tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12937929786568992292024-03-18T22:00:41.533+01:00Battle Brush StudiosMiniature Painting and Modelling ServiceSigurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02912873320636275459noreply@blogger.comBlogger671125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293792978656899229.post-49228884317715177242024-02-27T11:00:00.001+01:002024-02-27T11:00:00.145+01:00Showcase: Rebased my Dark Elves Army<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAyG0P92Bhrmt6B18g3Jnx12fEVim5bAI_R6XFWuBeGxgczBI_yotP1bwTA-X0bQmWQkvd2bs93HQSRCB4B2OMVzx4m2RvgUJuy6_QRACdlB74WphEgJz93-mBtGwGn81z1wgWEBxQWPck8oZoQX7ZO4A-ZkbxCNGh0gbrA9_Jfsrj5M0NPp7TNwfsxTGd/s2004/2%204th%20ed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="2004" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAyG0P92Bhrmt6B18g3Jnx12fEVim5bAI_R6XFWuBeGxgczBI_yotP1bwTA-X0bQmWQkvd2bs93HQSRCB4B2OMVzx4m2RvgUJuy6_QRACdlB74WphEgJz93-mBtGwGn81z1wgWEBxQWPck8oZoQX7ZO4A-ZkbxCNGh0gbrA9_Jfsrj5M0NPp7TNwfsxTGd/w429-h231/2%204th%20ed.jpg" width="429" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Just a little in-between thing concerning my own Fantasy collection: With all he hooplah about The Old World around the turn of the year I decided to finally rebase my good old Dark Elves.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div><br /></div><div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Painted them about 20 years ago when I got into warhammer fantasy for a
second time, then based "to fit the army" rather than gaming tables or
opponents' armies. Which of course is a weird thing to do, but I was
more young than practical. <br /> <br /> Here's a shot of my army's last major outing in 2015 for a Kings of War test 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/AVvXsEiGbB1Lr0jFYMMC_lRRIItuegGsfeR0Ir2Glonr0WwohQTi22cEc43gP5lenno7ys90AamMjr_VVSYcGN8OrO3OlB7zfrJo1ZhcErerA0JvUW1mfnIApZI4UWGwAGab4jsgPtb7PSV1LBs/s1500/setup7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGbB1Lr0jFYMMC_lRRIItuegGsfeR0Ir2Glonr0WwohQTi22cEc43gP5lenno7ys90AamMjr_VVSYcGN8OrO3OlB7zfrJo1ZhcErerA0JvUW1mfnIApZI4UWGwAGab4jsgPtb7PSV1LBs/s320/setup7.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Way in the upper left there, snow-and-dark-rock bases.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>...and now they hopefully go better with various green gaming tables. I
left the painting as it is, with one small exception - the witch elves
were eight so far; now they're 27, although I cheated and added the two
guardians of the Cauldron of Blood, a cheerleader (they're going for
stupid money on the internet, as I saw yesterday ) and another plastic sorceress from 2010 to get the unit to 27. But
even without cheating it's still a nice block of 24 figures. Because
everyone needs a cheerleader in their ranks. Painting is kept very simple; just so that they match the rest of the
army painted 20(!) years ago. Concerning the witch elves- yes, those are
the ones from 4th edition. I had a bit of a crush on the 4th/5th
edition dark elves back then, even if they're not objectively incredibly
pretty. I was also happy with the 2000 dark elf range, with two
exceptions: the hydra (and the dragon, compared to the 4th edition
dragon). They're too iconic) and the witch elves. They were too thin and
too 'ripped' for my tastes, and the hair just wasn't even remotely
comparable to the glory of the hairstyles on the 4th edition witch
elves.<br /> <br /> I also like the new plastic witch elves (although they
don't even come close to their Marauder counterparts in terms of
hairstyle). But they hadn't been released then, so a bunch of years ago I
bought a lot of the Marauder witch elves when I had the chance. <br /> <br /> <br />
Of course, the standard-bearer of the Cold One Knights was added later
as well; it must have been very soon after the release of that box, so
2010? 2009? I don't know.</div><div><br /></div><div>A few days later I even added little pennants to the Dark Riders. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2024_01/dr1.jpg.c4c569350f39bc040898d97d30b206fa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="800" height="526" src="https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2024_01/dr1.jpg.c4c569350f39bc040898d97d30b206fa.jpg" width="569" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">...and look at this! Only 20% of horses are lacking their tails! That's not a bad ratio for a Warhammer army of that age.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2024_01/dr2.jpg.6a5761ab32f5863e4e41a997179d549e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="800" height="495" src="https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2024_01/dr2.jpg.6a5761ab32f5863e4e41a997179d549e.jpg" width="558" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You can also clearly see that the Dark Riders unit in the left was
painted a bit later than the one in the right. Quite a different tone of
purple there. But that's okay. Anyway, from this we can learn that when
ever you got a figure with a lance, riding on anything, a pennon, no
matter how simple, will make it look more magnificent. It's very silly,
but I get a lot of joy from these pictures for some reason. </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <br /> <br /> I don't have an exact plan for what I'm going to do with them, but at least that's done now. It's been on the to-do list for a good while now. I still have a few things in reserve
(remaining plastic cold one knights box, another complete metal chariot
and the three boxes of fat stuff that came out from <span class="glossaryitem">GW</span>
[new hydra, new cauldron with show stairs, new black dragon]. I bought
those a few years ago in case they disappeared with Warhammer. Didn't
happen anyway, but having something like that is better than not having
it. )</div><div><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://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2023_12/image.jpeg.a68dd37ca96f08ec5997bfd21cccd897.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="420" height="426" src="https://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2023_12/image.jpeg.a68dd37ca96f08ec5997bfd21cccd897.jpeg" width="299" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /> <i><center><span class="glossaryitem">Btw</span>, the sorceress (in the army photo with the corsairs on the front left) always looks like the one on the left in my head.Same with the witch elves. Of course.</center></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Spurred on by my initiative there my mate Virago, ever-keen to get his Oldhammer figures out, instantly painted 1000pts of High Elves and challenged my DElves for a game of 5th edition Warhammer. I since ordered a 5th edition boxed set which should arrive this week and will keep you posted about further developments<br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div>Sigurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02912873320636275459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293792978656899229.post-89569982497644282242024-02-20T11:00:00.001+01:002024-02-20T11:00:00.150+01:00Showcase: Teutonic Knights Grand Master<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT9c_ECn2Rx0MEAt0XaFvWo0Dc5sacgnGfvRp_YwKiMai_ZPE7I7jwcxjTsNclFmDWocKglrdQLAozFGJ5IlpicR-GPfd3G8x8r3blbjNeIsYKjxuj2P-0a8I8xrji7NVPzeUfckpQWaXp0VXcECkqEzpvDR3dqUjSZNUOEN13G78K9-QPXL295uAFvXwe/s1000/as1b.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="1000" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT9c_ECn2Rx0MEAt0XaFvWo0Dc5sacgnGfvRp_YwKiMai_ZPE7I7jwcxjTsNclFmDWocKglrdQLAozFGJ5IlpicR-GPfd3G8x8r3blbjNeIsYKjxuj2P-0a8I8xrji7NVPzeUfckpQWaXp0VXcECkqEzpvDR3dqUjSZNUOEN13G78K9-QPXL295uAFvXwe/s320/as1b.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Heyhey, here's something extra-nice - 28mm Grand Master of the Teutonic Order by Fireforge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Believe it or not, but this was the first time I worked with Fireforge figures. This set is cast in resin-ish material which felt rather like good(?) old Finecast. The two figures (one mounted-one dismounted) come in a blister, with bare head or helmeted options for both and square bases.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijBVtHdH-pjLTKKF5n-9e9-7f1grLMi4uj7FhowAm1pwF8fnTs-1EU2F4FWZS7MREJJsUmjRQLRCDPnO2gK-oVmafFuAUvWUwilg3KOw5_WgizmRstC33zJ0A8S_rBoAyHnCUcj89njvX26ek1HFeS2kzu7fRjQLwKn1iXpzKNr7WWzYl2B2YKTeQVEjVU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="669" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijBVtHdH-pjLTKKF5n-9e9-7f1grLMi4uj7FhowAm1pwF8fnTs-1EU2F4FWZS7MREJJsUmjRQLRCDPnO2gK-oVmafFuAUvWUwilg3KOw5_WgizmRstC33zJ0A8S_rBoAyHnCUcj89njvX26ek1HFeS2kzu7fRjQLwKn1iXpzKNr7WWzYl2B2YKTeQVEjVU" width="303" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The gentleman who approached me to build and paint them for him preferred the helmet options.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg40ZFciFOTyqzX3iMrieWViZYI1VWHny8YMyi90oMrG6FSt6E_6snq2eAJGqTdaoh9VXXYTsRqiDcRyY-esIpGa8vZd7vAYWPO0p4vFYu9PJtwSnKncQLLAEh4gPccidSOz38YUPt5_hdbuwlnXZ10afhP-0Y91d4I5vbhDrscTDyZi5bmuwcXfRbZBW5X/s1050/1schrift.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1050" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg40ZFciFOTyqzX3iMrieWViZYI1VWHny8YMyi90oMrG6FSt6E_6snq2eAJGqTdaoh9VXXYTsRqiDcRyY-esIpGa8vZd7vAYWPO0p4vFYu9PJtwSnKncQLLAEh4gPccidSOz38YUPt5_hdbuwlnXZ10afhP-0Y91d4I5vbhDrscTDyZi5bmuwcXfRbZBW5X/s320/1schrift.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Painting the chaps was a hoot. Tried some new things with painting white cloth. Otherwise all very straightforward in terms of colour, which means of course that he white and black have to be done proper enough to carry the impression of the figure.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Luckily it worked out, at least I think so. Hope you like them as well! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfTmX9j8ze-o8UGkeIqIO895Q21VlntnxnydGEP7fnKlw573nxMphLwrPmtL1fjt9I_57TGsj8ZAc-idugp7cXT1w_SSLd2jJasb9Hz4FlNf0H4MJaVOwgs0ri5Ym2cdg5XP1y333OM1Tp5b-C_M-tPaHrJ6jjIPOu63vQ5dGgGjLBrHV6PU-MnTPmYjB5/s970/2schrift.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="970" data-original-width="970" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfTmX9j8ze-o8UGkeIqIO895Q21VlntnxnydGEP7fnKlw573nxMphLwrPmtL1fjt9I_57TGsj8ZAc-idugp7cXT1w_SSLd2jJasb9Hz4FlNf0H4MJaVOwgs0ri5Ym2cdg5XP1y333OM1Tp5b-C_M-tPaHrJ6jjIPOu63vQ5dGgGjLBrHV6PU-MnTPmYjB5/s320/2schrift.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Sigurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02912873320636275459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293792978656899229.post-73044028708286024692024-02-13T11:00:00.001+01:002024-02-13T11:00:00.132+01:00Showcase: Super Dungeon Explore Pt.38<p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDYX_ZAQgCZ0JA-xdHIpyyXMg7MDfWjm4beG-EFW7VMms4Htlx8dhPctPtwzb5qjvSPr6jPLDIWC_eD_cpqzgogIy2wxbgiuwm-p4gBwAGWKhvO-ZWJITTHi4GBSu4vkqqKZ3a7SA6EmO0UmPP84SpUKkqde6WpJ_Tp5gma7nX51xyhpencUxt-sl__YI/s1800/alldone1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="906" data-original-width="1800" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDYX_ZAQgCZ0JA-xdHIpyyXMg7MDfWjm4beG-EFW7VMms4Htlx8dhPctPtwzb5qjvSPr6jPLDIWC_eD_cpqzgogIy2wxbgiuwm-p4gBwAGWKhvO-ZWJITTHi4GBSu4vkqqKZ3a7SA6EmO0UmPP84SpUKkqde6WpJ_Tp5gma7nX51xyhpencUxt-sl__YI/s320/alldone1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hello, hello. Here's possibly the last part of the huge series on Super Dungeon Explore figures for a good while, but with a strong thematic focus - turtles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;">As usual, the creativity at play here with the figure design is rather lovely. Turtles can be demolition experts...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJL0czCAlmJoyrPAnhYhhlrRWi5SpdEGzay4ixd_kRIcAS5cnTLLu8vCQs2gCh49XLUOp6FF16MHQGJxmTJ371bfaqx3XnXYv2sQst_USjM2KzK5hgAGwj7dncjZ-RFMrt2k2OgLi2LJ2KHrFLoLM8em_6ltNYL_SbwMMSsl7f5o2RH_cE_-9aApz93m73/s1200/demo%20experts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1200" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJL0czCAlmJoyrPAnhYhhlrRWi5SpdEGzay4ixd_kRIcAS5cnTLLu8vCQs2gCh49XLUOp6FF16MHQGJxmTJ371bfaqx3XnXYv2sQst_USjM2KzK5hgAGwj7dncjZ-RFMrt2k2OgLi2LJ2KHrFLoLM8em_6ltNYL_SbwMMSsl7f5o2RH_cE_-9aApz93m73/s320/demo%20experts.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">They can be big and small, they can be projectiles...</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4szobOWOx9azOo33VRipno50DaZ1m79oOhr7G_0VR1JusVdDBF0QVWy6ekSryruSQsQpYo_aj44Eh8MfFQRPgKO68_tFW4AkfEcEcbYyLzXTdIfRiyytIKh6qdpyNfxYeQ65ikzqD4WOrIle68n8yYiJ80w1c2Dy6LxVFkFqgszN3WkZy2J7Q7t1n3jEy/s1700/og%20crew.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="859" data-original-width="1700" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4szobOWOx9azOo33VRipno50DaZ1m79oOhr7G_0VR1JusVdDBF0QVWy6ekSryruSQsQpYo_aj44Eh8MfFQRPgKO68_tFW4AkfEcEcbYyLzXTdIfRiyytIKh6qdpyNfxYeQ65ikzqD4WOrIle68n8yYiJ80w1c2Dy6LxVFkFqgszN3WkZy2J7Q7t1n3jEy/s320/og%20crew.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">...they can crew guns, or indeed put crewed guns on top of one of their bigger bretheren (and put big sunglasses on it as well).</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-wP9rWljoD4DGkJVBQKYWGXi9HMa8Aw6ry0raWzDM6jKOFdN22Pp86asAuHEhVcurXR3Pml6MTOZE3dWc6cTt4MhnAqrbeCl2sl602FjtQPwsvw_ZYYJXyRGHbEUAxTuX2v97pDGhcDmFRo5GtZV0DG5li8qX1UhjfKXJm8c9GfiOYfY_1-if1pav3jv-/s1600/testudo%20crew.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1025" data-original-width="1600" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-wP9rWljoD4DGkJVBQKYWGXi9HMa8Aw6ry0raWzDM6jKOFdN22Pp86asAuHEhVcurXR3Pml6MTOZE3dWc6cTt4MhnAqrbeCl2sl602FjtQPwsvw_ZYYJXyRGHbEUAxTuX2v97pDGhcDmFRo5GtZV0DG5li8qX1UhjfKXJm8c9GfiOYfY_1-if1pav3jv-/s320/testudo%20crew.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvDAltFw_-PYNsZCD8DOa9P41QxYbdyPFivO91tpa2P7iPX8cFDpHW4eFVF9YJ9bMGstW_A9SZ4TrTQjx3ru14E9CxVETHEjVw1lr7C1lAWJWelI0zIqvifafXYpOeYIqk_bklOj5eslBsv2Gtvc5GLm-sVX36t9L-mQiX36vPZkhkLppM2Swcw7hJdp_I/s800/testudo1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="789" data-original-width="800" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvDAltFw_-PYNsZCD8DOa9P41QxYbdyPFivO91tpa2P7iPX8cFDpHW4eFVF9YJ9bMGstW_A9SZ4TrTQjx3ru14E9CxVETHEjVw1lr7C1lAWJWelI0zIqvifafXYpOeYIqk_bklOj5eslBsv2Gtvc5GLm-sVX36t9L-mQiX36vPZkhkLppM2Swcw7hJdp_I/s320/testudo1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While the fate that befell Super Dungeon Explore is sobering to say the least, the rules themselves have a great reputation, and the figures are lovely. So maybe you can get them for a non-insane price somewhere. And if you happen to want to have them painted, you know how to contact me. ;-)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1efSJWip8GT_fB0h-MZqwccSVaXB5xh_kgEHf7Z3wgjeTgbvd0kJkohE51njsP3K4gVWB9NZ0VilWKlGfY0zxBvXFVyqy4-eWal4kwaaVd4oQma-5iKItK-tJyUIBGCTHuvOc38O-kI0CDTq7esMc6DV2B4MSpanqyVEHmdci9DCc34__U-aumTPsOUyc/s843/testudo2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1efSJWip8GT_fB0h-MZqwccSVaXB5xh_kgEHf7Z3wgjeTgbvd0kJkohE51njsP3K4gVWB9NZ0VilWKlGfY0zxBvXFVyqy4-eWal4kwaaVd4oQma-5iKItK-tJyUIBGCTHuvOc38O-kI0CDTq7esMc6DV2B4MSpanqyVEHmdci9DCc34__U-aumTPsOUyc/s320/testudo2.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hope you like the beshelled beasts!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Sigurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02912873320636275459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293792978656899229.post-82698441487482221322024-02-07T10:06:00.003+01:002024-02-07T10:11:31.653+01:00Review: Warprinter Thirty Years War 10mm<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy0FjbBI54VbQVCXbYPT_v2j8JA9PgZjKeMzdUpBreuDH-KRiWthqNkBASKr05b2amF84C5GijSD8QquDfHx6hhhNcrLyACIe-GrUxx0jA9ZLMNxWAeiyGSJ4kgRPlduAcMgVVC7XIlSNnnYd5Iz6eMZ-oKjlpD9mjuFIjpuSsyoonGfgcCBkDE8Mxdp_k/s1100/cav%20hvy%20offzS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="1100" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy0FjbBI54VbQVCXbYPT_v2j8JA9PgZjKeMzdUpBreuDH-KRiWthqNkBASKr05b2amF84C5GijSD8QquDfHx6hhhNcrLyACIe-GrUxx0jA9ZLMNxWAeiyGSJ4kgRPlduAcMgVVC7XIlSNnnYd5Iz6eMZ-oKjlpD9mjuFIjpuSsyoonGfgcCBkDE8Mxdp_k/s320/cav%20hvy%20offzS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Today I would like to offer my thoughts on Warprinter's figures for the early to mid 17th century figures for Western/Central Europe, or 'The Pike and Shot' period. </div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Well, the latter part of it. But not the absolute end of it. But most of it. :-P</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i>+++ Disclaimer: Warprinter contacted me about painting the figures for this Kickstarter and for their web store. I was paid for that, because that's what I do, right? So in a way there's an economic interest in that whole thing. Not as bad as 'free toys for review' I think, but still something worth mentioning. +++</i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLGCDBFgZGixEHr-dn_kicQxypsQNWVFvgav7j7eZ5U5ditobsz-uaUPQ03gX3m5UbeBKYCbuBn5oh2GQBy5HiYTJSCWWgOKflrmuTkNpWkdsOp-1Po9M5ZWqDIHWLOiU0xs2ySS2oBNfUjH-MLXG_1cZ8qW2NXaTc-bdlWzTLZW6hBKqbgileipPVGXxK/s384/WP%20logo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="384" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLGCDBFgZGixEHr-dn_kicQxypsQNWVFvgav7j7eZ5U5ditobsz-uaUPQ03gX3m5UbeBKYCbuBn5oh2GQBy5HiYTJSCWWgOKflrmuTkNpWkdsOp-1Po9M5ZWqDIHWLOiU0xs2ySS2oBNfUjH-MLXG_1cZ8qW2NXaTc-bdlWzTLZW6hBKqbgileipPVGXxK/s320/WP%20logo.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u><a href="https://warprinter.de/" target="_blank">Warprinter </a></u></b>are a relatively young company from Germany who offer STL files for download, covering mostly files for smaller-scale figures for Ancient battles...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8n4qdgbJREEIaexycjJcqHDDD2O5sSIzomV9wQBmYzp1c9WzXG1YHtT1dgHYWQH2gb_H9vp_ZgMya3V9iwJ_4bP3EBBE8A7O_Bb8qWSGRTySl0Ru9k-bwqwsGwj8Qd25mWHcuAPEO4C6XtnrTmKAmxpsQ54Kc0tb16YXfelhLkYAVmH8OVZLCAqjPkF1l/s700/ArmyCarthaginian.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8n4qdgbJREEIaexycjJcqHDDD2O5sSIzomV9wQBmYzp1c9WzXG1YHtT1dgHYWQH2gb_H9vp_ZgMya3V9iwJ_4bP3EBBE8A7O_Bb8qWSGRTySl0Ru9k-bwqwsGwj8Qd25mWHcuAPEO4C6XtnrTmKAmxpsQ54Kc0tb16YXfelhLkYAVmH8OVZLCAqjPkF1l/s320/ArmyCarthaginian.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">...and now add Pike&Shot sets to their product range. The range is available via their <b><u><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1545036316/theatrum-europaeum">Kickstarter campaign</a></u></b> right now.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Overview</h3><p style="text-align: left;">The range comes with 58 different codes, each one being a strip of 3 cavalry, 5 foot figures or 1 gun piece. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/043/849/076/94b90c08390f45c9858fa6a12f652fa2_original.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=680&fit=max&v=1706721237&gif-q=50&lossless=true&s=0ee15c2eeb424a25d09989755f2c9e16" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="582" height="671" src="https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/043/849/076/94b90c08390f45c9858fa6a12f652fa2_original.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=680&fit=max&v=1706721237&gif-q=50&lossless=true&s=0ee15c2eeb424a25d09989755f2c9e16" width="488" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">The files don't require supports or - if they do - come pre-supported. They are suited for 6mm, 10mm and 15mm. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-qLUnrdz2hnWcNJdCY78xu-vnNSY-jzFceJ2ECsXdpmLPLJWUvqKolxLhCZ6xvZICT_sG-yYSmWCJtriblNecmJkGT8kICJP6lJWkt6k7CgZxYER39nzFAMvTWPxx7bZPNdRpK329a377IfW4a3yJYzzvk4u6DF0W6ebU1PIIIXDKSSBKIUv87_BEA2LV/s1497/testwip1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1310" data-original-width="1497" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-qLUnrdz2hnWcNJdCY78xu-vnNSY-jzFceJ2ECsXdpmLPLJWUvqKolxLhCZ6xvZICT_sG-yYSmWCJtriblNecmJkGT8kICJP6lJWkt6k7CgZxYER39nzFAMvTWPxx7bZPNdRpK329a377IfW4a3yJYzzvk4u6DF0W6ebU1PIIIXDKSSBKIUv87_BEA2LV/s320/testwip1.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">As mentioned above, I worked with the 10mm versions (because that isn't only a great size for wargaming and because it is my thing.).</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">The Figures</h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">General features</h3><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">The printed figures arrived in little baggies and I was pretty impressed with what I saw. In the initial chats with the Warprinter guys I was told that pikes would be printed into the hands of figures, not the least because drilling/cutting or in any other way working with 3d printed figures is a bit of a pain. </p><p style="text-align: left;">I was worried about the sturdiness of these printed-on pikes, but as it turned out, the resin used hit a very good spot between flexibility and hardness. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_G7wZ7zI65Wv4CRaWV5TgloQLd22Ktv2MY2kGGO4s8Wq2cJOofYIa1DXS15GBSZLqcsPk_NrC0zhx8s87B99CmhJSAaXL72xrtjlMGn1VcZn1FDmvU_7X-nptBQ2PlufD-ViVQU7qf2FrGZyyq3UPrV95YfpGZtebqNye___v7WDJqkYGNSGLSfhZ1H_/s1100/p%20stand%20AS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="1100" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_G7wZ7zI65Wv4CRaWV5TgloQLd22Ktv2MY2kGGO4s8Wq2cJOofYIa1DXS15GBSZLqcsPk_NrC0zhx8s87B99CmhJSAaXL72xrtjlMGn1VcZn1FDmvU_7X-nptBQ2PlufD-ViVQU7qf2FrGZyyq3UPrV95YfpGZtebqNye___v7WDJqkYGNSGLSfhZ1H_/s320/p%20stand%20AS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The pikes are a bit thick of course, but I'm perfectly fine with that. If you prefer thinner ones, like broom bristles or wire - that'll be a problem, because converting a 3d printed figure is no fun and personally I wouldn't bother.<p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">The material I got was almost comparative to hard plastic in terms of flexibility/hardness. Even rapiers on cavalry are printed on and very delicate, but sturdy enough.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAq7dM0woA2rmqFQ1PZTIe_PD7UfA6VX3Uz-PSOsf66t8i779S9jdbTxBucUtFmVVh1MtB5sHQaB6cUoLeG2lVrwg3QeIbl5JoaZcL2SzbT1MG4NKOxKdhyphenhyphenC7qlcbGka1CXxFQ_IDn5UKMM2Jm2y5AHToqJFBqievRr8gwVfASXTvghHM4yDVLiDf_Yp9l/s1100/cav%20lt%20offzS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="1100" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAq7dM0woA2rmqFQ1PZTIe_PD7UfA6VX3Uz-PSOsf66t8i779S9jdbTxBucUtFmVVh1MtB5sHQaB6cUoLeG2lVrwg3QeIbl5JoaZcL2SzbT1MG4NKOxKdhyphenhyphenC7qlcbGka1CXxFQ_IDn5UKMM2Jm2y5AHToqJFBqievRr8gwVfASXTvghHM4yDVLiDf_Yp9l/s320/cav%20lt%20offzS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And should they actually snap - well, that's stuff that can be replaced without much problem.</div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">The figures are printed in strips of 3 or 5 figures. The clever thing is that these said strips are designed in such a way that snapping off single figures is really easy. Especially in the case of cavalry that's handy, since most will want to have them ride boot-to-boot rather than snout-to-tail. The width of a 5-figure infantry strip will fit a 40mm wide base just nicely. The bases I used in the photos you can see are 40x20mm bases, just as on the rest of my collection.</p><p style="text-align: left;">As you can see, infantry are more single figures rather than a solid block or line of men, much like Pendraken or Lancer figures. This of course has advantages (handling, flexibility in terms of positioning and mixing units) and disadvantages (visually, the dudes in the formation just look too far apart). Again, not a problem for me personally. You can reduce the gap between pikemen especially by snipping the figuers apart, removing a bit of the strip and gluing them to the base a bit closer to each other. </p><p style="text-align: left;">There is one thing I do not like about these, and that is printed-on flags.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbNd_GldoJFqFBmzEKQghlF0wpE1bQJ9S6oB8HRq7hyUq5sI5QvAdmRASRGe5JvwApOhjl2NTd2Hvq7MblXnAFq9iubTA6QIpbZrJmisAY6J5T7l7hZEo2dASqqVLNWoeut3zgbIyyeYObleFMboKLaXdjOw8T-yuBG9dLQinNVP6O8EEW7c9zF1ryS9N/s1100/cmd%20A.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="1100" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbNd_GldoJFqFBmzEKQghlF0wpE1bQJ9S6oB8HRq7hyUq5sI5QvAdmRASRGe5JvwApOhjl2NTd2Hvq7MblXnAFq9iubTA6QIpbZrJmisAY6J5T7l7hZEo2dASqqVLNWoeut3zgbIyyeYObleFMboKLaXdjOw8T-yuBG9dLQinNVP6O8EEW7c9zF1ryS9N/s320/cmd%20A.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sure, they look nice once they're done (lovingly, I might add :-P ), but I fail to see the point in cast-on or printed-on flags in general. Apart from the fact that they are eternally more work (and sometimes look too bulky), paper flags have one huge advantage, especially for this period: You can switch at an instant. For my own TYW collection I - after dutifully gluing the flags to the command stands on the earlier battalions - moved on to bending the paper flags (I get mine from Maverick Models) and gluing them together, but not gluing them to the flag pole. So I have a heap of extra flags I can just stick onto the flag pole. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Not unlike many period biographies reflect, some of my infantry served Brandenburgian, Swedish, Hessian, Bohemian, Imperial and French paymasters. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4y_DwFo1EJPiy1Y-INRoiebKw5JNGLScn0xJomAUlt1uO5ji2o5acGWtq8Uq2uDBt2pVAV95OyuG-qXoysh2nHEk1t_ob42bnzg-F-JRxd6PSffoH8GDRKBPNcwV8MNu2EfIWB8jTC9O5jhW7lCbniTaLRz74JIfjhD4GG4HWdYixppl9x8UOCSiiTwd1/s1100/drag%20cmd.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="1100" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4y_DwFo1EJPiy1Y-INRoiebKw5JNGLScn0xJomAUlt1uO5ji2o5acGWtq8Uq2uDBt2pVAV95OyuG-qXoysh2nHEk1t_ob42bnzg-F-JRxd6PSffoH8GDRKBPNcwV8MNu2EfIWB8jTC9O5jhW7lCbniTaLRz74JIfjhD4GG4HWdYixppl9x8UOCSiiTwd1/s320/drag%20cmd.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I understand why it's been done this way on these figures, but it's a design choice I'm not too happy with personally</div><p style="text-align: left;">As far as detailling goes - yeah, these figures are pretty glorious. The details are clearly defined, not too little, not too much detailling. Just right for the figure size.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiABinkqlk-12ROwlJ9l6kg5KU2PoJhFWiT-6LNfz1wcwAjDaqWOS1zDnV1oS9iJjXnN7DrlpUn0It8nJqR3dYYMWltJKkTEaeHSL8NurW3OLEbHjtAke5lWiU73WktR2NPmSnZIoHunaZ6gCN5SYifj4DIX-OPj0DhqKJ1_KDMVnlkM0-ULSfSJdY834DM/s1000/musk%20standing%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiABinkqlk-12ROwlJ9l6kg5KU2PoJhFWiT-6LNfz1wcwAjDaqWOS1zDnV1oS9iJjXnN7DrlpUn0It8nJqR3dYYMWltJKkTEaeHSL8NurW3OLEbHjtAke5lWiU73WktR2NPmSnZIoHunaZ6gCN5SYifj4DIX-OPj0DhqKJ1_KDMVnlkM0-ULSfSJdY834DM/s320/musk%20standing%20a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They also have this slightly gome-ish physiognomy to them, which I very much prefer over "realistic proportions". These are made with smaller scales in mind rather than just scaled down big figures. A joy to paint.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Conclusion</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is a good range, which above all offers a huge variety right from the get-go. You get a staggering amount of different poses for cuirassiers (12 different figures for 'cuirassier rapier attack' alone!), pikemen standing, marching, defending, and so on, musketeers with or without mustket rests, standing, marching, dedicated Swedish cavalry figures, dedicated figures for English Civil War musketeers and cavalry, light, medium and heavy guns as well as artillery crew (really cool figures).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpR2ZDDi_J6OjZJoq3rm6li-WSW0gUIPZy8xgfWGcfI_wSS7CszpRJRtBlYNmGbqsawKHrvSvQqrhtbA2gV45_gZrirzcQUCCHtklGZlgSRydiWhzuMMx4KMFLUn-RJEk14K59LMmxtsL-1eEahDzAsslWyy8HXwyHSGxnTV0XW8HqJKVp4FqvweV9sj1s/s900/Keyvisual-e1703943411498-scaled.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="900" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpR2ZDDi_J6OjZJoq3rm6li-WSW0gUIPZy8xgfWGcfI_wSS7CszpRJRtBlYNmGbqsawKHrvSvQqrhtbA2gV45_gZrirzcQUCCHtklGZlgSRydiWhzuMMx4KMFLUn-RJEk14K59LMmxtsL-1eEahDzAsslWyy8HXwyHSGxnTV0XW8HqJKVp4FqvweV9sj1s/s320/Keyvisual-e1703943411498-scaled.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These will make for a very nice addition to your existing collection or will work a fully new one. I can't think of anything that isn't covered by this range. What I hope for now is 'eastern' looking troops to be added next, most of all of course Winged hussars, hussars, Croats (a must-have) and some eastern infantry would be cool. </div><div><br /></div>The figures will also work nicely alongside Pendraken, Old Glory, etc. figures. Again, Lancer figures might look a bit off next to them, but will work in separate units.<div><br /></div><div>Maybe it's superfluous to say at this point, but the Thirty Years War is a fascinating period on all levels (and rather icky on most as well), and 10mm is just a great size to wargame battles in. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://goedel-pavlik.at/tabletopstories.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Schlacht_am_Wei%C3%9Fen_Berg_C-K_063.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="507" data-original-width="800" height="393" src="https://goedel-pavlik.at/tabletopstories.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Schlacht_am_Wei%C3%9Fen_Berg_C-K_063.jpg" width="620" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>It's really cool to see so many new figure ranges and rules sets appearing for the period these days. Warprinter's range is a great addition to this I think, especially due to its diversity (within the Western/Central European context) and getting it 'just right' in terms of details for small-scale figures.</div><div><br /></div><div>The whole range is available for EUR 49,00 right now (until 26th February)<b><u><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1545036316/theatrum-europaeum">Warprinter's Kickstarter Campaign</a></u></b> or at a later date from Warprinter's website for roughly EUR 100,00.</div><div><br /></div><div>I hope that you found this review interesting and informative!<br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div>Sigurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02912873320636275459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293792978656899229.post-47277628741502324042024-01-29T23:00:00.001+01:002024-01-29T23:00:00.134+01:00Showcase: Frostgrave Elementalists<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEF4ud7HmXDMPGenhHov1w_jFdEH3HtIeJmkCeVEckWyeelZqq30pKLnP8Mmqt_-o3wNOka0m7UZ4gVYnhC21cAXvaCINsk9jf3TGDv2W2X1_hWLVCJqHdYu6WLpdeL6-3RN2UYyQVh41hFiXIINYYGyAJb-8IRJRSQw78a1iqVB2GF5_3PZY0-K8NA40N/s1400/frozen4GUDshoopSATS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="934" data-original-width="1400" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEF4ud7HmXDMPGenhHov1w_jFdEH3HtIeJmkCeVEckWyeelZqq30pKLnP8Mmqt_-o3wNOka0m7UZ4gVYnhC21cAXvaCINsk9jf3TGDv2W2X1_hWLVCJqHdYu6WLpdeL6-3RN2UYyQVh41hFiXIINYYGyAJb-8IRJRSQw78a1iqVB2GF5_3PZY0-K8NA40N/s320/frozen4GUDshoopSATS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Heyhey, welcome to 2024! Hope that everybody had a swell start into the new year. Here you can see two lovely Frostgave Elementalists figures I painted over the holidays.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once they were done I remembered I got other Icy Sorceresses. So now I basically got a whole group of wintery wizardesses to use for all sorts of fantasy games. Hooray!<br /><br />Hope you like them!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLDJf6e6Xm_RXGX4WjolDDxpg0f-9GgjNBcpzqmvMSBC9Q9Qc6bBC3s_y47NbL0gTwAxMHhXE-4S4I_hGO6nIsqZZXq42I2Mn_56fXLgU73xYQjCzzS0jp1K9T8ksldtrOuwI9EC-P4582AC8G8jIj8e14-uRBj7GR8D8ms12yO5GPQ8QXjQxA7tR_9bmf/s1400/frozengroupShoopGud.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="934" data-original-width="1400" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLDJf6e6Xm_RXGX4WjolDDxpg0f-9GgjNBcpzqmvMSBC9Q9Qc6bBC3s_y47NbL0gTwAxMHhXE-4S4I_hGO6nIsqZZXq42I2Mn_56fXLgU73xYQjCzzS0jp1K9T8ksldtrOuwI9EC-P4582AC8G8jIj8e14-uRBj7GR8D8ms12yO5GPQ8QXjQxA7tR_9bmf/s320/frozengroupShoopGud.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Sigurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02912873320636275459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293792978656899229.post-53390008981329778692023-12-12T18:55:00.005+01:002023-12-12T18:55:43.381+01:00Showcase: Super Dungeon Explore Pt.37<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglqkAd6IiY46kGYxHV5sZdVbmvnpo1pCwNTYxutVvVV8kdc8sk1H8GE9VzfAmCXPAG4kBKW06xMpRQmzNX7seKnmn8OjnfQsC7iJiR099SGM-HS_LBU32fa8dua3m995VUpMYlQBAg-LUvwkskVQiNK68IqyPCLDNLQAL9pLDHJCoVvmOC06QMq4IzXbgE/s1900/allmitchestsBESSERschrift.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="916" data-original-width="1900" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglqkAd6IiY46kGYxHV5sZdVbmvnpo1pCwNTYxutVvVV8kdc8sk1H8GE9VzfAmCXPAG4kBKW06xMpRQmzNX7seKnmn8OjnfQsC7iJiR099SGM-HS_LBU32fa8dua3m995VUpMYlQBAg-LUvwkskVQiNK68IqyPCLDNLQAL9pLDHJCoVvmOC06QMq4IzXbgE/s320/allmitchestsBESSERschrift.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's been a while, but there's still plenty of Super Dungeon Explore to catch up on, as you can see!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Several highlights in this batch - the mimics, Glimmerwing the fairy dragon, ...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxmFqPjbcpXetNBAY2RX4aQGlSEbNxZjihLbNiWpSnlAN_s9gLkIbn8Xm1je4HaCT9NgiuGQhiLx-6OO33N_FpZm-B9I0ucsgJ9ZOWV4o1Fl_4wlowleDt52hkc5VCb5rULKvjayXiz9STG8cLtlS1bZNzjDfxOf7bTOvbPWpFbOJ5R0C0XTo4ewIXxfKo/s1400/glimmerwing1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1070" data-original-width="1400" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxmFqPjbcpXetNBAY2RX4aQGlSEbNxZjihLbNiWpSnlAN_s9gLkIbn8Xm1je4HaCT9NgiuGQhiLx-6OO33N_FpZm-B9I0ucsgJ9ZOWV4o1Fl_4wlowleDt52hkc5VCb5rULKvjayXiz9STG8cLtlS1bZNzjDfxOf7bTOvbPWpFbOJ5R0C0XTo4ewIXxfKo/s320/glimmerwing1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yrQ8WcQhEcKEt65Feh_HyXCEE27LP7gewIfePKbIG7Yl0jQGSPdigzv1WKcHL7ZTM6NxpmApXUCStLIBN55ZfUubvcCAdRr3-N2hkkuAp9IUmMbysjGXdz4_tycl-Idvi-slFiALdFy08VNhkSk19xXHMSabZkxLBeOISL7jmyt2xJKqHP494u94Qpv8/s1100/glimmerwing3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="1100" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yrQ8WcQhEcKEt65Feh_HyXCEE27LP7gewIfePKbIG7Yl0jQGSPdigzv1WKcHL7ZTM6NxpmApXUCStLIBN55ZfUubvcCAdRr3-N2hkkuAp9IUmMbysjGXdz4_tycl-Idvi-slFiALdFy08VNhkSk19xXHMSabZkxLBeOISL7jmyt2xJKqHP494u94Qpv8/s320/glimmerwing3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">...a bunch of potted piranha plants... </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqVmChuzEMionyxoJ8RWHKMpd3vzbBDZEdG5_DjlJ-Rmr9fqXASsNj9W4Hi7rRZX8B65JQu3EKppiACPYqqFpTlyYq_XL7A8axfrEsMP32jw2GIJee098sOBQrDDzQZk5BVQ8HQ_Fzug_1btRVXcRsb7wpjbBjnEtYR_yfdphZvNtm_9Qd5bof57Nb7SM/s1500/red%20flowers%20schrift.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="1500" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqVmChuzEMionyxoJ8RWHKMpd3vzbBDZEdG5_DjlJ-Rmr9fqXASsNj9W4Hi7rRZX8B65JQu3EKppiACPYqqFpTlyYq_XL7A8axfrEsMP32jw2GIJee098sOBQrDDzQZk5BVQ8HQ_Fzug_1btRVXcRsb7wpjbBjnEtYR_yfdphZvNtm_9Qd5bof57Nb7SM/s320/red%20flowers%20schrift.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">...and of course The Billmen (get it?)!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnxRjLJ97iPZtycAr1e6OYMaK94NZ2xakWCzYkEL0jhAf3oQ2O4gJV0l4C35kMlkPU0lHaRSedlN1mTe7lImng_hmkrpF73f9T6-fMJ7dWBzIpAydMEEBJP8uPDOWnVvj0nN0Y3gJzLVEaYq4P9RqThvCg7KwoiYmKK-qOOsZTWmaUTzJ6Ic0U-aKXWGoF/s1300/billmenschrift.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1300" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnxRjLJ97iPZtycAr1e6OYMaK94NZ2xakWCzYkEL0jhAf3oQ2O4gJV0l4C35kMlkPU0lHaRSedlN1mTe7lImng_hmkrpF73f9T6-fMJ7dWBzIpAydMEEBJP8uPDOWnVvj0nN0Y3gJzLVEaYq4P9RqThvCg7KwoiYmKK-qOOsZTWmaUTzJ6Ic0U-aKXWGoF/s320/billmenschrift.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hope you like them!</div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Sigurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02912873320636275459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293792978656899229.post-63082978140017948982023-10-09T01:10:00.005+02:002023-10-09T01:10:59.674+02:00Show Report: Late Fall 2023<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiec4SMwbLIYy3yqUhY3GclMNObqgXFIPQNYztZjJqvKdfhXynZ17Zl_MUH7G9Lgn2ohq5W0Ra-Evey8aEdWKadNkcO6pVf2Jnz3j_YHx2H8YoHbOtEvS07k6KOLA0j-EkR_lstCC5SBI0oIodHnYD78YQ8Plh2O8mWfmgUisJEFv6cihRG04lXs-Mutbnh/s1300/20231007_092604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="1300" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiec4SMwbLIYy3yqUhY3GclMNObqgXFIPQNYztZjJqvKdfhXynZ17Zl_MUH7G9Lgn2ohq5W0Ra-Evey8aEdWKadNkcO6pVf2Jnz3j_YHx2H8YoHbOtEvS07k6KOLA0j-EkR_lstCC5SBI0oIodHnYD78YQ8Plh2O8mWfmgUisJEFv6cihRG04lXs-Mutbnh/s320/20231007_092604.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Following El Cid and Moiti's call, I spent the past weekend at Leobendorf again, right at the Austro-German border, for Comitatus' wargames club's Late Fall event.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Last time I attended Late Fall was in 2019, before the pandemic. This time I was back, along with all the showcase and painting stuff.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">...and so were many friends and familiar faces! I'd just been at the place 3 months prior for <a href="https://www.battlebrushstudios.com/2023/06/show-report-austrian-salute-2023.html">Austrian Salute</a>, and I was rather worried I would bore the bejeezus out of people if I brought too many familiar showcase pieces. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEPjLdMV9NV32wVzxFKBLmsSlD4Zr8gFpPa-4BkG9yh61rQwYCezeo7uHl5HJyCnf7AXzytlvGAWQI_CLNNQiOBQicucjhbEnCjZKX7BsR_JrxCKGUXmX1YwscE-hRsSF-8pU9pxVWReEU9xNoqM917FZLDwTwGfOC2CgiU22vuMrlHYtDIgssX8oEOuny/s1200/20231007_165541.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="1200" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEPjLdMV9NV32wVzxFKBLmsSlD4Zr8gFpPa-4BkG9yh61rQwYCezeo7uHl5HJyCnf7AXzytlvGAWQI_CLNNQiOBQicucjhbEnCjZKX7BsR_JrxCKGUXmX1YwscE-hRsSF-8pU9pxVWReEU9xNoqM917FZLDwTwGfOC2CgiU22vuMrlHYtDIgssX8oEOuny/s320/20231007_165541.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBdDpfiIjcyCuPE1LSxdGhS-lUhHKSHaqfx_FIRpSie98mrx0rxwceE7Et0RfPQPAhwUuy_WuEjW0GL3UT2PKE0Qh6ovcmygbpJJf-GcfHnkmb0_oq-1Gkme2LWDhJdzEltnavD0XWjBL5Zaj_eJlcghyphenhyphenYPI6pvDgQij04oCgAgoBJFetK910KUKChNEHP/s1200/20231007_165548.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="1200" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBdDpfiIjcyCuPE1LSxdGhS-lUhHKSHaqfx_FIRpSie98mrx0rxwceE7Et0RfPQPAhwUuy_WuEjW0GL3UT2PKE0Qh6ovcmygbpJJf-GcfHnkmb0_oq-1Gkme2LWDhJdzEltnavD0XWjBL5Zaj_eJlcghyphenhyphenYPI6pvDgQij04oCgAgoBJFetK910KUKChNEHP/s320/20231007_165548.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So I got out the two Space Marines armies I'd just painted, brought the good old ACW collection along, as well as some of my 10mm Thirty Years War collection and some 10mm showcase figures I just painted for an upcoming Kickstarter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><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/AVvXsEjQ-ZnPHe0sVcMKIpHjR36QJa2AkDCBJl7S4UP7MD-sENyfvbMcbsO7A6r7Poh9dcBsHxNV-NOz8OkSukL7hstRZoTryIR3wbvgo6imDRFwM3U_eJ_uoG-X2ni9_oSah5RPtXbKBg8mGrJcC3ZOekfDsSCyTu-hfhtf74kk55ZEAxwkgADrDhraylZTN3hU/s1200/20231007_165537.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="1200" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-ZnPHe0sVcMKIpHjR36QJa2AkDCBJl7S4UP7MD-sENyfvbMcbsO7A6r7Poh9dcBsHxNV-NOz8OkSukL7hstRZoTryIR3wbvgo6imDRFwM3U_eJ_uoG-X2ni9_oSah5RPtXbKBg8mGrJcC3ZOekfDsSCyTu-hfhtf74kk55ZEAxwkgADrDhraylZTN3hU/s320/20231007_165537.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">..along with some old friends.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Now that we got that out of the way, let's have a look at the gaming tables, shall we.<div><br /></div><div>But first I arrived the evening before the show to set up and pay a visit to El Cid's lovely wargames store, Silent Night Games.</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWiXCLpdh4jmPLhwHIk_Ay9Cpg5q7VyIRj85IQb5yUQwRLZq3svHdMyBfPZJnaCiZW2ZbZnZoC0nXFnAXp0R-S2595FjxwylcI5bgK2qOnnSxMP0aaPEc9gw_8wJjZzj28hao2gmeGgA_PW8SqmTnxSuNtYp5_4tUJxsdXHXwUSf3SMKQw8ETPjtHDYNA5/s356/silent%20nightz%20gamews.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="356" data-original-width="350" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWiXCLpdh4jmPLhwHIk_Ay9Cpg5q7VyIRj85IQb5yUQwRLZq3svHdMyBfPZJnaCiZW2ZbZnZoC0nXFnAXp0R-S2595FjxwylcI5bgK2qOnnSxMP0aaPEc9gw_8wJjZzj28hao2gmeGgA_PW8SqmTnxSuNtYp5_4tUJxsdXHXwUSf3SMKQw8ETPjtHDYNA5/w250-h254/silent%20nightz%20gamews.JPG" width="250" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Especially since Brexit happened, well-connected LGSs are worth more than ever before. And this IS a good store. (And Battlefront's strategy with the resurrected 'Nam range is a bit surprising, to say the least, but that's beside the point).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So let's get to it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94VXvnsTXNABvp0kViP7PW9cH7pglc5zcdloiqMcVgyEETnu7RxYdgcX6sdXt_tHWpXoJV-cnAEB8cX1_-QzDiezjNJ3ifx1qGz0xSGhRNxOUiZqsKEFgJH6OY1zdXyTWHFpo9HFopAswx-vVN-eNzN4A1TKOP5JkkJSUjj4PlIkj_2d7u6b_0fpe7uUl/s641/20231007_102708.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94VXvnsTXNABvp0kViP7PW9cH7pglc5zcdloiqMcVgyEETnu7RxYdgcX6sdXt_tHWpXoJV-cnAEB8cX1_-QzDiezjNJ3ifx1qGz0xSGhRNxOUiZqsKEFgJH6OY1zdXyTWHFpo9HFopAswx-vVN-eNzN4A1TKOP5JkkJSUjj4PlIkj_2d7u6b_0fpe7uUl/s320/20231007_102708.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We had Roll-The-Dice (a lovely vendor of lovely figures and everything else you need to play wargames, except people, because trading in people is not nice) and lovely people from Carinthia (constable's gang) call in sick last minute. So it was all the nicer that Lynx and DerFels dropped by from Vienna on short notice to showcase <b>Blood and Plunder</b>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicTzMZz1SLrLVneWMXg6uSMc9rncIzNKqyvCSgkMDnAS501zjp62eO-B4Vz5aqYaYMn346IAZ1-uMOTZAGhUGz_FE1baQK6p5_ny3JFPgJcGRBEMEzfpjGc0chI48cqZcPBKmEUHuPPM3W5abf-5of-Tk7eOyb7zgZtJuNbdPmpwYXwfp4mnlyUYLdAJb5/s1489/20231007_102713.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="784" data-original-width="1489" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicTzMZz1SLrLVneWMXg6uSMc9rncIzNKqyvCSgkMDnAS501zjp62eO-B4Vz5aqYaYMn346IAZ1-uMOTZAGhUGz_FE1baQK6p5_ny3JFPgJcGRBEMEzfpjGc0chI48cqZcPBKmEUHuPPM3W5abf-5of-Tk7eOyb7zgZtJuNbdPmpwYXwfp4mnlyUYLdAJb5/s320/20231007_102713.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd-kyOzu5K2PjK_qMMQ64Yr-2aLOnAfgardGw7OfJ9zPxY7wXw_BGJcQ_WM6LaBQIB-18huzXtbvxKNBcZNSww8T-ddCSfQIqZS_Ahzv43OgLDNLxQybysdwXXiEqWcwnGUFXgcenFpBSGbOhuQ4o02Ea0m1LuK5g5tIou2u4jRvfBqonmM3ie09PTS0XG/s1400/20231007_131248.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="1400" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd-kyOzu5K2PjK_qMMQ64Yr-2aLOnAfgardGw7OfJ9zPxY7wXw_BGJcQ_WM6LaBQIB-18huzXtbvxKNBcZNSww8T-ddCSfQIqZS_Ahzv43OgLDNLxQybysdwXXiEqWcwnGUFXgcenFpBSGbOhuQ4o02Ea0m1LuK5g5tIou2u4jRvfBqonmM3ie09PTS0XG/s320/20231007_131248.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">They brought a very cool and tighly-packed pirate-themed table and figures.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-q_Aqhd9xP2-rx-q5MLKfG_9gZ7ja3jliHJARXjRKw_smt3b0KEP-SFKPwlFJFt-s8giIU-QBIQ7rw6Ur7UB2RtZOMO4N9AV8MVo-EaKHcNbX9Ao8d6V-LVEadmyn9F-9sL6sM8MLiR5AVwToyrp3AM1vo8WgDs7Npq-1sKaDFPRg67Eh6bShEk8WWBD3/s1200/20231007_102722.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="814" data-original-width="1200" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-q_Aqhd9xP2-rx-q5MLKfG_9gZ7ja3jliHJARXjRKw_smt3b0KEP-SFKPwlFJFt-s8giIU-QBIQ7rw6Ur7UB2RtZOMO4N9AV8MVo-EaKHcNbX9Ao8d6V-LVEadmyn9F-9sL6sM8MLiR5AVwToyrp3AM1vo8WgDs7Npq-1sKaDFPRg67Eh6bShEk8WWBD3/s320/20231007_102722.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Then there's <b>Shakos & Bayonets</b>, the Napoleonic version of Muskets & Tomahawks:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs8BLo3qkcP7sl45LMWaKvBwRQyIt7s90V4vpv3-AcPzDj0OrqvQbwfQwx3pzfb-yq4I_OdYXLk2KNNr_YxfGF0WuX1VVNksb0UISlP74E4Wih8SVi6zx4Gm-AznTYIMWfyVqHTaGnhR21eWDKyX4qXTg8yPPSCTbpeeTpZoFnB8PBY8thr85NDUU8LYEJ/s1700/20231007_115139.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="1200" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpbM0MAuuPKrgo8vY_yxcdyBQ7m-QW5HhxzAqiTKPghdVNG2QWUTF-dikwxcK5gDojBKqRm5S6ud9Qs0_ueZ_-qXBmS0_VXSm_SfjRMl-hkkv59sULMcOMM3vQrsHDXHchcEK4RPfR0heq2VpkwR6wMTQr3wl7-yrUfzpNmg3ehhsChQ9ZTa9pMV2f5VhV/s320/20231007_102958.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Lovely presentation, lovely figures (Perrys and possibly Foundry on the British side, all Piano Wargames on the Bavarian side), and lovely terrain too!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPXvaAoyh1F_f4k5uSqEL7YwhELTADvFKggyx30D_k1Czb3fey3_q3SAfFVuEKZ7PS-zOidYUnx2VVF9tXN1CZ7TaIPmLXejXoEgnwFzEWriILP-aCSCwln9HoBIWQVgRKqlCF5IqsR-gGbzP3PlYJPOq9tovO3gVfAPO9FaEldInrg8POlD3fY_gnQ0xZ/s1300/20231007_110640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="857" data-original-width="1300" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPXvaAoyh1F_f4k5uSqEL7YwhELTADvFKggyx30D_k1Czb3fey3_q3SAfFVuEKZ7PS-zOidYUnx2VVF9tXN1CZ7TaIPmLXejXoEgnwFzEWriILP-aCSCwln9HoBIWQVgRKqlCF5IqsR-gGbzP3PlYJPOq9tovO3gVfAPO9FaEldInrg8POlD3fY_gnQ0xZ/s320/20231007_110640.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The<b> Elder Scrolls</b> table;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHPl4-16H-G193_Ets88cyr3SrhWOwCpmbyV8sk-5CV-QnVH_9ICcwRuvmApdPuSWD8gKJpJNz7DSNPaI01VjqM9aruRK-iV3Ltqe4yt-MB0LYnSSk9n0XPkaAzdzbVJjmx_9SozC7DXEV02nCxIAjdOVsUYx_FWkCuk1G12ybuZwvKHJ38Kr-dHgrSG5X/s1299/20231007_131025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="1299" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHPl4-16H-G193_Ets88cyr3SrhWOwCpmbyV8sk-5CV-QnVH_9ICcwRuvmApdPuSWD8gKJpJNz7DSNPaI01VjqM9aruRK-iV3Ltqe4yt-MB0LYnSSk9n0XPkaAzdzbVJjmx_9SozC7DXEV02nCxIAjdOVsUYx_FWkCuk1G12ybuZwvKHJ38Kr-dHgrSG5X/s320/20231007_131025.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> the only fantasy-themed table at the event. But it was a looker:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifnR66tao4GUDjg6QFMO90cV-HGVhqNYZxcohnMKfGSM8HYI59kwemOcjGtgsWqW2Oq6JOYpwxQZUxahPTZPJvbfzoTJWw2psWxJ38naHstdeab3Rgn7E-HkkKaSyf6SuDF_ZOjgsinoVCO7MOMdQFO78UTEXQ3ADYTk090dwqiNi53JxZ_D9RLAB9bcEv/s1300/20231007_105142.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="1300" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifnR66tao4GUDjg6QFMO90cV-HGVhqNYZxcohnMKfGSM8HYI59kwemOcjGtgsWqW2Oq6JOYpwxQZUxahPTZPJvbfzoTJWw2psWxJ38naHstdeab3Rgn7E-HkkKaSyf6SuDF_ZOjgsinoVCO7MOMdQFO78UTEXQ3ADYTk090dwqiNi53JxZ_D9RLAB9bcEv/s320/20231007_105142.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A full dungeon, with some outlands around, and a giant spider lair!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg7LVHNbGGmwyGVmoUzbzKDiy4k4OxR8eF98FZbe4jNfPoVXnhxKfX54wg2y6rt6kkGJS-IhdWZxR_bOyVN9WKRATwGZI3FjUQr8v906HQICp824vKcbUbi8x3SZ9xD0X-WgE62C69afFkOiTD3c89GRE1cV0zzGg0QToCAcAd0q1Qiv2WTCrOM_11kaSQ/s1600/20231007_131003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1600" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg7LVHNbGGmwyGVmoUzbzKDiy4k4OxR8eF98FZbe4jNfPoVXnhxKfX54wg2y6rt6kkGJS-IhdWZxR_bOyVN9WKRATwGZI3FjUQr8v906HQICp824vKcbUbi8x3SZ9xD0X-WgE62C69afFkOiTD3c89GRE1cV0zzGg0QToCAcAd0q1Qiv2WTCrOM_11kaSQ/s320/20231007_131003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Then there was the <b>Battlegroup </b>Pacific table.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9uYa-jUqOIB7-Ugs4_d-E7bmbYEVnnap66DPLY2xtcIjXyf36ArokF04HaW_FEMhHYMVjmg3vzT-3Wrj0T0y6sXetQkFT1uo7UiZigmF36icCYQyVd5U6of2mRdANS-NC9UuLCUiSAGrVWnFnYuKW9YzoVMKdaWTYWYjewYd5apC2OCH72aG4N_zq9xu7/s1700/20231007_102654.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="1700" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9uYa-jUqOIB7-Ugs4_d-E7bmbYEVnnap66DPLY2xtcIjXyf36ArokF04HaW_FEMhHYMVjmg3vzT-3Wrj0T0y6sXetQkFT1uo7UiZigmF36icCYQyVd5U6of2mRdANS-NC9UuLCUiSAGrVWnFnYuKW9YzoVMKdaWTYWYjewYd5apC2OCH72aG4N_zq9xu7/s320/20231007_102654.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Certainly the biggest table, but also the one with the smallest figures on top! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-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_JIZUiNrPcc7ZvAtBatAGuCBlNrNuX5RVLrFpBBXAa_H-BWVt1k_hYJcEgonD0u1JKzniD5gEt7xNs0IxqGnDf1YUvu5IPvYcHnuQ6C1_9WTxLkJQ8flfYV4RI7oVserqXnaoVZXFRCBU_pXNrt-IxbEqmEwfeNIpZ9wx_R05Yzfa94TLsHEVKjOT4VzN/s1500/20231007_103123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="957" data-original-width="1500" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_JIZUiNrPcc7ZvAtBatAGuCBlNrNuX5RVLrFpBBXAa_H-BWVt1k_hYJcEgonD0u1JKzniD5gEt7xNs0IxqGnDf1YUvu5IPvYcHnuQ6C1_9WTxLkJQ8flfYV4RI7oVserqXnaoVZXFRCBU_pXNrt-IxbEqmEwfeNIpZ9wx_R05Yzfa94TLsHEVKjOT4VzN/s320/20231007_103123.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look at that staff car!<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMuwp0cHuGdgWYJlZrwGeuCCYxDHoWQrlofQFvNdxmHXACwPaA2ldHMqwxvrjWt4Vl6hze2rmjz5fq09v0Uofvk2eB7fyA6Gi_iNmAUoLNCybOurYsPTknOZ6u3cJ8S5dgfmb9-Zodq8KZ9EIwyntxPW_A2RqBYnJxYq1Gj3vSn4D0VXqHCpDpxG44mJtz/s1500/20231007_103037.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="1500" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMuwp0cHuGdgWYJlZrwGeuCCYxDHoWQrlofQFvNdxmHXACwPaA2ldHMqwxvrjWt4Vl6hze2rmjz5fq09v0Uofvk2eB7fyA6Gi_iNmAUoLNCybOurYsPTknOZ6u3cJ8S5dgfmb9-Zodq8KZ9EIwyntxPW_A2RqBYnJxYq1Gj3vSn4D0VXqHCpDpxG44mJtz/s320/20231007_103037.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and the little bulldozer!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe0Sl3Txy1F0X33O6JI8Qx664kfGki-xeKBlhdfxxRLVUDT0LT3Hyv2F7_abqdYNrkXhwsPq1c58-o5VSmB1t1WLQHFH7EhopDX-FeX5BY8CMzDueplYgNL9pt-52raDXnqfA6WTIT_xEkJhQTgudueo4H6JrJ-mizblhBi_58itxlBVx43SrXh-mM4-En/s1540/20231007_103054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1540" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe0Sl3Txy1F0X33O6JI8Qx664kfGki-xeKBlhdfxxRLVUDT0LT3Hyv2F7_abqdYNrkXhwsPq1c58-o5VSmB1t1WLQHFH7EhopDX-FeX5BY8CMzDueplYgNL9pt-52raDXnqfA6WTIT_xEkJhQTgudueo4H6JrJ-mizblhBi_58itxlBVx43SrXh-mM4-En/s320/20231007_103054.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But also the quality of the single figures as well as the table itself are glorious. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMB7HzMP7JVV6Zqhi9noWpyNVEWWesRqTedpBvQiTu6VjnttcPS_ZkJ0Qj44fix98NVhSjfL_Ad3vD6H2xQ4mtgl7Ir0mBYHmQBs7Qbi7RqWGwW3sPfYSu1aEHF1ZMJwwFBAsvu8iLHYZSIPXd7yXrCnLO4ER9CaHE4YayXdTWvZhK2pycz0eEyQOfVI-u/s1700/20231007_102647.