRTo0jy-7cloCMtuOm7h8qNlgCrCw_Cr_p_zgztCI14rPSwjlOFrW35Sa8rAb2WjFNkz8d-N6rymt11sJTktseC7muwEED8OlbmEIEveHjGCfk1zRECCtQS25dGJ86Lc4zred5TRQOp-EfP2OIHGlA/s1024/2023-12-05%2023.27.05.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyaxNRZyV5RdAiYatZs1RUUqoYUxkA7xZFgU87bmRTo0jy-7cloCMtuOm7h8qNlgCrCw_Cr_p_zgztCI14rPSwjlOFrW35Sa8rAb2WjFNkz8d-N6rymt11sJTktseC7muwEED8OlbmEIEveHjGCfk1zRECCtQS25dGJ86Lc4zred5TRQOp-EfP2OIHGlA/w480-h640/2023-12-05%2023.27.05.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But not too over the top<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Again, it's all just pieces of broken toys, some wire, green stuff, nothing out of the ordinary. On the next pic you have more of that. A piece from a firemen truck, a lollipop stick and an atenna from an old helicopter I had whan I was a child (from the Marvel Secret Wars ranges, back in the '80s)<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAQG1-htxll49_aVRZ4oefIxggV20iLVQKDlYSJ84mZ5tINV2-iLV-6DEoTsRGAHZbzidrhgmVkxiG-WwYS_mReLsv03a8f04lApRK6xjmTnSBHhUDLWqI9mIOm8NU6HU8RDadx43O09iEOMHF4GP5pLu9ZSyXjpKwdTWwXOuGoo-roZkQStj87ZZYCms/s1024/2023-12-12%2000.48.17.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAQG1-htxll49_aVRZ4oefIxggV20iLVQKDlYSJ84mZ5tINV2-iLV-6DEoTsRGAHZbzidrhgmVkxiG-WwYS_mReLsv03a8f04lApRK6xjmTnSBHhUDLWqI9mIOm8NU6HU8RDadx43O09iEOMHF4GP5pLu9ZSyXjpKwdTWwXOuGoo-roZkQStj87ZZYCms/w480-h640/2023-12-12%2000.48.17.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OK, this is definitely Ghibli no more<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaj_hvlVB6TxfdlmXqYSLMdaMCd1v10gEYXa-5sRP8izBuFD-49jHAwNVkhSiQz00pbr1Y5s97vMktf6h-by5YrfW1ZNBr1Dh7XiYHMbXBXdQx2hqj11Xp5iLHihTnBWFrlwR7_-YJaE4QTDmmkiLZV1YAlqM_hKTNQPNwBNyBMInFyCo4UkperXBLJA4/s1024/2023-12-12%2000.48.31.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaj_hvlVB6TxfdlmXqYSLMdaMCd1v10gEYXa-5sRP8izBuFD-49jHAwNVkhSiQz00pbr1Y5s97vMktf6h-by5YrfW1ZNBr1Dh7XiYHMbXBXdQx2hqj11Xp5iLHihTnBWFrlwR7_-YJaE4QTDmmkiLZV1YAlqM_hKTNQPNwBNyBMInFyCo4UkperXBLJA4/w480-h640/2023-12-12%2000.48.31.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One man's trash can be that very same man's repository of bits<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">An idea I had since the beginning was adding a platform on the prow, from where the crew could shoot harpoons. I had kept this piece from an old router from some time, and I knew it always was meant for this project.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2IHtLAnQg2gk95pW7PLRoidE74WM7BswdULOv1G1Ycox21hnYCMd3UmQIGj7WJwxL5_Sp0-l0_y_jXzwOWdlrmQeN0o-StvI6zwOfskCZcOCu3x1lhist0Jz7LwLUvxVr62G9YoG9_qWJ5NBdhty2kIOKODHXbyHe9zFhRPsElKNKJgria9YjYbfo3A/s1024/2023-12-12%2000.48.33.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2IHtLAnQg2gk95pW7PLRoidE74WM7BswdULOv1G1Ycox21hnYCMd3UmQIGj7WJwxL5_Sp0-l0_y_jXzwOWdlrmQeN0o-StvI6zwOfskCZcOCu3x1lhist0Jz7LwLUvxVr62G9YoG9_qWJ5NBdhty2kIOKODHXbyHe9zFhRPsElKNKJgria9YjYbfo3A/w640-h480/2023-12-12%2000.48.33.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">However, I originally kept it thinking about some Star Wars thingie, look at that design!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJivEkzKkBucEuxlGl-8-vd07hY8KXJ9YMpWePX3pNWhIx8C0Mbm1JW_UAmYQJ-pT_y-vxd89hcV71hlK_Wz8SYVRSWVRGn1rOy4b8cs5Co9bNC9-53VTFvE26lVOsp3RojEXKE2Iwwah6QQX-6pbGLZHVOfcik9w2xYdyi6yvWxO1Squatn0xkkQmZQ/s1024/2023-12-12%2000.48.34.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJivEkzKkBucEuxlGl-8-vd07hY8KXJ9YMpWePX3pNWhIx8C0Mbm1JW_UAmYQJ-pT_y-vxd89hcV71hlK_Wz8SYVRSWVRGn1rOy4b8cs5Co9bNC9-53VTFvE26lVOsp3RojEXKE2Iwwah6QQX-6pbGLZHVOfcik9w2xYdyi6yvWxO1Squatn0xkkQmZQ/w480-h640/2023-12-12%2000.48.34.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It ook a whole night's work to cut and shape this with my poor cutter<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>But I think I was getting to where I really wanted:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Zd-w1rq7iT1WFvuIiIM6JASsuuyHIlIjAi1j4I303Plrti9fe2MA2ujnGCpNxqAyTNJuGBK2447RC7xXs-5hb-DzkIjkhpe50Z7HGU36hC91-latH3UjDZEHqEX6WUqd6KUzCdHJSnYKJatXI-THXiU1qWulbZtzPu0cHip47X-UxBfOXDRI-5wHNqc/s1024/2023-12-12%2001.51.27.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Zd-w1rq7iT1WFvuIiIM6JASsuuyHIlIjAi1j4I303Plrti9fe2MA2ujnGCpNxqAyTNJuGBK2447RC7xXs-5hb-DzkIjkhpe50Z7HGU36hC91-latH3UjDZEHqEX6WUqd6KUzCdHJSnYKJatXI-THXiU1qWulbZtzPu0cHip47X-UxBfOXDRI-5wHNqc/w480-h640/2023-12-12%2001.51.27.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">General view<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaW962KjvHuyEaNJW-l2bYlK1D7xg4l60HpG9pudJh6KreCH2U-VgfO7HUn3ML_sTBBr3Ks99NTk9h2ZDQQhTjlqMct991p6RZS2p6bHW48qa-oFSzDCpc5Uu-hPpzASyOgzv_IJVCyqy9tRK6tM4b5lXoiQXfDQZ9yfZWAArVJrRWAGkV4T_kEQUh2ZM/s1024/2023-12-12%2001.51.35.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaW962KjvHuyEaNJW-l2bYlK1D7xg4l60HpG9pudJh6KreCH2U-VgfO7HUn3ML_sTBBr3Ks99NTk9h2ZDQQhTjlqMct991p6RZS2p6bHW48qa-oFSzDCpc5Uu-hPpzASyOgzv_IJVCyqy9tRK6tM4b5lXoiQXfDQZ9yfZWAArVJrRWAGkV4T_kEQUh2ZM/w640-h480/2023-12-12%2001.51.35.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I hope it will hold on!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I then faced one of my most dreaded problems. How to add a handrail there. Anything I could think of was too fragile and simply wouldn't resist. Then I found this other piece, forgotten for ages too:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0tHk3LTwaUpCNOZten-sAZplhGly1O7PgL9txdZvscoOav5X8LDirCVA2Vny9UFOBOVVHVul-AMOjSfcUoVPv-kebt5ttFRe-rZ9-O7MN8CsRkXW7N40hrzxzrSvFhQPWD1QrO5dXo3W7qxyzqsxmM62LvsPlRYWKR6QOBWJ5kTnKR-k1_9WFgrC2eco/s1024/2023-12-12%2020.55.36.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0tHk3LTwaUpCNOZten-sAZplhGly1O7PgL9txdZvscoOav5X8LDirCVA2Vny9UFOBOVVHVul-AMOjSfcUoVPv-kebt5ttFRe-rZ9-O7MN8CsRkXW7N40hrzxzrSvFhQPWD1QrO5dXo3W7qxyzqsxmM62LvsPlRYWKR6QOBWJ5kTnKR-k1_9WFgrC2eco/w480-h640/2023-12-12%2020.55.36.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Originally kept for some kind of cage/castle portcullis/something<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkxyd9rF4i7hgsfuFhkB5tFa-0c8gfWu6cQR3No700ebzQoaYXz2D7dcyOu5XqG_RSYSYHhQsYDHQ9dsSNgeB5VfSI4x5v1QO5GMfxau1YvE6m9i6uP3HGFi2QaKLXDJIKsxx6eZrVZy6lLnzA2U6OQ691ejoUFKuMC6qpyzxFUGVbq9zQqe4VO2iVpXs/s1024/2023-12-13%2001.22.04.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkxyd9rF4i7hgsfuFhkB5tFa-0c8gfWu6cQR3No700ebzQoaYXz2D7dcyOu5XqG_RSYSYHhQsYDHQ9dsSNgeB5VfSI4x5v1QO5GMfxau1YvE6m9i6uP3HGFi2QaKLXDJIKsxx6eZrVZy6lLnzA2U6OQ691ejoUFKuMC6qpyzxFUGVbq9zQqe4VO2iVpXs/w640-h480/2023-12-13%2001.22.04.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh, but it stands! And it's resistant! Phew!!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">You can also see I added what (if you have some imagination) can serve as a gangway (only for bold people!). You may think I misplaced it. It's natural place would be totally on the port side, close to the stairs down. Why did I place it there? Because I'm placing these at both port and starboard:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3dGgS_CPsYd0kZXOWmEkh4r9MrqEq3w2TK2FvjnXLOPrGlXXtIsfIQpuqsWSmEoi2saHrOJnKhNKiz7_BP-IcW3hwW33mGa-_LIurhoorzJXYNry14c6mdOVm9_3K0z4hheupenznFcW0BzEo9ydm_2625Eqd-x0HXuHrthYGqGbQFaLSLpjx9BWf40c/s1024/2023-12-15%2001.26.26.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3dGgS_CPsYd0kZXOWmEkh4r9MrqEq3w2TK2FvjnXLOPrGlXXtIsfIQpuqsWSmEoi2saHrOJnKhNKiz7_BP-IcW3hwW33mGa-_LIurhoorzJXYNry14c6mdOVm9_3K0z4hheupenznFcW0BzEo9ydm_2625Eqd-x0HXuHrthYGqGbQFaLSLpjx9BWf40c/w480-h640/2023-12-15%2001.26.26.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What do you mean these don't make any bloody sense? Of course they make sense!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilEzeMBUrhiVqeyQSlTecowxgdYlkUDNkdKtw305zQk9AAGeIXRd1lag-Ef0JQxJf733DBUdNMo8AugADfNr3Nb7WffyWbCOb3HUtXc4hi6sbfoq-msyM8lkGOOEEkkZ27YodZxrt_ZYaMXhzWV0z8XpVQgYMOlhevmeTCJ1px5eXLoUcIT1qdbHwEq34/s1024/2023-12-15%2001.58.12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilEzeMBUrhiVqeyQSlTecowxgdYlkUDNkdKtw305zQk9AAGeIXRd1lag-Ef0JQxJf733DBUdNMo8AugADfNr3Nb7WffyWbCOb3HUtXc4hi6sbfoq-msyM8lkGOOEEkkZ27YodZxrt_ZYaMXhzWV0z8XpVQgYMOlhevmeTCJ1px5eXLoUcIT1qdbHwEq34/w480-h640/2023-12-15%2001.58.12.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A ship needs sails!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbi73vM5YPJSXRqi53kLBBSlGrBMvZkAdDvaDLYALDSxqSsTvPLll7vLFEYNEX6oYoJRYyYktCQVdm0kjnBsBh4DwJdDNSu2xaJaGXbvEuuu4Lz5Q6C6tx17lOFquGMpQIKC3suqLgBuJH58R6CaeDZLvtEdsMqj1QeuC5iSg6qF1dd4TvKUHT70_E7ms/s1024/2023-12-15%2017.38.25.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbi73vM5YPJSXRqi53kLBBSlGrBMvZkAdDvaDLYALDSxqSsTvPLll7vLFEYNEX6oYoJRYyYktCQVdm0kjnBsBh4DwJdDNSu2xaJaGXbvEuuu4Lz5Q6C6tx17lOFquGMpQIKC3suqLgBuJH58R6CaeDZLvtEdsMqj1QeuC5iSg6qF1dd4TvKUHT70_E7ms/w480-h640/2023-12-15%2017.38.25.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of course they are functional! As much as the rest of the boat!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">At first I was a little bit hesitant, I feared they added too much volume to the general shape of the boat, but in the end I feel thay have some kind of steampunk quality that makes them feel in place.<br /></div></div><div><p>Then I built the harpoon thrower:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH-iZBzJDJ3_XJt5lY0i9OmoasbHyw-kOuhyphenhyphennuojYmtwPNQKbe1Y48XLsfOr_rz71JfNkp2vfydoZ15komJdCa0GLpLQPn7caNWJ3xObj2t8gC8GGWbzh8hyk0oKYy_4QvUTuD1Wyz-FyMsbQria58v7OgmsMrjItVjmiOAWKKnbrIIAFeUM-GfTD3S4o/s1024/2023-12-15%2020.37.09.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH-iZBzJDJ3_XJt5lY0i9OmoasbHyw-kOuhyphenhyphennuojYmtwPNQKbe1Y48XLsfOr_rz71JfNkp2vfydoZ15komJdCa0GLpLQPn7caNWJ3xObj2t8gC8GGWbzh8hyk0oKYy_4QvUTuD1Wyz-FyMsbQria58v7OgmsMrjItVjmiOAWKKnbrIIAFeUM-GfTD3S4o/w480-h640/2023-12-15%2020.37.09.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No, most definitely not Harpoon missiles<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> The light below comes from another toy of old, a Playmobil ship of my youth. In my mind it rotates with the harpoon thrower, so it can bring light to wherever the gunner is pointing (Yes, in fact I even though of doing it functional and rotable, but the project was just out of hand as it was!).<br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV994jztWTpLISFbNXbQcOFo_txRmyD35swq5hSBzLlyMIAmzcCUe-GS5b2-8kdo4hI_ks9NAppF4yFV9b8qMTxAFcB9aIy09U0SO2maAIxIiy06Ac2kNagi8SivjQcXBTW-YbdMt_qoGcMJnIbp3rB8F1PN6zhcwxZNWos6XIYQEYEegx5xcgI0SNCXY/s1024/2023-12-15%2020.59.50.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV994jztWTpLISFbNXbQcOFo_txRmyD35swq5hSBzLlyMIAmzcCUe-GS5b2-8kdo4hI_ks9NAppF4yFV9b8qMTxAFcB9aIy09U0SO2maAIxIiy06Ac2kNagi8SivjQcXBTW-YbdMt_qoGcMJnIbp3rB8F1PN6zhcwxZNWos6XIYQEYEegx5xcgI0SNCXY/w480-h640/2023-12-15%2020.59.50.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You 'll have to use your imagination, sorry<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I think this covers all the basics. I could call it done (at least the scratch building!):<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjem7HMZsh-WyZJAwo3ejIzTj88AjjyKSRMkOeCDC4xJERGZspHqainG_F1iomfFcWMgEMJ12G2GZCh-ZddPy3d91WWaZ8BbZPsBwK-UPo2ufQrdiMJVf_Gnn3GX6Uqf7KH7ggqZVA0XbtlfH5w9F0hKe2dAp35hBRVHqpQa4cPI5ejScmVGmMeGboMkIo/s1024/2023-12-15%2023.32.34.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjem7HMZsh-WyZJAwo3ejIzTj88AjjyKSRMkOeCDC4xJERGZspHqainG_F1iomfFcWMgEMJ12G2GZCh-ZddPy3d91WWaZ8BbZPsBwK-UPo2ufQrdiMJVf_Gnn3GX6Uqf7KH7ggqZVA0XbtlfH5w9F0hKe2dAp35hBRVHqpQa4cPI5ejScmVGmMeGboMkIo/w480-h640/2023-12-15%2023.32.34.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcgcJNgoD_2QnvaJWtjn3JeZCUWllmxE6lgO-FiW1DBrKrwrPP4luVvRTQ14s56tZkvR-36yrUPSXeH-nM8197NA1ioo0uPkcW3lIi3DZqtJXwz6HhpquqoiKXIMFGQksuq1OSyeepnRprq21S74kkoM97TcXhSll7ohMrWroJzynlk6d91ZYb0Xom1Bo/s1024/2023-12-15%2023.32.38.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcgcJNgoD_2QnvaJWtjn3JeZCUWllmxE6lgO-FiW1DBrKrwrPP4luVvRTQ14s56tZkvR-36yrUPSXeH-nM8197NA1ioo0uPkcW3lIi3DZqtJXwz6HhpquqoiKXIMFGQksuq1OSyeepnRprq21S74kkoM97TcXhSll7ohMrWroJzynlk6d91ZYb0Xom1Bo/w480-h640/2023-12-15%2023.32.38.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-aDcFIsBaJwWNbHtGaYJVB1ZGIjKZQUhGE-hi8CGjYyZ_Bc7d1RofsrzR-fe_AYYLa9lIzX_qX6NjDl7QBqFIjLh7ATAPNRW3mrbKaWmp8vSz2Xa4UmKSmp3gO0PaNeyeeNzzEpfFpJBz47iSzTQ1l9NiWocJnL5t4RI-5MbI117erfOcEocfb2M_wE/s1024/2023-12-15%2023.32.44.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-aDcFIsBaJwWNbHtGaYJVB1ZGIjKZQUhGE-hi8CGjYyZ_Bc7d1RofsrzR-fe_AYYLa9lIzX_qX6NjDl7QBqFIjLh7ATAPNRW3mrbKaWmp8vSz2Xa4UmKSmp3gO0PaNeyeeNzzEpfFpJBz47iSzTQ1l9NiWocJnL5t4RI-5MbI117erfOcEocfb2M_wE/w480-h640/2023-12-15%2023.32.44.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHb-hy7mCq_Iru7uPYizTs6m1tsaj0y3egjTc50UW7IDzLmVOMmsEITCa15V0kvHDjC2dp94R1azRiv8K1PSa3CgQAz4uTIGl7P6Q1rYTeXaTlql_v0nmAadeKBq8IHmEhHfFRw3GJ70M_dLNFtU6rA40rL4nzwew8HcjqT3HT81WEnaYdYZ6rGemkVoI/s1024/2023-12-15%2023.32.52.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHb-hy7mCq_Iru7uPYizTs6m1tsaj0y3egjTc50UW7IDzLmVOMmsEITCa15V0kvHDjC2dp94R1azRiv8K1PSa3CgQAz4uTIGl7P6Q1rYTeXaTlql_v0nmAadeKBq8IHmEhHfFRw3GJ70M_dLNFtU6rA40rL4nzwew8HcjqT3HT81WEnaYdYZ6rGemkVoI/w480-h640/2023-12-15%2023.32.52.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>There are some more details to add, but I need to paint it before. So... spray primers!<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3lmAvKzAtIxJ4FvSxzUZwkzSbDQILYcaU4rs8WIz6QQMK4HMKK2DqaVldH8Lp8sIi_mZic1EGU2NbXwyoSDU3CppAsQjUM5SPTsMzYqvjl64U_z5RYoCZzG3NHqPIbxhPUDfa4aQl9sSFMuIdLVcW1tS2snvbzBylEU060Tzus-dMX2W_etRy3cC2ns/s1024/2023-12-16%2001.56.32.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3lmAvKzAtIxJ4FvSxzUZwkzSbDQILYcaU4rs8WIz6QQMK4HMKK2DqaVldH8Lp8sIi_mZic1EGU2NbXwyoSDU3CppAsQjUM5SPTsMzYqvjl64U_z5RYoCZzG3NHqPIbxhPUDfa4aQl9sSFMuIdLVcW1tS2snvbzBylEU060Tzus-dMX2W_etRy3cC2ns/w480-h640/2023-12-16%2001.56.32.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First time I ever use three different primers on a model<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEjUgOorKW_VTTqOq2l9enJLOSYmCaIS5L37B6P0Sxv_mUW25l3sx0x6CYN79IJW2XwZoY5UHGw6u-cbrNL8QaejMe-lQl8Kt3Rlyu7nM45xw0eWHh9JwjPGDtLsIdCvNCnS2xnnG_lvs4hXnoRIadvHWI0qCTDhvaFfT1xFxcqho5GXeUDulYbit8lug/s1024/2023-12-17%2001.06.01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEjUgOorKW_VTTqOq2l9enJLOSYmCaIS5L37B6P0Sxv_mUW25l3sx0x6CYN79IJW2XwZoY5UHGw6u-cbrNL8QaejMe-lQl8Kt3Rlyu7nM45xw0eWHh9JwjPGDtLsIdCvNCnS2xnnG_lvs4hXnoRIadvHWI0qCTDhvaFfT1xFxcqho5GXeUDulYbit8lug/w480-h640/2023-12-17%2001.06.01.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Upper deck remains white. Well, dirty, of course, but "white" in a broad sense<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">For the hull I had some choices. My first idea was going into some deep turquoise or dark green. However, I was convinced towards red or warm tones. I did so and I'm happy I did it!<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVwq7tSSkDyBRQVoxyXrv8eQvAO2BvpYJGiXR_PWFTi45ipGGC97ZN2No_OBKh1ZrHNnS4kbrokSOATxMX4lW_27i_SqtwM2I3WTsrlJ6zym4W_FKSyEJmCemkjrhdFYnm7ZVnLTFs3Xc4k9zM02ov4TCzdoFEJd17fIDzFI4QMwddf4QRFNJA5uFHoXE/s1024/2023-12-18%2001.53.04.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVwq7tSSkDyBRQVoxyXrv8eQvAO2BvpYJGiXR_PWFTi45ipGGC97ZN2No_OBKh1ZrHNnS4kbrokSOATxMX4lW_27i_SqtwM2I3WTsrlJ6zym4W_FKSyEJmCemkjrhdFYnm7ZVnLTFs3Xc4k9zM02ov4TCzdoFEJd17fIDzFI4QMwddf4QRFNJA5uFHoXE/w640-h480/2023-12-18%2001.53.04.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The colour is debilerately brownish/reddish... dirty<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhom_-iY_7O7aC6dxjphDutGpVAlmUpne_zb8aqTA05W8jL_YSfr6xCClQly-Y43xb3V3-e8AZtnUMhX-w3lGFP0lOpMjiPqEEmqF6j_SJ5y-x_0TPvkBZMH8uht5q46oSysJG8y0rVPPpqdUZEJFPHIQs6m1Oifm2riBG68SFJ-mLAYkF0wMUL9gV3JM4/s1024/2023-12-20%2000.39.16.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhom_-iY_7O7aC6dxjphDutGpVAlmUpne_zb8aqTA05W8jL_YSfr6xCClQly-Y43xb3V3-e8AZtnUMhX-w3lGFP0lOpMjiPqEEmqF6j_SJ5y-x_0TPvkBZMH8uht5q46oSysJG8y0rVPPpqdUZEJFPHIQs6m1Oifm2riBG68SFJ-mLAYkF0wMUL9gV3JM4/w480-h640/2023-12-20%2000.39.16.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The yellow stripe broke monotony<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDvW4bRABAbKtS04XrnOKU-x8tz4gup3_Twmmah9L2S82VUsmZi_Ep6jlilI4GlB9PzvX1Ghzbeo4-wCVmYbbsvPpK77BozycpV7Mj_zAupBXIPr7slcVVX9NHFmso_X53V039R1xam6RVpTKJUWi1jpmZYvl2PHOiSAxlp1jW3ED7prjcy-oHjbn0aOA/s1024/2023-12-20%2018.48.54.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDvW4bRABAbKtS04XrnOKU-x8tz4gup3_Twmmah9L2S82VUsmZi_Ep6jlilI4GlB9PzvX1Ghzbeo4-wCVmYbbsvPpK77BozycpV7Mj_zAupBXIPr7slcVVX9NHFmso_X53V039R1xam6RVpTKJUWi1jpmZYvl2PHOiSAxlp1jW3ED7prjcy-oHjbn0aOA/w480-h640/2023-12-20%2018.48.54.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow and brown here and there<br /></td></tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">I though of adding some design on the sails, but I'm happy I didn't. This is not a sports ship, it's an explorer/fishing boat. No budget to make it nice and comfy.<br /></div><div> </div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8nQsRpS4rmRiItX08T97JfM9hc-0bA1dUvbMVHX-X2bjDGCeCLimeDjQuWGWMGr44nphDaFyZ7r6e2yQz8mjciQolze_U2_xjZKSYiJA1GAlanyT7Xl7eMHSHOeVGdeV0mqEP-Jo3ULGZGiICUCKymgYQZhpMKSfCsAk3IXVHlhoSqJ7riJyy2tSb4o8/s1024/2023-12-21%2011.49.50.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8nQsRpS4rmRiItX08T97JfM9hc-0bA1dUvbMVHX-X2bjDGCeCLimeDjQuWGWMGr44nphDaFyZ7r6e2yQz8mjciQolze_U2_xjZKSYiJA1GAlanyT7Xl7eMHSHOeVGdeV0mqEP-Jo3ULGZGiICUCKymgYQZhpMKSfCsAk3IXVHlhoSqJ7riJyy2tSb4o8/w480-h640/2023-12-21%2011.49.50.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plain sails. I could have added more texture though<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmLMf-BlXJD9twW0s4QMyjaZhJARkQlUKRJGStTDNy55rrAO0gCXXVHudF09kWWUDjQzyabT0MXzlqeGMMVFaY25BZIp4sIp6vcmP287qvzRdabViEFxxVdpQB9J3fD9cPoIlxQxKdre-IQZMMsfnLrYeTMAlZzPcJmhyphenhyphenXL1V55askpdhKiyrtSlVLA40/s1024/2023-12-22%2000.25.55.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmLMf-BlXJD9twW0s4QMyjaZhJARkQlUKRJGStTDNy55rrAO0gCXXVHudF09kWWUDjQzyabT0MXzlqeGMMVFaY25BZIp4sIp6vcmP287qvzRdabViEFxxVdpQB9J3fD9cPoIlxQxKdre-IQZMMsfnLrYeTMAlZzPcJmhyphenhyphenXL1V55askpdhKiyrtSlVLA40/w480-h640/2023-12-22%2000.25.55.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some decals and painted details and she looks better!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Oh, I called her the <i>Laika </i>because she's small, stinky and she's a pioneer of exploration. Really didn't want any cheesy Warhammerish name.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ0Cs9BEYDLkIRdo5QT3ouZ-P-VV0Fc0TikW8FT789jNwt-ve6q6w5k_PwKjBvfGia89ZMEMqE5lGhhkSDJzz4IRdki-Odii9C58hcVlO3piPgdyzYfRFAQiK0-HG8083QtNhtOq4Vk4V4I_dA9lc_-rxkOVUKDekPZNZB-NvB8ZRe9mhrU8H_Aru9mes/s1024/2023-12-22%2000.26.31.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ0Cs9BEYDLkIRdo5QT3ouZ-P-VV0Fc0TikW8FT789jNwt-ve6q6w5k_PwKjBvfGia89ZMEMqE5lGhhkSDJzz4IRdki-Odii9C58hcVlO3piPgdyzYfRFAQiK0-HG8083QtNhtOq4Vk4V4I_dA9lc_-rxkOVUKDekPZNZB-NvB8ZRe9mhrU8H_Aru9mes/w640-h480/2023-12-22%2000.26.31.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anyway, she looks too clean for a backwater world desert explorer<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgofm2mrwkmEuDhOEQdtCeeMMOiRl-jF7OEon-vynRvQCKfNLHRI2hyEA74TuiVCriNCi5qwfIJMos9AjbDywkESGrqYKUT_2K5t4yhzNMTkKyTAz1pzKxZhMfrIDxPVwIoyaydv5KPPrSVpa-Yk3iVeN8uep5-351AV6ITMzlObET0kYqbQz1TqY6Kn4/s1024/2023-12-22%2001.35.57.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgofm2mrwkmEuDhOEQdtCeeMMOiRl-jF7OEon-vynRvQCKfNLHRI2hyEA74TuiVCriNCi5qwfIJMos9AjbDywkESGrqYKUT_2K5t4yhzNMTkKyTAz1pzKxZhMfrIDxPVwIoyaydv5KPPrSVpa-Yk3iVeN8uep5-351AV6ITMzlObET0kYqbQz1TqY6Kn4/w480-h640/2023-12-22%2001.35.57.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ahhhh, much better<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw4MWUowrlKeIH2Igm1pnmOIdXm2YK6QtJrdeyZRxRAubxg1kCadfAofKVrPjJHWTHeFZFJ47Gu1XgfES61ULcdwdrfI5__oBN-UV7Z6SXJ2LSwW7d6JgLF3MpAOhRxonxf4gDKUV4SrNjhuK4s6wiKhyphenhyphenIOfSIR_QQfOdGJllCK7DfZZHPV1VzfYRUjvc/s1024/2023-12-22%2001.36.17.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw4MWUowrlKeIH2Igm1pnmOIdXm2YK6QtJrdeyZRxRAubxg1kCadfAofKVrPjJHWTHeFZFJ47Gu1XgfES61ULcdwdrfI5__oBN-UV7Z6SXJ2LSwW7d6JgLF3MpAOhRxonxf4gDKUV4SrNjhuK4s6wiKhyphenhyphenIOfSIR_QQfOdGJllCK7DfZZHPV1VzfYRUjvc/w480-h640/2023-12-22%2001.36.17.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now you can tell this beauty has seen some action<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Once I had it all painted I added the final details, such as the harpoons on the handrail, the rope...<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlqh4bmTCBT-t5AZ8zcbYILcm3o1FNGghyphenhyphen1K_cR6n7dy87HWcy-pMnsk9DnDCChWQ-ae00xvVij6-DlY-rUD8jydjnfrsiYb3_VM3y8P10QRnEqV4vTnNHJE4A6aSlKTDVKQ7CqrqXhBMtDpw99pcDNHMfCoxxHRrkdECRAmn6lKx_rkUC6iUG5saEBH4/s4032/2023-12-22%2015.15.30.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlqh4bmTCBT-t5AZ8zcbYILcm3o1FNGghyphenhyphen1K_cR6n7dy87HWcy-pMnsk9DnDCChWQ-ae00xvVij6-DlY-rUD8jydjnfrsiYb3_VM3y8P10QRnEqV4vTnNHJE4A6aSlKTDVKQ7CqrqXhBMtDpw99pcDNHMfCoxxHRrkdECRAmn6lKx_rkUC6iUG5saEBH4/w640-h480/2023-12-22%2015.15.30.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was kind of tricky to get all that rope look like it falls natural!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The purity seal below comes from a Titan, I believe. I thought it was a fun thing to add, even if it looks totally out of place. It brings the ship together with the Rogue Trader/WH40K universe. After all, every engine and vehicle has to be blessed and supervised by the Mechanicus,<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoPiINa4f1yycaaYNS8YL5U-OrlavMpDhmYMbtELph_019UOAKN-acGQInve6KcwohYoulLpESWBUh09j3HD0qFyzsx_Amb290mw9hPcYvA9QkUcnln1yNScWZnOFyR7hkeKhl6saegdxXt3MLyie1gqTNtlkJ4JvFtpmKMMG9mnuXtpaoqlRe_HM_kPs/s1024/2023-12-22%2015.16.00.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoPiINa4f1yycaaYNS8YL5U-OrlavMpDhmYMbtELph_019UOAKN-acGQInve6KcwohYoulLpESWBUh09j3HD0qFyzsx_Amb290mw9hPcYvA9QkUcnln1yNScWZnOFyR7hkeKhl6saegdxXt3MLyie1gqTNtlkJ4JvFtpmKMMG9mnuXtpaoqlRe_HM_kPs/w480-h640/2023-12-22%2015.16.00.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I guess it states that the ship has the ISO 40,001</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHv60iXeyWVK4WT9cH-ug6GbSgrA4FoHRVvudi9d8He-b6FB3IHxSGalQffjOPNT2lXLTE51ybkYVhXuoAPo4rhjEqQGP_QVxiNNKgKDU0x4H_A_GmGkcAzrKqwqVTAGfgqSjNwVU2pM6Y1arf_U4n3WZXwQhaV-aBBnZhIqEoDkHCOgOuBdJbm7Pa4Nw/s1024/2023-12-22%2015.16.09.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHv60iXeyWVK4WT9cH-ug6GbSgrA4FoHRVvudi9d8He-b6FB3IHxSGalQffjOPNT2lXLTE51ybkYVhXuoAPo4rhjEqQGP_QVxiNNKgKDU0x4H_A_GmGkcAzrKqwqVTAGfgqSjNwVU2pM6Y1arf_U4n3WZXwQhaV-aBBnZhIqEoDkHCOgOuBdJbm7Pa4Nw/w480-h640/2023-12-22%2015.16.09.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These may be the cleanest items on board<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Then with this litte addition you are about to see, I declare the <i>Laika</i> finished:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVjdWmcC-m7HQs6Yx7N0IUWYW2L1wpe4FKbxyapvNs-BmrbGcgmGe6INjipch_KUO1efAQNFsYcb7ELx3CWJmCRq1vgrxkOrNyq8aW3IzybgI5wLy7xVGu961lb9NaB6M02LDlvwsFLlVuwIcWyt2ksRoq5IE5VwElLuydO_tp4daIKUBL3WHAKeMhG0I/s4032/2023-12-22%2016.06.45.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVjdWmcC-m7HQs6Yx7N0IUWYW2L1wpe4FKbxyapvNs-BmrbGcgmGe6INjipch_KUO1efAQNFsYcb7ELx3CWJmCRq1vgrxkOrNyq8aW3IzybgI5wLy7xVGu961lb9NaB6M02LDlvwsFLlVuwIcWyt2ksRoq5IE5VwElLuydO_tp4daIKUBL3WHAKeMhG0I/w480-h640/2023-12-22%2016.06.45.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of course there are flags! What were those threads for if not for flags?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">This was another idea I had in mind from the beginning. When it came to actually drawing them (this very afternoon), then I thought that I could of course make them up. But it took the same effort to make things right, so I consulted the actual International Code of Signals. So below you can read something in the mood of : "<i>I'm a fishing boat engaged on trawling, keep clear of me. You are running into danger. I am carrying dangerous materials. Keep clear of me; I am <span class="headword hdb tw-bw dhw dpos-h_hw"><span class="hw dhw">manoeuvring </span></span>with difficulty</i>".</div><div> </div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jYcLkpEDCp-CZpQmQCp6f6jdi_l1QOsBHWzjVev7XQiqjPNDmfO5G3AqO2eV4dUuoa35Zgr-LxzINrw036ZY5umVe6V7VI9aY3jwGZG5J4MQuj2EVY5Q_v-KhUr0d2_0RvwzSC686rqk1rLzA-86pk8FlQ8FBFgcSDkoKO56oGRBYtbFo-YVXNyGdS8/s1024/2023-12-22%2016.06.52.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jYcLkpEDCp-CZpQmQCp6f6jdi_l1QOsBHWzjVev7XQiqjPNDmfO5G3AqO2eV4dUuoa35Zgr-LxzINrw036ZY5umVe6V7VI9aY3jwGZG5J4MQuj2EVY5Q_v-KhUr0d2_0RvwzSC686rqk1rLzA-86pk8FlQ8FBFgcSDkoKO56oGRBYtbFo-YVXNyGdS8/w640-h480/2023-12-22%2016.06.52.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fun with flags<br /></td></tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">I haven't provided a crew of her own, but for the pics these minis will do. They are from Astropolis or from my old sci-fi civilians project: <br /></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUU2m8g-9hpCx3uJoEMrSpEoV4Skl53uGMwSNVEXzLZnl8M2D9phhO0imB3zxfCmASbloign3IRH7i7hs10pVjI1UD1Dl5X-eoTdCdGM4H4NXReqBG-8nWCAY4Orsn3Wbucf2brfLN_uP7sbnOSscHuWI-nE8iCcufaYRLAZ5CTHoxgZ22eY_OFaaL87I/s1024/2023-12-22%2016.08.14.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUU2m8g-9hpCx3uJoEMrSpEoV4Skl53uGMwSNVEXzLZnl8M2D9phhO0imB3zxfCmASbloign3IRH7i7hs10pVjI1UD1Dl5X-eoTdCdGM4H4NXReqBG-8nWCAY4Orsn3Wbucf2brfLN_uP7sbnOSscHuWI-nE8iCcufaYRLAZ5CTHoxgZ22eY_OFaaL87I/w640-h480/2023-12-22%2016.08.14.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ahoy!</td></tr></tbody></table><p>This is it! Here you have different angles on the whole airship:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir-k4Z5Yisti7ZbWa7KRdCZZJuED5MRzOF3lMQ4ncPigBRyvFLoidoJpjHYglx7z0melaltt5I4ywpaBEyyQ0rDj4DEV2bTybK2ppKpDgrwfu36h8774x5ZJ87a580ixeut2W_BmtbRw2R_jd-BE0DcEAiVDTdUL6r6WQ0AIAdcYv_v4frYzfNohmjh-E/s4032/2023-12-22%2016.08.27.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir-k4Z5Yisti7ZbWa7KRdCZZJuED5MRzOF3lMQ4ncPigBRyvFLoidoJpjHYglx7z0melaltt5I4ywpaBEyyQ0rDj4DEV2bTybK2ppKpDgrwfu36h8774x5ZJ87a580ixeut2W_BmtbRw2R_jd-BE0DcEAiVDTdUL6r6WQ0AIAdcYv_v4frYzfNohmjh-E/w480-h640/2023-12-22%2016.08.27.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYEYeK0IKbH5_UOl0UIsRCCyYPkdqA2oPLsf_eodlaCHa1Yhhj_rCCTCQz2PJcKFGBvJnNP671MzwahGfT0Oj6qUnUFf3cpSX-d5Pm93txENX73bHzHYpchPiABZ6VWiHfv3JVrqzSawvxA5QtsWvCypXwQ1ktedeJ14-9QlV7XYcoTsiOM6lOYyXr65s/s4032/2023-12-22%2016.08.38.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYEYeK0IKbH5_UOl0UIsRCCyYPkdqA2oPLsf_eodlaCHa1Yhhj_rCCTCQz2PJcKFGBvJnNP671MzwahGfT0Oj6qUnUFf3cpSX-d5Pm93txENX73bHzHYpchPiABZ6VWiHfv3JVrqzSawvxA5QtsWvCypXwQ1ktedeJ14-9QlV7XYcoTsiOM6lOYyXr65s/w480-h640/2023-12-22%2016.08.38.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeQ2B2rHHx7LhPn0VPQPq_Ou__qJ_T6qfY_-SgYuYdwGOopvHjA04vlCpjnTL-U_TY96U6TV4jbe9nSNzRsJckwZIW6S1RH60ekOr2cruZE-8d6auovgQ6mbGTqpSbdn6CDeu60r7W9o88VMQWV-fZX4kBdzFE5ctw0pjqxb_YR5QoJtPNep6cICRWYds/s4032/2023-12-22%2016.08.51.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeQ2B2rHHx7LhPn0VPQPq_Ou__qJ_T6qfY_-SgYuYdwGOopvHjA04vlCpjnTL-U_TY96U6TV4jbe9nSNzRsJckwZIW6S1RH60ekOr2cruZE-8d6auovgQ6mbGTqpSbdn6CDeu60r7W9o88VMQWV-fZX4kBdzFE5ctw0pjqxb_YR5QoJtPNep6cICRWYds/w480-h640/2023-12-22%2016.08.51.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYJtwy7XeS88-3G5AFbCXeQcVd20rGmwgN5judFmd1ZD0nBbt0HvVYuaWoninH-nJecfD52gasn-Xf6lsxqlNZEfF-edK6MwD5dfDgxXryP8mTd2DHAV2KxQ2GJDyMnO9_mvveizbY99jR8crRJCVlZP9UTjVlGTwgwug42DMnQsOzHxU-o2BnQGESBQM/s4032/2023-12-22%2016.08.59.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYJtwy7XeS88-3G5AFbCXeQcVd20rGmwgN5judFmd1ZD0nBbt0HvVYuaWoninH-nJecfD52gasn-Xf6lsxqlNZEfF-edK6MwD5dfDgxXryP8mTd2DHAV2KxQ2GJDyMnO9_mvveizbY99jR8crRJCVlZP9UTjVlGTwgwug42DMnQsOzHxU-o2BnQGESBQM/w480-h640/2023-12-22%2016.08.59.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>A group shot among her peers:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWEyTJBf5XGRfihNrEOfjWkhv7a8vZmUNyHIAUUvFqH_46XJa7Pw3faJbUy1hV_cdW-ea3J4O60MMgLTGpEJwsfGQbRK2rP1rOWSURtMWWlgCUGFWlW4Wjf2xWyIwKXsfBQbTAKL2sZW7mImBHpzRUkn7bdA28armPUWK4_jUkwf6MfKwz21rXxCBU06o/s1024/2023-12-22%2016.10.49.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWEyTJBf5XGRfihNrEOfjWkhv7a8vZmUNyHIAUUvFqH_46XJa7Pw3faJbUy1hV_cdW-ea3J4O60MMgLTGpEJwsfGQbRK2rP1rOWSURtMWWlgCUGFWlW4Wjf2xWyIwKXsfBQbTAKL2sZW7mImBHpzRUkn7bdA28armPUWK4_jUkwf6MfKwz21rXxCBU06o/w640-h480/2023-12-22%2016.10.49.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Someone who didn't know me could think I'm planning to build some kind of spaceport or something<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Exploring the desert and the wastes can be hard and risky. The small vessels who dare to enter the solitude of sand try to catch some of the elusive fishing banks that fly from here to there, or sometimes they try to pursue and capture some moist from a storm. Harsh people, the airsailors. Always errand, always searching what they cannot apprehend. From time to time an airship wanders too far and ends up exploring mysterious places and discovering things that should have better left alone...</i><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyAiGZNDKRMdpV9C8T0r0uBou1UQDInFq6mAZULNq_IykwB-aIx8vFl-rfBmRTwT-jitDmrB6lddREvv56-lCpr4CAnY79Bg4WxjXzQOzlYrG1D4mo6Ol48nwjxF_LUe5hUIUsxYv5X3aqpxDs_3Qd0m8RO1nJuMWV0DfWYMS_vW9UoNhNRGAIVWyvZVk/s3680/2023-12-22%2016.20.10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2825" data-original-width="3680" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyAiGZNDKRMdpV9C8T0r0uBou1UQDInFq6mAZULNq_IykwB-aIx8vFl-rfBmRTwT-jitDmrB6lddREvv56-lCpr4CAnY79Bg4WxjXzQOzlYrG1D4mo6Ol48nwjxF_LUe5hUIUsxYv5X3aqpxDs_3Qd0m8RO1nJuMWV0DfWYMS_vW9UoNhNRGAIVWyvZVk/w640-h492/2023-12-22%2016.20.10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Dammit, Bob, speed it up! Told ya we shouldn't come here!!!</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p></div><div><p>(Excuse my three minutes of photoshop, but I couldn't avoid it!!)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This is it for today and, given the date, I guess I won't be able to update the blog during the rest of the year! So please let me wish you merry Christmas (or <i>Io Satvrnalia</i> if you are feeling more classic today) and my best wishes for 2024!! See you all on next rotation!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">All the best! Cheers!<br /></p></div>Suberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005091019027411799noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987721317661044121.post-83034681970033292262023-12-09T18:38:00.000+01:002023-12-09T18:38:00.146+01:00Athenian trireme (Pt. 3, part of the crew)<p style="text-align: justify;"> Back to this long neglected project!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Last time I left the hull itself kind of finished, awaiting to fix the oars. But before I do that, I think I needed to work on the crew.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">If we speak of ancient naval warfare I believe we'll all think of Ben-Hur and the <i>ramming speed</i> scene. It is quite certain that the tactics of the era (and think of kind of five centuries earlier than the events in that movie, with very little or inexistent artillery on board) consisted essentially in ramming into each other, or breaking the oars and then boarding the enemy vessel. Triremes were designed to be light ships, agile and quick. Imagine floating spears trying to hit each other. So the embarked force was pretty scarce. The sources speak of about ten armoured men and just kind of four archers, and that was all.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Before them, I first worked on the Trierach himself. I'm using the Warlord "Classical Greek Phalanx", as it depicts in quite a reasonably way the wargear of the time (I could have also used the "Ancient Greek Hoplites" box, as they share the infantry sprue, but I got the other box first). I begun to fiddle with one of the minis this way...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-qAGjPE2F0BmaCdF4GchNOVne3wFEVJiv1qJijlryzekTWVzpewRNDDH5zpKxgYfFYELQ_iPEiNYZLPDj-F6ebrV36QOshxOcAB9cGCtSilovodZvs_SYb9ZNtvjm9gJIQb5UZLkmdA8BDyomUb7armnJrln9Bb-9tTZTNmy-JL_xWvRb24CScCRk3FA/s1024/065.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-qAGjPE2F0BmaCdF4GchNOVne3wFEVJiv1qJijlryzekTWVzpewRNDDH5zpKxgYfFYELQ_iPEiNYZLPDj-F6ebrV36QOshxOcAB9cGCtSilovodZvs_SYb9ZNtvjm9gJIQb5UZLkmdA8BDyomUb7armnJrln9Bb-9tTZTNmy-JL_xWvRb24CScCRk3FA/w640-h480/065.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just a composition of shapes<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I also begun to work on the helmsman, the <i>Kybernetes</i> (<i>quick question: how old were you when you learned that the word 'cybernetics' comes directly from 'kybernetes'? As for myself, I only knew this as I got involved on this trireme project, and it blew my mind</i>).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The mini is supposed to fit in the hollow space between the spade rudders:<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZkXaJwH1zp8n_vrQBRe_FM2rAMjF9-rL46tC2c5V7C9abUQnQ8C3j-FV8LkO6bgJdE-vhIJO6_pfCmPOP9Y7IvnjCPPemHXLq3VPjwf9WFdKVJ0MJufPmbVMVBa24o18iaxssO-dUF1SsRxMk2lYEc3-ejMiRZ3-IHiq4czM1ptFdhKhoyKgmw3UWGo/s1024/066.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZkXaJwH1zp8n_vrQBRe_FM2rAMjF9-rL46tC2c5V7C9abUQnQ8C3j-FV8LkO6bgJdE-vhIJO6_pfCmPOP9Y7IvnjCPPemHXLq3VPjwf9WFdKVJ0MJufPmbVMVBa24o18iaxssO-dUF1SsRxMk2lYEc3-ejMiRZ3-IHiq4czM1ptFdhKhoyKgmw3UWGo/w640-h480/066.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Likely the most experienced sailor on board, so I chose that head<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizCeDdjk2kk3pSQWCMx9eOnt36SNmbnn4B3AbyYjuA1U-QqVSdxkdQdRCzO8De1ndDX8RNrXvEU3_4LTVrmTSvRKrIjisL_MyVWsSULr7LwWu7VAJk8wMWB5lpMgZYtCc7V6Hj8QNjFRZPeHjMlS0Mo5OmPnBmY-6raNkxaYqKCMTFQpKZv79RsQ-_IYg/s1024/067.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizCeDdjk2kk3pSQWCMx9eOnt36SNmbnn4B3AbyYjuA1U-QqVSdxkdQdRCzO8De1ndDX8RNrXvEU3_4LTVrmTSvRKrIjisL_MyVWsSULr7LwWu7VAJk8wMWB5lpMgZYtCc7V6Hj8QNjFRZPeHjMlS0Mo5OmPnBmY-6raNkxaYqKCMTFQpKZv79RsQ-_IYg/w640-h480/067.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The boss is behind, though<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I have found nothing on the role of the Trierach in boarding actions. Given that he should keep on coordinating the whole ship, I'm not sure of to what extent he usually got involved in such ations, instead of remaining in his seat, ensuring that the other members of the crew still were doing what they were supposed to. On the other hand, a boarding action is quite an occasion to lead and earn glory, so there's still some base (even a solid base if you please) to believe that Trierachs got their hands dirty.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Whatever the case, my pal Rinahe, o Builder of Ships, who is also developing his own ruleset to play with these triremes, especifically told me that the Trierach was meant to fight in boarding actions, so I needed a miniature for him. That's why I chose the same torso and a similar head:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0XCwrP6vO-4qzDLTnEmgC1hPfETlEACyhl4eCPYbm70vycio_EYkYukwrrtvMD0YMmm7gR31c4mUIzmRn7gV8ldcIwGVa1ioNw7SvW-ECLGVQH_nOtSVbIi6XfOPNmtW4GYbaCeempcuvVX2dmz1RY7H835f4GPrTj899wHr3cmYdbBSVmcQnoGlywc/s1024/068.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0XCwrP6vO-4qzDLTnEmgC1hPfETlEACyhl4eCPYbm70vycio_EYkYukwrrtvMD0YMmm7gR31c4mUIzmRn7gV8ldcIwGVa1ioNw7SvW-ECLGVQH_nOtSVbIi6XfOPNmtW4GYbaCeempcuvVX2dmz1RY7H835f4GPrTj899wHr3cmYdbBSVmcQnoGlywc/w640-h480/068.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sitting and fighting<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgftY2s8nypcbtCvdWAIlKv7UUsVMtOY4XweP1AanqgZeBjnckGiZC94DB0Fxr2TrEX58etprkvYDXxt9_hdG69jwKxJ13Zngj8RushoINKHrxIm0pHfWutcmbSxVDq7xdLkRarNgIndnVNw9_f0yWc_eylaS3hmgnuYkvNZq6lcrnxRrGv22mR95wWP_w/s1024/069.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgftY2s8nypcbtCvdWAIlKv7UUsVMtOY4XweP1AanqgZeBjnckGiZC94DB0Fxr2TrEX58etprkvYDXxt9_hdG69jwKxJ13Zngj8RushoINKHrxIm0pHfWutcmbSxVDq7xdLkRarNgIndnVNw9_f0yWc_eylaS3hmgnuYkvNZq6lcrnxRrGv22mR95wWP_w/w640-h480/069.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Details with greenstuff still to be sorted, but here you have the general composition<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">I chose a brass cuirass for him, not for any specific reason but to make him look different from the rest of the fellas. That's the same reason why I used a sword instead of a pike. Well, if Ridley Scott can do his <i>Napoleon</i>, I can hope you will indulge me on this matter. It's just for easy identification in gaming terms.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Let's move on and have a look on the embarked hoplites, what we call Marines today, the <i>Epibatai</i>.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9IBxmQveQka5VTVIWr1PGxukKxIgi1oTZtR96yuzub969q2lfUnkksI1MsWYdT0QZLc9CJGRyHjYj9sj3VXmB0toDhqMFGaCrXhQDbKy9Vn0rbrz3afY41lV-IhP0LqGFQxh08YqsNhyjzqcw0uuGqK5l0ML6GchnLfpBLYQnP9HQhlWbnR6EicorztU/s1024/070.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9IBxmQveQka5VTVIWr1PGxukKxIgi1oTZtR96yuzub969q2lfUnkksI1MsWYdT0QZLc9CJGRyHjYj9sj3VXmB0toDhqMFGaCrXhQDbKy9Vn0rbrz3afY41lV-IhP0LqGFQxh08YqsNhyjzqcw0uuGqK5l0ML6GchnLfpBLYQnP9HQhlWbnR6EicorztU/w640-h480/070.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<i>Oh, but it's an easy project, you won't have to paint more than a dozen minis, trust me</i>"<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I tried to give as much variety as I could with the options of the sprue. If you are not familiar with Hoplite wargear (just as I was a few weeks ago) you may wonder why I chose white for all their armours. You have to understand that all my knowledge on the issue came from <i>Jason and the Argonauts</i> and the like.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuMx3h-Hw7zdFcUjkJIVZ6BoeIx6sEb8VnIiitDeHql5v2RpJvm7s2aWDIUfhXOzft8HDduJOd4QlNaLRSQP_jMHd-DCgcDBdQmQhJKdNnioZY6x0JZmsWX_BGdwN6FKRkrR2nbnN_-k7KvMYyGJuhScKNs442a8zj8Gwe0QUOy4mOz0wmrCIzDQ9Lbiw/s1200/071.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1200" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuMx3h-Hw7zdFcUjkJIVZ6BoeIx6sEb8VnIiitDeHql5v2RpJvm7s2aWDIUfhXOzft8HDduJOd4QlNaLRSQP_jMHd-DCgcDBdQmQhJKdNnioZY6x0JZmsWX_BGdwN6FKRkrR2nbnN_-k7KvMYyGJuhScKNs442a8zj8Gwe0QUOy4mOz0wmrCIzDQ9Lbiw/w640-h474/071.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's an accurate hoplite and there's no further dicussion<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I in fact thought that the armour was made of leather, until I learned that it was called "linothorax" for a good reason, which is that it's in fact made of linen. I guess most of you already knew that, but I'm still learning new stuff everyday.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Don't worry, I won't bother you with my pedantic new knowledge, I'll just let you a video which tells everything much better than I ever could:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8jptZ3vAZ1U" width="320" youtube-src-id="8jptZ3vAZ1U"></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">But you're here to see minis, so let's move on. If you've been visiting this blog long enough, you'll know how I love making easy things complicated.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoNsHJWMCXb-R3tmGmrjpRc7qbePIdQ-lLs4H4DtdGSqR4osuj1V4qfus3_u1YzU5Ap01gn0J6J1bU5I8oKdyGciUZs8tsS185cckWbQu4kfhAnSRSgsWzRaAueaPdNN2g3PKBbpEphE5wNdYhI0TVyBlzaWEwFmLgskQ9nJE8DPMR3MFxjpPxJ58C16M/s1024/071.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoNsHJWMCXb-R3tmGmrjpRc7qbePIdQ-lLs4H4DtdGSqR4osuj1V4qfus3_u1YzU5Ap01gn0J6J1bU5I8oKdyGciUZs8tsS185cckWbQu4kfhAnSRSgsWzRaAueaPdNN2g3PKBbpEphE5wNdYhI0TVyBlzaWEwFmLgskQ9nJE8DPMR3MFxjpPxJ58C16M/w480-h640/071.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I mean, there has to be chequers, right? It's me, after all!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXnIvfH0HDIcrYCdViokH1OfZy8H8GwFz75xeLU_8rPyaXcU6uwD67jillzGI_MHy1xQW2BRbxqOt1LieNY0mJit864yUrF2rLfsNZ7o5AphLuwxySTBGO-EAt6ToH0rDAW17tsKFXOVwFlI9e_pHQMLIJ961eM9s5Ir7EpI0Qehd1eX5BW4phpe2NmyM/s1024/072.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXnIvfH0HDIcrYCdViokH1OfZy8H8GwFz75xeLU_8rPyaXcU6uwD67jillzGI_MHy1xQW2BRbxqOt1LieNY0mJit864yUrF2rLfsNZ7o5AphLuwxySTBGO-EAt6ToH0rDAW17tsKFXOVwFlI9e_pHQMLIJ961eM9s5Ir7EpI0Qehd1eX5BW4phpe2NmyM/w480-h640/072.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There's no doubt. The word 'dioptre' definitely derives from Greek<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>A quick view of the Epibatai so far:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyS6eeB7SMZmwjyCpNWwNmdS88ZJ0nSHcFO-jFiiSzQSdUxWGgCmA4zPjv_E4HSFFNOpsgO_LbbKxdeJ-v_o3CkooU3aBnfpZn-oHE1sYIr3G0NROc8IpX8haXcbCYC7QvDauDG-5JT2y4sVS9Cd1C8mHooGhwsZrMgGmQK-fDNiMqFhYxwCu9tkB3_d0/s1024/074.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyS6eeB7SMZmwjyCpNWwNmdS88ZJ0nSHcFO-jFiiSzQSdUxWGgCmA4zPjv_E4HSFFNOpsgO_LbbKxdeJ-v_o3CkooU3aBnfpZn-oHE1sYIr3G0NROc8IpX8haXcbCYC7QvDauDG-5JT2y4sVS9Cd1C8mHooGhwsZrMgGmQK-fDNiMqFhYxwCu9tkB3_d0/w640-h480/074.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now they have bases!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">My pal and I agreed on transparent bases. However, I made a mistake, I used 25mm bases and, as you can see, they don't fit in the central part of the trireme! I need 20mm bases. I'm on my way to solve that, but for now these will serve their purpose.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">More stuff. The <i>aspis</i>, the shield. They were made of wood with a layer of brass, so I originally painted them accordingly<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKr52YYTxIxaUZSBJlulTDNI_JIjrBIHwhkXf1LZOPsMPvmOiMz5p5QBP8gGIWcFMi8Epq6ak5oBNfobQnraTaR8abW3C66dYYcfmLanKiIk78A7WXLy2OtUbaqqs1u1iogotcW8FA_9_HMcFLcGyP27bSJtNhepy-izhTLZ0yCY0gsbtrgvo4erFXdG0/s1024/075.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKr52YYTxIxaUZSBJlulTDNI_JIjrBIHwhkXf1LZOPsMPvmOiMz5p5QBP8gGIWcFMi8Epq6ak5oBNfobQnraTaR8abW3C66dYYcfmLanKiIk78A7WXLy2OtUbaqqs1u1iogotcW8FA_9_HMcFLcGyP27bSJtNhepy-izhTLZ0yCY0gsbtrgvo4erFXdG0/w640-h480/075.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can spot decorations on the linothorax, I'll provide better pics later<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">The thing is that the shields were highly decorated too. I planned to paint on them but leave a few in brass, to apply decals on them. But the more I read, the more I'm convinced there was no brass left unpainted. Ever. I'm using the same rationale I used when painting the hull of the <i>Agreusa</i>, the shields were made to show off, they had to be bright, splendorous, a matter of pride for the bearer.<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9wFu9ispj1PsbKjsB4pZF7Putsyn_7WpgHsvLOPs1polIaUp2H0kDYFM8DCocHBPeiVBGp0Nx2B33NmJIEP7BJE0_RdYmAqsVgCouQcHHFxt-vXCsKGNfo4RExREjBmvXn_kLKWGY4V6nCOKyB5uEwqCIbCeNa71ebi-riaN9dI7SglrClqqZL6VZ_g4/s1024/076.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9wFu9ispj1PsbKjsB4pZF7Putsyn_7WpgHsvLOPs1polIaUp2H0kDYFM8DCocHBPeiVBGp0Nx2B33NmJIEP7BJE0_RdYmAqsVgCouQcHHFxt-vXCsKGNfo4RExREjBmvXn_kLKWGY4V6nCOKyB5uEwqCIbCeNa71ebi-riaN9dI7SglrClqqZL6VZ_g4/w480-h640/076.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And so madness kept on growing strong in me<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMmHy9CUe6uutJPuFKinWKPdNtwprGuon8zQ1wwZsjKMjDsjWIupTvnxvo1VyHzSuBVNpUf9RpiyWoCGydnNEzg7Lj94ApExi_iRn5gl2MgWPIxbY4FBxHVitn6XG0a3ra3YSIYKI9AHtgeY0540NNrNqt8i_BP5ZN9_5Cyb0tndehc4Z2vJR2iCmbeVY/s1024/077.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMmHy9CUe6uutJPuFKinWKPdNtwprGuon8zQ1wwZsjKMjDsjWIupTvnxvo1VyHzSuBVNpUf9RpiyWoCGydnNEzg7Lj94ApExi_iRn5gl2MgWPIxbY4FBxHVitn6XG0a3ra3YSIYKI9AHtgeY0540NNrNqt8i_BP5ZN9_5Cyb0tndehc4Z2vJR2iCmbeVY/w640-h480/077.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you don't think there should be an angry face with tusks there, sorry, this blog is not meant for you<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMNuJTOewP7u5utp-O-GXAogUdu4gB6OHK91OfV_WifGqz2deAdXfon7n58O_U1Su_snJ7Hw3QxOneqOF6XaeY5gFGRkqAwGwj7kPmICcWqOab6gnnezwNESF8irCaQW9OsPtdoBvvu0FetDjzbCP_ifj7ArbNSzko9G12dVaALzhNQ_E84xIPZXX0TYA/s1024/078.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMNuJTOewP7u5utp-O-GXAogUdu4gB6OHK91OfV_WifGqz2deAdXfon7n58O_U1Su_snJ7Hw3QxOneqOF6XaeY5gFGRkqAwGwj7kPmICcWqOab6gnnezwNESF8irCaQW9OsPtdoBvvu0FetDjzbCP_ifj7ArbNSzko9G12dVaALzhNQ_E84xIPZXX0TYA/w640-h360/078.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes, of course I see a roulette there. All on red!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Please have the first view of the finished Epibatai with their decals:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6DiCmhXnBNn_AIz_ewsZ5QwOp8AdIINrNK3ffSOxReCw08Q-zIPew-conKvpKKqMoPgzJnL6EFyR7x7VLh4aoFn3vbSuQ2MOuqvyqESgYnxoiukX_qLKES5am7N76vei0VeSl7ENzoNp96_Q8KK81lT5Ez3mqYH00Gq3-SrRw_3sVYe0WDhvfLCT6NU/s1024/079.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6DiCmhXnBNn_AIz_ewsZ5QwOp8AdIINrNK3ffSOxReCw08Q-zIPew-conKvpKKqMoPgzJnL6EFyR7x7VLh4aoFn3vbSuQ2MOuqvyqESgYnxoiukX_qLKES5am7N76vei0VeSl7ENzoNp96_Q8KK81lT5Ez3mqYH00Gq3-SrRw_3sVYe0WDhvfLCT6NU/w640-h480/079.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close-ups to come<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Let's pay some attention to the Trierarch, as he's a special character. He's the captain, the master & commander, this is the miniature that embodies the representation on board of the very player that makes decisions on the whole vessel, who owns life and death of the crew. On the spur of the moment, in a fit of narcissism, I decided he was to represent me, and so I chose to name him in the most dreadful way imaginable, with a name that fills with fear the hearts of the enemies. Let me introduce...<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Suberocles of Pomodoro.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwjYDQ2zVF1VX3TJAOGbnTjfQCmCmrY-usuoxDHe1He4l7TEFfAzWnP_SAo9z7qWMTqkA-WCXTIGIMsGq82cublU4PSbgxprT3SNAIPzf0Z19zvO3OvB1p-mTRcuUS88O8az8YNFsQUtNTTzHH2j-LVZHDVsjTuyuR6ItcXnWpMjrOWQDfCC8S4VEcRiQ/s1024/080.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwjYDQ2zVF1VX3TJAOGbnTjfQCmCmrY-usuoxDHe1He4l7TEFfAzWnP_SAo9z7qWMTqkA-WCXTIGIMsGq82cublU4PSbgxprT3SNAIPzf0Z19zvO3OvB1p-mTRcuUS88O8az8YNFsQUtNTTzHH2j-LVZHDVsjTuyuR6ItcXnWpMjrOWQDfCC8S4VEcRiQ/w640-h480/080.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sounds scary, doesn't it?</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note: nor the shield or the helmet are yet glued, I'm still debating of the best way to have them on board.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3q0qDgwidUfd23WtRTj_SaZqu7RGMBy1HHox1eYX9umG5GB47EO-zgAy5873qrjKL5g4jLe-4xLcUbuegFPlIWXrJmpBs9FIgE5iPjOyIBbJc3AB97Qm8bj1sEhUSceOMJ1KjnTvbWhPI9fNF4bDsVm-VAzuGYmRVaUTytQJBZSpkGMmniSuXF1iFJSk/s1024/081.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3q0qDgwidUfd23WtRTj_SaZqu7RGMBy1HHox1eYX9umG5GB47EO-zgAy5873qrjKL5g4jLe-4xLcUbuegFPlIWXrJmpBs9FIgE5iPjOyIBbJc3AB97Qm8bj1sEhUSceOMJ1KjnTvbWhPI9fNF4bDsVm-VAzuGYmRVaUTytQJBZSpkGMmniSuXF1iFJSk/w480-h640/081.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Standing version<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigOHJnZdca_rPB1TSMlqBP71_1nEAh6mbJWVSKT9zcIkPnog3vqfFADxmBSF8o-uuEqmPrbKTCBcrfjmYY48QnR4ZLkPhm30ONHtgPo-AnFhcBiOoF3yMxyD7xERxVIzLRCjItUG65RzbGszrv4m-CqKrbcPF4bZe6uesbEjPctuyl1FoT4sAli4AjMbE/s1024/082.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigOHJnZdca_rPB1TSMlqBP71_1nEAh6mbJWVSKT9zcIkPnog3vqfFADxmBSF8o-uuEqmPrbKTCBcrfjmYY48QnR4ZLkPhm30ONHtgPo-AnFhcBiOoF3yMxyD7xERxVIzLRCjItUG65RzbGszrv4m-CqKrbcPF4bZe6uesbEjPctuyl1FoT4sAli4AjMbE/w480-h640/082.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With a sea-related symbol<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">What about the cybernetic helmsman? He also deserves a name, for sure. Here you have Diopter of the Piraeus:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBcp_idn0gsDri6AxFjh5zIJK_WR_ridZGqTSTlqOhmvRLIM8vFBxA4ordVNLTk9MB2gYpP727GPkgAZI3aYq6cPgPB_CIBEKxMSi5sk4OooVMT5EhsCh1jFDjLA2dZdxzA_qQGlXh2BRjIWuSnpfjwuMn-YE1oJArjAr6_4HNOhwubhhj02g3Tn5_-3E/s1024/083.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBcp_idn0gsDri6AxFjh5zIJK_WR_ridZGqTSTlqOhmvRLIM8vFBxA4ordVNLTk9MB2gYpP727GPkgAZI3aYq6cPgPB_CIBEKxMSi5sk4OooVMT5EhsCh1jFDjLA2dZdxzA_qQGlXh2BRjIWuSnpfjwuMn-YE1oJArjAr6_4HNOhwubhhj02g3Tn5_-3E/w480-h640/083.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The name suggests he was really born to be a lookout<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">You may notice the base under his feet. I built it so he can fit in his place and not fall down (I'm not gluing the mini). The place is too little even for 20mm bases, so I found this solution.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhstiYHb1wUv-DzhYkIY3cMrqCgYjEq7NYHMqz-Jb58Kd3c84ttVaUqu6Daw-3-bjZ13441xCmd2bpatUhiIGhonbiSQv4cK6SGa6KL_rxb2AsiDPItLV27Ha8bRfkdcValprKzQIJ0xLnItlwFgyeGc0mN1E9cGgN6NST686lac6bpcpjYb7S1_NhpzHU/s1024/084.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhstiYHb1wUv-DzhYkIY3cMrqCgYjEq7NYHMqz-Jb58Kd3c84ttVaUqu6Daw-3-bjZ13441xCmd2bpatUhiIGhonbiSQv4cK6SGa6KL_rxb2AsiDPItLV27Ha8bRfkdcValprKzQIJ0xLnItlwFgyeGc0mN1E9cGgN6NST686lac6bpcpjYb7S1_NhpzHU/w480-h640/084.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some people pronounce his name "Dioptre" and some prefer "Diopter". You know, accents across the Egean may vary slightly<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Now that we have the characters, let's have a better look at the marines. I'm showing them in groups of three or four. In all the cases you'll have a side view first, to see the linothorax, and then a front view, with the shields. You can see I've used mostly sea-related symbols on the shields, but also a few animal or hunting motifs, to show the devotion to Artemis, to whom the <i>Agreusa</i> is dedicated.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuXODFXhLBsZ8aG1OZ_UqW491ZdkF43DDidqyWd8GfAO12w_E7xGiE3hDCMdGqgtPMejcWJgTWmY0zJHtWPwr492hkixiPHKkWnO62ciUsKvdS8r_XK5YyEAgfGYbzP6mjHtRWLBibGoQLa4rSfci3WHiRFOnOrToQ4qMgX1bnkzjYOfCLDEeN8xIVM4k/s4032/085.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuXODFXhLBsZ8aG1OZ_UqW491ZdkF43DDidqyWd8GfAO12w_E7xGiE3hDCMdGqgtPMejcWJgTWmY0zJHtWPwr492hkixiPHKkWnO62ciUsKvdS8r_XK5YyEAgfGYbzP6mjHtRWLBibGoQLa4rSfci3WHiRFOnOrToQ4qMgX1bnkzjYOfCLDEeN8xIVM4k/w640-h480/085.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQDQZ3JHPPRAFaZa3Mh9Tg9DiXUwRnKCx-DsU1YmoRwg93bkEnPm6uXWpr0S2HkpQ401wzQyHLagtPEY58la2FiHQAJDrFJp6Z_x4TyKChsGOLSC73oUZ2UwXHWMHVmhGyRStjDRsfJyZ5_Ktw2GU_uZpqlSH7O7dhlUS5m9tBjPUiHoo1cCcT2iMXQCU/s4032/086.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQDQZ3JHPPRAFaZa3Mh9Tg9DiXUwRnKCx-DsU1YmoRwg93bkEnPm6uXWpr0S2HkpQ401wzQyHLagtPEY58la2FiHQAJDrFJp6Z_x4TyKChsGOLSC73oUZ2UwXHWMHVmhGyRStjDRsfJyZ5_Ktw2GU_uZpqlSH7O7dhlUS5m9tBjPUiHoo1cCcT2iMXQCU/w640-h480/086.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ML6cwwPUelO-scxp9LghvlHj-qVzWXAqfrH2HbvzRtERUMvvZbKA3TAnw3FksPjKJV5mLEK2zftIVcFzwwmc5wBS_nwGfH3OfDHSRFZ-qrOUEBUlcLOIxgASziFi_wMrO2pwMq2yJhVq9AxLKWRak7UJDrNGhs9CcxlghFLb8BhIR6-tLLrO1KGy380/s4032/087.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ML6cwwPUelO-scxp9LghvlHj-qVzWXAqfrH2HbvzRtERUMvvZbKA3TAnw3FksPjKJV5mLEK2zftIVcFzwwmc5wBS_nwGfH3OfDHSRFZ-qrOUEBUlcLOIxgASziFi_wMrO2pwMq2yJhVq9AxLKWRak7UJDrNGhs9CcxlghFLb8BhIR6-tLLrO1KGy380/w640-h480/087.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPpMfcpguJ6Hu3Zz7LY4TB0wdYWsWaGAmtkmafR66BS2kJ-ah_m2vvX9i4Gk2G7ypctEGu5e6tVf8gPvQTh25Cft4RAF5f3uNUMzP7iUatxC-InvlDlgE-A8zwetEoxHTzMZB0E6FWTfi-YmzL-IrGR3GNAQZSMS-JFpmc1wnRHKgg9-o4W7Uw7M1vakM/s4032/088.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPpMfcpguJ6Hu3Zz7LY4TB0wdYWsWaGAmtkmafR66BS2kJ-ah_m2vvX9i4Gk2G7ypctEGu5e6tVf8gPvQTh25Cft4RAF5f3uNUMzP7iUatxC-InvlDlgE-A8zwetEoxHTzMZB0E6FWTfi-YmzL-IrGR3GNAQZSMS-JFpmc1wnRHKgg9-o4W7Uw7M1vakM/w640-h480/088.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjVCSHhSmpLxRy1o-cyEzORY4DaThw15fLhDEeHo9ET6Af7kkgLmVuHKkRzQmc3MO6oJlorHyJIL8k567Vx5-RhALuJTYTWmp9az3w1qBS7yD6N97JFLkgXSy3j5CMcO_Sky-k6vJovm1h2qkI-UcPgNj475LPbAOXIlMC73XOnug2wQocukiwEZCwWI/s4032/089.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjVCSHhSmpLxRy1o-cyEzORY4DaThw15fLhDEeHo9ET6Af7kkgLmVuHKkRzQmc3MO6oJlorHyJIL8k567Vx5-RhALuJTYTWmp9az3w1qBS7yD6N97JFLkgXSy3j5CMcO_Sky-k6vJovm1h2qkI-UcPgNj475LPbAOXIlMC73XOnug2wQocukiwEZCwWI/w640-h480/089.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9wRCF55Xk-CiLcHiZh43yG5FsNm1k4Tnsms5lioJ2b1aq8EvD6wnh7faRm5JOnsldPTTsJJ_622Jbgr9tGHOszAJ1hldx-NOKkxHbJTjolqfWtWj5yMGFoI40lEEs2c-_zYunNBIZg9eK8d3SCGNKZ2r8Js1JucXctGj86pOx46f5L5t60b7loz0f93g/s4032/090.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9wRCF55Xk-CiLcHiZh43yG5FsNm1k4Tnsms5lioJ2b1aq8EvD6wnh7faRm5JOnsldPTTsJJ_622Jbgr9tGHOszAJ1hldx-NOKkxHbJTjolqfWtWj5yMGFoI40lEEs2c-_zYunNBIZg9eK8d3SCGNKZ2r8Js1JucXctGj86pOx46f5L5t60b7loz0f93g/w640-h480/090.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">(Yes, of course I used an angry face with tusks!!! It's the most Oldhammer thing I could do on this project!)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Here you have all of them, including the Trierarch:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVsLXa_2VaUs-rhskM5EBBNYRvvI0ZFogUjGWa-pB_fLWZwHreRuhsRxJYsju5dn6GmUh00H4C3_hAz2x_fzmjV0sDaGERduwWsM6Dc-41gZUv_p-b-SzMHSlHyzcTMWHk9W3qM6ToqaTKuAJpPLZva5w9qqp5Dwj-oxmyGqITXHyeJoQXvMS3Yxs6wbE/s4032/091.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVsLXa_2VaUs-rhskM5EBBNYRvvI0ZFogUjGWa-pB_fLWZwHreRuhsRxJYsju5dn6GmUh00H4C3_hAz2x_fzmjV0sDaGERduwWsM6Dc-41gZUv_p-b-SzMHSlHyzcTMWHk9W3qM6ToqaTKuAJpPLZva5w9qqp5Dwj-oxmyGqITXHyeJoQXvMS3Yxs6wbE/w640-h480/091.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready to board the enemy vessel<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Well, this is it then! What's left to do? I need four archers, a couple of sailors and the bloke who sets the pace for the oarsmen. And, of course, I need to add the oars to the ship! I hadn't done it yet as I needed to paw the hull to make the helmsman fit in and glue the rudders, but now I think it's a safe thing to do. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Anyway, that will be another day. May Artemis, <span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"><span class="hgKElc"><span><span>fair as the spotted fawn, look after you and grant her favour.</span></span></span></span></p>Suberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005091019027411799noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987721317661044121.post-62325278023486206632023-12-02T22:06:00.546+01:002023-12-02T23:34:49.048+01:00Formula Pod<p style="text-align: justify;">No way you (or anyone) could foresee this. I've played a game again! Right, unbelievable! I can confidently say that I've played more only in 2023 than in like the four precedent years altogether.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">What was it this time? Something unexpected too, as I went to the races! Which races?</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXWkpZFS3qPAJLvByWqQbdujvhOo24C3dr1NAoqAeMahPWyJFL8WVdeN895QpbXSkmMiZcSMhzRj6cHmCuti9lFYghYwQJP6dqlRG1wWxioSp6Stw5CrprCxc-x4nxrmLwk7Gym13Zm4paJdwuCHzT3MKX48E9Jnk2aoK2De0mQsiwDYZvj7YD5jY6Pvc/s4032/2023-11-12%2017.09.33.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXWkpZFS3qPAJLvByWqQbdujvhOo24C3dr1NAoqAeMahPWyJFL8WVdeN895QpbXSkmMiZcSMhzRj6cHmCuti9lFYghYwQJP6dqlRG1wWxioSp6Stw5CrprCxc-x4nxrmLwk7Gym13Zm4paJdwuCHzT3MKX48E9Jnk2aoK2De0mQsiwDYZvj7YD5jY6Pvc/w640-h480/2023-11-12%2017.09.33.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The classic Boonta Eve Pod races in Mos Espa!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Here come the challengers!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkrYdYGZyL1G3k-fTBPa-IAP1LgggJbRIKUSDdvu0_HtQNu9odpOS-vjDpVxPOb3Q5KPyIbJ4lsprGoKWhFOnRrBLNh6fLD3Ml-ovESQAtg3n0VYRVRNNB0ZHg6dLDamgeNPRmwuhBFDqLeTVL2q8GvjOKkY25QZFmjq8dGKTrj_ibe1UYi6oUWxSLAEA/s1024/2023-11-12%2017.22.53.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkrYdYGZyL1G3k-fTBPa-IAP1LgggJbRIKUSDdvu0_HtQNu9odpOS-vjDpVxPOb3Q5KPyIbJ4lsprGoKWhFOnRrBLNh6fLD3Ml-ovESQAtg3n0VYRVRNNB0ZHg6dLDamgeNPRmwuhBFDqLeTVL2q8GvjOKkY25QZFmjq8dGKTrj_ibe1UYi6oUWxSLAEA/w640-h480/2023-11-12%2017.22.53.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready to speed up!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">They belong to the MicroMachines Pod Racing series, but with the wheels stripped out and rebased for the game.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">An old friend I had lost contact with (much to my regret) got me into his gaming group. I knew most of the people in there and was pleased to meet new ubergeeks like me, so it kind of felt like family!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The owner and master of ceremonies has built a custom version of the <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/37904/formula-d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Formula D board game</a>, and it's awesome beyond words. It's not an absolute 100% copy, but an adaptation, and I'll let you judge if it works fine. This will be my racer:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipYmDx-_NfCitYRjKlaHy0jQya_1cJVVAANyBN8SsbpsrJCsuDLeG_6dMYYR3NWYwAsNNxwfGMTIxi2KtyNeUiGSTQR8n1X7cwYtQlArJUgHSUcitQ7SG1WovIJV4Mfh9BoXPwR66JGjegSr8tdlvp0wTxFsobddbT707anVy2EKCSLSdW90lUy_hZK4Y/s1024/2023-11-12%2017.27.36.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipYmDx-_NfCitYRjKlaHy0jQya_1cJVVAANyBN8SsbpsrJCsuDLeG_6dMYYR3NWYwAsNNxwfGMTIxi2KtyNeUiGSTQR8n1X7cwYtQlArJUgHSUcitQ7SG1WovIJV4Mfh9BoXPwR66JGjegSr8tdlvp0wTxFsobddbT707anVy2EKCSLSdW90lUy_hZK4Y/w640-h480/2023-11-12%2017.27.36.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ratts Tyerell. Not a good omen that he was the only casualty in the movie race<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">If you want to catch up with the Boota Eve race, you may refresh your memories (as I had to do!) <a href="https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Boonta_Eve_Classic/Legends" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">My pod has a couple custom traits, which are "light pod" (allowing me a free turbo action) and "family ovation" (allowing me a two-tile extra move just after first lap). As I'm not familiar with the original game, I cannot tell for sure if this is a mere translation of the Formula D traits into the setting or if it's pure homemade rules.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Anyway... let's race!</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8FhNAk9hNyB8AyNteH-XcqNhpd8PFP-SBu1GVI5Lyt2WkmJvDswPe5UaWyxuwra4R0TZBzZV6brdPSDljpXFUAEmgW08sNLFXWow7gfffW06FjVFXvWgWAJVfyFBufUybsbX9kBCneYMQGArVY2-cYmFkyiJivvttnQ9du_RZNuLPoOUq5k_SBh_4ygk/s841/2023-11-12%2017.27.37.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="841" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8FhNAk9hNyB8AyNteH-XcqNhpd8PFP-SBu1GVI5Lyt2WkmJvDswPe5UaWyxuwra4R0TZBzZV6brdPSDljpXFUAEmgW08sNLFXWow7gfffW06FjVFXvWgWAJVfyFBufUybsbX9kBCneYMQGArVY2-cYmFkyiJivvttnQ9du_RZNuLPoOUq5k_SBh_4ygk/w640-h200/2023-11-12%2017.27.37.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">We determined the starting positions by rolling a die:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhekNR0NSTys7r8lsCg5Q_K3gP7LLoEwrJFYdyEqC1l5y0F-ycm8AyomMJxUHt4YemNI_4zW4Hjs5pNZI2HVW8zwuaAzCu716rkObCzUfuB3hUYIbzGFnSlBSr3KvG2OBd4qwa04gEyOdeS-mpE7WRusWsB4exS5loCDe09PmKnl1myQlxVCfWplmBk_kw/s1024/2023-11-12%2017.57.58.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhekNR0NSTys7r8lsCg5Q_K3gP7LLoEwrJFYdyEqC1l5y0F-ycm8AyomMJxUHt4YemNI_4zW4Hjs5pNZI2HVW8zwuaAzCu716rkObCzUfuB3hUYIbzGFnSlBSr3KvG2OBd4qwa04gEyOdeS-mpE7WRusWsB4exS5loCDe09PmKnl1myQlxVCfWplmBk_kw/w480-h640/2023-11-12%2017.57.58.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our MC decided it was cooler if he used that weird pod<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Quick basic thing about the game mechanics. You use manual drive, so you have six gears. Everyone starts on first gear. You roll a D4 and move that number of tiles. Next turn you may want to speed up to second gear, then you roll a D6. For third gear you use a D8. Then a D12 for fourth, a D20 for fifth and finally a D30 for sixth. BUT they are not regular dice. The D4 only has 1 and 2. The d6 only has 2, 3 and 4 (specifically one 2, two 3 and three 4). The D8 has one 4, one 5, two 6, two 7 and two 8. And so on. This way you make sure that a higher gear means higher speed. Each turn you may want to keep your gear or to change it one up or down (you may want to force the gear, but it's... <i>not wise</i>).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Well, so the participants slowly begin to move. Everyone? Not everyone!<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-h165z0oFdISb-PJcuFnx0cnmFv7ysfn41o3cf3QCWRBrYNAwuaLuvTzbgLNMiP8wrhuLcZ5mHeqcb6nguSrNyxOW0-ICZOueKVg2lab5At1g7PZYuj2IET0VwUnHR3qRyz0pOQDBSMewPVX_LgaOfHyCmyQiaj0BJIIjpPrLs1L7LIGprijAIVeT-fU/s1024/2023-11-12%2018.03.57.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-h165z0oFdISb-PJcuFnx0cnmFv7ysfn41o3cf3QCWRBrYNAwuaLuvTzbgLNMiP8wrhuLcZ5mHeqcb6nguSrNyxOW0-ICZOueKVg2lab5At1g7PZYuj2IET0VwUnHR3qRyz0pOQDBSMewPVX_LgaOfHyCmyQiaj0BJIIjpPrLs1L7LIGprijAIVeT-fU/w480-h640/2023-11-12%2018.03.57.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My pod stalled when trying to start!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1s1y3djZHWMlXwskoQX3ZL-kLBXo7Y4rOW6iklBsLAsTEsKXZ3gss7oCvmnhR-anlWl06xlsLuuBrshNgWdGITR3ya3HPvWP31McBLk_Djx2qv3PTq1mjfv7FqVO7Db54GiZhGnKdsGu997hdJENV8CW52j3-1dcCHP48OyCNItV3P7tKBWDYRB2i898/s1024/2023-11-12%2018.08.36.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1s1y3djZHWMlXwskoQX3ZL-kLBXo7Y4rOW6iklBsLAsTEsKXZ3gss7oCvmnhR-anlWl06xlsLuuBrshNgWdGITR3ya3HPvWP31McBLk_Djx2qv3PTq1mjfv7FqVO7Db54GiZhGnKdsGu997hdJENV8CW52j3-1dcCHP48OyCNItV3P7tKBWDYRB2i898/w640-h480/2023-11-12%2018.08.36.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the racers begin to speed up!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">From this point on, the turn is decided just by your position in the race. You may see all the tiles overlap, so there always will be someone a little bit ahead than another one.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaT5aMIxthnBKiH39wRBf2kN0P8bVx0QoRXq8f4TV1CuhUuZgOlyCGzxNkhifqIg2CPJ6YBDDeVXz_Fp9YMtJlWVtw3qQzayHuG7YQqMQv2rZoN2vBdOVM46n2XA6NK1f8izgDAJ4REMjTlZ9SioW-2MLKIBL7OAcKyVMJ6nCTwp7L5cR67Yqg07fTNVc/s1024/2023-11-12%2018.16.01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaT5aMIxthnBKiH39wRBf2kN0P8bVx0QoRXq8f4TV1CuhUuZgOlyCGzxNkhifqIg2CPJ6YBDDeVXz_Fp9YMtJlWVtw3qQzayHuG7YQqMQv2rZoN2vBdOVM46n2XA6NK1f8izgDAJ4REMjTlZ9SioW-2MLKIBL7OAcKyVMJ6nCTwp7L5cR67Yqg07fTNVc/w640-h480/2023-11-12%2018.16.01.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the pods begin to set distance from the group<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>We got the opportunity to enjoy some homemade rules too. For example:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_n-UQ5exujWS3wr99s8PzNm4BE_MOsh9rbWC-ZSlGZBGSnTHd6exwi1xP4MLYftkrgZSY5xOEVRYqM41x3SWb7ymilWUw5EWthczMnNIkjuM2nk4nPJv5xv5YZNLX6BO5fT_rCpJbMor-Ma6vOM3Q_yCBTdb-0hG__1yy7frMMvMimDoJgxLGrNmZ7s/s1024/2023-11-12%2018.18.49.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_n-UQ5exujWS3wr99s8PzNm4BE_MOsh9rbWC-ZSlGZBGSnTHd6exwi1xP4MLYftkrgZSY5xOEVRYqM41x3SWb7ymilWUw5EWthczMnNIkjuM2nk4nPJv5xv5YZNLX6BO5fT_rCpJbMor-Ma6vOM3Q_yCBTdb-0hG__1yy7frMMvMimDoJgxLGrNmZ7s/w480-h640/2023-11-12%2018.18.49.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clegg Holdfast ends his turn on this tile. He takes the slope and...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivrkx75UxDOL8AF91-J3gI3n1uu4ZV3MHUnxKq4Q9buEFuYjujJ2M6kcvhEJgW_UrKiEhhdKOzC1W2a9rUKR_2qixPkUpHipk7xlGDr04hvJfSQKWz9s_ul8N8ESH-p3FaK2ZiMYGWMujUn7pAm3ax9niFqkFZXVD5wBM-tfNJ6pbaJg4AXyEXTZzhWm4/s1024/2023-11-12%2018.19.06.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivrkx75UxDOL8AF91-J3gI3n1uu4ZV3MHUnxKq4Q9buEFuYjujJ2M6kcvhEJgW_UrKiEhhdKOzC1W2a9rUKR_2qixPkUpHipk7xlGDr04hvJfSQKWz9s_ul8N8ESH-p3FaK2ZiMYGWMujUn7pAm3ax9niFqkFZXVD5wBM-tfNJ6pbaJg4AXyEXTZzhWm4/w640-h480/2023-11-12%2018.19.06.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...jumps over the canyon! </td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIn2s1-yI7HEVRqUMBwfFrbniyvcGDLCeuRTad1iV-GgHrRqWjWwXIR8OZy3n-u-T927TDr5in9YY9ez0jDYA4IDgj5lMUH1HFddooQxi9M-OXk_vPIWSLr5tDrF877Dg_izHAyMDeM6dohqfVU6DH5AMsy0zdRc25aN9jTKE48lgUg6RewXnhApt_iGo/s1024/2023-11-12%2018.25.22.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIn2s1-yI7HEVRqUMBwfFrbniyvcGDLCeuRTad1iV-GgHrRqWjWwXIR8OZy3n-u-T927TDr5in9YY9ez0jDYA4IDgj5lMUH1HFddooQxi9M-OXk_vPIWSLr5tDrF877Dg_izHAyMDeM6dohqfVU6DH5AMsy0zdRc25aN9jTKE48lgUg6RewXnhApt_iGo/w480-h640/2023-11-12%2018.25.22.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the meantime, most of us still were on the first curve!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMPLLLh_ddQjCc8BJ_3hQ0GVhLc2UElSoac4qrjuFEah__VXElrvEfiOEL3OzagFnck3xA63QpYKjRQRHpNALWYQCGHD6hBmbyZdWFNF2PHxE7EbhqfxBB-cH3LnK46ttF2-hvcbWXURooO7KXTI7CPyuWT7z_kkMOHOjDGp91bG7ky4yy0Zj426XIQq8/s1024/2023-11-12%2018.33.15.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMPLLLh_ddQjCc8BJ_3hQ0GVhLc2UElSoac4qrjuFEah__VXElrvEfiOEL3OzagFnck3xA63QpYKjRQRHpNALWYQCGHD6hBmbyZdWFNF2PHxE7EbhqfxBB-cH3LnK46ttF2-hvcbWXURooO7KXTI7CPyuWT7z_kkMOHOjDGp91bG7ky4yy0Zj426XIQq8/w640-h480/2023-11-12%2018.33.15.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As the racers manage to set higher gears, the pods begin to move faster<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFyuwwD_O8C9QXmdoeglLSPehrRj8nK7psewEHyMJN3kepyrDr0u7ADD2CO3_2BVimdr_Bit3gQQ27OpWSeuX9Uzgn-JxJtPv9g60NbOivKNTONhhuTC6Xxyop8J24RQ7HJxmx5d7FeY4zUZuHMqxgK-4BetWtCIyBffhZ19RtHNgfAyKO__WSyxzojSU/s1024/2023-11-12%2018.38.24.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFyuwwD_O8C9QXmdoeglLSPehrRj8nK7psewEHyMJN3kepyrDr0u7ADD2CO3_2BVimdr_Bit3gQQ27OpWSeuX9Uzgn-JxJtPv9g60NbOivKNTONhhuTC6Xxyop8J24RQ7HJxmx5d7FeY4zUZuHMqxgK-4BetWtCIyBffhZ19RtHNgfAyKO__WSyxzojSU/w640-h480/2023-11-12%2018.38.24.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The access to the canyon becomes a bottleneck<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhxK-vwRWZgmMZjXppPMdNHEMEwkPYZmvq7FtoAx3pRLwLoU1_QP956hpPmIcxEKdXRwojVsKnSnNp5WGattcL-q9jiVnpGRGFtJomUCoOLvvrCIfMspJ9Ihty75khvzUq1WQ3vKDuBYWqdmCg_CsAFv-rxuKWlhQ0wKpkeS3KBots9SXuGpD3yMIBIjI/s1024/2023-11-12%2018.50.15.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhxK-vwRWZgmMZjXppPMdNHEMEwkPYZmvq7FtoAx3pRLwLoU1_QP956hpPmIcxEKdXRwojVsKnSnNp5WGattcL-q9jiVnpGRGFtJomUCoOLvvrCIfMspJ9Ihty75khvzUq1WQ3vKDuBYWqdmCg_CsAFv-rxuKWlhQ0wKpkeS3KBots9SXuGpD3yMIBIjI/w640-h480/2023-11-12%2018.50.15.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These curves are tricky, you better slow down a bit<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>When you go through curve tiles (you see them with those marks), you have to end your turn on one of them. That's the way to represent the racer going a gear down to get control of the vehicle. If you don't do so, you'll lose as many structure points as extra tiles you moved past the curve.</p><p>In fact, that happened to me there, I went simply too fast and, though I passed many racers, I lost a lot of structure points. From now on you should imagine a dense, black cloud of smoke pouring out my pod...<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj73_tD83JD3TihHvmhlXcmljtuSu1muxLSdyMXGuSvlRD9LTKskoHv0Q84NC7hx1V9l_NYliUKTZ0VwWoeW_-YVoySC057RUOCvyCP-Xw279cxAC0SpGge-30EX6lsjCRmNO_mwYLDY9sotiQPj8zUAiu7DG4_8ZQhB3eTHWNqTXBG6hCqV0RKD_C6p2w/s1024/2023-11-12%2019.08.22.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj73_tD83JD3TihHvmhlXcmljtuSu1muxLSdyMXGuSvlRD9LTKskoHv0Q84NC7hx1V9l_NYliUKTZ0VwWoeW_-YVoySC057RUOCvyCP-Xw279cxAC0SpGge-30EX6lsjCRmNO_mwYLDY9sotiQPj8zUAiu7DG4_8ZQhB3eTHWNqTXBG6hCqV0RKD_C6p2w/w640-h480/2023-11-12%2019.08.22.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some nasty actions are also in order<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">When a pod ends its turn adjacent to another one, they can accidentally bump into each other (with an eventual loss of structure points), but not only that; a racer can deliberately hit a rival, so you may want to take care of who you have close to you...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSr8WJDAIUzqHPe3yf46cu_tXJ2sUZ6l1OXbw4BTfS8iLM4yCN-OEaO8XEA_VCJc2zQwWeoJD6SRxtcFwzcHR674D8uT4cumioUUBN21mrLpuQCSUvkFmr1QKH28D0UAjC6MdSRDsxZwUUjIuJ4cEB_HEcJUBQHd_q46Er46drg3ZFH6nzR6bB_E39bTA/s1024/2023-11-12%2019.11.29.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSr8WJDAIUzqHPe3yf46cu_tXJ2sUZ6l1OXbw4BTfS8iLM4yCN-OEaO8XEA_VCJc2zQwWeoJD6SRxtcFwzcHR674D8uT4cumioUUBN21mrLpuQCSUvkFmr1QKH28D0UAjC6MdSRDsxZwUUjIuJ4cEB_HEcJUBQHd_q46Er46drg3ZFH6nzR6bB_E39bTA/w480-h640/2023-11-12%2019.11.29.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mars Goo takes the final straightaway<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>And, in taking the last curve towards the straightaway...<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgASPUb5x7-h7pzsCWJUxbK68e0VfmJjN-duh8j9qPe9wmI9wEeyLuxh5Qm6x47j1oWcAKoMpblVLZSLdZ5AXjLaP-XyS3t7tDotMyu960zzrOm4sgtC0awwxrSHYVOnPETMo3L8-YcdUh4YMENE7aQCv7YCamh4Nv5kOWoLp8_Lmx3uVRJkHutxcZp-wg/s1024/2023-11-12%2019.26.37.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgASPUb5x7-h7pzsCWJUxbK68e0VfmJjN-duh8j9qPe9wmI9wEeyLuxh5Qm6x47j1oWcAKoMpblVLZSLdZ5AXjLaP-XyS3t7tDotMyu960zzrOm4sgtC0awwxrSHYVOnPETMo3L8-YcdUh4YMENE7aQCv7YCamh4Nv5kOWoLp8_Lmx3uVRJkHutxcZp-wg/w640-h480/2023-11-12%2019.26.37.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...I lost my last structure point and crashed just in front of the authorities!! Booom!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I thought that the accident implied that I was out of the race, but instead of that, I was allowed to respawn, but just with one structure point (one out of the original twelve). Once again, I cannot tell if it's part of the original Formula D or if it was a homemade rule. Anyway, now my goal was to run the engine again and get to boxes.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJr6SRrylAcdcDyvf7hxCdSvAAAgrFBKgTQp-cFyKHW43ldE2zBpKzquAKiL6vnx2VAamah3_hJ3GdJdKCh0O2sNsOTLUZ5smerZTT6MupMfLisMXybo3iZaddAjm_EHL3jg6qBnyuPSN4aWIfwpVIb_dLt8AhI4vEcgCcXAb7ZYXuyJSyTs7NbPx6q2s/s1024/2023-11-12%2019.27.22.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJr6SRrylAcdcDyvf7hxCdSvAAAgrFBKgTQp-cFyKHW43ldE2zBpKzquAKiL6vnx2VAamah3_hJ3GdJdKCh0O2sNsOTLUZ5smerZTT6MupMfLisMXybo3iZaddAjm_EHL3jg6qBnyuPSN4aWIfwpVIb_dLt8AhI4vEcgCcXAb7ZYXuyJSyTs7NbPx6q2s/w480-h640/2023-11-12%2019.27.22.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can recover structure points there rolling dice<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPExLInapxM0ctJgG3bgPRmQQc6woEhSS-DumcPl7CC5GggakemitVcE5k0T7c2uPiE7FQwUFfTKSh8r0safnl9R4TPrO4EXA5HgUQ4PbziIgL507E_-coyG-Sq5QfiHCDzhS6zLzYGFwjxVS6zxyDuaWLOvxaEeECkr_lj1FA9duRHHZdjwvB6sFXbQ/s1024/2023-11-12%2019.33.27.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPExLInapxM0ctJgG3bgPRmQQc6woEhSS-DumcPl7CC5GggakemitVcE5k0T7c2uPiE7FQwUFfTKSh8r0safnl9R4TPrO4EXA5HgUQ4PbziIgL507E_-coyG-Sq5QfiHCDzhS6zLzYGFwjxVS6zxyDuaWLOvxaEeECkr_lj1FA9duRHHZdjwvB6sFXbQ/w480-h640/2023-11-12%2019.33.27.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the pods begin their second lap<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Then things went wild. Our pal began to run random events all over, just to make the race more interesting.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIV21ecl_HYtx5MAPh3wE-1qrIQLkxnaL6B3dPp28-fZ0XCuyazi8NkAoJF-hwQvf_Gw-Ztq1YRxa958qvZdm5xyjZfi9A2Jt-UvfrvQpuIIR-sCY90JsbYfMHmP4raV1NNbp3ot-7SLMvz2pTEARrIIZDi38aoMExYIIBAV8tzMJzW0V0ZhHZijYsIA4/s1024/2023-11-12%2019.39.27.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIV21ecl_HYtx5MAPh3wE-1qrIQLkxnaL6B3dPp28-fZ0XCuyazi8NkAoJF-hwQvf_Gw-Ztq1YRxa958qvZdm5xyjZfi9A2Jt-UvfrvQpuIIR-sCY90JsbYfMHmP4raV1NNbp3ot-7SLMvz2pTEARrIIZDi38aoMExYIIBAV8tzMJzW0V0ZhHZijYsIA4/w480-h640/2023-11-12%2019.39.27.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Sarlacc!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrJc6j0YrB7Ye5tN4nP7xVdrAQiyd0CMPy8mWYSVNyS_Nk2hM23QN9_HR0uKY1KtCNcI34jy7Ci_EMdQMxhj8BCm3qhHxb-98ZxbG2Bj_6Ia6p_biN2Y2PADNM00j7q5MiFs_mVegjq06QcqYSeLQ2KdPSguiI06JNo81-iO_H2l2icpNXy7Vw3NKbRY8/s1024/2023-11-12%2019.42.04.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrJc6j0YrB7Ye5tN4nP7xVdrAQiyd0CMPy8mWYSVNyS_Nk2hM23QN9_HR0uKY1KtCNcI34jy7Ci_EMdQMxhj8BCm3qhHxb-98ZxbG2Bj_6Ia6p_biN2Y2PADNM00j7q5MiFs_mVegjq06QcqYSeLQ2KdPSguiI06JNo81-iO_H2l2icpNXy7Vw3NKbRY8/w480-h640/2023-11-12%2019.42.04.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An Imperial Checkpoint!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8h9bDWYR20F44cbvwQ9EpZkYETgoPImN4UtR_KwvYbH45P_ij7utlfcNJWf0HPYemiemDaNVGSNOwLXBk3nH04nGCwIV8w7wE0sxzvzyipP-5X5ECyMybz-px96pEUTHZHZGZsrmzUHumQaY0Ypj4lvxMrd82WByFJSsqeqVhyfiQjTtFOHAMgQ6irsc/s1024/2023-11-12%2019.42.11.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8h9bDWYR20F44cbvwQ9EpZkYETgoPImN4UtR_KwvYbH45P_ij7utlfcNJWf0HPYemiemDaNVGSNOwLXBk3nH04nGCwIV8w7wE0sxzvzyipP-5X5ECyMybz-px96pEUTHZHZGZsrmzUHumQaY0Ypj4lvxMrd82WByFJSsqeqVhyfiQjTtFOHAMgQ6irsc/w480-h640/2023-11-12%2019.42.11.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Totally handicrafted<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeemnsOGi5IVTXx2xStJR028xwOlCuXrbJQrL85AO7bfbsfKKvpJiNuxRR1B_2tRKPe1TRw4TVyskrRuqzRL95mAW6OLXsgvGTUwrPWquZPqf3Ai_3s2UNAeqWUZdIbxTjWPwiEKFht6YAF677koNSoxyxqoaM6P3NlzqveLYyh7tSBEe-i4abrOqubyM/s1024/2023-11-12%2019.43.31.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeemnsOGi5IVTXx2xStJR028xwOlCuXrbJQrL85AO7bfbsfKKvpJiNuxRR1B_2tRKPe1TRw4TVyskrRuqzRL95mAW6OLXsgvGTUwrPWquZPqf3Ai_3s2UNAeqWUZdIbxTjWPwiEKFht6YAF677koNSoxyxqoaM6P3NlzqveLYyh7tSBEe-i4abrOqubyM/w480-h640/2023-11-12%2019.43.31.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tusken Raiders!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhr9PcelFMmVWgi12o7GeHL6slFtvr86EKx3TUYYof99-RW5Sn0noD9MTEsDFOUj9hGxhFme9HUPPp_l_wOoEOpRkXMZZogeAw_rU2B6MnZh6WO5gEKZv2cu3LxZjeG0jnnjKOqHT4kX3iFoBP5jfPXNurhytmabwlx2tgYkJ-kmbMHlVE7MW7-TqsfI4/s1024/2023-11-12%2019.44.36.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhr9PcelFMmVWgi12o7GeHL6slFtvr86EKx3TUYYof99-RW5Sn0noD9MTEsDFOUj9hGxhFme9HUPPp_l_wOoEOpRkXMZZogeAw_rU2B6MnZh6WO5gEKZv2cu3LxZjeG0jnnjKOqHT4kX3iFoBP5jfPXNurhytmabwlx2tgYkJ-kmbMHlVE7MW7-TqsfI4/w640-h480/2023-11-12%2019.44.36.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Womp rats!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSyce7WSVak_o6HhRo902_23QmYTaY5OhxGKp37ZSShdJ0qrRpoa3Yb46H82oo53pnAurTQrrk2b3hYmYLc0Zp6qIqEriyu4Gj6n5eM2TEQIHyu0SkYVeZh0r_fpFgppvwGGB-UbKToJjQ5RZUs_T8xd6MwFgrvi4FSBzwUEfd-JRrr2ITQAbx9LUYYls/s1024/2023-11-12%2019.47.58.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSyce7WSVak_o6HhRo902_23QmYTaY5OhxGKp37ZSShdJ0qrRpoa3Yb46H82oo53pnAurTQrrk2b3hYmYLc0Zp6qIqEriyu4Gj6n5eM2TEQIHyu0SkYVeZh0r_fpFgppvwGGB-UbKToJjQ5RZUs_T8xd6MwFgrvi4FSBzwUEfd-JRrr2ITQAbx9LUYYls/w480-h640/2023-11-12%2019.47.58.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Banthas!</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Second lap is definitely in hard mode. Let's see it!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg5VbtmEIL-3exgkeJfvUE1EPNWCvh26eP_9hvb20Qd6Q-1uCrki_YVzRnQr3hvH72tUbVIXforHlfR_1RWWiEOYRLgM6m-ZOhc14SYgSP-J9K7crwiEf6jJKSl2dziy8bSaEbBXz956y9u0OMhG4g5JogEJsHzDyWs4iFY2501_ysIzVcfCbEMoiYOIk/s1024/2023-11-12%2019.50.30.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg5VbtmEIL-3exgkeJfvUE1EPNWCvh26eP_9hvb20Qd6Q-1uCrki_YVzRnQr3hvH72tUbVIXforHlfR_1RWWiEOYRLgM6m-ZOhc14SYgSP-J9K7crwiEf6jJKSl2dziy8bSaEbBXz956y9u0OMhG4g5JogEJsHzDyWs4iFY2501_ysIzVcfCbEMoiYOIk/w640-h480/2023-11-12%2019.50.30.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anakin crashes and loses his last point. Just as happened earlier.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo35Hnj5fb0jrdgR1kkvgWjNGjfPEs4Q-dLeqZ8iqBzoCHn1-FWttsEdxdgGUdHzICTAJM99GSV89-knFMYjq3lbfWrCcaD1tlBfTf1CvRHOfbbFSJcqf7z3k04eiC6JxoOUF4TkmViA5Hx7rLK_FIM1oaTX8BJhRuwgQqCSD-ZhnATSrZk2XL5eVX6L8/s1024/2023-11-12%2019.58.23.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo35Hnj5fb0jrdgR1kkvgWjNGjfPEs4Q-dLeqZ8iqBzoCHn1-FWttsEdxdgGUdHzICTAJM99GSV89-knFMYjq3lbfWrCcaD1tlBfTf1CvRHOfbbFSJcqf7z3k04eiC6JxoOUF4TkmViA5Hx7rLK_FIM1oaTX8BJhRuwgQqCSD-ZhnATSrZk2XL5eVX6L8/w480-h640/2023-11-12%2019.58.23.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pods at boxes, other ones speeding up... We're on it!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_TCLZF2UMZdq2lReE1HvhyDaizt-FugPDbsnbC5Yrp5fuU1T-jmEBQgWN92beNnOj-1nqI7HZFzTKTDVs7w4ml4IAaKZVAOQDmpbF5qxxCIRg868EN7WRO3P_OuhSTLNnuVRpsctT-5TXRMaVfma9_oU7Va-ZtC4TSL5fWAHpmghO-skI9OktAXB1wDk/s1024/2023-11-12%2020.04.28.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_TCLZF2UMZdq2lReE1HvhyDaizt-FugPDbsnbC5Yrp5fuU1T-jmEBQgWN92beNnOj-1nqI7HZFzTKTDVs7w4ml4IAaKZVAOQDmpbF5qxxCIRg868EN7WRO3P_OuhSTLNnuVRpsctT-5TXRMaVfma9_oU7Va-ZtC4TSL5fWAHpmghO-skI9OktAXB1wDk/w640-h480/2023-11-12%2020.04.28.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ouch! Metal scrap. That's not good for the engines!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgflq4mCg5RzpjrM2J2Hrj-6J6HdxvkdZbQDbsYcq3inmY6PIq_Nj4sKpNHKh2iGa6-ShrYx9sGvDXzI-uY8pYp314mSKZflY6qUHF2wERTlqzzo99Z6Ly30IG0QCdXEn4xPILeCLSzBF046ObKEMo6pq2eY61jMoTlqjHW4Yp7Xx414ZCM4H7gTIjD7fA/s1024/2023-11-12%2020.07.36.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgflq4mCg5RzpjrM2J2Hrj-6J6HdxvkdZbQDbsYcq3inmY6PIq_Nj4sKpNHKh2iGa6-ShrYx9sGvDXzI-uY8pYp314mSKZflY6qUHF2wERTlqzzo99Z6Ly30IG0QCdXEn4xPILeCLSzBF046ObKEMo6pq2eY61jMoTlqjHW4Yp7Xx414ZCM4H7gTIjD7fA/w640-h480/2023-11-12%2020.07.36.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mars Goo jumps over the canyon and avoids the Sarlacc<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Just a side note: At some point Mars Goo was literally the last one, and now he just overtook almost everyone. A good control of your gears, a good strategy approaching curves... and, well, some old school good luck with the dice can turn the tables in no time.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Control on the curves is 80% of this game, as you are about to see in the next pic. If you go too fast your pod is going to suffer...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh23ZHxaI1C7CuVQjTmbTUiuvbbvy_SypZ04sufiTZE183Qi4xM5HmB2CytC5-abGpbkXFY2mB82f0fcTI7Ol7urbqjL1sgLT0JfEvhvr2Pt6BMXoYGY-b7Xdlj5HwycXSYP_35I4EqY2dPdKL-aO0x8MBJAVegPA0J7HGJ643rUepFxEPW8qoQV10NQbw/s1024/2023-11-12%2020.12.57.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh23ZHxaI1C7CuVQjTmbTUiuvbbvy_SypZ04sufiTZE183Qi4xM5HmB2CytC5-abGpbkXFY2mB82f0fcTI7Ol7urbqjL1sgLT0JfEvhvr2Pt6BMXoYGY-b7Xdlj5HwycXSYP_35I4EqY2dPdKL-aO0x8MBJAVegPA0J7HGJ643rUepFxEPW8qoQV10NQbw/w640-h480/2023-11-12%2020.12.57.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anakin crashes again<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhfs_nN6MJwz3O-i8yzDhb1a2gSzVqIsobjxINTCK797ehmOJaa4ORrw9NTn5pzRewK4AmFqzWOo8-YfdF33zLLTfu3fjssd4RgYFVAf_a5wIhq8w_HAty6oqa22bEvKuqPKSntCXer__JaZaZhMqh3BGDA6wGpiz5cnqWY0D5kCHFKTGpIR1q1n9HGs4/s1024/2023-11-12%2020.32.42.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhfs_nN6MJwz3O-i8yzDhb1a2gSzVqIsobjxINTCK797ehmOJaa4ORrw9NTn5pzRewK4AmFqzWOo8-YfdF33zLLTfu3fjssd4RgYFVAf_a5wIhq8w_HAty6oqa22bEvKuqPKSntCXer__JaZaZhMqh3BGDA6wGpiz5cnqWY0D5kCHFKTGpIR1q1n9HGs4/w640-h480/2023-11-12%2020.32.42.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Are you trying to go through the checkpoint? Imperial pursuit!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOR5Lv7vlirlRtEauLzFRjegHitDNmcOBvNgQIUWI_IILva1xxSyJETjXSz2zx7rAVeXIgs_7QioBbqCYAXawW2mmZGmc4yJqRMKAYrooJWHgivkAiMSrN6zkXQzJ2W5FQXHQPx4YRwTZgvsAK6QxiTqCnVBgJjJW9zo09YPGc9iTiUHa_ss0So8iy9A0/s1024/2023-11-12%2020.38.14.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOR5Lv7vlirlRtEauLzFRjegHitDNmcOBvNgQIUWI_IILva1xxSyJETjXSz2zx7rAVeXIgs_7QioBbqCYAXawW2mmZGmc4yJqRMKAYrooJWHgivkAiMSrN6zkXQzJ2W5FQXHQPx4YRwTZgvsAK6QxiTqCnVBgJjJW9zo09YPGc9iTiUHa_ss0So8iy9A0/w640-h480/2023-11-12%2020.38.14.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Om nom nom<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_I70pGeCfpgLCawzhqP0sRzHI2MeXZ9W8jzZGzJfTvwjiADja7zcA6jlXCkM1BnVf-yu7oanoHhXtoUknEqQdnERm3Y667_TfMM3U9bxzblBCp_6rEqSfM_1dcgB3OyzEzBw-92SWiiZMby4qg8dVFcwNcT2rBLxyvXLrEdXoNx5G7VuAbNDv8-qtuw/s1024/2023-11-12%2020.39.23.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_I70pGeCfpgLCawzhqP0sRzHI2MeXZ9W8jzZGzJfTvwjiADja7zcA6jlXCkM1BnVf-yu7oanoHhXtoUknEqQdnERm3Y667_TfMM3U9bxzblBCp_6rEqSfM_1dcgB3OyzEzBw-92SWiiZMby4qg8dVFcwNcT2rBLxyvXLrEdXoNx5G7VuAbNDv8-qtuw/w480-h640/2023-11-12%2020.39.23.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seriously, Anakin, today's not your day<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">By then I had just recovered my structure points at boxes, so I was ready to squander them all again in a crazy run.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8boX-7TUeNH_NkHkJ1tYNdPCYpbyRSYTz7zuLEOUyNTfqUpzx8QLlG0cstPjOp3ptrwT_dqfYykJU-Xf-ixvtD4J0AfPSTYcCb1Jy-qUB2Rfnvq7X2bg3ei9gJSUeydmxuAAIK93VJ_9D_DVGRynnFSeXcl5W3MrPQ5G_k1Ug2wdoQJOtg4ZS0M3RbDA/s1024/2023-11-12%2020.41.26.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8boX-7TUeNH_NkHkJ1tYNdPCYpbyRSYTz7zuLEOUyNTfqUpzx8QLlG0cstPjOp3ptrwT_dqfYykJU-Xf-ixvtD4J0AfPSTYcCb1Jy-qUB2Rfnvq7X2bg3ei9gJSUeydmxuAAIK93VJ_9D_DVGRynnFSeXcl5W3MrPQ5G_k1Ug2wdoQJOtg4ZS0M3RbDA/w640-h480/2023-11-12%2020.41.26.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Revving again<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjys4TNX8Zaf3LsLX_Q_cV7KDAdrkLy7LgavC1sJc6UjQxlld5o8Md-zg980k0gVzfwAGfF2Uzxjzrf3kq5WXUuXPNi7p1GnXXokRFGkTWKwlVhKafhXuw1isyzggdj45-V0-UpnnolbtZ3Awtb2385h8vmANnmkdkFixGnyCr2bte8urmhpxl_nst6xMs/s1024/2023-11-12%2020.45.43.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjys4TNX8Zaf3LsLX_Q_cV7KDAdrkLy7LgavC1sJc6UjQxlld5o8Md-zg980k0gVzfwAGfF2Uzxjzrf3kq5WXUuXPNi7p1GnXXokRFGkTWKwlVhKafhXuw1isyzggdj45-V0-UpnnolbtZ3Awtb2385h8vmANnmkdkFixGnyCr2bte8urmhpxl_nst6xMs/w640-h480/2023-11-12%2020.45.43.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Release the Krayt Dragon!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheB2xEizzAnnERAE4WYrDzsuemMqmDB7LlkS4ZCA-kHD4HSvw3ZTICQkLhAn0qZmT6OfvL8fQmYvJ4H5XYoL-t3nSwCEr41UF4cUO99hNRWTw5AqUxX6cMuO6LFmEz5OOezYfjK2kXG168yTtLpXEo_acDVFI_KW2KruV1TKZT0ekoYVGX1TOwoaTyq2I/s1024/2023-11-12%2020.50.36.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheB2xEizzAnnERAE4WYrDzsuemMqmDB7LlkS4ZCA-kHD4HSvw3ZTICQkLhAn0qZmT6OfvL8fQmYvJ4H5XYoL-t3nSwCEr41UF4cUO99hNRWTw5AqUxX6cMuO6LFmEz5OOezYfjK2kXG168yTtLpXEo_acDVFI_KW2KruV1TKZT0ekoYVGX1TOwoaTyq2I/w640-h480/2023-11-12%2020.50.36.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At this point I'm no longer sure if this is Star Wars or Mad Max<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQcOqoky1qdUXqueBwUJCijnzrIinavwAFAW5akIlLK7Ba4oDaiJ2KivHyV2r3oWBIJenXnV3wjBBCAwMWeRXWl9dV15SyS8-VYWFVuwa13bnOepfLqMXxdKY9oo5OIQ7UNpjk-HQBsVute2cAF0IHBEEffz5kuIvWSIbCHCNzhpNN2aB_PPsqNzwIqDo/s909/2023-11-12%2020.51.51.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="909" data-original-width="767" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQcOqoky1qdUXqueBwUJCijnzrIinavwAFAW5akIlLK7Ba4oDaiJ2KivHyV2r3oWBIJenXnV3wjBBCAwMWeRXWl9dV15SyS8-VYWFVuwa13bnOepfLqMXxdKY9oo5OIQ7UNpjk-HQBsVute2cAF0IHBEEffz5kuIvWSIbCHCNzhpNN2aB_PPsqNzwIqDo/w540-h640/2023-11-12%2020.51.51.jpg" width="540" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trust me, better race than the one in the movie<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately I had to leave the game at this point, as it was getting really late. It's a shame, but I couldn't stay. I was disqualified -which in the end I guess it's pretty close to what happened to Ratts Tyerell in the movie!!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">If I get notice of who won and get more pics of what happened after my departure, I'll edit the post!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Some brief conclusions about the game. First of all, ambientation is everything. I don't think I would have been easily tempted into a Formula1 board game. However, a race in the Star Wars universe got me hooked since second 1, even if it was about the Phantom Menace! The mere idea of making a pod race was pure genius, but the translation of the racers and the rules into this setting broke my awesometer. The special traits of the pods were reasonably balanced, no one getting really overpowered. The fact of some engines stalling at the start of the race was so hilarious, but at the same time so atmospheric!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As I said earlier, you can't really take anything for granted. Taking curves properly is enormously important. You have to balance your speed and how much risk are you willing to take. For example, I took those two close curves (where the Tusken Raiders were to appear later) way too fast. That allowed me to overtake quite a lot of other racers and put me in a competitive position. But I payed quite a high price and lost most of my structure points. Later on I was too fast when facing the last curve of the lap and, even if I reduced two gears on a single take (which causes damage by itself!) there was no way I could slow down enough to avoid going too far, so I took that additional damage and ended up loosing all my structure points. As I told, a correct strategy on the curves is essential.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The game mechanics are sweet. The use of the modified dice is pretty ingenious and a fantastic way to represent speed and particularly acceleration. There will be some times in which you'll want to run faster but the road will be too crowded, or moments when you'll need to decelerate quickly even under the risk of burning your engine. The control of the structure points is important too, because sometimes you'll prefer to lose some of them, but get out of that curve overpassing other players, allowing you you go first on the next turn and taking the initiative.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">So in the end I'm so happy that I got to play. The game itself is great, but the modified version is freakin' awesome. I also got in touch again with pals I had lost contact with long ago, so I'm most definitely calling this a win!<br /></p>Suberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005091019027411799noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987721317661044121.post-5725236857394677502023-11-27T18:36:00.047+01:002023-11-27T18:36:00.136+01:00Blog 11th anniversary<p style="text-align: justify;">Eleven years today! Eleven!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/52/Eleven_(Stranger_Things).jpg/220px-Eleven_(Stranger_Things).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="287" data-original-width="220" height="287" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/52/Eleven_(Stranger_Things).jpg/220px-Eleven_(Stranger_Things).jpg" width="220" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No. Not this one<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I don't want to repeat the same stuff every year, but it's been a long way so far and I still keep enjoying it like the first day. Of course that's because of your constant encouragement. Thank you very much to all of you for being out there. Your comments are always appreciated (no, sorry, spambots, I'm not talking about you) and your insights on what I try to carry on here is constant food for thought and ease for stress. I do appreciate, pals. Please keep coming, you are always welcome. <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Those days of two posts per week (sometimes even three!) are now long gone, and unlikely to come back, but I don't really miss it <i>per se</i>. I mean, of course I'd like to have more free time and devote it to the hobby, but I'm good with things as they are. If I'm able to update the blog every couple of weeks I'm happy. If it's three weeks, so be it. If it's just a week or 10 days, super. I'm making no big deal out of the numbers, just enjoying every step of the journey.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">What have I been up to in the last 12 months?</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Well, I started with a normal skeleton, that should resemble no one you may know...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBi81I5lx0hs7jICfYJcO7BZon--W1RKgA1sGMOvGJNrQ5xXR6d-w8cdb82iBdjbxM7RPjazzbScnAW4cthak6dq3uTRVR1lndTUt5szK5pOXvEdSuoVW5GiiZs6ECrL_dVKFfrDBT6BCRsNTvf1Eh0A0JyV_VgP5K4TtHEFE9M7DI2VNQjPEQOuDk/s640/2022-12-10%2023.21.06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBi81I5lx0hs7jICfYJcO7BZon--W1RKgA1sGMOvGJNrQ5xXR6d-w8cdb82iBdjbxM7RPjazzbScnAW4cthak6dq3uTRVR1lndTUt5szK5pOXvEdSuoVW5GiiZs6ECrL_dVKFfrDBT6BCRsNTvf1Eh0A0JyV_VgP5K4TtHEFE9M7DI2VNQjPEQOuDk/w480-h640/2022-12-10%2023.21.06.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p>I came back to my realscale marines, recycling primaris stuff into 2nd ed like looking marines:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlhdah0ZWh5rbmXH-KU-sjLk-PWXXqMN9L77IFG3huGfTuTW3RPVbQMHgLwFK4YALuh8YpPGQPqx7Cc4uvNmGz7yztS7V_-j70Yzh8d2Ova1v5gwZkboVZpJgfdtwukkc0KZJF8EMU0sqRPQj09aLEqiMICbHP3mEnTj6STtj2jGofqkbOl6bW74u/s640/2022-12-28%2020.17.47.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="216" data-original-width="640" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlhdah0ZWh5rbmXH-KU-sjLk-PWXXqMN9L77IFG3huGfTuTW3RPVbQMHgLwFK4YALuh8YpPGQPqx7Cc4uvNmGz7yztS7V_-j70Yzh8d2Ova1v5gwZkboVZpJgfdtwukkc0KZJF8EMU0sqRPQj09aLEqiMICbHP3mEnTj6STtj2jGofqkbOl6bW74u/w640-h216/2022-12-28%2020.17.47.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>2023 has seen quite some colourful lizards from World of Twilight. In no specific order here you have some:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4F6svGM0yzAUshJgZ1uHx78nf04Biu_lMxV2EcPZu2KdlUSNrdcLwyppVAZ2RgZHxmL8_MeJDJfBfwXNmzuIqCoSMNQ0j81u8w9y_9VxM-RgspH6MpJZSwt3b3lP19Ov2TkacZLM8BRSSqCe5YqkX1xEYwkLlMROGkKZdH1dPQr10uAYa9FIt2hhf/s640/2023-01-09%2021.37.11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4F6svGM0yzAUshJgZ1uHx78nf04Biu_lMxV2EcPZu2KdlUSNrdcLwyppVAZ2RgZHxmL8_MeJDJfBfwXNmzuIqCoSMNQ0j81u8w9y_9VxM-RgspH6MpJZSwt3b3lP19Ov2TkacZLM8BRSSqCe5YqkX1xEYwkLlMROGkKZdH1dPQr10uAYa9FIt2hhf/w640-h360/2023-01-09%2021.37.11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrm5AJlJTDDIr21VMt3TCa0S0Wg1Qb1lYPIfILXRkYQW7_JxIOki_q2OxqybPB3cE7dRRs0ks5m8U8QAkPuJmpwzUXkEiMQCK2wi6qU-f-j7-VF_RHlb6wQS3P-5_QGQtWJSSqmbJcSPZzxO3Bu830tR3dh3FTOvFG9SMLe1KopnTcsD2tsVsmVP30/s640/2023-03-18%2011.34.15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrm5AJlJTDDIr21VMt3TCa0S0Wg1Qb1lYPIfILXRkYQW7_JxIOki_q2OxqybPB3cE7dRRs0ks5m8U8QAkPuJmpwzUXkEiMQCK2wi6qU-f-j7-VF_RHlb6wQS3P-5_QGQtWJSSqmbJcSPZzxO3Bu830tR3dh3FTOvFG9SMLe1KopnTcsD2tsVsmVP30/w640-h480/2023-03-18%2011.34.15.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQPA43nCHMocOl5aJujPxmeKcul3KYvmVJ35I0tiuhzwk_OZ91EbG5lRm1rk4KJKPh6hSCuG8f5PzRPX0738eYFknb2xvheV54U2EUNZcT8WOCiSVH76qNDgGJCOI6QxWleFOw95qWb-BO_rOVGkkAlLsB7iMo7hvFtv5HZp1owiZjSDA2sVsIP61Hgec/s640/2023-08-11%2022.33.53.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQPA43nCHMocOl5aJujPxmeKcul3KYvmVJ35I0tiuhzwk_OZ91EbG5lRm1rk4KJKPh6hSCuG8f5PzRPX0738eYFknb2xvheV54U2EUNZcT8WOCiSVH76qNDgGJCOI6QxWleFOw95qWb-BO_rOVGkkAlLsB7iMo7hvFtv5HZp1owiZjSDA2sVsIP61Hgec/w640-h480/2023-08-11%2022.33.53.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6-Sz5rsyZtc4RNx7cpIgfKAgwPAcNjk9wG5N_Nec8m9llr__oeO1e5RXDTGblf9m_lzUDm3cOYaZHUg787WmQipV6bUh8UG5PvDgWz9sq_eFB4e6AQyBHu5j_hs3QtjJ8Czs-5ETAiuARKVamamn8a9u7WTAfAl9h_cK3e7uoU6Haa9_Yw1SQANELC8/s640/2023-10-21%2020.39.59.