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="1700" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMB7HzMP7JVV6Zqhi9noWpyNVEWWesRqTedpBvQiTu6VjnttcPS_ZkJ0Qj44fix98NVhSjfL_Ad3vD6H2xQ4mtgl7Ir0mBYHmQBs7Qbi7RqWGwW3sPfYSu1aEHF1ZMJwwFBAsvu8iLHYZSIPXd7yXrCnLO4ER9CaHE4YayXdTWvZhK2pycz0eEyQOfVI-u/s320/20231007_102647.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Right down to the basing on the Japanese units especially. That's just lovely. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeGoqkryfZDuft_DUudPxj_U09ONCtSbsY2NC9vsjirW7KuA9YX-Y1Q_uP1H1lnyqP_edMUI6avPWwF9D6T91XhAKJnavG329LFEcQXLz1YnJtWu6v-t5NQveH-KZff_f-mQv3t8y2jFv5zvH38ubIZD6q-T3SZMBVHSAzrL8MfMAF-qLc6Y9TqCgq3OvF/s1098/20231007_092236.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="1098" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeGoqkryfZDuft_DUudPxj_U09ONCtSbsY2NC9vsjirW7KuA9YX-Y1Q_uP1H1lnyqP_edMUI6avPWwF9D6T91XhAKJnavG329LFEcQXLz1YnJtWu6v-t5NQveH-KZff_f-mQv3t8y2jFv5zvH38ubIZD6q-T3SZMBVHSAzrL8MfMAF-qLc6Y9TqCgq3OvF/s320/20231007_092236.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>This table won 'prettiest table' on the day. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><b>Gaslands </b>is always fun and always draws the audience's attention.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6LVkXCrE5ymK20tCcJ0R297ZpAkdTvAGGhchGxjQ3BZh51ethrFqLnkXIr8O2FG8pYAQiHwDLML4uQKcU88QVLO2tTKcfA3xni9Fsr7X8RvcGrilfo4ec-X2C7NXQEsTI0gcIwb1KB3uC0qyA9mcxb7-jNvZqvyk-i1Qetd_uICwaBz4elo7z_xKwfJQf/s1200/20231007_102827.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="1200" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6LVkXCrE5ymK20tCcJ0R297ZpAkdTvAGGhchGxjQ3BZh51ethrFqLnkXIr8O2FG8pYAQiHwDLML4uQKcU88QVLO2tTKcfA3xni9Fsr7X8RvcGrilfo4ec-X2C7NXQEsTI0gcIwb1KB3uC0qyA9mcxb7-jNvZqvyk-i1Qetd_uICwaBz4elo7z_xKwfJQf/s320/20231007_102827.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In addition to that, this table featured a ton of amazing terrain, adding a certain Death Race 2000 (the remake) vibe, racing around something like an old steel mill or something.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvoGG8uoXVIAbSLUO6dq-ef1gXNvjXLAKOnrk-VvEy0aPJfjynrKAnmNDB7C23cRc1vlJmFtVlkAKnNL6y7TpduKCWW36KXJmR6vcRduaLs3pBbpUa-wgYdXWpLuYiVCc2ZdtvyxTU5fcbeVS9vyb2hR_RknTf-cT64OEZN3XvckPfeiM9sArLmLejTb00/s900/20231007_102857.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="900" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvoGG8uoXVIAbSLUO6dq-ef1gXNvjXLAKOnrk-VvEy0aPJfjynrKAnmNDB7C23cRc1vlJmFtVlkAKnNL6y7TpduKCWW36KXJmR6vcRduaLs3pBbpUa-wgYdXWpLuYiVCc2ZdtvyxTU5fcbeVS9vyb2hR_RknTf-cT64OEZN3XvckPfeiM9sArLmLejTb00/s320/20231007_102857.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Apart from the terrain (by terrain master Froschum), they also had really cool post-apoc battle cars.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcbqtIO2yNObPS6qpPS8WLTlXmvP-45NSn1TiCrBy-WUkHCUsjlR_uBejec5l6LEiJZBCCZS7wL4GAk0ildwgb12sMmAd_fOc-6ybuNKtwByMVPX2DtWPumu0g1DhA2MdCLU9t3gefHslTDjwW3_4LcaY3lW1Z-R1BWu5PCmJpgQ3cPdVXAU9_uqt51_1b/s1000/20231007_131047.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="1000" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcbqtIO2yNObPS6qpPS8WLTlXmvP-45NSn1TiCrBy-WUkHCUsjlR_uBejec5l6LEiJZBCCZS7wL4GAk0ildwgb12sMmAd_fOc-6ybuNKtwByMVPX2DtWPumu0g1DhA2MdCLU9t3gefHslTDjwW3_4LcaY3lW1Z-R1BWu5PCmJpgQ3cPdVXAU9_uqt51_1b/s320/20231007_131047.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Last but not least, there was a <b>Barons' War</b> demo table, at which I actually got to play two turns.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl_QceuLrgCko2qnuqBeqU0rUdNP-Gwtkt2dRAb9bzFgNVvUoIcFYXWV8qZuzwbNnPmrpeb0ulVFGs2nGPCFX-Pg5tz6x0txga0cVE_Bu5ChJkkrP2nbwJttdtW6Pzpzd3pZ6nt0X2mok28QsJ_Waba-c5XtTDDyJXpDHu5wLUccBMBHJNzkSbYw9-PQRR/s3059/20231007_131422.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1860" data-original-width="3059" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl_QceuLrgCko2qnuqBeqU0rUdNP-Gwtkt2dRAb9bzFgNVvUoIcFYXWV8qZuzwbNnPmrpeb0ulVFGs2nGPCFX-Pg5tz6x0txga0cVE_Bu5ChJkkrP2nbwJttdtW6Pzpzd3pZ6nt0X2mok28QsJ_Waba-c5XtTDDyJXpDHu5wLUccBMBHJNzkSbYw9-PQRR/s320/20231007_131422.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I really dig the look of this table.It's colourful, and the terrain is a bit chubby rather than drab and thin. Just right for medieval skirmish fun. For a while now I've been looking to play something medieval. The rules seem to work well, and the Footsore figures looked really good.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fun little game, run by the <a href="http://www.diceillas.at/7-latefall-in-oberndorf-bei-salzburg/">Diceillas</a>. Thanks for the demo game, guys! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDcZJC3wro9US4V2GzPvO2p3LUzTAGLRgfPzrBFj2dr82olyvd4pKL-OBWcR-eJo06qfeFZP-ZotB2x3XCL2WI-1DOGNo7IIHlAmAF-XWI0YbFhBNFm-ZQMs2aWlbHRUJYRyX6DL0xdqgXC09ZESg0IlKWWBD0juVjK8nna3-PAA-_Sy1QqB0WqeK4S_P6/s1234/20231007_160417.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="784" data-original-width="1234" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDcZJC3wro9US4V2GzPvO2p3LUzTAGLRgfPzrBFj2dr82olyvd4pKL-OBWcR-eJo06qfeFZP-ZotB2x3XCL2WI-1DOGNo7IIHlAmAF-XWI0YbFhBNFm-ZQMs2aWlbHRUJYRyX6DL0xdqgXC09ZESg0IlKWWBD0juVjK8nna3-PAA-_Sy1QqB0WqeK4S_P6/s320/20231007_160417.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So it was a few tables fewer than at Austrian Salute, but these here at Late Fall have been played at throughout the day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiec4SMwbLIYy3yqUhY3GclMNObqgXFIPQNYztZjJqvKdfhXynZ17Zl_MUH7G9Lgn2ohq5W0Ra-Evey8aEdWKadNkcO6pVf2Jnz3j_YHx2H8YoHbOtEvS07k6KOLA0j-EkR_lstCC5SBI0oIodHnYD78YQ8Plh2O8mWfmgUisJEFv6cihRG04lXs-Mutbnh/s1300/20231007_092604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="1300" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiec4SMwbLIYy3yqUhY3GclMNObqgXFIPQNYztZjJqvKdfhXynZ17Zl_MUH7G9Lgn2ohq5W0Ra-Evey8aEdWKadNkcO6pVf2Jnz3j_YHx2H8YoHbOtEvS07k6KOLA0j-EkR_lstCC5SBI0oIodHnYD78YQ8Plh2O8mWfmgUisJEFv6cihRG04lXs-Mutbnh/s320/20231007_092604.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I greatly enjoy the events by Comitatus at Leobendorf. Just feels like being among like-minded wargamers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Right, I hope you enjoyed this little picture report. As a bonus, here's a photo of a 24 hours fresh sausage and meat dispenser. It's right around the corner of Late Fall's venue.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyhhFWXYTJZSLTQTvU_KP331eOq6QhMK9wz7RlQtymw-1jcCDOi8bsKBs6NeMyGid-7Ak_CQGfecLebWAjqwXfxli_AaIuzknt4UL_7Q7aq9ApH4PFTrESQItj7iqvQVvh7ABDzZtpQM5mz64zIClc4i5NPRYrLZ7q5hAjl9ASn-LOnqucO1ah_IITDip/s1084/signal-2023-10-07-132615_002.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1084" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyhhFWXYTJZSLTQTvU_KP331eOq6QhMK9wz7RlQtymw-1jcCDOi8bsKBs6NeMyGid-7Ak_CQGfecLebWAjqwXfxli_AaIuzknt4UL_7Q7aq9ApH4PFTrESQItj7iqvQVvh7ABDzZtpQM5mz64zIClc4i5NPRYrLZ7q5hAjl9ASn-LOnqucO1ah_IITDip/s320/signal-2023-10-07-132615_002.jpeg" width="148" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div>Sigurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02912873320636275459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293792978656899229.post-53445298115529798202023-09-29T16:42:00.006+02:002023-09-29T16:43:26.308+02:00My Kind of Town II - Going Eastern European<p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh84lHOdsAnH0mRpX32MnarJLXMA7xIpt_RhNc63i2SY0lNPTwf05BrvuRb53YptUnZ_Apnea9akw-PUbcUU2GjvBfYuuLKhAgonshxLYeZLtg0OcMuRsbIxExGJE5altmje7l0DoX_8p9hK12uc_Qb4s8Kj6IRbm1WzU5p-bOogRPZIChNVHXO1uLeMGFh/s1100/as13S.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="1100" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh84lHOdsAnH0mRpX32MnarJLXMA7xIpt_RhNc63i2SY0lNPTwf05BrvuRb53YptUnZ_Apnea9akw-PUbcUU2GjvBfYuuLKhAgonshxLYeZLtg0OcMuRsbIxExGJE5altmje7l0DoX_8p9hK12uc_Qb4s8Kj6IRbm1WzU5p-bOogRPZIChNVHXO1uLeMGFh/s320/as13S.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p>In this article I would like to share with you some pictures of my Dark Ages/Medieval village, how I built it and so on. Hit the jump for lotsa pictures and enlightenment through PVA and super glue.</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p><br /></p><p>...this is pretty much how I started my last "<a href="https://www.battlebrushstudios.com/2015/06/tutorial-my-kind-of-town-make-of-dark.html">My Kind of Town</a>" article in 2015. Since then I haven't done any 28mm building projects of that magnitude, but about a year ago something captured my imagination. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.tabletopstories.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/wss-issue-121.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="477" height="350" src="https://www.tabletopstories.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/wss-issue-121.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Crossing the Berezina scenario by David Davies from WSS magazine issue #121. A WW2 scenario set on the Eastern Front. On top of that I've been wanting to get 28mm "Eastern European buildings" for a while now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Idea</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So the vision was: Make several (as many as possible really) buildings which would fit for pretty much anything between Silesia and Moscow. And from about 1800 to the 1940s. Needless to say that the result would never fit any of these perfectly. It's always an abstraction. And a compromise.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I like terrain which can be used as universal as possible, so it wouldn't have to be accurate to one area or timespan. I had a general idea of what I wanted to see in these buildings: wooden walls, tiled roofs, decorated window and door frames, for the "authentic Eastern European" look. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj062bfsgCpYzKAhufOCTtyRJFlk0gaeezZV5qaIAe4g0T3rD3YYBrf7Qq5qor-JdwBpSMlekEPoTKczUOD5F4bZDb-uvlS1PbbvEnhUL-L_FvHVgC5wMP8jxlH18kjc61QOTUwD3qaxkwTaLyq1FlOWrp_wTEEHzV3yYo0DgNv8Jn7TjxB5z14yWJAXrFM/s1300/59391774-old-traditional-wooden-polish-cottage-in-open-air-museum-ethnographic-park-kolbuszowa-poland.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="866" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj062bfsgCpYzKAhufOCTtyRJFlk0gaeezZV5qaIAe4g0T3rD3YYBrf7Qq5qor-JdwBpSMlekEPoTKczUOD5F4bZDb-uvlS1PbbvEnhUL-L_FvHVgC5wMP8jxlH18kjc61QOTUwD3qaxkwTaLyq1FlOWrp_wTEEHzV3yYo0DgNv8Jn7TjxB5z14yWJAXrFM/s320/59391774-old-traditional-wooden-polish-cottage-in-open-air-museum-ethnographic-park-kolbuszowa-poland.webp" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNWx9de_OrrZKlfNlxTdK3ZApq01uQibvebMRyiU3UT8iFCuuLfGcnkRrczRdCLR_40MO_xB1J2xc_TMc8TrLVihLSR0ZhvD7hiSa2D4Z-t8MClMu3QQP238bIlnN60eB0OFNaVBPEF4yd4-vSM05Ym-a_f2GcVgwmRFnV7RFgXfcTdOSD3keApToHHrY3/s1000/Ivanovo_Obl_Melyoshino_asv2018-08_img5%20bessa.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNWx9de_OrrZKlfNlxTdK3ZApq01uQibvebMRyiU3UT8iFCuuLfGcnkRrczRdCLR_40MO_xB1J2xc_TMc8TrLVihLSR0ZhvD7hiSa2D4Z-t8MClMu3QQP238bIlnN60eB0OFNaVBPEF4yd4-vSM05Ym-a_f2GcVgwmRFnV7RFgXfcTdOSD3keApToHHrY3/s320/Ivanovo_Obl_Melyoshino_asv2018-08_img5%20bessa.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Izba-style!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiNPCStF9K9oXlxGt1suTvLKvOKmisqu3gSa5vy0bNS-EnMZvTVJtuAlkxDq0luniz02KmZQ3mq6wIMLola-k0Bf1KBEjI-cNxV2xvYaytD7vU_9IJ3hnxjTsBcVfQQl5ZjIuQDyLoxlgcuKS-3ZVFCl0bq7tHP3MypvmsbL1gp4Hy-o3Ojsdrt1CUt20v/s1000/Izba.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiNPCStF9K9oXlxGt1suTvLKvOKmisqu3gSa5vy0bNS-EnMZvTVJtuAlkxDq0luniz02KmZQ3mq6wIMLola-k0Bf1KBEjI-cNxV2xvYaytD7vU_9IJ3hnxjTsBcVfQQl5ZjIuQDyLoxlgcuKS-3ZVFCl0bq7tHP3MypvmsbL1gp4Hy-o3Ojsdrt1CUt20v/s320/Izba.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I did not want to go with all MDF buildings (as much work as scratch-buildings for what I had in mind) or resin buildings (cost).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After gathering some 'inspiration' I swiftly was goaded into scratch-building the whole lot. I had a close look at the excellent offerings by <a href="https://warbases.co.uk/product-category/buildings/eastern-europe/">Warbases</a>, <a href="https://www.charliefoxtrotmodels.com/">Charlie Foxtrot</a>, <a href="https://www.thingsfromthebasement.com/">Things from the Basement</a>, <a href="https://sarissa-precision.com/collections/eastern-europe-28mm">Sarissa</a>, and some 3d printing stuff. Buying 3d printed buildings (I don't own a 3d printer myself yet) is weirdly expensive I realized. Buying MDF is cheap, but requires pretty much as much work as scratch-building anyway. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another useful source of inspiration was the WW2 Russian village, as posted by Jasper Oortuys on social media and of course the Tactical Painter's excellent 20mm Eastern Front terrain.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://wargamingraft.wordpress.com/">Cpt.Shandy</a>, who is a savant scatch-builder of historical buildings, suggested wood-pulp board as the basic material, and I have to say that it's a lovely material. It's easy to cut, easy to glue, sturdy, and inexpensive. It's basically a biiiiig and thicker beer coaster. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Execution</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So I got a few sheets of that stuff (in the end I was good with about 1.5 A2 sized sheets), a few new stanley knife blades, PVA glue, and went ahead. And cheated.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A Few Sheets of 'Inspiration'</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kromlech, makers of not-40k resin parts and kits, also have rather nice and affordable <a href="https://bitsofwar.com/56-world-war-terrain">range of MDF buildings for Poland</a> (officially for 1939, but it'll work for quite a timespan).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRkGw9-VVydi_js6iCTUtMCsSAVsqKGocVch3slem1z8gchqExvzVQGhkqsSS5l54CJgzM9A7xfP017C-lFb3lCo_0ntk2iiu0RVFnZce94hTwjvRqpm0zR0onzPPaylAIvuHEgRCOdMaRR9sd1juzZsq8UBxQxy864YBCgNqxvosV-ZCJFIJOTVYXyWXq/s800/kromlech-tabletop-scenics-wooden_cottage_with_privy.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRkGw9-VVydi_js6iCTUtMCsSAVsqKGocVch3slem1z8gchqExvzVQGhkqsSS5l54CJgzM9A7xfP017C-lFb3lCo_0ntk2iiu0RVFnZce94hTwjvRqpm0zR0onzPPaylAIvuHEgRCOdMaRR9sd1juzZsq8UBxQxy864YBCgNqxvosV-ZCJFIJOTVYXyWXq/s320/kromlech-tabletop-scenics-wooden_cottage_with_privy.webp" width="320" /></a></div>I got the pig sty (excellent, must-have building in any village!), the cow shed and the big barn, along with the cottage above and a whole lot of wooden fences.<div><br /></div><div>These kits are pretty darned impressive; maybe I'll write about them separately some time. They come with some nice accessories (like an outhouse, some carts, stools, etc.) and interior details. The downside is the usual MDF stuff (lack of texture, joints, overall very artificial look), so they require lots of extra work, as mentioned above. Especially the log cabin look would be problematic, no matter wether I use a substructure of MDF or cardboard.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">The Walls</h4><div>So first I put together what I had in MDF and added texture by means of hacking at the MDF and doing things to it with the dremel. The former inside (cautious and unhappily), the latter outside in the garden, with a dust mask on. Also unhappily. I don't particularly enjoy dremelling MDF or even cutting it too much where it's not intended to be cut.</div><div><br /></div><div>But it's gotta be done. Here is a WIP shot of the first few buildings. The two in the back are MDF, with wooden board texture added. The building in the front has a converted roof and was covered in coffee stirrer sticks.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhISLmEABsr2w5_8x-pu8M4K_-4NNXmY-izhYW8RfGXlwcVgDlDUbc7BWI_DhIkVjx5BrcOEHM_cjNOXHfBh_zeN6yTWVJAn38Fy72VmpddSZGcDSL6UQmL7jt-GmmzKTV04ImqeWaaPVqf1S-I38IT2ZYKnrG-jjAw-vQwqR1ktrPoH_l_3cJuH9LAO67l/s1200/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="1200" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhISLmEABsr2w5_8x-pu8M4K_-4NNXmY-izhYW8RfGXlwcVgDlDUbc7BWI_DhIkVjx5BrcOEHM_cjNOXHfBh_zeN6yTWVJAn38Fy72VmpddSZGcDSL6UQmL7jt-GmmzKTV04ImqeWaaPVqf1S-I38IT2ZYKnrG-jjAw-vQwqR1ktrPoH_l_3cJuH9LAO67l/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The building in the back left got a cardboard roof substructure. By the way, I did not intend to do interiors due to time constraints and the scale of the project, but keep the roofs removable in case I want to place figures inside.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Then I saw something rather useful on the What a Cowboy! facebook group - half-round (more or less) bamboo sticks:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Q0sjza3EgkThwnj8GjZx2gRPTJJ5ccSFf3F2EDuuCpYb18qLGPtd9AOohIP6Fp6lPaEUEjwbK4Mep8pmCmTYskM3siFoVuuw9Z0hbrzYXYgcQOmgoLhAa3uaH4ytzd0uoULc651qTSDQjzZhHzGscoD6_JA7QjjyS8BSaul1a2VFFjfZW-pogLW2Vj18/s427/bambusst%C3%A4be.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="380" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Q0sjza3EgkThwnj8GjZx2gRPTJJ5ccSFf3F2EDuuCpYb18qLGPtd9AOohIP6Fp6lPaEUEjwbK4Mep8pmCmTYskM3siFoVuuw9Z0hbrzYXYgcQOmgoLhAa3uaH4ytzd0uoULc651qTSDQjzZhHzGscoD6_JA7QjjyS8BSaul1a2VFFjfZW-pogLW2Vj18/s320/bambusst%C3%A4be.JPG" width="285" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>These can help making at least somewhat convincing log huts without having to glue round pieces of wood together. It does require hacking at them though, to give one of the sides a more believable, half-rounded, hewn look.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL6S7iEKIxnuV4jl40MK4BrPAdc_3jZIrh3I5w3Kkb5Euohax-_5b1aTcBuNj5y4UYbjEg5g_FNrMqDg87Bq4ANSuy7ECJbjOFWvgjsRxBsv9kIKLlwwIEkcocbkJWSkSz3DzSPSQlIKq6USroGjGdIm8vUjRHryFd2LOdbl54P-58cjRuRUuE0dfTbl4-/s1000/IMG_4637neuS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL6S7iEKIxnuV4jl40MK4BrPAdc_3jZIrh3I5w3Kkb5Euohax-_5b1aTcBuNj5y4UYbjEg5g_FNrMqDg87Bq4ANSuy7ECJbjOFWvgjsRxBsv9kIKLlwwIEkcocbkJWSkSz3DzSPSQlIKq6USroGjGdIm8vUjRHryFd2LOdbl54P-58cjRuRUuE0dfTbl4-/s320/IMG_4637neuS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Which worked OK. Doesn't give the typical overlapping ends at the corners, but at least it gives a proper texture to it. And certainly was faster than other ways I used for covering the cardboard walls on other buildings on which I used way narrower sticks. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What you can seee in this building especially is how I used different ways to do the walls. The main body of the building is made to look like it's made of big wooden logs, whereas the walls on the upper level and the vestibule (which can be seen on many buildings in the areas I aimed to represent) are made to look like they're made of wooden boards. Especially with the vestibule it looks like it's been added later or something. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This little add-on also helps changing the footprint and look of the building a little, to make it look a bit different. Most of the buildings I made for this collection have pretty much the same size. Reasoning was, that I planned to make a bunch of garden bases to put the buildings on, and having all buildings have roughly the same footprint would make that possible.That idea was ditched later on, but during the building phase it was still a thing. Due to this I tried to make the buildings themselves look individual. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrn-r0ahl94QK46DXXy3rec8i2Q7wXECDmFzw__Bq_U1dQ8Y1P4WMlAjwJK3lv_cZpzr1UnxPEqCPRQSY-lO7Ohuc9AsOMftyG7VLAyLedfsgOXXavG3v8LkZI2uaDloXpwKPluy7KjHftcntXGvPGXmhhWp2jlmuSUYzx5b0wSxoVT_8eNbS8DOOjKmL/s1100/IMG_4639neuS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="1100" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrn-r0ahl94QK46DXXy3rec8i2Q7wXECDmFzw__Bq_U1dQ8Y1P4WMlAjwJK3lv_cZpzr1UnxPEqCPRQSY-lO7Ohuc9AsOMftyG7VLAyLedfsgOXXavG3v8LkZI2uaDloXpwKPluy7KjHftcntXGvPGXmhhWp2jlmuSUYzx5b0wSxoVT_8eNbS8DOOjKmL/s320/IMG_4639neuS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">...and that they do. I used various ways of making up the walls, I used various roof constructions, different-looking window and door frames (more on these in a bit)...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr9bX7A51tSRcWibVFjNv63e_GXFgh59v906iCYdGLcbsvOsjZp0KxzwqakozrIZKWhRQSyA_nX7N_PnPwhQfemby1Xz_-GaF3wp_22kDC9SNq22u-LMf0omt5YvZAD2QrqILVpwmZsaM4SidSigjyFGPuubUh4HS632xWE9SkC7GD7HSrbg_VfWQujwmW/s1109/IMG_4641neuS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="1109" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr9bX7A51tSRcWibVFjNv63e_GXFgh59v906iCYdGLcbsvOsjZp0KxzwqakozrIZKWhRQSyA_nX7N_PnPwhQfemby1Xz_-GaF3wp_22kDC9SNq22u-LMf0omt5YvZAD2QrqILVpwmZsaM4SidSigjyFGPuubUh4HS632xWE9SkC7GD7HSrbg_VfWQujwmW/s320/IMG_4641neuS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNPotSJASasagtFcTkvaeX4LxbJ7n9BlS6nH-Mj-PKbwsi11DHg043DYTvANGaH4LzxGWIbua4oodx6huLXOi_RKQmNQ8mS0vdXdY1Qmxx_ZTc5wlkN6k7dzhhw2AJuf8b8tsQfz66Li0wa_KRZnEFNcCGQgaopN9wX1alXl1mbJLyi2aLTQ6iHAtLh11t/s1100/IMG_4642neuS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1100" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNPotSJASasagtFcTkvaeX4LxbJ7n9BlS6nH-Mj-PKbwsi11DHg043DYTvANGaH4LzxGWIbua4oodx6huLXOi_RKQmNQ8mS0vdXdY1Qmxx_ZTc5wlkN6k7dzhhw2AJuf8b8tsQfz66Li0wa_KRZnEFNcCGQgaopN9wX1alXl1mbJLyi2aLTQ6iHAtLh11t/s320/IMG_4642neuS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>...and different roof covers. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">The Roofs</h4><div>Originally I had planned to do all-tiled roofs. When I got to painitng the buildings I realized that this would lead to a somewhat monochrone look and on top of that thatched roofs make more sense and will help make the whole thing look even more diverse.</div><div><br /></div><div>Before I get further into the thatched roofs, a few words on the tiled roofs, because they were more straightforward.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxv7ILkgbfkrclZmmQUBuLBaKh_k4QuXuL12778fARUYOQGVWmvGwnFwWuLzu62Kv-Zybz0qp9STYKPYz50Ev59lunvsSRKuMYmtgSi5ra8UKtEN8hYXfTlxSpydzfBiemxjcN415sn0lzvgcj_pQY7wTzbBozg30F9MUfW_mY0PZIsBwfHQfMhftw6EAE/s1100/IMG_4644neuS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="1100" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxv7ILkgbfkrclZmmQUBuLBaKh_k4QuXuL12778fARUYOQGVWmvGwnFwWuLzu62Kv-Zybz0qp9STYKPYz50Ev59lunvsSRKuMYmtgSi5ra8UKtEN8hYXfTlxSpydzfBiemxjcN415sn0lzvgcj_pQY7wTzbBozg30F9MUfW_mY0PZIsBwfHQfMhftw6EAE/s320/IMG_4644neuS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I bought a bunch of sheets of laser-cut strips of roof tile from Charlie Foxtrot. They fit perfectly, and are easy to apply. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ZnBcGOcOM_UtgYCGjjmOj-B2Ds3qFeiAKgEcDlr05s78bzX3ROjE-yYilMpjtHHEKIsU-qzz2-_jnliFKqnVz2OQfO_uW82RNZPRk6IwWTQ6R2GDE8jXcJl2zVd4dTNKZX2GkNitFLHOn4Gte9lqAYwa__mJbzUSR0ByVMb8UUUx1BQaVzB3UagmkBxj/s1050/IMG_4645neuS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="1050" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ZnBcGOcOM_UtgYCGjjmOj-B2Ds3qFeiAKgEcDlr05s78bzX3ROjE-yYilMpjtHHEKIsU-qzz2-_jnliFKqnVz2OQfO_uW82RNZPRk6IwWTQ6R2GDE8jXcJl2zVd4dTNKZX2GkNitFLHOn4Gte9lqAYwa__mJbzUSR0ByVMb8UUUx1BQaVzB3UagmkBxj/s320/IMG_4645neuS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was rather happy, but somehow the tiles tooked a bit too neat. So I added some texture. You may notice that I use that word a lot. Because it's all about texture to create believable surfaces. The world is bumpy, everywhere. (you can quote me on that. :-P ) A gaming table with flat, plain surfaces - be it walls, ground, or even bodies of water -, especially in 28mm skirmish games, will just look off or not as good as bumpiness all around. At least that's what I think. Same goes for figures too, I think. I prefer a a little grain.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeP3NVB4xD0BYRqUR2hozhjxqwnqOJW72YmqkslCQgI5Vk46ZHGopWqgkprcde1tv0EPP0qleBBIyAN7Fa5qOYaO9ZVege1YsE-2bOrk1-9MP1yfLvRGLa3YRsz6uv0P_FQBRvbCpih-o6iVLJCxQV0ycVs7hj7U5ehplfc_KJ-qb2OUGAwTbIq9IwYCts/s1200/IMG_4646neuS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="807" data-original-width="1200" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeP3NVB4xD0BYRqUR2hozhjxqwnqOJW72YmqkslCQgI5Vk46ZHGopWqgkprcde1tv0EPP0qleBBIyAN7Fa5qOYaO9ZVege1YsE-2bOrk1-9MP1yfLvRGLa3YRsz6uv0P_FQBRvbCpih-o6iVLJCxQV0ycVs7hj7U5ehplfc_KJ-qb2OUGAwTbIq9IwYCts/s320/IMG_4646neuS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Right, after this discourse I will quench your thirst for how to give laser-cut cardboard roof tile strips a wood grain texture: I had already glued the strips to the roof substructures. So I tried several things: back of the stanley knife - tore the cardboard and took forever. Comb: too soft. What's the middle ground between knife and comb? Exactly. The fork. So I took a fork and ran it over the roofs from the top to the bottom. Again and again and again. The metal fork is hard enough to leave marks on the cardboard, but isn't sharp enough to tear the tiles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fun fact: Running a steel fork over a roof of 9-10 strips of laser-cut cardboard strips makes a sound that sounds like the call of a Middle-European mallard. Or maybe I made those noises after the 4000th run of the fork over the cardboard. Can't remember. :-P</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><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/AVvXsEh-ltjbbAh3GoMzEa9Et3ZsLQe9V16cuA27s3Yjwdxw1QpGBrptrWU-aglNunbTKv2bCVCG0UR_Xa7PrIE0EPRe3yEkQFHPiu6BgECS_l2YtwtsZEgHP5Utv5ZthOWBPhN24Ah1jh_SrXW8KGqQsC1c6UmDx5bxfEXpmzqpGOHRp0nJicD1p7HKtSJ-nQqm/s350/ente.