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6-Sz5rsyZtc4RNx7cpIgfKAgwPAcNjk9wG5N_Nec8m9llr__oeO1e5RXDTGblf9m_lzUDm3cOYaZHUg787WmQipV6bUh8UG5PvDgWz9sq_eFB4e6AQyBHu5j_hs3QtjJ8Czs-5ETAiuARKVamamn8a9u7WTAfAl9h_cK3e7uoU6Haa9_Yw1SQANELC8/w640-h480/2023-10-21%2020.39.59.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">It's been the year in which I've been back to gaming too! I mean, just in 2023 I've played more than in the last four previous years on a whole!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I had this awesome game of Cursed City early in January:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6hxjRJLG8C-EzEFsqgWo7zB9vro8o3bw2_eV6zKhgHJmRzzj21JxJQTb0wXXOY8x5njeVzLVP-IWLfQk2xRROOWU8EIDdws0RWg7lr1CWDpwJX35cGvOxOAYKlxwQNPu_CgzeMfqzr8btzHw6bG3h8yy4iuK6sEAfqGTJy4vR9K9lhSmSJuXrRWeH/s640/2023-01-21%2014.04.05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6hxjRJLG8C-EzEFsqgWo7zB9vro8o3bw2_eV6zKhgHJmRzzj21JxJQTb0wXXOY8x5njeVzLVP-IWLfQk2xRROOWU8EIDdws0RWg7lr1CWDpwJX35cGvOxOAYKlxwQNPu_CgzeMfqzr8btzHw6bG3h8yy4iuK6sEAfqGTJy4vR9K9lhSmSJuXrRWeH/w640-h480/2023-01-21%2014.04.05.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">And just afterwards I had this game of Aristeia! (Even with unpainted minis -shame! shame!)<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeim-kjeMzYUupkeADdNAvrBdZyw05kDG9nWU0QxKOEioypBWaEhtO7XtR4kN-sHt-6q8RJYLSOyGHp_Zgs2GKicP4eWjryT5L1y1zxgH8wwzNEehRQpIFSS25HHxPaFOTxX_eb6yE_dRHKXLYEBQXMg5cLq1ZLehCG4b__qjkFDdWXKq2lyIbO1zP/s640/005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeim-kjeMzYUupkeADdNAvrBdZyw05kDG9nWU0QxKOEioypBWaEhtO7XtR4kN-sHt-6q8RJYLSOyGHp_Zgs2GKicP4eWjryT5L1y1zxgH8wwzNEehRQpIFSS25HHxPaFOTxX_eb6yE_dRHKXLYEBQXMg5cLq1ZLehCG4b__qjkFDdWXKq2lyIbO1zP/w640-h480/005.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>I made an almost first, as I painted Squats. Me, painting Squats!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgLCJ1uAGP90836phtNELQory3--v9rTdE_l6SAOE5GkcEbIsbi4JL5C769TLw9nBKULWWDxhh9fB7qrf6D5tficFfCITGOKqN2y8KAIMvspujoTK3Ghzhr9JNVmV-vpclH0FF_fo4PmC34VHDnAu8nNgvAnsoYzvHvd4MuQbboKbWhdADrAePYiJb/s640/2023-01-29%2021.16.31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgLCJ1uAGP90836phtNELQory3--v9rTdE_l6SAOE5GkcEbIsbi4JL5C769TLw9nBKULWWDxhh9fB7qrf6D5tficFfCITGOKqN2y8KAIMvspujoTK3Ghzhr9JNVmV-vpclH0FF_fo4PmC34VHDnAu8nNgvAnsoYzvHvd4MuQbboKbWhdADrAePYiJb/w640-h480/2023-01-29%2021.16.31.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>I'm also seriously commiting to this beautiful monster:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhEjin9xK69qN8Ao5iCEZ3BuzjQw0eEdEAciOZfS7e985NUqQ5DAMGZf20XGuSpQC_WXxc6EuG2bd7X1V5hYmdOiR_klsQxeUL4KdzNRXx9vJwIiIieCxBSRigQ_iY5zVJMsmPJkwXU3G5RX2drLy7TdRg9sUM7szba0EfyRRcll3YiPWVL-kFzJwC/s640/064.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhEjin9xK69qN8Ao5iCEZ3BuzjQw0eEdEAciOZfS7e985NUqQ5DAMGZf20XGuSpQC_WXxc6EuG2bd7X1V5hYmdOiR_klsQxeUL4KdzNRXx9vJwIiIieCxBSRigQ_iY5zVJMsmPJkwXU3G5RX2drLy7TdRg9sUM7szba0EfyRRcll3YiPWVL-kFzJwC/w640-h480/064.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>(Spoiler alert, I'm planning to bring more of this before the year ends, shhh...)</p><p>Speaking of large stuff, I incorporated this sizeable mining dump truck to my Genestealer Cult:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRgSIXE4EyV5TdcwypBZPjSpQtxWhrWvCWv29QQy6hU64tu5k40a59b3i9Axy9_hSbNouXVUgcAR6uLGYJC76vNzqBLKT5D3a7VxIfK_Oo1VKuxYKkopFmeXWuGtDcinJ97bPF6aukTMPaXHUUBcWB4-Qz1UneUFWko52YLgC6mzeux4qQAVJ6ckIA/s640/2023-03-31%2000.52.21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRgSIXE4EyV5TdcwypBZPjSpQtxWhrWvCWv29QQy6hU64tu5k40a59b3i9Axy9_hSbNouXVUgcAR6uLGYJC76vNzqBLKT5D3a7VxIfK_Oo1VKuxYKkopFmeXWuGtDcinJ97bPF6aukTMPaXHUUBcWB4-Qz1UneUFWko52YLgC6mzeux4qQAVJ6ckIA/w640-h480/2023-03-31%2000.52.21.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Oh, I got some other colourful lizards, but not from Twilight!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmP7G5F19kDwB80YCqlFmYencIe7VVA9EIDPF8iHxh3yQ9gIUbA4Y1MBUEZnH0o-SGX_TePcLv5QwYSYe0mGKBVoesWxD8l7o7oMQmL2bKAeAaTEKgFz2OOaqkJdfASJH5AovTnDGCqpWqp-4oyqk8IO9Y99YSrObUzNfcwq8NCe4QmME8aBn1x_ID/s640/2023-05-01%2023.54.06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmP7G5F19kDwB80YCqlFmYencIe7VVA9EIDPF8iHxh3yQ9gIUbA4Y1MBUEZnH0o-SGX_TePcLv5QwYSYe0mGKBVoesWxD8l7o7oMQmL2bKAeAaTEKgFz2OOaqkJdfASJH5AovTnDGCqpWqp-4oyqk8IO9Y99YSrObUzNfcwq8NCe4QmME8aBn1x_ID/w640-h480/2023-05-01%2023.54.06.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Went back to my Oldhammer roots with these glorious RT robots:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpMtMSgvBfdVCu-XkXCs9WJprF7T2QAxGNTXGpRFo6SzewiRvpQL3LBeKiz86C7S-6dkMDclVjGaT1T_TCR3FnTDGLo8oaqPfxE-i4Sen3SAOEMAMALc8KhF8S3C6F-MeQQqgNp9VQek5kz1dLScWiN5eKxuhx-hk9thT6kRKw8ElgF2r0iJCOf9W/s640/2023-05-16%2000.31.40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpMtMSgvBfdVCu-XkXCs9WJprF7T2QAxGNTXGpRFo6SzewiRvpQL3LBeKiz86C7S-6dkMDclVjGaT1T_TCR3FnTDGLo8oaqPfxE-i4Sen3SAOEMAMALc8KhF8S3C6F-MeQQqgNp9VQek5kz1dLScWiN5eKxuhx-hk9thT6kRKw8ElgF2r0iJCOf9W/w640-h480/2023-05-16%2000.31.40.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>And from there to something purely new, as I got into Infinity!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjh4F3LBOM1B87Mm-B_gPSBPE61RFlc3qVYcBQd9Slrs5zwmUAI3hGwbk05NFOQ9L00I3wkz7wEItvHaC15hIGG1h21qsP1QQK0AiyKRbstMmxp5FNBVyb0KxrD36T6qS-Cn9d4wt_jXhk6OTiQTq5vnADwOu-G66NjRQtK22vC8HD4Nn78m6zOj9Ll7I/s640/027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjh4F3LBOM1B87Mm-B_gPSBPE61RFlc3qVYcBQd9Slrs5zwmUAI3hGwbk05NFOQ9L00I3wkz7wEItvHaC15hIGG1h21qsP1QQK0AiyKRbstMmxp5FNBVyb0KxrD36T6qS-Cn9d4wt_jXhk6OTiQTq5vnADwOu-G66NjRQtK22vC8HD4Nn78m6zOj9Ll7I/w640-h480/027.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>I'm rebuilding my Underworlds boards, just got to the half of the project milestone:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOhg3AX4Ckwhh4cCgTZp_YaS5Nf8XRD-JYFi_CADG6K8CsviEwnXTn0L9ghiyKEI2ch5dVqNB7a-qkrEkIf5DybEhTj5mI5U2lsxhRPTH6MgyZ0nO7hzB4OGS-GlMZmOki86E5yLJjZeGqZVKGJwhml5EOib7SpGNMlqp2rv3t2lfbmy_Rzo0lMTn7I2A/w640-h480/2023-08-16%2001.15.57.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>I loved to go back again to Rogue Trader with this Imperial Guard platoon:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdcUoxC6Iya8hKdhmKegfnY3KCFkBEOH--N2ZDJPtLmJ2J63zvFC-kTYrYVjhXjJjskYB0o35AaUmO4Ot63Kv5PMkW5ZvKqAclCfkS4dCsvdn_99lUabSMgb-I_Vf3Ql-K1PPYmZ7AI-dTNX1F_04qp6Q-Ca4ym45dagQNvldxA1NabON8aIy0wWSw1bg/s640/2023-08-29%2022.35.01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdcUoxC6Iya8hKdhmKegfnY3KCFkBEOH--N2ZDJPtLmJ2J63zvFC-kTYrYVjhXjJjskYB0o35AaUmO4Ot63Kv5PMkW5ZvKqAclCfkS4dCsvdn_99lUabSMgb-I_Vf3Ql-K1PPYmZ7AI-dTNX1F_04qp6Q-Ca4ym45dagQNvldxA1NabON8aIy0wWSw1bg/w640-h480/2023-08-29%2022.35.01.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Which I painted just in time for my first WH40K2 game in 6 years (Wow):</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikdYB3NkNEHqV9wlf-46FWtx_m16URNa2mFGfv7ksrPsjj0NLFVDrgGRVnxasD-jqB4eoMh7vggaV5o2cXbNLlHmJiy5l_XjBm3aqTbWL6M6G1wnXID2mVvcTsodE-Eh3fmmwBN4HytfP0EOcj5SxR50AzVLyoYKK8eAQSn0V1I9v3QV3av4oUdCNO0J0/s640/2023-08-29%2000.17.46.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikdYB3NkNEHqV9wlf-46FWtx_m16URNa2mFGfv7ksrPsjj0NLFVDrgGRVnxasD-jqB4eoMh7vggaV5o2cXbNLlHmJiy5l_XjBm3aqTbWL6M6G1wnXID2mVvcTsodE-Eh3fmmwBN4HytfP0EOcj5SxR50AzVLyoYKK8eAQSn0V1I9v3QV3av4oUdCNO0J0/w480-h640/2023-08-29%2000.17.46.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4iMZttz3J6IeS5iC60JbfrMcQjjMDS5VhVdJN5RvL8Ca1ttFJNI1BPynDoaGT3Y-lEeiYOaV20StFugQNuaj7NUKbG0vLFvU4Ey6_Hrt1GqwkRrfEB0skcM82fWgKwGLeIOeU2nml4x4bEYeWG3IhJbHRC8ywJPCvsEc3RFHarp3UlPAT0t-19FQIuqg/s640/2023-08-29%2019.22.45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4iMZttz3J6IeS5iC60JbfrMcQjjMDS5VhVdJN5RvL8Ca1ttFJNI1BPynDoaGT3Y-lEeiYOaV20StFugQNuaj7NUKbG0vLFvU4Ey6_Hrt1GqwkRrfEB0skcM82fWgKwGLeIOeU2nml4x4bEYeWG3IhJbHRC8ywJPCvsEc3RFHarp3UlPAT0t-19FQIuqg/w480-h640/2023-08-29%2019.22.45.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p>It was glorious. I do need to play more to this.<br /></p><p>After that I was in a fantasy-like mood and I painted these:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi23Bv2n4RBF9OxKeLoSVzzUwXjX_8bFTe9xwN_jZWIx5LMbyDQNIDLxzD0lichXGbTKMTe4jse5zAf0I0hSh47vGwga46sLHSd_ZWE0aFPHqciRTet2yQkaHY02keKQHrnmZTn6oFW-PaDTIEW7DtSGnqJuimyj7TiR3IToinRAztHbF0SjP3M7OJHifU/s640/2023-09-18%2017.32.17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi23Bv2n4RBF9OxKeLoSVzzUwXjX_8bFTe9xwN_jZWIx5LMbyDQNIDLxzD0lichXGbTKMTe4jse5zAf0I0hSh47vGwga46sLHSd_ZWE0aFPHqciRTet2yQkaHY02keKQHrnmZTn6oFW-PaDTIEW7DtSGnqJuimyj7TiR3IToinRAztHbF0SjP3M7OJHifU/w640-h480/2023-09-18%2017.32.17.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jvR6yzdahmxsEyVixnS_vjrhNxUsNmZNmu90jvSKvTrnNhStKeLCIXnSwp2t6vm9OrQ8cxtiJTAwv63UNfe232Y0kQGHhk6LpAZ-HO9IfQxVABwUPdjeB8j40IcCJE_i-0NHpFrraOkOtyP4SnAtWkKmalvyYThcqHHGD57cWK_eD4rLEqnFq6hWx5A/s640/2023-09-30%2014.35.46.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jvR6yzdahmxsEyVixnS_vjrhNxUsNmZNmu90jvSKvTrnNhStKeLCIXnSwp2t6vm9OrQ8cxtiJTAwv63UNfe232Y0kQGHhk6LpAZ-HO9IfQxVABwUPdjeB8j40IcCJE_i-0NHpFrraOkOtyP4SnAtWkKmalvyYThcqHHGD57cWK_eD4rLEqnFq6hWx5A/w640-h480/2023-09-30%2014.35.46.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> Quite unexpectedly I played Aeronautica Imperialis:<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-t8AQSy5OCsox6w81qoWyazEODvaiC1NpBnA8VFEC6TqZRVpZeJSYkZYgpEP8QsOgdCwwowPcCHggq6wTimwVHmG562RpqhBPZayCp3UAvOETInrChpmWtDJwsd6dKiKlJUZrTde1rkdjLSi5tNQCmxR_AQZPrZajQoFXM72atuh6z-OfyEUpiyYV63s/s640/2023-10-07%2013.17.24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-t8AQSy5OCsox6w81qoWyazEODvaiC1NpBnA8VFEC6TqZRVpZeJSYkZYgpEP8QsOgdCwwowPcCHggq6wTimwVHmG562RpqhBPZayCp3UAvOETInrChpmWtDJwsd6dKiKlJUZrTde1rkdjLSi5tNQCmxR_AQZPrZajQoFXM72atuh6z-OfyEUpiyYV63s/w640-h480/2023-10-07%2013.17.24.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>And I'm closing my review with my latest progress on my current ongoing board:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9zTYtNSLrgsjYpS-oyxDQKwMJXGUhl4A0RXTlYqwe_II1ABCeE2Nk9Ad5kJeHRZCFWIPcmqgfLuOCjDINA8YTp4awdyLKtGBU5qSz_wiLniB7Ymr3bSGc3eDVfriazsMD4YHLKTrhVaJI_znNEx31KECQJ35KzG6sguhg9e-mfkZcKF1vNA0bYvPRO4M/s640/2023-09-27%2000.30.08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="640" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9zTYtNSLrgsjYpS-oyxDQKwMJXGUhl4A0RXTlYqwe_II1ABCeE2Nk9Ad5kJeHRZCFWIPcmqgfLuOCjDINA8YTp4awdyLKtGBU5qSz_wiLniB7Ymr3bSGc3eDVfriazsMD4YHLKTrhVaJI_znNEx31KECQJ35KzG6sguhg9e-mfkZcKF1vNA0bYvPRO4M/w640-h476/2023-09-27%2000.30.08.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>I don't think I'm missing anything!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">So this has been a year's work, what can you expect for next season? For now I can speak about a game in the close future (even just some days if I can write the AAR soon!), and I'm going back to the trireme, which I currently have on the bench. Apart from that, I have so many projects, as usual! Let's see which of them can be turned out into real stuff! I would be very pleased if you'd like to discover it with me!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Thank you all! Next episode of this adventure starts today!<br /></p>Suberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005091019027411799noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987721317661044121.post-11451281859423505352023-11-12T00:35:00.003+01:002023-11-12T00:35:42.060+01:00Closing gaps<p style="text-align: justify;">Back to my never ending vertical mining town board! I expected my progress on this area to be slow, but oh, man, not <i>that </i>slow!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">First of all, let's just recap:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXkGesIZn8kTqUl79nFXZua-gJZyekquMwsH8Q-a2E9Qyx9Z7_VrABb-KEiokvxbKRlChMi7u10O4LuwiERJE5SO9iULRbxYeuzI3bxub1_of0lFSPoYtVYsCXI2acPk7C-R-iUmUgr9HthVhCtlmTAJaIj5P6sTf0JLoOUdMFYbjAy-EBGLiqd3QX/s640/2023-05-19%2009.43.35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXkGesIZn8kTqUl79nFXZua-gJZyekquMwsH8Q-a2E9Qyx9Z7_VrABb-KEiokvxbKRlChMi7u10O4LuwiERJE5SO9iULRbxYeuzI3bxub1_of0lFSPoYtVYsCXI2acPk7C-R-iUmUgr9HthVhCtlmTAJaIj5P6sTf0JLoOUdMFYbjAy-EBGLiqd3QX/w640-h480/2023-05-19%2009.43.35.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was last time you saw it<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">My plan from now on was focusing mostly on the left area, but... well, you'll see.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The foamboard here is not yet glued, it's just for visual reference:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_w4Hykg5rKXYPgoXNWDaj-PzjbUH3uz5Vi6-NtshHLZwQOnTWW0PpRSCWwBkFF5uD370AbLpRerHgIalS9UtKUdu4R3JKTpt34gQIoDvDSE4j-Yg2tKStZxr2HOdiLsKFszsSZV7jc6rBm3Zh6lqCIebiHJWKEmU6luJ4-XluXEZvvhr56SFfWk08k4/s1024/2023-05-19%2009.43.54.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_w4Hykg5rKXYPgoXNWDaj-PzjbUH3uz5Vi6-NtshHLZwQOnTWW0PpRSCWwBkFF5uD370AbLpRerHgIalS9UtKUdu4R3JKTpt34gQIoDvDSE4j-Yg2tKStZxr2HOdiLsKFszsSZV7jc6rBm3Zh6lqCIebiHJWKEmU6luJ4-XluXEZvvhr56SFfWk08k4/w640-h480/2023-05-19%2009.43.54.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yet to be fixed, will be the base for next urban expansion<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">However, this concept left me some unused space beneath that surface. I believe it was time to bring the mining element to my... well, mining town!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjNCnelgoZGLd3ukfVVjgCPItRV-YzxdcBuEhLn9jOnMsL7pZvf-6obZCn2cW5XhxPQAsrkNscILaN7IEfwXYc32ysXCfXcm8nBiHN6h7TMvVEDPl9ZwYZIxlb5we2IgVQRhQ_qduh5y0BADJJ-A041f-8QG42WM9Ua649yYrFm80unEggAeZfgDbP-1M/s1024/2023-05-19%2010.08.10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjNCnelgoZGLd3ukfVVjgCPItRV-YzxdcBuEhLn9jOnMsL7pZvf-6obZCn2cW5XhxPQAsrkNscILaN7IEfwXYc32ysXCfXcm8nBiHN6h7TMvVEDPl9ZwYZIxlb5we2IgVQRhQ_qduh5y0BADJJ-A041f-8QG42WM9Ua649yYrFm80unEggAeZfgDbP-1M/w640-h480/2023-05-19%2010.08.10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nothing speaks of mines more than dead end railways coming from a cave<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">I used a <a href="https://www.manticgames.com/terrain-crate/featured/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Terrain Crate box</a> by Mantic, which I found at quite a reasonable price. My idea is to leave here the entrance to the mines, just at the very gates of the rest of the town. Might sound odd, but I totally see this happening in places such as Logan's World or so. There can be other entrances, sure, but having this one here seemed suitable for me. In gaming terms it provides me quite a perfect spot for the Genestealer Cult to enter the board, stuff like that.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the pic above you may be wondering what's that circle about. Well, it's related to this:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgje-UiEQzkCV0sXidlKZyB4tbfJRfsbZgshBqdgvd3YYLAWIfFSDeAOKFxLhXXxMqXaxqYb_oA-_wCxepGkTI3Zcguagfpb1wNv-Q84qfQFcwStjkjyKDNgrpeqNu8i5Nd-89k3NI1R9ue2EdRthEuFvN_VhgM7Qo-I1va1u4DDDIiNvMUsUMhgXgvHbc/s1024/2023-05-19%2010.21.33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgje-UiEQzkCV0sXidlKZyB4tbfJRfsbZgshBqdgvd3YYLAWIfFSDeAOKFxLhXXxMqXaxqYb_oA-_wCxepGkTI3Zcguagfpb1wNv-Q84qfQFcwStjkjyKDNgrpeqNu8i5Nd-89k3NI1R9ue2EdRthEuFvN_VhgM7Qo-I1va1u4DDDIiNvMUsUMhgXgvHbc/w640-h480/2023-05-19%2010.21.33.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Epic, timeless butter cookie can!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Pff, I may have to digress a little.This box was originally planned for another project:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbhsUjWHZmRjl1CQ3neUW29LJQT8lF3JDvGLzrSs6ks0Pd_ZQDySFUSMVwqciyU5WaUua9gvL1BMGp-tTUCu6a3cmfPD-RWOiQbTSa_9jQ36Ym_5tVuLpB8cS5CY92Cb5jJhqDRt8BsKU/s400/2019-01-22+23.59.00.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbhsUjWHZmRjl1CQ3neUW29LJQT8lF3JDvGLzrSs6ks0Pd_ZQDySFUSMVwqciyU5WaUua9gvL1BMGp-tTUCu6a3cmfPD-RWOiQbTSa_9jQ36Ym_5tVuLpB8cS5CY92Cb5jJhqDRt8BsKU/w640-h480/2019-01-22+23.59.00.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Genestealer Dungeon!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Shame on me, the Dungeon doesn't currently have a label of its own. I may have to remedy that.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Anyway, this project was abandoned when I started to build the vertical board. In my mind it all will be part of a campaign involving the Cult, first played on the surface and later on through this underground Space Hulk or whatever. I may have everything ready by 2030.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Ahem.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Enough digression. The cookie can. It was meant to be a pit in the Dungeon, hence the texture. For my current purposes I may have to remove it (it's just DAS clay). But what purposes are those...?</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZo86mjHJrdLfQ4b6mrDN0nBVG6uVKZHUX0QOEcpf_fq0qBnNWW_Yq6W138xxQhA9B6UZnk38zFHVph30QAnIwZ4NnXJRkLeO_-xbO8yugscVCAvUP8HYukMGOJeAhCuA3-VaPOXQxvxZXZW-OB0e58KzWEXnWSD6cY84FkaDzLwt2qiMNiMU0MljQhdE/s1024/2023-05-19%2010.24.38.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZo86mjHJrdLfQ4b6mrDN0nBVG6uVKZHUX0QOEcpf_fq0qBnNWW_Yq6W138xxQhA9B6UZnk38zFHVph30QAnIwZ4NnXJRkLeO_-xbO8yugscVCAvUP8HYukMGOJeAhCuA3-VaPOXQxvxZXZW-OB0e58KzWEXnWSD6cY84FkaDzLwt2qiMNiMU0MljQhdE/w640-h480/2023-05-19%2010.24.38.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unexpected!</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Right, instead of building, I'm hollowing spaces! My idea is to place a round bazaar, with ladders, stalls and stuff. It will communicate (with a false door; I'm not cutting through the tin can) with the front part, providing a point of access close to the entrance of the mine.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">So first thing now is to make the access for the railway. I had to make the full thing, because it will be inaccessible later.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoWlWWQMzyLHTSrsl6wwhbsrXlEmIqSnpejeQHDR1u85aryjfT4tYjoZ_kLejWwVA6dXZIi6RB-xhAM_gjxeVb6zJR0yFeXcdZ9wDdT_3GBNhad1zGyeJb6v6RdqArur8jYdDLYBg-SXsEOYqwqm0YbqHF3Fs2L9ztrOR9nB8QkfpRyZMh7gMX-cTXT00/s1024/2023-08-14%2000.32.43.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoWlWWQMzyLHTSrsl6wwhbsrXlEmIqSnpejeQHDR1u85aryjfT4tYjoZ_kLejWwVA6dXZIi6RB-xhAM_gjxeVb6zJR0yFeXcdZ9wDdT_3GBNhad1zGyeJb6v6RdqArur8jYdDLYBg-SXsEOYqwqm0YbqHF3Fs2L9ztrOR9nB8QkfpRyZMh7gMX-cTXT00/w640-h480/2023-08-14%2000.32.43.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lost opportunity to place a LED light in the background<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Now, more logistic issues. The hole on the foamboard is so tight (it has to be!) that the cookie can cannot fit in from above:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicC7stdBaNauXMwD_GWjlzmytl8UcWbSNWlsKAs8S4lOaE5ce38Pg74nDMONkyJE99wt9bwj40fOKTWQDtJI462nj7UcPUJDAEoSTbhWhgn5CftxklKUrrDyP2r411azKgkoJGjS6UPxWDXqSvf-5NZrwTCBL3gkJGU9hAu8DD3vLRI6GztMQrrbsYH7o/s1024/2023-08-14%2000.33.23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicC7stdBaNauXMwD_GWjlzmytl8UcWbSNWlsKAs8S4lOaE5ce38Pg74nDMONkyJE99wt9bwj40fOKTWQDtJI462nj7UcPUJDAEoSTbhWhgn5CftxklKUrrDyP2r411azKgkoJGjS6UPxWDXqSvf-5NZrwTCBL3gkJGU9hAu8DD3vLRI6GztMQrrbsYH7o/w480-h640/2023-08-14%2000.33.23.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's due to the ledge on the lower part<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">So I'll have to place the tin can from below, or else I'd had to add a lot of work all around the edge of the hole.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFriy0HJt2eSQU0LhDSkebr1kIxUxjtG1A_BcVtSdV-k0-7T7wV__wxSrmoVizMQEM4fW7v9vPSjS_IrpXMey2-d9odUTuo3xdXAPD8CIsv2AioBdT1rgohQG1GlTmZ7LTtLb1hY6pnDNS1pfYaUiOJJjw-ykNXQD48gs8G09wTMMPbFgakXpqxo-Na4/s1024/2023-08-14%2001.01.30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFriy0HJt2eSQU0LhDSkebr1kIxUxjtG1A_BcVtSdV-k0-7T7wV__wxSrmoVizMQEM4fW7v9vPSjS_IrpXMey2-d9odUTuo3xdXAPD8CIsv2AioBdT1rgohQG1GlTmZ7LTtLb1hY6pnDNS1pfYaUiOJJjw-ykNXQD48gs8G09wTMMPbFgakXpqxo-Na4/w640-h480/2023-08-14%2001.01.30.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This way<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Soooo... I first have to build the whole bazaar, then fit it into the board from below and place some supporting pieces beneath it. Whoah, easier said than done.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Well, then this is the board. You may notice some additional work on the center building (close ups later):</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1TKCp1ohINiW2L3R03hu6bUU5cXF2gBvXx-cRJYrsop-OhUQqfH_cDeVZfQY6Ag2YqnsoJtEPikk2fZrAu9MCfc9yu-PqgQCRciqNjnFT_kkwLSrV01mfA8KcNYBZNzAzYgBr2BNz6Wbbn1TlBrddnUbxF4T6amPreBh_3bT0Sj1g_Nf0Gq5MtPn4Sqo/s1024/2023-08-31%2000.16.36.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1TKCp1ohINiW2L3R03hu6bUU5cXF2gBvXx-cRJYrsop-OhUQqfH_cDeVZfQY6Ag2YqnsoJtEPikk2fZrAu9MCfc9yu-PqgQCRciqNjnFT_kkwLSrV01mfA8KcNYBZNzAzYgBr2BNz6Wbbn1TlBrddnUbxF4T6amPreBh_3bT0Sj1g_Nf0Gq5MtPn4Sqo/w640-h480/2023-08-31%2000.16.36.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready to receive some spray colour<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgljv5bQXMIk9lJuhzOIXqrsaBlD9qHpvkPuaMMoBMc6F5cdNtuyBnRBZWi9sZGr0oq5LRFlZYtemL7ICMjwhDy5lfpwx_N4Hyz01w06oKKDqJ8eW31YknPzoh6UG-aGJLsIKjhbRKO8nNGPfpE9YhpL5HP1D_6uMmcR6gP5hs5WqzWWW8TI-J-gOPT_w/s1024/2023-08-31%2000.30.36.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgljv5bQXMIk9lJuhzOIXqrsaBlD9qHpvkPuaMMoBMc6F5cdNtuyBnRBZWi9sZGr0oq5LRFlZYtemL7ICMjwhDy5lfpwx_N4Hyz01w06oKKDqJ8eW31YknPzoh6UG-aGJLsIKjhbRKO8nNGPfpE9YhpL5HP1D_6uMmcR6gP5hs5WqzWWW8TI-J-gOPT_w/w640-h480/2023-08-31%2000.30.36.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After receiving some colour!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Well. The thing is that I still haven't done the bazaar. "<i>Oh, what a lousy blog post then</i>" I hear you say. "<i>This is all you got?</i>" you rightfully claim.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I say NO.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">There's still plenty of stuff to do here, don't fear.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I need another kind of digression in order to move forward. Please look at the next pic, it will be relevant for so many projects (I hope):</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjaENjCqU7yQ2zPqggmXVh_KRXaszL5wts6k0rW082MEeXOIFcZSMgkr9CiCSX_m-4tN8NcItQl1sP0SSJUwU3kE4w_Fg7YPf85mOeYgQruuUPFbzBTBZQxh0_AiL1t8eOlkGbwGg-GZbqyTElGrHBMVPdZ-ZweuSrKJQudWDpbbZKCzj4A4iZnV4QkZI/s1024/2023-09-01%2001.40.31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjaENjCqU7yQ2zPqggmXVh_KRXaszL5wts6k0rW082MEeXOIFcZSMgkr9CiCSX_m-4tN8NcItQl1sP0SSJUwU3kE4w_Fg7YPf85mOeYgQruuUPFbzBTBZQxh0_AiL1t8eOlkGbwGg-GZbqyTElGrHBMVPdZ-ZweuSrKJQudWDpbbZKCzj4A4iZnV4QkZI/w480-h640/2023-09-01%2001.40.31.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A humongous, absurdly oversized toy crane<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It finally broke. I had nothing to do with it, promise. But the moment I had been waiting for a few years finally arrived. The Suberlings kindly donated their broken toy so it could have a second life. Trust me, I'm cannibalising every bit I can use!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">For now let's see...</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsHSU-COVflEnTjC0nU2-8PyjnoQwVwGD_LqTHcW7OOquPKrr-t6CHUwDycnLvFdqUSiYr6ldmkID_FzQ00fGdR2i63XHpC3tlQlzncJccl5ltBLF84xbJ53LlU__ibchLggnG8dMStNC8L67Tljp8yp5y49HThNFKebsbgvEw5Hfqm8It4XhVFMVto-I/s1024/2023-09-01%2001.40.32.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsHSU-COVflEnTjC0nU2-8PyjnoQwVwGD_LqTHcW7OOquPKrr-t6CHUwDycnLvFdqUSiYr6ldmkID_FzQ00fGdR2i63XHpC3tlQlzncJccl5ltBLF84xbJ53LlU__ibchLggnG8dMStNC8L67Tljp8yp5y49HThNFKebsbgvEw5Hfqm8It4XhVFMVto-I/w640-h480/2023-09-01%2001.40.32.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hmmm... So what? What's this stuff about?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8BS5axIZ0a-d4dYY1hwZdI7c80nYohsP6Hxe84gfdGXKK9bQbGsLvoksAtMo_k5unacq5ESX1ecpZW-9jCTZotTkgve4UiKmnv7I4uotTZW3ol70WWnPSzE_k1Gl8buFouwe-xdql4W-VaDJcDQn70uZ7ShNX38-OJAWprW-ku6YOx6fBbNh8wgL-zI0/s1024/2023-09-01%2001.40.33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8BS5axIZ0a-d4dYY1hwZdI7c80nYohsP6Hxe84gfdGXKK9bQbGsLvoksAtMo_k5unacq5ESX1ecpZW-9jCTZotTkgve4UiKmnv7I4uotTZW3ol70WWnPSzE_k1Gl8buFouwe-xdql4W-VaDJcDQn70uZ7ShNX38-OJAWprW-ku6YOx6fBbNh8wgL-zI0/w640-h480/2023-09-01%2001.40.33.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A cardboard piece and a textured sheet. Now it looks different<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEginhyphenhyphenPpKhiP0rVzUYOdKRJtw-iF2cq0RzUGCEams8dorLYD2bUcLlvgMU-TwdGR8yHwn-ZMn9ObpFbaOJxXy3LEpNM0z-IXtx3GWsqax2ETpYCKBS-Cm55e-IiDEEgIcMM4GrXOqVa9PUhLhCyEqpVtVWoCByfIW-BiwGPpvYNTYA-47FHK8EsnKS32yg/s1024/2023-09-01%2001.40.34.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEginhyphenhyphenPpKhiP0rVzUYOdKRJtw-iF2cq0RzUGCEams8dorLYD2bUcLlvgMU-TwdGR8yHwn-ZMn9ObpFbaOJxXy3LEpNM0z-IXtx3GWsqax2ETpYCKBS-Cm55e-IiDEEgIcMM4GrXOqVa9PUhLhCyEqpVtVWoCByfIW-BiwGPpvYNTYA-47FHK8EsnKS32yg/w640-h480/2023-09-01%2001.40.34.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If it looks dirty enough, no one will look for errors<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It is a bridge! It will cover the gap over the first section, the on on the right, from the center building to the spaceport on the right:</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXGjcN8mt6YjL6bDZ8qouVRQwRQ2AV3oa5tFq6ivS4qLo0I5ghIX8P6rwUThNZznlmxjrV7V5U-_cBgPb_4VdtpwibwILtnC6wXBZbDXONQb18XU7MYHekvqQ843PQxNqJcii8vHPPhy7V6Ged3PcoTOUh30MEyaap1zOvq171qo9i2B2CBlXX7R3DZN4/s1024/2023-09-01%2001.40.57.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXGjcN8mt6YjL6bDZ8qouVRQwRQ2AV3oa5tFq6ivS4qLo0I5ghIX8P6rwUThNZznlmxjrV7V5U-_cBgPb_4VdtpwibwILtnC6wXBZbDXONQb18XU7MYHekvqQ843PQxNqJcii8vHPPhy7V6Ged3PcoTOUh30MEyaap1zOvq171qo9i2B2CBlXX7R3DZN4/w640-h480/2023-09-01%2001.40.57.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You thought I had forgotten about that part?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">This has been a hard decision. For quite some time I planned about building a barge suspended by a wire. I mean something like this (but well done!)<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ltM6STMqQeVaOZRJKRs2s52fcrBfceqm7VzcXmI0KuawrSr0zlYZrABcfAK_2z60r0y52pIeT7YLSK9DPsDyWADUevtn_6-nK8L4aN3-NDGN96-CH02hw1HkBn0ktbJJK9PdMRhjIZZaEbnVdYU-mBbAZsokiKek_zXiCv5hmwGbgf9w9i_gS4K2h2I/s1024/2023-09-01%2001.40.58.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ltM6STMqQeVaOZRJKRs2s52fcrBfceqm7VzcXmI0KuawrSr0zlYZrABcfAK_2z60r0y52pIeT7YLSK9DPsDyWADUevtn_6-nK8L4aN3-NDGN96-CH02hw1HkBn0ktbJJK9PdMRhjIZZaEbnVdYU-mBbAZsokiKek_zXiCv5hmwGbgf9w9i_gS4K2h2I/w640-h480/2023-09-01%2001.40.58.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I hope you understand what my deranged mind envisions here<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The thing is that it's quite a logistic mess. I had to provide anchorage points to distribute the weight and it all had to be detachable so I could take it away for storage. I believe it's feasible, but it's a hell of a work and I wasn't really doing it for all these years. But when I saw this crane thing and took a couple of measurements, I knew I had it sorted. I may still do the barge thing in the future, but for now I have a practical solution that allows me to move forward.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_RK4bkq50nTheVRR3mAUhryKcrkQT3elHoLYsUlrz4yYkm95ZzNEsPKk2frJSpyrFzpciwFj2IrwF0VwhbadsDp7UyMbzICV-pCOJglFNEkrWQGJc4vn0tkPM288fTDIOwOb8ThvAikE3gwf7qYiSWLJ9luL5LLNbpQa5G2zSKbj46MWxmiVFNttYnY/s1024/2023-09-01%2001.41.03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_RK4bkq50nTheVRR3mAUhryKcrkQT3elHoLYsUlrz4yYkm95ZzNEsPKk2frJSpyrFzpciwFj2IrwF0VwhbadsDp7UyMbzICV-pCOJglFNEkrWQGJc4vn0tkPM288fTDIOwOb8ThvAikE3gwf7qYiSWLJ9luL5LLNbpQa5G2zSKbj46MWxmiVFNttYnY/w640-h480/2023-09-01%2001.41.03.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now there's a full way from the spaceport to the floor level of the board<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">You can see I've painted the doors and added a few details here and there.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdk2CkJwcKRujNtAV7SsoAy1qdqd5dA7Gv4egn68WfyZSpyneowAXfANYN-C6cO6M9VDICjiy-BAxfGVGQUStdB7VItNLTl1cvoRLYm6rii160IgH06xwaIqaOFtrimKdNFXHc_M0_S2B3dd_mPGtV33d4wFS3P2m3B9YV5QguQGfYqyHE5qIO9UtxiVs/s1024/2023-09-01%2001.41.14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdk2CkJwcKRujNtAV7SsoAy1qdqd5dA7Gv4egn68WfyZSpyneowAXfANYN-C6cO6M9VDICjiy-BAxfGVGQUStdB7VItNLTl1cvoRLYm6rii160IgH06xwaIqaOFtrimKdNFXHc_M0_S2B3dd_mPGtV33d4wFS3P2m3B9YV5QguQGfYqyHE5qIO9UtxiVs/w640-h480/2023-09-01%2001.41.14.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For example the doors and the carpet on this middle bridge in the central piece<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhElv1lGfVWxo-Ya203V_Mle5ISW2keBI0vtjx5BSWfSIiKi4zCl75KfiOoZ4L1gCM7li4cuPTtJE44Z6qq-p8jCehw8CNs_UbRchPrH04oq2xmGG1x6HQS6TEndTNiQAxoBLlxF7Js1ScCfW-Am6pKkU6d9zgCNvxZwa8fYUuMeMx96T8aZQ8sjw_W1EU/s1024/2023-09-01%2001.41.48.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhElv1lGfVWxo-Ya203V_Mle5ISW2keBI0vtjx5BSWfSIiKi4zCl75KfiOoZ4L1gCM7li4cuPTtJE44Z6qq-p8jCehw8CNs_UbRchPrH04oq2xmGG1x6HQS6TEndTNiQAxoBLlxF7Js1ScCfW-Am6pKkU6d9zgCNvxZwa8fYUuMeMx96T8aZQ8sjw_W1EU/w480-h640/2023-09-01%2001.41.48.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Or the tiles on the rooftop piece here<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMk-f6qiejwrUrz2xS1_YWO3o0cxfZ6RQXP0JyrhvfcELi0fOVhgli6yglxtvIgWkJzuAIUj6pQF9FvVJx6dhCAzMepMJILZxEcM_nZmVZ8QHNF6UyzWyGpkMGbWIEeCeyTMkkjD-tsDrIQr736Tu9VRgm0PfVcmYhajPE8VXzKaVrBvYlF33jjFfw7Ew/s1024/2023-09-01%2001.42.11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMk-f6qiejwrUrz2xS1_YWO3o0cxfZ6RQXP0JyrhvfcELi0fOVhgli6yglxtvIgWkJzuAIUj6pQF9FvVJx6dhCAzMepMJILZxEcM_nZmVZ8QHNF6UyzWyGpkMGbWIEeCeyTMkkjD-tsDrIQr736Tu9VRgm0PfVcmYhajPE8VXzKaVrBvYlF33jjFfw7Ew/w480-h640/2023-09-01%2001.42.11.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the (long, distant) future, this will represent a lift to the upper module<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Now that we've come this far, let's move one step ahead. The tiny details. I have these air scrubbers from Antenocitis:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsw9NGwuHJC_D5qLiOSB4uP5G3yyjpn_7WyoHQm4nMMH9sYGfd5ta4PaNtykBYV4TOPvC5AdNF2RzUAaG1zhfDEYjH0znkA2g_7iGQYYcgyrIMbfxu43ME34lsNo9VcKKab5S_TJ4ytfZ4NeZhocrWZo1x3ZPkNaOXFCaTKvKjz7yhQZ-vBP9xDCJB0nc/s4032/2023-09-22%2022.27.52.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsw9NGwuHJC_D5qLiOSB4uP5G3yyjpn_7WyoHQm4nMMH9sYGfd5ta4PaNtykBYV4TOPvC5AdNF2RzUAaG1zhfDEYjH0znkA2g_7iGQYYcgyrIMbfxu43ME34lsNo9VcKKab5S_TJ4ytfZ4NeZhocrWZo1x3ZPkNaOXFCaTKvKjz7yhQZ-vBP9xDCJB0nc/w640-h480/2023-09-22%2022.27.52.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One base is missing. It will appear some day in a box, for sure<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDm1cLpabCdaZba-e12Q_SfsvIS0KoIUWX2ygUy-_vHowocepeS2OCXDOXcpx_TW6UvBx184nvEtSnwT7zN3GpDlSQv7fePBgln0S-FEj2UOFGHxf2rwT5O06icM1m4usc07cizigOminuqW3fQ-k6f0hAtI9Pcp_HNxmmQiJI-2VzgeCf_p5lc4Qf208/s4032/2023-09-22%2022.28.16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDm1cLpabCdaZba-e12Q_SfsvIS0KoIUWX2ygUy-_vHowocepeS2OCXDOXcpx_TW6UvBx184nvEtSnwT7zN3GpDlSQv7fePBgln0S-FEj2UOFGHxf2rwT5O06icM1m4usc07cizigOminuqW3fQ-k6f0hAtI9Pcp_HNxmmQiJI-2VzgeCf_p5lc4Qf208/w640-h480/2023-09-22%2022.28.16.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Windows is still a thing in the Dark Millenium<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I also got these fantastic consoles/control pads/whatever from Antenocitis:<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHzwJdbb7DVdIyBQb6V96cQJ6KqWtocPJKAVtkWiYay954zdTWQ2PKf-LDPZgOyKCGd3ymGk2PM1m_b2H5-tnSB5jVEBgreSPijfxaMUa0bN9q_9OwKV96U-4tb-JHfhYl4Dned8PzqRq2zAUZ49FWFXPtCzN_lD1E2DKrmak0qK0nnY29FONDBCOJ5Y/s4032/2023-09-26%2001.40.25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHzwJdbb7DVdIyBQb6V96cQJ6KqWtocPJKAVtkWiYay954zdTWQ2PKf-LDPZgOyKCGd3ymGk2PM1m_b2H5-tnSB5jVEBgreSPijfxaMUa0bN9q_9OwKV96U-4tb-JHfhYl4Dned8PzqRq2zAUZ49FWFXPtCzN_lD1E2DKrmak0qK0nnY29FONDBCOJ5Y/w480-h640/2023-09-26%2001.40.25.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ones on the top, the electric breaker box and stuff <i>may</i> resemble the Jurassic Park ones<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I haven't placed them all, but I've painted them and will add them here and there as I need. Here you can see a couple of examples:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbfEl7hyQZNYECcGZEceJHYpYSNehDfZ4z7qlbwJWfBYBHtecKeZ6ueSjSGmwe6Kg7wSJmf053JMzTniYB4u_yrDmGVR5tByu5nZqUnEsK5vpPP4mDNwrOQ-IQRNXaxHxc2GuE1mbTRSEFJYSb1oJJHtnS36weDqjWiQvsN5dMI28cT6J7M5DsAjGGZrM/s1024/2023-09-27%2000.25.56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbfEl7hyQZNYECcGZEceJHYpYSNehDfZ4z7qlbwJWfBYBHtecKeZ6ueSjSGmwe6Kg7wSJmf053JMzTniYB4u_yrDmGVR5tByu5nZqUnEsK5vpPP4mDNwrOQ-IQRNXaxHxc2GuE1mbTRSEFJYSb1oJJHtnS36weDqjWiQvsN5dMI28cT6J7M5DsAjGGZrM/w640-h480/2023-09-27%2000.25.56.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think they add a nice touch and calm my <i>horror vacui</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKXwDz7Q9CFWCfDesljruJjvx7LmAkteXieeXDVD6udxZoUf_cQBUohYnVhd_6Ombj0K0mADM37C5wJUx53nk6G88kmPvF2o0LpQNPyB8kh5LyQhGDAjqzlRVoX0YvrGqtd6DAqch6MeDbZG9XxdjcQXAHLzVgRV8CKjYXNNDUU3L3ElBNr56gPF7Sbqo/s1024/2023-09-27%2000.26.03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKXwDz7Q9CFWCfDesljruJjvx7LmAkteXieeXDVD6udxZoUf_cQBUohYnVhd_6Ombj0K0mADM37C5wJUx53nk6G88kmPvF2o0LpQNPyB8kh5LyQhGDAjqzlRVoX0YvrGqtd6DAqch6MeDbZG9XxdjcQXAHLzVgRV8CKjYXNNDUU3L3ElBNr56gPF7Sbqo/w640-h480/2023-09-27%2000.26.03.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well, you wouldn't expect them all to function correctly, would you?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This is how the board looks now when all the gubbins are in place:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9zTYtNSLrgsjYpS-oyxDQKwMJXGUhl4A0RXTlYqwe_II1ABCeE2Nk9Ad5kJeHRZCFWIPcmqgfLuOCjDINA8YTp4awdyLKtGBU5qSz_wiLniB7Ymr3bSGc3eDVfriazsMD4YHLKTrhVaJI_znNEx31KECQJ35KzG6sguhg9e-mfkZcKF1vNA0bYvPRO4M/s3829/2023-09-27%2000.30.08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2845" data-original-width="3829" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9zTYtNSLrgsjYpS-oyxDQKwMJXGUhl4A0RXTlYqwe_II1ABCeE2Nk9Ad5kJeHRZCFWIPcmqgfLuOCjDINA8YTp4awdyLKtGBU5qSz_wiLniB7Ymr3bSGc3eDVfriazsMD4YHLKTrhVaJI_znNEx31KECQJ35KzG6sguhg9e-mfkZcKF1vNA0bYvPRO4M/w640-h476/2023-09-27%2000.30.08.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pleasingly dirty, weathered and inhospitable. As it should<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In retrospective, not having the bazaar was a good thing, as in the end it forced myself to end the central-to-right area. Now I can focus on the left front.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Still a lot of work to do, but I'm happy with the way this is looking so far. Hmm, I'm going to make a few numbers and plans. See you!<br /></div>Suberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005091019027411799noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987721317661044121.post-10230553117403673402023-10-28T19:24:00.160+02:002023-10-28T19:24:00.152+02:00Renaissance of the Dead<p style="text-align: justify;"> Still in time for Zomtober!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I hadn't really noticed that this time of the year was coming, but a gentle post by mighty <a href="https://wargamesculptorsblog.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dave Stone from Wargames Terrain Workshop</a> served as a heads up. In fact it was a happy coincidence, as just a few days ago I had found some zombies in a box at the bottom of the shelf. The timing couldn't be better, so I knew I had to paint them!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">They belong to the Undead ranges by <a href="https://theassaultgroup.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Assault Group</a>, a company I had heard a lot about, but had never got the chance to try by myself. I can only say that the design and sculpts are amazing. They have that Oldschool quality that makes them so enjoyable to paint, they are a real pleasure to the brush.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Here you have the Landsknecht Zombies: </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihe9Je6Yb3N4Uy2mRuSTL4ch4qYoelaKzDmgLe1tIG4fomDCryM36HXK6zTmToy-C3SqNSoZDlxupBD2WEzuZCw6WVdX-CuHEro1_MAjE2h1Aw-diIR9f4plC7-Pby5I1Pb7FCyms7FAtAIU5tNtJDVNrqrNgWFIig_q0zRGOwlSDo_5biDChVC0TDMP0/s4032/2023-09-30%2014.27.25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihe9Je6Yb3N4Uy2mRuSTL4ch4qYoelaKzDmgLe1tIG4fomDCryM36HXK6zTmToy-C3SqNSoZDlxupBD2WEzuZCw6WVdX-CuHEro1_MAjE2h1Aw-diIR9f4plC7-Pby5I1Pb7FCyms7FAtAIU5tNtJDVNrqrNgWFIig_q0zRGOwlSDo_5biDChVC0TDMP0/w640-h480/2023-09-30%2014.27.25.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Or are they Zombie Landsknechts? </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKAYD2lDXJzbrHQUZEKZjI55oQgX_Vzm825Eg1FuKN75dal4CuPZnhm88QpinM6T6GmQSwm3iI7awfsQdmnnsBExPcA7gtenaF7xG6v_fiBBdG181LXwvGD9G-eMdndhslwAVzxlkvrMlFdQZPMtCa88_Im4FZcbKyc65ok0Eios8lhEadTP4MgKbAU7g/s4032/2023-09-30%2014.27.53.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKAYD2lDXJzbrHQUZEKZjI55oQgX_Vzm825Eg1FuKN75dal4CuPZnhm88QpinM6T6GmQSwm3iI7awfsQdmnnsBExPcA7gtenaF7xG6v_fiBBdG181LXwvGD9G-eMdndhslwAVzxlkvrMlFdQZPMtCa88_Im4FZcbKyc65ok0Eios8lhEadTP4MgKbAU7g/w640-h480/2023-09-30%2014.27.53.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No peacock feathers this time<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">It's a quite straightforward paintjob, I think it's the kind of stuff that suits these minis. Their colours are still visible, I didn't want to desaturate them too much, as I believe that colour is a relevant part of the oldschool approach.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJd2htKaaBYbIz43kbfn0_O66p8A4b0tSi9BAbRrSHzntiMOmfYApKs9utCEfArULTe94r1ejyEaFWCFCEn4UA1aUVNaOPqhjLbB1foAHogftz41LouXsShskX9rqOIjniVQLmoCAuaxSQd2PEBDLht_Cg5y5d3nvz5hM3vBpnf_rI2KladrDGZrzpDl0/s4032/2023-09-30%2014.28.11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJd2htKaaBYbIz43kbfn0_O66p8A4b0tSi9BAbRrSHzntiMOmfYApKs9utCEfArULTe94r1ejyEaFWCFCEn4UA1aUVNaOPqhjLbB1foAHogftz41LouXsShskX9rqOIjniVQLmoCAuaxSQd2PEBDLht_Cg5y5d3nvz5hM3vBpnf_rI2KladrDGZrzpDl0/w640-h480/2023-09-30%2014.28.11.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yeah, I think they are in need of some directions<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> I chose yellow and green for a couple of reasons. First of all is because I think the combo looks cool, not that I need anything else to base my decisions.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">But there's another reason. In the WHFB world, those are the colours of the province of Stirland, a place bordering with Sylvania (well, formally <i>comprising</i> Sylvania), home to the Von Carstein and thus a likely place to find some decent zombies!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In support of this rationale, Stirland also shares borders with The Moot, home of the most thriving community of Halflings in the Empire.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Oh, anyone said Halflings?</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-_gT18zTo-ODGW4KvGeMvFYPapo3sANcg0As_vCwuPCQoSXBEjLm07iA2c78S-DHQSg2yURdECnJL_y2BZZW3c_KetwNJU_4kPoJTn8VRHnRZEjjaAH6iDmD7b7mrnR_E0-Uf6wpgXbZMjfAJFRhp1tM9aXbhLKnRl0G3XvtRN4-LhkRTt7RGIRRumc/s4032/2023-09-30%2014.28.56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-_gT18zTo-ODGW4KvGeMvFYPapo3sANcg0As_vCwuPCQoSXBEjLm07iA2c78S-DHQSg2yURdECnJL_y2BZZW3c_KetwNJU_4kPoJTn8VRHnRZEjjaAH6iDmD7b7mrnR_E0-Uf6wpgXbZMjfAJFRhp1tM9aXbhLKnRl0G3XvtRN4-LhkRTt7RGIRRumc/w640-h480/2023-09-30%2014.28.56.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zombie Halflings!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHNhy5w97MTzdg83UepcUxPBQkXJUnBNWcShZLPzPtTEwe1-4pxnKJCOqeeafdHJnLIOjn6tzRA1i9jW1cIbcCzw98MeO4WZbSy5nIxgsNiO5EdU-t4VB160_HlRY-q-ljJDtHtt5VfqsBajHIeoAg_v2JdMj3v5h2Ent4Aokn1LuiI5crk1SD6WFqjY/s4032/2023-09-30%2014.29.20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHNhy5w97MTzdg83UepcUxPBQkXJUnBNWcShZLPzPtTEwe1-4pxnKJCOqeeafdHJnLIOjn6tzRA1i9jW1cIbcCzw98MeO4WZbSy5nIxgsNiO5EdU-t4VB160_HlRY-q-ljJDtHtt5VfqsBajHIeoAg_v2JdMj3v5h2Ent4Aokn1LuiI5crk1SD6WFqjY/w640-h480/2023-09-30%2014.29.20.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I wouldn't dare to say Halfling Zombies<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">These minis are a pure joy to paint, totally different from my usual stuff, and it's the first time I see zombified Halflings, so extra points for that.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtN6Hgd9gnJCss6Fyg6ZxPqSf3qxU78qkr2Cy0c33a1oQsVpWZzvNyLn5ddeuIB26-HLtoiNSBVCrqukQ-3XaUlOZtKRvJDm4I_1bqORUFbQ6Xjm0xeLAMdngjKqvg8sgDLCzaizbopyCznJzRTaSyXELwBahXib6iBU6-TdwriMZrbLUbCVIP34FGuSM/s4032/2023-09-30%2014.29.41.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtN6Hgd9gnJCss6Fyg6ZxPqSf3qxU78qkr2Cy0c33a1oQsVpWZzvNyLn5ddeuIB26-HLtoiNSBVCrqukQ-3XaUlOZtKRvJDm4I_1bqORUFbQ6Xjm0xeLAMdngjKqvg8sgDLCzaizbopyCznJzRTaSyXELwBahXib6iBU6-TdwriMZrbLUbCVIP34FGuSM/w640-h480/2023-09-30%2014.29.41.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clearly zombies come in all sizes and shapes<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Once I was in the green and yellow mood I simply couldn't stop. It strangley suits them too. Stirland auxiliary militia? Mercenaries? You name it, I'm happy with the pattern.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHU86TRdk1MxDGdTXCXxQ3JR8kicR1XfbLbKtBAlj_KwSlmSAaIRqBZbnNpNVMJjNDn2LKs8TAyuhvy13cYwHU4PLSwdl6EZ7loxfD8vcldkWRcshdDaal8Nw8MpyzW6AvaISPYK3p4mzGv2FzNg6qtMdWhmtZry4YoAeDpjC8yUY6ZnlG7QfwefppiWw/s1024/2023-09-30%2014.35.44.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHU86TRdk1MxDGdTXCXxQ3JR8kicR1XfbLbKtBAlj_KwSlmSAaIRqBZbnNpNVMJjNDn2LKs8TAyuhvy13cYwHU4PLSwdl6EZ7loxfD8vcldkWRcshdDaal8Nw8MpyzW6AvaISPYK3p4mzGv2FzNg6qtMdWhmtZry4YoAeDpjC8yUY6ZnlG7QfwefppiWw/w640-h480/2023-09-30%2014.35.44.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two and a half zombies<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I don't really have any serious plans for these fellas, but I'm happy I've finally painted them. They can play as nice rivals in any skirmish game I can think of, I may even use them in a HeroQuest game or something of the like. For now this is it:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jvR6yzdahmxsEyVixnS_vjrhNxUsNmZNmu90jvSKvTrnNhStKeLCIXnSwp2t6vm9OrQ8cxtiJTAwv63UNfe232Y0kQGHhk6LpAZ-HO9IfQxVABwUPdjeB8j40IcCJE_i-0NHpFrraOkOtyP4SnAtWkKmalvyYThcqHHGD57cWK_eD4rLEqnFq6hWx5A/s4032/2023-09-30%2014.35.46.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jvR6yzdahmxsEyVixnS_vjrhNxUsNmZNmu90jvSKvTrnNhStKeLCIXnSwp2t6vm9OrQ8cxtiJTAwv63UNfe232Y0kQGHhk6LpAZ-HO9IfQxVABwUPdjeB8j40IcCJE_i-0NHpFrraOkOtyP4SnAtWkKmalvyYThcqHHGD57cWK_eD4rLEqnFq6hWx5A/w640-h480/2023-09-30%2014.35.46.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Halloween local parade 2023<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">These may have served as a palette cleanser, but I'm still open to new projects and different stuff, so now I have to decide what comes next. To be determined!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the meantime, have a spooky Halloween and enjoy!<br /></p>Suberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005091019027411799noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987721317661044121.post-39783468515974007042023-10-22T01:22:00.001+02:002023-10-22T01:22:11.627+02:00Unleashing the Kedashi<p style="text-align: justify;"> The name of today's post is just the corresponding KS campaign in the World of Twilight setting. With this batch I can say I've finished the whole content I was commissioned for by my friend. I had divided it into manageable parts (which can be seen <a href="https://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-gaudi-experience.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="https://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com/2023/03/diverse-creatures-of-twilight.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">also here</a> and, oh, <a href="https://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com/2023/08/twilight-of-summer.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here too</a>). I've told before, but my main and essentially only direction was to paint them bright, alien, totally unnatural, as if they were from an Avatar movie. Along the years I've been trying to stick to that, using the most vibrant schemes I can produce, always tending to primary colours and psychedelia.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxdzCChfbPFsG7BZ6wX0zKNCL4vBf17tjsTk2zXa6KUCThSuTzrgyOuJhxH2iHxplqyRmjPFw8BQegGsaFxySgcNwtLmngo0B-7bCK8XlA_SEcIOt4nPiSbZuHkL5LK9lx29vNthe99awYDLdsNdUHnpWzmZrS7cNuTSpQ8L-AYaJE79SnNkkG9KRYpj4/s1024/2023-10-02%2001.17.23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxdzCChfbPFsG7BZ6wX0zKNCL4vBf17tjsTk2zXa6KUCThSuTzrgyOuJhxH2iHxplqyRmjPFw8BQegGsaFxySgcNwtLmngo0B-7bCK8XlA_SEcIOt4nPiSbZuHkL5LK9lx29vNthe99awYDLdsNdUHnpWzmZrS7cNuTSpQ8L-AYaJE79SnNkkG9KRYpj4/w640-h480/2023-10-02%2001.17.23.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Today was not an exception, why should it?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">I don't think I have any special, conscious process when I face projects like this. I only try to be efficient in the same way everyone is when mass painting stuff. I choose the main colour for a few minis, as you see above. I try to paint different sculpts in the same colour, so you have more variety in the end. Then I do the same with secondary colours. I choose one and apply it over different main colours, trying to get as many final patterns as possible.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-KhquNXyG2gLCVTN0VRbJKnBHGUe7pzACY-q0YObB7uqYcD5lqYADsVdj6BP7EXTYVXKc0z7ogxqJFtIkFFif0Rqw9wQYy303KFz0DSum2WWZ6ltVEVfsRhHuzCBkBfnqSOgiP5K7nrPo0AGYybBE5HKOh54EdU6faLt4pdQX3rVLGtyjAz29CDl_4LU/s1024/2023-10-06%2001.34.31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-KhquNXyG2gLCVTN0VRbJKnBHGUe7pzACY-q0YObB7uqYcD5lqYADsVdj6BP7EXTYVXKc0z7ogxqJFtIkFFif0Rqw9wQYy303KFz0DSum2WWZ6ltVEVfsRhHuzCBkBfnqSOgiP5K7nrPo0AGYybBE5HKOh54EdU6faLt4pdQX3rVLGtyjAz29CDl_4LU/w640-h480/2023-10-06%2001.34.31.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I hope the pic explains it better than me!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">This time I tried an experiment. I painted the skin of this guy in warm colours, from light yellow to dark red, and the I made irregular black spots over it.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPvqVi8eSEJIQKRstMaK1bD4FB70hlpAeUS_RtFtO0BAo3fFTpbaFE70aNqqkNPuNAnTTmWFtvXUqK1Q0yiTHNCxetfsDtU8oW20l9CuXlHqMJaTabOa1Kob_OaL8kNrl8zYGzRBqStakjbBQHbWXA5e0qIZqb5OPsF_NLIoKvzPeDEEX4OCSVF0hQauE/s1024/2023-10-11%2001.07.46.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPvqVi8eSEJIQKRstMaK1bD4FB70hlpAeUS_RtFtO0BAo3fFTpbaFE70aNqqkNPuNAnTTmWFtvXUqK1Q0yiTHNCxetfsDtU8oW20l9CuXlHqMJaTabOa1Kob_OaL8kNrl8zYGzRBqStakjbBQHbWXA5e0qIZqb5OPsF_NLIoKvzPeDEEX4OCSVF0hQauE/w480-h640/2023-10-11%2001.07.46.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">World's ugliest giraffe<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_BVSO4dC6sfp9CiUg4x_Fo0pJaIvXA4Bn0ekCSzJQQgrgD7c3uiNRR2zJJkPSqnz810NOJ3BKYPqrw0aXeLPdnLu6yMklxl7pQ-LtVO-WOZlLSDDuSICf9hFYRZP7C3ndKBCaS_hMqqH8ULJ-uROJrdaZKPN3G3dYJ_vjosSNYf1mTuvlazI0C0Ol-XM/s1024/2023-10-11%2001.34.45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_BVSO4dC6sfp9CiUg4x_Fo0pJaIvXA4Bn0ekCSzJQQgrgD7c3uiNRR2zJJkPSqnz810NOJ3BKYPqrw0aXeLPdnLu6yMklxl7pQ-LtVO-WOZlLSDDuSICf9hFYRZP7C3ndKBCaS_hMqqH8ULJ-uROJrdaZKPN3G3dYJ_vjosSNYf1mTuvlazI0C0Ol-XM/w640-h480/2023-10-11%2001.34.45.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Or maybe weirdest chameleon ever. Something in between, I guess<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>When you get this kind of mix, you end up with this colourful lot:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir1m8ZAec4xfEoYI0AXVFs2asHxLyNXgPYlrrRcn67Q3YiJsv10VLzBRJSCJAhM1V3xC44NoScga69qYlmGFtNeS8SwZUGBj9mx94-vebFNHCAso3zSmn1sXeWOdywwkE_Kgt_1Qc3f4gBgDIYX4Yamqvry3OQA-a__mv0RCrjZF8Jtt3EI4O32Yhg-Zc/s1024/2023-10-11%2015.50.53.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir1m8ZAec4xfEoYI0AXVFs2asHxLyNXgPYlrrRcn67Q3YiJsv10VLzBRJSCJAhM1V3xC44NoScga69qYlmGFtNeS8SwZUGBj9mx94-vebFNHCAso3zSmn1sXeWOdywwkE_Kgt_1Qc3f4gBgDIYX4Yamqvry3OQA-a__mv0RCrjZF8Jtt3EI4O32Yhg-Zc/w640-h480/2023-10-11%2015.50.53.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You also end up with a propension to epilepsy, but that's another story<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>When finished, they look like this: </p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGyt7hJL1EuzCWc92c5yCDoE5EMH1XyymTpAorOk7nl-OMYqLYbfpINPn3QacD4FkauxXulQU-94gueFbShbJKkNu1JmM88eXoB4lEwOwYTFTLAZ7Y_tjTf4M1yBKlCsMCE1G768Fr17IUPkZg8k1RmkubLaBzOEjIN5DW3-3URlTppptxgrmjP5WNaPE/s4032/2023-10-21%2019.46.58.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGyt7hJL1EuzCWc92c5yCDoE5EMH1XyymTpAorOk7nl-OMYqLYbfpINPn3QacD4FkauxXulQU-94gueFbShbJKkNu1JmM88eXoB4lEwOwYTFTLAZ7Y_tjTf4M1yBKlCsMCE1G768Fr17IUPkZg8k1RmkubLaBzOEjIN5DW3-3URlTppptxgrmjP5WNaPE/w640-h480/2023-10-21%2019.46.58.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's tricky to find the golden angle for these<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXTTVk8C9S1T0PPY_O-OlomaMbNkzzrPREvqysVNXJFjEjXBwjPcHYho6TnZKx_lgDGcJoYrx47IZThl9Vn9Hdv0KfhRYqyS79OFRfYBsw5i0evWF7mjYJ9vfYVvbuXKF8vxOkG_hUWu3LTSOlssl3zyNfpREEKsbEIqht6ZPyFUEvGHMIoElGgObQtsY/s4032/2023-10-21%2019.47.24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXTTVk8C9S1T0PPY_O-OlomaMbNkzzrPREvqysVNXJFjEjXBwjPcHYho6TnZKx_lgDGcJoYrx47IZThl9Vn9Hdv0KfhRYqyS79OFRfYBsw5i0evWF7mjYJ9vfYVvbuXKF8vxOkG_hUWu3LTSOlssl3zyNfpREEKsbEIqht6ZPyFUEvGHMIoElGgObQtsY/w640-h480/2023-10-21%2019.47.24.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yet they are fantastic minis<br /></td></tr></tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjePYSxfIILkx7DbeHi_LmCmnBlSbGQFzzLDOWnt-Ntche7DEYwYBEh0AtWws8FAGqqNjGv6Chn8q4zAUbs5GAC2C_XSenZKzLIB61o6eezBWiRbUr4k2rBlczfFpCZj5gZ9wdOGw1Qad_yNIOU4sjR8YtraL1lM4LRGrjJQe03u5P6_TkIFrLBP_2422w/s4032/2023-10-21%2019.48.09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1312" data-original-width="4032" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjePYSxfIILkx7DbeHi_LmCmnBlSbGQFzzLDOWnt-Ntche7DEYwYBEh0AtWws8FAGqqNjGv6Chn8q4zAUbs5GAC2C_XSenZKzLIB61o6eezBWiRbUr4k2rBlczfFpCZj5gZ9wdOGw1Qad_yNIOU4sjR8YtraL1lM4LRGrjJQe03u5P6_TkIFrLBP_2422w/w640-h208/2023-10-21%2019.48.09.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trebarnii Forestguard </td></tr></tbody></table></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcfgnaeRJwd6QhXkPU20Uc6zcVyHW2NQX0GzZIaKADLVhorrL4hMYQv4rR_vdsjbWw_SSkVeiBEANg4fqtfPSIQb0EistaXH-Oapj7raVDcJ70OfIs7sTs4aVxYb9FzqcNpaRtvg9fMw74Rmg04lMtI0eIQikznpOBf-63d3JDlOnDMmqq4qPvUBq0rE/s4032/2023-10-21%2019.48.29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2063" data-original-width="4032" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcfgnaeRJwd6QhXkPU20Uc6zcVyHW2NQX0GzZIaKADLVhorrL4hMYQv4rR_vdsjbWw_SSkVeiBEANg4fqtfPSIQb0EistaXH-Oapj7raVDcJ70OfIs7sTs4aVxYb9FzqcNpaRtvg9fMw74Rmg04lMtI0eIQikznpOBf-63d3JDlOnDMmqq4qPvUBq0rE/w640-h328/2023-10-21%2019.48.29.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look at them at your own risk<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_pJA2uK-VUbNeOdwipaErv11ISDxLjSP0T7moJNnBmzSqJ4enVOtLl_v8ccZ6a-ga_r87u-9iKvy568evsxw2xN37gytM2vXTDzb3YwjytnhiVV1OfwhMcg12HtjFVOyw63TxA2KUqUZSqk3KZNyoDguvKYzWUgHkqhQBKpdexddoks698O6eE4GWh0/s4032/2023-10-21%2019.48.49.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="4032" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_pJA2uK-VUbNeOdwipaErv11ISDxLjSP0T7moJNnBmzSqJ4enVOtLl_v8ccZ6a-ga_r87u-9iKvy568evsxw2xN37gytM2vXTDzb3YwjytnhiVV1OfwhMcg12HtjFVOyw63TxA2KUqUZSqk3KZNyoDguvKYzWUgHkqhQBKpdexddoks698O6eE4GWh0/w640-h406/2023-10-21%2019.48.49.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trebarnii Goaders<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpTTqnVLeg0rAcuMJNhuhSkcabYI2S92dPvFzjtpOHaz8sq978l2SXVi8Q5qrtZ-1Fg8RcvG9hne1ER2QHucHOylUIVmwCTA9-di1dxhv1kPuBlXi3H2kmFpKnMLd8sE_wGQ0xz4ghXistqXC8Lhc28UI8TxUryIqJXKQUmA2Lhv9GPRxXtnCoj1bZdQ8/s4032/2023-10-21%2019.48.56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2510" data-original-width="4032" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpTTqnVLeg0rAcuMJNhuhSkcabYI2S92dPvFzjtpOHaz8sq978l2SXVi8Q5qrtZ-1Fg8RcvG9hne1ER2QHucHOylUIVmwCTA9-di1dxhv1kPuBlXi3H2kmFpKnMLd8sE_wGQ0xz4ghXistqXC8Lhc28UI8TxUryIqJXKQUmA2Lhv9GPRxXtnCoj1bZdQ8/w640-h398/2023-10-21%2019.48.56.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You should see their cattle<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTMb6l6qVCsK5-QeYzVSg6keyvqtKQ7Rj5qVqG2E5OD4ccqSGvmiO11PGGfU5Sdf1ITKMt5qj2yc-Nj8GEvxM_2T6ZCA31cjGdbNDxsK2EXWveXPWllE7w_UKY30fyO21LBRwgB1VxLuC7iqLZg4MR9TLwBOryftkBXZUXEdzooiPubgx2T7yTymK7lTo/s4032/2023-10-21%2019.49.15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTMb6l6qVCsK5-QeYzVSg6keyvqtKQ7Rj5qVqG2E5OD4ccqSGvmiO11PGGfU5Sdf1ITKMt5qj2yc-Nj8GEvxM_2T6ZCA31cjGdbNDxsK2EXWveXPWllE7w_UKY30fyO21LBRwgB1VxLuC7iqLZg4MR9TLwBOryftkBXZUXEdzooiPubgx2T7yTymK7lTo/w640-h480/2023-10-21%2019.49.15.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trebarnii Howlers. Glorious mohawks<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkNwygO_SwtGV-_zwh0nSzBBNA_kTqzRzSvHpdSMJejMWHuO99ohEPMAHZp_63m0rUc7NtiOitwxls2-E3n25DY_rn0Xc9MYYPZS3Ns5JrLaYiR-6jOqAz7slOP34LI-xmIHBCgZTmUSfJGPBd3ojKLUCrKq2Nx86lzVLGvgYMvhUYPKTSMSVuvuqsbhU/s4032/2023-10-21%2019.49.23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2605" data-original-width="4032" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkNwygO_SwtGV-_zwh0nSzBBNA_kTqzRzSvHpdSMJejMWHuO99ohEPMAHZp_63m0rUc7NtiOitwxls2-E3n25DY_rn0Xc9MYYPZS3Ns5JrLaYiR-6jOqAz7slOP34LI-xmIHBCgZTmUSfJGPBd3ojKLUCrKq2Nx86lzVLGvgYMvhUYPKTSMSVuvuqsbhU/w640-h414/2023-10-21%2019.49.23.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Slayers of Twilight<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZ-qXiVKs6I-1MiRmRBE051tihnoTxmxRGEoPmfrelV6XV5mKlVPwk-DhjUHjtpKxZ4uqx-dsuhNcewk66vyx7be-KFqkkGuLDkpP20tEVwhSOQ4KQ-HSib-cehr4Uf-xaTcku-HG1XnqcZnfZSwi1x-npC2WvdoZh9GSfPmXCGYuLlhhRfrfFtA7vpw/s4032/2023-10-21%2019.49.52.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2554" data-original-width="4032" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZ-qXiVKs6I-1MiRmRBE051tihnoTxmxRGEoPmfrelV6XV5mKlVPwk-DhjUHjtpKxZ4uqx-dsuhNcewk66vyx7be-KFqkkGuLDkpP20tEVwhSOQ4KQ-HSib-cehr4Uf-xaTcku-HG1XnqcZnfZSwi1x-npC2WvdoZh9GSfPmXCGYuLlhhRfrfFtA7vpw/w640-h406/2023-10-21%2019.49.52.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Howler Bristleback and two Seldoath<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjAV2Slna5W-WY0FdrdkZfcDfAA3vEn0ioGypZpJw5FSTO5EH3uA1N3p5rLoovhupyn0hPv5ssDI-uO1x8ZYjPoN01F_-0168dUej7box_uJzN2RnOw-95UYbRkXVZdfBk5px6RSvp2F72YN8s9PD-1QhK-KTZhVhMWL1HTx95ip0gGgx6hMV68FcNlg/s4032/2023-10-21%2019.50.05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjAV2Slna5W-WY0FdrdkZfcDfAA3vEn0ioGypZpJw5FSTO5EH3uA1N3p5rLoovhupyn0hPv5ssDI-uO1x8ZYjPoN01F_-0168dUej7box_uJzN2RnOw-95UYbRkXVZdfBk5px6RSvp2F72YN8s9PD-1QhK-KTZhVhMWL1HTx95ip0gGgx6hMV68FcNlg/w640-h480/2023-10-21%2019.50.05.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I should have dared to paint brighter schemes for these two<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyPRevcuyN2gG3YY15ntt5U6yKkiS0LD_3A5V5cTPm1h3pR0Jy5oGaoWzidgd-uD1zCAk7xlUrINkt1na3rm76sZJ2Ea2-SIuzGG0J34e0OeBHKO_DmFdyqalaiBN9wKV135emnZpSQIe1jJ_DXG6Jkj0Rd9WHlFh2rGNXKhUEqdctUULRqJSTJCCepf4/s4032/2023-10-21%2019.51.03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2032" data-original-width="4032" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyPRevcuyN2gG3YY15ntt5U6yKkiS0LD_3A5V5cTPm1h3pR0Jy5oGaoWzidgd-uD1zCAk7xlUrINkt1na3rm76sZJ2Ea2-SIuzGG0J34e0OeBHKO_DmFdyqalaiBN9wKV135emnZpSQIe1jJ_DXG6Jkj0Rd9WHlFh2rGNXKhUEqdctUULRqJSTJCCepf4/w640-h322/2023-10-21%2019.51.03.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Skerrats. I've painted a bunch of them along the years<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_aEMLc1mJn95jG2f4RFSXO3vfH6-c2GZcsRdKWfyJJO3XX96fyibOVLlOgrSW7hMzDMi6mMz9w0051PeBSgTimtHQTlCxl3ODsb9P1sF2jLrxBU8lQq3gD2ClYjDSxlekIcuEDakGBLp5O8WYI988XKPUOZYqGI4cxroTNuODVV_mUF5eTjIRx2K-QI/s4032/2023-10-21%2019.51.21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_aEMLc1mJn95jG2f4RFSXO3vfH6-c2GZcsRdKWfyJJO3XX96fyibOVLlOgrSW7hMzDMi6mMz9w0051PeBSgTimtHQTlCxl3ODsb9P1sF2jLrxBU8lQq3gD2ClYjDSxlekIcuEDakGBLp5O8WYI988XKPUOZYqGI4cxroTNuODVV_mUF5eTjIRx2K-QI/w640-h480/2023-10-21%2019.51.21.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hunting Akitiin. The only ones I've painted the same, to match the other minis in the same KS<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Well, that's all, kind of a little swarm of minis. Have a look at all of them:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6-Sz5rsyZtc4RNx7cpIgfKAgwPAcNjk9wG5N_Nec8m9llr__oeO1e5RXDTGblf9m_lzUDm3cOYaZHUg787WmQipV6bUh8UG5PvDgWz9sq_eFB4e6AQyBHu5j_hs3QtjJ8Czs-5ETAiuARKVamamn8a9u7WTAfAl9h_cK3e7uoU6Haa9_Yw1SQANELC8/s4032/2023-10-21%2020.39.59.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6-Sz5rsyZtc4RNx7cpIgfKAgwPAcNjk9wG5N_Nec8m9llr__oeO1e5RXDTGblf9m_lzUDm3cOYaZHUg787WmQipV6bUh8UG5PvDgWz9sq_eFB4e6AQyBHu5j_hs3QtjJ8Czs-5ETAiuARKVamamn8a9u7WTAfAl9h_cK3e7uoU6Haa9_Yw1SQANELC8/w640-h480/2023-10-21%2020.39.59.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Too much visual information for just one picture!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The sense of closure when you finish a project such as a KS or stuff of the like is amazing, it feels really good. But there's no time for self indulgence! There are still a lot of minis to paint and the Mountain of Shame claims for work!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">More stuff coming soon!<br /></p>Suberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005091019027411799noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987721317661044121.post-19630168700361021472023-10-09T01:02:00.000+02:002023-10-09T01:02:46.919+02:00Playing Aeronautica Imperialis<p style="text-align: justify;">This is getting crazy, I got to play again! :O</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Last weekend my pal Hetairoi (I never get tired of recommending his <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hetairoi_wg/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>) was kind enough to set a game of Aeronautica Imperialis for another pal and myself.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPodypvHcsR_sTcl6ecT0WLlFGuPWNUDEgGQgbKLPStlxn3JTaKsvV5LIhqhlJvU5M7vyVz-uC2BUMD-H51ZjVnF0D73M_JFs4PamVUXqj07Ioy60WOhYNaDSsroEjP-pubtv-lfAL1fx5YMDRLXiJqpxBEMJzAwe-AYWSYpyA-aF1bS5qCnwIqwJDbc/s1000/001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPodypvHcsR_sTcl6ecT0WLlFGuPWNUDEgGQgbKLPStlxn3JTaKsvV5LIhqhlJvU5M7vyVz-uC2BUMD-H51ZjVnF0D73M_JFs4PamVUXqj07Ioy60WOhYNaDSsroEjP-pubtv-lfAL1fx5YMDRLXiJqpxBEMJzAwe-AYWSYpyA-aF1bS5qCnwIqwJDbc/w640-h320/001.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Weee! Little planes and pew pew!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">He has a quite formidable Lamenters fleet, but he was looking forward to testing some Tyranids he just got 3D printed. I'm not 100% sure where the Tyranid profiles did come from, but some place online, for sure. If any of you are interested, I can ask.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Anyway. Test game. A couple of Space Marines Xyphon fighters against a Tyranid Harpy and a Crone:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTiPGFvsWALRgJSX2dc1nPrtEkRzon-oyeuc_08Xm5uATv_-5aKRTkM74Qa6DXKHkOpAa738Pk4VBV0-FCJxrbO2sLuOV1CEk4GaHs6jiAADhi_soFmdSfNtEOKb00MMPceEQshmuve-YKEdXLnCNC859WpHLbMuclClCi47fUAkd5ZsG2oh4IG519FY/s1024/2023-10-07%2012.53.27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTiPGFvsWALRgJSX2dc1nPrtEkRzon-oyeuc_08Xm5uATv_-5aKRTkM74Qa6DXKHkOpAa738Pk4VBV0-FCJxrbO2sLuOV1CEk4GaHs6jiAADhi_soFmdSfNtEOKb00MMPceEQshmuve-YKEdXLnCNC859WpHLbMuclClCi47fUAkd5ZsG2oh4IG519FY/w640-h480/2023-10-07%2012.53.27.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The board is not great for taking pics, but you get an idea<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">If you are familiar with the game, you will notice we aren't using regular bases. My pal covered the original base and replaced the plastic piece with a RC extendable antenna, so the height is absolutely visual on the game, there's no need of checking. It's not my place to elaborate, please check his work!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I'll be playing with these beauties (the Crone model is still unfinished!)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVfUiHGZ6q1C6dJ7TFLHzGZBYGoak9FAVxFb3sNRqxd5ZzZcBHruIvvKY8YDVSQ-xvt3s19lHLqSUO8iiqvyb2G511OjXUwVRmzO3zL6IxqX5OYBn7GSDOUu73f4FYnCMq29hWtL7lSh8t9i726JWW29p_NP1fuCKbikuOO00jJObq9mMf1oOaTKj4a-4/s4032/2023-10-07%2012.53.34.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVfUiHGZ6q1C6dJ7TFLHzGZBYGoak9FAVxFb3sNRqxd5ZzZcBHruIvvKY8YDVSQ-xvt3s19lHLqSUO8iiqvyb2G511OjXUwVRmzO3zL6IxqX5OYBn7GSDOUu73f4FYnCMq29hWtL7lSh8t9i726JWW29p_NP1fuCKbikuOO00jJObq9mMf1oOaTKj4a-4/w640-h480/2023-10-07%2012.53.34.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuejxTs7JWgM1mfiC2VX4Dfb4K6rbAo4GtHt5Y6xIdWJLErK8BisHakVCAFnmYoR3HW-2DZo8XNdbB8-AbJ1O0rhY2GjKjqNZsVDpL4sk09FDokxcY_luZLKd6KOVe3efvwQRpJSSA11tJYtT1pa10TqwEyOyE__5tnETeD54RccpTGEbm6kZ_4yfGVgU/s4032/2023-10-07%2012.53.39.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuejxTs7JWgM1mfiC2VX4Dfb4K6rbAo4GtHt5Y6xIdWJLErK8BisHakVCAFnmYoR3HW-2DZo8XNdbB8-AbJ1O0rhY2GjKjqNZsVDpL4sk09FDokxcY_luZLKd6KOVe3efvwQRpJSSA11tJYtT1pa10TqwEyOyE__5tnETeD54RccpTGEbm6kZ_4yfGVgU/w640-h480/2023-10-07%2012.53.39.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>This will be my rival's force:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrl_kVgBeUiD3dWU0FNXnj6n7YBw4iCWMu9ofXiUSK0KfsTB0RrsclRBnfIK7DKSXvj-L79x7hqrFGDlh5ZqlGr-4rVtTpEmelH73Lc7kQwjFZx5Tfm5Otv92L8XhKko8DrssSbpCaoADEFwtXgIrzWBgHkqCtIhu1TxQaaeI_0KLUhl2hHqCKqflfAg/s1024/2023-10-07%2012.53.46.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrl_kVgBeUiD3dWU0FNXnj6n7YBw4iCWMu9ofXiUSK0KfsTB0RrsclRBnfIK7DKSXvj-L79x7hqrFGDlh5ZqlGr-4rVtTpEmelH73Lc7kQwjFZx5Tfm5Otv92L8XhKko8DrssSbpCaoADEFwtXgIrzWBgHkqCtIhu1TxQaaeI_0KLUhl2hHqCKqflfAg/w640-h480/2023-10-07%2012.53.46.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">No more delay, let me tell you a few words on the game. It plays on alternate activation, pretty much as every other game nowadays. At the beginning of the turn, each player has to decide what their planes will do in advance. It of course reminds of X-Wing, Wings of Glory and games of the like. Here you have the catalog of actions allowed:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBL_yMTOKZehzVJyagzb-5CRcjd1RtuQrvWs-EgHPGMYbHLnR0lparrArcmSkWhIXxVVDjGlRtzegNb-pz8jTKvCBj5vrNaxTk809ax67Bi2z8oRhKd4GYZ43E8rl9lVlPPlxsFvLN2Eub9x1Ma8GoOfA4S2KmO2rWYpK7vmDeYmykEYOWtrLhz8chvbo/s1024/2023-10-07%2012.53.47.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBL_yMTOKZehzVJyagzb-5CRcjd1RtuQrvWs-EgHPGMYbHLnR0lparrArcmSkWhIXxVVDjGlRtzegNb-pz8jTKvCBj5vrNaxTk809ax67Bi2z8oRhKd4GYZ43E8rl9lVlPPlxsFvLN2Eub9x1Ma8GoOfA4S2KmO2rWYpK7vmDeYmykEYOWtrLhz8chvbo/w480-h640/2023-10-07%2012.53.47.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>So you set a token with the number of your movement of choice next to each plane and then both players roll for initiative. The winner decides who will move first. All the planes move alternately and then shoot alternately.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKiD7PrZaTKmMriuT-9VMl3DtVFzFtok_Kp9y6EJVPQk2V1Tfmp14SIxj51esd5wZJoCAy46WQ_Z55fUUDvXIq24wOIRof3KoTnd8bVpqjuEb6Yqhkb020wJvb7zHA00aifALUSzsHAAyMcAZ72AHZeuHCgQ1vRUS3Lke9EoMT7jrzo-MHxkDd3xzL8Ok/s1024/2023-10-07%2013.00.11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKiD7PrZaTKmMriuT-9VMl3DtVFzFtok_Kp9y6EJVPQk2V1Tfmp14SIxj51esd5wZJoCAy46WQ_Z55fUUDvXIq24wOIRof3KoTnd8bVpqjuEb6Yqhkb020wJvb7zHA00aifALUSzsHAAyMcAZ72AHZeuHCgQ1vRUS3Lke9EoMT7jrzo-MHxkDd3xzL8Ok/w640-h480/2023-10-07%2013.00.11.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So the battle begins<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Tyranids have little to almost nothing firepower, so they depend almost exclusively on hunting the enemy. It's not enough to cross your paths at the same time... but at the same height!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJGwCEO-ODea2T5VZi73CrwOhGq2YrdYV37dyGgDEj0hiD8wta42osVd4SMXGSLOrLoAKXmQRirzbmsrGOkiznhwOROsefsHmA9sNBcuARsMb3Rncke_mE03M1MYvxc0iNXWTtBmO3jwFxDKSL9y6IJEpWxJb9469M_dFsN3VsbN0ikCmQN8y_bjNTqqE/s1024/2023-10-07%2013.07.28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJGwCEO-ODea2T5VZi73CrwOhGq2YrdYV37dyGgDEj0hiD8wta42osVd4SMXGSLOrLoAKXmQRirzbmsrGOkiznhwOROsefsHmA9sNBcuARsMb3Rncke_mE03M1MYvxc0iNXWTtBmO3jwFxDKSL9y6IJEpWxJb9469M_dFsN3VsbN0ikCmQN8y_bjNTqqE/w480-h640/2023-10-07%2013.07.28.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm at height level 1, my rival is at height level 2. Nope, cannot hit him<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWh6_5CdA8QrZMwGlV2hUGkzIPtkyWVvez1-ISopWfA1GCV5hKyR5hwVPnnTLGy0fpzAFJGynhjwPlzsEF2_Hb7c2ATlm1R1QaGlW7Mi60jKtKRl4NQY-ro1CL2J3AECZfI8cXvrRXBjfItubAkeeDiRi37iEMAkA8ouEKKVW3OORt9p-w5lVprLKHfMk/s1024/2023-10-07%2013.09.55.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWh6_5CdA8QrZMwGlV2hUGkzIPtkyWVvez1-ISopWfA1GCV5hKyR5hwVPnnTLGy0fpzAFJGynhjwPlzsEF2_Hb7c2ATlm1R1QaGlW7Mi60jKtKRl4NQY-ro1CL2J3AECZfI8cXvrRXBjfItubAkeeDiRi37iEMAkA8ouEKKVW3OORt9p-w5lVprLKHfMk/w640-h480/2023-10-07%2013.09.55.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm coming for youuuu<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">At the beginning of each turn you must decide your height and speed (this one meaning the number of tiles you can move), being able to go 1 unit up or down. The Xyphon can go up to speed 6; the Tyranids cannot go further than level 4, but can remain stationay if they want. Spoiler: I went full speed the whole game, couldn't be bothered with such weird concepts as planning or whatever. The hive mind is hungry and wants to satiate the animal instinct.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-t8AQSy5OCsox6w81qoWyazEODvaiC1NpBnA8VFEC6TqZRVpZeJSYkZYgpEP8QsOgdCwwowPcCHggq6wTimwVHmG562RpqhBPZayCp3UAvOETInrChpmWtDJwsd6dKiKlJUZrTde1rkdjLSi5tNQCmxR_AQZPrZajQoFXM72atuh6z-OfyEUpiyYV63s/s1024/2023-10-07%2013.17.24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-t8AQSy5OCsox6w81qoWyazEODvaiC1NpBnA8VFEC6TqZRVpZeJSYkZYgpEP8QsOgdCwwowPcCHggq6wTimwVHmG562RpqhBPZayCp3UAvOETInrChpmWtDJwsd6dKiKlJUZrTde1rkdjLSi5tNQCmxR_AQZPrZajQoFXM72atuh6z-OfyEUpiyYV63s/w640-h480/2023-10-07%2013.17.24.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The game soon turned into a dogfight<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Firing, once again, resembles X-Wing in some manner. You have short/medium/long range and will make more harm the closest you are frome the enemy. Being a Warhammer game, this of course means you roll more dice. In this case, the Xyphon shot on my Crone and inflicted two wounds:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHsVEqhW2iHf0JrG3Iz0Dk8tyAJp_mnTNvH4EtJYKPYxcFHHGlsXCzzzAbLxypMgPi-o5J6Lbh4M_5WKgXJDtI7AfD3cBTXQZK-f29ILKGU-xWJ-pAsRqGOP1bvCjNDRD_TIv-qV18JqcFYRF2PmX_73hx9jCbjsctEMCHETKtnid4qfsEjY7lt7AG6U/s1024/2023-10-07%2013.18.37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHsVEqhW2iHf0JrG3Iz0Dk8tyAJp_mnTNvH4EtJYKPYxcFHHGlsXCzzzAbLxypMgPi-o5J6Lbh4M_5WKgXJDtI7AfD3cBTXQZK-f29ILKGU-xWJ-pAsRqGOP1bvCjNDRD_TIv-qV18JqcFYRF2PmX_73hx9jCbjsctEMCHETKtnid4qfsEjY7lt7AG6U/w640-h480/2023-10-07%2013.18.37.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And took it down!!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdLuLuOtCO8Shgta21ltoZkhjyQK_X1LchW7sNpE2F7pu2w2Qv3vakITJanpwvJd-Dilrw3ha7ZTCJ_nQ6VC0QfNYN1PAyVwmcIIYSG2JASI9HGeJYJ8k1T2lQQkgbzyxn30CudJZPGi-ufKESr1rnfd_dpBSADX_dhrDuEZcTVRIAHrmQFl4vzhDpHcg/s1024/2023-10-07%2013.18.42.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdLuLuOtCO8Shgta21ltoZkhjyQK_X1LchW7sNpE2F7pu2w2Qv3vakITJanpwvJd-Dilrw3ha7ZTCJ_nQ6VC0QfNYN1PAyVwmcIIYSG2JASI9HGeJYJ8k1T2lQQkgbzyxn30CudJZPGi-ufKESr1rnfd_dpBSADX_dhrDuEZcTVRIAHrmQFl4vzhDpHcg/w640-h480/2023-10-07%2013.18.42.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ouch</td></tr></tbody></table><p>But not only that! In the next turn, the other Xyphon shot a missile on my Harpy and...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj23Sf0HX0LL8KecAfTlGfCJIx2YmoJ9RijCFzbdTQQZx9eR_T3_TxceHlcavrNDUmGF3CY_T7NhR6L4KnlBNGmx5BScIR_LyxRN_VYYH4-XMoZuCCsbEKv_NxWpuUII_9EaPnkfotddw2M56ibV-N4xzk7wQK3FQgxu0j_FdRwYi3-VKAvv_sR2BzQ1Ss/s1024/2023-10-07%2013.20.03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj23Sf0HX0LL8KecAfTlGfCJIx2YmoJ9RijCFzbdTQQZx9eR_T3_TxceHlcavrNDUmGF3CY_T7NhR6L4KnlBNGmx5BScIR_LyxRN_VYYH4-XMoZuCCsbEKv_NxWpuUII_9EaPnkfotddw2M56ibV-N4xzk7wQK3FQgxu0j_FdRwYi3-VKAvv_sR2BzQ1Ss/w480-h640/2023-10-07%2013.20.03.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seriously?</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Ouch! The game ended abruptly in just a second! We got the impression that taking out two wounds is just too easy, and that it's quite difficult to engage an enemy plane in hand to hand combat, which can only happen if your path crosses the tile your enemy is on just at that moment. Besides, you have to be at the same height or one level above.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As it had been so quick, we decided to run a second game!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4E_7R4_cQEd7epcDi7PjzOHfO3HhzPXQJN_rwMf_EvDmLdb760PVRTAh1LKVtVM8HGNzaR-pFH8wBT3KaEm2KF00no7vru_xljuM7uPeVAt3QeHDZqzPMAHqaYdYU6DrgXiXrCMexssYikVb3ciwsCCICo5ulHMuZGNTS9ijNHfLOwtk0O1g2y4NGHCI/s1024/2023-10-07%2013.20.48.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4E_7R4_cQEd7epcDi7PjzOHfO3HhzPXQJN_rwMf_EvDmLdb760PVRTAh1LKVtVM8HGNzaR-pFH8wBT3KaEm2KF00no7vru_xljuM7uPeVAt3QeHDZqzPMAHqaYdYU6DrgXiXrCMexssYikVb3ciwsCCICo5ulHMuZGNTS9ijNHfLOwtk0O1g2y4NGHCI/w640-h480/2023-10-07%2013.20.48.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is just a promotional pic between games. Keep scrolling<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">This time we decided to have a Harpy and two Crones against a Xyphon and a Stormeagle:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpqi99uKl91sRtz0th3u6doKieluElBQJGyBfmR9cMXrU12GRZIf-To96olIfL8ki1uAgK9Cjfg2Fpa5KzMYNKPYY_5BfEBJD03Fd59vk27mkTuzRmU6Y6zSjDCzR_Zzox7domKQmhPOuo3T3NL-r9Dj3sz3kDSPChLereX_o0HJJZg1wCgJz6GzkgeLg/s1024/2023-10-07%2013.28.23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpqi99uKl91sRtz0th3u6doKieluElBQJGyBfmR9cMXrU12GRZIf-To96olIfL8ki1uAgK9Cjfg2Fpa5KzMYNKPYY_5BfEBJD03Fd59vk27mkTuzRmU6Y6zSjDCzR_Zzox7domKQmhPOuo3T3NL-r9Dj3sz3kDSPChLereX_o0HJJZg1wCgJz6GzkgeLg/w640-h480/2023-10-07%2013.28.23.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the display...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">And these are the rivals:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGyr27gE2ABhy5y0hayr5jJ2P7lPokvpclIMfS6mmWeRseUFs8l_DClz7RbH4_HnoWZh9z_K2Mm1PZu8Nh2pMdF80MtJfPDC-3EpNTXd9lKt12M6R2BSGXOTPLkqahIB2jWiawf1Rlwai4fRcZxnq8xswzHCir5xAqGVmXBEKJcPZxx_pLjSBYTr9_Ghw/s1024/2023-10-07%2013.28.39.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGyr27gE2ABhy5y0hayr5jJ2P7lPokvpclIMfS6mmWeRseUFs8l_DClz7RbH4_HnoWZh9z_K2Mm1PZu8Nh2pMdF80MtJfPDC-3EpNTXd9lKt12M6R2BSGXOTPLkqahIB2jWiawf1Rlwai4fRcZxnq8xswzHCir5xAqGVmXBEKJcPZxx_pLjSBYTr9_Ghw/w640-h480/2023-10-07%2013.28.39.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvgOQbIQdOs97VB5YaDAI9gGWgNPLsksdbx23X3xtMCr3dJFzEyAELyposqrZZskwkzxTuSnNsPjC_qQ3jbXCrBra82GBgGU-CTAV9_qFB3EciMHTT8unOI7wbdvrLjpq03Q44FU2k_cHFmREoN8xa-42WwYyILIsv5vB7RQGfa8qpFuoC-hfn0_fpYCA/s4032/2023-10-07%2013.30.02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvgOQbIQdOs97VB5YaDAI9gGWgNPLsksdbx23X3xtMCr3dJFzEyAELyposqrZZskwkzxTuSnNsPjC_qQ3jbXCrBra82GBgGU-CTAV9_qFB3EciMHTT8unOI7wbdvrLjpq03Q44FU2k_cHFmREoN8xa-42WwYyILIsv5vB7RQGfa8qpFuoC-hfn0_fpYCA/w640-h480/2023-10-07%2013.30.02.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">We made some other improvements and decided to play to capture an objective, a Rhino. The Space Marines would try to rescue their brothers and the Tyranids would try to have some canned food for lunch:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg66eHzt5MOVNthYOmeuFePdxc76uA_L3h1-tqCq87Ks6i4GbIZJh-gwA8gb0DouQtYtSbHdheOdqOyRbaymJjOPoEcBtCAXhZt1vE0lD6n25syYBUp-4xC36DkrEJHPoS5Cy_XlZyVLV4TtfogEHMiuodqNDjmUIm_gAZ_LBTdFWAQ7ZtWUuIonGC3Xj0/s1024/2023-10-07%2013.38.49.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg66eHzt5MOVNthYOmeuFePdxc76uA_L3h1-tqCq87Ks6i4GbIZJh-gwA8gb0DouQtYtSbHdheOdqOyRbaymJjOPoEcBtCAXhZt1vE0lD6n25syYBUp-4xC36DkrEJHPoS5Cy_XlZyVLV4TtfogEHMiuodqNDjmUIm_gAZ_LBTdFWAQ7ZtWUuIonGC3Xj0/w640-h480/2023-10-07%2013.38.49.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Strange manoeuvres!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>You can go up or down at the end of your turn if, by any reason, you hadn't done it at the beginning. But if you don't reduce speed, you may suffer a wound...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRfqdYV2QfKsxQ4UMPicdIszRDkfZAMqNQ4PBRsbmXVEAyvD7zp5ejn0S7qWwolfUYaywuJluH7bCjYDZWGvxeJhKeTlaFFy_tUA-yq_KxHoELo7GfND-J3AdudmJuo1uO2NpZt88iSBi6C2dpLUpdx0pUzbWI573lQLjpzEoh0wHuOARLM6Fviz3nsXs/s1024/2023-10-07%2013.48.05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRfqdYV2QfKsxQ4UMPicdIszRDkfZAMqNQ4PBRsbmXVEAyvD7zp5ejn0S7qWwolfUYaywuJluH7bCjYDZWGvxeJhKeTlaFFy_tUA-yq_KxHoELo7GfND-J3AdudmJuo1uO2NpZt88iSBi6C2dpLUpdx0pUzbWI573lQLjpzEoh0wHuOARLM6Fviz3nsXs/w640-h480/2023-10-07%2013.48.05.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...just like happened to me with this absurd diving!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPD1cq7qZ33TqR2SIvVU7VyxoWiihSfjAMeaISf1Or2_i1n2LTceO0zMraApgd5E346IqE2wht8_tx4ML3j10yG-EtCW19DTa73_s5k6furE8HG9z8CdOoddSugnTbgnysx75vmgG5imi_mlD3aIpsNRXegP5OmaNO_Uh-t4r5nCK0mnbDXes67lQpVOM/s1024/2023-10-07%2013.51.24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPD1cq7qZ33TqR2SIvVU7VyxoWiihSfjAMeaISf1Or2_i1n2LTceO0zMraApgd5E346IqE2wht8_tx4ML3j10yG-EtCW19DTa73_s5k6furE8HG9z8CdOoddSugnTbgnysx75vmgG5imi_mlD3aIpsNRXegP5OmaNO_Uh-t4r5nCK0mnbDXes67lQpVOM/w640-h480/2023-10-07%2013.51.24.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Tyranids are stalking their prey<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUe2_X2ljClbHN0giXZ46tJu7tb8NlSuE-TVIounb6RIrBDhjW8OWKSUyJQfVdUZXzWwR-ekffY1_yBM0qS2MvaMuyKCP580ISN6KQxzfB5-fSeudlbihOGIQ63yyo6JIxvDQHPsXxC92aLD1wzz7fQAxgooRn2AZ5O0CiC4mqcyVA_qDTdR1ydNSfNmU/s1024/2023-10-07%2014.04.24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUe2_X2ljClbHN0giXZ46tJu7tb8NlSuE-TVIounb6RIrBDhjW8OWKSUyJQfVdUZXzWwR-ekffY1_yBM0qS2MvaMuyKCP580ISN6KQxzfB5-fSeudlbihOGIQ63yyo6JIxvDQHPsXxC92aLD1wzz7fQAxgooRn2AZ5O0CiC4mqcyVA_qDTdR1ydNSfNmU/w640-h480/2023-10-07%2014.04.24.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Crone tries a hard diving. Just as we rehearsed it!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKOI4VbHM6K8_P63PjQqQ7a_HVLTJ27pZtk8trQF8mkTW_zcknWeg29TfxKMHTe9uIyf2GC7oTkJF7aKfTEgUcLo0AbigPcB5DLnCS3UBTU89ta1_2xD1Xe_B0RZ6PoKG8Ev-gEZp3Mbxba8U5vh0UfIA_OlKXGa3vEHNfmUSzU8jbZRgpAAQkhivUwic/s1024/2023-10-07%2014.04.35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKOI4VbHM6K8_P63PjQqQ7a_HVLTJ27pZtk8trQF8mkTW_zcknWeg29TfxKMHTe9uIyf2GC7oTkJF7aKfTEgUcLo0AbigPcB5DLnCS3UBTU89ta1_2xD1Xe_B0RZ6PoKG8Ev-gEZp3Mbxba8U5vh0UfIA_OlKXGa3vEHNfmUSzU8jbZRgpAAQkhivUwic/w480-h640/2023-10-07%2014.04.35.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Harpy hits the Stormeagle, causing some damage, but it still flies!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggF4BG4d4WXECn29cw5AHBM5NeKQeWfzgoFs8piOecnL5FUmJCsPlGwC-x4swH1hLCRW6wEjQr6qu9Eone0QsvVsohi32Wet94LsAdnaLWjNZ_NxcSTjSR2cHehXXpZ9qSQpAFAYU_80fFgFUOTQgKEf5R4S_Ws75Mw4ksBLra40ff1TGlKwem5_cEAo4/s1600/2023-10-07%2014.04.36.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggF4BG4d4WXECn29cw5AHBM5NeKQeWfzgoFs8piOecnL5FUmJCsPlGwC-x4swH1hLCRW6wEjQr6qu9Eone0QsvVsohi32Wet94LsAdnaLWjNZ_NxcSTjSR2cHehXXpZ9qSQpAFAYU_80fFgFUOTQgKEf5R4S_Ws75Mw4ksBLra40ff1TGlKwem5_cEAo4/w480-h640/2023-10-07%2014.04.36.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Same thing, but from another angle<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVsvvu9bEQvYEo0zLx__zGbXxhmXIHELixVKQTbDRDJBe3PemNlXr5ddEaMU-POXSQVg96slAP3Yl_58cmpu2VaBTy77gUyLdzCuZOt4KiKTLRwNSY8rvrVH58soQvRTLqKyWUqd5jlrSiitmk_7iUq-oyDZ2zbmvoyKv5uFQ35-O1l8BySq0c-KJq65g/s1024/2023-10-07%2014.06.34.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVsvvu9bEQvYEo0zLx__zGbXxhmXIHELixVKQTbDRDJBe3PemNlXr5ddEaMU-POXSQVg96slAP3Yl_58cmpu2VaBTy77gUyLdzCuZOt4KiKTLRwNSY8rvrVH58soQvRTLqKyWUqd5jlrSiitmk_7iUq-oyDZ2zbmvoyKv5uFQ35-O1l8BySq0c-KJq65g/w480-h640/2023-10-07%2014.06.34.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Stormeagle takes the Crone down, just when it was on the edge of hitting the Rhino<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDPAu2dBYy43dqBH3pLFQHIvCTEcC6IdIUvWvVCz0Jr27px3XPj8236XMOlCN9DwYhNoKAVP6q6Kj4Y9kGW1enEYuw3cJLwnuFyk-9KxvVPJgBX6TdTKrL2NDU55A4aFYDs-ZFm3_D3r6-ykDDHx6r7H3M14q9sbO_h7YLKJ3PFn7wCiJsMEnHI26waK4/s1024/2023-10-07%2014.13.16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDPAu2dBYy43dqBH3pLFQHIvCTEcC6IdIUvWvVCz0Jr27px3XPj8236XMOlCN9DwYhNoKAVP6q6Kj4Y9kGW1enEYuw3cJLwnuFyk-9KxvVPJgBX6TdTKrL2NDU55A4aFYDs-ZFm3_D3r6-ykDDHx6r7H3M14q9sbO_h7YLKJ3PFn7wCiJsMEnHI26waK4/w640-h480/2023-10-07%2014.13.16.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The other Crone goes for the Rhino. Will the Xyphon avoid it?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikAAyOEsG9Kd42Y5PE1ufbK29BMAFmaTQtYC4EPncRD5-_LTyixVybSkFX2vukROvfu-5CWbAE7rHMKTwgVfxIPiNuZLH8oXv0mxkRIZpsEDpE0e4wTHWkfFhSjXHu39zBSvhw19o-pyM9EdfIrC1YSfP_FJhWwmSnFXfTg41eV6WQ4MGeDlyuCNgLTrY/s1024/2023-10-07%2014.14.12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikAAyOEsG9Kd42Y5PE1ufbK29BMAFmaTQtYC4EPncRD5-_LTyixVybSkFX2vukROvfu-5CWbAE7rHMKTwgVfxIPiNuZLH8oXv0mxkRIZpsEDpE0e4wTHWkfFhSjXHu39zBSvhw19o-pyM9EdfIrC1YSfP_FJhWwmSnFXfTg41eV6WQ4MGeDlyuCNgLTrY/w640-h480/2023-10-07%2014.14.12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The brave pilot takes the other beast down!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>So it is! Victory for the Lamenters! The Tyranids will remain hungry for a little bit more...</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">A brief conclusion: The game is really quick paced, pretty easy to get (at least the essentials, I guess there will be special rules and stuff, but we didn't get into them this time) and most important, enormously fun. The comparison with Wings of Glory and specially with X-Wing is inevitable, and I'd say they are different versions of a core idea. Areonautica Imperialis looks more easy to develop and to learn. It gets really automatic after a couple of turns, and the tiles system makes it quite easy to get distances, fire arcs and stuff. There's no confusion and no discussion, and it so makes it all faster.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Regarding the Tyranids mod rules, I honestly believe they need to be harder to beat (maybe 3 wounds instead of 2) and would definitely benefit of some more firepower, even if it's short ranged. Hitting enemy vessels in flight becomes really difficult to achieve. So these are the lessons identified! We certainly will need to run some more test games to see if we are right about them!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">PS: My pal Hetairoi just gave me away a sprue with two Xyphons he didn't want. Oh, dammit, I'm doomed...<br /></p>Suberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005091019027411799noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987721317661044121.post-59373943895612533272023-09-27T22:36:00.003+02:002023-09-27T22:36:00.163+02:00Dungeoning misc<p style="text-align: justify;"> New plot twist! Today it's turn for some good old fashioned fantasy!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Not really much to tell. I was trying to tidy up my boxes of forgotten miniatures and found a little bunch of models not really related to any ongoing project, but that I got just for the sake of painting them.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The first one is this Skeletal Knight from <a href="https://diehardminiatures.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DieHard Miniatures</a>. I got this one as an add-on in a kickstarter campaign, it was simply too good to let it go:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguShdMxuuG3-VvtO0qA5MnSycgsn93Ly9Si0NoY481vKg7VicG0tk9fhq2nSnFoHVrgbikCSBvpg_cAfA0cCQnUNyXmpLr5z0mKZ5Hcu6hwHl-d41H5jhYURHJnD8XrdRownFgljqYmDB4-quEmI24zOpT071jk-NuTlZ4TbeDmYJjiHlCrIpYzq_2YbE/s4032/2023-09-18%2017.27.10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguShdMxuuG3-VvtO0qA5MnSycgsn93Ly9Si0NoY481vKg7VicG0tk9fhq2nSnFoHVrgbikCSBvpg_cAfA0cCQnUNyXmpLr5z0mKZ5Hcu6hwHl-d41H5jhYURHJnD8XrdRownFgljqYmDB4-quEmI24zOpT071jk-NuTlZ4TbeDmYJjiHlCrIpYzq_2YbE/w640-h480/2023-09-18%2017.27.10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I may look a little bit skinny, but I'm in shape<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>I tried a lousy attempt of painting a peacock feather, but let's say I may need further attempts.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0u_GTD0tBJJfJZzAFUn8ZDtdDqUbAwcw6HGuEHzGtJdll6m3oS_8rwoS_IHICu5Dv6_lkf8ML3kircv4KBslBNzkyYEVwfP53zf3sp56nzc7Qqhy8IPzu7enKFTDwIcHWxuHXxYYTYzSGW1WQ28vyEEMTq4zMwwuB6OC2M56lnigl2yAPdXnZpLLz0M/s4032/2023-09-18%2017.27.19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0u_GTD0tBJJfJZzAFUn8ZDtdDqUbAwcw6HGuEHzGtJdll6m3oS_8rwoS_IHICu5Dv6_lkf8ML3kircv4KBslBNzkyYEVwfP53zf3sp56nzc7Qqhy8IPzu7enKFTDwIcHWxuHXxYYTYzSGW1WQ28vyEEMTq4zMwwuB6OC2M56lnigl2yAPdXnZpLLz0M/w640-h480/2023-09-18%2017.27.19.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh, yes, the shield totally stopped those arrows. Completely<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I also got this Herald Boy in the same campaign as a freebie:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9LQYtg9dTw1UTrwtcAfZn-CprszJzMan2Y3QuFVdpEGXc1F2pWFEJ7ZvOldG8fi9Jipo_CefF5Ank3Yk7vv2-XLG8j_6FkAeo5eOwFrT1rfy2GC8-xgNVGs5ohHyK0nKkKYpYvT3Pdx_HPszYUjnKLrERk4Cs5u5aktl2XIVBzRl1KUZiScQupMfj2z4/s4032/2023-09-18%2017.27.32.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9LQYtg9dTw1UTrwtcAfZn-CprszJzMan2Y3QuFVdpEGXc1F2pWFEJ7ZvOldG8fi9Jipo_CefF5Ank3Yk7vv2-XLG8j_6FkAeo5eOwFrT1rfy2GC8-xgNVGs5ohHyK0nKkKYpYvT3Pdx_HPszYUjnKLrERk4Cs5u5aktl2XIVBzRl1KUZiScQupMfj2z4/w640-h480/2023-09-18%2017.27.32.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tooot!</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I tried to decide what to do with this one for a long time, as it's more a NPC than any other thing. At some point I even toyed with the idea of 40K-ing the mini, but never truly made my mind up.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the end I painted the kid as this adventurer's herald:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA7ag70_bHUjhtWb2Y-Ya78HrhbShcSqHB_hKP2pumZvae_Q4aOFa_2BNR2ETKjRnWuCfSDmqkVrWF1grqx9SynEfRDfdwEqInCYBblX-zfJPoE3SDJUzj26R_9ZVJoya39o517PrYcy2tG72N3Kipnr9swSohaqyUqDnZlXgNqgiiWqzJWSxFxX3PuNk/s4032/2023-09-18%2017.27.51.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA7ag70_bHUjhtWb2Y-Ya78HrhbShcSqHB_hKP2pumZvae_Q4aOFa_2BNR2ETKjRnWuCfSDmqkVrWF1grqx9SynEfRDfdwEqInCYBblX-zfJPoE3SDJUzj26R_9ZVJoya39o517PrYcy2tG72N3Kipnr9swSohaqyUqDnZlXgNqgiiWqzJWSxFxX3PuNk/w640-h480/2023-09-18%2017.27.51.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes, I painted that horrendous livery twice<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQfo9Zfb2c1I39REatbwuGqoTAoAGnRqJUcytHkHiYhWNwVK7wEhnAY3X4yM2jwvyy7uQkFIhuddFq5O_yFjdOYK66QMy1PrvJpL_N0vGR4qUIqPvsabS7DCUMbuIvRYonbJxvcALn_uecw5SBa6Edmsl5RhS9KPXlrmWZIYsx91ttxeZMXjnXBPnUM9k/s4032/2023-09-18%2017.27.59.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQfo9Zfb2c1I39REatbwuGqoTAoAGnRqJUcytHkHiYhWNwVK7wEhnAY3X4yM2jwvyy7uQkFIhuddFq5O_yFjdOYK66QMy1PrvJpL_N0vGR4qUIqPvsabS7DCUMbuIvRYonbJxvcALn_uecw5SBa6Edmsl5RhS9KPXlrmWZIYsx91ttxeZMXjnXBPnUM9k/w640-h480/2023-09-18%2017.27.59.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pleasantly more discrete on the back<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">This one comes from the sadly now extint ranges by <a href="https://www.red-box-games.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Red Box Games</a>, which now operate with a much more limited catalogue. I do miss those minis :(</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This other one is also from the same ranges:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLrdjzZ5qHS4pWMFAjQsqnM60dKwIDjnmRR0HkGSnTWD7RPbzDGTWomNrVJvuvoI7fH09tPpVAyaoYRr9VN6BOd0zsSGtlnte9YeycE73CO5hWKBmD5RYH1Ld0r_metgEF1mfML0W74idXZntk4mAd57LuG-XRxaB5RGqlsnSeZ5ELjiwqAWmgrgmXuCc/s4032/2023-09-18%2017.28.19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLrdjzZ5qHS4pWMFAjQsqnM60dKwIDjnmRR0HkGSnTWD7RPbzDGTWomNrVJvuvoI7fH09tPpVAyaoYRr9VN6BOd0zsSGtlnte9YeycE73CO5hWKBmD5RYH1Ld0r_metgEF1mfML0W74idXZntk4mAd57LuG-XRxaB5RGqlsnSeZ5ELjiwqAWmgrgmXuCc/w640-h480/2023-09-18%2017.28.19.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Totally not Green Lantern<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJvd-DzwA9pTsObGJrRNj-kzFv5HdpDLFwmUM2oIeBp2McDL_QVkL8ppwsWlN3KJa9nYFjDNMexTPJ3HHuiu_7YkP17HusXDixd3jg8y5vOCGlR-BLkHBXWVVFvBf_mwiCrKC8HJlC9KqKCg8WUcjPFpS3abN_GxUagGFSDTaTuqva-RSpbPhyuKMJBrs/s4032/2023-09-18%2017.28.24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJvd-DzwA9pTsObGJrRNj-kzFv5HdpDLFwmUM2oIeBp2McDL_QVkL8ppwsWlN3KJa9nYFjDNMexTPJ3HHuiu_7YkP17HusXDixd3jg8y5vOCGlR-BLkHBXWVVFvBf_mwiCrKC8HJlC9KqKCg8WUcjPFpS3abN_GxUagGFSDTaTuqva-RSpbPhyuKMJBrs/w640-h480/2023-09-18%2017.28.24.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well, maybe Green Lantern in disguise<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The last one is a mini a friend gave me, it's this warrior monk from <a href="https://en.momminiatures.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MOM Miniatures</a>:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikobA2mgYF1T_lVSH7uKwjdjd6_gNjEL7elBfDbsT4fAh-2bUsFazGHNFk7KUkr-4yeyL0oRlodR2joLFILUI-MDWaEZi_a7gzbNi4hdQzTIJ_qLXh8RCdOj8xyEKI28G1cyGFq6Ml30KQcFjg40N6Bu5sSU9vGp5aoTMR0IfjKi3G_2R5nNUks22EYRU/s4032/2023-09-18%2017.30.39.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikobA2mgYF1T_lVSH7uKwjdjd6_gNjEL7elBfDbsT4fAh-2bUsFazGHNFk7KUkr-4yeyL0oRlodR2joLFILUI-MDWaEZi_a7gzbNi4hdQzTIJ_qLXh8RCdOj8xyEKI28G1cyGFq6Ml30KQcFjg40N6Bu5sSU9vGp5aoTMR0IfjKi3G_2R5nNUks22EYRU/w640-h480/2023-09-18%2017.30.39.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not resembling any known fantasy universe<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The truth is that I don't have any specific use for these nowadays, but I really wanted to paint them anyway. I'll for sure play Rangers of Shadow Deep or whatever at some point in the future, so it will be good to have a few options on the shelf!<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi23Bv2n4RBF9OxKeLoSVzzUwXjX_8bFTe9xwN_jZWIx5LMbyDQNIDLxzD0lichXGbTKMTe4jse5zAf0I0hSh47vGwga46sLHSd_ZWE0aFPHqciRTet2yQkaHY02keKQHrnmZTn6oFW-PaDTIEW7DtSGnqJuimyj7TiR3IToinRAztHbF0SjP3M7OJHifU/s4032/2023-09-18%2017.32.17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi23Bv2n4RBF9OxKeLoSVzzUwXjX_8bFTe9xwN_jZWIx5LMbyDQNIDLxzD0lichXGbTKMTe4jse5zAf0I0hSh47vGwga46sLHSd_ZWE0aFPHqciRTet2yQkaHY02keKQHrnmZTn6oFW-PaDTIEW7DtSGnqJuimyj7TiR3IToinRAztHbF0SjP3M7OJHifU/w640-h480/2023-09-18%2017.32.17.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unfortunate encounter on the marshes!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">These all look suitable for some dungeon games, I may have to look into it...</p>Suberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005091019027411799noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987721317661044121.post-29057741804660195242023-09-15T22:26:00.001+02:002023-09-15T22:26:00.147+02:00Playing 2nd Ed.: Battle of the Gargant<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>The monstrous Gargant had simply stopped. Some kind of malfunction of unknown nature had got it pinned down just at the very outskirts of the Imperial settlement. It had been abandoned by its coward Gretchin crew, having killed the Mekboyz who tried to get them to work again. Now the towering altar to Mork (or maybe Gork) stayed still.<br /></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>The whole front depended on this beast of iron coming to life again or being definitely silenced. The army controlling the Gargant would control the whole area, and with it, the key to further advace on the whole continent.<br /></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Warboss Hruk urgently dispatched his loyal Mekboy Uthûk 'Handyork' Verrok to get the Gargant under control again, heavily escorted by as many Boyz as he could spare.</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Imperial Commander Lord Winston Lofage could only dispatch a small team, a fistful of loyal Ultramarines, escorting Brother Techpriest Urrentius, and an Imperial Guard Platoon. Would that scarce force be enough to stop the vile Greenskins...?</i><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">It's been a hell of a long time <a href="https://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com/2018/07/rebels-with-cause-wh40k2-scenario-game.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">since I last played WH40K2</a>, but I finally got a chance, so I had to squeeze it! 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My other pal, Abe, had never played 40K. Like <i>never ever</i>. I knew I couldn't play a complex scenario, with tons of special homemade rules; you know, all the silly stuff I enjoy (<i>remember the <a href="https://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com/2015/04/playing-2nd-ed-cops-robbers.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wrecking Ball</a><a href="https://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com/2015/04/playing-2nd-ed-cops-robbers.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Terminator</a><a href="https://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com/2015/04/playing-2nd-ed-cops-robbers.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">?</a></i>). But it doesn't mean we couldn't play something funny!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The general idea is that the Gargant is broken. The Ork Mekboy has to get to it and try to repair it (details in a minute). 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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The Mekboy cannot
solve anything, all the systems are simply too messed up. In addition, a
particularly rebel Squig slips among the cogs and wires, biting and chewing
everything and causing mayhem all over. Roll another D6 on the Damage Chart.</span></p>
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make any significant repair, he is too busy trying to figure out which plug
goes into each socket. Nothing happens in this turn.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Everything seems to
fit properl… Wait, wait, noooooo! The Gargant’s belly gun shoots by itself.