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="350" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ltjbbAh3GoMzEa9Et3ZsLQe9V16cuA27s3Yjwdxw1QpGBrptrWU-aglNunbTKv2bCVCG0UR_Xa7PrIE0EPRe3yEkQFHPiu6BgECS_l2YtwtsZEgHP5Utv5ZthOWBPhN24Ah1jh_SrXW8KGqQsC1c6UmDx5bxfEXpmzqpGOHRp0nJicD1p7HKtSJ-nQqm/s320/ente.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Picture of a duck. Because the paragraph above said "duck" <br />and I need to break up the text. (Source: Wikipedia)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyway, after that I really liked the look of the tiles. Now for an evergreen of wargaming buildings - thatched roofs! There are several really cool approaches to this topic and I did some research on thatched roofs in general.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On my <a href="https://www.battlebrushstudios.com/2015/06/tutorial-my-kind-of-town-make-of-dark.html">early medieval village I used sheets of teddy fur</a>, as was the fashion back then.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I really didn't want to do the same thing again. Not that I dislike the look. It looks alright, it just struck me as not looking quite correct, and I wanted to try something different. So I decided to go with the towel method. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Thatched Roof</h4><div>Here's the short version (because there are very good longer tutorials on this online anyway): Went to a 1 Euro Shop, bought three small hand towels, roughly cut stripes to cover the roofs, glued them to the roofs with PVA.</div><div><br /></div><div>One thing you have to be careful of: All these towels consist of bascially a whole lot of tiny little slings of string. Those slings have a certain 'natural lay'. Be careful to place the strips of towels ina way that the little slings turn downward, so it looks like the strands of hay lay on top of each other.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhae5cZQ9cxf8O3iOfsj7ZKXML5MNd8KBcq4f_ADkIFEKYL4u4ecBFgag6nArMBmRbu364cacuNsAQp7LRCkEqdVUJ8TCG2mmGWsE8XWNRNQjn0ltNFkHx4QmEUtnEWrMHdLskfFtih9h1Qalv_eVlU0R_mQj6f-gd_6Pr5XlBYfNckFfkRlFDikUq7QcVs/s1100/IMG_4647neuS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="1100" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhae5cZQ9cxf8O3iOfsj7ZKXML5MNd8KBcq4f_ADkIFEKYL4u4ecBFgag6nArMBmRbu364cacuNsAQp7LRCkEqdVUJ8TCG2mmGWsE8XWNRNQjn0ltNFkHx4QmEUtnEWrMHdLskfFtih9h1Qalv_eVlU0R_mQj6f-gd_6Pr5XlBYfNckFfkRlFDikUq7QcVs/s320/IMG_4647neuS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once they were somewhat glued to the roofs (since on most I use a substructure of thick cardboard I used just a little PVA with no water mixed in to glue the towel strips to the roofs and let them dry properly before the next step) I painted them in a PVA-water mix properly and gave them the final shape. The mix was applied with a wide painter's paintbrush, which I also used to give the roofs the final shape.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_8WVRfRUArx2rjmE-xnWe9XweOvJ1RijiSgm7OR5d5LeIKGfJUzRdDPqUc8ViPTqIXBZX_aLhXrGz75ZWAQa32rJi8-esUxZz9YIrR2111sVI99ESp-wZzRqt6QySExaqkXkQ-5hXLF_udvsC3lJcq6bupk5CyxYx01ZwpeJxEU_UZ4PDWEB-QFM18EXO/s1100/IMG_4648neuS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="1100" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_8WVRfRUArx2rjmE-xnWe9XweOvJ1RijiSgm7OR5d5LeIKGfJUzRdDPqUc8ViPTqIXBZX_aLhXrGz75ZWAQa32rJi8-esUxZz9YIrR2111sVI99ESp-wZzRqt6QySExaqkXkQ-5hXLF_udvsC3lJcq6bupk5CyxYx01ZwpeJxEU_UZ4PDWEB-QFM18EXO/s320/IMG_4648neuS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then I cut some overhang and single stray strings off with scissors and left it to dry. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-nsDLpStikLL2Cm0vLb1tlFrmAX_SEYsRodcdf4mlDXU5jHA7zk6MdE8vqVQKEsEl1uaRXPGzckN9gM4kpyllt_f2jxJbZb22aCxediJRF5A2EuvXUeOPMrv16yMQxtJErORtU5VEaHvFRF2Jo6nd_AIq7FEDPwsYkWJIJRxGQGLzWKWisaTzevhiSd7/s1100/IMG_4649neuS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="815" data-original-width="1100" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-nsDLpStikLL2Cm0vLb1tlFrmAX_SEYsRodcdf4mlDXU5jHA7zk6MdE8vqVQKEsEl1uaRXPGzckN9gM4kpyllt_f2jxJbZb22aCxediJRF5A2EuvXUeOPMrv16yMQxtJErORtU5VEaHvFRF2Jo6nd_AIq7FEDPwsYkWJIJRxGQGLzWKWisaTzevhiSd7/s320/IMG_4649neuS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>On some buildings, as the one in the pictures along with this, I also added some wooden bracket things which are meant to keep the thatch in place. I just glued them together, placed them on the roof while the strips were still wet with the PVA-water mix and let them dry on there.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZqLKosX2Ib0ZhFRquGjrf3qXL7bKSPL-EASQTPqg-DfO3AYHDkK086cVLnxDw12f8XiDIsYOZGiIGTfENACbGRZ2FcYgnbVcdieYP-h6HYBkCWZ0Iy3fS-lHKVAGgxL_uzCsPSGVFrSTFf5qpFZUkRuWl4Fo_qsaFh3NtRxcfBuiFJMoO-drdnACCcNXH/s1100/IMG_4651neuS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="1100" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZqLKosX2Ib0ZhFRquGjrf3qXL7bKSPL-EASQTPqg-DfO3AYHDkK086cVLnxDw12f8XiDIsYOZGiIGTfENACbGRZ2FcYgnbVcdieYP-h6HYBkCWZ0Iy3fS-lHKVAGgxL_uzCsPSGVFrSTFf5qpFZUkRuWl4Fo_qsaFh3NtRxcfBuiFJMoO-drdnACCcNXH/s320/IMG_4651neuS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oh, I also made chimneys. Piece of wood, Milliput, carved in the stone texture and a top, done. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">...and there we were:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgom8Ex61c-Or1pNIXGLe1W4tpzdinXVxWE1eROTrIp5eQnOpP8KX4SQJNevmij_Uy3ITWQMndlwbbR_KFk7u6zDUhD24_AU94btCMEBi5zzI1yilgJGLcoKcF9ZuskFk3t-LbIc9kU58S7g9amdZHcrWrxxfveqqO7fSISeGyqX0WTh9fYUBs7qf2MByj/s1400/wip1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1400" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgom8Ex61c-Or1pNIXGLe1W4tpzdinXVxWE1eROTrIp5eQnOpP8KX4SQJNevmij_Uy3ITWQMndlwbbR_KFk7u6zDUhD24_AU94btCMEBi5zzI1yilgJGLcoKcF9ZuskFk3t-LbIc9kU58S7g9amdZHcrWrxxfveqqO7fSISeGyqX0WTh9fYUBs7qf2MByj/s320/wip1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Window Frames and Door Frames</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">...and all the other bits which add 'local color'! This deserves its own few paragraphs, because these caused me quite some headache. I found two resin buildings on <a href="https://www.barrageminiatures.com/">Barrage Miniatures' website</a>, which show just what I wanted to do. Of course this was not possible for me, at least not within the time frame and the number of buildings I had in mind. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I looked around for suitable 3d models to print, could not find any for months. A very viable option would have been to press-mould them or make silicone moulds and cast them in resin. I did that a bunch of years ago for several smaller terrain items and bases, and I didn't feel like doing that due to time and - again - the scale of the project. For one or two buildings I may have gone ahead with more 3d looking adorned bits on the buildings, but for 9-10 such buildings for wargaming use I was OK with less fanciness.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So instead I went with what was available and less labour-intensive: <a href="https://warbases.co.uk/">Warbases </a>have a nice range of Eastern Front buildings, and they happen to be extremely forthcoming with custom parts. So I worked out a big list of bits from their existing range, made to fit what I had in mind. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha49WJhwUuP-Y6wUDo7MoXtjfJiKIb8_Cdy3sSE-2BQuDIP4PgSuoivUGXJvZ8BV2m-2AiLN-uP-zvvlDArzqpgqnyFJxnbaUITWQZzefuRhJCnDDgu6LweQ9tcjvH27DAIqYRCwgsJxHdwMYPWcEyj3VICNl7RSMEZx7Or-luvKn7rRdciDrnWwm96Fg_/s1100/IMG_4653neuS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="1100" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha49WJhwUuP-Y6wUDo7MoXtjfJiKIb8_Cdy3sSE-2BQuDIP4PgSuoivUGXJvZ8BV2m-2AiLN-uP-zvvlDArzqpgqnyFJxnbaUITWQZzefuRhJCnDDgu6LweQ9tcjvH27DAIqYRCwgsJxHdwMYPWcEyj3VICNl7RSMEZx7Or-luvKn7rRdciDrnWwm96Fg_/s320/IMG_4653neuS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Note how the windows are a fair bit bigger than they should be if they were to scale. But larger windows are always handy. For gameplay and visual reasons.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAcp6WEMdlVIznu-_clUwIcM9Bp5LUpHmdiI9pdT843Uslr_ExSGCLqhcf0pMP4GWlsg4b_vK9_iRx0QROGS-5xGJ7m_JvdNcJHy4gUU0UikqyF-4X5Y8b4UXHpwRkO90hFveWXrUQOzqDHcYfwi0yG64mKaIpm9sBis8wIhCMGKOHEcS2mjzucXva9G9n/s1100/IMG_4654neuS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="1100" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAcp6WEMdlVIznu-_clUwIcM9Bp5LUpHmdiI9pdT843Uslr_ExSGCLqhcf0pMP4GWlsg4b_vK9_iRx0QROGS-5xGJ7m_JvdNcJHy4gUU0UikqyF-4X5Y8b4UXHpwRkO90hFveWXrUQOzqDHcYfwi0yG64mKaIpm9sBis8wIhCMGKOHEcS2mjzucXva9G9n/s320/IMG_4654neuS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I ended up with three different designs of window frames and nice decorative beams for the roofs and such. If you look at wooden buildings pretty much anywhere where people spend the winter you will find those decorations along the roofs. Mostly to keep the wind from blowing through the roof. And people throughout the ages liked to decorate their homesteads.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiYfjvnojAY-_4Q2yxXtUwtedi_wlOUpXplRb-dd1Yb-GRJ0kgyYBvxX5tbuDOo0OZDcFy1I9_--AA3W5hgZBNRyMukRsPZI2GoBK9GTD5OrJ6Cmw5UBrhu2Aoxhs_e7_u_iNOqB8UrZWhutQLobptzBvFdba3bsMlYqgSOI_lt3BaNg070izIug_TyzTa/s1100/IMG_4655neuS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="1100" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiYfjvnojAY-_4Q2yxXtUwtedi_wlOUpXplRb-dd1Yb-GRJ0kgyYBvxX5tbuDOo0OZDcFy1I9_--AA3W5hgZBNRyMukRsPZI2GoBK9GTD5OrJ6Cmw5UBrhu2Aoxhs_e7_u_iNOqB8UrZWhutQLobptzBvFdba3bsMlYqgSOI_lt3BaNg070izIug_TyzTa/s320/IMG_4655neuS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Not only did I read that in various areas of Poland and Western Russia people often painted their houses with lavishly colored floral designs. To strike a little half-way between this fact and to give the window frames a bit of a more three-dimensional and even more individual look to each building I gave them different colours and painted some swirly or more straight designs on to each.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Extra Bits and Bobs</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Two of the buildings required me to add floors (didn't bother with floors on the ground-level ones). A pretty basic construction of a sheet of plasticard with a thin sheet of wood veneer on top. I bought that sheet a few years ago, knowing, that it would come in handy at some point.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQ5XY7V_KTc5iFlkWmlvdGFm_Mt7V908qBcg2-OVoIyvDMRcleyfaVl-6NQhBoCKxzIdBgfMGyTaiesgBN0rN0kLsWPF7jgfi3pvYRpIDE6tgLMl8vvzs9ojoln_R70NiIc0owQ7x3Mjk6qndY_JedH8jG7eLegvfbB66sg4rv6HcyBX2RG0pKaeE10DQ/s1000/IMG_4658neuS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="795" data-original-width="1000" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQ5XY7V_KTc5iFlkWmlvdGFm_Mt7V908qBcg2-OVoIyvDMRcleyfaVl-6NQhBoCKxzIdBgfMGyTaiesgBN0rN0kLsWPF7jgfi3pvYRpIDE6tgLMl8vvzs9ojoln_R70NiIc0owQ7x3Mjk6qndY_JedH8jG7eLegvfbB66sg4rv6HcyBX2RG0pKaeE10DQ/s320/IMG_4658neuS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So this building got a ground floor, slightly elevated, and a second floor.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3TVMsmFiySC3p6u03fxH_7mjqrG4_tDFnBylLWci6PE3OAw7CUDJMCZLdgrC7eWnnD8J46aa2khoCalElBTFxOdnoT8b_1u2Xizd7R0IIgOWJmJusMG25TrNvNoF1-8xpNirX8uA_r4bUmwtBGzeuZX-cMfnGiSfpj0qrmuLzF_XnA_4lHxd8nOrxVn5q/s1000/IMG_4663neuS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="967" data-original-width="1000" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3TVMsmFiySC3p6u03fxH_7mjqrG4_tDFnBylLWci6PE3OAw7CUDJMCZLdgrC7eWnnD8J46aa2khoCalElBTFxOdnoT8b_1u2Xizd7R0IIgOWJmJusMG25TrNvNoF1-8xpNirX8uA_r4bUmwtBGzeuZX-cMfnGiSfpj0qrmuLzF_XnA_4lHxd8nOrxVn5q/s320/IMG_4663neuS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So apart from the really big building above there's this one which required a slightly elevated floor:<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBhCYPuO1HivbbMWt4faD63DKGZBPOOKjyauIrIaB1JjZqEXLugYwqyeLiDEbHyK6I4pxxkorpZENq2b_wf8Btc7dh4P-zP-PqwjLwoAjgf-wPVLgp6XpwW1s1eco8eJWnVTZNsA6ixmVzGm3GNlondTNjYIXosjHIc9t5MCuINeQEfCdmVc52mbvn6N74/s1100/IMG_4675neuS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="855" data-original-width="1100" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBhCYPuO1HivbbMWt4faD63DKGZBPOOKjyauIrIaB1JjZqEXLugYwqyeLiDEbHyK6I4pxxkorpZENq2b_wf8Btc7dh4P-zP-PqwjLwoAjgf-wPVLgp6XpwW1s1eco8eJWnVTZNsA6ixmVzGm3GNlondTNjYIXosjHIc9t5MCuINeQEfCdmVc52mbvn6N74/s320/IMG_4675neuS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjquGvz5RwmqwbuIj0of2yUQf12cDzT1VsY5NAm_o0UzIEKXUwrjp3qOkZjjCge4hh50R8cRWM_y_afAthOCwmvUpM_cThoTLTrjMs6G8fmPZfRVLuD_mgSf6rw1qs0rAvM_PnmTIS54fvAKNEl_quFB-ubjmaWZld5S2lhfiwRiTXnyW3PgM8pdO--jx5_/s1000/IMG_4673neuS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="1000" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjquGvz5RwmqwbuIj0of2yUQf12cDzT1VsY5NAm_o0UzIEKXUwrjp3qOkZjjCge4hh50R8cRWM_y_afAthOCwmvUpM_cThoTLTrjMs6G8fmPZfRVLuD_mgSf6rw1qs0rAvM_PnmTIS54fvAKNEl_quFB-ubjmaWZld5S2lhfiwRiTXnyW3PgM8pdO--jx5_/s320/IMG_4673neuS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSYkT_53sOxB6WtbeUrEDXWUApHV9MI6Sxr6J6rR94yaw3WBaKu9_jtv9Mh5DyyIEvlV-b2bU8NMXYwLkBf6PNPr_BKXA8eB6_ZlSAJF0rYljeggleS8rkZ5xWsriPsAwVqPQG2GnsUPFtXjRztQ1Td_gkTRpb9KUjvgh3TYsw7yQr5GlAko9BDnZ0Jc6_/s1050/IMG_4674neuS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="915" data-original-width="1050" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSYkT_53sOxB6WtbeUrEDXWUApHV9MI6Sxr6J6rR94yaw3WBaKu9_jtv9Mh5DyyIEvlV-b2bU8NMXYwLkBf6PNPr_BKXA8eB6_ZlSAJF0rYljeggleS8rkZ5xWsriPsAwVqPQG2GnsUPFtXjRztQ1Td_gkTRpb9KUjvgh3TYsw7yQr5GlAko9BDnZ0Jc6_/s320/IMG_4674neuS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As mentioned above, each building is unique, but share similar footprints. It's the colour scheme and overall look that pulls it all together, whilst maintaining a hand-made, "organically grown" look.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then there's the barns/stables.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQmlCZTKetVM71bsiJ5e060MeffNSzLPubL7OtqWIdZ3UNvPCGI61_Lwi97igBvydIZEqkkiTTF_s8DW8039u6Ef-55qZsMu_SLb1L18_XnLS4NWh0HiZ8zLTI-0MJEhpU31JfpeVYanb4QoIR2TRiLYwQ6fCX6XSDStb1zpIpPHx-qQl6vEQ-AhaxY7ui/s1000/IMG_4676neuS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="717" data-original-width="1000" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQmlCZTKetVM71bsiJ5e060MeffNSzLPubL7OtqWIdZ3UNvPCGI61_Lwi97igBvydIZEqkkiTTF_s8DW8039u6Ef-55qZsMu_SLb1L18_XnLS4NWh0HiZ8zLTI-0MJEhpU31JfpeVYanb4QoIR2TRiLYwQ6fCX6XSDStb1zpIpPHx-qQl6vEQ-AhaxY7ui/s320/IMG_4676neuS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These are the Kromlech MDF kits. Some conversions here and there, roofs by yours truly, but mostly these are made pretty much out-of-the-box.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN7ZZZG_zwt0GISIUG7D7PftDT6goLYNvjkGIUKPKF-gGQQEWmusWUvcD5efpOZtRHxhB6sblSBedoJRH8d1mndr7ouePX5KwdHnBcAgoN0TcvQgPZHZnmOnvHZw0Z8H8W2vOkXzO-aBtw-kKzl1TXbfkAh-30LjpAgZGkuR9yoV-HTpRSxskpTBjWLQVf/s1100/IMG_4677neuS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="1100" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN7ZZZG_zwt0GISIUG7D7PftDT6goLYNvjkGIUKPKF-gGQQEWmusWUvcD5efpOZtRHxhB6sblSBedoJRH8d1mndr7ouePX5KwdHnBcAgoN0TcvQgPZHZnmOnvHZw0Z8H8W2vOkXzO-aBtw-kKzl1TXbfkAh-30LjpAgZGkuR9yoV-HTpRSxskpTBjWLQVf/s320/IMG_4677neuS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They come with interiors. Which is nice, but of course requires extra work. But the nice effect outweighs the extra time invested. :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9qNhPMAwXMibzTg3VyCVCbkxLOJkeie-8c_SUVpal_gaV6gxnWRb3rT7LDTJsFKdV_FDByikT7ctbQJSoTtlJNhFRMTHMcQV9b69GFnRTjMCQ88VxQ6hjy1SU2k9x7fUtNeSGyU9eMxTCEwMF8lNjf-XQUgkGMzeCzyGwB_h0FHxFbhtBKpNidjjrRRL0/s1000/IMG_4680neuS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="1000" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9qNhPMAwXMibzTg3VyCVCbkxLOJkeie-8c_SUVpal_gaV6gxnWRb3rT7LDTJsFKdV_FDByikT7ctbQJSoTtlJNhFRMTHMcQV9b69GFnRTjMCQ88VxQ6hjy1SU2k9x7fUtNeSGyU9eMxTCEwMF8lNjf-XQUgkGMzeCzyGwB_h0FHxFbhtBKpNidjjrRRL0/s320/IMG_4680neuS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>This is the proper large barn:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZksiG1FEHj2ygFSD0OZdHTst3rkdn1vdlovlCOQWrcX8QbWizgtjOUGa06WQHqZivq458ekA4Vyo-xaMrokHr00zDZ_9mXcjfXXPC8PoFALSmHEunMb_aEWzh19rvqRjEXvt4oxhwxfZqGXYdtFpD286CnM5fwuzxb92C9g8ALYyYuSMm40zjFv3IvZ-Q/s1100/IMG_4682neuS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1100" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZksiG1FEHj2ygFSD0OZdHTst3rkdn1vdlovlCOQWrcX8QbWizgtjOUGa06WQHqZivq458ekA4Vyo-xaMrokHr00zDZ_9mXcjfXXPC8PoFALSmHEunMb_aEWzh19rvqRjEXvt4oxhwxfZqGXYdtFpD286CnM5fwuzxb92C9g8ALYyYuSMm40zjFv3IvZ-Q/s320/IMG_4682neuS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">...which somes with a bunch of little extra bits.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGeqvuKArulA8H9zHgQ6QIEDBwnVi0UzBNPTeZXI3g8Q9z4gw3q0YFepG92vsUzqwET-cgxyN1YoyJ_mWLIuiG5Ohl3DjKaLcYHJzQGthiRmvjZ0f8-FTwAy8ul_ZajCJ02lOGiEnQMJu4xulFia0yh5Ysi0Z5Kt-fq01WWSiaJ4iPK1S3H0RO0n10aY3H/s1154/IMG_4684neuS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1154" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGeqvuKArulA8H9zHgQ6QIEDBwnVi0UzBNPTeZXI3g8Q9z4gw3q0YFepG92vsUzqwET-cgxyN1YoyJ_mWLIuiG5Ohl3DjKaLcYHJzQGthiRmvjZ0f8-FTwAy8ul_ZajCJ02lOGiEnQMJu4xulFia0yh5Ysi0Z5Kt-fq01WWSiaJ4iPK1S3H0RO0n10aY3H/s320/IMG_4684neuS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-YGg7matcXYHtj197Mx8xD6kLBId2_tYKNVDUAzPzdD5cCi3ltgWr6mIEBwew90i-2B8PaxyXv-b8zpYqLadRTjDaDfgIThMrCnumy-c2AFyHZUZu_tra4kaZxIYS7u7gpUkD4Z0TMOKH3AfZdv_KfWd-j04NelXTuJTi9da8PQ2KGf9dSEAOfFQk_SLf/s1100/IMG_4685neweuS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="1100" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-YGg7matcXYHtj197Mx8xD6kLBId2_tYKNVDUAzPzdD5cCi3ltgWr6mIEBwew90i-2B8PaxyXv-b8zpYqLadRTjDaDfgIThMrCnumy-c2AFyHZUZu_tra4kaZxIYS7u7gpUkD4Z0TMOKH3AfZdv_KfWd-j04NelXTuJTi9da8PQ2KGf9dSEAOfFQk_SLf/s320/IMG_4685neweuS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">...and interior details. I added a little dirt, visual traces of unmentionable smells, old straw and a little paint.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4XoH0Zj3t8Qh391V8JfB3Zb5aIAm-DezFuZEvX30l92Cv3eRe6gYRUdA5yJ5xLQyo5-mtVCzmJWZez8kUAfFAnDSRMn2EEPXegv-G8FbIfwIVMisWEo-bqTHYCO6Bp1QTyROgAfvcYm4OjTKnYxnxtJMqjWZ9Y18VFDzQ2ic17BWjbon5S9q_4S2QeYXF/s1150/IMG_4686neuS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="1150" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4XoH0Zj3t8Qh391V8JfB3Zb5aIAm-DezFuZEvX30l92Cv3eRe6gYRUdA5yJ5xLQyo5-mtVCzmJWZez8kUAfFAnDSRMn2EEPXegv-G8FbIfwIVMisWEo-bqTHYCO6Bp1QTyROgAfvcYm4OjTKnYxnxtJMqjWZ9Y18VFDzQ2ic17BWjbon5S9q_4S2QeYXF/s320/IMG_4686neuS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The litle shack in the right is scrach-built, the rest is bits which came with the MDF kits, and all of which were cut to look a nbit more convincing and weathered. Especially hese smaller models need that I think. It's not fun to do, but I rounded off eevery single piece of fence and spoke on each wheel and so on so it looks a bit more natural.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8SoOeG_qqy1GLhT53e6IXn1S9Qgz6LNdkuPoBKq4VdzNVM1UzJtkxTxm5fQO38I-xcKLFwRorgvkP5rk_IkveFU9_srrGeA13Rh-2wIv79NEqWolnvp-E63uZg3BOh-48d9RDR8HFlba3qToX3zd-pzLCCLrW_HW08jeDnzmeXru0AmC9UUC6ElWRjaD/s1130/IMG_4687neuS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="1130" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8SoOeG_qqy1GLhT53e6IXn1S9Qgz6LNdkuPoBKq4VdzNVM1UzJtkxTxm5fQO38I-xcKLFwRorgvkP5rk_IkveFU9_srrGeA13Rh-2wIv79NEqWolnvp-E63uZg3BOh-48d9RDR8HFlba3qToX3zd-pzLCCLrW_HW08jeDnzmeXru0AmC9UUC6ElWRjaD/s320/IMG_4687neuS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Around the House</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Earlier I mentioned my initial plan of using large garden bases with fences all around, as seen in <a href="http://thetacticalpainter.blogspot.com/2017/08/sarissa-20mm-eastern-front-buildings.html">Tactical Painter's excellent 20mm terrain</a>. That plan was ditched once the buildings were finished. These large bases have several advantages, such as the opportunity to model proper little gardens, with planter pots standing around, fixed fences all around, and so on. The downside, especially in 28mm, would be that these would end up being huge and rather hard to store.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So instead I opted for the following: Small patches of vegetable patches and flowerbeds on single bases.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX-Pc6_CnXHPqjdCqM4Uz_WKl8kllJGSg-gd8R0VIW5SsYiH-V2W6ommatgDGPhGBUBW2mKzLeJRjReAT9bg9MMyiRWuG5AO6xLq0UODlns5QWU2KOqe_MRE4Ib2c8ZRFKPGhieE4VwSpA7U61Op4B3W-dos0Qx00xxMFimPmEN-51xR1IgkrfHtZRoLMt/s1200/IMG_4690neuS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="1200" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX-Pc6_CnXHPqjdCqM4Uz_WKl8kllJGSg-gd8R0VIW5SsYiH-V2W6ommatgDGPhGBUBW2mKzLeJRjReAT9bg9MMyiRWuG5AO6xLq0UODlns5QWU2KOqe_MRE4Ib2c8ZRFKPGhieE4VwSpA7U61Op4B3W-dos0Qx00xxMFimPmEN-51xR1IgkrfHtZRoLMt/s320/IMG_4690neuS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So I swiftly made five bases of those. Of course I would need many more of those to really fill out the village, and of course I didn't have a single well either, but those will be added at a later point.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But now, it's off to the table! I immediately gave the new terrain a test run in a <a href="https://tabletopstories.net/language/en/2023/06/big-chain-of-command-crossing-the-berezina/">game of Big Chain of Command. Which was lovely</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguJ9ga53IrJA9EsfqzjKXKE7ZmJ0S-JfzlcjSBAfJ0GnYe-e78M2xBNuR1JWgHS_inASVwR-U61-3AoURgHfuH9Ee2HxI27uQyo8-uy8144fsNzZ8fGPg4PVzfdcTOVDhTfX6MyF0sBHPU7reiL6R2j3HYXXxeTxBaX625lKKTAgduwpu0a0kSqt_bmjQs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="1000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguJ9ga53IrJA9EsfqzjKXKE7ZmJ0S-JfzlcjSBAfJ0GnYe-e78M2xBNuR1JWgHS_inASVwR-U61-3AoURgHfuH9Ee2HxI27uQyo8-uy8144fsNzZ8fGPg4PVzfdcTOVDhTfX6MyF0sBHPU7reiL6R2j3HYXXxeTxBaX625lKKTAgduwpu0a0kSqt_bmjQs" width="304" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiTbjQIF5pG7tMp-nban_0fjL5BlAArhZRjesUEj2t5LGmPy_GwF9S5r_9Nd93fcWUINDG6qKiSTOQw-A50Yz90wmcRDFsY83z8SumiB-9xGo35MioO4ioQB45U3QNOrxw_noDMOpk3uQTHx5gIqKkTIKRHhWXFFPyIWXICfVOX5TPVuvWkGhp_MVN7y6n" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="1400" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiTbjQIF5pG7tMp-nban_0fjL5BlAArhZRjesUEj2t5LGmPy_GwF9S5r_9Nd93fcWUINDG6qKiSTOQw-A50Yz90wmcRDFsY83z8SumiB-9xGo35MioO4ioQB45U3QNOrxw_noDMOpk3uQTHx5gIqKkTIKRHhWXFFPyIWXICfVOX5TPVuvWkGhp_MVN7y6n" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This didn't utilize all of the buildings though, so here are some more shots, featuring almost all of the village at once, once with napoleonic Austrians passing by, once with Russian WW2 tanks passing by.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-B2Ywc3sr79vBzEGHXU10j4wATZqkubUun8_9BhrvhCecWvyOCbVLrqreZpsgKiJ9KdJs4l06BF8igcA-x6o2otXWVp0LugBHCOO48Qx67qnS4HYoSerlwS4fdtQCSaw-6EBjcl-Vdf9xsu5ebQH5Fwb_lURLyz0zMtmn3xo66YSq-Z1xkXAixksA-iZ/s1300/as1S.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1300" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-B2Ywc3sr79vBzEGHXU10j4wATZqkubUun8_9BhrvhCecWvyOCbVLrqreZpsgKiJ9KdJs4l06BF8igcA-x6o2otXWVp0LugBHCOO48Qx67qnS4HYoSerlwS4fdtQCSaw-6EBjcl-Vdf9xsu5ebQH5Fwb_lURLyz0zMtmn3xo66YSq-Z1xkXAixksA-iZ/s320/as1S.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkBWNefsRBZ9BnZFkQnvtTCAdAgkGqMdyVuPAKuwOlYqp2Mjyie13XLLx-_vba2WMVdsTlxhna6Ko1MlvqJQoUOa6VSLzvIiNH95RovZI4V9YWT_d_hG0G1lSuBY23XEtDft4yYczb5OjrOHFZFXZw2d7AC5wgRSfCuNXatygYgQ6yR8bU7nDtG0tVDDn/s1200/as3S.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1200" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkBWNefsRBZ9BnZFkQnvtTCAdAgkGqMdyVuPAKuwOlYqp2Mjyie13XLLx-_vba2WMVdsTlxhna6Ko1MlvqJQoUOa6VSLzvIiNH95RovZI4V9YWT_d_hG0G1lSuBY23XEtDft4yYczb5OjrOHFZFXZw2d7AC5wgRSfCuNXatygYgQ6yR8bU7nDtG0tVDDn/s320/as3S.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCt46cejObNUPiB2I1Ii4AMVpOgAUUttZQ0wrciF9kZ7LqraFtUzYrhlspx6r9ahqTksWD2cTo01xGIiErM0jSteTnrXIC_eaYxPxwC4n91xWAPGz6lxTPjRNE-mWha0NLSez0i-OmfAENOgTnarBbW2UQ5gj-M3d__LSJ_n6O1IB3YjqeBj4EUlfdQivc/s1200/as9S.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCt46cejObNUPiB2I1Ii4AMVpOgAUUttZQ0wrciF9kZ7LqraFtUzYrhlspx6r9ahqTksWD2cTo01xGIiErM0jSteTnrXIC_eaYxPxwC4n91xWAPGz6lxTPjRNE-mWha0NLSez0i-OmfAENOgTnarBbW2UQ5gj-M3d__LSJ_n6O1IB3YjqeBj4EUlfdQivc/s320/as9S.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The buildings are meant to work for both periods (kinda). One might argue that the buildings are a bit fancy for the early 19th century especially, but I'd ay they work reasonably well. I'd also rather have nicer looking buildings for terrain rather than all too trodden down ones.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMsdqKKUAqxNVlhhPqQz3huvQO-2Mp5fAonHZaaP8Nmd0ziIm3UF84Lx9Ovgwy4EB1tWLc9g7JsphQ10nehDMgQ8-wI8gGxJm6nFn1PAxiwZqKl_EEZRCqM7ETvBPi63xYk5PhYvcS80bJGF2HNAJoJQgxG6jIYoATNdm0Xs7NR3Fkmna-Afr9UymysBxQ/s900/as11S.