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unit. The miniature is killed with a result of 6, no save roll allowed. Any
scenery in the line of fire is completely destroyed.</span></p>
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enemy, but the gun shoots without any aim. Roll the scatter die to determine
the direction of the shoot within the gun radius (if the result is not
applicable, roll again). The shoot makes impact at 5D10 cm. Use the large
explosion template. Roll 1D6 for each miniature affected. The miniature is
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completely destroyed.</span></p>
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steps ahead before coming to a standstill again. Move the Gargant ahead 20cm.
Any unit in his path</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">is affected. Roll 1D6 for each
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The Mekboy gains
control of the Gargant, or so it seems. Roll 1D6 again. With a result of 6,
the Gargant becomes operational again and under control. With any other
result, he does not manage to handle the whole system in this turn. Reroll
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">An Oily Squig falls down
into the combustion engine, provoking a chain reaction which ends in a huge
fire that makes the ammunition on board explode. The Gargant blows out in an
enormous explosion and all the crew die immediately, as well as any miniature
in a 30 cm radius.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">2</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The ammunition in
the belly gun jams, it will be days, if not weeks, to put it into service
again. The weapon is rendered useless. Ignore any further result involving
the use of this weapon.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">3</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The bolts holding
the arm gun break down and the weapon falls apart, squashing the wretched
people below. Any miniature affected suffers a S10 impact. The weapon is rendered
useless. Ignore any further result involving the use of this weapon.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">After a loud screeching
whine, the Gargant’s hip axis breaks and it falls down on its own structure, remaining
pinned where it is. From this moment on, the Gargant will remain immobilised.
Ignore any further result involving the model to move.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A bursting flare-up scorches
the control cabin while electric sparks jump all over. The Mekboy suffers a S6
impact, which can be regularly saved.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Luckily no more damages
are caused. The Gretchin fix all the antifreeze leaks and stick insulating
tape wherever they deem appropriate (sooner or later it will be the correct
place). </span>Nothing happens this turn.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"> Well. I think you get an idea of the game. Enough talk, here you have another general overview of the battlefield... <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikdYB3NkNEHqV9wlf-46FWtx_m16URNa2mFGfv7ksrPsjj0NLFVDrgGRVnxasD-jqB4eoMh7vggaV5o2cXbNLlHmJiy5l_XjBm3aqTbWL6M6G1wnXID2mVvcTsodE-Eh3fmmwBN4HytfP0EOcj5SxR50AzVLyoYKK8eAQSn0V1I9v3QV3av4oUdCNO0J0/s4032/2023-08-29%2000.17.46.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikdYB3NkNEHqV9wlf-46FWtx_m16URNa2mFGfv7ksrPsjj0NLFVDrgGRVnxasD-jqB4eoMh7vggaV5o2cXbNLlHmJiy5l_XjBm3aqTbWL6M6G1wnXID2mVvcTsodE-Eh3fmmwBN4HytfP0EOcj5SxR50AzVLyoYKK8eAQSn0V1I9v3QV3av4oUdCNO0J0/w480-h640/2023-08-29%2000.17.46.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This might be the time I have placed less scenery on a board like, in my life<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Aaaand... let's get started!!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Below you can see the Mekboy (down left, the bloke in orange). He'll run towards the Gargant. The Imperials are in a kind of counterclock desperate race to avoid the Gargant coming back to life. The moment the Mek succeeds, the game is over. So they better run and take him down!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinBG5RVyG45U1kHMQxiwjy9oEsyxfAFGiAYqaGmW0ZmRhKHfqVLqSSAyicUNln5m7MwbbvB5wZlVs5n0reux8ZqFFoOHOtINI-xK7H-59ihesSQ6h17T9cRwZVW5ehCtHINU0mgcyAsjiutuEvI1GVaCG-mqFene3myiZNT-hWlc4CytN6pfnUyB1tSIc/s4032/2023-08-29%2017.21.02.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinBG5RVyG45U1kHMQxiwjy9oEsyxfAFGiAYqaGmW0ZmRhKHfqVLqSSAyicUNln5m7MwbbvB5wZlVs5n0reux8ZqFFoOHOtINI-xK7H-59ihesSQ6h17T9cRwZVW5ehCtHINU0mgcyAsjiutuEvI1GVaCG-mqFene3myiZNT-hWlc4CytN6pfnUyB1tSIc/w640-h480/2023-08-29%2017.21.02.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old School FTW<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> During Turn 1, Imperial forces held their positions, hoping for their long range weapons to inflict some damage. Remember the Rapid Fire rules. I mean, the <i>real </i>Rapid Fire rules, those related to Space Marines, not the bolters (I need the Michael Fassbender meme here).<p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Orks simply acted Orky and ran towards the enemy:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqrpj1hYS26jf6ALj16oD39BvDKvNnfe6OD7FMjXmz3ckKNgSipG5jjB5OZwENuT9DateWCt6x2d2oFaegdAFMwNPWNGIcG23E-b64u0O9uVw-yBSOxUK8HZv_OBQmO5RaPvJSXPVbhz7ZgRxNcYC0h6IGHBREnvv46evEL845nHc7LclBPGXYLojGlII/s4032/2023-08-29%2017.35.45.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqrpj1hYS26jf6ALj16oD39BvDKvNnfe6OD7FMjXmz3ckKNgSipG5jjB5OZwENuT9DateWCt6x2d2oFaegdAFMwNPWNGIcG23E-b64u0O9uVw-yBSOxUK8HZv_OBQmO5RaPvJSXPVbhz7ZgRxNcYC0h6IGHBREnvv46evEL845nHc7LclBPGXYLojGlII/w640-h480/2023-08-29%2017.35.45.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>'Ere we go, 'ere we go</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>The Ultramarines shot their missile launchers, causing some actual harm!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9veU5qxQxGhdVyDJaqyW4zUHTGL5TiI3Wx73386ohaYa1pXeloJnZ-RZfOHpNKs-gzZyLgmnyr5HAQOuH5-3UkJgb5gtQVVT87fwgZ9xqNevsJmnmmJUWwVP0xLYIiJpRnb8Yb1IkOSmbat4AtglKmah6Lbg3OGldnoxQkqm4CQ7jNKgPkJ3Ydb_N2qQ/s4032/2023-08-29%2017.54.27.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9veU5qxQxGhdVyDJaqyW4zUHTGL5TiI3Wx73386ohaYa1pXeloJnZ-RZfOHpNKs-gzZyLgmnyr5HAQOuH5-3UkJgb5gtQVVT87fwgZ9xqNevsJmnmmJUWwVP0xLYIiJpRnb8Yb1IkOSmbat4AtglKmah6Lbg3OGldnoxQkqm4CQ7jNKgPkJ3Ydb_N2qQ/w640-h480/2023-08-29%2017.54.27.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ouchie!</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">They also got some lucky rolls and took a MegaNob down, which is quite meritory, considering their heavy armour!<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNYzA7ig6fe40GZyHguP6YRPzHQ6CIzsSdp5paBao4MRCuPaWJ4eoPoD4IyIu6q60l25KFOyh5MvzZ5bRC0mxvqoBy8UyjrxASRpSGHqoHLEb8JZ1hu6OyhmFxGxv9Gcco8qS2bVSaq6aXCUdYmeBOHAAc2OBenZeOy6SoNJFAufgWo-3-8ugkn1BAg2k/s4032/2023-08-29%2017.56.33.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNYzA7ig6fe40GZyHguP6YRPzHQ6CIzsSdp5paBao4MRCuPaWJ4eoPoD4IyIu6q60l25KFOyh5MvzZ5bRC0mxvqoBy8UyjrxASRpSGHqoHLEb8JZ1hu6OyhmFxGxv9Gcco8qS2bVSaq6aXCUdYmeBOHAAc2OBenZeOy6SoNJFAufgWo-3-8ugkn1BAg2k/w480-h640/2023-08-29%2017.56.33.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moar ouchie!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">The Imperial Guard had kept their lascannons for a moment like this, and in fact took the Warboss down!!!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM5j5jBErukinBQ0l0pg_MzVEappQUskzwRbYU-bgO53j-57uD_PUvfcFv_ew6YzAUc77wgvbDNpkIUZ0wFWLhl8q3OiXcLVEPbJai6O_MxBmcVYd7Ngq0g_GR9naSqRSzd5TqEZbuf93JDzSMsEl-zdIz3XpztCo8tI-pI3Qu89NFajIOjThmv1ODGYs/s4032/2023-08-29%2017.59.47.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM5j5jBErukinBQ0l0pg_MzVEappQUskzwRbYU-bgO53j-57uD_PUvfcFv_ew6YzAUc77wgvbDNpkIUZ0wFWLhl8q3OiXcLVEPbJai6O_MxBmcVYd7Ngq0g_GR9naSqRSzd5TqEZbuf93JDzSMsEl-zdIz3XpztCo8tI-pI3Qu89NFajIOjThmv1ODGYs/w480-h640/2023-08-29%2017.59.47.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aaaand... ouchie again<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Wow, what a turn! The Nobz held their position as they passed the leadership roll, but this was some serious setback for the Greenskins!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8nyb6OYePzv5bI4jn4qBTu5KSvlLVuESMx-J1neRJuFqbZUVGm4sBCqHFE6ZBNnw3AxeoIHrcZ9oVUDOMpbWE-v0hDRJACL1RGGZ9QFbCQS3F7c5KG8-sxEW6rxl1H6BZi_vmXIxQTPOU3XU-QjftXebok_suh-rx-lj8B0rLdbvd4tmdKIqaWZqo_DQ/s4032/2023-08-29%2018.04.33.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8nyb6OYePzv5bI4jn4qBTu5KSvlLVuESMx-J1neRJuFqbZUVGm4sBCqHFE6ZBNnw3AxeoIHrcZ9oVUDOMpbWE-v0hDRJACL1RGGZ9QFbCQS3F7c5KG8-sxEW6rxl1H6BZi_vmXIxQTPOU3XU-QjftXebok_suh-rx-lj8B0rLdbvd4tmdKIqaWZqo_DQ/w640-h480/2023-08-29%2018.04.33.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">End of Turn 2<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">The Ultramarines played their best card on the game. They teleported the mighty Terminators close to the Gargant, in an attempt to chase the Mekboy. Unfortunately... they scattered! They scattered so much that they even fell out of the board!! That would have meant the loss of the unit, but I thought it was way too cruel, so we agreed to deploy them on the edge of the board.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQVEieK6NkIgEXZJofnKgbGCpdN4yZM8OmwAIZx1Up9LIP0WxawOWg0mPQdubbP7WFonvy66F8C0_RVbyylCZpCMPvptbH9jG89qbIZZWN_l2P-XTzinhh5zEygPN0ajMIMk1Z8vjC7jmn1GJ5IU5Ol_Oy2FlFKaiP9Jl7Nv3wELWpzNffrp3xGlZUKxk/s4032/2023-08-29%2018.11.47.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQVEieK6NkIgEXZJofnKgbGCpdN4yZM8OmwAIZx1Up9LIP0WxawOWg0mPQdubbP7WFonvy66F8C0_RVbyylCZpCMPvptbH9jG89qbIZZWN_l2P-XTzinhh5zEygPN0ajMIMk1Z8vjC7jmn1GJ5IU5Ol_Oy2FlFKaiP9Jl7Nv3wELWpzNffrp3xGlZUKxk/w640-h480/2023-08-29%2018.11.47.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hey, the Mekboy is about to get into the Gargant!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmF1lbu6_NSrf31AzWIlz7teD4Nh3gl8W1AKwqawzTCWmyaHW2p8ekY22r8D3q7wb56Tow8Tj4pFc4g46qPN4CCZ2Rz40AoKlEFrdKYRHOFjfRiSW2NSiBCJkQ-l3fZQlmFRk4OIw2JNc9_8KYDfrk9eUfeXezdD9b4iZ3Udv4DmUfnozmUk4VXbBEqGA/s4032/2023-08-29%2018.20.52.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmF1lbu6_NSrf31AzWIlz7teD4Nh3gl8W1AKwqawzTCWmyaHW2p8ekY22r8D3q7wb56Tow8Tj4pFc4g46qPN4CCZ2Rz40AoKlEFrdKYRHOFjfRiSW2NSiBCJkQ-l3fZQlmFRk4OIw2JNc9_8KYDfrk9eUfeXezdD9b4iZ3Udv4DmUfnozmUk4VXbBEqGA/w640-h480/2023-08-29%2018.20.52.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Imperial Guard took positions on the roof of the warehouse<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p>On the next turn the Mekboy got into the control cabin. Oh, from now on we are running the charts...<br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZivmu3mYSlnrGxr_dm6TDEpXHIE8WR1c-fD3_nnt4KDEqElkutFGJTxI9jcsCAoNsPm9NoMYlfOkjAYIkay-Y69lwgBXQuSOq-Ja30y2eoPlA3n_ES1PqcBIrZDYu2-F9nXQO-oJ7AvLCBHtfo5jGhnCA8C90ZY5pzpgfhKhnDBn_PpUPXQoi1WeqEs/s4032/2023-08-29%2018.22.22.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZivmu3mYSlnrGxr_dm6TDEpXHIE8WR1c-fD3_nnt4KDEqElkutFGJTxI9jcsCAoNsPm9NoMYlfOkjAYIkay-Y69lwgBXQuSOq-Ja30y2eoPlA3n_ES1PqcBIrZDYu2-F9nXQO-oJ7AvLCBHtfo5jGhnCA8C90ZY5pzpgfhKhnDBn_PpUPXQoi1WeqEs/w640-h480/2023-08-29%2018.22.22.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I left the head open to depict there's a Mek on board<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvZ3qrOQ7ni3Rqq5ixCkqELYlQODuFBqoyFwwylMON9en14TjHn9xrpYJvWHzKiTunjW3sZppJv7yA9S7eyHBqX_7YZzi0ZSAD8bkQq_wqoVR5vwe52QqdvSx1Zzvgls2CUBDYDZ7LClbeQx364NRcPBZS2MoxYAJ4OPDBghKg6Krf2uNGAzfuyEQVyOQ/s4032/2023-08-29%2018.25.45.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvZ3qrOQ7ni3Rqq5ixCkqELYlQODuFBqoyFwwylMON9en14TjHn9xrpYJvWHzKiTunjW3sZppJv7yA9S7eyHBqX_7YZzi0ZSAD8bkQq_wqoVR5vwe52QqdvSx1Zzvgls2CUBDYDZ7LClbeQx364NRcPBZS2MoxYAJ4OPDBghKg6Krf2uNGAzfuyEQVyOQ/w640-h480/2023-08-29%2018.25.45.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Orks moved forward in a classic Taktical Formashun'<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV8RpQZcwPsMcbLOmWgHBc6KugN3iNkyOKXJyp_AHIppyuhLXErlFrGyjXAA09CWRVu3ZRvf62z1c1ee1-oAqdMfkygqTzUZAdWb0WhJyLDf2SEUomAmczrmy38XCfiM36IOTvs3WmXKJ7XPWjNMubrEqnTyL7_hxwdTlB30gBaYkwwvFtyDdKxV0-Vzw/s4032/2023-08-29%2018.26.40.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV8RpQZcwPsMcbLOmWgHBc6KugN3iNkyOKXJyp_AHIppyuhLXErlFrGyjXAA09CWRVu3ZRvf62z1c1ee1-oAqdMfkygqTzUZAdWb0WhJyLDf2SEUomAmczrmy38XCfiM36IOTvs3WmXKJ7XPWjNMubrEqnTyL7_hxwdTlB30gBaYkwwvFtyDdKxV0-Vzw/w640-h480/2023-08-29%2018.26.40.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And even begun to inflict casualties!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>My pal then considered that he wouldn't be able to take the Mekboy down, so he just begun to move the Terminators towards the Ork rearguard.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgusi2IdB57EHxljAsFB28VEOGVLOe2f3doFD28DLzKWlTLA38QygOBbtodr8DhKtlr8O21yrmN9oZ9OV2fWveIwhhjxslcHPNI6nV8TIrvbzROVDmyRfg2BRVMOVucAVp96txB2yOfQPGBU7Y3yMlrfR2c82vaTcctfZBZoYKM9FEu1I4_g5xudZOY-M4/s4032/2023-08-29%2018.31.09.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgusi2IdB57EHxljAsFB28VEOGVLOe2f3doFD28DLzKWlTLA38QygOBbtodr8DhKtlr8O21yrmN9oZ9OV2fWveIwhhjxslcHPNI6nV8TIrvbzROVDmyRfg2BRVMOVucAVp96txB2yOfQPGBU7Y3yMlrfR2c82vaTcctfZBZoYKM9FEu1I4_g5xudZOY-M4/w640-h480/2023-08-29%2018.31.09.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not that the Orks understand the concept of rearguard anyway<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Ultramarines were courageously standing against the green tide with strict firing discipline:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdFn0L2TMWBRcu9D4MXudDjVl2yy3VlML_w2CEAVmh_ljSxbsziszHussBpI7CM5c-CUawxaXpuzt8kCs_bvnBeIqmBlvkGDU_Ji1GAzp2en33V4PRurKjZm_5FjXJkxtqBx7gC-uZV8TqoNoSz8V-oBsrsDT83dl_3iARfwFIb5TJJcXN0kvV3L7RuY0/s4032/2023-08-29%2018.35.37.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdFn0L2TMWBRcu9D4MXudDjVl2yy3VlML_w2CEAVmh_ljSxbsziszHussBpI7CM5c-CUawxaXpuzt8kCs_bvnBeIqmBlvkGDU_Ji1GAzp2en33V4PRurKjZm_5FjXJkxtqBx7gC-uZV8TqoNoSz8V-oBsrsDT83dl_3iARfwFIb5TJJcXN0kvV3L7RuY0/w640-h480/2023-08-29%2018.35.37.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They were really doing it right<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfctUnbgxXuNjDKLUmUbJy2yJaxHWh8FsXavpakEbALvEd6tWYTlYwKpXxaESGyN6GoejosyMagPT-zDSsb1SjxcQ_96qiWIz7UjfMmlsQkcLmUUkyWHRNOLf69JUTaMmAVYrEwZXE_zMTiAmXFvRtxXuMWLtj8bQjag3TTFLUf6x_qCptr2f0D_0rGo/s4032/2023-08-29%2018.53.09.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfctUnbgxXuNjDKLUmUbJy2yJaxHWh8FsXavpakEbALvEd6tWYTlYwKpXxaESGyN6GoejosyMagPT-zDSsb1SjxcQ_96qiWIz7UjfMmlsQkcLmUUkyWHRNOLf69JUTaMmAVYrEwZXE_zMTiAmXFvRtxXuMWLtj8bQjag3TTFLUf6x_qCptr2f0D_0rGo/w640-h480/2023-08-29%2018.53.09.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But in the end no one can avoid an Ork charge<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">OK, the Mekboy started to gently apply his hammer to buttons, cogs, wires and a scatterbrain Grot which turned quite more literally scatterbrained.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy4D6BJC_Q-NiAuEyHozwaRtLfpNO63SCs9-vKnTrolGPTom7GrvGPYyNHWiyjiFnbfLVM3MkHRrPPXQUtJnMpByeyn26WgIaTWz4Kua1a7sZn9gqWr-7sN6_7b1b0MGvORUBvQTW05Gi57I_cWJhkkF_4LlkwA89ALDjPVbEWRkpFH5rRLTvM_0QscUg/s4032/2023-08-29%2018.53.14.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy4D6BJC_Q-NiAuEyHozwaRtLfpNO63SCs9-vKnTrolGPTom7GrvGPYyNHWiyjiFnbfLVM3MkHRrPPXQUtJnMpByeyn26WgIaTWz4Kua1a7sZn9gqWr-7sN6_7b1b0MGvORUBvQTW05Gi57I_cWJhkkF_4LlkwA89ALDjPVbEWRkpFH5rRLTvM_0QscUg/w480-h640/2023-08-29%2018.53.14.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I rolled a 1!! Aaargh!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">That meant that not only the Mek didn't manage to repair the Gargant, but in fact caused more harm! I rolled on the Damage Chart and... got a 6! Phew!! I have to admit that for a moment my heart stopped under the perspective of getting another 1 and having the Gargant immediately destroyed (and the game lost!!)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I mean, it didn't scare me, in fact it would have been enormously epic and would have loved it... but it was still too early in the game to let that happen!!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Anyway, this serves as a reminder that the tides of battle can get you from victory to disaster in a minute.<span> </span> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn4wlxayTqlBPg7dAAx9YUy4mvAAJxVCWxGmUjIHRMKybWOD9j-cZUK6OulnDMxxl4kyEKSM5DnLw5MI4PVIGxg6_m8KXf_St442UVglA6k59hRE1sgqWvnBcIWJV_ote5LO0DfR7vtCWvuefGBxj5AHkYOy9n-iZrl_om97yk0Pk0UEUfHOn9dgaLCuE/s4032/2023-08-29%2018.57.11.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn4wlxayTqlBPg7dAAx9YUy4mvAAJxVCWxGmUjIHRMKybWOD9j-cZUK6OulnDMxxl4kyEKSM5DnLw5MI4PVIGxg6_m8KXf_St442UVglA6k59hRE1sgqWvnBcIWJV_ote5LO0DfR7vtCWvuefGBxj5AHkYOy9n-iZrl_om97yk0Pk0UEUfHOn9dgaLCuE/w640-h480/2023-08-29%2018.57.11.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Orks kept on moving and (unexpectedly) shooting, even (more unexpectedly) killing enemies<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmPKS_ETlRQ5kNi9V6EBGwXgP43S5eqW7uQmySmcBGr9Nxh55a4sYuAU2KdhRDv9palMAfWy6k5vE0yxa5H8A848hEW9fnxj5fWVe1_Wv2pDAkSAmU9tj8LSyIVp9_adofEWJazDWBTrChd4PMSpR4I8absxg3WHKdBCT_zh3eqxxJMkJCxgfZEbGirY/s4032/2023-08-29%2019.04.22.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmPKS_ETlRQ5kNi9V6EBGwXgP43S5eqW7uQmySmcBGr9Nxh55a4sYuAU2KdhRDv9palMAfWy6k5vE0yxa5H8A848hEW9fnxj5fWVe1_Wv2pDAkSAmU9tj8LSyIVp9_adofEWJazDWBTrChd4PMSpR4I8absxg3WHKdBCT_zh3eqxxJMkJCxgfZEbGirY/w640-h480/2023-08-29%2019.04.22.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The other Mob kept engaged at close quarters with the Marines<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Close Combat is, IMHO, the weakest point in the 2nd Ed system. It can become quite complex/tedious and in fact we had to check the rules to get it right. I'm quite confident that we did it wrong anyway.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Note to self: Really read the rules before getting a game.</i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin79ZDmFQHiFp2qjX42SiDMWODT5Sq6IGMdkqJ48yMPGSyPBK9mv0wrQnOl1BuJlpm7O_oGOOQ97btGX64Z8RzwyXz8dbd57LMC0tC1Alro0jW1bmVUI_kv1O_bgjaX2YTiLCPF-0EnmfhqvsDdqM_t6SPe4HTWLsh594UmvY5gagSNAh_fJVsslpcIxg/s4032/2023-08-29%2019.13.41.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin79ZDmFQHiFp2qjX42SiDMWODT5Sq6IGMdkqJ48yMPGSyPBK9mv0wrQnOl1BuJlpm7O_oGOOQ97btGX64Z8RzwyXz8dbd57LMC0tC1Alro0jW1bmVUI_kv1O_bgjaX2YTiLCPF-0EnmfhqvsDdqM_t6SPe4HTWLsh594UmvY5gagSNAh_fJVsslpcIxg/w480-h640/2023-08-29%2019.13.41.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Marines performed really well<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NUoapIjFP9YOLTYQj3rZvldwwK1l_QvhrXZAqEFudYlG7560f7Cqxhtyv40PmXZ4D55hvW3aBMZ1fo8HeA_inxJV23TSdMnvvZZDNfzvkTgzwIZzeRtkzeqI7aYt3HFtmDePh5jeNQUazuIvMbSjES8Xdv6U5nmTm7XagsXDBzv-5NVfvuhtiw3mDlk/s4032/2023-08-29%2019.17.16.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NUoapIjFP9YOLTYQj3rZvldwwK1l_QvhrXZAqEFudYlG7560f7Cqxhtyv40PmXZ4D55hvW3aBMZ1fo8HeA_inxJV23TSdMnvvZZDNfzvkTgzwIZzeRtkzeqI7aYt3HFtmDePh5jeNQUazuIvMbSjES8Xdv6U5nmTm7XagsXDBzv-5NVfvuhtiw3mDlk/w480-h640/2023-08-29%2019.17.16.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the other side of the table, the surviving Orks charged on the Guards<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbo_MOT_29kTSgsOSs14TFwZQqSWt8xvBOWRfXfToDX8EqWFUfoA5lRamNYhYBkN71FZ-MPArSM_lZZxahaJgFNs8rhyfTTi1eRRFuJfmaa1yPOJSFxPkCtY8RMkRtDfsUxB1QMff0bSyIZiIT4aDnj5p1OenpNbsX-SHctRvs_qQXuWvFivuD8JJak5U/s4032/2023-08-29%2019.17.23.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbo_MOT_29kTSgsOSs14TFwZQqSWt8xvBOWRfXfToDX8EqWFUfoA5lRamNYhYBkN71FZ-MPArSM_lZZxahaJgFNs8rhyfTTi1eRRFuJfmaa1yPOJSFxPkCtY8RMkRtDfsUxB1QMff0bSyIZiIT4aDnj5p1OenpNbsX-SHctRvs_qQXuWvFivuD8JJak5U/w640-h480/2023-08-29%2019.17.23.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">General overview of the battle at the moment<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In the meanwhile, the Mekboy was still fiddling with the controls. If in the previous turn I had rolled a 1...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYAaTlLZAB5tFzL-tFk2meiFVy0EijlnE_36xfh07Tb0tHTpJJn6eorNURR1cosMKtpUMmGw8380OejkucoxeLQxZYpUqkDG2TvQF80MRFVrrBzlUQGYpqA_1pfpLb7sy9Co3Bu9daL6eEUMkok-vzyeFdlwUzKDmPZtW1V4oZYeWTduCZxbBlJEcc62s/s4032/2023-08-29%2019.18.03.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYAaTlLZAB5tFzL-tFk2meiFVy0EijlnE_36xfh07Tb0tHTpJJn6eorNURR1cosMKtpUMmGw8380OejkucoxeLQxZYpUqkDG2TvQF80MRFVrrBzlUQGYpqA_1pfpLb7sy9Co3Bu9daL6eEUMkok-vzyeFdlwUzKDmPZtW1V4oZYeWTduCZxbBlJEcc62s/w480-h640/2023-08-29%2019.18.03.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...this time I got a 6!!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">That meant that the Mekboy was gaining control of the metal beast! I had to roll again. If I got another 6 again the Gargant would become operational and I would immediately win the game. I rolled and got a 4.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Wow, this game was a total rollercoaster. Just one turn ago I was fearing for the Gargant to explode. Now I was on the path to victory. On further turns I will need decreasing results to regain control, so from this moment the battle was a true counterclock race for my rivals. Their only chance was to reach and kill my Mek in time!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(Some thoughts on that at the end) <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4iMZttz3J6IeS5iC60JbfrMcQjjMDS5VhVdJN5RvL8Ca1ttFJNI1BPynDoaGT3Y-lEeiYOaV20StFugQNuaj7NUKbG0vLFvU4Ey6_Hrt1GqwkRrfEB0skcM82fWgKwGLeIOeU2nml4x4bEYeWG3IhJbHRC8ywJPCvsEc3RFHarp3UlPAT0t-19FQIuqg/s4032/2023-08-29%2019.22.45.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4iMZttz3J6IeS5iC60JbfrMcQjjMDS5VhVdJN5RvL8Ca1ttFJNI1BPynDoaGT3Y-lEeiYOaV20StFugQNuaj7NUKbG0vLFvU4Ey6_Hrt1GqwkRrfEB0skcM82fWgKwGLeIOeU2nml4x4bEYeWG3IhJbHRC8ywJPCvsEc3RFHarp3UlPAT0t-19FQIuqg/w480-h640/2023-08-29%2019.22.45.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">However, being engaged as they were, that action seemed unlikely<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">The whole front had moved away to the Imperial field, and the Terminators, instead of chasing the Mekboy, decided to kill the Ork artillery:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgokDRAKwwvjVzQ_PU7QHNX830F2XPtUq8UniZLWQ97HBs5neOfQ5rejwSLLKm7p6_jNPxU9_E-zJ-9YDvaLFksIWcJ8uZNiiJTeuJi8fj37zqQu_AjPZLRybbqG4U806h6qpWpDvqJWL-ce8I_AczqLNFGiZpL1uLnrzMaQSP4E3gyRYC5N2h2sIKE7Ac/s4032/2023-08-29%2019.28.48.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgokDRAKwwvjVzQ_PU7QHNX830F2XPtUq8UniZLWQ97HBs5neOfQ5rejwSLLKm7p6_jNPxU9_E-zJ-9YDvaLFksIWcJ8uZNiiJTeuJi8fj37zqQu_AjPZLRybbqG4U806h6qpWpDvqJWL-ce8I_AczqLNFGiZpL1uLnrzMaQSP4E3gyRYC5N2h2sIKE7Ac/w640-h480/2023-08-29%2019.28.48.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Action was far away from the true objective of the battle<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSDk3G7FBkmrcWLgd2is7mFivDAP2D0zp2c3I79xd9GwCR1KCDnu46ZSXt2gcZKd94yI-IVVIX64OcNZsy3NSi2uUPI49hircZQ6Io4MIbwsd8wzkHt5sohd99XPpYA3ZDo1BvJ2kQdgj6oIXpv_rWnSAIlmXYJngLjKFoi1xlHnON5j6_siVGbhyV7p4/s4032/2023-08-29%2019.31.29.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSDk3G7FBkmrcWLgd2is7mFivDAP2D0zp2c3I79xd9GwCR1KCDnu46ZSXt2gcZKd94yI-IVVIX64OcNZsy3NSi2uUPI49hircZQ6Io4MIbwsd8wzkHt5sohd99XPpYA3ZDo1BvJ2kQdgj6oIXpv_rWnSAIlmXYJngLjKFoi1xlHnON5j6_siVGbhyV7p4/w640-h480/2023-08-29%2019.31.29.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The struggle was fierce, no doubt of that<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEH0QPPLV74q_XBQnEvPXLShSne97RL9vMmrqjQ8_YkGbM12SFvgHRQn59Ohvse4G7THsXE_7y3AnHIPqCW8lJ0RpkWPmxlL1ngPu1F5-T-E9metciVFcYFZDMCdifcpks91kt1MXY2UC6GYHAwqqNLyvSqMFXW4qHS90fGcx96RvowuXZ970dTBx_LPk/s4032/2023-08-29%2019.42.05.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEH0QPPLV74q_XBQnEvPXLShSne97RL9vMmrqjQ8_YkGbM12SFvgHRQn59Ohvse4G7THsXE_7y3AnHIPqCW8lJ0RpkWPmxlL1ngPu1F5-T-E9metciVFcYFZDMCdifcpks91kt1MXY2UC6GYHAwqqNLyvSqMFXW4qHS90fGcx96RvowuXZ970dTBx_LPk/w480-h640/2023-08-29%2019.42.05.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Imperial forces were proving themselves superior to the Orks<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv-XTFONMfcVAirbSsCOvufFI_L_DdVqU0yWp2pSLTwxjgDza-lAmt_fg49JskM_w580lDF-wqUxf9Tnv5G50S39QbxerYj7m7rAia969V6TcAseF6uTUfh7l1vctccMhRGvBOPNPA01E0G0WBKcR8ASpYBNYnw4c4Sf7SfEXmc7Gk1S5qHxXLppu63eI/s4032/2023-08-29%2019.49.59.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv-XTFONMfcVAirbSsCOvufFI_L_DdVqU0yWp2pSLTwxjgDza-lAmt_fg49JskM_w580lDF-wqUxf9Tnv5G50S39QbxerYj7m7rAia969V6TcAseF6uTUfh7l1vctccMhRGvBOPNPA01E0G0WBKcR8ASpYBNYnw4c4Sf7SfEXmc7Gk1S5qHxXLppu63eI/w640-h480/2023-08-29%2019.49.59.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Orks falling back after being defeated in close combat, can you believe it??<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">The Nobz were stubbornly resisting. Though overwhelmed in numbers and unable to prevail, their Mega armour saved them of essentially anything. Close to them, the Ork Mob was still engaged, but the other one, those fighting the Imperial Guard, were just fleeing and being chased.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzhbNbqaGNurycB8Z7tKQSvZCxJXhIqNb7hTKMBY3ErtEvBojmwgJUG7oGUx-bvGuuaRC3Xik_h26p6LG6BGWbhsILKaY9qZB-SWyzExmf3iwCL_LHkjQaBkO1q1X17-xIfUUl5bsq-cp1aIIn-N92K7Dj-HME12uxdmQnOL1u3BtQa3wglQ3puRRNUY/s4032/2023-08-29%2019.51.55.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzhbNbqaGNurycB8Z7tKQSvZCxJXhIqNb7hTKMBY3ErtEvBojmwgJUG7oGUx-bvGuuaRC3Xik_h26p6LG6BGWbhsILKaY9qZB-SWyzExmf3iwCL_LHkjQaBkO1q1X17-xIfUUl5bsq-cp1aIIn-N92K7Dj-HME12uxdmQnOL1u3BtQa3wglQ3puRRNUY/w640-h480/2023-08-29%2019.51.55.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What a crowd!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">But on the next turn I eventually got the right die roll and the Mekboy finally got the engines started, the systems online and the war altar of mighty Mork (or maybe greedy Gork) came to life again. Ork victory!!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>The engines roared. Slowly at first, like a grox stretching out after a long nap. But louder and louder as pistons increased their speed, connecting rods whirred and the main power plant grunted as it was supposed to. A big, dark cloud of burning smoke rose to the air with an ominous mechanical thunder. As Uthûk Verrok disciplined the assistant Grots, they were able to perform more complex duties.</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Brother Techmarine Urrentius easily read the signs. All this meant serious problems. "We need to fall back, brothers, or else our sacrifice would become meaningless". The Imperial forces retreated in an orderly manner, leaving the field to the scarce Orks that still stood. New methods and weapons should be used to stop the Gargant, but that would happen another day...</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Some thoughts on the battle. I consciously designed a kind of vanilla scenario, bearing in mind that my pals weren't used to... well, to play. I however refused the standard idea of a simple battle with a balance of forces. I'm no longer into this 'let's play 1500 points' kind of game. Anyway, this scenario approached very much to that concept.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">All in all, I'm afraid that it didn't work as I expected. The Imperial forces were by all means superior to the Orks, I wanted my pals to enjoy their first gaming experience in years and grant them a swift victory. I mean, in my mind there was no way they could lose the game. The fact that I ended up winning means that the scenario wasn't really that well designed.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Of course their lousy use of the Terminators, who <i>underperformed</i>, to put it mildly, made the most powerful unit in the game totally disappear, and were essentally not used at all. Had they chased the Mek, the battle would have been put to an end in no time. If my pals had pushed against my positions, my actions would have been different, of course, but they simply held the line and let me charge them, allowing the battle to move onto their deploying zone, instead of stealing my initiative. <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Besides, the dice rolls to activate the Gargant were quite disappointing, I was really wishing for the machine to go crazy and cause some mayhem and eventually exploding itself in a glorious deflagration. But what happened is that it turned into activity much earlier than it was desirable, and that made the battle become a race too short to be even enjoyed. I was keen to somehow force the events and delay the Gargant's activation, but my pals really wanted to stick up to the rules, even if they were homemade (<i>that's a lawyering trait, never play against lawyers, they'll want to follow the rules to the very end!!</i>). I'm a little worried (well, not that much, but you know what I mean) that they believed I made up my home rules and wanted to bend them in order to win... when I was bending the rules to let them win! XD<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">In conclusion, my impression is that my pals were expecting a regular, balanced battle,
and acted consequently, but I didn't provide that kind of game, which
is on me. Lesson identified, lesson learned.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">But on the other hand, we had quite a good time rolling dice and had quite some laughs. I dare to say that the experience was good enough, as both my pals are now asking for more games! That's good news by my book, and that's all that really matters. So it seems we'll have to schedule!<br /></p>Suberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005091019027411799noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987721317661044121.post-73495528917465551972023-08-30T21:56:00.004+02:002023-08-30T21:56:53.544+02:00Guards! Guards!<p style="text-align: justify;"> In case you are wondering, I'm not talking about the Discworld book.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYFgG3QkoQkpVkKNv4Uu9ukjZeCa8mkBx1Htu7d9sP6PjMArrJANx1bQHh4M5DGTXEUW0iR1aqjAYDaEzA-PAZeZkDYS4hpLshQw-GNKjN_SswuhEUDiCtXg0VzKiPJGnolJyUpgFvskKjbTHVOVP5GpwgjUWtRapC5hfSA8hyztWXZoJmk6OWEV1fQ6s/s1400/2023-08-12%2011.14.11.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="1400" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYFgG3QkoQkpVkKNv4Uu9ukjZeCa8mkBx1Htu7d9sP6PjMArrJANx1bQHh4M5DGTXEUW0iR1aqjAYDaEzA-PAZeZkDYS4hpLshQw-GNKjN_SswuhEUDiCtXg0VzKiPJGnolJyUpgFvskKjbTHVOVP5GpwgjUWtRapC5hfSA8hyztWXZoJmk6OWEV1fQ6s/w640-h406/2023-08-12%2011.14.11.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Today it's all about these loyal fellas<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I got a second hand RTB07 Imperial Guard box a lot of years ago (I mean a lot!), and it was about time to finally get them painted!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I once had an Imperial Guard army (a tiny example <a href="https://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com/2012/12/imperial-guard-pt1-hq.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>), but sold it quite a long time ago. If I was to start it over again I wanted to go in a different direction, so no desert camo pattern whatsoever. I truly felt I had to go full Rogue Trader with them.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9KeLXWhNV2PBMpYmx7pJWNPsEWmgG_bjV3Npmg35FHvMVzty0frztxserwHuFzY0frFsZpMhjvC5SN5DSWhHn--Lpi1WAAXonwxqh5Ff379tK5_1VrRYkajeEEP85tJHlO9kq0ZG8cxk2PGnvURq4N1BHu6H100i3mU6KWkZQt3lgjKTU-y93ebRox4A/s1024/2023-08-12%2011.14.13.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9KeLXWhNV2PBMpYmx7pJWNPsEWmgG_bjV3Npmg35FHvMVzty0frztxserwHuFzY0frFsZpMhjvC5SN5DSWhHn--Lpi1WAAXonwxqh5Ff379tK5_1VrRYkajeEEP85tJHlO9kq0ZG8cxk2PGnvURq4N1BHu6H100i3mU6KWkZQt3lgjKTU-y93ebRox4A/w640-h480/2023-08-12%2011.14.13.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So grey it is!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>You all know this pic, but just let me bring it back for reference:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl6h8o8ZVPc_21cVpC3I2S9UuOYujRABDWRMYgab5MQxOMYDwhK2ejRVBDYyKnff3ZKkiqmB-MWu8FqHzSUhNhIP3BLuMphsmvcbqz3z3WFOxgybRanQMtRnah3MzvpJIpV3bcH6kS2_mCzQZ2UfArdT52kHxF9inQlc_4MSnLizQvqSxtGo0idKjBhg8/s709/5th_arcadian_illustration.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="476" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl6h8o8ZVPc_21cVpC3I2S9UuOYujRABDWRMYgab5MQxOMYDwhK2ejRVBDYyKnff3ZKkiqmB-MWu8FqHzSUhNhIP3BLuMphsmvcbqz3z3WFOxgybRanQMtRnah3MzvpJIpV3bcH6kS2_mCzQZ2UfArdT52kHxF9inQlc_4MSnLizQvqSxtGo0idKjBhg8/w430-h640/5th_arcadian_illustration.jpg" width="430" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Basic idea, but I'm taking some licences<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I have the impression that the sculpt is meant to depict a jumpsuit with shoulder and breastplates more than a vest over the fatigues, but honestly, the black vest idea looks much more better, so I'm sticking up to it.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gHfmy9OV0VjkJmeE-5d8s9JwX0iY9Z_iZPzIEez_Nd17_Jnoe4BDfERf4QA3hOReuWhcXyXpF9l-yL1gZ06YSoPvmcIzjl3zH5RD7lfusyAucqflF5w3r1ZN3nngf7JPUpHTOKS6cSX4HYdXUXzkAv6Dxs0AQDHB39j7GxzCsyFj4R5g8HiebVxCSWE/s1024/2023-08-19%2012.10.51.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gHfmy9OV0VjkJmeE-5d8s9JwX0iY9Z_iZPzIEez_Nd17_Jnoe4BDfERf4QA3hOReuWhcXyXpF9l-yL1gZ06YSoPvmcIzjl3zH5RD7lfusyAucqflF5w3r1ZN3nngf7JPUpHTOKS6cSX4HYdXUXzkAv6Dxs0AQDHB39j7GxzCsyFj4R5g8HiebVxCSWE/w640-h480/2023-08-19%2012.10.51.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Basic colours<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-DPEwKcOz84CiOPkcRU9MO3SkMoepTpA4FndRx0XACVADMrRroJRdVsOg0jASNlG5eJzmxG8NULqWnbdli94_IIFpEvuGO97m7CEIlID3rqKB51NDK_SJPDUwlLbKeSjjn-of1Sf0XVyXS1IiGDQulE6zHsD3ZFuo2nt1-B0OJpmkB910j5-HqGrvHw/s1024/2023-08-19%2018.18.46.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-DPEwKcOz84CiOPkcRU9MO3SkMoepTpA4FndRx0XACVADMrRroJRdVsOg0jASNlG5eJzmxG8NULqWnbdli94_IIFpEvuGO97m7CEIlID3rqKB51NDK_SJPDUwlLbKeSjjn-of1Sf0XVyXS1IiGDQulE6zHsD3ZFuo2nt1-B0OJpmkB910j5-HqGrvHw/w640-h480/2023-08-19%2018.18.46.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Agrax all over<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiSBNr2skjAC5cFo8L1DsCHS4783dDxEwOUq9Fz-NC-GE3nTr9-MGWPDO-w2n1avxOatASsFC9t5DXgl9R1rW-AArKhUQyvEpX5KGa4IOdhfoIVapuF1JjGBruqzdPSmBJ6wCeQm27cazWIy3sKjmnEWZ2gvEQWhoGfcwkYrVyHzwompSc9X1sb94-Ew4/s1024/2023-08-24%2001.35.44.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiSBNr2skjAC5cFo8L1DsCHS4783dDxEwOUq9Fz-NC-GE3nTr9-MGWPDO-w2n1avxOatASsFC9t5DXgl9R1rW-AArKhUQyvEpX5KGa4IOdhfoIVapuF1JjGBruqzdPSmBJ6wCeQm27cazWIy3sKjmnEWZ2gvEQWhoGfcwkYrVyHzwompSc9X1sb94-Ew4/w640-h480/2023-08-24%2001.35.44.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting to somewhere<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">The highlights are too much, I know. I expected this Vallejo grey to look a little darker when dry, but in the end I worked with it. I only provided two highlight layers instead of my usual three, but I hope it's enough.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">At this point I have to say that I was painting three 10-men Squads, but I had no Command Squad at all. I had a look at eBay looking for the old banner bearer (oh, how I do regret letting that mini go!) and some other minis of the like, but the prices were simply absurd. But the box provides 36 Guards (quite an odd number!) so I had six spare Guards...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL_R-QhlZajj9cx6tqBMzCog_bmuFPuEXgrTwv8AuBn-SPbbCpZ_m85zde_Hyh9B1J-k2e1iP_qd_FunpX1xjeikyGNrqn44btmswjwWvHehskPpus2mhInApPseflfKy-kPqzksEj3O9LHt7YsO271_iIpHBLJm7Hu5g8jiOcfE3tWr4iVKWbZWIM1oE/s1024/2023-08-24%2020.47.46.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL_R-QhlZajj9cx6tqBMzCog_bmuFPuEXgrTwv8AuBn-SPbbCpZ_m85zde_Hyh9B1J-k2e1iP_qd_FunpX1xjeikyGNrqn44btmswjwWvHehskPpus2mhInApPseflfKy-kPqzksEj3O9LHt7YsO271_iIpHBLJm7Hu5g8jiOcfE3tWr4iVKWbZWIM1oE/w640-h480/2023-08-24%2020.47.46.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just need four to build the Command Squad<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYXa8jw0F9CBI-X6uyOpmbFT1qo2cglXKIigwbUSDMuJvSZzl7-XEafpyZbnL6NQQvCwQU51TgBhjgmygrbkDGRdFzMQWK60XZLdpD9okdOTYxcq-7UM2jeLy4GSne9dfOl8D6vwMzpEUFteskjL2EQ79NjymBoE6ZC5FWpbyCeHqrayiglvg1ebOLNo/s1024/2023-08-25%2001.59.19.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYXa8jw0F9CBI-X6uyOpmbFT1qo2cglXKIigwbUSDMuJvSZzl7-XEafpyZbnL6NQQvCwQU51TgBhjgmygrbkDGRdFzMQWK60XZLdpD9okdOTYxcq-7UM2jeLy4GSne9dfOl8D6vwMzpEUFteskjL2EQ79NjymBoE6ZC5FWpbyCeHqrayiglvg1ebOLNo/w640-h480/2023-08-25%2001.59.19.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Medic, special weapon, comms and banner<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Oh, well, you are right. It would have been a fantastic idea to plan this in advance and paint these alongside their other damn thirty colleagues. That would have avoided repeating the whole process for just simply four minis. Well, apparently I'm not such a good planner, what can I say.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the other side, I'm quite proficient at paying attention to absurd, ridiculous details nobody cares about. For example, military insignia, ranks, badges and how to convincingly apply them to my models. Let's talk about the circle badges on the breastplate, for example. I'm most definitely not using the colour code in the illustration above. I had come to <a href="https://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com/2012/12/imperial-guard-pt-ii-organization.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a solution years ago for my first Imperial Guard army</a>, so I am following it again, of course. Vertically split badge, using two camo colours, identifying the Platoon and Squad numbers:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4bJiNZTv-tQ4qdXMPuIpir-BkmugL6dT-bdsABsEbQ_RWogSIuYsiATus45cYFsFfvpHFRsvej2bEey6MU-Br4Sk83r1hkpu440Bt-TUxrbQpRn9pSN5mLVnb74yJzeMZBjbBWvymJ-Q6O2M7MogEO4-6HKsz2AdlvQjoJF-AFRxJS4wzrj-cWni7-_M/s1024/2023-08-28%2000.15.22.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4bJiNZTv-tQ4qdXMPuIpir-BkmugL6dT-bdsABsEbQ_RWogSIuYsiATus45cYFsFfvpHFRsvej2bEey6MU-Br4Sk83r1hkpu440Bt-TUxrbQpRn9pSN5mLVnb74yJzeMZBjbBWvymJ-Q6O2M7MogEO4-6HKsz2AdlvQjoJF-AFRxJS4wzrj-cWni7-_M/w480-h640/2023-08-28%2000.15.22.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2nd Platoon, 1st Squad<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">That still leaves me the issue of the Company badge. I first thought of the shoulderplate (as in the illustration), and even got some decals to give it a try. But I didn't see it. With this black and grey pattern, such a white number/icon/whatever would draw too much attention.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwuV4M6gnEDilbLSnnIzTZB5At0gKDMBeJcV5fJJ1ADIhG80N_O6fYptfAJEH22hSRUca0cRfjxABrcVGTy6vBhjhBavatdb7ECrrCoTEcwIdHcI5X_1LVkjYGYNvx5t3BgA2PPJL3g8HpMgwcKmFNj7JYaaGaDTZrJ_aUR-UEk1z5pQkFT2LwnUwUqJo/s1024/2023-08-28%2000.25.55.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwuV4M6gnEDilbLSnnIzTZB5At0gKDMBeJcV5fJJ1ADIhG80N_O6fYptfAJEH22hSRUca0cRfjxABrcVGTy6vBhjhBavatdb7ECrrCoTEcwIdHcI5X_1LVkjYGYNvx5t3BgA2PPJL3g8HpMgwcKmFNj7JYaaGaDTZrJ_aUR-UEk1z5pQkFT2LwnUwUqJo/w640-h480/2023-08-28%2000.25.55.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Didn't really want a white number stand out that way on them<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">So I came with a more military-looking solution. I simply painted a black badge on the shoulder pocket with the Company number on it.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXhO8Ufj3xmFaiF9nWLXzoi5EF5THLPGZTl8n-AnK_2NkoAStD5x86Pn8P4N2vOhHeI4VCyiXJEhABVrq6BBBKMvmrAGlhlxn4LvSLoq8bUAXXBwLejKNROSbvVhEkA5Ungp0qkBL42_ZdH8gNHNBPsn568O1l2KXVe93AM6RWJZ04mtuk-729dmt7I0s/s1024/2023-08-28%2001.01.03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXhO8Ufj3xmFaiF9nWLXzoi5EF5THLPGZTl8n-AnK_2NkoAStD5x86Pn8P4N2vOhHeI4VCyiXJEhABVrq6BBBKMvmrAGlhlxn4LvSLoq8bUAXXBwLejKNROSbvVhEkA5Ungp0qkBL42_ZdH8gNHNBPsn568O1l2KXVe93AM6RWJZ04mtuk-729dmt7I0s/w640-h480/2023-08-28%2001.01.03.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now that I think of it, I should have done the same on the other arm with the Regimental number. Hmm... </td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">For the same reason I painted the rank on the shoulder in grey. My first instinct was to do it in yellow, but it was way too visible.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPWNV4MDy7oM-lJrmQqbN9_uOwVKC4zOWFuVWDEhzMvFQiUQREv5AQuR5X7OCNSDorXJlyqmWKOFtGUiNkmQsMvL1so9ddVHLIOlcDLdj7PbVy_GB3Rj4AFpiLxTXhV8WMYWGPltoKm68c3lGAefEAITuHqCs4vrcoqXMAkUZeCkBJS-uS_rWDW0Hbts/s1024/2023-08-28%2001.18.28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPWNV4MDy7oM-lJrmQqbN9_uOwVKC4zOWFuVWDEhzMvFQiUQREv5AQuR5X7OCNSDorXJlyqmWKOFtGUiNkmQsMvL1so9ddVHLIOlcDLdj7PbVy_GB3Rj4AFpiLxTXhV8WMYWGPltoKm68c3lGAefEAITuHqCs4vrcoqXMAkUZeCkBJS-uS_rWDW0Hbts/w640-h480/2023-08-28%2001.18.28.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Only for Cpl and Sarge. Should do the same for Pvt, I guess... Hmm...</td></tr></tbody></table> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Anyway, if there was a place to add some colour, it was the banner. This Squad is the Company Command, so the banner shouldn't be too flamboyant, after all it's not the Regimental Banner. I drew inspiration from my previous work on my old Guard banner (the one in the link I provided above, <a href="https://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com/2012/12/imperial-guard-pt1-hq.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here you have it again</a> just in case), but kept it way more simple, I thought it was better this way.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgaXFns9VfiaSS6hN2TVUxrW96QGXY7m1vGSQJBad4REHRUrOFPH-8UTtgME2QmW9BtUN8E4wY7YIQBr8IGAseLjfw5B9tUE5YMJTq8OM9mnrQ_cvV4UKF_ho_oRqtcUUCQtGqQuZGcUjZeNq_15sZBuyOSEq4SdSe4M3qtcewChCTqf4-OvoTDSOLMs/s1024/2023-08-28%2001.57.20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgaXFns9VfiaSS6hN2TVUxrW96QGXY7m1vGSQJBad4REHRUrOFPH-8UTtgME2QmW9BtUN8E4wY7YIQBr8IGAseLjfw5B9tUE5YMJTq8OM9mnrQ_cvV4UKF_ho_oRqtcUUCQtGqQuZGcUjZeNq_15sZBuyOSEq4SdSe4M3qtcewChCTqf4-OvoTDSOLMs/w640-h480/2023-08-28%2001.57.20.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Less is more</td></tr></tbody></table> So now I have a Company Command Squad and three riflemen Squads. Quite a Codex compliant basic force. OK, the OCD in me drives me to an uneasy conclusion. I have a <i>Company</i> Command and a three squads <i>Platoon</i>. But I do not have a <i>Platoon Command Squad</i>. You too see the gap in here, I hope!! Well, that will be a problem for the future me. For now here you have the three riflemen Squads...</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrh1OLohLufuIGHHYXuXRQ1LYP3gihFBMoWnBsDnojVsTAQYYmV39TLgAaR39b3MNyyUoPJClVw6-PiQErGf8AXALFdmbYNGZ7rosxAsNcAFZeCjdhbnnbaSNFxKGSfdjwOGU0H0xpS8rTMklu1UFm3rpM6P34Hu5X6gZft-LUDRQWmXApaxBR-PAUXXo/s4032/2023-08-29%2022.27.48.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrh1OLohLufuIGHHYXuXRQ1LYP3gihFBMoWnBsDnojVsTAQYYmV39TLgAaR39b3MNyyUoPJClVw6-PiQErGf8AXALFdmbYNGZ7rosxAsNcAFZeCjdhbnnbaSNFxKGSfdjwOGU0H0xpS8rTMklu1UFm3rpM6P34Hu5X6gZft-LUDRQWmXApaxBR-PAUXXo/w640-h480/2023-08-29%2022.27.48.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2nd Platoon, 1st Squad<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6OC5CfyroTvrigHMvwKiw2KNtHfpoZ9fDlF9UUtEoa-ztq5P7lmpfsNs8gZc50AxPYfzgsefH1H1ms90na4TM5yJg1R8YqXJBHP_p9zEtESEODLNHOxcMmFbSBrV6shVVYNHuRu2fwK6qLFKpd55UWXU5LsQDClm6RBCK-1UMBDrpLgi8ty2_uDvoRDs/s4032/2023-08-29%2022.28.28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6OC5CfyroTvrigHMvwKiw2KNtHfpoZ9fDlF9UUtEoa-ztq5P7lmpfsNs8gZc50AxPYfzgsefH1H1ms90na4TM5yJg1R8YqXJBHP_p9zEtESEODLNHOxcMmFbSBrV6shVVYNHuRu2fwK6qLFKpd55UWXU5LsQDClm6RBCK-1UMBDrpLgi8ty2_uDvoRDs/w640-h480/2023-08-29%2022.28.28.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2nd Platoon, 2nd Squad</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC_5rHYmarDU77TP_Wn-iFYpfiyq7n__PqKU46BpP6fcV_H9grvvZ0SYZZF7ofLL2zbXo5_-C5iwh7XvUbW14O8oEDANSxWRO2iwiCDTRY2IFHS2lK-TMNgdIRRYtY0FtL47cjED4rRuMfpNgHgHL7fMfy7f_BaqCTqJSalhTx6A7Quq9ao_tsJRZI-bg/s4032/2023-08-29%2022.29.38.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC_5rHYmarDU77TP_Wn-iFYpfiyq7n__PqKU46BpP6fcV_H9grvvZ0SYZZF7ofLL2zbXo5_-C5iwh7XvUbW14O8oEDANSxWRO2iwiCDTRY2IFHS2lK-TMNgdIRRYtY0FtL47cjED4rRuMfpNgHgHL7fMfy7f_BaqCTqJSalhTx6A7Quq9ao_tsJRZI-bg/w640-h480/2023-08-29%2022.29.38.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2nd Platoon, 3rd Squad</td></tr></tbody></table> ...and the Command Squad:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnFsYhkimWDuQHfOUvxGoQTO0U7juUxnV0rfTrkVahVYhhLiwHAqTzKi-0oQ9ufPkKTT_TF4Vs4o7aX5sjhc_CtpnuO1jJwKgX1ESzHzrc7dRJrhT-Qnl68lW37FfxS3oObYtYfxYZ6_poRYbh1yIX16_NAxWNSa-Bzev89BWtCQcnqkc0AnkPWSU_E2s/s4032/2023-08-29%2022.30.02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnFsYhkimWDuQHfOUvxGoQTO0U7juUxnV0rfTrkVahVYhhLiwHAqTzKi-0oQ9ufPkKTT_TF4Vs4o7aX5sjhc_CtpnuO1jJwKgX1ESzHzrc7dRJrhT-Qnl68lW37FfxS3oObYtYfxYZ6_poRYbh1yIX16_NAxWNSa-Bzev89BWtCQcnqkc0AnkPWSU_E2s/w640-h480/2023-08-29%2022.30.02.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh, BTW, I tried the classic skull on the badge</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> I have added this Captain and a Commissar so this Command Squad has proper... well, command.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2SSspdv-1ho1FKkp2EUnNkfu7AKI5Zx9vsiKxEzxX4mZOHb9C52VOU-PKOUNSHQ3TJayWT6_VbGkWnNuRYEYpuSOn2KEu4eyVfkneqz9F0adUuT27Qr1BfDKHHiS-tpp7NaolsaGAkcM6zT-aMdPJTz0E1TxWfmP6eKk84a7Ejz21tis8xRmkh_kG1oQ/s4032/2023-08-29%2022.30.27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2SSspdv-1ho1FKkp2EUnNkfu7AKI5Zx9vsiKxEzxX4mZOHb9C52VOU-PKOUNSHQ3TJayWT6_VbGkWnNuRYEYpuSOn2KEu4eyVfkneqz9F0adUuT27Qr1BfDKHHiS-tpp7NaolsaGAkcM6zT-aMdPJTz0E1TxWfmP6eKk84a7Ejz21tis8xRmkh_kG1oQ/w640-h480/2023-08-29%2022.30.27.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Commissar doesn't need to be embedded in here, but anyway</td></tr></tbody></table> If I was to build up an army (which I'm not!) I would require a Command Squad per Platoon, as said, and kind of at least three Platoons, as well as heavy weapons and logistics. That would sum up an Infantry Company, which is what I had back in the day, but I'm not going back there. Honestly, if you are playing a 120+ miniatures army, you don't want to play WK40K, you want to play Epic.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">That will come too. But not today.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Ahem.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">For now, here you have the whole batch!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdcUoxC6Iya8hKdhmKegfnY3KCFkBEOH--N2ZDJPtLmJ2J63zvFC-kTYrYVjhXjJjskYB0o35AaUmO4Ot63Kv5PMkW5ZvKqAclCfkS4dCsvdn_99lUabSMgb-I_Vf3Ql-K1PPYmZ7AI-dTNX1F_04qp6Q-Ca4ym45dagQNvldxA1NabON8aIy0wWSw1bg/s4032/2023-08-29%2022.35.01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdcUoxC6Iya8hKdhmKegfnY3KCFkBEOH--N2ZDJPtLmJ2J63zvFC-kTYrYVjhXjJjskYB0o35AaUmO4Ot63Kv5PMkW5ZvKqAclCfkS4dCsvdn_99lUabSMgb-I_Vf3Ql-K1PPYmZ7AI-dTNX1F_04qp6Q-Ca4ym45dagQNvldxA1NabON8aIy0wWSw1bg/w640-h480/2023-08-29%2022.35.01.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It had been a long time since I hadn't done this kind of mass painting</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWwDH_m66BcwGwNH0ySmytjhiMfkqkqR7fHXvqFUokXSH4_2F0gy-O1rOHXfl0esYYXPKi33utBhb414YwUduTAGSS2aMumADXZlU6fM0i-SnqntdQ983ojHQbXM0HE9k0-ZBkga5LVcnHnAM_SKhnt2sx9mTGN8LjfdTTOPP2whtIGUhOcB_5OQfZPs/s4032/2023-08-29%2022.35.02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWwDH_m66BcwGwNH0ySmytjhiMfkqkqR7fHXvqFUokXSH4_2F0gy-O1rOHXfl0esYYXPKi33utBhb414YwUduTAGSS2aMumADXZlU6fM0i-SnqntdQ983ojHQbXM0HE9k0-ZBkga5LVcnHnAM_SKhnt2sx9mTGN8LjfdTTOPP2whtIGUhOcB_5OQfZPs/w640-h480/2023-08-29%2022.35.02.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I know, I know, I have to provide a backdrop!</td></tr></tbody></table> This will be it for today, but I can tell you these chaps are going to see some action pretty soon! They're already singing this classic:<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Another day nearer the battle</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>So drink up my lads and look brave,</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>'Cos everyday nearer the battle</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Is another day nearer the grave. </i><br /></p>Suberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005091019027411799noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987721317661044121.post-75354343426888021912023-08-20T00:59:00.001+02:002024-01-05T00:12:56.782+01:00Second second board<p style="text-align: justify;"> New installement in my second attempt of building boards for Underworlds!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I had quite a clear idea of what I wanted, so the first steps were more or less pretty straightforward. First thing, put the two half-boards together. I glued them to another MDF surface:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjto_GVCjnqoaCHCjQGqnXd19aM0Ev1QrnP2YpbQwtXPB7_t_cO5cc-FsicgRwUIKuLhwMq97yBQskfWX_FldLiY4JiB66igbCaUgq10unqa0yKkKbhWhU3l3yHddlqbudQ4wjsf0v4SiZkDAp0TYZgu3K0TrVVDOJHA2eF7JVip3VhCFnXkzqvNC37beI/s1024/2023-07-31%2023.58.53.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjto_GVCjnqoaCHCjQGqnXd19aM0Ev1QrnP2YpbQwtXPB7_t_cO5cc-FsicgRwUIKuLhwMq97yBQskfWX_FldLiY4JiB66igbCaUgq10unqa0yKkKbhWhU3l3yHddlqbudQ4wjsf0v4SiZkDAp0TYZgu3K0TrVVDOJHA2eF7JVip3VhCFnXkzqvNC37beI/w640-h480/2023-07-31%2023.58.53.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here we go again!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">In case you wonder, I of course could have used only the below MDF piece, but having the laser cut hexes is an enormous time saver, so it all was quite a no brainer for me. This approach came with its own setbacks, but I'll get to that later. For now let's just move forward. I wanted this board to have a rod as main element, so I just made it with DAS clay:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_UQPbvQl-YQCBfmKIWNgJ7kizcdWuLwpxpgl82tIn3LP4oqEWhWf_gGSwjQN7zHdbgDEKYlrgO9j9gl9xY03_p2dJIvddyn_eK6tyySxmUV94V2_iyXoFRjZJno64ZgLCdP9zwLzeylHsVQGHfPjR80CTWF0hQKijoh7Zabpd7ZYXBd6oIpN1ctb420/s1024/2023-08-01%2000.09.09.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_UQPbvQl-YQCBfmKIWNgJ7kizcdWuLwpxpgl82tIn3LP4oqEWhWf_gGSwjQN7zHdbgDEKYlrgO9j9gl9xY03_p2dJIvddyn_eK6tyySxmUV94V2_iyXoFRjZJno64ZgLCdP9zwLzeylHsVQGHfPjR80CTWF0hQKijoh7Zabpd7ZYXBd6oIpN1ctb420/w640-h480/2023-08-01%2000.09.09.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It could be a river, but it's a road, trust me<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I used a roll pin to provide texture, nothing too complicated:<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0XdzE1YJBQYpfl3j1wuF-FjPPRctOTVC99A6VUDyUdmkfXl0f5sXAkVxP0MdhgKUuChi0tAyaBVbEGMuHTyZnGRJ_qPNAyoLlWo9V4ovkGaQmNpjVzcS6rqTsHdtN0hn2xR1xesvbMxcwh4LZC2TpTnicXPNGrAQmcJIyR9f_w_pEs499G6Z-ZEekyL0/s1024/2023-08-01%2000.11.03.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0XdzE1YJBQYpfl3j1wuF-FjPPRctOTVC99A6VUDyUdmkfXl0f5sXAkVxP0MdhgKUuChi0tAyaBVbEGMuHTyZnGRJ_qPNAyoLlWo9V4ovkGaQmNpjVzcS6rqTsHdtN0hn2xR1xesvbMxcwh4LZC2TpTnicXPNGrAQmcJIyR9f_w_pEs499G6Z-ZEekyL0/w640-h480/2023-08-01%2000.11.03.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walls, floors or roads are all the same to me!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>And then I just marked the hex grid on the road:</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUUwL6Zr0k4Tktl20wLjgTnECAaEW6eHhSA3MgsAhbrsR7SjZcnK-c09elRdi9GV7eqyWx8NwXTza6O9mj_0BFhrTecNAWwwtWmjOKQC-88nAPU8ZbV_pqxJH1yn4OUyRXvHATSxlGBUdxajTcSVgRZarbwKiLbi8oyGcbPemEcQqPI9dPVKn0SzmeSjY/s1024/2023-08-01%2000.25.35.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUUwL6Zr0k4Tktl20wLjgTnECAaEW6eHhSA3MgsAhbrsR7SjZcnK-c09elRdi9GV7eqyWx8NwXTza6O9mj_0BFhrTecNAWwwtWmjOKQC-88nAPU8ZbV_pqxJH1yn4OUyRXvHATSxlGBUdxajTcSVgRZarbwKiLbi8oyGcbPemEcQqPI9dPVKn0SzmeSjY/w640-h480/2023-08-01%2000.25.35.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There are tiles in the tiles<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">With this, I could say that I had the main element in place. From now on it all was a matter of embellishment. I knew this was the best moment to bring these beauties back:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUawY_wXsKefTxMnaFfP8E7asqrahb1UiKEI6Ebc8FvHkiBBs2WjpYedzeVMC5zK5XYlsUMBx96nJSCoCm6nz9nF3Be54WjcEwf0hyBo79vyCGYcRO9WPcmKghZ6Q7pKM7IkA-FB2z_zHEQ-tzzDlBvm_aLQuB30nbQbYngWvP8DIZ_Z8R6LMP6_2H_Rc/s1024/2023-04-05%2013.41.56.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUawY_wXsKefTxMnaFfP8E7asqrahb1UiKEI6Ebc8FvHkiBBs2WjpYedzeVMC5zK5XYlsUMBx96nJSCoCm6nz9nF3Be54WjcEwf0hyBo79vyCGYcRO9WPcmKghZ6Q7pKM7IkA-FB2z_zHEQ-tzzDlBvm_aLQuB30nbQbYngWvP8DIZ_Z8R6LMP6_2H_Rc/w640-h480/2023-04-05%2013.41.56.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As first seen <a href="https://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com/2020/03/spooky-encounters.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I wasn't sure of what exactly to use, but here you have my first take:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4J4TOfLtSU00SjVKuq8qnGIEqoBGAQrvJ2KK7nq2-irFLqEg2_Syzk_wwR651N-yeuMCxZVGY_PDhFMtwbQiBSCDEBtIqK6r1nk1TqlI5JCGBpW1j2emZmuG0QFCfIVyPWzvoR8FA7crgHs2lPfngGUeKtneBn_v9I5MoXeU6r748XBDAkcI8EbXddt4/s1024/2023-08-01%2000.42.46.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4J4TOfLtSU00SjVKuq8qnGIEqoBGAQrvJ2KK7nq2-irFLqEg2_Syzk_wwR651N-yeuMCxZVGY_PDhFMtwbQiBSCDEBtIqK6r1nk1TqlI5JCGBpW1j2emZmuG0QFCfIVyPWzvoR8FA7crgHs2lPfngGUeKtneBn_v9I5MoXeU6r748XBDAkcI8EbXddt4/w640-h480/2023-08-01%2000.42.46.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I would change my mind later on, but you get the idea<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">As I told you <a href="https://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com/2023/07/boarding-new-project.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">before</a>, making these boards stackable is a must. It's my true priority. So any sign or any other piece of scenery could not be excessively high or, if that wasn't possible, then it had to be removable.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">So the signs were to be added on a game by game basis, I just made room for two of them and that's all. Apart from that, I wanted to use some ruins. I had these Age of Sigmar pillars, which I cut at maybe 1cm high. I then provided the same heighth for any other element on the board, ensuring that another board could be stacked just on top on this one when storaged:<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTkMQzKIrVJ9DjI1c88G_7yBZbnC-tTFwq68M_2p2HGqlp6I5dhMVl9Yp6sI0FrN-KWXIOT_I8h41J1WHxA-jOV3bGsgWT2WQpQ9biUPRhHILQCp0LTZ6Z0jnSmNnRLh1VxJkI68dFGfNeBnGxdhpZ2HqFsFDoUDIXAOaWtuVdWa5J8NyVThHBNVWmXbM/s1024/2023-08-03%2001.51.10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTkMQzKIrVJ9DjI1c88G_7yBZbnC-tTFwq68M_2p2HGqlp6I5dhMVl9Yp6sI0FrN-KWXIOT_I8h41J1WHxA-jOV3bGsgWT2WQpQ9biUPRhHILQCp0LTZ6Z0jnSmNnRLh1VxJkI68dFGfNeBnGxdhpZ2HqFsFDoUDIXAOaWtuVdWa5J8NyVThHBNVWmXbM/w640-h480/2023-08-03%2001.51.10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Better explained here. I have four support bits of the same heighth<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFkyDgRgV77C8F1y4GrpUM-KDL0xrJO8J4zAxiIZw8sFYvjNpoyrNpvtcI8iME0H21VUrDC2WYMkq5Sk02LhG8-pZXXecylI9ZDZHKw7ZujN04A9TX5H79c7ZXcVIgRZ-GXyc0BMKvF_i8720FNIe3C2kn0v7smoDlInTnTCfodNN95OjBm7V-Kpuomg/s1024/2023-08-03%2001.51.43.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFkyDgRgV77C8F1y4GrpUM-KDL0xrJO8J4zAxiIZw8sFYvjNpoyrNpvtcI8iME0H21VUrDC2WYMkq5Sk02LhG8-pZXXecylI9ZDZHKw7ZujN04A9TX5H79c7ZXcVIgRZ-GXyc0BMKvF_i8720FNIe3C2kn0v7smoDlInTnTCfodNN95OjBm7V-Kpuomg/w640-h480/2023-08-03%2001.51.43.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But this is how it's going to look when gaming<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Well, let's get dirty! Some sand and gravel...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsZNfLiWu48PRU9Thdz9kURCHWa-SueO0y9c9yySwuiLq3GUGnJlLNJ8p7vWg3V0lHjvhar2eq65utIF_usvVe6NbLMEyRsO2beP0OwTMw7vaYb42fgUV5yAZvfKAbKED7Q9bVNfiCz6yqCMY6cPfby_vOHeJwrrBrOm_vIMliJ8HaM1HRCCi65C39eU/s1024/2023-08-03%2019.36.16.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsZNfLiWu48PRU9Thdz9kURCHWa-SueO0y9c9yySwuiLq3GUGnJlLNJ8p7vWg3V0lHjvhar2eq65utIF_usvVe6NbLMEyRsO2beP0OwTMw7vaYb42fgUV5yAZvfKAbKED7Q9bVNfiCz6yqCMY6cPfby_vOHeJwrrBrOm_vIMliJ8HaM1HRCCi65C39eU/w640-h480/2023-08-03%2019.36.16.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is where you have to rememeber to not cover the grid!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Oh, by the way. Cutting the pillars away is quite a [redacted] of a job. I thought I could press mould the pice for the future:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6xk1sVLtNBd86ZFUETmAzfY8dGKmBnEwXBqlyb0ksiXP5qlAuHmBiLLi61wV5Kdu9nTWFxxzpBcrmQFj0rG6Xg0_K9UPyuzbfONb7xFedyHZfV03a_ifwV5FEwBwlINlhGWCYhUibXaW_Mzoeax6cqKKuyfp1eDvvSVcAPdBla_yFiqiIhhA5VE76eo/s1024/2023-08-03%2019.42.34.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6xk1sVLtNBd86ZFUETmAzfY8dGKmBnEwXBqlyb0ksiXP5qlAuHmBiLLi61wV5Kdu9nTWFxxzpBcrmQFj0rG6Xg0_K9UPyuzbfONb7xFedyHZfV03a_ifwV5FEwBwlINlhGWCYhUibXaW_Mzoeax6cqKKuyfp1eDvvSVcAPdBla_yFiqiIhhA5VE76eo/w640-h480/2023-08-03%2019.42.34.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The hole on the top is to make the upper piece fit in there<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately, I didn't take the right precautions and I broke the mould on the first piece... and had already glued the orginal bits on the board. So I may have to repeat the experience to see if I can get it right, I hope it will spare me quite some time in the long term.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Let's splash some browns on that board:<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOg56eKaBMdqRcPWj-Em2L-hCmqBcRmbaM3GCFENR6DIioc7XK_v4gFZtiGQlAb7WdDe7nHH0jtAGT31wC9D-5a1IQ7bUxPt1U4mGeXLmt9rPsSOPzE48ai-FmjFX_PJMCNAHoBGmnUQ19l7hpENzstR-9oawEzpFKnVpRrl8gD6pV-FLnNX-pOGs_HII/s1024/2023-08-07%2001.53.26.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOg56eKaBMdqRcPWj-Em2L-hCmqBcRmbaM3GCFENR6DIioc7XK_v4gFZtiGQlAb7WdDe7nHH0jtAGT31wC9D-5a1IQ7bUxPt1U4mGeXLmt9rPsSOPzE48ai-FmjFX_PJMCNAHoBGmnUQ19l7hpENzstR-9oawEzpFKnVpRrl8gD6pV-FLnNX-pOGs_HII/w640-h480/2023-08-07%2001.53.26.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well, all the browns you have. Don't be shy<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Now let's tone it down a little:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQpk1cnUBBRYCMnKbOII0Nsr24aaPkjSv0LubUFj7_jNXK26dUkeHv8zaAoyQwXAhaXwq4HsUxQhBoMs_tngnGnrRRIZjffZhh2NPlV9XlLeVTifRgyjhrOmv5U5Nf8zj-WR9PRLA61c0SDFZjwN_Pl5jvsQqOTHiKwGZ4YIHwbNEibBtpTJlju7Q80w/s1024/2023-08-09%2001.28.01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQpk1cnUBBRYCMnKbOII0Nsr24aaPkjSv0LubUFj7_jNXK26dUkeHv8zaAoyQwXAhaXwq4HsUxQhBoMs_tngnGnrRRIZjffZhh2NPlV9XlLeVTifRgyjhrOmv5U5Nf8zj-WR9PRLA61c0SDFZjwN_Pl5jvsQqOTHiKwGZ4YIHwbNEibBtpTJlju7Q80w/w640-h480/2023-08-09%2001.28.01.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ugly wasteland<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I painted some puddles and the Wyrdstone I use to indicate the starting tiles in the game. Here you can finally get a proper idea of the board I had first envisioned:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2IP1z30-8deHqKetNaNryNAoHZbf44WClAvaqURoRso9Gjc0YjEnD_ESrOZF6UDCrQCRsqHvtHs4iOGPGE7awrQojDOtX0WQY1STa922on5V_YA1CDEn754pMXVQmZPmFOj-J1bsDPKy49MuyCUbVkQeTuPJ8MLCiBlk9rIThOpIego-4KK_jxQ3-Zk/s1024/2023-08-12%2001.53.28.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2IP1z30-8deHqKetNaNryNAoHZbf44WClAvaqURoRso9Gjc0YjEnD_ESrOZF6UDCrQCRsqHvtHs4iOGPGE7awrQojDOtX0WQY1STa922on5V_YA1CDEn754pMXVQmZPmFOj-J1bsDPKy49MuyCUbVkQeTuPJ8MLCiBlk9rIThOpIego-4KK_jxQ3-Zk/w640-h480/2023-08-12%2001.53.28.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still ugly and still a wasteland<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In order to make it coherent with the first board I already had, I added some grass:<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimyHpVZPUdncSKWoZIktBuExeMpSOnjtL4F_zlFi1yU0v90Ire5M_8rgwchI_aC8E4WpcDMgoX5FmMG1q7oZFfy5btp236bJewnMJWyKuH6dT3PcEtvGbxZ0G_Zp8bX7mWqlCwxcTvE8C3CzDIN6MvbksRoiKrhSb-AraozTEhuAPoGqhyuNbk46WB39s/s1024/2023-08-14%2017.31.21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimyHpVZPUdncSKWoZIktBuExeMpSOnjtL4F_zlFi1yU0v90Ire5M_8rgwchI_aC8E4WpcDMgoX5FmMG1q7oZFfy5btp236bJewnMJWyKuH6dT3PcEtvGbxZ0G_Zp8bX7mWqlCwxcTvE8C3CzDIN6MvbksRoiKrhSb-AraozTEhuAPoGqhyuNbk46WB39s/w640-h480/2023-08-14%2017.31.21.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I also partially covered the road, to show the decay and so<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWc0sM9tnptjcRYJGk4hYPo3HCOyiFr1HHpusnrnQ1mG2EJzLwcGHpVDahbGw4c2arGobHBAXuJr31j_x94vPPfbp46ffx5J1FTIQ1J2QwOFCpdKAG90o7lfH6-Axz5_Yp4miGrwLupZkjqZ9AYwNG1OD8DrbJVx2RBTK81edvxamDFkF2qwGi_AJG9KY/s1024/2023-08-16%2001.11.34.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWc0sM9tnptjcRYJGk4hYPo3HCOyiFr1HHpusnrnQ1mG2EJzLwcGHpVDahbGw4c2arGobHBAXuJr31j_x94vPPfbp46ffx5J1FTIQ1J2QwOFCpdKAG90o7lfH6-Axz5_Yp4miGrwLupZkjqZ9AYwNG1OD8DrbJVx2RBTK81edvxamDFkF2qwGi_AJG9KY/w640-h480/2023-08-16%2001.11.34.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some flock, small branches as fallen trees and tiny leaves<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I guess there's nothing else to add, just have a look at the finished board, ready to have a game on it:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikgqZCX7lRMAbcLKn-BEEs9AjZC2x6iUGuK5MKk0YfEUoMLs_53RbsTMhEQGVG9LRqZNHIL5KKU2iKtkmVh8B6JNRekvb-QTi8IkRjuRaUzkblflzBYCBAnVlGOfgQJCUHMWpE3hL8izD7YXgj2Ul48VLad9IyqGqTbk4ok5rEf-wkGKKFi6ET9vNR2QA/s4032/2023-08-16%2001.11.57.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikgqZCX7lRMAbcLKn-BEEs9AjZC2x6iUGuK5MKk0YfEUoMLs_53RbsTMhEQGVG9LRqZNHIL5KKU2iKtkmVh8B6JNRekvb-QTi8IkRjuRaUzkblflzBYCBAnVlGOfgQJCUHMWpE3hL8izD7YXgj2Ul48VLad9IyqGqTbk4ok5rEf-wkGKKFi6ET9vNR2QA/w640-h480/2023-08-16%2001.11.57.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's almost the same pic as above. Spot the four differences!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">A few close-ups. There's one thing I regret, I should have added some more variety on the slabs of the road, as I've done other times. I wanted to get the board done and move on, but it bugs me. I may have to repaint them so there are some more colours and not just plain broken white<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_5M7Eob-R2IR6LStMAIvtyC_UdBPkDPHGDAWS-D49TORmKAtpA4VJM9oT9klezV0MnmhujYrUpFS7Ka9QltxZFizgRktHKr-0TP4JUUWTCshjyIySXnjuVAIKLLDLhmjYQWXbCCp9hGrI_ESM7fO6fmTn9z-MMXR65YOgHYW1JcrXfCb3q4Ldw5cYCg/s4032/2023-08-16%2001.13.06.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_5M7Eob-R2IR6LStMAIvtyC_UdBPkDPHGDAWS-D49TORmKAtpA4VJM9oT9klezV0MnmhujYrUpFS7Ka9QltxZFizgRktHKr-0TP4JUUWTCshjyIySXnjuVAIKLLDLhmjYQWXbCCp9hGrI_ESM7fO6fmTn9z-MMXR65YOgHYW1JcrXfCb3q4Ldw5cYCg/w640-h480/2023-08-16%2001.13.06.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anyway, it serves its purpose<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHztdZ6cMo9ES7A8o2eG-svM3M9004Xd5LJBPnJfAprrHABi8aV4VIk-XPrrUP9GPHT_Qt8sw35vQ9-BI2NeW6UKbB0HFPxsGgZmUn5vMsoHtLU2Qodiw-U-I_IYRmxfLKeMo9_Nb-1Uywz1qkFgLVqebb1ObpAVidesOI9EcKSiSykVIPNUQ_Imo_Hk/s4032/2023-08-16%2001.13.17.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHztdZ6cMo9ES7A8o2eG-svM3M9004Xd5LJBPnJfAprrHABi8aV4VIk-XPrrUP9GPHT_Qt8sw35vQ9-BI2NeW6UKbB0HFPxsGgZmUn5vMsoHtLU2Qodiw-U-I_IYRmxfLKeMo9_Nb-1Uywz1qkFgLVqebb1ObpAVidesOI9EcKSiSykVIPNUQ_Imo_Hk/w640-h480/2023-08-16%2001.13.17.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The signs are painfully Warhammerical<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzBbBFh3sHfUHiqRQQ1PxtX7Y1iyPQhxFp65ygOSkNGs7H2ok--uoiuNXiWFxrlJLyJJueTvkl5P-GmPbrkrEbi9IWDya78Q5UT5me0kclY0I0ukNzVBeR2Em55waenJnR5Y_ulpQ2Dn3WLoWw7zhxEHjhZ2fIIfrY8wVPEEiuJChaLqFif8v5ReINZRg/s4032/2023-08-16%2001.14.14.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzBbBFh3sHfUHiqRQQ1PxtX7Y1iyPQhxFp65ygOSkNGs7H2ok--uoiuNXiWFxrlJLyJJueTvkl5P-GmPbrkrEbi9IWDya78Q5UT5me0kclY0I0ukNzVBeR2Em55waenJnR5Y_ulpQ2Dn3WLoWw7zhxEHjhZ2fIIfrY8wVPEEiuJChaLqFif8v5ReINZRg/w640-h480/2023-08-16%2001.14.14.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is how a game will eventually look like!!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">A general overview of the finished thing:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOhg3AX4Ckwhh4cCgTZp_YaS5Nf8XRD-JYFi_CADG6K8CsviEwnXTn0L9ghiyKEI2ch5dVqNB7a-qkrEkIf5DybEhTj5mI5U2lsxhRPTH6MgyZ0nO7hzB4OGS-GlMZmOki86E5yLJjZeGqZVKGJwhml5EOib7SpGNMlqp2rv3t2lfbmy_Rzo0lMTn7I2A/s4032/2023-08-16%2001.15.57.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOhg3AX4Ckwhh4cCgTZp_YaS5Nf8XRD-JYFi_CADG6K8CsviEwnXTn0L9ghiyKEI2ch5dVqNB7a-qkrEkIf5DybEhTj5mI5U2lsxhRPTH6MgyZ0nO7hzB4OGS-GlMZmOki86E5yLJjZeGqZVKGJwhml5EOib7SpGNMlqp2rv3t2lfbmy_Rzo0lMTn7I2A/w640-h480/2023-08-16%2001.15.57.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> I also have to paint the edge of the board. It really looks awful this way.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> So now I have two boards! Though limited in my options, I can have a game again!<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHYiW0SLXo7hD4wI7Y7IprROG_tBo6h0ZuxIL5CsG2oECvT8CzPL2VJVkogWPzOI1SBya8QVdIP77mY5rkiU2W5OEdtXSehDnDs6Ug2DOAkLpY3Bkdd9lLI6MfaRNT1Osg9T1pfje8D77hgQI0fGpWxhNr3R0-uGyvky7zl1V1h-JFTlq3sIRf24BoEhE/s4032/2023-08-16%2001.16.34.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHYiW0SLXo7hD4wI7Y7IprROG_tBo6h0ZuxIL5CsG2oECvT8CzPL2VJVkogWPzOI1SBya8QVdIP77mY5rkiU2W5OEdtXSehDnDs6Ug2DOAkLpY3Bkdd9lLI6MfaRNT1Osg9T1pfje8D77hgQI0fGpWxhNr3R0-uGyvky7zl1V1h-JFTlq3sIRf24BoEhE/w480-h640/2023-08-16%2001.16.34.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oops, what's happening here?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> Here you can see the issue I mentioned at the beginning. After having glued the two half-boards to the MDF large piece underneath, I experienced some serious warping. I've been cautious, as I don't want to break the board now, but I've learnt that I need to use less glue or to explore other solutions. Anyway, as I said, this is finally game-ready:<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhsZxLA5yuvtHJv5hk1BAMJxRPYyw-AFnEsfWoozE1PMI6nDEDGbDN-NyohOJRrHs-0XtmZJb4tpoe99kAi3dYNlaX39Z8152g-LKcivB4dP_rmvHkU5eHU7VeSGN6fhWbN8InddscoTdoU7QSZShB09IB1mytQH4wQtXp3vDOKF_Da9y8dTRxYfIIzP4/s4032/2023-08-16%2001.18.26.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhsZxLA5yuvtHJv5hk1BAMJxRPYyw-AFnEsfWoozE1PMI6nDEDGbDN-NyohOJRrHs-0XtmZJb4tpoe99kAi3dYNlaX39Z8152g-LKcivB4dP_rmvHkU5eHU7VeSGN6fhWbN8InddscoTdoU7QSZShB09IB1mytQH4wQtXp3vDOKF_Da9y8dTRxYfIIzP4/w480-h640/2023-08-16%2001.18.26.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I really want to make the real thing<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Finally, the relevant issue. How flat is actually the board? <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHqBY7aEgRTv9JGap5m1SivSZZwVo0rwiMXOvZxHDFQh1sND7FQ1EbiYNqjlHDZwXV8lteG9h-qaZ5kecenvO0fgC5_uAMj-Mgn1mS5EHX2Yh9wGHq1wYn84gToZY36ESuYvxsctVJonR8THuacUz6S1E48XGKSEWUO-NI7mUF6XTRvIoSOqH60KnWN6Y/s4032/2023-08-16%2001.20.51.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHqBY7aEgRTv9JGap5m1SivSZZwVo0rwiMXOvZxHDFQh1sND7FQ1EbiYNqjlHDZwXV8lteG9h-qaZ5kecenvO0fgC5_uAMj-Mgn1mS5EHX2Yh9wGHq1wYn84gToZY36ESuYvxsctVJonR8THuacUz6S1E48XGKSEWUO-NI7mUF6XTRvIoSOqH60KnWN6Y/w640-h480/2023-08-16%2001.20.51.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I can work with this. Now these are stackable<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />I think I can build the other two boards and still be able to storage them, which is really a concern for me. If you are willing to follow me on this adventure, just stay tuned!<br />Suberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005091019027411799noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987721317661044121.post-85386092463494794182023-08-12T01:08:00.001+02:002023-08-12T01:08:12.560+02:00Twilight of the Summer<p style="text-align: justify;"> Making up titles for these posts is becoming increasingly challenging. More World of Twilight today!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These belong to <i>The Kedashi Swarms</i> KS campaign, which I have been into for some time. I had to split it into small batches and now here you have some more lysergic lizards! (<i>Hmmm, note to self, I have to reuse that catchphrase as a title in some future post...</i>)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These are the Abrok, some fearsome creatures indeed. Quite strangely, when I first saw their terror bird looking, I immediately got a Tzeentch vibe, and I could not get away with that idea. As much as I tried to envision any other thing, the Lord of Change kept on whispering on my ear, and I knew that it was pointless to resist. I went for a deep blue palette turning into purple and eventually to red. I used both red and the yellow dots to set my path apart from a pure Tzeentchian approach, but I guess you could use them for that setting if you really needed to do so...<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipLrC1dOE7011PX2L5gmscmkaWNaCF4mPQjXvNtyPt6m-AECByXeAsVk5DIoSiuN2mJ9tOA1rb_8yVA8_7AuKN7Qx4CEw1Nz4-tOCHApFN69BYJ4L1SArigEu_R_E4TAIqohArP5WnqpuIhgnUvcdB5u2sO_RlC19_x8AyMjE7kB0VO9W5LkKGJvuqtJQ/s4032/2023-08-11%2021.36.23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipLrC1dOE7011PX2L5gmscmkaWNaCF4mPQjXvNtyPt6m-AECByXeAsVk5DIoSiuN2mJ9tOA1rb_8yVA8_7AuKN7Qx4CEw1Nz4-tOCHApFN69BYJ4L1SArigEu_R_E4TAIqohArP5WnqpuIhgnUvcdB5u2sO_RlC19_x8AyMjE7kB0VO9W5LkKGJvuqtJQ/w640-h480/2023-08-11%2021.36.23.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you hear them? Listen: <i>Chhhnge! Chhhnge!</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">The thing is that you can take all the terror away just by sculpting these beauties, the tiny offspring of the Abrok. Now you could not fear such a cute family, could you?<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmo0Q8h6Dxlh2lgn0am6G3MCs5r-UELwSQAjmKDqnHQqf6VsBSP1tG3kF_2ZiCbSCCb4JDYx5-QFw-TKQUNF3Q9seoHqboCCIklBBtoFREvu6Ihd1OPFJU8bSOTuEB8gTB29vBLYF6b5RHLIFvByntJp1yfkBiL9OUD8_HjrkJCzuKiJcFQL4ig_uYdso/s4032/2023-08-11%2021.37.10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmo0Q8h6Dxlh2lgn0am6G3MCs5r-UELwSQAjmKDqnHQqf6VsBSP1tG3kF_2ZiCbSCCb4JDYx5-QFw-TKQUNF3Q9seoHqboCCIklBBtoFREvu6Ihd1OPFJU8bSOTuEB8gTB29vBLYF6b5RHLIFvByntJp1yfkBiL9OUD8_HjrkJCzuKiJcFQL4ig_uYdso/w640-h480/2023-08-11%2021.37.10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It looks like that tiny Akitii is about to become breakfast!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Next thing is this "Garkrid Infestation" pack. As usual, I didn't want to visit the official World of Twilight web before for any reference, as I don't want to get my own vision conditioned by other people's art. So, for my own interpretation of the sculpts, I soon thought of them as kind of larvae sprouting out of their cocoons. Using this palette, with fleshy and purple subtle washes, I wanted to emphasise that aspect and make that carapace to look soft and squishy:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYdZ2aK3etsvHkyo1A51kp7E-ir3tRV8jU6jiekvul5utE7bcR7WGmje99r6TloxuvWG7JrHbnhtpI1IlMCDX5w6egbfKMZwHkaDONPpDLqTP1TmQYpmzXfGQ89iQDR6hvaUG7g1cOdt1_8EpxIRGqocyFnY7DnYjPYQs_DPXQr41H8eG0JHmmHyRxmI/s4032/2023-08-11%2022.29.01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYdZ2aK3etsvHkyo1A51kp7E-ir3tRV8jU6jiekvul5utE7bcR7WGmje99r6TloxuvWG7JrHbnhtpI1IlMCDX5w6egbfKMZwHkaDONPpDLqTP1TmQYpmzXfGQ89iQDR6hvaUG7g1cOdt1_8EpxIRGqocyFnY7DnYjPYQs_DPXQr41H8eG0JHmmHyRxmI/w640-h480/2023-08-11%2022.29.01.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You should be saying <i>eeew</i> with disgust right now<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">The Naralon Critters pack is quite an eclectic one, as none of them look any similar to other. They are just dwellers of the forest, so you can populate your board. I tried different colours, but for that Zazu-like bird, which I painted just at the same time that the Abrok above (but man, I do like the pattern!)<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiS9TjFARGjnEwlkda5KcdCGz_zpbPhwuYxyDzRycli0WEs3oHxSbwc72gSqO7ZpNur5hpS1EEzHC6C_Y8hdAMF0dicnW_f2UuLotGMKkzwqo_Fj2p7bwRY0z-hzIdHCDP4-hQF9nQl084W8YGYgE_A-bdXfWkZIdqix0rjMLAMn4S4m1o1vcbIWTixY8/s4032/2023-08-11%2022.29.56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiS9TjFARGjnEwlkda5KcdCGz_zpbPhwuYxyDzRycli0WEs3oHxSbwc72gSqO7ZpNur5hpS1EEzHC6C_Y8hdAMF0dicnW_f2UuLotGMKkzwqo_Fj2p7bwRY0z-hzIdHCDP4-hQF9nQl084W8YGYgE_A-bdXfWkZIdqix0rjMLAMn4S4m1o1vcbIWTixY8/w640-h480/2023-08-11%2022.29.56.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three critters get into a forest...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">The Howler on the left on the next pic is quite the very first exception I think I've done in all these years, as it's the first time I'm using brown (or any other earthy, 'natural' colour) for any creature in this project. But once again, it was once of those things you just see when you have the mini in your hands for the first time. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYiUKwPZBfroUfhSAjv0IWSncaqcffo41CXTrXkUILC2ycTk0SaYOr2Am1oRpNVyHtVkcQLqT7K7_tETqz6riJsou96IVnazT_WsCp9oR5-AxW4gXmvZuF2i0ACisIcKO2yR-P7pdvl7DLKsjPDq0JOy0-a6seAaRICBreaEsQdvanjpVw51Sd_GwZwsU/s4032/2023-08-11%2022.30.55.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYiUKwPZBfroUfhSAjv0IWSncaqcffo41CXTrXkUILC2ycTk0SaYOr2Am1oRpNVyHtVkcQLqT7K7_tETqz6riJsou96IVnazT_WsCp9oR5-AxW4gXmvZuF2i0ACisIcKO2yR-P7pdvl7DLKsjPDq0JOy0-a6seAaRICBreaEsQdvanjpVw51Sd_GwZwsU/w640-h480/2023-08-11%2022.30.55.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking definitely strange in a colour that actually exists in nature<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The last one is the Swarmcaller, the fella <span>who can summon the creatures of the forest to do their bidding. I'm afraid the pic below has burnt the colours, I swear the cloth wings have quite more variety of tones.<br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVnCzMXV3uIOU9o9csTer7xuW9UiWYNwXppxptxlubV1iAc1AsKyqKJAE51jTOO-GvYaUAvHuDF3wp8I-BvrzmRW5VU6cea9xVrMzZmAz2ucqEVCTVcchGfdvnUnQ3Fckot7h0GCF5_0z_W1wiZ2z7HwvJ_yP4oDCcPL5mbtIiS6QFR4RKn4if2_JDTNo/s4032/2023-08-11%2022.31.38.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVnCzMXV3uIOU9o9csTer7xuW9UiWYNwXppxptxlubV1iAc1AsKyqKJAE51jTOO-GvYaUAvHuDF3wp8I-BvrzmRW5VU6cea9xVrMzZmAz2ucqEVCTVcchGfdvnUnQ3Fckot7h0GCF5_0z_W1wiZ2z7HwvJ_yP4oDCcPL5mbtIiS6QFR4RKn4if2_JDTNo/w640-h480/2023-08-11%2022.31.38.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Least impressive swarm ever<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>This is it for today. Let me finish with a group shot:</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQPA43nCHMocOl5aJujPxmeKcul3KYvmVJ35I0tiuhzwk_OZ91EbG5lRm1rk4KJKPh6hSCuG8f5PzRPX0738eYFknb2xvheV54U2EUNZcT8WOCiSVH76qNDgGJCOI6QxWleFOw95qWb-BO_rOVGkkAlLsB7iMo7hvFtv5HZp1owiZjSDA2sVsIP61Hgec/s4032/2023-08-11%2022.33.53.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQPA43nCHMocOl5aJujPxmeKcul3KYvmVJ35I0tiuhzwk_OZ91EbG5lRm1rk4KJKPh6hSCuG8f5PzRPX0738eYFknb2xvheV54U2EUNZcT8WOCiSVH76qNDgGJCOI6QxWleFOw95qWb-BO_rOVGkkAlLsB7iMo7hvFtv5HZp1owiZjSDA2sVsIP61Hgec/w640-h480/2023-08-11%2022.33.53.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">About time to use that board. Now I need a backdrop<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">I still have some minis from this campaign pending, so be ready to expect more!<br /></p>Suberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005091019027411799noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987721317661044121.post-60025426896320514312023-07-30T19:46:00.002+02:002024-01-05T00:18:04.084+01:00Boarding a new project<p style="text-align: justify;"> New crazy project starting now!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I have to admit that I've been working on this for some time, and my original plan was to have the whole project finished before I posted it all, but in the end I've decided to show the first part of it.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">If you <a href="https://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com/2018/10/3dspire.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">look back in the archives of this blog</a> (or you've been over here long enough and have a real good memory), you'll see that back in the day I built a full 3D board for Shadespire, as I don't really enjoy playing on cardboard if I can avoid it.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I keep on talking about Shadespire and not Underworlds, because in fact I've never got the other games. That's why I took my chances and went 3D on it. Of course I wouldn't be able to storage full 3D boards for all Underworld Seasons, so I focused only on one. Given my number of games per year, it looks reasonable.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The thing is that, speaking of storage, my boards posed quite a problem. I simply couldn't make them fit in any shelf, wardrobe or whatever. So I had to make a difficult decision... and let them go.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I didn't have to put an Elsa costume on or sing <i>let it go</i> or anything, so it was easier than you think. I made a donation to a local club and moved on.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">But moving on means... that I need a new version of the boards, but this time making them stackable! Right, of course it's the only reasonable thing I could do, why do you ask?</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I need them to be fairly threedimensional, yet flat enough to allow storage. So with this conundrum I started my Shadespire.V2...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit_egcgLVyiOYoMwD4Q0IYEH41ZAHq9VvAHxzl-xDVSOUlxmfmfFG_dCj9QXgXRWDyydO_cHnkxc8uYGGWErcpDnurCnKB-0NLEu6uxKoIhe20XY3BKiH7D4PQHR1_DtXfl3aACaDdvG8n2VvRCqF26_o5cYdvIPiKUyxRTwhFfmmcALw6yWTcihGJDng/s1024/2023-04-01%2000.01.29.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit_egcgLVyiOYoMwD4Q0IYEH41ZAHq9VvAHxzl-xDVSOUlxmfmfFG_dCj9QXgXRWDyydO_cHnkxc8uYGGWErcpDnurCnKB-0NLEu6uxKoIhe20XY3BKiH7D4PQHR1_DtXfl3aACaDdvG8n2VvRCqF26_o5cYdvIPiKUyxRTwhFfmmcALw6yWTcihGJDng/w640-h480/2023-04-01%2000.01.29.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here I go, again on my own...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">The first setback I had to face is that the company that produced the boards I used the first time had unfortunately ran out of business. After some research, I concluded that my only choice was a shop called <a href="https://www.customeeple.com/product/hexed-map-compatible-whu-spire/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Customeeple</a>, that produced hexed boards fit for the game. The only issue is that... they don't provide a single MDF piece, but two halves!! Right. Go see the pic above again and you'll get what I'm saying.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">OK, some extra work, but still doable. I glued a reinforcement below and those hexes on top. Now I have a solid structure. Now let's think of the 3D aspect of it.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_pLrzA9Y9Ed18XdxyyuSw5oVtJ_Z73tbO7r6dIh5U451g8vmu1xjA1xJK9VzwwR63H1_ahnu0e-3PU4DYaYyVJeKzuFgMaep3CX1i_6epwLR7RPXD5H8hJjEBtjQv4OgtDsK8jxsTEFLPMTxOTNGC563-e0IkjjyMPp-a7k3JHNgQudqqxySfngoma5U/s1024/2023-04-01%2000.18.23.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_pLrzA9Y9Ed18XdxyyuSw5oVtJ_Z73tbO7r6dIh5U451g8vmu1xjA1xJK9VzwwR63H1_ahnu0e-3PU4DYaYyVJeKzuFgMaep3CX1i_6epwLR7RPXD5H8hJjEBtjQv4OgtDsK8jxsTEFLPMTxOTNGC563-e0IkjjyMPp-a7k3JHNgQudqqxySfngoma5U/w640-h480/2023-04-01%2000.18.23.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span>...going down the only road I've ever known...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">That's the top height I was comfortable to afford. I provided five support points with the same height. So anything I stack over this board will keep horizontal. I checked several times, trust me :D</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Well, let's add some salty details. As in my previous iteration, I'm marking the starting positions on the board with crystals; or more properly speaking, Wyrdstone. What can I say, I'm still oldschool. I added some skulls and rocks too, for some warhammerical ambientation.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic6293Ess5Wpv2sYu7Ll5TeF-bK2M_HvgB9iJKFtQ6gVoPHXs5SQ6DrVJL-f30HRblT649erKbOAOhNeSgh9K9ljJqxhPYZCmp78VCRT-tmbshyUfqGC8AOnEufd76xm5k12oFo5DhgC_KfQE82ssBSVDwBEMa0zRIcl3y4KB6qNwt3G5kBwjJW4QS9qw/s1024/2023-04-01%2000.38.02.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic6293Ess5Wpv2sYu7Ll5TeF-bK2M_HvgB9iJKFtQ6gVoPHXs5SQ6DrVJL-f30HRblT649erKbOAOhNeSgh9K9ljJqxhPYZCmp78VCRT-tmbshyUfqGC8AOnEufd76xm5k12oFo5DhgC_KfQE82ssBSVDwBEMa0zRIcl3y4KB6qNwt3G5kBwjJW4QS9qw/w640-h480/2023-04-01%2000.38.02.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No element can get higher than the five designated support points<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Time for texture. Just DAS putty:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbsBxep9j3VxfecNj7smzcnz8_kK11pEDothn3Yc--MuZMVpG4mi5sx-UaC74mXtAiBwrqH9U6oaZ5roBKnTU3GrWlUGXJAx3lKZOD7dPnX-AL6rfOsIA_PSKbYo7rS_edM4WV_gbn-Kxo1cMQBVL2N2RY4lQd888lNpdwezDrzWrtjAuHrD21bJ3-bQ/s1024/2023-04-01%2002.06.33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbsBxep9j3VxfecNj7smzcnz8_kK11pEDothn3Yc--MuZMVpG4mi5sx-UaC74mXtAiBwrqH9U6oaZ5roBKnTU3GrWlUGXJAx3lKZOD7dPnX-AL6rfOsIA_PSKbYo7rS_edM4WV_gbn-Kxo1cMQBVL2N2RY4lQd888lNpdwezDrzWrtjAuHrD21bJ3-bQ/w640-h480/2023-04-01%2002.06.33.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No need to cover everything, you just need to give an impression of an irregular field<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5AXwqDA3zuxGVikqJ7H7FsQ2UJuKuLs_VqSrr6BrZp1elnKuwkGbFn9yREbWISa4RuwJu8TGBHWxSyOamOIJnSkbaV6c1voqoLqwK8vRoJyZcWUuH9SkLmyZF9yf2StyLNIsULnBgGP3syFM2gx3xlhz_6Qxf-zInaBbkgVPg7ahBeuAGNzy3jVwpKRk/s1024/2023-04-01%2017.45.34.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5AXwqDA3zuxGVikqJ7H7FsQ2UJuKuLs_VqSrr6BrZp1elnKuwkGbFn9yREbWISa4RuwJu8TGBHWxSyOamOIJnSkbaV6c1voqoLqwK8vRoJyZcWUuH9SkLmyZF9yf2StyLNIsULnBgGP3syFM2gx3xlhz_6Qxf-zInaBbkgVPg7ahBeuAGNzy3jVwpKRk/w640-h480/2023-04-01%2017.45.34.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then I added sand, fine gravel and stuff<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghIV3ha9p1QIb-fny0I0iwGC37_ZZjEhADV52W6R8Bw6NAefkwFD5wZQmxvXmNo6tmm-kWEnYnzXsxhNFXYYEdMDAdDkOEWi2ISOoT9KuS8ClSHlPaU_iSa0B76ldcqFTxo_leB-kqQgNV2m3zz_LyXZk0RsDmI2QASRuSPfwrnhd0_epZItdwsP5Nxls/s1024/2023-04-02%2011.31.53.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghIV3ha9p1QIb-fny0I0iwGC37_ZZjEhADV52W6R8Bw6NAefkwFD5wZQmxvXmNo6tmm-kWEnYnzXsxhNFXYYEdMDAdDkOEWi2ISOoT9KuS8ClSHlPaU_iSa0B76ldcqFTxo_leB-kqQgNV2m3zz_LyXZk0RsDmI2QASRuSPfwrnhd0_epZItdwsP5Nxls/w640-h480/2023-04-02%2011.31.53.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The same, but in the sunlight<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">The areas without sand will be some puddles, as this board will look like some puny marshes or something. Now it was time for some colour. I have only one trick here: throw all you have on the board!<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEF_bqMKSTiDXKCjkLrVr457Ld_lqnqZ5pTFrXD-bfJOqqhqzzbe8qGXjnUWI1xEU5RID6IwnBAr6IdymfxjFSP5RIZ0l_mbVV2St1-fynKbqcxADBhPXPx4mVD501cc99Tl_r3mDy2MEdtGMmqV6tVkNV56SFIA5cDPCvE3GC5G68k21S9ZWttkIz0_o/s1024/2023-04-02%2014.58.29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEF_bqMKSTiDXKCjkLrVr457Ld_lqnqZ5pTFrXD-bfJOqqhqzzbe8qGXjnUWI1xEU5RID6IwnBAr6IdymfxjFSP5RIZ0l_mbVV2St1-fynKbqcxADBhPXPx4mVD501cc99Tl_r3mDy2MEdtGMmqV6tVkNV56SFIA5cDPCvE3GC5G68k21S9ZWttkIz0_o/w640-h480/2023-04-02%2014.58.29.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can't have enough tones of brown. Mix and try everything</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>After proper drybrushing to provide some homogeneisation, I painted the puddles. I had some doubts here. I should have painted them brownish, but then there wouldn't be any kind of visual contrast and it all would be too dull. So I sacrificed realism for conventionalism, and settled for blues.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyh18H2rHKFaY-JcHJMjz4pdeOxak_LNk_GGTUK88zxRpXAdFp7PEW34XYazhbDSn5yigrfjoxqgVLuqXXI1-txofULg72SxlgXxzlMnz7utgdg8oSKWjfUghy_sAl-uB_zAR88DR78SVacSXNi4ivSuX-qmC9mQgml9oy0g2WGXRKYkXZrA1UR7KckME/s1024/2023-04-03%2017.55.01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyh18H2rHKFaY-JcHJMjz4pdeOxak_LNk_GGTUK88zxRpXAdFp7PEW34XYazhbDSn5yigrfjoxqgVLuqXXI1-txofULg72SxlgXxzlMnz7utgdg8oSKWjfUghy_sAl-uB_zAR88DR78SVacSXNi4ivSuX-qmC9mQgml9oy0g2WGXRKYkXZrA1UR7KckME/w640-h480/2023-04-03%2017.55.01.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dirty blues, with a lot of greens and browns<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>OK. But for now the board looks like a weird desert. All that water calls for at least some grass...<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38ybD3pCAr6pkgGAXxE72w0GAjWhMcqJF1kx8dIwXbqdz6eyw_XkFC-Loy9rKnssFIOCvucqAzUVc_kSZgC1TWe5qxYCLTFpBpbqfaOw7wKzu1PfMApiirtguazivsIniRMHiFHdHyekha_qcqbG2bQ0-wFT3lrA24AAloTP8-XsMOVfPdhMbGPcz39A/s1024/2023-04-04%2001.36.35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38ybD3pCAr6pkgGAXxE72w0GAjWhMcqJF1kx8dIwXbqdz6eyw_XkFC-Loy9rKnssFIOCvucqAzUVc_kSZgC1TWe5qxYCLTFpBpbqfaOw7wKzu1PfMApiirtguazivsIniRMHiFHdHyekha_qcqbG2bQ0-wFT3lrA24AAloTP8-XsMOVfPdhMbGPcz39A/w640-h480/2023-04-04%2001.36.35.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So some grass it is!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBJbHqPuCj2gduj3CqfO0Og9GgFjNOHZmovhahAWRBOx0mLxldbLfeJBEi1wwD6GWkv885qYpSFH8r3yFqHK5JdMDrhvDtJAqY1f8untoTQHR6R4JmFWCcswFY_2q5yDGrwmQc-Ss-QjJ5KhpZJFhrtY0svkMzPAVtO0iik1nVV-3QBpxE4um1oB3XRc/s1024/2023-04-04%2016.54.46.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBJbHqPuCj2gduj3CqfO0Og9GgFjNOHZmovhahAWRBOx0mLxldbLfeJBEi1wwD6GWkv885qYpSFH8r3yFqHK5JdMDrhvDtJAqY1f8untoTQHR6R4JmFWCcswFY_2q5yDGrwmQc-Ss-QjJ5KhpZJFhrtY0svkMzPAVtO0iik1nVV-3QBpxE4um1oB3XRc/w640-h480/2023-04-04%2016.54.46.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With some true natural daylight<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXVhetiW2v9YFuQv2lXzaipw8ZGU-Zls2xFBjQG-oWSLou7rnAEVjMaRIUz8i5TeBaUyJ5vB0sI6VjTZX6vWWSAT7wwE1LNCpp-GOV5J1Llkfy8AIO3tC82U_OluzSdHsI4aNlc3Mj76J6OEr5knLdtAmTwz6bhFs9ThgyD74KNgbVwJiFMbB9_6rPIk/s1024/2023-04-04%2018.09.21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXVhetiW2v9YFuQv2lXzaipw8ZGU-Zls2xFBjQG-oWSLou7rnAEVjMaRIUz8i5TeBaUyJ5vB0sI6VjTZX6vWWSAT7wwE1LNCpp-GOV5J1Llkfy8AIO3tC82U_OluzSdHsI4aNlc3Mj76J6OEr5knLdtAmTwz6bhFs9ThgyD74KNgbVwJiFMbB9_6rPIk/w640-h480/2023-04-04%2018.09.21.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The same, but inside, so you can compare<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOvPKioDKnzULnGY5jy8Ba1FvA4l-uc203kMufz4ueL-b1FUU4qEwjJy0igs9mD7dlnWrfWeJkn6IplghFZukB1003cEFAxErBcSPDEYcSiG8Bhd_nVrXdLaubhtVMwWTkwoibCB0zWmBYsy7Gn7_NmSBKkigJ2NvT04GBzZTvrnYEcncrjYlxCShIis/s1024/2023-04-04%2020.31.39.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOvPKioDKnzULnGY5jy8Ba1FvA4l-uc203kMufz4ueL-b1FUU4qEwjJy0igs9mD7dlnWrfWeJkn6IplghFZukB1003cEFAxErBcSPDEYcSiG8Bhd_nVrXdLaubhtVMwWTkwoibCB0zWmBYsy7Gn7_NmSBKkigJ2NvT04GBzZTvrnYEcncrjYlxCShIis/w640-h480/2023-04-04%2020.31.39.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I also added some bushes here and there<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">You may have been asking what are those three weird sticks on a row supposed to represent. Well, my intention was to have an old fence all shattered. All these pieces come from a Renedra kit.<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcNJ6R71HJWkMDDqoJ02qYWENTUf3SweVc3tb0XRpeyi3mAwyVp09k_E6pVPp9gVaw0NrcfNvkWBWErmgoUe4iVyhk07L4Yy1dGqxrPCuwdzMA8G62EvpCesKVl4JAn79CYu3Hbk0pPjLrAgfJ8-8T9cwbGHPhm-3piN8kxCUD5cCGKarDS3sikp8L3yY/s1024/2023-04-04%2022.18.53.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcNJ6R71HJWkMDDqoJ02qYWENTUf3SweVc3tb0XRpeyi3mAwyVp09k_E6pVPp9gVaw0NrcfNvkWBWErmgoUe4iVyhk07L4Yy1dGqxrPCuwdzMA8G62EvpCesKVl4JAn79CYu3Hbk0pPjLrAgfJ8-8T9cwbGHPhm-3piN8kxCUD5cCGKarDS3sikp8L3yY/w640-h480/2023-04-04%2022.18.53.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I hope they finally make sense!