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="900" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMsdqKKUAqxNVlhhPqQz3huvQO-2Mp5fAonHZaaP8Nmd0ziIm3UF84Lx9Ovgwy4EB1tWLc9g7JsphQ10nehDMgQ8-wI8gGxJm6nFn1PAxiwZqKl_EEZRCqM7ETvBPi63xYk5PhYvcS80bJGF2HNAJoJQgxG6jIYoATNdm0Xs7NR3Fkmna-Afr9UymysBxQ/s320/as11S.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That bridge was also swiftly scratch-built, because I realized I only got stone bridges. But that's another story.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3-SazbSSdtqqx0chhH8PnjFVSYiZJhxjaD0ZSG1bbb2y0mGwjRnSvz0ZgZF7CPTneMNDaK48-GZR4n57XucFaIMccqlBzZSuc_-W0VEJoIRoRWetYT81fQr3lONBZRveJfg1ndbH-lU68zRySfRiWGTRPicTXGtxCW01fLrxenZbj1aM5ZnvxLbNL_ENP/s1200/as12S.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3-SazbSSdtqqx0chhH8PnjFVSYiZJhxjaD0ZSG1bbb2y0mGwjRnSvz0ZgZF7CPTneMNDaK48-GZR4n57XucFaIMccqlBzZSuc_-W0VEJoIRoRWetYT81fQr3lONBZRveJfg1ndbH-lU68zRySfRiWGTRPicTXGtxCW01fLrxenZbj1aM5ZnvxLbNL_ENP/s320/as12S.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Learnings</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Never done as much scratch-building as for this project. But it's dead easy really once you actually get going. From initial idea to the finish this took me roughly a year, but most of that was spent getting materials, agonizing with theory and one large pause in between steps, but I'm rather happy with the outcome now. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And the bit I almost cut off my little finger actually grew back on. During these weeks I learned a few things about bandaging as well, so that's another positive.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh84lHOdsAnH0mRpX32MnarJLXMA7xIpt_RhNc63i2SY0lNPTwf05BrvuRb53YptUnZ_Apnea9akw-PUbcUU2GjvBfYuuLKhAgonshxLYeZLtg0OcMuRsbIxExGJE5altmje7l0DoX_8p9hK12uc_Qb4s8Kj6IRbm1WzU5p-bOogRPZIChNVHXO1uLeMGFh/s1100/as13S.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="1100" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh84lHOdsAnH0mRpX32MnarJLXMA7xIpt_RhNc63i2SY0lNPTwf05BrvuRb53YptUnZ_Apnea9akw-PUbcUU2GjvBfYuuLKhAgonshxLYeZLtg0OcMuRsbIxExGJE5altmje7l0DoX_8p9hK12uc_Qb4s8Kj6IRbm1WzU5p-bOogRPZIChNVHXO1uLeMGFh/s320/as13S.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've also become quite the fan of the towel strip method for thatched roofs. What do you think? I'm also fairly certain that I could add a few more buildings made the same way. I mean I still got a bunch of window frames an other materials. And really, this village needs a church for the 19th century, and a school for the 20th century. Oh, and those wells. And more vegetable patches. These projects are never really done, are they. :-D </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyway, hope you enjoyed the article and found it useful. The bottom line is this: making terrain isn't hard. I'd say 80% of the work is sitting down and seriously getting to it. Once you start cutting things, it develops organically anyway. Especially once you got the basic shapes and so on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><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/AVvXsEitEiVz0NhsMzrEv-FGhzyRYS9eXCaTp7Nz41-cBRTk2c7XCK799oogtU8HPWxpvNcgZOu5i5eP9czbPyeSMih4VuR5m3oQbe6QIC6MgSBeGJAFabuxnpUWDS0ZHUp_gtmu5-QMG4QmNDnSmzgAJi_7yid_l95aPtkMdaU_ltkTx2ppjviN6FnZSoskqO5M/s660/bog2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="550" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitEiVz0NhsMzrEv-FGhzyRYS9eXCaTp7Nz41-cBRTk2c7XCK799oogtU8HPWxpvNcgZOu5i5eP9czbPyeSMih4VuR5m3oQbe6QIC6MgSBeGJAFabuxnpUWDS0ZHUp_gtmu5-QMG4QmNDnSmzgAJi_7yid_l95aPtkMdaU_ltkTx2ppjviN6FnZSoskqO5M/s320/bog2.jpg" width="267" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Modelling mishap leading to this piece telling a story. <br />The story of somebody facing immediate explosive <br />evacuation trying to kick down the door.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Right, thanks for reading, let me know if you have any questions, comments or commission requests via the comments section here, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100027932993505">facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/battle.brush.studios/">instagram </a>or <a href="https://www.battlebrushstudios.com/p/contact_30.html">e-mail</a>!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div>Sigurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02912873320636275459noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293792978656899229.post-37850780702128181822023-08-27T11:00:00.001+02:002023-08-27T11:00:00.128+02:00Showcase: Characters Expansion<p><br /></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiys9Ysm-rrJ8B8rbMMbjbEYxzfb7o5pTZCndQFmZ8xBzwW-igWSEmgk_0zfjVgH4ZkWjAR7fO2ueXlzlYEZspH46qgiNbEtcZAMP4nakEh-3rqWmirpNqSrJoRGqImMw78K-MLcE-CzSMqh5AxLcImL-Is9e_SaRzi-CSkCsPq89nCIF6z7Q4yQELgFQ/s1500/as3schrift.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="1500" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiys9Ysm-rrJ8B8rbMMbjbEYxzfb7o5pTZCndQFmZ8xBzwW-igWSEmgk_0zfjVgH4ZkWjAR7fO2ueXlzlYEZspH46qgiNbEtcZAMP4nakEh-3rqWmirpNqSrJoRGqImMw78K-MLcE-CzSMqh5AxLcImL-Is9e_SaRzi-CSkCsPq89nCIF6z7Q4yQELgFQ/s320/as3schrift.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Heyhey, it's Dark Souls time again. This time it's a load of characters. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMfKC00VDgPw6-zhW4e5WaAKRbJF0E9W1mGsIeYCbgiYeLXhddT7aNlukhxdQUh5UDwSeHJtCNk_nw1jPLDJccbf2mh5i127dx9LvVqTXJ1-7Kz8n3fWoMTtcFAwirHdHfJvFTstV7_jiswS5PcHGDRTZXewWBElNSSDJA-TKwU2QH6RUXvlTSKNtilA/s1300/as4schrift.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="1300" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMfKC00VDgPw6-zhW4e5WaAKRbJF0E9W1mGsIeYCbgiYeLXhddT7aNlukhxdQUh5UDwSeHJtCNk_nw1jPLDJccbf2mh5i127dx9LvVqTXJ1-7Kz8n3fWoMTtcFAwirHdHfJvFTstV7_jiswS5PcHGDRTZXewWBElNSSDJA-TKwU2QH6RUXvlTSKNtilA/s320/as4schrift.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>And quite the characters they are! A whole bunch of additional starting characters as well as characters wearing traditional Dark Souls sets of armour.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL45arlfq7oPJoBwAvARCTIPHqcM7W7WnvX9-jSFOJlyOqStcF5zx6sHkM81PFh0e8t5mTxT2OwMtxUGIYy2h2wKMweer_jcfDy4eWjOm5KmaEBS0PpsZ7OQc2ZiN9fRPJtNRlkDI_i3VX-WDiG2epZy4iShnS08itKYRJ9loRtIWF1agxgt4eKJy8yw/s1300/all1S.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1300" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL45arlfq7oPJoBwAvARCTIPHqcM7W7WnvX9-jSFOJlyOqStcF5zx6sHkM81PFh0e8t5mTxT2OwMtxUGIYy2h2wKMweer_jcfDy4eWjOm5KmaEBS0PpsZ7OQc2ZiN9fRPJtNRlkDI_i3VX-WDiG2epZy4iShnS08itKYRJ9loRtIWF1agxgt4eKJy8yw/s320/all1S.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Look, it's onion knight! And Havel! Silver Knight and a personal favourite of mine, the Black Iron set.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR51_3et1c81WtPn2gmxMq6UoHjpHi-sqhax5zqmsUToDgbxWrB1bFrrOpxsAhmPNnN1bgtwtDmEJsPRe6VJQN_34wh4kFquaQsW1luqCquJfixh5pOShfNJQryxifGs3JHGBzYFMnrAFNVVHjI1-WQTqSrvoIBeA1g8slgIKf-rvIF4lbhqKL-640vA/s1200/chars1S.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="1200" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR51_3et1c81WtPn2gmxMq6UoHjpHi-sqhax5zqmsUToDgbxWrB1bFrrOpxsAhmPNnN1bgtwtDmEJsPRe6VJQN_34wh4kFquaQsW1luqCquJfixh5pOShfNJQryxifGs3JHGBzYFMnrAFNVVHjI1-WQTqSrvoIBeA1g8slgIKf-rvIF4lbhqKL-640vA/s320/chars1S.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwsfmMq85ED1DhrVUlWB6aWBxDoaJvgNpPhT_oD4gyQM8NVCGbdmc4RYokWbeims4XoluElJ7nZ3WR5_AbYyf7YWo0MDbeKFAwiqmM1DZxaQXwv1vI6ECPhmMW41oQimCBHkydh_1eCB5DtSWy1-4uj2D0ey1OAQT_03mh9hFEXYyHDk12LqsQIoQ_A/s1100/chars2S.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="1100" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwsfmMq85ED1DhrVUlWB6aWBxDoaJvgNpPhT_oD4gyQM8NVCGbdmc4RYokWbeims4XoluElJ7nZ3WR5_AbYyf7YWo0MDbeKFAwiqmM1DZxaQXwv1vI6ECPhmMW41oQimCBHkydh_1eCB5DtSWy1-4uj2D0ey1OAQT_03mh9hFEXYyHDk12LqsQIoQ_A/s320/chars2S.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ICRjvOVPm9Ci-lYCQfKA4_7Zpsaez_tnIF3rQ76h9MHx_nLTkvWyjjGflEoqbntV91XzVVYepUDl3wjY4V3MBlsRXGM31xtWv9xj3m7_5UFAhEMhDToRVdEaZPyW4P7y6mqQz25c27ykNuXGPvG8ajrf6vGu8anWivgw5N6HG4nBdJQILbm-kPqiMA/s1100/sets1S.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="823" data-original-width="1100" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ICRjvOVPm9Ci-lYCQfKA4_7Zpsaez_tnIF3rQ76h9MHx_nLTkvWyjjGflEoqbntV91XzVVYepUDl3wjY4V3MBlsRXGM31xtWv9xj3m7_5UFAhEMhDToRVdEaZPyW4P7y6mqQz25c27ykNuXGPvG8ajrf6vGu8anWivgw5N6HG4nBdJQILbm-kPqiMA/s320/sets1S.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">An eclectic mix of equipment designs Great fun to paint. :-)</p>Sigurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02912873320636275459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293792978656899229.post-15209561445222015292023-08-06T11:00:00.001+02:002023-08-06T11:00:00.135+02:00Showcase: Old Iron King<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6IXNKB87rDmmVnOhZERGzB4EtCsLbuNMPk7aCfxfFWquo35mHI28nP5fk13FTJIgOe8kh6sNMnBYyifXQA8IDml_TQ5AoVnm45gboSH1RCYkLX7Q84rZKtufHRhvVJqCBO9Lf7YFGoiT4HUcd680W-yOpbCIhe6UWQSgZOtcncXRygr7XNtOTYYiKSg/s1300/as1schrifts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="839" data-original-width="1300" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6IXNKB87rDmmVnOhZERGzB4EtCsLbuNMPk7aCfxfFWquo35mHI28nP5fk13FTJIgOe8kh6sNMnBYyifXQA8IDml_TQ5AoVnm45gboSH1RCYkLX7Q84rZKtufHRhvVJqCBO9Lf7YFGoiT4HUcd680W-yOpbCIhe6UWQSgZOtcncXRygr7XNtOTYYiKSg/s320/as1schrifts.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's the Old Iron King! Yes, it's another Dark Souls boss.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5fTbsusJfLN5N4_MDTmXgH4v7_3KkEq1VxRjfGqKfByWhwo2qe2CF-kXHg1btK1vNXzSEDOlc8EJK2XJ-OX_OnKdEjUws9dIZCv33RgYRII2jsJqBEuvt49UKlR64v4hEtxYTrSo1Uf5MEDbf-oN3wII1mdKAAj5rW4zy2f-IsZJfbhhjpn-tD1Giw/s1420/oik1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1087" data-original-width="1420" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5fTbsusJfLN5N4_MDTmXgH4v7_3KkEq1VxRjfGqKfByWhwo2qe2CF-kXHg1btK1vNXzSEDOlc8EJK2XJ-OX_OnKdEjUws9dIZCv33RgYRII2jsJqBEuvt49UKlR64v4hEtxYTrSo1Uf5MEDbf-oN3wII1mdKAAj5rW4zy2f-IsZJfbhhjpn-tD1Giw/s320/oik1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Big dude, big base, waist-deep in lava. Hero figures for scale. :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGDV43Cj9XZCIdAiqkjUnlqgP7zF94daxK9_Z3Ev-Sxr7uRRQa1yB4AVQq0bN4jqYceSnzkDbwVoju3FMWJKVJsf4DvmLcFIHq1zbD4rfQWdW-RUJz2HXnBKDWFUv6h5zLohWKL7QQuMZpyc_pYl33O-87Va4P9j7Ja2G8RXP5rz7Tl2lZNM0oKch24w/s1200/oikbase.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGDV43Cj9XZCIdAiqkjUnlqgP7zF94daxK9_Z3Ev-Sxr7uRRQa1yB4AVQq0bN4jqYceSnzkDbwVoju3FMWJKVJsf4DvmLcFIHq1zbD4rfQWdW-RUJz2HXnBKDWFUv6h5zLohWKL7QQuMZpyc_pYl33O-87Va4P9j7Ja2G8RXP5rz7Tl2lZNM0oKch24w/s320/oikbase.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Hope you like him!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Sigurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02912873320636275459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293792978656899229.post-3312689382919212922023-07-23T11:00:00.001+02:002023-07-23T11:00:00.136+02:00Showcase: Samnites Army Shots<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidpY7Sltd0Qz2-LlINHoOnRnVgNyGJBxpzTiAd4kW3xqMKP4xHB6bO8zrXHU1eihAe_Nc44qhG8_zgbwh78lUDzFdDZRhiMJMdIK5aKuyfoKkgHKh-VdB8u5DBPWy0dL04Rx8yavpxbOOIhcH8QhK8JsVTwYAYx8t2lh1wkA9gfXfkNTIHeenZFNcLEw/s1900/as1-1900schrift.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="1900" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidpY7Sltd0Qz2-LlINHoOnRnVgNyGJBxpzTiAd4kW3xqMKP4xHB6bO8zrXHU1eihAe_Nc44qhG8_zgbwh78lUDzFdDZRhiMJMdIK5aKuyfoKkgHKh-VdB8u5DBPWy0dL04Rx8yavpxbOOIhcH8QhK8JsVTwYAYx8t2lh1wkA9gfXfkNTIHeenZFNcLEw/s320/as1-1900schrift.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">...and then, they were done. Quite the project, and one I'm proud of I have to admit. Mostly due to the insane amounts of individual adornments on the armour, outfits and shields on every single figure.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkm1rE4zN16val-PBr0gpVqcl3id9t4rA8J7K7tw63lSd6qkA1JOsjYFZVh2y9nKGyqJdD43s4nJrB9dnO0KLFSuvsjp_X5NQtsleSbtM5tBNqgvGL876Qi1t3pjVcKxeplAlaAMqhFvVQhUCPbkoOO8KnGU22afAZ51X6n8wTW0ABFuAabdPVEFI-Yg/s1883/as1details.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1540" data-original-width="1883" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkm1rE4zN16val-PBr0gpVqcl3id9t4rA8J7K7tw63lSd6qkA1JOsjYFZVh2y9nKGyqJdD43s4nJrB9dnO0KLFSuvsjp_X5NQtsleSbtM5tBNqgvGL876Qi1t3pjVcKxeplAlaAMqhFvVQhUCPbkoOO8KnGU22afAZ51X6n8wTW0ABFuAabdPVEFI-Yg/s320/as1details.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Not much to say really. Lots of pretty Xyston figures, lots of pointy spears, just a cool, cool army. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzoDMxvXIhtiIawh7yMcF96vs6d9DlASG5yzOWy9apFLpWmd6qg5u8MNoPBXPDvRiDczL56UtYRF1ucybSgnOhofnefRKki4fbFn22KWaONdMpVHt5qjEuQ5p3uDdlJlnb4LmRhhBetic1tYFevNUK6pheNHbSsi1t_TbKfojltNftiEI26zNxoW09oQ/s1800/as2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="1800" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzoDMxvXIhtiIawh7yMcF96vs6d9DlASG5yzOWy9apFLpWmd6qg5u8MNoPBXPDvRiDczL56UtYRF1ucybSgnOhofnefRKki4fbFn22KWaONdMpVHt5qjEuQ5p3uDdlJlnb4LmRhhBetic1tYFevNUK6pheNHbSsi1t_TbKfojltNftiEI26zNxoW09oQ/s320/as2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">The pictures can't really get the look across, but I hope that they get close to it and that you like them!</p>Sigurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02912873320636275459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293792978656899229.post-16388024991324108602023-07-16T11:00:00.015+02:002023-07-16T11:00:00.146+02:00Showcase: Black Dragon Kalameet<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhozdX5wJNJnyGgzbFUKHREqSKAYYlgf_4VgmAmEpAfxwx9JUD-nJph7zNz7nsk-YD8jxy_6qrY5siL5SHtSJhryvjjf97oqPcwPqNtQjqZRD42B1Z2LOXSNgkulQPIC_O5a_Z1TowpjCCGvIpjB_kOCuU5WHG8RZJwvewEcmQRpaG24yfS77tzmn_KyQ/s1300/bdkalameet3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="1300" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhozdX5wJNJnyGgzbFUKHREqSKAYYlgf_4VgmAmEpAfxwx9JUD-nJph7zNz7nsk-YD8jxy_6qrY5siL5SHtSJhryvjjf97oqPcwPqNtQjqZRD42B1Z2LOXSNgkulQPIC_O5a_Z1TowpjCCGvIpjB_kOCuU5WHG8RZJwvewEcmQRpaG24yfS77tzmn_KyQ/s320/bdkalameet3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Black Dragon Kalameet! One of the Mega-Bosses of the Dark Souls board game.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As with so many Dark Souls bosses, a bit hard to pin down visually. Takes some research and interpretation, but I think I got it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNUbk26jSieNoxMKYsCOaI-8vs8MI_HtKXQULSzkXIcMLUALWY6EPffnTeWOl2ExnVZnQ98DAsSBUibq4U9Y2SGY6JNmvg5fnqRbwqfm4vep_kB19JrEfaQJ8YAjhqwivGF7z8rDHiGXnLca59B45F_937qJM_-1j8QTrhbbgb3YTCBBUkG3OE4tWi3g/s1300/bdkalameet2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1070" data-original-width="1300" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNUbk26jSieNoxMKYsCOaI-8vs8MI_HtKXQULSzkXIcMLUALWY6EPffnTeWOl2ExnVZnQ98DAsSBUibq4U9Y2SGY6JNmvg5fnqRbwqfm4vep_kB19JrEfaQJ8YAjhqwivGF7z8rDHiGXnLca59B45F_937qJM_-1j8QTrhbbgb3YTCBBUkG3OE4tWi3g/s320/bdkalameet2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As usual with those bosses, I try to get the base (which is huge, by the way. All the more space to play around) 'right' and get the idea of the boss arena across.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuu_TuU8jXisBfNFFOMr6UiT-xOnnt2l3-brZZOEQCGggmjz_A_HcuvK567F_qHiOZimTVMuCDSXYW1g_0aqMH4Mvq2IO0XbaWteXcC-nXmroV34mcqZ-2uouITxI85tDDNQiklWH42uJur1SWrLKXHwMBryMeB_a4OOLMajvD-hx-7HabV_iIktC8Q/s1500/bdkalameet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1249" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuu_TuU8jXisBfNFFOMr6UiT-xOnnt2l3-brZZOEQCGggmjz_A_HcuvK567F_qHiOZimTVMuCDSXYW1g_0aqMH4Mvq2IO0XbaWteXcC-nXmroV34mcqZ-2uouITxI85tDDNQiklWH42uJur1SWrLKXHwMBryMeB_a4OOLMajvD-hx-7HabV_iIktC8Q/s320/bdkalameet.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">A good dragon figure, that. It's funny that a game which tends to have pretty outlandish boss fight designs has a very keen sense for getting dragons right. Which is a thing I appreciate. Hope you like him! </p>Sigurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02912873320636275459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293792978656899229.post-80627035840934598572023-07-09T11:00:00.003+02:002023-07-09T11:00:00.142+02:00Showcase: Samnites, pt.3<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfibNIxVGHm6siE_9HIpfcNc_w0ENkPGXM9s5Glo1YhYsYQ5lGkJr-QTvspspoR5_aA7x8tfaaHDfebHKtmg2ReY3Ak52f-NPGKEJXMApvdraaHtdldKUWbXQf-gCO4mfyZBT-wSfhzzbtPoQOTvJcED56_Ie9_YWdrN5FKPufFw8ph2nMvHSROm-uhQ/s1300/generals.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="1300" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfibNIxVGHm6siE_9HIpfcNc_w0ENkPGXM9s5Glo1YhYsYQ5lGkJr-QTvspspoR5_aA7x8tfaaHDfebHKtmg2ReY3Ak52f-NPGKEJXMApvdraaHtdldKUWbXQf-gCO4mfyZBT-wSfhzzbtPoQOTvJcED56_Ie9_YWdrN5FKPufFw8ph2nMvHSROm-uhQ/s320/generals.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here be Samnite generals!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I did those last of the whole army, and had some fun. Each of them was supposed to be a character, and I assembled and painted them as such. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">From left to right: A general on foot with a big grey beard and a black cloak, standing on a little hill. So you know he means business. With him he's got two pals (one for trumpeting, one for posing). Next there's a shouty general on horseback, giving orders to his bodyguard. Next to him there's a very nicely dressed general on the back of a very nice horse. However, he's not very good at riding, so there's a handler with him who leads the nice horse by its reins. In the far right there's a little scene in which a priest in a sun hat questions a Sacred Chicken about the future of the ongoing battle. He throws the beast seeds, if it starts eating it means "wonderful!", if not "maybe not". The general on his horse (along with his bodyguard) get impatient with the chicken and start threatening the priest (and the chicken). The whole Sacred Chicken thing is well known from the Romans, so I thought they have to have gotten that idea from someone. Also, maybe the Samnites took a sacred chicken hostage to use it for their own campaign.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36LDywFOlP9E8F2jfPIXnlLDsoOGLf0CXGX-uho8ijA8eHcYYk1lhmSmwZ8UZyanA8m6Aw6h1U1_FmNYZsGoEBuLzm0tEe5xHSwoZFVXa8FYHv5sQqYbh4xX_oWUmIM0iKqNssqcjXrzx8AbpXo-myCMA0b9S2LMe3ga3XG5nGcocQ7rAfwMvgnIIVg/s1500/generals2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="855" data-original-width="1500" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36LDywFOlP9E8F2jfPIXnlLDsoOGLf0CXGX-uho8ijA8eHcYYk1lhmSmwZ8UZyanA8m6Aw6h1U1_FmNYZsGoEBuLzm0tEe5xHSwoZFVXa8FYHv5sQqYbh4xX_oWUmIM0iKqNssqcjXrzx8AbpXo-myCMA0b9S2LMe3ga3XG5nGcocQ7rAfwMvgnIIVg/s320/generals2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left;" /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Hope you like them!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Sigurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02912873320636275459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293792978656899229.post-26165804499271870162023-07-02T11:00:00.001+02:002023-07-02T11:00:00.131+02:00Showcase: Explorers Expansion<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZ17EYqU3jDGhdt7c0y2K2ty7uSdHC02brmSr5DPGTy2DGLIb9KBGKk6HxV1Yiy44mM_UgCRB-X_50uin5L6iClYBT7wYgUsZ5-2gzj9gkNx-cxA3ro4H0DxqYgSPnq0_ynDBfz6CZAUOlDtovjcElxeqWWbpAehQibN8VU0mEXEvyrfEv9AJi6j_5Q/s1600/comic1schrift.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1555" data-original-width="1600" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZ17EYqU3jDGhdt7c0y2K2ty7uSdHC02brmSr5DPGTy2DGLIb9KBGKk6HxV1Yiy44mM_UgCRB-X_50uin5L6iClYBT7wYgUsZ5-2gzj9gkNx-cxA3ro4H0DxqYgSPnq0_ynDBfz6CZAUOlDtovjcElxeqWWbpAehQibN8VU0mEXEvyrfEv9AJi6j_5Q/s320/comic1schrift.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Yes, another Dark Souls board game expansion! Above you can see a little comic strip I made, because this one contains the Mimic, and Mimics are endless sources of joy.<div><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div><br /></div><div>The rest of the expansion is a bit monochromatic-looking, since it's mostly knights. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7knNDt9vqyxkZkApDP3XDXMhCstQ_jqX0LG0sj_rMEPnmVS2g6nnS9l5aLiZcB5vMU5TMEPqV2qj21LcOR6B5_cXhvR8HmVMCiowvcLIRgBeJv3JkE9XxsLaD_pGeXH8RRP9BihnA4LdQ-nb8t7Jqs1KWf6eEy1DjhAawLtUMnVlQXLwKqmKUIDnDhg/s1500/baddies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7knNDt9vqyxkZkApDP3XDXMhCstQ_jqX0LG0sj_rMEPnmVS2g6nnS9l5aLiZcB5vMU5TMEPqV2qj21LcOR6B5_cXhvR8HmVMCiowvcLIRgBeJv3JkE9XxsLaD_pGeXH8RRP9BihnA4LdQ-nb8t7Jqs1KWf6eEy1DjhAawLtUMnVlQXLwKqmKUIDnDhg/s320/baddies.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And tombstones and a bonfire. But also treasure chests!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnDVR-eRLOHUyid04zxrrbamuFg1dvYUlkoCLcBJc8LkX6ZKCjXfQqzkbYBHtSRR94jfP53Hhgv57zewiNZTMHWxAavoc11jLGjv61xIFmvXTDye3e3fr7Y2s2pDh8xNU8EJ5ET1sZpUkMbCFu61n1fH2kYBrU9dp-lglQomdlYNIhySQtpYlFOY5aqg/s1200/furni.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnDVR-eRLOHUyid04zxrrbamuFg1dvYUlkoCLcBJc8LkX6ZKCjXfQqzkbYBHtSRR94jfP53Hhgv57zewiNZTMHWxAavoc11jLGjv61xIFmvXTDye3e3fr7Y2s2pDh8xNU8EJ5ET1sZpUkMbCFu61n1fH2kYBrU9dp-lglQomdlYNIhySQtpYlFOY5aqg/s320/furni.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Careful though, because there's also this!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjszwemk5nS3HqIJX3CXE63DjQlwKcAvXGrcZ3Q_YY-9M5Ge-RuC4tBz3WPp_-MzRmjoqKp_X6ilgoLESkYlWwnrvtAdtcSGP_lOYtjWNg8waAHR9u7xzYd2cFWMO4QFrPyP4xngvT27PmVwB25C7eV-pEqPtOcTIWbWYdX1hD8zQA5dqTk2vL6iHa8Sg/s1100/mimic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="887" data-original-width="1100" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjszwemk5nS3HqIJX3CXE63DjQlwKcAvXGrcZ3Q_YY-9M5Ge-RuC4tBz3WPp_-MzRmjoqKp_X6ilgoLESkYlWwnrvtAdtcSGP_lOYtjWNg8waAHR9u7xzYd2cFWMO4QFrPyP4xngvT27PmVwB25C7eV-pEqPtOcTIWbWYdX1hD8zQA5dqTk2vL6iHa8Sg/s320/mimic.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">...with its weird noises it makes and that round-house kick.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Also included: The Pursuer. Another memorable foe if you played Dark Souls.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhanIMGhelQcuaF-m5kD5RoQWQS2tVMA8Na1C1kL1ASac4eQYdOIWj-BxXrdSndiGyAfpziZMaOwoXs5nBe0WLtou0ru0dU59M1mOHtc8aj0yMZv3RieiTHSMDsCg-seBWpLyThBBIuUzvCtw3MoYGF_XtzCHDgm9G-u8e_ium4Bljbhjjk4moBMtaXg/s1200/purs1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1185" data-original-width="1200" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhanIMGhelQcuaF-m5kD5RoQWQS2tVMA8Na1C1kL1ASac4eQYdOIWj-BxXrdSndiGyAfpziZMaOwoXs5nBe0WLtou0ru0dU59M1mOHtc8aj0yMZv3RieiTHSMDsCg-seBWpLyThBBIuUzvCtw3MoYGF_XtzCHDgm9G-u8e_ium4Bljbhjjk4moBMtaXg/s320/purs1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimLI58khCOszPiNkj2hz3ZuO6rhrBKa1c1o9YbPOpWGHBVdfwC4AXfmeXdCUVFLT_JOccMQACEzUMQDPMWgt0TgxqfDs6fIUfYcrDttbXtaa87DD7E_ElOK2qEidYXz0jhHyfXHtTeENrF9BiTdTEc0PexJUBzV7fMFgCgDaQ3YzsxYU9X1XrRcV0OeA/s1107/purs2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1107" data-original-width="1100" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimLI58khCOszPiNkj2hz3ZuO6rhrBKa1c1o9YbPOpWGHBVdfwC4AXfmeXdCUVFLT_JOccMQACEzUMQDPMWgt0TgxqfDs6fIUfYcrDttbXtaa87DD7E_ElOK2qEidYXz0jhHyfXHtTeENrF9BiTdTEc0PexJUBzV7fMFgCgDaQ3YzsxYU9X1XrRcV0OeA/s320/purs2.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3UW7Mi0CC4yVkEgg7-CUAEU_8NbC5DYgCW421xbmpJf_1qBm3Bfx8jNPDfAM1qdaWU8e5zxcGL3adxOP7dVlOW_6AA6ruBbFG90tv6cmWNwpWuACc8j5Jrv9alnXlyKHp6lzsOR_Y41qXdcsHIxWMDMosjLoD_3sk5N1LxTAAxY5VhL04T09yOTsqQ/s1228/pursas1schrift.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3UW7Mi0CC4yVkEgg7-CUAEU_8NbC5DYgCW421xbmpJf_1qBm3Bfx8jNPDfAM1qdaWU8e5zxcGL3adxOP7dVlOW_6AA6ruBbFG90tv6cmWNwpWuACc8j5Jrv9alnXlyKHp6lzsOR_Y41qXdcsHIxWMDMosjLoD_3sk5N1LxTAAxY5VhL04T09yOTsqQ/s320/pursas1schrift.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Right, that closes another foray into the somewhat niche-y world of Dark Souls. Hope you like the figures!</p></div>Sigurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02912873320636275459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293792978656899229.post-63092903236800713732023-06-25T11:00:00.001+02:002023-06-25T11:00:00.138+02:00Showcase: Samnites, pt.2<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX22fyJ2BvSIzY_TATz0IPQPfOMMqYG_QS3SmL8NCrS_MdUfS4T5otZj0dkjg7uZES2EMomn0ULDhOt76H_ALhjzakSbpy9aCNXwnB769LoZZX1vU6ZFYOKaeZ22YpoQLD2HAfw81J16kbOAUgWN6wSyH5HFNTcoz19keK6Y2ImyUDyFR3t42D5zC1sQ/s1200/cav1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="1200" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX22fyJ2BvSIzY_TATz0IPQPfOMMqYG_QS3SmL8NCrS_MdUfS4T5otZj0dkjg7uZES2EMomn0ULDhOt76H_ALhjzakSbpy9aCNXwnB769LoZZX1vU6ZFYOKaeZ22YpoQLD2HAfw81J16kbOAUgWN6wSyH5HFNTcoz19keK6Y2ImyUDyFR3t42D5zC1sQ/s320/cav1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The army is about 95% hoplites, but there's also some other troops in there, such as cavalry!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIZ_WVxep9Il7MdRNXGWd7mfL38yBvArPR9vXt6AWpmVpHF8A473Ds-yCSomaV3KxLUQ7gBjqCo4I3CxeG2bC5oHCxNiO5BP72Pp-Z3-F6TR9_G86P23xg-bc7HPE4SIA2bAlRT3Oi7I0OlM49v3fgvn91ultMdIUQcOKExbdyzoZvQjg2GXp5UXgcJQ/s1500/skirmisher.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="994" data-original-width="1500" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIZ_WVxep9Il7MdRNXGWd7mfL38yBvArPR9vXt6AWpmVpHF8A473Ds-yCSomaV3KxLUQ7gBjqCo4I3CxeG2bC5oHCxNiO5BP72Pp-Z3-F6TR9_G86P23xg-bc7HPE4SIA2bAlRT3Oi7I0OlM49v3fgvn91ultMdIUQcOKExbdyzoZvQjg2GXp5UXgcJQ/s320/skirmisher.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">...and skirmishers! Also, the cavalry has the only non-Xyston figures in the army. I think some of them are essex. A welcome change in terms of troop types after hundreds and hundreds of hoplites.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyNAYVWC4_GPYLIlPPV-PCs6gl0cHXr58RQ_cLrGTGvReb6sQ7baLu_MosbpxAdoRPSPRzF8m-0cncrupXrtcqkUdhhyGJzaOiBkZcmhJoCCdIZafmt3A7KH-0yuZZXRTnAgG6rdvjl9TGTdUyZoEwvicqkS0VtRgPxSvIIk-ptzSX_jAfr7B59Jt5A/s1600/cav2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="1600" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyNAYVWC4_GPYLIlPPV-PCs6gl0cHXr58RQ_cLrGTGvReb6sQ7baLu_MosbpxAdoRPSPRzF8m-0cncrupXrtcqkUdhhyGJzaOiBkZcmhJoCCdIZafmt3A7KH-0yuZZXRTnAgG6rdvjl9TGTdUyZoEwvicqkS0VtRgPxSvIIk-ptzSX_jAfr7B59Jt5A/s320/cav2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Sigurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02912873320636275459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293792978656899229.post-87538270425286979632023-06-18T11:00:00.001+02:002023-06-18T11:00:00.144+02:00Showcase: Ironkeep Expansion<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKViGSULntrRS1aEMwpFhQht5yNaJDBMFfVSlr4kXn97KRZBkIQqvzkYpwH11-3hyByTiUqXj3qJzXjl9J6E3G2tYWxx6KSDPOEV2NHxCtr23JjO33meFnXoC1ymiojtdjpCW9D_zDFrjhZgFtpLurwiV59eCQ94t6ZVvfmYIfgaEZ_25D_9rSCytnQ/s1600/all1schrift.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="945" data-original-width="1600" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKViGSULntrRS1aEMwpFhQht5yNaJDBMFfVSlr4kXn97KRZBkIQqvzkYpwH11-3hyByTiUqXj3qJzXjl9J6E3G2tYWxx6KSDPOEV2NHxCtr23JjO33meFnXoC1ymiojtdjpCW9D_zDFrjhZgFtpLurwiV59eCQ94t6ZVvfmYIfgaEZ_25D_9rSCytnQ/s320/all1schrift.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's another Dark Souls board game expansion - Ironkeep. It sports a whole bunch of knights - heavily armoured as well as (annoyingly) nimble, ...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYL2qPNtQg7Fqu3aAqE8GUHBpyhuiOKliV7yx_Lft1pmKO4ffWWqoeM3qv9tp1TgJf7YbCYk3QEpeEY3afxzS8F9oto9pxZLDyZZh7Ig-7tobwuCwKaPAEfU55lvGzjbpv-Rb0T0czWLKXD4FAmHdaTYzWThKvP5aMakoftDZYSJGzTMoptNVROC1mhw/s1189/la1schrift.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYL2qPNtQg7Fqu3aAqE8GUHBpyhuiOKliV7yx_Lft1pmKO4ffWWqoeM3qv9tp1TgJf7YbCYk3QEpeEY3afxzS8F9oto9pxZLDyZZh7Ig-7tobwuCwKaPAEfU55lvGzjbpv-Rb0T0czWLKXD4FAmHdaTYzWThKvP5aMakoftDZYSJGzTMoptNVROC1mhw/s320/la1schrift.JPG" width="269" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">...a big old Smelter Demon for a boss and fanciful swordman Sir Alonne as a mini-boss. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGCpC7lipIKVhbNfidpq2yKR5F5udMROQMn5pmmmtR2yfhrKDNhyyx2ssi4wRgi16vQ1T3aOxXxnWVDdzhCv0TnD68SmLjMyKjYvjGNp3-7kI5ahfsrxOv6omgwHr4TNBoDNleXG1RkqzyCNj0s3MDnAMtaEWL6AC-oaEFisNeZFekFKIZU_uEIv6Bg/s1128/la2schrift.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGCpC7lipIKVhbNfidpq2yKR5F5udMROQMn5pmmmtR2yfhrKDNhyyx2ssi4wRgi16vQ1T3aOxXxnWVDdzhCv0TnD68SmLjMyKjYvjGNp3-7kI5ahfsrxOv6omgwHr4TNBoDNleXG1RkqzyCNj0s3MDnAMtaEWL6AC-oaEFisNeZFekFKIZU_uEIv6Bg/s320/la2schrift.JPG" width="284" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Nothing all too exciting on the painting front; Painting knights is always fun. With Sir Alonne it was kinda hard to decypher how his garments work, as with so many humanoid bosses in Dark Souls. Hope you like them!</div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Sigurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02912873320636275459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293792978656899229.post-19304417604874849242023-06-11T11:00:00.002+02:002023-06-11T11:00:00.135+02:00Showcase: 15mm Samnites<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlaX0WwAvKOkGA_71qynPa9H30FVL-RuSbaWckb7DfTj3bQb3C5AhdGlZRWtHNCHAK6tEtE4OAysq49yS3pogy9WInFQZrLs7R4PJ0jGY-slOM-zRewAqAy1uOmPcNyzotbw-ehRgGCuOUV14fD-uDd6fFsNHALiiCEYgsu7J9mygELVuFi3kwWmftgQ/s1800/wip4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="1800" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlaX0WwAvKOkGA_71qynPa9H30FVL-RuSbaWckb7DfTj3bQb3C5AhdGlZRWtHNCHAK6tEtE4OAysq49yS3pogy9WInFQZrLs7R4PJ0jGY-slOM-zRewAqAy1uOmPcNyzotbw-ehRgGCuOUV14fD-uDd6fFsNHALiiCEYgsu7J9mygELVuFi3kwWmftgQ/s320/wip4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Heyhey, I painted 15mm Samnites!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Quite a lot, actually:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8IipPLqmxAZnVEVSFUviIiCAWHACUjgFq0EAf2-3v78AC_Q16tzmCmY64gfMtw-j7TCDz1y-kIsBwUoMrTui8YLBdJsJ4Q9UuVngy9Ljb8b2aIHxVAUG_AzHLc_fz6cJhOQKWQkfhxvu1wEEB2t7omIwAtwVsaHucYj0Bk1nmmb3mLwCUf3-v4N8iuA/s1500/wip8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="1500" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8IipPLqmxAZnVEVSFUviIiCAWHACUjgFq0EAf2-3v78AC_Q16tzmCmY64gfMtw-j7TCDz1y-kIsBwUoMrTui8YLBdJsJ4Q9UuVngy9Ljb8b2aIHxVAUG_AzHLc_fz6cJhOQKWQkfhxvu1wEEB2t7omIwAtwVsaHucYj0Bk1nmmb3mLwCUf3-v4N8iuA/s320/wip8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="975" data-original-width="1800" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_CjcZOH55h2ObU_TJi0v1Vgs9SZ3kliHrTbE66V0r27a0LY2gdLvpKJMo_4se7x00135z00g1bfSMv4hDwaOFuPpRUSDXzFbcuYbai8mZefmwM5jpVVm2rnjCpRqrvniTpvzl7lBrP0eOVCNrFxd0YRUEIClwUP9Y95qncu80KUi5J0j22w-iBpZimg/s320/wip7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A LOT:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFfBKoKqWwvkoxDJuF56eQXBqGRhfGFoleiLiZkYj6RmUb9FzcXyUnE9DpmszbsgUo9lt35GI7ZCAaKCdnWjRTvdLtiIKV9YeMnsY8z8-244zWyzYqGZqZrUSDSxMANHk-aPvynhenmFKr_tWnVjHdacU5abZh1pJkA206Zb1IvGD7-H00sRZl7XJ35w/s1000/wip6schrift.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="1000" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFfBKoKqWwvkoxDJuF56eQXBqGRhfGFoleiLiZkYj6RmUb9FzcXyUnE9DpmszbsgUo9lt35GI7ZCAaKCdnWjRTvdLtiIKV9YeMnsY8z8-244zWyzYqGZqZrUSDSxMANHk-aPvynhenmFKr_tWnVjHdacU5abZh1pJkA206Zb1IvGD7-H00sRZl7XJ35w/s320/wip6schrift.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">...and I'm proud to say that I'm pretty sure that there's no two shields alike across the army. :) Not to mention the adornments on the linen armour.</div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Sigurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02912873320636275459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293792978656899229.post-72002261576037706042023-06-06T11:00:00.002+02:002023-06-06T12:19:49.916+02:00Show Report: Austrian Salute 2023<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgviTUQIx7ee1SOdsKUUD7y__jxXwOHfktZarnjHTX60dGFMQa71Ry7kJLDbXabF94-aBetenEr78V2B0KL2IrHvrky0DzVrM_G_CfauuYJ40GKh6zT57RPPDHcM9Ecikw6Z4WgRFDxuZLQts62tbgs6H06RJHrY5gG5cWQQkhh81SonRREtahWy5MTOg/s1300/20230603_142509.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1300" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgviTUQIx7ee1SOdsKUUD7y__jxXwOHfktZarnjHTX60dGFMQa71Ry7kJLDbXabF94-aBetenEr78V2B0KL2IrHvrky0DzVrM_G_CfauuYJ40GKh6zT57RPPDHcM9Ecikw6Z4WgRFDxuZLQts62tbgs6H06RJHrY5gG5cWQQkhh81SonRREtahWy5MTOg/s320/20230603_142509.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Saturday, June 3rd, finally had us all gather for Austrian Salute again, after a 3 years hiatus. The day before I packed up lots of paints, paintbrushes, showcase figures, figures to deliver to some people I would meet there, the glass cabinet and all the other stuff and drove off to Oberndorf in Salzburg.<div><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div><br /></div><div>Other than with the prior shows I attended this year, the weather was lovely for travelling and the 350 kilometers just flew by (aided by the lastest edition of the Lardies Oddcast and other audio entertainment). </div><div><br /></div><div>Right when I arrived at the hotel I ran into Virago and Annatar and we paid a visit to Silent Night Games (run by El Cid, head of Comitatus wargames club and head organizer of Austrian Salute. Yes, we all got supercool names for everybody and everything of course.).</div><div><br /></div><div>The place was crawling with familiar faces and most of us left soon for the venue-to-be to set up, followed by dinner and drinks at the hotel.</div><div><br /></div><div>Austrian Salute (ironically) still takes place right across the border in Germany. The variety of games on the day of the show was great. Here's the traditional overview:</div><div><br /></div><div>The <b>Mordheim </b>table by one of the Tabletop-Tirol guys sure was one of the eye-catchers.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4a6UJsk6izr_zEmbCNF6x1584mZZskqGiCKHfj5PaPHhXf6g8kFzNyb48fZZ-8kDJ8pENB-ZMX1TIMqgawdnZO0THlWnozksfYCdSuTP6UejBhtBcTAdk99e5o8h7cv2tNQyN4oJUeJyUVVi6eIaKI0_F6vO_rpM3eIJJqLdmheIsDhB2J3nd-L1ckw/s1400/20230603_123101.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="1400" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4a6UJsk6izr_zEmbCNF6x1584mZZskqGiCKHfj5PaPHhXf6g8kFzNyb48fZZ-8kDJ8pENB-ZMX1TIMqgawdnZO0THlWnozksfYCdSuTP6UejBhtBcTAdk99e5o8h7cv2tNQyN4oJUeJyUVVi6eIaKI0_F6vO_rpM3eIJJqLdmheIsDhB2J3nd-L1ckw/s320/20230603_123101.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgukDGvUXYDYggHw-gcXmGLNBRYtz8-P_4p3wxB_Z_BU0lOwDHi26Xaqey0a8PF6_m7GEcQZFv3sILjQqe0iqZLKe5OzUwENmy-dDJTnlHoFRuJY2QYQhYvx6gDs6sAwfv4IiqdAq4kZq_l8tMO3c_GfaYAy4Fukgw6wIGFJt1DYUmGCIpM55-StWcO8w/s1200/20230603_123107.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="1200" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgukDGvUXYDYggHw-gcXmGLNBRYtz8-P_4p3wxB_Z_BU0lOwDHi26Xaqey0a8PF6_m7GEcQZFv3sILjQqe0iqZLKe5OzUwENmy-dDJTnlHoFRuJY2QYQhYvx6gDs6sAwfv4IiqdAq4kZq_l8tMO3c_GfaYAy4Fukgw6wIGFJt1DYUmGCIpM55-StWcO8w/s320/20230603_123107.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Apart from the sheer size of the table it had lots of nice little details and the odd mood lighting via LED here and there. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbM9n3INEKYT2QS8TcUjgYwvn0Xg9BxHk0wJ5c1QyLQD4offpJvo2QotqtnMNLQIDZGkJJ95lY52ILUMbYYECoEMRfLgQJ6q3TcTq4s85C4Op_bwWfs24As55UGoSl-xtZJus2uXNR_Qv6hQLvPUCe0IaK4Qnjn4eCeLgay7dXoVitguhu1BOZhhjV9Q/s1200/20230603_123126.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="1200" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbM9n3INEKYT2QS8TcUjgYwvn0Xg9BxHk0wJ5c1QyLQD4offpJvo2QotqtnMNLQIDZGkJJ95lY52ILUMbYYECoEMRfLgQJ6q3TcTq4s85C4Op_bwWfs24As55UGoSl-xtZJus2uXNR_Qv6hQLvPUCe0IaK4Qnjn4eCeLgay7dXoVitguhu1BOZhhjV9Q/s320/20230603_123126.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNrUb8hzG_h4tDLAOSg5jKuiaQoNDR4fOCdAE-3toUfEkkKn173LJHJMDwWF9ScTy21x5-nhReSVYsm1wh063lYklCFTOW4jQDetmIeovdII_PpXEKFOj9lZm8KCdFPhfWg-Q822SiaNVyjo2DgedPC5j0dQ6isJrnrmmQAdJ0g9sudC0wg9G4foF36A/s1300/20230603_123144.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1300" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNrUb8hzG_h4tDLAOSg5jKuiaQoNDR4fOCdAE-3toUfEkkKn173LJHJMDwWF9ScTy21x5-nhReSVYsm1wh063lYklCFTOW4jQDetmIeovdII_PpXEKFOj9lZm8KCdFPhfWg-Q822SiaNVyjo2DgedPC5j0dQ6isJrnrmmQAdJ0g9sudC0wg9G4foF36A/s320/20230603_123144.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Also: Levels. Not only does this table feature height in the shape of multi-level buildings, but it also goes underground!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHryueplmLYfBn-ioavyStzqHh63zpGV4gP4-Cq3bxywkY_GYMoIJCTmYdIlm6Nh7tuHXIeMcQECsP_FfscaoQWsAuQcNYVlB6ayo6zd2p-K3PTCSOBUcMwc6rCDNSZZmN1absAtmo-gdpijlQX-wprOuFCuetsV3bipsDFggWO_D8K8w2pzlphzVzg/s1300/20230603_123205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1300" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHryueplmLYfBn-ioavyStzqHh63zpGV4gP4-Cq3bxywkY_GYMoIJCTmYdIlm6Nh7tuHXIeMcQECsP_FfscaoQWsAuQcNYVlB6ayo6zd2p-K3PTCSOBUcMwc6rCDNSZZmN1absAtmo-gdpijlQX-wprOuFCuetsV3bipsDFggWO_D8K8w2pzlphzVzg/s320/20230603_123205.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Tons of segments of the table can be removed to reveal underground tunnels. Unfortunately I didn't get a chance to have a look in there.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmIGXHvqlbP5PgRNbIzqz9Vk2RK7eFD1UqzsmjPvfgKvvRFzhWYfOkchMihDGe85YwHq2yYt_rM_glKG-XwyJt_kmv_Dcxu399jFm4xXR3V4mViY4CtHsinvFR_vLiPjYFmHh7g2aWzxa06jzj2en_BVJLRF18vYtfkQFHT_bhofVlmruRmttP86sOQ/s1400/20230603_123201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="1400" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmIGXHvqlbP5PgRNbIzqz9Vk2RK7eFD1UqzsmjPvfgKvvRFzhWYfOkchMihDGe85YwHq2yYt_rM_glKG-XwyJt_kmv_Dcxu399jFm4xXR3V4mViY4CtHsinvFR_vLiPjYFmHh7g2aWzxa06jzj2en_BVJLRF18vYtfkQFHT_bhofVlmruRmttP86sOQ/s320/20230603_123201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKqeoV4Hule4JtnbZnHkSoduSGIsC80tBQx-LW4GT90ekCimvbSAkkiY7PpunVKBpNxdZjTI-_7eJP-TDXeTSsTTKJfR0y81PAtkCw4BaPFtyfblD-kMxqu4NkMPcA2KsaTT-D1CE86tgjgyeDISBQv6WcmA1rdFZEU5Ppgg4PBUNacsQl033d3O7KFQ/s1300/20230603_142519.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1300" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKqeoV4Hule4JtnbZnHkSoduSGIsC80tBQx-LW4GT90ekCimvbSAkkiY7PpunVKBpNxdZjTI-_7eJP-TDXeTSsTTKJfR0y81PAtkCw4BaPFtyfblD-kMxqu4NkMPcA2KsaTT-D1CE86tgjgyeDISBQv6WcmA1rdFZEU5Ppgg4PBUNacsQl033d3O7KFQ/s320/20230603_142519.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Two more tables (which I know already from Tabletop Knights' Gaming Day in April) were the <b>Fallout </b>and<b> Star Wars Legion </b>games, presented by Lastmanstanding92 and teager40k.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVTl5qdyyW513jkiTJjWbmFTOe-V6f_o_8LjR1YZNfUZ95bD2OBUnjjbTjxfSQizU6m0dg3ZL1fkldJWtW8dWCU_tbfI5zoTpT8aaBw5cJAPaYOGoBs66XRQQbYPTSnrIZIrPqYSvijPL5JIrIKGZ8MdUvCijlsgLSRn5pLOJIsovIRKd375wZtdbYw/s1300/20230603_123218.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1300" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVTl5qdyyW513jkiTJjWbmFTOe-V6f_o_8LjR1YZNfUZ95bD2OBUnjjbTjxfSQizU6m0dg3ZL1fkldJWtW8dWCU_tbfI5zoTpT8aaBw5cJAPaYOGoBs66XRQQbYPTSnrIZIrPqYSvijPL5JIrIKGZ8MdUvCijlsgLSRn5pLOJIsovIRKd375wZtdbYw/s320/20230603_123218.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEietDUBkHxxtwlfr3men2iUm5PXZDMXOyijw42zEfU8jpFyGdQO1zGF1d5xrQDzpbMDa9_ws6xfadCv7nivh1mdd4S7odvP1SPtmI1mrZYy9QRe3NuleL306Y0BNRP01ynFhee9OoXaEM7ch5gORq-oyKNXnSmb3I_s0EwkqNe7eF2QmRmKvEw2adCATw/s1300/20230603_125059.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1300" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEietDUBkHxxtwlfr3men2iUm5PXZDMXOyijw42zEfU8jpFyGdQO1zGF1d5xrQDzpbMDa9_ws6xfadCv7nivh1mdd4S7odvP1SPtmI1mrZYy9QRe3NuleL306Y0BNRP01ynFhee9OoXaEM7ch5gORq-oyKNXnSmb3I_s0EwkqNe7eF2QmRmKvEw2adCATw/s320/20230603_125059.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimiSip6K2rqgdN92-sGpX44crtic0FmMcb-0Zsj36LFRV6AkfL-GdKCSj2keULHFmlxcsBioteFr2SNwvRDByr1rrtlLnhEngurN3nkTgPbHy7mJ9V-jVpuyT7-hfr6Ugz8kY9hmFSThBT7Vkp8KyUCNmRIdq7pasfa7kjU-zs2GJLd9WmIAQFhXXLIQ/s1400/20230603_125105.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="1400" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimiSip6K2rqgdN92-sGpX44crtic0FmMcb-0Zsj36LFRV6AkfL-GdKCSj2keULHFmlxcsBioteFr2SNwvRDByr1rrtlLnhEngurN3nkTgPbHy7mJ9V-jVpuyT7-hfr6Ugz8kY9hmFSThBT7Vkp8KyUCNmRIdq7pasfa7kjU-zs2GJLd9WmIAQFhXXLIQ/s320/20230603_125105.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Both excellent tables, both were placed for 2nd and 3rd for "best table" on the day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then there was Annatar and Virago's <b>Nmitz </b>table. For something a bit different. They played Sam Mustafa's very intriguing big, campaign-map-based WW2 naval wargames rules, partly on virago's finely crafted overview map...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFTaciA_OXveTGtCR3hxLTd8QBHyayHEv1u-8uyNTi-Q-g918mG4J6tyx6oC1NNIyBkpdL1jl9-Pa2XsyWAcQPXEGaA5gnOx6EokWlzY70vxpl_hxaK7J3efWQebH81IALKPMqADGP8Sa6DfyVuC_2aXf3xY0XdTwFwLtlkuhumUC2NTXH75ftYTAlLg/s900/20230603_143207.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="900" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFTaciA_OXveTGtCR3hxLTd8QBHyayHEv1u-8uyNTi-Q-g918mG4J6tyx6oC1NNIyBkpdL1jl9-Pa2XsyWAcQPXEGaA5gnOx6EokWlzY70vxpl_hxaK7J3efWQebH81IALKPMqADGP8Sa6DfyVuC_2aXf3xY0XdTwFwLtlkuhumUC2NTXH75ftYTAlLg/s320/20230603_143207.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">...and as soon one group finally manages to a.) find and b.) reach an enemy group the action switches to the table. Out come the GHQ ships.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDUTWQKCAZqL1utIldBiW-FK_C3a4XleCfU6XRR9Y1YQiVwjba3QwtocKe0nIlZoUxsHflu-dzUzTLFIi8jU_ccEUjTpHqce4Ri5RJrJqlmqVoGCFxctpgCBnvBn5v0Jt3k85q8sHnblnapl1UWUuiH6UYvriGg-hNY7WZTX0hQf6LES6itS75F4JWRg/s1200/20230603_133126.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="1200" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDUTWQKCAZqL1utIldBiW-FK_C3a4XleCfU6XRR9Y1YQiVwjba3QwtocKe0nIlZoUxsHflu-dzUzTLFIi8jU_ccEUjTpHqce4Ri5RJrJqlmqVoGCFxctpgCBnvBn5v0Jt3k85q8sHnblnapl1UWUuiH6UYvriGg-hNY7WZTX0hQf6LES6itS75F4JWRg/s320/20230603_133126.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>A Japanese task force hunts down a US group surrounding the carrier USS Enterprise. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmrNbk4weSbOU6SEDyPT4_GIIrnQddw_V5Up27j_mNfb6WoBWhSym5IEOWlAr6ndf_BepYhVQWTQTbeHGdhHup20z63u-25oKKjr_Qz5vtPZP2gaVl1XbGwGVCOI8DEZGTgapuajiKZJDZ3onGgLwiaCnYSkDSj787_T2JgyOUF30-M5a-NMxJAh6g9g/s1200/20230603_134138.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="1200" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmrNbk4weSbOU6SEDyPT4_GIIrnQddw_V5Up27j_mNfb6WoBWhSym5IEOWlAr6ndf_BepYhVQWTQTbeHGdhHup20z63u-25oKKjr_Qz5vtPZP2gaVl1XbGwGVCOI8DEZGTgapuajiKZJDZ3onGgLwiaCnYSkDSj787_T2JgyOUF30-M5a-NMxJAh6g9g/s320/20230603_134138.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As usual with Mr.Mustafa's games, it's a really intriguing game which looks like it's a well thought-out abstraction of a vast and complex subject to cover.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lexxman and crew (Justizius, Medicus, etc.) had a very nice, spooky<b> The Silver Bayonet</b> table to run demo games on, as well as a<b> One Page Rules</b> table right next to it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><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/AVvXsEioAwG9xU8aUa5yqAM41dCoblp_9LJJxXxIJ6w4xjzWSStZQmSTzVZt_j--g6GVMDDz0sdMiL6z-41EnWDfSWO0DIFNLt3eE_ULzMUtju1LGVYtS0HtZk8fLk0cAC4VKfhwS4OOtrxcuCSw2andSwio0pO1774ywRnckM0B2QUYdQdm5t6xHShfrpsYYw/s1200/20230603_135056.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="757" data-original-width="1200" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioAwG9xU8aUa5yqAM41dCoblp_9LJJxXxIJ6w4xjzWSStZQmSTzVZt_j--g6GVMDDz0sdMiL6z-41EnWDfSWO0DIFNLt3eE_ULzMUtju1LGVYtS0HtZk8fLk0cAC4VKfhwS4OOtrxcuCSw2andSwio0pO1774ywRnckM0B2QUYdQdm5t6xHShfrpsYYw/s320/20230603_135056.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grave stones!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7W7YIcsXeR7iHINvl0BbdN0rx6tXMJ0aAu3pq0aGQk9XBRPFoEoqTkjLzqxMQO4oZzr9uXhOUkOCLjy_O32FYBQz9T_y3i8NopKLMD9WfirBhzM0ZlR9oxLfCM2ZBOlcYdaOAfQkXrvgTkbJemt8QT1mWeVPtqL2Tm4qHl3fU8GuKWhY9HYDjiMfEA/s1300/20230603_123231.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1300" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7W7YIcsXeR7iHINvl0BbdN0rx6tXMJ0aAu3pq0aGQk9XBRPFoEoqTkjLzqxMQO4oZzr9uXhOUkOCLjy_O32FYBQz9T_y3i8NopKLMD9WfirBhzM0ZlR9oxLfCM2ZBOlcYdaOAfQkXrvgTkbJemt8QT1mWeVPtqL2Tm4qHl3fU8GuKWhY9HYDjiMfEA/s320/20230603_123231.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's a bit of an abstract tactical game, but throughout the day it drew people to play, and after the show Mr.Tabletop Wien West told me that after the first or second rounds, people took over introducing other players to 1-48 Tactics! Which is a handy thing to happen.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipJ2eg_fuqIJuau9wR4iSMqyZD_dM55yuHFUQdiF-0H4xfXX8yw7DmXo906lHO0wMUKD3XO_u7THNuGJ5oYmg3zmGTdzfA0mVLElQhXHmBeXWfeK6o1xOLZ_IHTxnqkclXo5Zjtjflx7DWuffJcMzuKlJXYWYSbeEWUkBTEY_wtBF41Yd2mfkFQZXcPw/s900/20230603_142555.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="691" data-original-width="900" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipJ2eg_fuqIJuau9wR4iSMqyZD_dM55yuHFUQdiF-0H4xfXX8yw7DmXo906lHO0wMUKD3XO_u7THNuGJ5oYmg3zmGTdzfA0mVLElQhXHmBeXWfeK6o1xOLZ_IHTxnqkclXo5Zjtjflx7DWuffJcMzuKlJXYWYSbeEWUkBTEY_wtBF41Yd2mfkFQZXcPw/s320/20230603_142555.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Constable and crew have a history of running cool skirmish tables, and this time they brought <b>Carnavale</b>, a game resurrected by the fact that Table Top Combat took it on and produced a new figures range and MDF buildings for it:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMHxgQoDvvm6NDylYNGHvXq6pVLMluFYXPu2wMm6SJIk9LuWtYW88THnPOzrUSLSyGqzG5k55024LStGoUn8m9sSG2x01mO_D-ZAPTlan6KC0QOLRSOu1lxK8DsLWmC94tYPkSwIuXIZ7LUanhzqEjOUAk7Jv5UefZPxpA33ZITKBpnXYkXN4V4Tdu6w/s1300/20230603_123242.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="787" data-original-width="1300" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMHxgQoDvvm6NDylYNGHvXq6pVLMluFYXPu2wMm6SJIk9LuWtYW88THnPOzrUSLSyGqzG5k55024LStGoUn8m9sSG2x01mO_D-ZAPTlan6KC0QOLRSOu1lxK8DsLWmC94tYPkSwIuXIZ7LUanhzqEjOUAk7Jv5UefZPxpA33ZITKBpnXYkXN4V4Tdu6w/s320/20230603_123242.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><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/AVvXsEikSyXM9_Fn4WuZdiSFrqfvVYupyvCJGeFY3veKFeoSXm2yL56ad9K732yFw24pFceH55FrY1KcMHfopzfYkQK7bmPSCbXTIHxOlsucm3onBcd82VwXqzN4CEP0cqCohotPEBcZUruRCjqSfUVMibk2jLqYfPR3zseHCf7ZFF1Y95z6WhWLsZQCZCfjgw/s1000/lynx2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikSyXM9_Fn4WuZdiSFrqfvVYupyvCJGeFY3veKFeoSXm2yL56ad9K732yFw24pFceH55FrY1KcMHfopzfYkQK7bmPSCbXTIHxOlsucm3onBcd82VwXqzN4CEP0cqCohotPEBcZUruRCjqSfUVMibk2jLqYfPR3zseHCf7ZFF1Y95z6WhWLsZQCZCfjgw/s320/lynx2.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here we see the mechanical rhinocerus pushing the<br />crusading man into a Venetian canal. Picture provided by<br />lynx)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmmNvTQwr_gneCXPaOXVJ8jfiZDeByDm6t0UPm1EwWfHImXSHpx7gp783V7vhJGZz3ngfGXXSXBvJJaFR5pHw5LgWTA4ovKcJ3Wiiz_cpB1CpiZr9RZLsi6m-0iAeHjeRWBmpiabn245EVNTkThMAGxBvYksSsMFqRW6UqdfENjpeuegZWw2IlJOq0Q/s1500/20230603_143350.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="1500" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmmNvTQwr_gneCXPaOXVJ8jfiZDeByDm6t0UPm1EwWfHImXSHpx7gp783V7vhJGZz3ngfGXXSXBvJJaFR5pHw5LgWTA4ovKcJ3Wiiz_cpB1CpiZr9RZLsi6m-0iAeHjeRWBmpiabn245EVNTkThMAGxBvYksSsMFqRW6UqdfENjpeuegZWw2IlJOq0Q/s320/20230603_143350.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This one's been getting a lot of attention throughout the day as well, not the least due to the attractive looking table.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You can't have a party without Space Marines and a lot of those were present at the <b>Horus Heresy </b>table to honour the occasion, surrounded by several "Please do not touch" signs and a little gaming table.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSizyaiFcfr5yrzKGMZZzZ-WHJ-XiFdR-XAFirMXqeYlrmhQ6vUG7vC238p2ipGOz6uSqVPsq8CmgLEsivKZWXuvxi7uZ8qu7cOruI8Sq8kiWMhC2XOPf9XIm1nlhdAZdz87IN7yeVF_frOOthDikpPb2yDQOPmO-ZKj9Bi59wDaebxlvC-y_ji8Hscw/s1400/20230603_125018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1400" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSizyaiFcfr5yrzKGMZZzZ-WHJ-XiFdR-XAFirMXqeYlrmhQ6vUG7vC238p2ipGOz6uSqVPsq8CmgLEsivKZWXuvxi7uZ8qu7cOruI8Sq8kiWMhC2XOPf9XIm1nlhdAZdz87IN7yeVF_frOOthDikpPb2yDQOPmO-ZKj9Bi59wDaebxlvC-y_ji8Hscw/s320/20230603_125018.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH4WhPJStV26yZXvowietHDH3KCz1PMEOG491ic69etZfzSaxTswhou-mpekm9mmcv5SlaEWveVao8LG455oQ5TBe4G5wIohp_u7NBY4F-9Vxs0bdquJnOKXePimOWcHTa2fQfvoWlfLhRkIXFvVOwPC-JhjVI9KVzZkt60DfV36t-7kfmi4N88wSzQA/s1300/20230603_125030.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1300" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH4WhPJStV26yZXvowietHDH3KCz1PMEOG491ic69etZfzSaxTswhou-mpekm9mmcv5SlaEWveVao8LG455oQ5TBe4G5wIohp_u7NBY4F-9Vxs0bdquJnOKXePimOWcHTa2fQfvoWlfLhRkIXFvVOwPC-JhjVI9KVzZkt60DfV36t-7kfmi4N88wSzQA/s320/20230603_125030.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Much to my delight Maniac-Eye and Gregor brought not only their GREAT lamp (it's a thing to behold), but also an excellent looking 15mm <b>Chain of Command</b> table.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkanmDiDV4eNA3U2tsZw1BPlTEg4y2zYdT1ydAu0t-aMUAuHrQ25MluxpJM9pHwOZefLMGE94KRAWo7eRGTMifVahHs0ZkR9-uwpSIgtf0yoGeWMBVT75UfeZtsOR_4xqsatzQVd2zAdpw2-Kqey8YwnzYV_zBig5Az_Ll-RzZGDB3wGt-RNgYj7s2g/s1400/20230603_124618.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="1400" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkanmDiDV4eNA3U2tsZw1BPlTEg4y2zYdT1ydAu0t-aMUAuHrQ25MluxpJM9pHwOZefLMGE94KRAWo7eRGTMifVahHs0ZkR9-uwpSIgtf0yoGeWMBVT75UfeZtsOR_4xqsatzQVd2zAdpw2-Kqey8YwnzYV_zBig5Az_Ll-RzZGDB3wGt-RNgYj7s2g/s320/20230603_124618.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Don't tell anybody, but for the first time ever I partook in a few phases of a demo game towards the end of the day. Because Chain of Command is just so good.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Lardy goodness didn't stop there though, because DaMoiti ran a ton of <b>What A Cowboy!</b> demo games throughout the day.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNmQiiGEIv7U9dk3GpgIw1u0cfyYp8Sy-Im4XUPCQClAB6z9LJL5EGqx60spZYujKkWoDz36Fn626DtRCZGOoOAz7sMnejLn5jw2M880CsVGTsZca4fVfTictZ2wtWbTkoRX0Lk3z9kcnXU8wIPxvaQvP7usPDYeS54rtQOa3ugJoXBN-x_XIlJI_sGQ/s1400/20230603_121055.