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Let's have a look at the whole board:</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiESvrTHm9HGFHMXiKlQuxjlU0DP1x5IVFGuM58keMFvnKhkj0p58m-9OXiYGMuxAwRraPhmsvMqZlX094fV1XxJWEvWUYFWGEytgV1DAQYsiAUbRU6bhcLcCWawu8CvEexDzfyZwaSATXpbbF1zwNtVYo3FQ51iPP0Zc6M9mHsA_eRVxzTbv3Yy7B3zfQ/s1024/2023-04-05%2001.34.08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiESvrTHm9HGFHMXiKlQuxjlU0DP1x5IVFGuM58keMFvnKhkj0p58m-9OXiYGMuxAwRraPhmsvMqZlX094fV1XxJWEvWUYFWGEytgV1DAQYsiAUbRU6bhcLcCWawu8CvEexDzfyZwaSATXpbbF1zwNtVYo3FQ51iPP0Zc6M9mHsA_eRVxzTbv3Yy7B3zfQ/w640-h480/2023-04-05%2001.34.08.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally coming along<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipKDIeY4NiFqM9bSRUfchnxbSOKDbdxvPuG_ue9RgU2BpkBBGto3swIvQJY_WsxkDZLhA-kGlP4bCkq_7D-1lLxf2mnxoJhxP1LkN86G2FTQFkmOP3L6Io_QlLAB69zxCXKLvnB0KCo5wchvRfZAPVPj2GEDi4IT26n2NIg44mFQesDvzlSN4d7rnM4zs/s4032/2023-04-05%2001.34.55.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipKDIeY4NiFqM9bSRUfchnxbSOKDbdxvPuG_ue9RgU2BpkBBGto3swIvQJY_WsxkDZLhA-kGlP4bCkq_7D-1lLxf2mnxoJhxP1LkN86G2FTQFkmOP3L6Io_QlLAB69zxCXKLvnB0KCo5wchvRfZAPVPj2GEDi4IT26n2NIg44mFQesDvzlSN4d7rnM4zs/w640-h480/2023-04-05%2001.34.55.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I mean, I could totally play here<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I would ordinarily declare this board finished. But not today. I have a confession to make. I had been collecting falling leaves during all the Autumn, and using this puncher by <a href="https://www.greenstuffworld.com/en/101-leaf-punches" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Green Stuff World</a>:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz5mWP5iDcPQZ-2ik0FwBYBPpWJvQs17jANypAEiDVwYpfcQIxvAZ7pSHrIWaE_SIBXb5-6ZDKuXlebW6xhjpHB9ZctiJ84MEy05WYb1eDVMU_hjoZ-p4PdAOEAZ2t9D53Nby5lGqnKtRzTDFCCMlsmV2m8iPhP0QhgV5zG0qfHOj4pdE80dqNQpGosoc/s1024/2023-04-05%2001.34.56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz5mWP5iDcPQZ-2ik0FwBYBPpWJvQs17jANypAEiDVwYpfcQIxvAZ7pSHrIWaE_SIBXb5-6ZDKuXlebW6xhjpHB9ZctiJ84MEy05WYb1eDVMU_hjoZ-p4PdAOEAZ2t9D53Nby5lGqnKtRzTDFCCMlsmV2m8iPhP0QhgV5zG0qfHOj4pdE80dqNQpGosoc/w640-h480/2023-04-05%2001.34.56.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It can get repetitive, but the results are worth of it<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The good thing of going out with the kids is that no one will judge you if they see you collecting hundreds and hundreds of leaves. I guess that seeing a bearded adult doing the same might look a little more weird. But I have also done it though.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I mean, I need <i>a lot</i> of leaves.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeLaaJRdRc8RgvijPvBKQ7NvRNDnE8MRUvdOHGYHaTAkBQMjUqbZJd8kZQxAKXHmzQ4ClxSllqy_-5VR8IkTdzsqBYn70rceishpS8mIyumrUa2s2Q1fefZkKXYxbjVYJPxJYRCg_pjcfrtrdquknxN1c3B0EbUIdmoc2qMEGuiuu-TvKQgnyknbBCAFg/s1024/2023-04-05%2001.34.57.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeLaaJRdRc8RgvijPvBKQ7NvRNDnE8MRUvdOHGYHaTAkBQMjUqbZJd8kZQxAKXHmzQ4ClxSllqy_-5VR8IkTdzsqBYn70rceishpS8mIyumrUa2s2Q1fefZkKXYxbjVYJPxJYRCg_pjcfrtrdquknxN1c3B0EbUIdmoc2qMEGuiuu-TvKQgnyknbBCAFg/w640-h480/2023-04-05%2001.34.57.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I know what you did last Autumn<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I'm not showing the final bag I ended up with because it's ridiculously big even for me XD<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Now it comes the time to apply the leaves on the board!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB3_Z8zcrm_ixk14GD9IRPrYaM5Ot1uuKrOQ-xVEbVModoVhvSgXQjJ62oMP2rChgZv9Hdz0MXoaO4pgoGBZL0psbGS1Yik2vaP-qJytX0tEnep_Xz_2hWUtYNxL464pltlSV4xUXwx_z-Z0NJ1VL-Rlq7mFjc9bRUvWbo1rdqCInCRcmAqEbTJGMOJcg/s1024/2023-04-05%2013.00.45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB3_Z8zcrm_ixk14GD9IRPrYaM5Ot1uuKrOQ-xVEbVModoVhvSgXQjJ62oMP2rChgZv9Hdz0MXoaO4pgoGBZL0psbGS1Yik2vaP-qJytX0tEnep_Xz_2hWUtYNxL464pltlSV4xUXwx_z-Z0NJ1VL-Rlq7mFjc9bRUvWbo1rdqCInCRcmAqEbTJGMOJcg/w640-h480/2023-04-05%2013.00.45.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One by one, with a tiny drop of superglue<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ef0L9tIxZXGZiFcFJCLoSc2YHWfOBxe0YTFGUT61suzbaZdivZnYlkevb_nxck97vw6s-cF5GDBMi9jQ7LEC-SwDGDIj17TfBGcgPWBDJdYniQNhU6BaUTBmjAH1-YseF7q-w2V66HZpj-YkHEnHp7t63-nnTZjyvdoa3wZeds81SG4I0JzFAN0s3P8/s1024/2023-04-05%2013.38.07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ef0L9tIxZXGZiFcFJCLoSc2YHWfOBxe0YTFGUT61suzbaZdivZnYlkevb_nxck97vw6s-cF5GDBMi9jQ7LEC-SwDGDIj17TfBGcgPWBDJdYniQNhU6BaUTBmjAH1-YseF7q-w2V66HZpj-YkHEnHp7t63-nnTZjyvdoa3wZeds81SG4I0JzFAN0s3P8/w640-h480/2023-04-05%2013.38.07.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I even wanted to add more, but I had no sanity points left for it<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">You may probably come with an easier solution, but in the end this method worked for me, as it gave me full control of what I was doing and had no leaves unglued whatsoever.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbq2_QyqV2A6cRUeTHSQpj_Wwfh5mi0CdFEmW6Prd4kUvOkyLKB5t44Xq6HpqqMdcRCBoxS-tE0I1Bsfjxlf-y8-vium-4YvBt2ezqOqF24LwKfrav9_5tkbj3buK8CKHYuH3DwEHpbFDKBajusoAt2QjxWmxtZAvj3o701KBc6SLwtO_6W-Ty9Rqgbaw/s1024/2023-04-05%2013.38.32.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbq2_QyqV2A6cRUeTHSQpj_Wwfh5mi0CdFEmW6Prd4kUvOkyLKB5t44Xq6HpqqMdcRCBoxS-tE0I1Bsfjxlf-y8-vium-4YvBt2ezqOqF24LwKfrav9_5tkbj3buK8CKHYuH3DwEHpbFDKBajusoAt2QjxWmxtZAvj3o701KBc6SLwtO_6W-Ty9Rqgbaw/w640-h480/2023-04-05%2013.38.32.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just a close-up<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9noB5d_Jn9FQvDN4g6gSVdELFN4qpCnc3_t8UYknWzR728E4aJK1ugGprgtp5V1CALlgOGjKiRSQZPInohm3tBoH7xEFdEgJ7BSNHsiI7ijJp-HsNE49iSacJVPHW-3yGgdW_prre0AE5C2GduzRaPAe3__7c5SBqGKSFhSMja_eCOJEgnDqEwY0NoeI/s4032/2023-04-05%2013.38.51.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9noB5d_Jn9FQvDN4g6gSVdELFN4qpCnc3_t8UYknWzR728E4aJK1ugGprgtp5V1CALlgOGjKiRSQZPInohm3tBoH7xEFdEgJ7BSNHsiI7ijJp-HsNE49iSacJVPHW-3yGgdW_prre0AE5C2GduzRaPAe3__7c5SBqGKSFhSMja_eCOJEgnDqEwY0NoeI/w640-h480/2023-04-05%2013.38.51.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And again, an outdoors shot of the board, now definitely finished<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyKdyDCyCt_z8mUzyECt5ihTKLhByJr_Mecf5glsGTlvAJLonE6TRmwGuGfmlY9zQJcErw9BpUf9veKpJUNegxoLM5p49OfVoEnOGgf9A5zPeCPJXj4l2iQlVgSb_UcX_SqxBJ5CdiJLyyqPAFEsVx97vP8WWN5TREe6RdmTOE8xGT4tHpV8leQgu67ls/s4032/2023-04-05%2013.40.15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyKdyDCyCt_z8mUzyECt5ihTKLhByJr_Mecf5glsGTlvAJLonE6TRmwGuGfmlY9zQJcErw9BpUf9veKpJUNegxoLM5p49OfVoEnOGgf9A5zPeCPJXj4l2iQlVgSb_UcX_SqxBJ5CdiJLyyqPAFEsVx97vP8WWN5TREe6RdmTOE8xGT4tHpV8leQgu67ls/w640-h480/2023-04-05%2013.40.15.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is what playing on it will look like<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbfxqX2x2n_8Jb8QI4_ZXZPBuY38yzNrrRqBmkZGzxNKD8dNdMcfhbcKSXebDpAoUXN1nQ7DnN-wkWSeW3iiMu3QUT8BYcGEjTGatHDKmkuAlnBXAc1W5MfCBSI4D_-NgvyACxabjp_xIEHsCCQXFCs-ZXKyFV6oQvUtr_1u36VRbBaOUf5Dlb9ptXvC4/s4032/2023-04-05%2013.40.48.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbfxqX2x2n_8Jb8QI4_ZXZPBuY38yzNrrRqBmkZGzxNKD8dNdMcfhbcKSXebDpAoUXN1nQ7DnN-wkWSeW3iiMu3QUT8BYcGEjTGatHDKmkuAlnBXAc1W5MfCBSI4D_-NgvyACxabjp_xIEHsCCQXFCs-ZXKyFV6oQvUtr_1u36VRbBaOUf5Dlb9ptXvC4/w640-h480/2023-04-05%2013.40.48.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Final shot<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I'm trying to find a balance between an hexed board (where you can actually see the hexes and have no misleadings about the tile your mini is on) and a natural, visually appealing display. I'm learning a lot and will definitely bring some of these techniques to future boards.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">But for now what can I say? One done, three more to go! I don't know when will I start the second one, but I think I have some ideas of what I want to do...<br /></p>Suberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005091019027411799noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987721317661044121.post-45387695326171251402023-07-13T00:12:00.000+02:002023-07-13T00:12:03.063+02:00It's been an infinity since last time I posted...<div><p style="text-align: justify;"> ...but it's because it took me all this time to think of a title for the post.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">After <a href="https://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-jump-into-infinity.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">my first incursion into these ranges</a>, it was time for the Yu Jing set! Well, first thing I have to say is that they are, of course, as detailed as their Panoceania counterparts, and that's wild. I mean, they all are gorgeous sculpts, but they are pretty challenging because of that!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This time I found the main base colour at the first try, which makes me utterly happy :D</p><p style="text-align: justify;">It's a particular orange. I used a 50/50 mix of Vallejo... "Transparent Orange"? (a pretty neutral orange) and Deep Yellow:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs01TU8MWW7nHBOGqTaJhBv8DsPBm2-udSmCPiTVDWPqHMHlk5t_O_gJkSbabICpqMIjXPGHDKmplz-Jr55QmFFrmme0Wx5F6aqnAKw2BhDVThjtIaCGonj9LEQaEKEPsD6NGiyBBdN4Dmbu96BXuu_RU1buyCxCN4aFEyLJC8z5GyFHGhnrk0LISn1_c/s4032/015.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs01TU8MWW7nHBOGqTaJhBv8DsPBm2-udSmCPiTVDWPqHMHlk5t_O_gJkSbabICpqMIjXPGHDKmplz-Jr55QmFFrmme0Wx5F6aqnAKw2BhDVThjtIaCGonj9LEQaEKEPsD6NGiyBBdN4Dmbu96BXuu_RU1buyCxCN4aFEyLJC8z5GyFHGhnrk0LISn1_c/w480-h640/015.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So now it's really a kind of yellow<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">And then I used GW's Iyanden Yellow Contrast as a wash, as I've done some times before. This provides a kind of orange I' happy with:<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizyhmCMifqWrYwmf6elEFXYqf58nA_E-HnIkofpIHj0bAkEE6dsCkhk5hQfc1kajj0jE9VN2QxCP7--NjGo9ywij-FT_n3ctHzohA_p5hkGtFlIgn1x-wTpGnh0jmTIkcABObNmogHjPdEQDgAtBo3ENRoTjBAYG18A6IljfqvfNLerlHWTVkyucDL89M/s4032/016.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizyhmCMifqWrYwmf6elEFXYqf58nA_E-HnIkofpIHj0bAkEE6dsCkhk5hQfc1kajj0jE9VN2QxCP7--NjGo9ywij-FT_n3ctHzohA_p5hkGtFlIgn1x-wTpGnh0jmTIkcABObNmogHjPdEQDgAtBo3ENRoTjBAYG18A6IljfqvfNLerlHWTVkyucDL89M/w480-h640/016.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I can work with this<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">So, you know, as usual in my techniques, the key is to use the paints to any other purpose different than they were designed for. Do it wrong to make it right!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Anyway, I painted all the oranges on a row:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqOVFC4z5mt46DIaCQEYSuR-RUo8zlvhIOjbuJrqCjW3YPVs6BgvdYqSbenrcUVoPKB7z1PgLDzzfZNMQ1wt1JkCngIP67XGS3vTjPK8LyYWfpZZhQZydpdXeu2w2LLYWOAUroGmSc41lWotBGMlddtFlK_wsBvhZDi2eda1aZKtSqV9h6wQdVzFLvnSw/s4032/017.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqOVFC4z5mt46DIaCQEYSuR-RUo8zlvhIOjbuJrqCjW3YPVs6BgvdYqSbenrcUVoPKB7z1PgLDzzfZNMQ1wt1JkCngIP67XGS3vTjPK8LyYWfpZZhQZydpdXeu2w2LLYWOAUroGmSc41lWotBGMlddtFlK_wsBvhZDi2eda1aZKtSqV9h6wQdVzFLvnSw/w640-h480/017.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At this stage the main precaution is not to lose any bit</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">You may notice there's an intruder there, the girl with the rocket launcher down in the pic. It's Oktavia Grímsdóttir, a special character who doesn't really belong to this faction. However, I had to paint her jacket in this colour, so I just got her there. I'll have that mini finished for the next installment of the project.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Now I had to paint different kinds of not-really-black clothes. For the trousers I used a mix of dark green- dark blue- black mix (highlights from there with more blue). For the cloaks I went for a more neutral grey (black and grey) and the armour pieces were made with a mix of German Camo green and Black. Finally, weapons were made with a Royal blue and Black mix, adding grey to the mix for the highlights.<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDD5eEPQtrf3MUW_QtV784j_cIANtk3zvRGPuOnMiDxXcoBgyFfD0WWjYYR6IDF6qmOKGwUw7FQwBELOno6gkQVtlFpSdTveu9OHnSrTRBr4BIekUqVFc_uKSajMLojYF6GX2NKGKvV_F2v45-A07RRvyw1RcvMgBxIbYZC6e4qf5PM9ysrcZ88gdjNF0/s4032/018.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDD5eEPQtrf3MUW_QtV784j_cIANtk3zvRGPuOnMiDxXcoBgyFfD0WWjYYR6IDF6qmOKGwUw7FQwBELOno6gkQVtlFpSdTveu9OHnSrTRBr4BIekUqVFc_uKSajMLojYF6GX2NKGKvV_F2v45-A07RRvyw1RcvMgBxIbYZC6e4qf5PM9ysrcZ88gdjNF0/w640-h480/018.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You haven't read the above paragraph and I'm OK with it<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I dared to use the Apothecary White Contrast paint, and I was surprised with the result:<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkj1E-A9ihFwE8hBbvcG5NY1PCSJpPB0f017eZlV-8N_UAWXTOI9e5WgOLqbBF0--OuGMY1nVc7apBF6EFqgNGnjF4s8jJhQrkOA4MRDX3Qpr9IiqU-wuRDXb_aQwNx5i_zRGhc8jT7UNLhfAv2IHKKTIFrc7eAEFV1vx3ebhe_l4GzOkfpDvKnnctP0Y/s4032/019.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkj1E-A9ihFwE8hBbvcG5NY1PCSJpPB0f017eZlV-8N_UAWXTOI9e5WgOLqbBF0--OuGMY1nVc7apBF6EFqgNGnjF4s8jJhQrkOA4MRDX3Qpr9IiqU-wuRDXb_aQwNx5i_zRGhc8jT7UNLhfAv2IHKKTIFrc7eAEFV1vx3ebhe_l4GzOkfpDvKnnctP0Y/w480-h640/019.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unexpected success<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">In the end this is what I got. Here you have the armour guys. The guy on the left is a Dàofěi (of course I had to google all the names). Apparently it translate as "Bandit", a name taken from their training methods. My research says that in Mandarin it should be pronounced "Tǔfěi". Not really essential data, but if I know that, now you have to know it too.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The one on the right is a Jujak, which is Korean Shock Infantry. My research on this unit has been quite frustrating as I have found almost nothing, but no doubt he looks like a tough guy.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirYQi9ZPZJVcCS9X7lqPwq4GlS0sf144m-Xg91QEGBiNIjVb_eNllWCg_Wv86ku5V7a0acMbDKBK2PLgq9lvm8dMm9mAeORGYShAM6k1VhPWv3vfvzEf3g3aMjMbx1h-2oD-cfRtSOzY6W7vJX2GFpE5mQ0Nw2o6xqVeZrh2FsifYAaT9GgWoiXESpVfo/s4032/020.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirYQi9ZPZJVcCS9X7lqPwq4GlS0sf144m-Xg91QEGBiNIjVb_eNllWCg_Wv86ku5V7a0acMbDKBK2PLgq9lvm8dMm9mAeORGYShAM6k1VhPWv3vfvzEf3g3aMjMbx1h-2oD-cfRtSOzY6W7vJX2GFpE5mQ0Nw2o6xqVeZrh2FsifYAaT9GgWoiXESpVfo/w640-h480/020.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You don't want to mess with them<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMxThEw5iy2NuJ-0U6bHktAJeXPe5u3XWzlqU3-ULLVBVERJ7_dBrcR-R0krIpJQg8LOiVXKSISNjtgDYiDiZJ5qfZB2kEgGramZDKJitANnH4RPmI-tv_TSHCbTJzW__elP95yyZFW0KtdUP2E2YvtNtXw4vXt2sWJ8pxTtBcefR0YO8H55ecvW5GIe4/s4032/021.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMxThEw5iy2NuJ-0U6bHktAJeXPe5u3XWzlqU3-ULLVBVERJ7_dBrcR-R0krIpJQg8LOiVXKSISNjtgDYiDiZJ5qfZB2kEgGramZDKJitANnH4RPmI-tv_TSHCbTJzW__elP95yyZFW0KtdUP2E2YvtNtXw4vXt2sWJ8pxTtBcefR0YO8H55ecvW5GIe4/w640-h480/021.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not as impressive, but don't mess with them anyway<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">The sniper lady is a Hùndùn, which translate as "faceless", after the evil creature from Chinese mythology who embodies chaos and confusion. The bloke with the shotgun is a Gŭiláng ("Ghost Wolf"), who are the special arctic branch of the Yu Jing Army.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFeRkxfDCy4_IKzgPgnwk-4Cc_ceTIU9L8kP8FiLdpWTfcucZqEmeqtsVtUR7lqbTh2PBEaFMjgU-sdsMDSNFNmwWT83phS4ghSyOFl1oH1o1fMqLyhhigC_NJXw0FgwWgYWZmzrPtmYuE3IvO1ajj0gw4bJw5QvpywDgkC0R_77E9JL5-IxwUoMGp_Q4/s4032/022.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFeRkxfDCy4_IKzgPgnwk-4Cc_ceTIU9L8kP8FiLdpWTfcucZqEmeqtsVtUR7lqbTh2PBEaFMjgU-sdsMDSNFNmwWT83phS4ghSyOFl1oH1o1fMqLyhhigC_NJXw0FgwWgYWZmzrPtmYuE3IvO1ajj0gw4bJw5QvpywDgkC0R_77E9JL5-IxwUoMGp_Q4/w640-h480/022.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I hope I'm just writing those names right<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2kj2nWqs-GwjbktSXtScLcxS5byHXPAcekFgCN4tuVk2ST1lwgW-L3cOyj1q0PLsyq5x9xGbiTTeBYTpqIsm7tiTZGI1uIy3CWIO9KO3Klm7M7IpH1uZSiwUlNY5ZwrnJwJTu8kQPqdmsxN_UGhswTHuz_jOPL11mpd0NI_ALGXlu7UOvmwJhSroJFTs/s4032/023.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2kj2nWqs-GwjbktSXtScLcxS5byHXPAcekFgCN4tuVk2ST1lwgW-L3cOyj1q0PLsyq5x9xGbiTTeBYTpqIsm7tiTZGI1uIy3CWIO9KO3Klm7M7IpH1uZSiwUlNY5ZwrnJwJTu8kQPqdmsxN_UGhswTHuz_jOPL11mpd0NI_ALGXlu7UOvmwJhSroJFTs/w640-h480/023.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm not sure if those coats are practical, but of course they are cool <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Finally, the Zhànshì Qízhì (Troops of the Banner), the core of the army, light infantry troopers:<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5r-afDAG8It7A26FAersmo26T3Qt9a3oIlBzWlPyfFIZdDzsHMvWuHjZNk3EtJihRBj3O9kE3rprhHWDKw3QTaKlFa9z9NUFr044IjOwfSQRDY4b3LOe0c9wQl0j20kbJ-GYHoIGhVmBxj0afTiZxeehN43tP2IuF1LJ_X-hJPdg8vLMgTszu312ni8/s4032/024.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5r-afDAG8It7A26FAersmo26T3Qt9a3oIlBzWlPyfFIZdDzsHMvWuHjZNk3EtJihRBj3O9kE3rprhHWDKw3QTaKlFa9z9NUFr044IjOwfSQRDY4b3LOe0c9wQl0j20kbJ-GYHoIGhVmBxj0afTiZxeehN43tP2IuF1LJ_X-hJPdg8vLMgTszu312ni8/w640-h480/024.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I wouldn't dare to paint an Imperial Guard sized army this way, but the minis are gorgeous<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimi2ku3SjERbXsSZ7KzdK97CwripVHLXVKuiu2a_LW4Vg9KHv5qgWWMr4xx5IApnCG_c759sbTsBWjLFaYqe9dmVEKdjaRrzUQXLRz3E6mXCclFvrbfxIJTD1xdFD2MYG-90lNmkC84UC4QOKv7gbW6YUNRS23kyWsSGQl1Pi1F3XPBngZGE8B5SDVLwM/s4032/025.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimi2ku3SjERbXsSZ7KzdK97CwripVHLXVKuiu2a_LW4Vg9KHv5qgWWMr4xx5IApnCG_c759sbTsBWjLFaYqe9dmVEKdjaRrzUQXLRz3E6mXCclFvrbfxIJTD1xdFD2MYG-90lNmkC84UC4QOKv7gbW6YUNRS23kyWsSGQl1Pi1F3XPBngZGE8B5SDVLwM/w640-h480/025.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well, I really don't see those tight pants in service in the military, but that's another issue<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Yu Jing has eight separate armies, each one with their banner. The one on Svalarheima, where this Operation Kaldstrom takes place, is the White Banner Army.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I'm used to WH40K, where finding background on the units is pretty easy, but there's not that much info on this, so I'm trying my best to get the fluff. It always helps me to understand the unit itself and gives me some kind of insights when painting.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Anyway, here you have the core force painted:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9kJ5PzRYpkku2SdAjY7_qChL96ZLpvLcG_l4JFm-Qju6oG5JpqIzasVRcf8M_4gc0p_0UmTZXG-5ZvX8lErB9YGGm_9BLXg6-HuowsDw_DqERLmL102jsseIlFsThuwiubOb72y4Y-mXTIeBnfi2YGq7eUDoihmul6Z0Vn6EMZx7Dv20WKFC5-FEO4Q/s4032/026.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2429" data-original-width="4032" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9kJ5PzRYpkku2SdAjY7_qChL96ZLpvLcG_l4JFm-Qju6oG5JpqIzasVRcf8M_4gc0p_0UmTZXG-5ZvX8lErB9YGGm_9BLXg6-HuowsDw_DqERLmL102jsseIlFsThuwiubOb72y4Y-mXTIeBnfi2YGq7eUDoihmul6Z0Vn6EMZx7Dv20WKFC5-FEO4Q/w640-h386/026.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Camouflage is clearly not an issue in this game<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>So these are the two forces of the core box:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjh4F3LBOM1B87Mm-B_gPSBPE61RFlc3qVYcBQd9Slrs5zwmUAI3hGwbk05NFOQ9L00I3wkz7wEItvHaC15hIGG1h21qsP1QQK0AiyKRbstMmxp5FNBVyb0KxrD36T6qS-Cn9d4wt_jXhk6OTiQTq5vnADwOu-G66NjRQtK22vC8HD4Nn78m6zOj9Ll7I/s4032/027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjh4F3LBOM1B87Mm-B_gPSBPE61RFlc3qVYcBQd9Slrs5zwmUAI3hGwbk05NFOQ9L00I3wkz7wEItvHaC15hIGG1h21qsP1QQK0AiyKRbstMmxp5FNBVyb0KxrD36T6qS-Cn9d4wt_jXhk6OTiQTq5vnADwOu-G66NjRQtK22vC8HD4Nn78m6zOj9Ll7I/w640-h480/027.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I <i>need </i>to build a backdrop for group shots like this one!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> My pal asked for urban bases, but what you see is temporary, I will add some rubble and stuff when I have all the minis finished.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I've talked about Oktavia Grímsdóttir above, but I also have a few more minis for both sides, so this is not the last you've seen on this project!<br /></div><div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p></div>Suberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005091019027411799noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987721317661044121.post-82778173849482864542023-06-17T23:42:00.000+02:002023-06-17T23:42:01.492+02:00Filling the corners<p style="text-align: justify;"> Life has got me stranded among the usual thousand ongoing projects, job issues and family, so just the usual stuff! However I'm afraid I have slowed down my output recently. I was hoping I could show much more today, but any little progress is still progress, so here I am!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Last time I talked about my board it looked this way...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSM_vp9VvF9z8T7NtoWoOaybAW1O_oPqEili5EfgWx8cCyZ0ZI9PXN36ucZuXk6SmJYrEzjttrJXT8hCiKKEatQV9ECc1vGBiWbaEHctndWTiB2_KqCJDqXGZ8-Sd7YGLwB3Jkq1B3-U_GPbXI7wf9U1FzewNzKzAiLYQ6Yl5nmF0GDLbKDEIuXqXJ/s1024/2023-02-15%2015.47.33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSM_vp9VvF9z8T7NtoWoOaybAW1O_oPqEili5EfgWx8cCyZ0ZI9PXN36ucZuXk6SmJYrEzjttrJXT8hCiKKEatQV9ECc1vGBiWbaEHctndWTiB2_KqCJDqXGZ8-Sd7YGLwB3Jkq1B3-U_GPbXI7wf9U1FzewNzKzAiLYQ6Yl5nmF0GDLbKDEIuXqXJ/w640-h480/2023-02-15%2015.47.33.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This project never ends!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">You can see down left there's an ugly empty space, taking shape between the foamboard and the wooden box. Of course I will not suffer empty spaces on my board!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">After doing rough caves, I fancied something different, something more picturesque... <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL-m8mmWaWVVzIuKLMPzP9RXYeDDqRUUuIYYu96TkqbHKPT7cdjChF6814PSSafDdFWmjIKOac83XS4DRS0gIrOQYp7IYJ8YtdOOtuSlsjLVygrDEdgT2K7IPbQf5gushyfd0duk_ISDWuCSbKyKCp45AvA8dUaZ0Ib9isr6ABwQT2PvjeFDV7Xqnl/s1024/2023-02-15%2015.54.12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL-m8mmWaWVVzIuKLMPzP9RXYeDDqRUUuIYYu96TkqbHKPT7cdjChF6814PSSafDdFWmjIKOac83XS4DRS0gIrOQYp7IYJ8YtdOOtuSlsjLVygrDEdgT2K7IPbQf5gushyfd0duk_ISDWuCSbKyKCp45AvA8dUaZ0Ib9isr6ABwQT2PvjeFDV7Xqnl/w640-h480/2023-02-15%2015.54.12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I won't blame you if you don't know what the hell is going on here<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfdVP35pX5e7_G5HqcEy_8coTknxN3-Xv4cFH4AHhJgZ7joVoXN8YIBB7fewDvuhe1bqAO-9kajNPdHdTYR2eidvPhKDyv9HXU0YiCAZm91guNhHfUTzh2lKfWR0N5MoMhJQopA_p6bPXdmqrFRmrfe9THPS8JIyXjUUjLduFdyaemqafDlXf4tj55/s1024/2023-02-15%2016.06.12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfdVP35pX5e7_G5HqcEy_8coTknxN3-Xv4cFH4AHhJgZ7joVoXN8YIBB7fewDvuhe1bqAO-9kajNPdHdTYR2eidvPhKDyv9HXU0YiCAZm91guNhHfUTzh2lKfWR0N5MoMhJQopA_p6bPXdmqrFRmrfe9THPS8JIyXjUUjLduFdyaemqafDlXf4tj55/w640-h480/2023-02-15%2016.06.12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No, a swimming pool is too much, even for me<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifnBugYFYOBSabQeFq_Sl2Q6gkQoccN_Wj44rWkTt-U2iA8tHyahpjPXk31QMA_X5HCdI9JLtlWUiszuQcbpF8oCTLjpIGar-IyYP7djNx4hXHS_4IMb1N71RV9KiD3v0Ry8kwjw90LJm06hZTacnpcgvddFARVFVKcAD9qw2On2rDicjzBoixqB5X/s1024/2023-02-15%2020.12.20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifnBugYFYOBSabQeFq_Sl2Q6gkQoccN_Wj44rWkTt-U2iA8tHyahpjPXk31QMA_X5HCdI9JLtlWUiszuQcbpF8oCTLjpIGar-IyYP7djNx4hXHS_4IMb1N71RV9KiD3v0Ry8kwjw90LJm06hZTacnpcgvddFARVFVKcAD9qw2On2rDicjzBoixqB5X/w640-h480/2023-02-15%2020.12.20.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh. Was that unexpected enough?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3pW52Zd5uQb13fn8vpOzMGFJ6rG55PitSjKoEj4DFtsQyP7fnlzagAmRSogEtdKk_5kByBsWCShXsTAuVS14TZO-xGMA9qV_8Qmsp106HWJGEegFEb0f6DNhyXB_aBs_IDmLd6-jgQUZNavG9P--NtOmenFd0C7GqbmIiOi1y1sHdgkuy0kPhSHS-/s1024/2023-02-16%2012.42.29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3pW52Zd5uQb13fn8vpOzMGFJ6rG55PitSjKoEj4DFtsQyP7fnlzagAmRSogEtdKk_5kByBsWCShXsTAuVS14TZO-xGMA9qV_8Qmsp106HWJGEegFEb0f6DNhyXB_aBs_IDmLd6-jgQUZNavG9P--NtOmenFd0C7GqbmIiOi1y1sHdgkuy0kPhSHS-/w480-h640/2023-02-16%2012.42.29.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Does it begin to make any sense at all?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">So that's it, I'm building a refreshing corner inside the cave. I just painted it all but the doors, in the hope that it will work at first sight.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4E6FV-eWXY8xJ6nJJYpspkT5RyWH6So7v577jRV3SJc0zDnOE7WAamaImYm0V76p8sbKleVBX9qUibgm9C0tvyih1OoCXDpTpQeJqhyrPTcMdQHoBJz60q7kQwYOv5boVA69wRHKaXF7gaymrdArTx_IAzIIRIQ-C_VaUNze9wO_tw-ZnvsiXaaf8/s1024/2023-02-16%2013.01.17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4E6FV-eWXY8xJ6nJJYpspkT5RyWH6So7v577jRV3SJc0zDnOE7WAamaImYm0V76p8sbKleVBX9qUibgm9C0tvyih1OoCXDpTpQeJqhyrPTcMdQHoBJz60q7kQwYOv5boVA69wRHKaXF7gaymrdArTx_IAzIIRIQ-C_VaUNze9wO_tw-ZnvsiXaaf8/w480-h640/2023-02-16%2013.01.17.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I don't need it to be perfect. I don't even need it to be <i>good</i>!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKh7pJnCIqwZvPU40loND1vHNpEeQ7l9C3ZI_79Sv2vFlUHuJ2JTDbfJs1LDXObCa1VXzRi90vl5w3r5J_Zb8z8j3kxJt42VlA8-kaNK2f5zHJGbNop4UU--lYg8QEZT33ttAudB1981nlxrmqzMDEhtWTgsh2af3uzSiYNAs6Nfg9_A0Txl-DzrnR/s1024/2023-02-16%2015.06.52.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKh7pJnCIqwZvPU40loND1vHNpEeQ7l9C3ZI_79Sv2vFlUHuJ2JTDbfJs1LDXObCa1VXzRi90vl5w3r5J_Zb8z8j3kxJt42VlA8-kaNK2f5zHJGbNop4UU--lYg8QEZT33ttAudB1981nlxrmqzMDEhtWTgsh2af3uzSiYNAs6Nfg9_A0Txl-DzrnR/w480-h640/2023-02-16%2015.06.52.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I simply have to create the illusion<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">The place is built in a similar fashion to another tiny corner I had previously done, the tea room place at the end of the first slope (<a href="https://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com/2019/05/rock-cut-houses.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">you can see it on this post</a>). For the entrance I chose not to build a raw stone cave, but an arch in the same way I had done before at the entrance of the town (check the first pic in the post):<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6KRK0QZDm4ErMICQ0CM04ItLzbIrYTbp8tgpXVCeiqvtzD0Zm87ucf0PefjoE2aU8-jMqd9YWIQamZZxaivu1A5K8vtW7NSf_q5A3kJyJdOx1mxO0ipiOiZ01qZtYgXY-ePygYlKziL7HDBrez67U57qWLvD7BCJZbfxuoVSQC7vOgwvJvgas_3SG/s1024/2023-02-16%2016.05.01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6KRK0QZDm4ErMICQ0CM04ItLzbIrYTbp8tgpXVCeiqvtzD0Zm87ucf0PefjoE2aU8-jMqd9YWIQamZZxaivu1A5K8vtW7NSf_q5A3kJyJdOx1mxO0ipiOiZ01qZtYgXY-ePygYlKziL7HDBrez67U57qWLvD7BCJZbfxuoVSQC7vOgwvJvgas_3SG/w480-h640/2023-02-16%2016.05.01.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kind of tricky thing to do!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I hope it all looks more or less natural at table distance. However, I thought I could still add something.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiezpwty08HRPvodDt_hVjoSKQrb47MyUedCXaCOlsMYEKm4plCCAJzMXf2SfBfs_vxlwcWsxfQxKIzYd1Hn8BHRG68VyMfdyxF67Di5urqtXyjUq_eNElOVrB_SeKXXqncFKqH7bM1yCozQvLv-Q9MkWS3SEeiXr-FZ0VpeM8MirzmmSzxgNiaYcTV/s1024/2023-02-22%2016.06.46.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiezpwty08HRPvodDt_hVjoSKQrb47MyUedCXaCOlsMYEKm4plCCAJzMXf2SfBfs_vxlwcWsxfQxKIzYd1Hn8BHRG68VyMfdyxF67Di5urqtXyjUq_eNElOVrB_SeKXXqncFKqH7bM1yCozQvLv-Q9MkWS3SEeiXr-FZ0VpeM8MirzmmSzxgNiaYcTV/w480-h640/2023-02-22%2016.06.46.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So I made this plant out of paper and a broken ballpen piece<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP1tuORWJT2zrEhg_8LqzKqAzQoLK6e9X4ZbXG32h6CpTtYvD_DOs_xn4YScENevEjIFcouXPmLFrEcDc-fYaiiJxxeqTqffTtDKf4ZtL3r_mloDcyversd4NtwI2YxJKLlQFm3vobegzKyGjzG0HYOR6rSEzzTD9g_l5iusL5sHupiGejCJYTsH-C/s1024/2023-02-22%2016.14.28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP1tuORWJT2zrEhg_8LqzKqAzQoLK6e9X4ZbXG32h6CpTtYvD_DOs_xn4YScENevEjIFcouXPmLFrEcDc-fYaiiJxxeqTqffTtDKf4ZtL3r_mloDcyversd4NtwI2YxJKLlQFm3vobegzKyGjzG0HYOR6rSEzzTD9g_l5iusL5sHupiGejCJYTsH-C/w640-h480/2023-02-22%2016.14.28.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now the corner looks cozier and fresh!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">I also added some more stuff on the board, but it has nothing to do with this corner. I got these antennae from <a href="https://miniaturescenery.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Miniature Scenery</a>:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-_qF0BBwLHV51Uwt9KSfV6K83vTD4d7JEdJ0dF_xmAXmRA0Ajc9cDpi7dIIY2BvmC1tJBxC7kDM55EOpsfibG9669TYvclz1TGZ7yUEsjtHZ0aN_NcXVoGlzxDy2-xGhJpN67A_YthtfnsK6T9uwBey4Xl3fGWtFAA4OGn64KZ7vOFAZ0PAh3W631/s1024/2023-03-13%2000.49.35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-_qF0BBwLHV51Uwt9KSfV6K83vTD4d7JEdJ0dF_xmAXmRA0Ajc9cDpi7dIIY2BvmC1tJBxC7kDM55EOpsfibG9669TYvclz1TGZ7yUEsjtHZ0aN_NcXVoGlzxDy2-xGhJpN67A_YthtfnsK6T9uwBey4Xl3fGWtFAA4OGn64KZ7vOFAZ0PAh3W631/w640-h480/2023-03-13%2000.49.35.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty straightforward to assemble<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In the end, after the usual white priming and dirty weathering, they look like this:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuec8ByAnkFZOHe2asirTMISjanFrifvHtgls2igrLP6enZt4WWrL9-_6g8-2eQI3rTJIeFIONRMppVDivdcn1T2HXX5T4Gk4oae2LoOaRDaQkTmfnYhIizvWCMj3g1UrE5jOdGZo32LbtVirWxZt6OMRY2PXR4hYz5m25cBXDwkVtbOPqyBl6ahs2/s1024/2023-03-31%2000.55.16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuec8ByAnkFZOHe2asirTMISjanFrifvHtgls2igrLP6enZt4WWrL9-_6g8-2eQI3rTJIeFIONRMppVDivdcn1T2HXX5T4Gk4oae2LoOaRDaQkTmfnYhIizvWCMj3g1UrE5jOdGZo32LbtVirWxZt6OMRY2PXR4hYz5m25cBXDwkVtbOPqyBl6ahs2/w640-h480/2023-03-31%2000.55.16.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now that I see the pic, I want to sculpt a nest on top of one of them<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I also built this antennae thingie out of varied trash:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdG_1JPkq29zkTI5rzMv7Jr6LaWU_3rixYKXRBmqmYWpuNoph3ObSqE-ZHe_A8dr7fmpA-TzFeiHARslJCF2ZSneXyDM0VgGWzqSQPcPFh1mcjlqihBFHDpF_GtSIoV0BLVTZ33UTkDJUg5h6joZwi0I4ddGyQLNzbpbv37vTrvaLHSYK9MNAjl4M8/s1024/2023-03-13%2001.33.04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdG_1JPkq29zkTI5rzMv7Jr6LaWU_3rixYKXRBmqmYWpuNoph3ObSqE-ZHe_A8dr7fmpA-TzFeiHARslJCF2ZSneXyDM0VgGWzqSQPcPFh1mcjlqihBFHDpF_GtSIoV0BLVTZ33UTkDJUg5h6joZwi0I4ddGyQLNzbpbv37vTrvaLHSYK9MNAjl4M8/w480-h640/2023-03-13%2001.33.04.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looks awful, doesn't it?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUVLmmhzJ1lWa1sUH3iiY98xogVrj2r40GxOs4_itP7G_XazmZnXTSQEduce3zVaZAfHUTTVCp9Gv1gHlkjConJyFyTj1QYEz6VZ3ug4KueUpuAadHF4P-zkxiGl-pRhq0OKdj1yfUZcqGuGlvNCZgevTL7A-I56Kryv7z2mTjmUeldo1OkLK8KWfc/s1024/2023-03-31%2000.54.44.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUVLmmhzJ1lWa1sUH3iiY98xogVrj2r40GxOs4_itP7G_XazmZnXTSQEduce3zVaZAfHUTTVCp9Gv1gHlkjConJyFyTj1QYEz6VZ3ug4KueUpuAadHF4P-zkxiGl-pRhq0OKdj1yfUZcqGuGlvNCZgevTL7A-I56Kryv7z2mTjmUeldo1OkLK8KWfc/w480-h640/2023-03-31%2000.54.44.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Once painted it looks even less reliable!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I am using them to fill strategic places which were too empty:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLyZ_sLR3oQvG0CpLu-DOiU4wsAf53Uvod9PP7pyBIyDRnuu063vs2deblZzK5KP6X16dT7v3QJRCl8qn4JnIqQ-ozPmkBlXbUVzBV5D3HhrQDc6AG4x5wa1rm4KH-qPOTH94eqzcMgZ4CAhT5mDX590RbYJ6JcVr2JnCpgTsHLAgFOQEw8TgDlQkV/s4032/2023-05-19%2009.43.22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLyZ_sLR3oQvG0CpLu-DOiU4wsAf53Uvod9PP7pyBIyDRnuu063vs2deblZzK5KP6X16dT7v3QJRCl8qn4JnIqQ-ozPmkBlXbUVzBV5D3HhrQDc6AG4x5wa1rm4KH-qPOTH94eqzcMgZ4CAhT5mDX590RbYJ6JcVr2JnCpgTsHLAgFOQEw8TgDlQkV/w640-h480/2023-05-19%2009.43.22.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In fact I had wanted to build this piece almost since the beginning of the project!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJmA3nLj_UO-MeuwXcM2L-hIaBCkhAg4edcPeMRtDjfQ2vO4NM7mDiU74JpByhiUKWSQcZiqFi9vDLSZSWW9wLc0uIhuLmKBH8cwc_O1JfnOPf-bi6A2ufwvLrHW0ll1qBT8sC28cijVWqVaXSXALkIPzxQdXqClb3xG4FHq1yJ1owKymekaN603SV/s4032/2023-05-19%2009.43.33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJmA3nLj_UO-MeuwXcM2L-hIaBCkhAg4edcPeMRtDjfQ2vO4NM7mDiU74JpByhiUKWSQcZiqFi9vDLSZSWW9wLc0uIhuLmKBH8cwc_O1JfnOPf-bi6A2ufwvLrHW0ll1qBT8sC28cijVWqVaXSXALkIPzxQdXqClb3xG4FHq1yJ1owKymekaN603SV/w480-h640/2023-05-19%2009.43.33.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My other option here was a lanfing platform. This looked more feasible<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">This is it for today. I have plans for the next stage, but they require quite a lot of work, as I'm afraid I'll have to build different elements at the same time, because they will be interacting with each other. For now I'll leave you with the foamboard piece I just cut and that will serve as the floor for the next expansion.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXkGesIZn8kTqUl79nFXZua-gJZyekquMwsH8Q-a2E9Qyx9Z7_VrABb-KEiokvxbKRlChMi7u10O4LuwiERJE5SO9iULRbxYeuzI3bxub1_of0lFSPoYtVYsCXI2acPk7C-R-iUmUgr9HthVhCtlmTAJaIj5P6sTf0JLoOUdMFYbjAy-EBGLiqd3QX/s4032/2023-05-19%2009.43.35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXkGesIZn8kTqUl79nFXZua-gJZyekquMwsH8Q-a2E9Qyx9Z7_VrABb-KEiokvxbKRlChMi7u10O4LuwiERJE5SO9iULRbxYeuzI3bxub1_of0lFSPoYtVYsCXI2acPk7C-R-iUmUgr9HthVhCtlmTAJaIj5P6sTf0JLoOUdMFYbjAy-EBGLiqd3QX/w640-h480/2023-05-19%2009.43.35.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This thing is growing even crazier than I ever expected<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I still have a lot of sketches and numbers to do, but I have a general idea of what I want it to look like.</p><p>More to come!<br /></p>Suberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005091019027411799noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987721317661044121.post-72970619338697684242023-06-01T01:35:00.004+02:002023-06-01T01:35:45.051+02:00A jump into the infinity<p style="text-align: justify;"> The day has arrived! After many years I've dared to dive into Infinity [you may insert a scared emoji at will]. I played <a href="https://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com/2023/02/playing-aristeia.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aristeia</a> earlier this year, and I totally got the itch for the Infinity universe.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A pal of mine got the <i>Code One: Operation Kaldstrom</i> box, and he commissioned me to paint it. The challenge was highly motivating, as I had been toying myself with the idea of getting into the game for long. I guess there's no point in highlighting the obvious, as everybody knows by now, but... Oh, the minis! The minis!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">They really are like nothing I had painted before. The whole design itself, the proportions (<i>oh, why are those heads so small? Why are those hands so tiny? How come the guns fit into those hands??</i>), the level of detail... It's everything about them.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The core box comes with two forces, <a href="https://infinitytheuniverse.com/human-sphere/factions/panoceania" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Panoceania </a>(galactic superpower) and <a href="https://infinitytheuniverse.com/human-sphere/factions/yu-jing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yu Jing</a> (upcoming fierce rival). I decided to paint Panoceania first, just to get acquainted with the models.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2qcs__LHk5h8WzyEEcATeWHydtOp20GxRTGMwPwjw3_zXywW3IWgzqlwJtJyMTGYQjrkoGlrNHDD883WC1Icfmmrhs8bLGmJq6q6lDytXb7q06H63JpxgCx7zQfqCgyUfJJ4Mv_RIDwBvvDkMMNT-AUQqBCb5Qwqki6mToVZP4RDMN00xVAHLdAoe/s1024/001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2qcs__LHk5h8WzyEEcATeWHydtOp20GxRTGMwPwjw3_zXywW3IWgzqlwJtJyMTGYQjrkoGlrNHDD883WC1Icfmmrhs8bLGmJq6q6lDytXb7q06H63JpxgCx7zQfqCgyUfJJ4Mv_RIDwBvvDkMMNT-AUQqBCb5Qwqki6mToVZP4RDMN00xVAHLdAoe/w640-h480/001.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just seven of them. This can't be that complicated, right?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Oh my. I truly had to reinvent myself as a painter. I'm sooo used to Games Workshop, and specially to old models, that these were a totally unknown challenge to me!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">First thing was to find out the correct proportions for colours on my mix. I came to this basic combo:<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiedipged_FC8xNP95caTwTTTUEKNO2re2p84aMQviEgabLl8ZOGPJZPkTKjhlOle1lycxSRJbY_YHdl3C1eJih32NCUdmSjcj9o4wR9wdsS_iFFoNXYxh2PJqfnaPDVdw4O3BajJSNzm5TP5P3sxKQ4Wk429ou_qkHQfI7QVlriJxJU511Oib0gWj/s1024/002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiedipged_FC8xNP95caTwTTTUEKNO2re2p84aMQviEgabLl8ZOGPJZPkTKjhlOle1lycxSRJbY_YHdl3C1eJih32NCUdmSjcj9o4wR9wdsS_iFFoNXYxh2PJqfnaPDVdw4O3BajJSNzm5TP5P3sxKQ4Wk429ou_qkHQfI7QVlriJxJU511Oib0gWj/w640-h480/002.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crude colours, just to get my mind oriented to the final result<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The minis asked for proper highlights, and it took some time for me to get them right, but in the end I was happy with the general direction of this thing:<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1D9c0-_s3rzUXuVZVXvGPygr-Luxz8_wcgavbw9a-_UusTeF7azw7VpniO1GLfoXW8v7WzBJ9y0a-1D8VGLEOOiFBgYJgjJwytFdjnaouKWrf6AgbzWbsW_0VHNcWc9rls0xMOhahIxRcSswk-ZN-cuOkCsiTB3UjUzDCwEQJW7f8-j462lc4ryaD/s1024/003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1D9c0-_s3rzUXuVZVXvGPygr-Luxz8_wcgavbw9a-_UusTeF7azw7VpniO1GLfoXW8v7WzBJ9y0a-1D8VGLEOOiFBgYJgjJwytFdjnaouKWrf6AgbzWbsW_0VHNcWc9rls0xMOhahIxRcSswk-ZN-cuOkCsiTB3UjUzDCwEQJW7f8-j462lc4ryaD/w480-h640/003.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seriously, this guy is pure GI JOE. Change my mind<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>After endless trial-and-error days, I finally declared myself satisfied. This is how they were going to look like:<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8yAyNdzwL-wL3Q9x2QsJ_BUms_z_04PQlLnoyjXP4q1I2v48P6Ub0Jc39XhkLUMoI5ijFl8gPbuDsPmdiShWcPNG9Zo8p3pdUCfx6_V76g4c4lleejphPd17dCKlp-gD4Fs3Wuv4NPnwrUbeikxYOerVoseEvN2aZWlt3JcKSna6p4Rbf-y4fQJFV/s1024/004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8yAyNdzwL-wL3Q9x2QsJ_BUms_z_04PQlLnoyjXP4q1I2v48P6Ub0Jc39XhkLUMoI5ijFl8gPbuDsPmdiShWcPNG9Zo8p3pdUCfx6_V76g4c4lleejphPd17dCKlp-gD4Fs3Wuv4NPnwrUbeikxYOerVoseEvN2aZWlt3JcKSna6p4Rbf-y4fQJFV/w480-h640/004.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I finally found an use for that 00 brush!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I gave little concession to metals on the weapons. I knew I didn't want them to look like WH40K bolters, with a lot of bare metal everywhere (in fact my first instinct was to leave them totally black), but in the end I painted the magazines, barrels and so in metallics.<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhStkwh_p22alIqH42V8UZbJJHjw_AISrSZ5f7-tle7SLvAz4CtEMiJ3XroqI7dtsEfd0s4_Q2OFOEuKvHIEFZZGRZC4cZWoPg3dRmw7aHI9Y3pTv8YKBMzV3fTKTymVomLa7eIkte0-RqrPNY6PT6P39jc9Uw5g-j8MOD4rkdhvl__doVb0hKcvFy6/s1024/005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhStkwh_p22alIqH42V8UZbJJHjw_AISrSZ5f7-tle7SLvAz4CtEMiJ3XroqI7dtsEfd0s4_Q2OFOEuKvHIEFZZGRZC4cZWoPg3dRmw7aHI9Y3pTv8YKBMzV3fTKTymVomLa7eIkte0-RqrPNY6PT6P39jc9Uw5g-j8MOD4rkdhvl__doVb0hKcvFy6/w480-h640/005.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There are more hours involved here than those the pic suggests<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Operation Kaldstrom is supposed to take place in a winter environment, so the bases should be covered in snow. However, my pal told me he didn't planned that, but urban bases, just to match his boards. Then I had to face a particular issue. This mini came with a metal piece for the base, which clearly represents open, irregular field.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgva_m2kfjB1Ha6lc1jzaLhg_Y-K8VqoTBu33ydkQCeKsMAsQb54mQjcgYIcsGoHeDMSe1EdyI1EquH2Q1WSh02B1xz2_ROSxdWZ55dv-kt4uadmf7HwUhbBXye73Md9JxGeFc3JZn6wh85NNTUoPS-keoaZ8jADgawOnPKI3ED7h25KI2mZI8bdkHc/s1024/006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgva_m2kfjB1Ha6lc1jzaLhg_Y-K8VqoTBu33ydkQCeKsMAsQb54mQjcgYIcsGoHeDMSe1EdyI1EquH2Q1WSh02B1xz2_ROSxdWZ55dv-kt4uadmf7HwUhbBXye73Md9JxGeFc3JZn6wh85NNTUoPS-keoaZ8jADgawOnPKI3ED7h25KI2mZI8bdkHc/w640-h480/006.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't know what it is, but it doesn't look specially urban<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>So I had to improvise a solution:<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD8T6ZeNXx9I35IcqFqA5Za9E56ZdCbU6Db_hrBPFlk5vwt9Rwvrzy15hGqwOYzC6YHY3k3aBo8z_EP739wn7UH9fSFlAGFZjzJd4-_JarYIx3ToffvSEVgN5E4Sp2Erf62LPtOo3hgzAtyr57uCIWU_9kyq_-XJFiisrnz1RXfNiV40L8NjHLCldZ/s1024/007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD8T6ZeNXx9I35IcqFqA5Za9E56ZdCbU6Db_hrBPFlk5vwt9Rwvrzy15hGqwOYzC6YHY3k3aBo8z_EP739wn7UH9fSFlAGFZjzJd4-_JarYIx3ToffvSEVgN5E4Sp2Erf62LPtOo3hgzAtyr57uCIWU_9kyq_-XJFiisrnz1RXfNiV40L8NjHLCldZ/w640-h480/007.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No, I don't have a clue of how that beam ended there, or why. It simply exists<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">BTW, a pic of the cloak, to show the Templar cross (I'm currently not sure if that's accurate, please any background expert can tell? I've just read it's the Order of the Hospital?)<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafCRNlIzlQ1jRY7Ms8I15i9kp8GT1I-ClbV3vHlNcJfhFLrzZW_xX5p1d2pykhfxvdjMaCFrR0EwKApNPI-Y6s5QxeemcrzJinM6xOcFhAWtyJO_aOO-vQdd8OXRYyN2r4tZ_-bDuLofFn7cC1XQfhfIFIAllyUwU9MZTPD1J4m6w6QxL6NA7J1F1/s1024/008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafCRNlIzlQ1jRY7Ms8I15i9kp8GT1I-ClbV3vHlNcJfhFLrzZW_xX5p1d2pykhfxvdjMaCFrR0EwKApNPI-Y6s5QxeemcrzJinM6xOcFhAWtyJO_aOO-vQdd8OXRYyN2r4tZ_-bDuLofFn7cC1XQfhfIFIAllyUwU9MZTPD1J4m6w6QxL6NA7J1F1/w480-h640/008.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still need to read everything about their fluff<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>But well, I think this covers pretty much all I did here. Let me show pics of the finished models:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUQ4mKLEQmpouq_DwblOoKgFTA0BeR9bwty-ZZIAnR61DF6mZ59X5qpezlIg6ilwLqLQgUcYLyRVKtyEX8koN9TWqgKhMRN5M0j54KM5y9VxkeqTBmUS_hqxlbTL9_hPYhaVsrng8QIDUZZEg2dUD8iQUa4TwRIe7YRlsTEC9GE0rv5pJq8yRg5rpG/s4032/009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUQ4mKLEQmpouq_DwblOoKgFTA0BeR9bwty-ZZIAnR61DF6mZ59X5qpezlIg6ilwLqLQgUcYLyRVKtyEX8koN9TWqgKhMRN5M0j54KM5y9VxkeqTBmUS_hqxlbTL9_hPYhaVsrng8QIDUZZEg2dUD8iQUa4TwRIe7YRlsTEC9GE0rv5pJq8yRg5rpG/w640-h480/009.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fusiliers</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYuudzNmunfuMU4vFReiM_M8_q2SOs92XOojLM1SoROcVOXOuwu_q6Wx7RkxRlN2p3RtAd6eLVjUqTcG1wg2ZhcZ5fTG-bGh3gkjcDHb6kMPVISSv9gHYjApbMXbbijVW1fTunsBQCMAJBA4mpYakyzYfbIa4fTGqO_qlfoHGl3lmj57mT-sPCyYxf/s4032/010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYuudzNmunfuMU4vFReiM_M8_q2SOs92XOojLM1SoROcVOXOuwu_q6Wx7RkxRlN2p3RtAd6eLVjUqTcG1wg2ZhcZ5fTG-bGh3gkjcDHb6kMPVISSv9gHYjApbMXbbijVW1fTunsBQCMAJBA4mpYakyzYfbIa4fTGqO_qlfoHGl3lmj57mT-sPCyYxf/w640-h480/010.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Orc troop (not a Greenskin at all) and Nokken (SpecOps guys)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuoWRPC7hVJHCn7Lh4tznAIPzP6z5Ztd9ulzKNNmdFTDCY1wTuqMPXIQm1bm_KhdSY_qVW23ADMF6eKi3AwttgZE_ThKb_KT_XlFVwPz6HFghUzVwmEA-7CWg6aZV9NGI37OxsALbiQAcCnCuLgqv-GmjxvzKpcYIdobydWUiOW400BuoOAarJGxg6/s4032/011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuoWRPC7hVJHCn7Lh4tznAIPzP6z5Ztd9ulzKNNmdFTDCY1wTuqMPXIQm1bm_KhdSY_qVW23ADMF6eKi3AwttgZE_ThKb_KT_XlFVwPz6HFghUzVwmEA-7CWg6aZV9NGI37OxsALbiQAcCnCuLgqv-GmjxvzKpcYIdobydWUiOW400BuoOAarJGxg6/w640-h480/011.