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="1400" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNmQiiGEIv7U9dk3GpgIw1u0cfyYp8Sy-Im4XUPCQClAB6z9LJL5EGqx60spZYujKkWoDz36Fn626DtRCZGOoOAz7sMnejLn5jw2M880CsVGTsZca4fVfTictZ2wtWbTkoRX0Lk3z9kcnXU8wIPxvaQvP7usPDYeS54rtQOa3ugJoXBN-x_XIlJI_sGQ/s320/20230603_121055.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1Pp2C7JAsGkhQIe62mwCtgXMPJHg0w7L_gLUfufZEH0VwkcAXBG1AnAs-sXaRAnJNchY5JVQtksmEF8VH118wyjwv2ER5wpmqZzcE0axvr4yPmJyLFtjUQsjDeLXgHdf27qWy4j3iVZR1EF0g9I-X515n-oIlYygWpqWgt4dwprR-1V2VpPGQXYVXg/s1113/20230603_142500.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1113" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1Pp2C7JAsGkhQIe62mwCtgXMPJHg0w7L_gLUfufZEH0VwkcAXBG1AnAs-sXaRAnJNchY5JVQtksmEF8VH118wyjwv2ER5wpmqZzcE0axvr4yPmJyLFtjUQsjDeLXgHdf27qWy4j3iVZR1EF0g9I-X515n-oIlYygWpqWgt4dwprR-1V2VpPGQXYVXg/s320/20230603_142500.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div>One of the funny developments of recent times is how <b>Warmaster </b>re-emerged. Ic3m4n and Muswetyl brought a very nice looking table and figures to go with it.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-JAycKrkVs-OXgbfcqFKgo3DnCo5zRopuq4qfhT6T6EvgkFZvMOihkI3dJLeMPcT7fqWbQa0Lxr8uOGgOr_7SsJdNxgWCsJWCqG19DWW3sMWaZlngrjZRKqwQ4BiIR87bVdqW4G1j6R5NO6uDJw7AmqFvnnzB0TxlfD_6SmBHYczl896x0gOxJzUaLw/s1200/20230603_135027.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="1200" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-JAycKrkVs-OXgbfcqFKgo3DnCo5zRopuq4qfhT6T6EvgkFZvMOihkI3dJLeMPcT7fqWbQa0Lxr8uOGgOr_7SsJdNxgWCsJWCqG19DWW3sMWaZlngrjZRKqwQ4BiIR87bVdqW4G1j6R5NO6uDJw7AmqFvnnzB0TxlfD_6SmBHYczl896x0gOxJzUaLw/s320/20230603_135027.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Many, many moons ago I painted a lot of Warmaster figures for several different people around the world, which led to my love for 10mm as a figure size. <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>On the day we also saw two vendors:<b> Silent Night Games</b> and <b>Roostermodel</b>, who dropped by for a few hours, presenting the latest in MDF and acrylic goodness.</div><div><br /></div><div>Me, I brought the usual display figures, some stuff to show painting on and so on.</div><div><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/AVvXsEgFR1bCp4BISjHQgKX79H4DWh0TzM662eP6v-_F6Fzr9FWArfo8d1ni09kUZBR3kiiiunflFVmLPfzluYK1jwiwpbL9HaAmMjVY4rceRO08dEFcHAETHku80mzPnVQqajuvX4sDmZFpWHWyRqOcOgGJMDBYpRfcr0_VWdmYk36pXR23HV1jKvrGLgfXNQ/s1136/lynx1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1136" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFR1bCp4BISjHQgKX79H4DWh0TzM662eP6v-_F6Fzr9FWArfo8d1ni09kUZBR3kiiiunflFVmLPfzluYK1jwiwpbL9HaAmMjVY4rceRO08dEFcHAETHku80mzPnVQqajuvX4sDmZFpWHWyRqOcOgGJMDBYpRfcr0_VWdmYk36pXR23HV1jKvrGLgfXNQ/s320/lynx1.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Picture provided by Lynx, who, other than me, did not leave<br />his camera's objective at home)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> However, I barely did a brush stroke on the day, simply due to the number of people to talk to.</div><div><br /></div><div>Austrian Salute is one of my favourite shows throughout the year. It's a bit smaller, but the variety of interesting tables and games more than makes up for that. It's also a nice, relaxed ambience with a strong sense of community. Also of course: Silent Night Games is one of the best wargames store I know and it's kinda nice getting to shop there a little before and/or after the show.</div><div><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/AVvXsEj9O6Tbtk00Yq-DaP7mNQlkzNrvRQfnP8CU9IsyddnEd3Z_jn-KCuLvcvsab54LvzF4o1S0OXgDqG-0koA-y67eaA9clhYoY-X6_6YmXdCH2Rn8GzxPVgQ7vfPUpZsVCmfYmxhA-OEf5RXvUnPFVKfl-9_Rqitn9c0fLCKGL_SRXiy0_ZHlQ4ToIvSMug/s951/haul.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="743" data-original-width="951" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9O6Tbtk00Yq-DaP7mNQlkzNrvRQfnP8CU9IsyddnEd3Z_jn-KCuLvcvsab54LvzF4o1S0OXgDqG-0koA-y67eaA9clhYoY-X6_6YmXdCH2Rn8GzxPVgQ7vfPUpZsVCmfYmxhA-OEf5RXvUnPFVKfl-9_Rqitn9c0fLCKGL_SRXiy0_ZHlQ4ToIvSMug/s320/haul.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A horrifyingly bad collage of my haul of the day.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Also, I delivered a great bunch of painted figures, received boxes and boxes of new figures to paint.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It was a really good trip. Thanks to the organizers, everybody who ran a demo table, everybody who paid a visit to have games, chats, drinks and whatnot. It was just good to see a lot of familiar faces after such a long time and also get to experience that sense of wargaming community again. </div>Sigurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02912873320636275459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293792978656899229.post-62129027221118804612023-06-04T11:00:00.011+02:002023-06-04T11:00:00.144+02:00Showcase: Asylum Demon<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf7gYQ_PkzuEihy8xzN2q8OXvpcRRBLidtgLfvKaMi-lXBxP7Gzgb6WrFFqTCbc5tX7K_wk5HmXdP0wFXC4mffK_gV6GLhteYZzltQA3Lmbfp_5-jXuWZpWwonxCQQRpCoRpc3evQ04Eo_KfIS-aqVIdl4FYcN32IbV9yq_OhDbUCpQksEwjbSfgz22A/s1000/as%20ad1schrift.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1000" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf7gYQ_PkzuEihy8xzN2q8OXvpcRRBLidtgLfvKaMi-lXBxP7Gzgb6WrFFqTCbc5tX7K_wk5HmXdP0wFXC4mffK_gV6GLhteYZzltQA3Lmbfp_5-jXuWZpWwonxCQQRpCoRpc3evQ04Eo_KfIS-aqVIdl4FYcN32IbV9yq_OhDbUCpQksEwjbSfgz22A/s320/as%20ad1schrift.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Look at him! It's the Asylum Demon and he feels a-okay. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Famously the first boss in Dark Souls and usually he shows new players what's what.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvkSevLrtruzb6VT5bRk9KaTSDC-dJPPbOyRC3wlSNWwY7A02PR1kLxpf93PVFWZr5N55OUzM2oSY7QKtRkwXUK1tbJq_ZJhfyLYvcWkUHj01e4WRTSR6g8YVb5UscPzDz5cmHETnzCCHE1uBEotHo6Dlv9o51p0f5UYXUul52WLBjlIDMdNpb2uBIEg/s1055/ad2schrift.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1055" data-original-width="970" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvkSevLrtruzb6VT5bRk9KaTSDC-dJPPbOyRC3wlSNWwY7A02PR1kLxpf93PVFWZr5N55OUzM2oSY7QKtRkwXUK1tbJq_ZJhfyLYvcWkUHj01e4WRTSR6g8YVb5UscPzDz5cmHETnzCCHE1uBEotHo6Dlv9o51p0f5UYXUul52WLBjlIDMdNpb2uBIEg/s320/ad2schrift.JPG" width="294" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This one's from the Asylum Demon expansion for the Dark Souls board game and a fine depiction of the fine fella in 3d miniature form. Hope you like him! (and how couldn't you)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Sigurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02912873320636275459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293792978656899229.post-49515499445330282212023-05-28T11:00:00.000+02:002023-05-28T11:00:00.127+02:00Showcase: O-Joroi Kidobutai TAG<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrve3M172H8YU2ZPyOIED1lFaEpnwou9jBDyAa6JZOTN9bhMmJlsLNHMiPEw1XSsJNpkRewA2VdGvbVmxzKv5-PGxWOXa87kQUft_QLEKvr1b5CkzQ5_iWkS2nYnjcrDzdf1oS_dbWlk8fHcgf0qRdZcyBdeZvM5tGcUe5Z0fC748FD-3RzmJZyHnzMg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="900" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrve3M172H8YU2ZPyOIED1lFaEpnwou9jBDyAa6JZOTN9bhMmJlsLNHMiPEw1XSsJNpkRewA2VdGvbVmxzKv5-PGxWOXa87kQUft_QLEKvr1b5CkzQ5_iWkS2nYnjcrDzdf1oS_dbWlk8fHcgf0qRdZcyBdeZvM5tGcUe5Z0fC748FD-3RzmJZyHnzMg" width="230" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Today we got another Infinity TAG. This time it's a Yu-Jing O-Joroi Kidobutai.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now this is more like it. As opposed to the Jotum we talked about last week, this looks more like an Infinity TAG. Sleek, and slightly outlandish looking machines. And I really like the little arms of the pilot(?) stiking out, motioning what the big TAG arms are mimicking. At least that's what I think all of this means. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTnQYc9k1E7-nvLQFmJ0LhsXtNJbOTrlPcG0TQTg8aLVIaZfo0ETTklkZDYs9CUWexmqysQQp8AcG5hM0eadF_0_uKVG7oPxwoPtRUdm4Qlb0AIlRPkbJ0pODqa4NAajm359TLEqdLxocDEITZt2Ul08d4NIma0oeXLHOEC8bJku64nkvHBYDSB4DUWA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="900" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTnQYc9k1E7-nvLQFmJ0LhsXtNJbOTrlPcG0TQTg8aLVIaZfo0ETTklkZDYs9CUWexmqysQQp8AcG5hM0eadF_0_uKVG7oPxwoPtRUdm4Qlb0AIlRPkbJ0pODqa4NAajm359TLEqdLxocDEITZt2Ul08d4NIma0oeXLHOEC8bJku64nkvHBYDSB4DUWA" width="247" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The colour scheme is dictated by the Yi-Jing force I painted for the same customer a while prior. Shiny yellow armour of course very much is a different beast to shiny dark blue armour. I did make use of similar over-the-top style sheen stripes on some bits there, similar to the Jotum TAG.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another nice detail about this TAG is that it's accompanied by two Crazy Koalas; the charming little bombs-on-robot-legs in the world of Infinity. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">More than 10 years ago I did the first Crazy Koalas for my own Infinity Nomads force. One of them strikes an odd pose, which looked rather like a surfer to me, so I modelled it as standing on a little hoverboard. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJZ-hHUdzw_z5xQzmoutNKBRCCVaO3zayTQJInZpM9hYackA_E7szWfTzBKi2hbDzlXEHJ5jQrF1NgRggpxK8MZe_5RALFEuQY1YYdOLXwqUtfTEtalW8KyMQmu9z65XkZOZLTXtphn7LzjhI8gc35wi0pstUwjfbSuY6RepbO3f-nS3Obz97SvVD3g/s964/koala2schrift1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="786" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJZ-hHUdzw_z5xQzmoutNKBRCCVaO3zayTQJInZpM9hYackA_E7szWfTzBKi2hbDzlXEHJ5jQrF1NgRggpxK8MZe_5RALFEuQY1YYdOLXwqUtfTEtalW8KyMQmu9z65XkZOZLTXtphn7LzjhI8gc35wi0pstUwjfbSuY6RepbO3f-nS3Obz97SvVD3g/s320/koala2schrift1.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That always went over well with people who saw it, so I recycled the idea on these here, going with a pretty much 1:1 copy of the original hoverboard. Goes better with the yellow.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggOK-ArktVRtAvsewovM4q1orfTAra1d1k5cq51HedXvbBo4P-8mPZFeMLUc754FM4hIZDo1OrpjZPMwCjyw8RV-bZ7catLbg__JUH4upuo7HcOJMa0X45Idwz2LD2DNjCDRDfIDC-zUm-y4eohhb9t-5MFA7hzP6y-Yk0zX-uwO2-0-x171_H0d4oeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="650" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggOK-ArktVRtAvsewovM4q1orfTAra1d1k5cq51HedXvbBo4P-8mPZFeMLUc754FM4hIZDo1OrpjZPMwCjyw8RV-bZ7catLbg__JUH4upuo7HcOJMa0X45Idwz2LD2DNjCDRDfIDC-zUm-y4eohhb9t-5MFA7hzP6y-Yk0zX-uwO2-0-x171_H0d4oeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikxgAn5l5beRhjIbPyuHIu7aI8gvg0yS9Hwg25B06rt3ZhXGXhNpORsRKQQPjtEDD3YIC_Fxs65V1DlytWTArZDsJXjkO6ril_1EOZTY9h1xeKNeBKzUSNZZKKIaGYI2cpkOwyAZzGH-63JunLpouj3rQEWSkH9S3tkRC9YoTCwohp8zSZxraEROBapg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="947" data-original-width="1000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikxgAn5l5beRhjIbPyuHIu7aI8gvg0yS9Hwg25B06rt3ZhXGXhNpORsRKQQPjtEDD3YIC_Fxs65V1DlytWTArZDsJXjkO6ril_1EOZTY9h1xeKNeBKzUSNZZKKIaGYI2cpkOwyAZzGH-63JunLpouj3rQEWSkH9S3tkRC9YoTCwohp8zSZxraEROBapg" width="253" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's the two together, quoting classic robots-with-rifles dialogue.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2vx0UYyuGPgO__uSEPR-0nm3lPWo5CSlKEl8OOLGZlnH5e2nwPO-JpXBLfQ6aU8l6jNTXSKhikgJsksUZ7C2LSfl9dM_xn7-GgDLMACjznzKoNHtlQFntTE9jJn-NuDsfQ-eDNsuwoGybFNIm6v8XaJNpvmUGDn-6UQOgjDLLOoHeiJFaBvYzoPct4Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="1000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2vx0UYyuGPgO__uSEPR-0nm3lPWo5CSlKEl8OOLGZlnH5e2nwPO-JpXBLfQ6aU8l6jNTXSKhikgJsksUZ7C2LSfl9dM_xn7-GgDLMACjznzKoNHtlQFntTE9jJn-NuDsfQ-eDNsuwoGybFNIm6v8XaJNpvmUGDn-6UQOgjDLLOoHeiJFaBvYzoPct4Q" width="291" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>And here they are, along with the Defiance figures:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOAajr4h-5vikGM-C12Tmu5lr4Fkl-cFafsjkWKastGLUhkPgd2ZpZAR3xql_0e2IoyQfImtAADLrkLwQkJYPdddYRRspmrgjI11RURrsbUUOgGe53hM4KS6H5uEz5hhRPx8ub1Vgjsuk0AoPaPUsibxpucz6FgFBz0JJfOiAu0aeXP7-A2mZlIXoKRA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="1900" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOAajr4h-5vikGM-C12Tmu5lr4Fkl-cFafsjkWKastGLUhkPgd2ZpZAR3xql_0e2IoyQfImtAADLrkLwQkJYPdddYRRspmrgjI11RURrsbUUOgGe53hM4KS6H5uEz5hhRPx8ub1Vgjsuk0AoPaPUsibxpucz6FgFBz0JJfOiAu0aeXP7-A2mZlIXoKRA" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Sigurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02912873320636275459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293792978656899229.post-70717944295163060092023-05-21T11:00:00.039+02:002023-05-21T11:00:00.137+02:00Showcase: Royal Écossais<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoURw_z2cmqaMACboogqi6NYvh1q7EFnBgVJ-reRK5u7P1N-LHRNzxP7qZSNYaY8jcywgH4X3nyHZi-yAnU5a6mpe-9RUjsW-twOlGuxnlMOESQaiDWRX9M76IQhJyH9jQI6yXqFhVcwyk7AF8FabD8Z8zPRdW0NC2YqM5PaVcnmE2sxM5cQwwSoHbpg/s1800/royal%20ecossais2schrift.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1800" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoURw_z2cmqaMACboogqi6NYvh1q7EFnBgVJ-reRK5u7P1N-LHRNzxP7qZSNYaY8jcywgH4X3nyHZi-yAnU5a6mpe-9RUjsW-twOlGuxnlMOESQaiDWRX9M76IQhJyH9jQI6yXqFhVcwyk7AF8FabD8Z8zPRdW0NC2YqM5PaVcnmE2sxM5cQwwSoHbpg/s320/royal%20ecossais2schrift.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of two French-raised regiments to partake in the Jacobite uprising of 1745 were the Royal Écossais.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Although part of the French army, only about 15% of soldiers were born French; most of the men were exiled Scots. They, along with a 'sister regiment' of Irishmen, were sent to Scotland support the Pretenders' army. The idea (in the grander context of the War of Austrian Succession) was to support the uprising in Scotland to force Britain to withdraw troops from the Netherlands to keep the Jacobites under control.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Without a British presence on the continent, the French army was able to swiftly conquer the whole of the Austrian Netherlands.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBT4vwCsaHr46ZHDdhmIhLT3SBSyZMKqlCjOvZvIDrN3_fue7HAHT45sZI0zO_CcuX9vffXRqyjbchnvvKHwLAimJ9xwf8UfMq4X6k5mOSRODZQ8DAFo_uk620eYo69ziTTj1_JYi1r_zq41OzUh98Yc8lU_BrL8PVn7zyNkBXIA9MBfpb-CXh4WO8mw/s1600/royal%20ecossaisbg%20schrift.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1269" data-original-width="1600" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBT4vwCsaHr46ZHDdhmIhLT3SBSyZMKqlCjOvZvIDrN3_fue7HAHT45sZI0zO_CcuX9vffXRqyjbchnvvKHwLAimJ9xwf8UfMq4X6k5mOSRODZQ8DAFo_uk620eYo69ziTTj1_JYi1r_zq41OzUh98Yc8lU_BrL8PVn7zyNkBXIA9MBfpb-CXh4WO8mw/s320/royal%20ecossaisbg%20schrift.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well, that's the Écossais. A really good collection of figures there to depict the unit. As usual with units for this particular gentleman the figures are deliberately placed in a less than geometrically perfect layout, looking a bit more like a more 'organic' firing line with several different poses. Figures are all from the excellent Jacobite Uprising range by Flags of War. Lovely figures to work with. Hope you like them!</div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Sigurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02912873320636275459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293792978656899229.post-37016449580314792592023-05-14T11:00:00.002+02:002023-05-14T11:00:00.135+02:00Showcase: Johnny Ringo<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqeQSHd4IEaHV_gogxU4EhD_g5ZpBDLCYp2ntCvLeJPaNFu1kuZN3MkLkdmpWCYoWHho1UyTPdNzZV4LwtxJi5FTuhxk9jc-GAZrcRUUf5rRuCy_YzFoqiPgLpgHJJd8-v5FmVoTxhtrMg-q4HmuFnunEPVFBwIpniKVHtDy_k1jdaoOohTkOv-rJN-g/s1032/5s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqeQSHd4IEaHV_gogxU4EhD_g5ZpBDLCYp2ntCvLeJPaNFu1kuZN3MkLkdmpWCYoWHho1UyTPdNzZV4LwtxJi5FTuhxk9jc-GAZrcRUUf5rRuCy_YzFoqiPgLpgHJJd8-v5FmVoTxhtrMg-q4HmuFnunEPVFBwIpniKVHtDy_k1jdaoOohTkOv-rJN-g/s320/5s.jpg" width="279" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">'Look darlin',this is Johnny Ringo... '. I painted another one of the lovely CGS busts. This time it's Johnny Ringo, old west gun man of some mystery</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQN64eNeQ3qdwoZlcqaZYr8sOI9OiJa_aRR9M7epQ7TpYNXNippLotWHSqaRzL3r31Li_mYKhXHTkb1K7jsLHyqVPvGMgQOXA1r5X_J805OqTrYPttT5q3qaHs92P9SfRUmjSXEwhrArZxsVhRp14_KeohjfoJIArL_0a_zxM-goe2QsXTaxifY2KNCQ/s950/1s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="950" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQN64eNeQ3qdwoZlcqaZYr8sOI9OiJa_aRR9M7epQ7TpYNXNippLotWHSqaRzL3r31Li_mYKhXHTkb1K7jsLHyqVPvGMgQOXA1r5X_J805OqTrYPttT5q3qaHs92P9SfRUmjSXEwhrArZxsVhRp14_KeohjfoJIArL_0a_zxM-goe2QsXTaxifY2KNCQ/s320/1s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The bust and the way I painted it is largely based on his depiction in the 1993 film Tombstone.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZTfKqNnDzYzSJ7a3Aq_sunciqNfuSpnenydsZB_X-Cr8mEndAdnbzA447DtOQYNU_FMBSBP75gpAkSRY_v2eppcYjlsOTfXs2OpFeEQzMrPa-qGC9jLN3xx4KOtrTh51zz7sFf_qTpkxA1EpwMZ30ItfmlPe8x1QiWLAmxc7oKNlXP8-L4QMN6fahkA/s939/6s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="939" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZTfKqNnDzYzSJ7a3Aq_sunciqNfuSpnenydsZB_X-Cr8mEndAdnbzA447DtOQYNU_FMBSBP75gpAkSRY_v2eppcYjlsOTfXs2OpFeEQzMrPa-qGC9jLN3xx4KOtrTh51zz7sFf_qTpkxA1EpwMZ30ItfmlPe8x1QiWLAmxc7oKNlXP8-L4QMN6fahkA/s320/6s.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The photos really aren't the best, I'm afraid, and he's not properly mounted yet, so maybe this is almost more of a WIP than a fully done figure. But with large-scale figures I very often feel like they're not quite done until I frankly run out of time and just have to delay the finishing touches until an unknown point in time.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibiWcFKTE5nehw_IgXuW5ltEK5_draz_joz82_crAYemj9G9Dc_SOV2zJaMns7Nj65L4fVDdHb52mWAwsunRT1i2LckJkRR2m6UEjSvm5iRkiJHjJcKZkV0mO_hHiU7FokqqlLj1vqGGKslz2hdErc3t5b0gz-1XJ5UPt2ReidGPKVR0E4Ces7MfUuwA/s725/7c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibiWcFKTE5nehw_IgXuW5ltEK5_draz_joz82_crAYemj9G9Dc_SOV2zJaMns7Nj65L4fVDdHb52mWAwsunRT1i2LckJkRR2m6UEjSvm5iRkiJHjJcKZkV0mO_hHiU7FokqqlLj1vqGGKslz2hdErc3t5b0gz-1XJ5UPt2ReidGPKVR0E4Ces7MfUuwA/s320/7c.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Don't mind the funny line along the cheek; that's the shadow of the hat's band. By the way, the whole bust is resin of course. In their thoughtful and accomodating way, CGS figures supply two hats with each set, as well as two left hands with the revolver, because those two bits are rather thin and might break. Also supplied in the box you get a piece of rather soft wire to model the hat band. Which I of course misplaced during the year I'Ve had the unpainted bust standing around in some corner of the painting desk. So I used some other copper wire, which I twisted for the top of the hat and the rest of the hat band thing dangling about. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">CGS Military Figures offer a whole range of Tombstone-inspired busts. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So yeah, hope you like him!</div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Sigurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02912873320636275459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293792978656899229.post-91326325422184459562023-05-01T23:13:00.007+02:002023-05-02T09:54:22.470+02:00Show Report: Tabletop Knights Gaming Day 2023<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5X9Q0ZdJNM_UpekOkdHJn1CmCFtHk5S9hfMf0YyruAlAuEPVVK-pl8D_24tdGGPNDv4E6eKkxPT6d_4Bs2QdguDTj5M8C-sbkySJjDbDEWc6nVC9a_lnt-w8KsURxczNlBmMUpd5E0cZfnVXngXcs032OxvqYPNaUuiDltAPmAEGnkzsvpkIbTyYvKQ/s898/gd1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="668" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5X9Q0ZdJNM_UpekOkdHJn1CmCFtHk5S9hfMf0YyruAlAuEPVVK-pl8D_24tdGGPNDv4E6eKkxPT6d_4Bs2QdguDTj5M8C-sbkySJjDbDEWc6nVC9a_lnt-w8KsURxczNlBmMUpd5E0cZfnVXngXcs032OxvqYPNaUuiDltAPmAEGnkzsvpkIbTyYvKQ/s320/gd1.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The past weekend I attended the Tabletop Knights' Gaming Day 2023. After 3 years I returned to lovely Marktl in Bavaria.</div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(where the sheep seldom wear spectacles)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Right, up to this month I attended one show in the past 3 years. I paid some visits and so on, but no bigger shows until Harucon 2 weeks ago. That was huge by my standards, but I couldn't really write a relevant report for it, because it was a general "nerd" convention with no wargaming. I did run a painting workshop which proved to be very popular, but apart from that there it little gaming-relevant to report from there. I did learn a ton about competitive cosplay though.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyway, the past weekend I drove over to Germany to attend the large wargames show organized by Tabletop Knights. It's been on hiatus for the past years due to Covid reasons, but now we're back. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Friday: driving there, setting up, dinner with the organizers and other vendors/demo game runners.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Saturday at 9 the show started. As usual it took place on several levels - the ground floor saw the usual 30/40k tournament, the galery had a Summoners tournament. In between, on the first level (the main hall) we had several demo tables and vendors. The organizers placed me and two more pro painters on the big stage, where we belong. :-P Also, the painting competition entries were on display on the stage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Several participants were delayed by a few hours due to Autobahn issues, but by around 10, things were in full swing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>By the way, thanks very much to Santa Pile (she took all those amazing people-in-motion pictures. Have a look at her pictures here:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/santa_ep_photo/"> https://www.instagram.com/santa_ep_photo/ </a>and here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/santaepphotography">https://www.facebook.com/santaepphotography</a> . She knows what she's doing.) and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/YellowWithHobby">Yellow with Hobby</a> for supplying photos for this report. I had barely any time during the day to take any. The ones I took are not that great either, because for some reason I left the proper camera at home and took cellphone pictures.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh05FGK5txIo9jZZE0vYf-fZRuWxbfb3qC5YyVrgTj-jrNHVRkVY2Dhlq2P9R51VI-0GMYjchse2UCOcHhynqip0zkwMoMMKJViwjZrUbkqEPMSok_FgT0fah-OYKehMPNESO0PiGO007Xe6YdO0XhLkjLGgoXi3-RE-lzRP-lV4ZvpxKqyU4YKmLV81A/s1400/IMG_0853.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="921" data-original-width="1400" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh05FGK5txIo9jZZE0vYf-fZRuWxbfb3qC5YyVrgTj-jrNHVRkVY2Dhlq2P9R51VI-0GMYjchse2UCOcHhynqip0zkwMoMMKJViwjZrUbkqEPMSok_FgT0fah-OYKehMPNESO0PiGO007Xe6YdO0XhLkjLGgoXi3-RE-lzRP-lV4ZvpxKqyU4YKmLV81A/s320/IMG_0853.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">The show is rather focused on very contemporary Fantasy/Sci-Fi, and overall it's fun to see how many games of that genre start emerging in Germany now. Between The Exalted Ones, Summoners and Dockfighters, there's several things going on right now.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Now<b> <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/3dartlab/dockfighters-the-ale-wars?lang=de">Dockfighters </a></b>is an interesting project. Sat in an alternative 1948 in which WW2 never happened, but Germany had split back up into several smaller states who wage war basically over who has the best beer. This war is carried out by means of sponsored star-dogfighters who compete in aerial combat.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLpwZXcize_poH0bhMFeoRnR3iet-RBLQ-oKwQIIPXaRDKiM_v7wShjQhKczbW1O2scIgd9r_8oOq_NRWiRgpCYTuzDCwPvcTpohAbf3VMnSzfgy-bLXqpyd4ZXrsXlyS8j0zg7AVNwk-i9y8dlNwUNZGsJn8_NTHLpHNvnzwhxlMl1ntS2q0qbyoA-w/s1400/IMG_8251.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLpwZXcize_poH0bhMFeoRnR3iet-RBLQ-oKwQIIPXaRDKiM_v7wShjQhKczbW1O2scIgd9r_8oOq_NRWiRgpCYTuzDCwPvcTpohAbf3VMnSzfgy-bLXqpyd4ZXrsXlyS8j0zg7AVNwk-i9y8dlNwUNZGsJn8_NTHLpHNvnzwhxlMl1ntS2q0qbyoA-w/s320/IMG_8251.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">It's got funky fantasy-1940s airplanes and airships and plays swiftly and innovatively. Of course most of us will instantly remember Crimson Skies and that's not unintended by the developers.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Another demo table featured a very interesting project I hadn't known of to date - a small German publisher/rules developer named <a href="https://mechworld.de/full-thrust/">Mechworld </a>are working on a new version of<b> Full Thrust</b>! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizHwoPdZVEQ4YS5hEZ5Q77rH4kSTPWNRMe4XkyAjg9coKM_ZX94q4IbDpfk8rYoBJmzds6vau8cp-zJWSYuZi6GkRA8vaZ2bNLVE0NEZDyRwVc7EgVEZz6JG96KkcX-zTFrOfu4PEWWgjqW0MDxoGVcDOJMNejqizZIomXyecPWyHpXs8IdHsOrZAQgQ/s851/Full_Thrust_Banner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizHwoPdZVEQ4YS5hEZ5Q77rH4kSTPWNRMe4XkyAjg9coKM_ZX94q4IbDpfk8rYoBJmzds6vau8cp-zJWSYuZi6GkRA8vaZ2bNLVE0NEZDyRwVc7EgVEZz6JG96KkcX-zTFrOfu4PEWWgjqW0MDxoGVcDOJMNejqizZIomXyecPWyHpXs8IdHsOrZAQgQ/s320/Full_Thrust_Banner.