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Knight of Justice and Infirmarer<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Here you have them all:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXVjRd-FARpNHoa8zKtIA-VS3hvYU74zQXQT5jP0eFXPklTDeLkkFd9j39MJYRudymkiexoW9AAJ9d5ryi1COdealXGfYZjBejR2Ee4F6v45AY1Iqv31TwqkKpWPfnCnJzN71SzAq1LuoG-KQuttbMWmj2fnaW2l1JDJpwE_jujI-VEtNB59EsFgZ-/s4032/012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXVjRd-FARpNHoa8zKtIA-VS3hvYU74zQXQT5jP0eFXPklTDeLkkFd9j39MJYRudymkiexoW9AAJ9d5ryi1COdealXGfYZjBejR2Ee4F6v45AY1Iqv31TwqkKpWPfnCnJzN71SzAq1LuoG-KQuttbMWmj2fnaW2l1JDJpwE_jujI-VEtNB59EsFgZ-/w640-h480/012.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivTXN87_-qgQJmo6ClteXlXGDYtbtgvgshBisWeXKpClamYQfH1NI0DISwt4NcN8n4Ca5hIIvKU9O-r0Omanm0xJoeVZVLr3ssRa8sihTfZnlVZpYAoUhycCf-ucfNgOj-bsoImUgm8d8HsaVhV3liYb8KOIOSbf-FKZdEpbLkTxazWG8yNv1sT8Ss/s4032/013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivTXN87_-qgQJmo6ClteXlXGDYtbtgvgshBisWeXKpClamYQfH1NI0DISwt4NcN8n4Ca5hIIvKU9O-r0Omanm0xJoeVZVLr3ssRa8sihTfZnlVZpYAoUhycCf-ucfNgOj-bsoImUgm8d8HsaVhV3liYb8KOIOSbf-FKZdEpbLkTxazWG8yNv1sT8Ss/w640-h480/013.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">I may still add some detail to the bases. Rubble or stuff. But for now this is it. Quite an experience! I'll breathe some air before I start the Yu Jing guys, but I don't want them to stay on the bench for long...<br /></p>Suberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005091019027411799noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987721317661044121.post-81292357611209439592023-05-16T01:42:00.002+02:002023-05-16T01:42:13.797+02:00Bots on the blog<p style="text-align: justify;">I'm sure all of you fellow bloggers will be thinking of the same thing when you read the title. But don't fear, I'm not here to rant about those ******* bots that write those annoying messages or those that forced you to put measures on the comments on your blogs.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">No, today I'll talk about decent bots. Rogue Trader robots, in fact (monocle on).</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjH59QiHumKu0dkjUNzQoAfDNv1Z-spnhnqRpV_IgOPggeyJsf50WOegAC2HPXiK-_Fma9a3owUVhW1SOfo3nanTVA-gCb8P9ojpNKxL2X58ogFpOLqKD0DCmFbbahJ3gnQkPOQX88-5O3LDuAP_IePnWbrvVu_jDmCMIskKeqwAG0c_fV6MTrFj04/s261/200px-CataphractRobot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjH59QiHumKu0dkjUNzQoAfDNv1Z-spnhnqRpV_IgOPggeyJsf50WOegAC2HPXiK-_Fma9a3owUVhW1SOfo3nanTVA-gCb8P9ojpNKxL2X58ogFpOLqKD0DCmFbbahJ3gnQkPOQX88-5O3LDuAP_IePnWbrvVu_jDmCMIskKeqwAG0c_fV6MTrFj04/s16000/200px-CataphractRobot.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I mean this<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJfRPJjMXhNCcIejLFW7BvwrnbDaS8lWZwt19BE96T_UZe2bQv-NTplbk6z4hRJhk6wpacsqo6ZM6fvlHQlS9VafVsq_WIbDuJYnr1ScNPqPEFhLH-GsS14fyQlzZkSz8gLz5sc9WZ-qI454B52bG4c8LjD1h4jry0KT7FgFxOCoFVIPn5LMZgdmF/s335/220px-ColossusRobot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="220" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJfRPJjMXhNCcIejLFW7BvwrnbDaS8lWZwt19BE96T_UZe2bQv-NTplbk6z4hRJhk6wpacsqo6ZM6fvlHQlS9VafVsq_WIbDuJYnr1ScNPqPEFhLH-GsS14fyQlzZkSz8gLz5sc9WZ-qI454B52bG4c8LjD1h4jry0KT7FgFxOCoFVIPn5LMZgdmF/s320/220px-ColossusRobot.jpg" width="210" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The only bots worth of our time<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I'm working on another project (will show soon!), but wanted something simple to paint, something I could start & finish in a few days in the meanwhile. I had these beautiful robots and felt like spilling some paint on them.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWMEZiCRs3Rn4EgiyCdQ_xbzasDyxNzhAuSIr1Fx9YZFUwd9Tz3MWdfK222XCEeo-9s4_0E61BJg0pnOk189cZDhtjUYMwB4prRxaW3dp2gqmGzGGGEBmsv71wew1UdWTUA9sBVlqIEuCEFIe41HCk5ZNA0taGe2O_yufnrU_RHxw17wtWNo-9Rzlp/s1024/2023-05-05%2023.46.08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWMEZiCRs3Rn4EgiyCdQ_xbzasDyxNzhAuSIr1Fx9YZFUwd9Tz3MWdfK222XCEeo-9s4_0E61BJg0pnOk189cZDhtjUYMwB4prRxaW3dp2gqmGzGGGEBmsv71wew1UdWTUA9sBVlqIEuCEFIe41HCk5ZNA0taGe2O_yufnrU_RHxw17wtWNo-9Rzlp/w640-h480/2023-05-05%2023.46.08.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not looking impressive yet<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">They are a Cataphract and a Colossus. You can see I had some bits missing and had extra right arms instead, so I had to provide a couple of arrangements to make this work. The Colossus is usually seen with a huge hammer on its left arm, but I didn't have any, so I used this Thunder Hammer from a modern Terminator. Here you can see the bare conversions:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXU7_OwPo7yYKzMBPQx45oWbiHMB4ILDcMTjx22Fc-aRBeTwwtE4GV4NbEuusQV8UfFn5QRWIeaGxX9mxxLIuHccbJnRiXy_fd9wQRL42qfMf7p2MnbJd3c0attUe_LxrJTchWZ576wU2nckyAVJp4adkaV6dp_3Pm1eUWSsZMKKYU5PzA5uTU_noI/s1024/2023-05-06%2001.56.09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXU7_OwPo7yYKzMBPQx45oWbiHMB4ILDcMTjx22Fc-aRBeTwwtE4GV4NbEuusQV8UfFn5QRWIeaGxX9mxxLIuHccbJnRiXy_fd9wQRL42qfMf7p2MnbJd3c0attUe_LxrJTchWZ576wU2nckyAVJp4adkaV6dp_3Pm1eUWSsZMKKYU5PzA5uTU_noI/w480-h640/2023-05-06%2001.56.09.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not the same, but will do <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgb5qplKfLZwqI9C_VMu-UafYMc5fy7_pWAqA7p98z8X3JfzlVXEGNHU62HyYDZiv0Hc0O-P84-n2L77TAHJsdam6JdRip4Wk-44NoXzzPw13mtkjXwpegHF8oUjlb0Wp_b2CzV1HKhp_BBbvt4HfsBDKoSEppP0JU4ws2iPfyDHCPGulABtt1HAsW/s1024/2023-05-06%2001.56.45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgb5qplKfLZwqI9C_VMu-UafYMc5fy7_pWAqA7p98z8X3JfzlVXEGNHU62HyYDZiv0Hc0O-P84-n2L77TAHJsdam6JdRip4Wk-44NoXzzPw13mtkjXwpegHF8oUjlb0Wp_b2CzV1HKhp_BBbvt4HfsBDKoSEppP0JU4ws2iPfyDHCPGulABtt1HAsW/w480-h640/2023-05-06%2001.56.45.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dreadnoughts' little cousin<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I thought of cutting and repositioning some arms, bending the elbows or something like that, but cutting just the first arm for the hammer was enough for me, so I went for the unmodified poses.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I know that nowadays everybody uses subdued palettes and desaturated colours, with tons of oils, pigments and so, showing all the minis like really battered and with heavy weathering. But really, what's the point of having Rogue Trader minis and doing that? I had a clear vision in my mind. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguU6YTbenqDuECbqRc9qQtPojUx6Wosfmm9e0TS0alOj7VokkWlXS4PkmPboTpt1F10te5EgAmuNZeiUgdbKKKC7skMDigt2ewgY2J27ehCNfWimdixQxnvLnNbom12udIBtKIe_8Le7w-_WQ7zMiqgc_a5WKNJzz1a9r4NJziqgPUqYQsI7iq0Epv/s1024/2023-05-08%2001.47.24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguU6YTbenqDuECbqRc9qQtPojUx6Wosfmm9e0TS0alOj7VokkWlXS4PkmPboTpt1F10te5EgAmuNZeiUgdbKKKC7skMDigt2ewgY2J27ehCNfWimdixQxnvLnNbom12udIBtKIe_8Le7w-_WQ7zMiqgc_a5WKNJzz1a9r4NJziqgPUqYQsI7iq0Epv/w640-h480/2023-05-08%2001.47.24.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oldscholars fear not colour</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">OK, I'l let you a few moments to breathe.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">You good? Let's keep on. I'm boldly going where no one has gone in the last twenty years. Some washes and highlights later, they looked a little bit better:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBD1e3PNWWPNMWG4v8p81pMVbyjVy_2v4L2IVN3TjOQ5ROXUObeNqOvuq5thUDq8EvfowzRcrloXSB5xo63a6s4WxwoQ1S0L49NetayDyLwyV_k0uzszz7fpF0bULwliiaTYkOWiP7TCprCUGQLBzWoS5X0ejZEzX1pe9xHfrJnVTac57wFbEIQkd9/s1024/2023-05-14%2017.41.12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBD1e3PNWWPNMWG4v8p81pMVbyjVy_2v4L2IVN3TjOQ5ROXUObeNqOvuq5thUDq8EvfowzRcrloXSB5xo63a6s4WxwoQ1S0L49NetayDyLwyV_k0uzszz7fpF0bULwliiaTYkOWiP7TCprCUGQLBzWoS5X0ejZEzX1pe9xHfrJnVTac57wFbEIQkd9/w480-h640/2023-05-14%2017.41.12.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The hammer looks more convincing now, I hope<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4uwHPjFiv4M86dmRAUlqRm2OW7h8xOF4ALN9g9mv9bqzIBrQBGDrquGtc--NRLnrSXF-Yiyh4hCMJr9PXEM6XD5Nl7J7GUF8VUQ4wKRk19Hj5NBrAqXpnZKG_Gp6f3TovlT_zZ7L6UnhR_Wrj0SVfx4R4EBAN1XDWfY1xMzsIx_M783uqpNJoULzJ/s1024/2023-05-14%2017.41.20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4uwHPjFiv4M86dmRAUlqRm2OW7h8xOF4ALN9g9mv9bqzIBrQBGDrquGtc--NRLnrSXF-Yiyh4hCMJr9PXEM6XD5Nl7J7GUF8VUQ4wKRk19Hj5NBrAqXpnZKG_Gp6f3TovlT_zZ7L6UnhR_Wrj0SVfx4R4EBAN1XDWfY1xMzsIx_M783uqpNJoULzJ/w480-h640/2023-05-14%2017.41.20.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've been always fascinated by the fact of these monsters bearing a mere bolter<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Now that I had started my path, it all was a matter of adding details. I painted checkers here and there and made the riskiest decision of this project, which was painting fierce faces on the lascannons. Many dioptres later I got some cheesy, stupid faces. Not what I aimed for, but at table distance you won't see the difference, trust me (I hope so!!)<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjY9fA8AgKybvhVOkYU7ceL7DKUhTWjmQbTu3yW9780runj2O6ZVgcU8tQ4wQtMpnAFbQFjHPmvbhwfnfEHquWcJBYxWAfGb68aCFTIOWMyTIqVsNSgqUVmLrV7ueHis4g_DeaxESEs8qqKNMwt67iQvW5rRa29lkPQzxe1NtVNVbW_QMKsuWQWoTw/s1024/2023-05-15%2000.54.45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjY9fA8AgKybvhVOkYU7ceL7DKUhTWjmQbTu3yW9780runj2O6ZVgcU8tQ4wQtMpnAFbQFjHPmvbhwfnfEHquWcJBYxWAfGb68aCFTIOWMyTIqVsNSgqUVmLrV7ueHis4g_DeaxESEs8qqKNMwt67iQvW5rRa29lkPQzxe1NtVNVbW_QMKsuWQWoTw/w640-h480/2023-05-15%2000.54.45.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Damn, that area is small<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivf4VTrpRjtKoD70PWGcZa6oMXUpwjYhWJZGuAboCZ1rO9Jj4cOEFsgGBkbtUgUYmTyGKy1S0jb_DHCnXEhS3MmZGRmodgBRDs04El_i9IgC3uIc_w8nY4BVe-RK8zQc6rZqWp8HRaTmLxpNEUJAghLD7D0H4hzBWSIGchMzErKdrndp5m5cMfgIVO/s1024/2023-05-15%2000.54.56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivf4VTrpRjtKoD70PWGcZa6oMXUpwjYhWJZGuAboCZ1rO9Jj4cOEFsgGBkbtUgUYmTyGKy1S0jb_DHCnXEhS3MmZGRmodgBRDs04El_i9IgC3uIc_w8nY4BVe-RK8zQc6rZqWp8HRaTmLxpNEUJAghLD7D0H4hzBWSIGchMzErKdrndp5m5cMfgIVO/w640-h480/2023-05-15%2000.54.56.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kind of Super Mario Banzai Bill vibe<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Well, little else. I thought I could use some Adeptus Mechanicus decals, and I made some extensive use of them! This is the final result:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpMtMSgvBfdVCu-XkXCs9WJprF7T2QAxGNTXGpRFo6SzewiRvpQL3LBeKiz86C7S-6dkMDclVjGaT1T_TCR3FnTDGLo8oaqPfxE-i4Sen3SAOEMAMALc8KhF8S3C6F-MeQQqgNp9VQek5kz1dLScWiN5eKxuhx-hk9thT6kRKw8ElgF2r0iJCOf9W/s4032/2023-05-16%2000.31.40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpMtMSgvBfdVCu-XkXCs9WJprF7T2QAxGNTXGpRFo6SzewiRvpQL3LBeKiz86C7S-6dkMDclVjGaT1T_TCR3FnTDGLo8oaqPfxE-i4Sen3SAOEMAMALc8KhF8S3C6F-MeQQqgNp9VQek5kz1dLScWiN5eKxuhx-hk9thT6kRKw8ElgF2r0iJCOf9W/w640-h480/2023-05-16%2000.31.40.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The author cannot take responsibility for any viewer's epilepsy condition<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIvV6JNRr_XCdbaQfYEM8SS2xEBzDChrayLBSUj6SbUNnwFK2VMu4AP_5slN9Pnwxz1akH1KnOiI6fJKvKp2hd6j9gNLPQUYVavXRYez_owbxpHbGM3fcgcyqn6GMaCQd6y5kDcgw1GxoBzW8_cjGtbV3KyFJQajPshnSIuC-Y2oppDL-uX8sDEvKE/s4032/2023-05-16%2000.31.51.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIvV6JNRr_XCdbaQfYEM8SS2xEBzDChrayLBSUj6SbUNnwFK2VMu4AP_5slN9Pnwxz1akH1KnOiI6fJKvKp2hd6j9gNLPQUYVavXRYez_owbxpHbGM3fcgcyqn6GMaCQd6y5kDcgw1GxoBzW8_cjGtbV3KyFJQajPshnSIuC-Y2oppDL-uX8sDEvKE/w640-h480/2023-05-16%2000.31.51.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Decals, decals everywhere<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK77At6X5tAOwd29P7B9hqHNe9UtI74-pQv82YMnpBGxEKXAoqXn6EbpeHnABcah8V7gAf4iYveruB7UT6g8HcYAlWLh2kGl7bBcgVE5zh-qQdVnlheTrm70GuU74tmjX6ZUa4g56xv-ZBmsjD9O4fAHNxxcmzlDQW2-PqQn5ha9ts_Eu0WmlMaTzV/s4032/2023-05-16%2000.32.00.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK77At6X5tAOwd29P7B9hqHNe9UtI74-pQv82YMnpBGxEKXAoqXn6EbpeHnABcah8V7gAf4iYveruB7UT6g8HcYAlWLh2kGl7bBcgVE5zh-qQdVnlheTrm70GuU74tmjX6ZUa4g56xv-ZBmsjD9O4fAHNxxcmzlDQW2-PqQn5ha9ts_Eu0WmlMaTzV/w640-h480/2023-05-16%2000.32.00.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh, no decals! Quick, keep turning!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPiGBXC_PGb6NEDM-qRvj21F6X3np9M0quXvwZ6bHGJ1iwOAl-SMxPOYfIjzotY7tfr15XJbkrXXPvtFjNfVJ8bBo27DTH3fLAvd56t1GgD4fEj6iXiqRXdI6LzT9cMPsvKtfSPgmkrxzdPzscna63kfS8zBwd7Hmb6E1imebGoAkOYJO8aj9AbjET/s4032/2023-05-16%2000.32.09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPiGBXC_PGb6NEDM-qRvj21F6X3np9M0quXvwZ6bHGJ1iwOAl-SMxPOYfIjzotY7tfr15XJbkrXXPvtFjNfVJ8bBo27DTH3fLAvd56t1GgD4fEj6iXiqRXdI6LzT9cMPsvKtfSPgmkrxzdPzscna63kfS8zBwd7Hmb6E1imebGoAkOYJO8aj9AbjET/w640-h480/2023-05-16%2000.32.09.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh, there you are again<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A final size comparison shot:</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWm9HTIVIgIx26TJwzJ0cC_C0lC0hkyUjWO8w8JisOibd3t3AC5XRHJ3Ng0X8LZKhuieQs8zOX11B4Ir_jmbAySPkFm2m42cs047VILjL_kCMyN9FORT-0J8ESYJEMwPe6v3nKU9bDmv8bPRYZPC5f44bwcs5ZD0MhmzhuqhM7O9CpgvvtQB-mPfF1/s4032/2023-05-16%2000.32.37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWm9HTIVIgIx26TJwzJ0cC_C0lC0hkyUjWO8w8JisOibd3t3AC5XRHJ3Ng0X8LZKhuieQs8zOX11B4Ir_jmbAySPkFm2m42cs047VILjL_kCMyN9FORT-0J8ESYJEMwPe6v3nKU9bDmv8bPRYZPC5f44bwcs5ZD0MhmzhuqhM7O9CpgvvtQB-mPfF1/w640-h480/2023-05-16%2000.32.37.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How come that guy looks so grey?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I don't know how I'll use them, but the first thing that comes to mind is the retinue for a Rogue Trader. I'll give a thought to that.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the meantime, praise the Omnissiah!<br /></p>Suberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005091019027411799noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987721317661044121.post-56569946740083972832023-05-02T01:43:00.002+02:002023-05-02T01:43:27.906+02:00Eru-Kin<p style="text-align: justify;"> This was supposed to be a quick side project, a palette cleanser I could handle in a week or so, two weeks top. Then life got in the middle and here I am, just a month later. Ouch.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">All these were part of a kickstarter campaign by <a href="https://diehardminiatures.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Diehard Miniatures</a>, too many years ago. I've been postponing them for too long, but I finally managed to put them on the bench. This Space Lizards have of course nothing to do with Slanns in Space and it's of course far from my thoughts to establish any relation between these concepts or Rogue Trader setting or whatever. No, seriously, they are enormously cool by themselves, I'll let you judge.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiH5yHjYtI9k7_AJdxE6qcpkU183ixfxhf3y0KK6obEnUCQhqctpUCHy-d48zfzSBo_gjiKyXLMVXuAEj8yKelgtAzo_TX47E9T53G4SPX0VosH8G8sKy0a9A-s3i12KF88vUSe0bsVxRo2rjk__vatVWeplP2FGPLGpRARyDT2Am4EVAVMptRmN6x/s1024/2023-04-18%2002.30.04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiH5yHjYtI9k7_AJdxE6qcpkU183ixfxhf3y0KK6obEnUCQhqctpUCHy-d48zfzSBo_gjiKyXLMVXuAEj8yKelgtAzo_TX47E9T53G4SPX0VosH8G8sKy0a9A-s3i12KF88vUSe0bsVxRo2rjk__vatVWeplP2FGPLGpRARyDT2Am4EVAVMptRmN6x/w640-h480/2023-04-18%2002.30.04.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jules and Vincent<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">My first move was priming them white and keeping the bodysuits and armour like really white. Then I painted the common elements, such as straps, skulls, clothes and so.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I was avoiding to paint the skin for no particular reason, but in the end I think it's due to my previous work on World of Twilight stuff. That project purposedly involves bright skin and eye-harming patterns, but this didn't need to be like that, I could use some gaudy colours, sure, but some earthy tones as well. So I did both.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtSpXqFW69cwD6nKlYkFURBVAfPZ2Zf6mwua3VRy7u2IGYU_kdngyQ8AnkANlNH0K3iiCObf9Q08FUHGcYVm-awBQDNAxqgm6dP9KkAgMQOtSUQhayPuVR2anZj_Qf29zYEGPR3xAZ_Ce928BnPLcVVxVSlcxk2-7reJQnIvr3sPifYIBQF8LNSdIu/s1024/2023-04-20%2001.41.59.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtSpXqFW69cwD6nKlYkFURBVAfPZ2Zf6mwua3VRy7u2IGYU_kdngyQ8AnkANlNH0K3iiCObf9Q08FUHGcYVm-awBQDNAxqgm6dP9KkAgMQOtSUQhayPuVR2anZj_Qf29zYEGPR3xAZ_Ce928BnPLcVVxVSlcxk2-7reJQnIvr3sPifYIBQF8LNSdIu/w640-h480/2023-04-20%2001.41.59.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I should have added an epilepsy warning<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The models are enormously satisfying. They have an old school aura that makes them quite appealing to me.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsf31qgkFJQgNfJORp73tZmLY7kAlZLupDjvVGUataAyDHIZBLNWxMIei8sscglOPYq0lw8ZX0r81xBEfRUWcMLMxcPoJ9s2FIBNeSVl9YVjDa10x8sxfn4JB4oT5f7pURRlCDdQl6fkzgy9WsLKtKKetrk65N4d-or0SUububhkRUGt-bmVz0EM2Y/s1024/2023-04-21%2001.29.01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsf31qgkFJQgNfJORp73tZmLY7kAlZLupDjvVGUataAyDHIZBLNWxMIei8sscglOPYq0lw8ZX0r81xBEfRUWcMLMxcPoJ9s2FIBNeSVl9YVjDa10x8sxfn4JB4oT5f7pURRlCDdQl6fkzgy9WsLKtKKetrk65N4d-or0SUububhkRUGt-bmVz0EM2Y/w640-h480/2023-04-21%2001.29.01.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What's not to love about this guy?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGprjKq9nHTNzwWmcrW1HW_HeVDuaxhDyFwj6-3HcqkJ51bk4fr9m15C4R2upHQDaK2kptbtomobcd07I0TcGmVJWyvN-MQn-UGydzc7E6X5yy9IhKpV-HR4XypYjmhDQ3BZi88jF3XIRBP6vR2beKptweHWZejI2GNg_CqUxKGNzFWGwki4XlbW_/s1024/2023-04-21%2001.29.15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGprjKq9nHTNzwWmcrW1HW_HeVDuaxhDyFwj6-3HcqkJ51bk4fr9m15C4R2upHQDaK2kptbtomobcd07I0TcGmVJWyvN-MQn-UGydzc7E6X5yy9IhKpV-HR4XypYjmhDQ3BZi88jF3XIRBP6vR2beKptweHWZejI2GNg_CqUxKGNzFWGwki4XlbW_/w640-h480/2023-04-21%2001.29.15.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He looks like he's gonna enjoy kicking your butt with this<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I had some dilemma bout the eyes. Making them just black (as the pic above) looked good, they were quite menacing, but in the end I tried more lizard-y eyes.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJinuQTl4-APxzHSsETNz_lt3oBn3fDwVVahADPwvuPBKGJYIMAn81LwzA8UOLTOGZaSGdUXjwfEQmMTHRSosIJdfKmxoSLRO239c11ZDoS5aXBpDHqK9G9uwezX7cz02WwUaHISk-GTDqCwtbVv84-YCwR7x4ZlC6FUxJ3XMVFGfjo7WBKSAk7Kay/s1024/2023-04-29%2016.44.24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJinuQTl4-APxzHSsETNz_lt3oBn3fDwVVahADPwvuPBKGJYIMAn81LwzA8UOLTOGZaSGdUXjwfEQmMTHRSosIJdfKmxoSLRO239c11ZDoS5aXBpDHqK9G9uwezX7cz02WwUaHISk-GTDqCwtbVv84-YCwR7x4ZlC6FUxJ3XMVFGfjo7WBKSAk7Kay/w640-h480/2023-04-29%2016.44.24.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I found that this tone of green suits every other colour I used on the skins<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I wanted (I really wanted) to paint some glyphs or Slann-like decorations on the clothes, armour and weapons, but my poor eyes and my poor pulse voted against it, so I just settled for some very simple geometric patterns. I fear that MidLifeCrisis.exe may be on the edge of trying to install itself on the system, but I still resist. The ophtalmologist just refused to put some glasses on me last week, saying it still wasn't worth of it, but I'm afraid I'm beginning to find it hard to paint some details on the minis. The good part of it is that I can put the blame on that, instead of poor painting skills!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">OK, enough ranting, let's go for the finished guys:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSRezJC_oXpF__IUxGEoQdCMlqD54zGCe4giQYOrrxkfJk5GAkkVvMt9cUHcjZJjWwgJ04X5X8ZQ63hfn6Sdrls9KE4LftQHHmfZQ7F9isbf7mOLZ2nBL6uosqYU79oaQEoH1jb_Zzn9MMMhmr02WL3WxqbwcXVdgzSugwj03c9Pd4bjOAVkPP7n4z/s4032/2023-05-01%2023.47.30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSRezJC_oXpF__IUxGEoQdCMlqD54zGCe4giQYOrrxkfJk5GAkkVvMt9cUHcjZJjWwgJ04X5X8ZQ63hfn6Sdrls9KE4LftQHHmfZQ7F9isbf7mOLZ2nBL6uosqYU79oaQEoH1jb_Zzn9MMMhmr02WL3WxqbwcXVdgzSugwj03c9Pd4bjOAVkPP7n4z/w480-h640/2023-05-01%2023.47.30.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tech-Mage</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzBZhUJABsh6VywuwjTTVgtNPzSIrPyuSivRKH1mN0H3vAutJSaZERjFzFZ8f5K9halLhMOFZkoSRDuFlilAWfqqNTAB3dwuILB9eEgEvNvN6RaBUJV_aFANI-KthpFAgeDg4LVQ8IytDZ_1GjHmcXqCJ-5eVMkYbv0N-Xc5q9vcIO67F5i2uTyTy/s4032/2023-05-01%2023.47.51.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzBZhUJABsh6VywuwjTTVgtNPzSIrPyuSivRKH1mN0H3vAutJSaZERjFzFZ8f5K9halLhMOFZkoSRDuFlilAWfqqNTAB3dwuILB9eEgEvNvN6RaBUJV_aFANI-KthpFAgeDg4LVQ8IytDZ_1GjHmcXqCJ-5eVMkYbv0N-Xc5q9vcIO67F5i2uTyTy/w480-h640/2023-05-01%2023.47.51.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Warrior leader<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcNQYU2xG56dgC2aBEbUW7UTE1o5HlYCH5q-GL52-emliC6_WL4DKXPxAhejnXu_mF3VQxPuogZmLAVUpajvvtl5cHGot9JqOXpNQlHsBeZfvk2UGhdzNzKPChcMLMsn-OWJNnBgIm7OKInBQuedO-PCzOVXTOJBU99k4YY213adlH2zjkbpW5BHsZ/s4032/2023-05-01%2023.47.59.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcNQYU2xG56dgC2aBEbUW7UTE1o5HlYCH5q-GL52-emliC6_WL4DKXPxAhejnXu_mF3VQxPuogZmLAVUpajvvtl5cHGot9JqOXpNQlHsBeZfvk2UGhdzNzKPChcMLMsn-OWJNnBgIm7OKInBQuedO-PCzOVXTOJBU99k4YY213adlH2zjkbpW5BHsZ/w480-h640/2023-05-01%2023.47.59.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With a fabulous feathered shield<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMVjfN3JGC3oefRU4Hacq8U7buXwCiln0ZqkgIbf5aS9GU2U21TC9028cYpl5gwU4iwIXCUnfBWGTAroeZrIc-UoygBOvoUE-m0ary1zvu0Ry7B8w-yO0fy70fsYK31uQostBNQ_bZvNzZjOxr9rp-2IxXBkKQc3v1RnJ2NfZkCMCQA25sELAYCmM/s3784/2023-05-01%2023.48.09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3784" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMVjfN3JGC3oefRU4Hacq8U7buXwCiln0ZqkgIbf5aS9GU2U21TC9028cYpl5gwU4iwIXCUnfBWGTAroeZrIc-UoygBOvoUE-m0ary1zvu0Ry7B8w-yO0fy70fsYK31uQostBNQ_bZvNzZjOxr9rp-2IxXBkKQc3v1RnJ2NfZkCMCQA25sELAYCmM/w512-h640/2023-05-01%2023.48.09.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yet carrying a gun, just in case<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguzYqZto9DSakO4jkluLzZQDop2s6ZfxeJQWE77khLa4CA9jzQtAGmu-esoKx5d9augK57bnFAHBcFnHLg2iXUgkXGIvOqqs66A_P2lLoG7umbiJibyaa1ABVf5NNr6zgrhwNMOZBMO5k9d0AkARvNIGpFsbHLg1v_LlfUbJe1ApYfs-oSooueVIz8/s4032/2023-05-01%2023.48.29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguzYqZto9DSakO4jkluLzZQDop2s6ZfxeJQWE77khLa4CA9jzQtAGmu-esoKx5d9augK57bnFAHBcFnHLg2iXUgkXGIvOqqs66A_P2lLoG7umbiJibyaa1ABVf5NNr6zgrhwNMOZBMO5k9d0AkARvNIGpFsbHLg1v_LlfUbJe1ApYfs-oSooueVIz8/w480-h640/2023-05-01%2023.48.29.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another more tech-looking leader<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz7ljU3Ji7alCEV04tqA2Vrp-yxO0kpbL719dxgz_MYf7BYf816V6HY4yNPEvovhGiNG1UHTDYw_XwYgtIgKvoPQrRbjV865o3_yZqHctOfwGm6N6PuJXnh2blBCB8EO51STQP4LT9Cg49uucxFtswMYaji0rpD_i_f7bTjNoHh_o4w873LuW050aU/s4032/2023-05-01%2023.48.36.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz7ljU3Ji7alCEV04tqA2Vrp-yxO0kpbL719dxgz_MYf7BYf816V6HY4yNPEvovhGiNG1UHTDYw_XwYgtIgKvoPQrRbjV865o3_yZqHctOfwGm6N6PuJXnh2blBCB8EO51STQP4LT9Cg49uucxFtswMYaji0rpD_i_f7bTjNoHh_o4w873LuW050aU/w480-h640/2023-05-01%2023.48.36.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With essentially the same shield, without feathers<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSDMiU6QtkGHXUc6vQRdr874CHjBjPgQDFzKviL4HBdtj2BOSUf468x3sW3uclt7f4ipAjzoDKJt6GFh82D7E15qOVVpwR4Fj-uAkwwrVTWsuoYU5Mczlxa8orE2t2uIVF6nEw9qwgU_yyM_R_4WoVK_JNZdlP0s3ZaX1Nb8uJp6-gNoJ25UA-z2Kn/s4032/2023-05-01%2023.49.14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSDMiU6QtkGHXUc6vQRdr874CHjBjPgQDFzKviL4HBdtj2BOSUf468x3sW3uclt7f4ipAjzoDKJt6GFh82D7E15qOVVpwR4Fj-uAkwwrVTWsuoYU5Mczlxa8orE2t2uIVF6nEw9qwgU_yyM_R_4WoVK_JNZdlP0s3ZaX1Nb8uJp6-gNoJ25UA-z2Kn/w640-h480/2023-05-01%2023.49.14.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mag-gun wariors<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOrnSGZ5pSbf8JPX7LqtKVFWVXdgUlYM53Uq5kU8F1hGHptmk_mlbfPuq-FIQ4bGOK47VFYIbmtI7n-nvEg2gpRkqYd5LDCqmSU3bCC1GyPIeQrC9JfPfkQe1Z732sVz5U5dmN624OmeOJ-RwdU_SC4m69KhmEVINtdex1Zz5pe83-LgKKTIahTUli/s4032/2023-05-01%2023.49.23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOrnSGZ5pSbf8JPX7LqtKVFWVXdgUlYM53Uq5kU8F1hGHptmk_mlbfPuq-FIQ4bGOK47VFYIbmtI7n-nvEg2gpRkqYd5LDCqmSU3bCC1GyPIeQrC9JfPfkQe1Z732sVz5U5dmN624OmeOJ-RwdU_SC4m69KhmEVINtdex1Zz5pe83-LgKKTIahTUli/w640-h480/2023-05-01%2023.49.23.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still no idea of what profiles I'll use for them or their weapons<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I still have some concerns about the palette. I think I may have been bewildered by my idea of painting them in immaculate white, both bodysuit and helmets. I feel like the minis would have benefited of some more colour variation between both. I painted the weapons in bone/beige to provide more colour, but I still have some doubts about making them all so white. Anyway, that's the way they are now, so I have to move on.<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikDfW0eH5SyC82r71CWFI8N0bh-fzo43LnueYLplk8x5OtE8sFH04vx_JruAEPIOPusbpqBmr2QuauaGfAu3DajFYFUjjul3XB1uzGsSukO8k7_kqakRtUVxE-EXCwd41HwbkS3a7j3Ryjme3XWhwwghgzwHYk9OyUZ9l22mWQxjn5kvbcEm8ZG5Hz/s4032/2023-05-01%2023.49.52.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikDfW0eH5SyC82r71CWFI8N0bh-fzo43LnueYLplk8x5OtE8sFH04vx_JruAEPIOPusbpqBmr2QuauaGfAu3DajFYFUjjul3XB1uzGsSukO8k7_kqakRtUVxE-EXCwd41HwbkS3a7j3Ryjme3XWhwwghgzwHYk9OyUZ9l22mWQxjn5kvbcEm8ZG5Hz/w640-h480/2023-05-01%2023.49.52.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Colour! More colour!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1TmrHaV-M0udP37k0I9Z9s9ZB_dNpH7fqD85kRjRK0cl2i0oO7tgyG7Nx-lBnIMc0ELGlrbw9awKWhDgCupsnNBoZj6W5_5jT6bo7YyuWpNW0257lA1_Aq78Qi0udZLcBdpU6n3kIA9V63MydUDgmTlYat-FV4D9YiuKmZ3mTqF48mXUxQpotRl5I/s4032/2023-05-01%2023.50.05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1TmrHaV-M0udP37k0I9Z9s9ZB_dNpH7fqD85kRjRK0cl2i0oO7tgyG7Nx-lBnIMc0ELGlrbw9awKWhDgCupsnNBoZj6W5_5jT6bo7YyuWpNW0257lA1_Aq78Qi0udZLcBdpU6n3kIA9V63MydUDgmTlYat-FV4D9YiuKmZ3mTqF48mXUxQpotRl5I/w640-h480/2023-05-01%2023.50.05.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No matter how much they run, I still have the same feelings<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP2f78d153ldJrsxujbiVo-pe4znPX0DcFvMyL6iYMaqL7HJSDv4xYxvu94kQFZJ0LcW55TdVuMOmPwzt_8c3GG2a-YMc1KKU71e6voWV1ig0elrBPSqK5yPeD4_-CmgaTIvfyrt9wf6MnG0U26aYQREjQtCSpeJFnnDpgrXFQlvbqmfwYtk3bw8pQ/s4032/2023-05-01%2023.50.31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP2f78d153ldJrsxujbiVo-pe4znPX0DcFvMyL6iYMaqL7HJSDv4xYxvu94kQFZJ0LcW55TdVuMOmPwzt_8c3GG2a-YMc1KKU71e6voWV1ig0elrBPSqK5yPeD4_-CmgaTIvfyrt9wf6MnG0U26aYQREjQtCSpeJFnnDpgrXFQlvbqmfwYtk3bw8pQ/w640-h480/2023-05-01%2023.50.31.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally, the Mag-staff guys<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibRV16fJPDUEUncqmGLmC1g-9hk0ykAd2A66ES8CrCY_GOtNFp6DTay4WZH1djfBsyPPuEoMbjYqlwMbbubRM8lN7eMZuMBJajapQqwhOzstLhSvjO476QxJKMmppFkeCZbdhiErw0D_kVkRXJhBsc2rXgPKkD7CoX6N7F9RNYnZerOXoHD8r31AVb/s4032/2023-05-01%2023.50.44.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibRV16fJPDUEUncqmGLmC1g-9hk0ykAd2A66ES8CrCY_GOtNFp6DTay4WZH1djfBsyPPuEoMbjYqlwMbbubRM8lN7eMZuMBJajapQqwhOzstLhSvjO476QxJKMmppFkeCZbdhiErw0D_kVkRXJhBsc2rXgPKkD7CoX6N7F9RNYnZerOXoHD8r31AVb/w640-h480/2023-05-01%2023.50.44.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I tried to make them look specially uniformed<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy9iENRKLO6X5bd3n04bo0jjBAgJ7PvhUCp3jdFPilUOo_Y_mxw7ospo4y3CTdbM9AqPKFTI0qs5ClA8qkMfpGFmxy5EO4BgQWEKS2wddO-ZHB8bPW1P-lGXbU_FLdcY43PqZle1WxrR3omE7gCZYsvqGQQFVISurCcVPL2UWvJAvLvQn_nm-NM5bE/s4032/2023-05-01%2023.51.21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy9iENRKLO6X5bd3n04bo0jjBAgJ7PvhUCp3jdFPilUOo_Y_mxw7ospo4y3CTdbM9AqPKFTI0qs5ClA8qkMfpGFmxy5EO4BgQWEKS2wddO-ZHB8bPW1P-lGXbU_FLdcY43PqZle1WxrR3omE7gCZYsvqGQQFVISurCcVPL2UWvJAvLvQn_nm-NM5bE/w640-h480/2023-05-01%2023.51.21.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Which is kind of difficult if people start to came to work with these helmets on<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOFHC-BZIT86lgnsPiI8jpkr6kyCBrhq5T1faTdjPnZ5bW1RJTm1XOGIU7geHT36PazfSPJ5mEnjMhetpUPqGhLuIRpX0mcbBDtfAJWqx2wnfIGFQx-mdNe-P45olUaObhEgDApFM0_H_-W3HTCJH7AM7A8EeVtibENvjrsL_vHDhBhOwKCvvOvArh/s4032/2023-05-01%2023.51.32.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOFHC-BZIT86lgnsPiI8jpkr6kyCBrhq5T1faTdjPnZ5bW1RJTm1XOGIU7geHT36PazfSPJ5mEnjMhetpUPqGhLuIRpX0mcbBDtfAJWqx2wnfIGFQx-mdNe-P45olUaObhEgDApFM0_H_-W3HTCJH7AM7A8EeVtibENvjrsL_vHDhBhOwKCvvOvArh/w640-h480/2023-05-01%2023.51.32.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yet they look professional<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I'm using these last four as bodyguards, as they look quite suitable for that. The <strike>VIP</strike> Very Important Lizards they are scorting are these other gorgeous fellows, one from the Colony87 ranges and the other a conversion from World of Twilight:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Ht4YQ8GKwYcBNHMyPgEacy61aX95dpgFw2SlxbNbYtUUhb3ST9WlE8RaB-9-FIJznVCbiW1RXV6sO5OQ6CXsOMNlF5ilblnAmqT0FqibBc6oijwQIGbZJtyLQUMHN9nN_NW2YsIv1QkA948VlxVxpwTS8whws5N07TPFvFTLcm4dI-XY_2jZpp1h/s3807/2023-05-01%2023.52.14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2134" data-original-width="3807" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Ht4YQ8GKwYcBNHMyPgEacy61aX95dpgFw2SlxbNbYtUUhb3ST9WlE8RaB-9-FIJznVCbiW1RXV6sO5OQ6CXsOMNlF5ilblnAmqT0FqibBc6oijwQIGbZJtyLQUMHN9nN_NW2YsIv1QkA948VlxVxpwTS8whws5N07TPFvFTLcm4dI-XY_2jZpp1h/w640-h358/2023-05-01%2023.52.14.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ambassador and Merchant. Or vice versa<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>So this is how all my Space Lizards (to date) look:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmP7G5F19kDwB80YCqlFmYencIe7VVA9EIDPF8iHxh3yQ9gIUbA4Y1MBUEZnH0o-SGX_TePcLv5QwYSYe0mGKBVoesWxD8l7o7oMQmL2bKAeAaTEKgFz2OOaqkJdfASJH5AovTnDGCqpWqp-4oyqk8IO9Y99YSrObUzNfcwq8NCe4QmME8aBn1x_ID/s4032/2023-05-01%2023.54.06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmP7G5F19kDwB80YCqlFmYencIe7VVA9EIDPF8iHxh3yQ9gIUbA4Y1MBUEZnH0o-SGX_TePcLv5QwYSYe0mGKBVoesWxD8l7o7oMQmL2bKAeAaTEKgFz2OOaqkJdfASJH5AovTnDGCqpWqp-4oyqk8IO9Y99YSrObUzNfcwq8NCe4QmME8aBn1x_ID/w640-h480/2023-05-01%2023.54.06.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I know, I need a proper backdrop. I have to solve that!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I hope I can resume my normal hobby rate soon, stay tuned!<br /></p>Suberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005091019027411799noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987721317661044121.post-34524212294077629592023-04-02T01:08:00.004+02:002023-04-02T01:08:50.895+02:00Mining dump truck<p style="text-align: justify;"> Ha, I guess you have already forgotten that I have a Genestealer Cult in their own mining settlement! Well, I still don't have a proper mining settlement, but you know, I'm slowly building it. But never mind! I have a Genestealer Cult and it keeps on growing. With that idea in mind I got this kit some time ago. It's the <i>Humpt1 Dumpy</i> by <a href="https://miniaturescenery.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Miniature Scenery</a>.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I had never purchased anything from them, but the pics on their web were awesome and I had read some nice reviews, so I gave them a chance. I'm tremendously happy with the quality of the kit, lo please let me share :)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Like any other MDF kit, it requires some patience to assemble. I have to say that it's not particularly complicated, but it takes some time, as it has quite a lot of pieces everywhere.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZv_-Xe0BMX4sHwW4liLOhO2ZAhsfiEuEiOO57TiLCN5Wuy50wOmQ6nHPNa9FHXNdKgcYqIboLsAgr8fNeYx1mbYogH6Khqe1MkyA8STiUdXUKTmPEv0_8j8lezFsKF1CcB6m5zP3zlJvDM4JhGEyKAF9vcdoC2PM24VNR9BpOCL4_TJDGEvpNqYgp/s1024/2023-03-19%2000.30.07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZv_-Xe0BMX4sHwW4liLOhO2ZAhsfiEuEiOO57TiLCN5Wuy50wOmQ6nHPNa9FHXNdKgcYqIboLsAgr8fNeYx1mbYogH6Khqe1MkyA8STiUdXUKTmPEv0_8j8lezFsKF1CcB6m5zP3zlJvDM4JhGEyKAF9vcdoC2PM24VNR9BpOCL4_TJDGEvpNqYgp/w640-h480/2023-03-19%2000.30.07.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well, these are just the tyres. You can certainly get tired too soon<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbEUfuZ1tWxywybU3NFwlQ7qScaZwF93e9oyvVtWK5gEi6lKSjl69CBNx8e2_LwkfeGaZ0ONgYTNDPXRGJfFAB9zlWjGJdgWfYUMrxV9WPATk9nw5_aiWrqxmeIrQzccEG84w_sF25oJabB1uNh0kIPWZ8DzkXtgOnZjzeJL0btgzLjVcL7ZJD7etP/s1024/2023-03-19%2001.09.13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbEUfuZ1tWxywybU3NFwlQ7qScaZwF93e9oyvVtWK5gEi6lKSjl69CBNx8e2_LwkfeGaZ0ONgYTNDPXRGJfFAB9zlWjGJdgWfYUMrxV9WPATk9nw5_aiWrqxmeIrQzccEG84w_sF25oJabB1uNh0kIPWZ8DzkXtgOnZjzeJL0btgzLjVcL7ZJD7etP/w640-h480/2023-03-19%2001.09.13.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But if you endure, you can get some more complex shapes<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKPxphviob8_tWZ0D6edmDKAZPdHrAYd1IGsn0-iBZ3D_RSEiwy-LwkeTvqDmVKo8CmKrzfTfZlWYsSJ4xRByTuzpTCV_TFAJ4HIq5KbIxQ3hCyuhPJEf4eSFIFA3CIE2n0SNgdpe3VyWaP97EedK35-iDWS34W6K3vhfrrEKVGhOS-9u6xPPAwWIa/s1024/2023-03-19%2001.24.21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKPxphviob8_tWZ0D6edmDKAZPdHrAYd1IGsn0-iBZ3D_RSEiwy-LwkeTvqDmVKo8CmKrzfTfZlWYsSJ4xRByTuzpTCV_TFAJ4HIq5KbIxQ3hCyuhPJEf4eSFIFA3CIE2n0SNgdpe3VyWaP97EedK35-iDWS34W6K3vhfrrEKVGhOS-9u6xPPAwWIa/w640-h480/2023-03-19%2001.24.21.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And they eventually turn into something that finally makes some sense<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">The assembly instructions expresely recommend you to paint the cab now, as it will apparently get more difficult to do later. Experience in life has taught me that, if a manufacturer gives you any piece of advice, it is wise to follow it. Kind of a fortune cookie sentence, I guess, but true nevertheless.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT0b1Z8czs2zRkjH3jq7Qlnm83RtJCNJzISFiZuoc4nHmwmRzavsXs25BDZe_RmA7flMcRNb-Qk5_6Xk2tghFyQ2LkB23ueNjgLxX890ku1VWy0kblzFdDHQrTg8as_xdvWwAS-uwNL0YE8ghR7yNfUJRganWXaOsbciQzo17X6TVZjN1B1-_fZb96/s1024/2023-03-20%2000.35.21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT0b1Z8czs2zRkjH3jq7Qlnm83RtJCNJzISFiZuoc4nHmwmRzavsXs25BDZe_RmA7flMcRNb-Qk5_6Xk2tghFyQ2LkB23ueNjgLxX890ku1VWy0kblzFdDHQrTg8as_xdvWwAS-uwNL0YE8ghR7yNfUJRganWXaOsbciQzo17X6TVZjN1B1-_fZb96/w640-h480/2023-03-20%2000.35.21.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So let's paint it then!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I thought it also was the right moment to add a driver. I couldn't build an accurate 4th generation hybrid with my current bits; you know, the kind of bloke that can take the risk to expose himself among regular Imperial citizens. Well, this will have to do:<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiUMqRRuVkIMC1o4slokxRiYQec2P30rj86jOo7V7YfKyF3ZG33x-7MbU5HYUD2-sGShXNobb0jtmr4JRRNtZv2eYjRzzhrVgRmVDZB4-HFnyANMyAzlgJLvtxWClEGVhK0ULrwCcJXdYIlikHzJh1PFXN56R_zZwZ6nLHHVyZGHvglZ_ygWFtKy0m/s1024/2023-03-20%2019.16.31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiUMqRRuVkIMC1o4slokxRiYQec2P30rj86jOo7V7YfKyF3ZG33x-7MbU5HYUD2-sGShXNobb0jtmr4JRRNtZv2eYjRzzhrVgRmVDZB4-HFnyANMyAzlgJLvtxWClEGVhK0ULrwCcJXdYIlikHzJh1PFXN56R_zZwZ6nLHHVyZGHvglZ_ygWFtKy0m/w640-h480/2023-03-20%2019.16.31.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anyway, no one pays attention to the driver<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlmFX-XOFw_R0Aak92MsW7Z6GLJn1KAr1CAty0eGeTb3qDY7zbVoTqNRmUzPaxs-Xnf_U1CzycyiMd-IqwWeHpZM9VwdRoCA-1FsSefS_aprump_WTTWPixx1Xx8hEC3d3iJKdieZcibg8U7yAr67GnUHATdK1Mx8O6JvIo_ZOGqXuZmM-Mlopao9/s1024/2023-03-22%2001.31.27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlmFX-XOFw_R0Aak92MsW7Z6GLJn1KAr1CAty0eGeTb3qDY7zbVoTqNRmUzPaxs-Xnf_U1CzycyiMd-IqwWeHpZM9VwdRoCA-1FsSefS_aprump_WTTWPixx1Xx8hEC3d3iJKdieZcibg8U7yAr67GnUHATdK1Mx8O6JvIo_ZOGqXuZmM-Mlopao9/w640-h480/2023-03-22%2001.31.27.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No one will even note his feet<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I decided that, if I had to paint this part, I could as well paint the rest as I assembled it.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjAl2kos_clDUUjSk26Iou7csKObk63z1OGkMBNn10fskgsxFn1R9P9-MHDMe2QHgbTCcyL0FYJztORxtGfac2SMFArJjjvZHBy6XXzaNETJO3H2ZfUEH6ldVMQ62pBcxxnpEDPuUyPAgPnwT3esr9x6veAbeZEJv9wEp30lPhGpUJNLwYQUKt0Qn2/s1024/2023-03-23%2001.51.09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjAl2kos_clDUUjSk26Iou7csKObk63z1OGkMBNn10fskgsxFn1R9P9-MHDMe2QHgbTCcyL0FYJztORxtGfac2SMFArJjjvZHBy6XXzaNETJO3H2ZfUEH6ldVMQ62pBcxxnpEDPuUyPAgPnwT3esr9x6veAbeZEJv9wEp30lPhGpUJNLwYQUKt0Qn2/w640-h480/2023-03-23%2001.51.09.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So here you have the basic shape<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Miniature Scenery produce some other variants of this kit. They all share this basic structure and vary on the rest. It's very cleverly designed (which you can see in the sprue too) and I guess that having different models also enhances a WH40K feeling, as they all look like part of a common Standard Template Construct, just like it happens with different variants on a Rhino or a Chimera chassis.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">In this case, it's a dump truck (you may have guessed that by the name of the kit). The dump body itself is amazing. Once built it hardly looks like a MDF kit.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO0tvmJDci3wKHpv5fSfzeeAqRjuffMp9C6HmjsJbK0TyJSFti7VLE2VRqrm35jASdAIzkklm9J5OveQNl8i4AEJoQmUlTn1JMpMrAE87NTfpHt9ZMmNIJklfSIxI0L3mhfZ_C7nXd7u3vyuxtDTQkZrh6fnJg5Ukh8JLKlQ7o5Ok7VGNKTdavrJk4/s1024/2023-03-26%2020.35.02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO0tvmJDci3wKHpv5fSfzeeAqRjuffMp9C6HmjsJbK0TyJSFti7VLE2VRqrm35jASdAIzkklm9J5OveQNl8i4AEJoQmUlTn1JMpMrAE87NTfpHt9ZMmNIJklfSIxI0L3mhfZ_C7nXd7u3vyuxtDTQkZrh6fnJg5Ukh8JLKlQ7o5Ok7VGNKTdavrJk4/w640-h480/2023-03-26%2020.35.02.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some hours involved<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOMWzfNsVYAU88GnNG9iBF1SmLqHylqNOqkY-u0RbPeaWoS-4_tfxm_2esA6ZgbyJQb1bmHliTLAFNXd9A_icbTF0s06c2gb0lAawZW1gRHy4AHtKqSQagPadSw_vcZC_KzZ9JOydASm4MaadMoFlx9C7XaE3oqOvXUWUjjkmKmqfORLAObg197Ug2/s1024/2023-03-28%2019.40.37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOMWzfNsVYAU88GnNG9iBF1SmLqHylqNOqkY-u0RbPeaWoS-4_tfxm_2esA6ZgbyJQb1bmHliTLAFNXd9A_icbTF0s06c2gb0lAawZW1gRHy4AHtKqSQagPadSw_vcZC_KzZ9JOydASm4MaadMoFlx9C7XaE3oqOvXUWUjjkmKmqfORLAObg197Ug2/w640-h480/2023-03-28%2019.40.37.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painted in regular custard yellow<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">There's a joint on the side that reveals the MDF pieces. I simply glued a cardboard on it on which I painted the usual <i>Fodinae Conlegium</i> ('Mining Guild') sign. My handwriting with brush is awful, of course. I should have designed it on the computer and printed it, but I was on my own personal rush, you know how these things happen.<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjMqOSVG0o_5K4KZbGmYGYN92FvIt3pyy9-BISAweudTfebdTV6o6CRS8FCP5we3f_65WWL1B_jR4xv3g3_j0K_mwHHwAjGlm3jqaqYCcpH5oEXlPJ1nibIOCzm7KHH7h6MVSPxb1JtApLTU8LLtQvq7RDwrl1uFDzGwBfgz_NY2W4qk5LQTOy5cUv/s1024/2023-03-29%2000.22.18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjMqOSVG0o_5K4KZbGmYGYN92FvIt3pyy9-BISAweudTfebdTV6o6CRS8FCP5we3f_65WWL1B_jR4xv3g3_j0K_mwHHwAjGlm3jqaqYCcpH5oEXlPJ1nibIOCzm7KHH7h6MVSPxb1JtApLTU8LLtQvq7RDwrl1uFDzGwBfgz_NY2W4qk5LQTOy5cUv/w640-h480/2023-03-29%2000.22.18.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It will have to work<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>OK, time for heavy weathering! My usual recipe is to give a brown wash (<i>why on Earth is it called 'wash' if the model gets dirtier?</i>), then some darker brown stains and finally a burned brown layer with a sponge:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPdTpaYv_7IzOZUaMaFfJusqxzP4r6-abl7WJX1ahG2fzzKJIlJZSLn4Wuo3CH8b8mVYW7RmADyealCI3xrmoixp4kff6FIBcp_m4wk_3qRtWkQQv4tcxt2apA_4xyfyDCpc9WV8KX555MMhT19pz1ntQfJ1eDzyr7XQP06EKzWjYsm_21cpP6v4T/s4032/2023-03-31%2000.49.57.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPdTpaYv_7IzOZUaMaFfJusqxzP4r6-abl7WJX1ahG2fzzKJIlJZSLn4Wuo3CH8b8mVYW7RmADyealCI3xrmoixp4kff6FIBcp_m4wk_3qRtWkQQv4tcxt2apA_4xyfyDCpc9WV8KX555MMhT19pz1ntQfJ1eDzyr7XQP06EKzWjYsm_21cpP6v4T/w640-h480/2023-03-31%2000.49.57.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OK, now it looks like being used on a mine in the Dark Millenium<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oFfzYggCYAa2nZ6szxERoNz19Q1k6mR1LhUTxrr2-QwLV_CFBN2dKqRskVBx9Btl_iGPW3qwdZ0vxyMQOogXJ5vk5sf6IxgRbTxIufhYas8YoTrwrD0jaJwWGMyjA5idhHzB9qzUNxaALY_T1EXaa69xWWbK97RvilgniXURFnlBlIQgxFIKlXol/s4032/2023-03-31%2000.50.10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oFfzYggCYAa2nZ6szxERoNz19Q1k6mR1LhUTxrr2-QwLV_CFBN2dKqRskVBx9Btl_iGPW3qwdZ0vxyMQOogXJ5vk5sf6IxgRbTxIufhYas8YoTrwrD0jaJwWGMyjA5idhHzB9qzUNxaALY_T1EXaa69xWWbK97RvilgniXURFnlBlIQgxFIKlXol/w640-h480/2023-03-31%2000.50.10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The plate is a decal from a model kit. The 'DOG' is from this kit and had me laughing for ten minutes<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Xq-6X3hjVIBV0QuWhd1jhkd-GESPFFzWm3gmkCC-WQtIdZQ5vJFLGQ2CkMeRQidZFjG9QZ7UCnwbUBguo6e2ZkLGPFY6Gu_ePjr_Dzdnz-tUxkusT2qU1RB2F0wYaDod5h2RknHhTCn_ZDALGAcUPTfsw2nkBAr3QE6lwmVMZdUcGqqehblWHf17/s4032/2023-03-31%2000.50.39.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Xq-6X3hjVIBV0QuWhd1jhkd-GESPFFzWm3gmkCC-WQtIdZQ5vJFLGQ2CkMeRQidZFjG9QZ7UCnwbUBguo6e2ZkLGPFY6Gu_ePjr_Dzdnz-tUxkusT2qU1RB2F0wYaDod5h2RknHhTCn_ZDALGAcUPTfsw2nkBAr3QE6lwmVMZdUcGqqehblWHf17/w640-h480/2023-03-31%2000.50.39.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I could have added bits or stuff, but I think it works nice as it is<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxCl4Bm8YEncxQVd-wvu56lq5VgpNCkXGNifiUN-x14YGJ2rlwAlpPstxNRn-CNOIyQj2ILa4Ez7H79R-EH-ezfma4-03aaNaC3vl-T9qD6XymvaVqckH-8LvBAWhrBRCdh0egNDpI5NKBXDQXpWrVxa28b0zKoGnm1l0ISlEaY5HIgmM0hxnrd6P6/s4032/2023-03-31%2000.50.57.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxCl4Bm8YEncxQVd-wvu56lq5VgpNCkXGNifiUN-x14YGJ2rlwAlpPstxNRn-CNOIyQj2ILa4Ez7H79R-EH-ezfma4-03aaNaC3vl-T9qD6XymvaVqckH-8LvBAWhrBRCdh0egNDpI5NKBXDQXpWrVxa28b0zKoGnm1l0ISlEaY5HIgmM0hxnrd6P6/w640-h480/2023-03-31%2000.50.57.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">However, I still think I could add some rocks or something in here<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">The truck is a real monster, let me show you a size comparison pic alongside some regular infantry and my other special stuff of the Cult:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRgSIXE4EyV5TdcwypBZPjSpQtxWhrWvCWv29QQy6hU64tu5k40a59b3i9Axy9_hSbNouXVUgcAR6uLGYJC76vNzqBLKT5D3a7VxIfK_Oo1VKuxYKkopFmeXWuGtDcinJ97bPF6aukTMPaXHUUBcWB4-Qz1UneUFWko52YLgC6mzeux4qQAVJ6ckIA/s4032/2023-03-31%2000.52.21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRgSIXE4EyV5TdcwypBZPjSpQtxWhrWvCWv29QQy6hU64tu5k40a59b3i9Axy9_hSbNouXVUgcAR6uLGYJC76vNzqBLKT5D3a7VxIfK_Oo1VKuxYKkopFmeXWuGtDcinJ97bPF6aukTMPaXHUUBcWB4-Qz1UneUFWko52YLgC6mzeux4qQAVJ6ckIA/w640-h480/2023-03-31%2000.52.21.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I seriously need a proper backdrop to take pics<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Well, this is it. The kit is highly enjoyable and reasonably easy to assemble, so if you were thinking of getting some stuff from Miniature Scenery, I definitely encourage you to do so. The only thing you may have to consider is shipping. In my case, I could expect that sending stuff from Australia to Europe would involve some custom issues (minor setback, I expected it to be much more expensive). But, foreseeing that I would have to pay customs, I wouldn't of course just order a single kit, I took the chance to purchase some more stuff. So... you can expect some more MDF kits in the future ;)<br /></p>Suberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005091019027411799noreply@blogger.com29