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They work closely with the original author (and head honcho at Ground Zero Games) Jon Truffley It's not quite finished yet, but there was a demo table with all-new snazzy designs and so on. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQOisw2fPlaG6yfEAq1xjvFQo15IQ2tiU1WhHKv7OV9Wl_TLKg6Yygcm9NL9tGWEL8ijfJd2Nrj6tPz8bgl3YdFxYWi4iadsItk110tnV_9o71_e7UdsaCUYfO3kA53gtfczMtkcDDDKxptCLfYG4lznjFlmfAcGw0OJtvLuJWU-t_xwC14P4DNHY0sQ/s1400/IMG_8258.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQOisw2fPlaG6yfEAq1xjvFQo15IQ2tiU1WhHKv7OV9Wl_TLKg6Yygcm9NL9tGWEL8ijfJd2Nrj6tPz8bgl3YdFxYWi4iadsItk110tnV_9o71_e7UdsaCUYfO3kA53gtfczMtkcDDDKxptCLfYG4lznjFlmfAcGw0OJtvLuJWU-t_xwC14P4DNHY0sQ/s320/IMG_8258.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Really something to keep an eye on. German- and English language releases are planned.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The day also featured the mandatory <b>Lord of the Rings </b>and S<b>tar Wars Legion</b> tables.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVrhbQEPS0Lw3dGJ5Lp52d_fWGqeNVExsR9Slw53HWJ4iBJ5_MSDCZdk6Qb4StNAZ3Du2FCe-dzHykVUVZ1maFGHS4CAw5Ma2wqTyyLRylKv6hcYVB7iby0peM5_9N4NawzG6xYtI1DmqQsBD5RW2Mp2eO8wgnerJh6Ig9TJQ3t5GTGpkwBFCKOeUN8Q/s1400/IMG_0853.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="921" data-original-width="1400" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVrhbQEPS0Lw3dGJ5Lp52d_fWGqeNVExsR9Slw53HWJ4iBJ5_MSDCZdk6Qb4StNAZ3Du2FCe-dzHykVUVZ1maFGHS4CAw5Ma2wqTyyLRylKv6hcYVB7iby0peM5_9N4NawzG6xYtI1DmqQsBD5RW2Mp2eO8wgnerJh6Ig9TJQ3t5GTGpkwBFCKOeUN8Q/s320/IMG_0853.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_aU_T0muWaxN9O-OpvA3AcLW_Mzr-lN82Xi9enGZchHZKfJSOA31htm0agptxc8H9QGMCI2ubthmXap4LId0KmRYEwWAUHi3jaXSspmg4EwS0YRgsvVgZ5F-Oh9LLZcBOf1g_QtuO5hGuo7XXUjzSRP7lVIS2sl6J-HIT1m0pY0-m_5YdyuQ3AGQOzw/s813/IMG_0862.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="813" data-original-width="697" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_aU_T0muWaxN9O-OpvA3AcLW_Mzr-lN82Xi9enGZchHZKfJSOA31htm0agptxc8H9QGMCI2ubthmXap4LId0KmRYEwWAUHi3jaXSspmg4EwS0YRgsvVgZ5F-Oh9LLZcBOf1g_QtuO5hGuo7XXUjzSRP7lVIS2sl6J-HIT1m0pY0-m_5YdyuQ3AGQOzw/s320/IMG_0862.JPG" width="274" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Yeah, the above photos are by Santa Pile. Wargamers are a tricky subject for photography; these pictures are exceptionally cool.</div><div><br /></div><div>There even was a <b>Warmaster </b>table!</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5j9NJJxLJbg8FzAFvtGZuS_J8uIgrMHom6TlrP1F8j4ya8DJboo_GgmchpQyx-K_oevltbF_66_hLmOOwHbxjqUctCZKDqaFzacY6vYKOf_lJxW_2hQGU0iAbu79p9tjngRrbyZWP95uCWdnAcbPseGQKwkOKe0Tljf-4zpEBP3tIg09cEGsswAv9qA/s1200/IMG_8243.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5j9NJJxLJbg8FzAFvtGZuS_J8uIgrMHom6TlrP1F8j4ya8DJboo_GgmchpQyx-K_oevltbF_66_hLmOOwHbxjqUctCZKDqaFzacY6vYKOf_lJxW_2hQGU0iAbu79p9tjngRrbyZWP95uCWdnAcbPseGQKwkOKe0Tljf-4zpEBP3tIg09cEGsswAv9qA/s320/IMG_8243.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>A bit unusual for the TTKs' Gaming Day (but HIGHLY welcome) there were two historical tables. A large <b>Napoleonics </b>table featuring an 28mm battle in the peninsular war.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE4N_UeacPm69QcuIn2dMLicqlBlKgvdGSwUz7-X_Je8ezPnE_i0u2KwSD3d4H2W2vV5009evnHkzCri5NS-lFwNanF57XMCOKXhA0V7wP2dz07Nizuk-cLMPgAkt_DovjOVJ6agEKvYC4pyAIwvx12qcJvpETTMfUMC_g6ggfI2dRam5RLQab0fEhyA/s1200/IMG_8222.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE4N_UeacPm69QcuIn2dMLicqlBlKgvdGSwUz7-X_Je8ezPnE_i0u2KwSD3d4H2W2vV5009evnHkzCri5NS-lFwNanF57XMCOKXhA0V7wP2dz07Nizuk-cLMPgAkt_DovjOVJ6agEKvYC4pyAIwvx12qcJvpETTMfUMC_g6ggfI2dRam5RLQab0fEhyA/s320/IMG_8222.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcYVfGd99pTgl2hnd4RwS_DDnFG9Bt7IIVyM34wEPyQzVTPV5oYd2EjqWBTU7B23RyHdYg4RMLmcRrbkUYxhi7Tx7FyZ1MKKdzaAaw1SExBMdpafpV-h_mYkmAWUGSiIYRgUPmiDYW6mRNeuFwCnh3g-tWl7sAyK2FsNjRVozLRx0KY8cidJe7TE9wvA/s1500/IMG_8224.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="885" data-original-width="1500" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcYVfGd99pTgl2hnd4RwS_DDnFG9Bt7IIVyM34wEPyQzVTPV5oYd2EjqWBTU7B23RyHdYg4RMLmcRrbkUYxhi7Tx7FyZ1MKKdzaAaw1SExBMdpafpV-h_mYkmAWUGSiIYRgUPmiDYW6mRNeuFwCnh3g-tWl7sAyK2FsNjRVozLRx0KY8cidJe7TE9wvA/s320/IMG_8224.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLLECNHTv80qayMQBpc7N1-Vzu4kanSsv61XR5of5vNJEMXXVWSFOz5VcC3WyJUS9tXLaW_iBlzFOeF9no7_0nCVORj0y_PJu7zZ4q5CzIf58zCb6P9-8G3VjKHBEl4aEmptd1VIvAIXO26EcSzvS9a98Zj14UL2_IQtx7SxlZuoFv-mE3TmBkkJy7g/s1500/20230429_115941.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="1500" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLLECNHTv80qayMQBpc7N1-Vzu4kanSsv61XR5of5vNJEMXXVWSFOz5VcC3WyJUS9tXLaW_iBlzFOeF9no7_0nCVORj0y_PJu7zZ4q5CzIf58zCb6P9-8G3VjKHBEl4aEmptd1VIvAIXO26EcSzvS9a98Zj14UL2_IQtx7SxlZuoFv-mE3TmBkkJy7g/s320/20230429_115941.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWTHoiIA9DbSbnX04Fwyn_4F6egznmnNup2rGo3YcqdGPd3iHFcozFceL5UFOF9wg-dQ27LB21Ejh3JWb7A_WxEhNNT4R2xH-l1FfYvydCegF_OsjTbNheP7nRMUoz2ghvYDeV5-TFkAaggT4WpP8T2DiwgyEJU7XvV3vszDN7obrZKrN3xVEO89hMsQ/s1300/20230429_120053.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="1300" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWTHoiIA9DbSbnX04Fwyn_4F6egznmnNup2rGo3YcqdGPd3iHFcozFceL5UFOF9wg-dQ27LB21Ejh3JWb7A_WxEhNNT4R2xH-l1FfYvydCegF_OsjTbNheP7nRMUoz2ghvYDeV5-TFkAaggT4WpP8T2DiwgyEJU7XvV3vszDN7obrZKrN3xVEO89hMsQ/s320/20230429_120053.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOa1Nb6sz2yJnNnIh1j4PSWu9Wz5ZOeMt7q0gNTBFYq-sQY73AmYyYupkRqBqZ8rDDONWasg53yy9tAkpduvvppCL03u8ZcwWzrcLq2zcuckAW58h8_dJsWAmRzUqGLuImVtpOjEPoOXn_wvpXK9vnwWycD0Tj7gp4fFG0qFBo2sA68gHLFUftXs3uA/s1400/20230429_120132.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="1400" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOa1Nb6sz2yJnNnIh1j4PSWu9Wz5ZOeMt7q0gNTBFYq-sQY73AmYyYupkRqBqZ8rDDONWasg53yy9tAkpduvvppCL03u8ZcwWzrcLq2zcuckAW58h8_dJsWAmRzUqGLuImVtpOjEPoOXn_wvpXK9vnwWycD0Tj7gp4fFG0qFBo2sA68gHLFUftXs3uA/s320/20230429_120132.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Black Powder, large table, pretty snazzy terrain and little extra bits like cattle, supply wagons, and so on. Shame I didn't get to talk to the two gentlemen who ran the game.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The other historical game on display was<b> Bolt Action Korea</b>. Not uninteresting either.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM9mq2R2tz8k-S6BzLZ5F0DOxqDpz5HVu6WkXSNxt2ypcaMwI7_o59bdiFEp1RI_YMdcPZ_LKn1XbU4lyVXjX392E4FS6bYgSCFsuDRgITncHaIzPvmaVVxmExRRNU2BfepCU6ywgjYqeoFc57WBlBN13e-zrAXHaBEhQ_7lX7jfoqIrMQepKF-Ymv2w/s800/20230429_115719.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="800" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM9mq2R2tz8k-S6BzLZ5F0DOxqDpz5HVu6WkXSNxt2ypcaMwI7_o59bdiFEp1RI_YMdcPZ_LKn1XbU4lyVXjX392E4FS6bYgSCFsuDRgITncHaIzPvmaVVxmExRRNU2BfepCU6ywgjYqeoFc57WBlBN13e-zrAXHaBEhQ_7lX7jfoqIrMQepKF-Ymv2w/s320/20230429_115719.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Kube, who I set up a lot of tables with on Friday prior to the show, and who is a very nice guy, ran a demo game of <b>The Drowned Earth</b>:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqcOO1Y-aNasp9LdN8Rut3tNkGD-NLCOi_RVWmUc7p1RAGLHzZE7m3ExpE2iOMSYu-vY0lfruFZ3rQYmq9zACxNaLt42jq_yK5LZa819Awwy0WttavlciObbHyUlzMTAz7EhojhlARsPs02Yd_LGqnl34Qb2V2GkYQx4inrvO4rcFoUxfIITb58vUxKg/s1300/20230429_115850.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1166" data-original-width="1300" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqcOO1Y-aNasp9LdN8Rut3tNkGD-NLCOi_RVWmUc7p1RAGLHzZE7m3ExpE2iOMSYu-vY0lfruFZ3rQYmq9zACxNaLt42jq_yK5LZa819Awwy0WttavlciObbHyUlzMTAz7EhojhlARsPs02Yd_LGqnl34Qb2V2GkYQx4inrvO4rcFoUxfIITb58vUxKg/s320/20230429_115850.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlKgRdc2aVYc90HxKM7AurYgWntJBfcQkV1WxYbdyoyvX286Q0LZ1ngGtxvMftpsVZuzTqjBcVSIi3jYi8YegUbeRoW_58GDVbP-cL1nMd6h3vqN58vkNp7pYyANJpLgKoOSimdt4kMUvKiVnFF_kcZxp8J0nJMMhJtTA3OqjZHvi2wNJvroB5MrMAIg/s1300/20230429_173142.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="872" data-original-width="1300" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlKgRdc2aVYc90HxKM7AurYgWntJBfcQkV1WxYbdyoyvX286Q0LZ1ngGtxvMftpsVZuzTqjBcVSIi3jYi8YegUbeRoW_58GDVbP-cL1nMd6h3vqN58vkNp7pYyANJpLgKoOSimdt4kMUvKiVnFF_kcZxp8J0nJMMhJtTA3OqjZHvi2wNJvroB5MrMAIg/s320/20230429_173142.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He's part of Ad Arma gaming club who got their own <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AdArmaClub/?locale=de_DE">Ad Army Con coming up next weekend</a> (May 6th)!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.roll-the-dice.de/">Roll-the-Dice</a></b> is a fixture at all these events for years now. This time he brought more staff than ever before, and apart from selling high-quality wares to the wargamey-inclined, they ran two demo tables. <b>A Song of Ice and Fire</b> and <b>Carnevale</b>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLiXwPNjVpSz1SEDM-FGZGrnmx1NmlMefr9-C8HjhDndZKPDmcCbdZsQY0HaaO98By8urFSsKIej8NkGtgDxrL3oLhESDxhRHvBcMsVaR7HWGn2zsDZ8mPk2GQIqb9wWbpnPMXXGdkVNyK_embeGsL4v0zL_9rhRvV7f-ufyR1Zr3--k5Cx5OM9a6Qw/s1600/20230429_173237.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLiXwPNjVpSz1SEDM-FGZGrnmx1NmlMefr9-C8HjhDndZKPDmcCbdZsQY0HaaO98By8urFSsKIej8NkGtgDxrL3oLhESDxhRHvBcMsVaR7HWGn2zsDZ8mPk2GQIqb9wWbpnPMXXGdkVNyK_embeGsL4v0zL_9rhRvV7f-ufyR1Zr3--k5Cx5OM9a6Qw/s320/20230429_173237.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Other vendors included<b> Urban Artworx</b> showing some 3d printed terrain as well as<a href="https://shop.spielbrett.biz/"><b> Spielbrett.at</b></a>; a wargames store in Pöndorf, with the usual attached games club and some attractive show specials on offer.<div><br /><div><br /></div><div>When it comes to vendors,<b><a href="https://roostermodel.de/"> Rooster Models</a></b> is a fixture at Gaming Day:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9hCbjnSWy0rLDQVBTIXMNKeJd3OAKLublXjPtn36zBg7D_AEKh9GSjBGAiwF94z3325Z58tvSGRYa6yGltxOGKIkGMLoNcvD_KpvB2Yhl1tDmuo6qw28Jmg9upyY13x8vLgjh7vA2KSn9nJnfuC1xq8IA8JznBRLJ8rYpX-rGg62lYH1bW72glFdguA/s805/Starbase_Delta_kategorien_foto.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="805" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9hCbjnSWy0rLDQVBTIXMNKeJd3OAKLublXjPtn36zBg7D_AEKh9GSjBGAiwF94z3325Z58tvSGRYa6yGltxOGKIkGMLoNcvD_KpvB2Yhl1tDmuo6qw28Jmg9upyY13x8vLgjh7vA2KSn9nJnfuC1xq8IA8JznBRLJ8rYpX-rGg62lYH1bW72glFdguA/s320/Starbase_Delta_kategorien_foto.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>By now he has a staggerlingly wide range of MDF kits and other bits and pieces on offer.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div>I saved one of the highlights for last though - the<b> Mario Kart</b> table. A little convesion of <b>Gaslands</b>. If ever there was a rules set suited for an adaptation it was this. And the presentation was top notch too.<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIVAolumnL6H3y7VGQSklTf3efGISHUtVOQHetcuYizBotII-J7zRbpBHnfOmEnkqLr14Yu9kLorMg4d1Szu9olm_G5DBF85qGtaYT-P_3rwG4qax-OrANF3hTatnWtgEZ7CHHkK6BD175_1suaP1eIb1RJ8jKVY3mEmMxWSbKY_WiyDtHHt8QNExRkg/s1300/20230429_093639.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1300" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIVAolumnL6H3y7VGQSklTf3efGISHUtVOQHetcuYizBotII-J7zRbpBHnfOmEnkqLr14Yu9kLorMg4d1Szu9olm_G5DBF85qGtaYT-P_3rwG4qax-OrANF3hTatnWtgEZ7CHHkK6BD175_1suaP1eIb1RJ8jKVY3mEmMxWSbKY_WiyDtHHt8QNExRkg/s320/20230429_093639.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZpUjLzo1qhdV-1_LVeZVWrCrPPqZvSeLKTG9_-YGgdY_daSV2-Kek3BKMkg-ebXS6XE0RAxbNYwwfpn6gyZdjlsUY2brByqGEZcxPmG728Otk0NtbbEga3VqbHcAJEhT3251nUOrC7xJrYK-4uD2GUqOFWWivCIrmMNlY6_5hAnErq3gH2slfTcW2w/s1200/IMG_8253.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZpUjLzo1qhdV-1_LVeZVWrCrPPqZvSeLKTG9_-YGgdY_daSV2-Kek3BKMkg-ebXS6XE0RAxbNYwwfpn6gyZdjlsUY2brByqGEZcxPmG728Otk0NtbbEga3VqbHcAJEhT3251nUOrC7xJrYK-4uD2GUqOFWWivCIrmMNlY6_5hAnErq3gH2slfTcW2w/s320/IMG_8253.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Of course there also was the traditional <b>painting competition</b>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZjEzJjyyTMFoUPVYoXlqiYNhQNmlfK53NqhhK7SYJA88PfC-b_7MHJ1ng6s6hcECcokEB9hxvaLj0JEi_NOqqGDb8Mdrj_YSLQ4WltIPrMeBuEJxMHMnGA91xwV0FHO0WX8Uo-DG7MmcPVUNgtTVRAopTFt__bY65TPp2fnVPY-CC8JuCn0c_ydASgw/s1800/IMG_0874.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZjEzJjyyTMFoUPVYoXlqiYNhQNmlfK53NqhhK7SYJA88PfC-b_7MHJ1ng6s6hcECcokEB9hxvaLj0JEi_NOqqGDb8Mdrj_YSLQ4WltIPrMeBuEJxMHMnGA91xwV0FHO0WX8Uo-DG7MmcPVUNgtTVRAopTFt__bY65TPp2fnVPY-CC8JuCn0c_ydASgw/s320/IMG_0874.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><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/AVvXsEjBepUX9hE-j3Z1PQRMXV6YlQ8LdN-DxWdg97n23j_U8SzbyeawU6z-8UVbrVBEsfDsryhM_uqj25NxG8rxVfY4rGLJdksPAJksJnV7HoiSygVuTQlbLE9zcD9yDzgZm_hpIrY5bVG4MSLe1LLoPCq6OVTnnZRSYGeUdDbN8rXwgsV7kzgnEAdFQJpYSQ/s1700/IMG_0067.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="849" data-original-width="1700" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBepUX9hE-j3Z1PQRMXV6YlQ8LdN-DxWdg97n23j_U8SzbyeawU6z-8UVbrVBEsfDsryhM_uqj25NxG8rxVfY4rGLJdksPAJksJnV7HoiSygVuTQlbLE9zcD9yDzgZm_hpIrY5bVG4MSLe1LLoPCq6OVTnnZRSYGeUdDbN8rXwgsV7kzgnEAdFQJpYSQ/s320/IMG_0067.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The winners in each of the three categories on display.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br />What struck me was that there bascially were no GW systems tables exept for the LotR one (not counting Warmaster). None of the current "small scale AoS" games going, no kill team, boarding action and so on. I mean overall there was a huge majority of skirmish games of the "warband-y brawl-y" level, as I tend to call it, but all were different.</div><div><br /></div><div>Overall, the variety was really, really good this year, and it seems like everybody was happy with how the day turned out.</div><div><br /></div><div>As is tradition I have barely any pictures of my own table. Here's two of the glass showcase I bring to shows (with the cables having gotten a bit loose on the trip to the show. ehem.)</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcA2OI1ttbhIkgyjX422G2DqnHJaZ5_vKNY33y5fFgjhAxSgWxzY2prmiPnpyQIPm__5pkTeDQ-qJ31bciTSt0gRVtXAc7DBlQFfph6FIXRtX5UPCAg1L0EDxNvrvQI4ieYn7Wj8Q26JRk1DHQve8vJ6KUfIBimqO1RRE01E7UcgvQ8D52tp-w1H00w/s1250/20230429_120445.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="1250" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcA2OI1ttbhIkgyjX422G2DqnHJaZ5_vKNY33y5fFgjhAxSgWxzY2prmiPnpyQIPm__5pkTeDQ-qJ31bciTSt0gRVtXAc7DBlQFfph6FIXRtX5UPCAg1L0EDxNvrvQI4ieYn7Wj8Q26JRk1DHQve8vJ6KUfIBimqO1RRE01E7UcgvQ8D52tp-w1H00w/s320/20230429_120445.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPq4m6qL6rHMbWCahzAsLcUJo88y3EaOWRwdvYyHplTO2xCvaMLz4WrlKnGzCcipwa-LXrIfkQz7tbJ5bWCZzjVWdveROnt0ESHB1tpz8RfIsepfpJ496-6_maf1ydS1O2ggnr26qB6I34UmY3WmLn2JfmoYx7l2nylG9cb6CMvicqxotB5_tEM_CQHA/s1600/IMG_8265.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPq4m6qL6rHMbWCahzAsLcUJo88y3EaOWRwdvYyHplTO2xCvaMLz4WrlKnGzCcipwa-LXrIfkQz7tbJ5bWCZzjVWdveROnt0ESHB1tpz8RfIsepfpJ496-6_maf1ydS1O2ggnr26qB6I34UmY3WmLn2JfmoYx7l2nylG9cb6CMvicqxotB5_tEM_CQHA/s320/IMG_8265.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One new thing for this season of shows (apart from the new business cards and a logo shirt I'm wearing at the shows) is the little display screen, showing photos of figures I painted in the past and which for obvious reasons I don't have any more. It went over well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiBAwH_vcxyMZ58ULORp5nEktX3fK6CzxsoT1bU5vhOQcNFu2rQ92815Hk9Rlthol33ZzecI_VRtIG7R55bYoINm7tCLacpDiohDaPnau_wUNMAr5vfSTTQlZ7tmjA94-7ht-Sqw6oEmwNugPov1yOzg2bDZlLGJ9Bp9R_lM-K6iRWHF9nGGlG5PAcsg/s1300/IMG_0839.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1300" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiBAwH_vcxyMZ58ULORp5nEktX3fK6CzxsoT1bU5vhOQcNFu2rQ92815Hk9Rlthol33ZzecI_VRtIG7R55bYoINm7tCLacpDiohDaPnau_wUNMAr5vfSTTQlZ7tmjA94-7ht-Sqw6oEmwNugPov1yOzg2bDZlLGJ9Bp9R_lM-K6iRWHF9nGGlG5PAcsg/s320/IMG_0839.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Throughout the day I chatted with people about painting, gaming, and all of that good stuff. Special thanks to Garbosch and Oleg who dropped by for a good chat, Tobi-Wan who showed a lot of stamina standing there, looking me over the shoulder as I painted and tried to explain what I'm doing, the organizers of the show, and all the other participants. I didn't chat to as many people as I would have liked to. It was great seeing some old and new faces alike.</div><div><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/AVvXsEjXArwOeMB0nlkpxJzzsr8I64WQja5opxt_aTBpoqWy6ABjRLuqC1VvCz15zNh8GGTDlitA1kzW08NKO-PWWvLNlA1zI9-cDA2lWFHgHBZJ9pAzvkDSWJ0bYSEyxW9U5LhpxyeEUEmlAc2IvcPwhDWLjlax2mxg5pfwhERIWB-5GUQBVDaOx0VCxuG4XA/s1300/IMG_0834.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="1300" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXArwOeMB0nlkpxJzzsr8I64WQja5opxt_aTBpoqWy6ABjRLuqC1VvCz15zNh8GGTDlitA1kzW08NKO-PWWvLNlA1zI9-cDA2lWFHgHBZJ9pAzvkDSWJ0bYSEyxW9U5LhpxyeEUEmlAc2IvcPwhDWLjlax2mxg5pfwhERIWB-5GUQBVDaOx0VCxuG4XA/s320/IMG_0834.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One more really cool shot by Santa Pile. I'll ask her if I can use it for ads.The picture also shows one of the little mishaps that happened to me - I forgot water cups! That's a first. Luckily I had the top of a spray can at hand.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Right, that's it for my show report. I'm sure I forgot to wrtie about one or two of the tables. Please let me know and I'll add a bit about them! Apart from that, I hope you enjoyed the show report. Next show will be excellent Austrian Salute on the 3rd of June at Gasthaus Leobendorf. Smaller than Tabletop Knights' Gaming Day, and a bit more in a historical/wargamey direction. Really looking forward to that one!</div></div></div>Sigurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02912873320636275459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293792978656899229.post-16920261753871450272023-04-30T11:00:00.001+02:002023-04-30T11:00:00.132+02:00Showcase: Super Dungeon Explore Pt. 36<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGxLM0NZvrprJRn7LNaV7cbleYds9py8LCDIOpk6npUH68TdabcCblTZs2OmwGIIARTrTSKtWGwjOXvZxlLB9BqphY2xCok4WCDKiT6XpwABZHBo1tTVh5pq96a2IvPpcCU8IKBeBi4PhoeLNob5fe1oDHAYNsdGiiWoTOPRxcwHuF1pv_EGahMbAH-Q/s1400/irongolem%20kasaro%20to.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="1400" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGxLM0NZvrprJRn7LNaV7cbleYds9py8LCDIOpk6npUH68TdabcCblTZs2OmwGIIARTrTSKtWGwjOXvZxlLB9BqphY2xCok4WCDKiT6XpwABZHBo1tTVh5pq96a2IvPpcCU8IKBeBi4PhoeLNob5fe1oDHAYNsdGiiWoTOPRxcwHuF1pv_EGahMbAH-Q/s320/irongolem%20kasaro%20to.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's some more Super Dungeon Explore bosses. Iron Golem and Kasaro To. I'm sure you can see who's who. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFkDVmCvhJfyDPqX_iVyc9pYz9WGo810TCQ_32umhRa8mPhLk7r7_DAEiOXyn5dbk_4iQ6kamt3y7Jx4V9_SVwIyF0wQw0yXBMC4fcLAwHftWwSJiMWF6RXPPyyLMwzPGVpgWh8UiOaHZ-n2e0r3LsvSsgGFfl_B5R2xunGAVedbP5ZMPonvdWZBg8AA/s1000/irongolem1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="1000" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFkDVmCvhJfyDPqX_iVyc9pYz9WGo810TCQ_32umhRa8mPhLk7r7_DAEiOXyn5dbk_4iQ6kamt3y7Jx4V9_SVwIyF0wQw0yXBMC4fcLAwHftWwSJiMWF6RXPPyyLMwzPGVpgWh8UiOaHZ-n2e0r3LsvSsgGFfl_B5R2xunGAVedbP5ZMPonvdWZBg8AA/s320/irongolem1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTvM5wGVwRpCfh_gaXFCWprNxnLFlv5GZ7Yx4v8UylirtajGbWKbNAXUrqYIDqGJMtXjcDnf8AYhETqwCJY5UJ_PxY9QY_2fw5duulx4gGWl734uxeXk4v8o6m-8OeR91aap1Ee_-9qOFxAHFl6ochsfbBTReX-i0GgnehvVx59fEya7o01WjY2Y1uQ/s546/irongolem3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTvM5wGVwRpCfh_gaXFCWprNxnLFlv5GZ7Yx4v8UylirtajGbWKbNAXUrqYIDqGJMtXjcDnf8AYhETqwCJY5UJ_PxY9QY_2fw5duulx4gGWl734uxeXk4v8o6m-8OeR91aap1Ee_-9qOFxAHFl6ochsfbBTReX-i0GgnehvVx59fEya7o01WjY2Y1uQ/s320/irongolem3.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The NMM painting on this chap was rather interesting. I tried to keep the overall effect to a minimum (despite the relatively huge surface it was to cover). To go with the design of the figure and that it should look cartoony rather than shiny I took care to keep it broad, yet appealing (usually a combination of things that lends itself to being scoffed at ;-) ).</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZEA7a4pMxrnSAa9ucGAHU-W61is2NF9GyeaEyY52Id_uVnG2H4kSTtse5Knj2TExSVezkdfpWxmbbi0hGmNF4hcMSitKHz9d2WWRoFuALLrRt_jkxSoowFACuYWc-R8yifIkaE7OWG-5iOWOonC7I8mqG-gRbrtQgwneJ32x9pj5ULbaZvq0Qnw4m1g/s800/irongolem4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="800" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZEA7a4pMxrnSAa9ucGAHU-W61is2NF9GyeaEyY52Id_uVnG2H4kSTtse5Knj2TExSVezkdfpWxmbbi0hGmNF4hcMSitKHz9d2WWRoFuALLrRt_jkxSoowFACuYWc-R8yifIkaE7OWG-5iOWOonC7I8mqG-gRbrtQgwneJ32x9pj5ULbaZvq0Qnw4m1g/s320/irongolem4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kasaro To was much more straight-forward, the most interesting points being the white hair/fur and the freehand symbols on the banner on his back.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi85Za3lqHb4pDbAbuT2dTmxwTg0RkdXiRWBdQ6oMegrlXUPRrmE0Hbuv8lpY-hMv8MwBNi3RmYRl1U7lcuga5yYe0X-lmMIYYfeF16Uel9-H2DOszo6vpCy1Fth_jIVztkhRnskmZBNLs-3gOZ34oT_mPUCdIOuMurIam-VGiSBNdbYZzdvCff6Map-g/s983/kasaro%20to.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="983" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi85Za3lqHb4pDbAbuT2dTmxwTg0RkdXiRWBdQ6oMegrlXUPRrmE0Hbuv8lpY-hMv8MwBNi3RmYRl1U7lcuga5yYe0X-lmMIYYfeF16Uel9-H2DOszo6vpCy1Fth_jIVztkhRnskmZBNLs-3gOZ34oT_mPUCdIOuMurIam-VGiSBNdbYZzdvCff6Map-g/s320/kasaro%20to.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNyXEXq2M7mw2cA2qU19s2uXQAjT1vmGLGnAC16iF131FhhbP4AWEDfLYi-EknZz37QSmuqMzRZdqdwFSUFp3uWxwOvaZjgyTFpXV9GlaX0xzm3trQiMr7TlcKHkX7KSvrun40m7k8-iFUcnykInuqP9GxHIfh5MUfJ__HwGfmC_LwFX8C2AdIHn-wvQ/s983/kasaro%20to3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="983" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNyXEXq2M7mw2cA2qU19s2uXQAjT1vmGLGnAC16iF131FhhbP4AWEDfLYi-EknZz37QSmuqMzRZdqdwFSUFp3uWxwOvaZjgyTFpXV9GlaX0xzm3trQiMr7TlcKHkX7KSvrun40m7k8-iFUcnykInuqP9GxHIfh5MUfJ__HwGfmC_LwFX8C2AdIHn-wvQ/s320/kasaro%20to3.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Pretty static chap too, but it's a nice colour scheme and he cuts an impressive figure on the table.<div><br /></div><div>Hope you like the figures and stay tuned for more!<br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div>Sigurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02912873320636275459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293792978656899229.post-5636250244568895192023-04-26T11:00:00.002+02:002023-04-26T11:00:00.135+02:00Showcase: PanOceania Jotum TAG<p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwEUoZUKJB06_TkMp2n423YdxD--lbWlKb0CuMaC9F2bIOQPetBT3l2be296VQpJCdXRxWVMtHXTCrVTKrdppd1Tjn4STact8wsP4rWNjBUlmalAHD4C619uTtmnxrHHIwSBFTH5TeUANuzPZPBqhiRf7jW6KXAxkMsWUiRbH_NG5Vgb9Go9YLJSS_g/s1100/jotums3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1100" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwEUoZUKJB06_TkMp2n423YdxD--lbWlKb0CuMaC9F2bIOQPetBT3l2be296VQpJCdXRxWVMtHXTCrVTKrdppd1Tjn4STact8wsP4rWNjBUlmalAHD4C619uTtmnxrHHIwSBFTH5TeUANuzPZPBqhiRf7jW6KXAxkMsWUiRbH_NG5Vgb9Go9YLJSS_g/s320/jotums3.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Back to Infinity! Here's a PanO Jotum TAG (Tactical Armored Gear, the big robo suits in Infinity).</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">As you know, I love close to 90% of all Infinity figures. This one for some reason I didn't love from the get-go. For an Infinity TAG it looks pretty bulky and unelegant. So I did my best to paint it in a way that made me like it better.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhrx6QtoUSPZmOiEMTPQIyEkoIPO7blFbyoBlRwQMNMHOUwQrSJZI81kjACl6U44oKzOKM2_rNHhY9BTy3tk59rbsReckwjjk0KyKjzK7ZZ9_DQMBTjmNId5hmR5-DtFW8Q5RT-ohRvgThdzkwgrhNLURzZwh9AJZWhwrdAvgm2h6dTjRdIgBbOwv0Q/s927/jotums2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="927" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhrx6QtoUSPZmOiEMTPQIyEkoIPO7blFbyoBlRwQMNMHOUwQrSJZI81kjACl6U44oKzOKM2_rNHhY9BTy3tk59rbsReckwjjk0KyKjzK7ZZ9_DQMBTjmNId5hmR5-DtFW8Q5RT-ohRvgThdzkwgrhNLURzZwh9AJZWhwrdAvgm2h6dTjRdIgBbOwv0Q/s320/jotums2.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The general order was to make it fit the other PanO figures I painted for the gentleman, so the main colour would be blue. Fine by me; shiny blue is my go-to choice for Infinity (or "shiny sci-fi" in general). A subtle green would serve as a secondary colour (mostly applied as freehand-triangles to break up the very bulky armour) and red for lights, lenses and other details for some additional contrast. The main portion would be shiny blue though.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZLKwWY01PINpWz20BBetxSg7k6wXTcMMyDe-6TS0R9T3f7xagVdIdRJIcADGdg49AllW7JgSJhQe6zxTTmAa4HB-Unag-bSuGQs4uOsLJahGnwzAjMNVJZIRZSG2n8z20h-YMNHLidBktr0hCePjrvViaXDwcwfBL-_v7OHFNG2tpwXnjkPGea8wg5Q/s1000/as5schrift.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="906" data-original-width="1000" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZLKwWY01PINpWz20BBetxSg7k6wXTcMMyDe-6TS0R9T3f7xagVdIdRJIcADGdg49AllW7JgSJhQe6zxTTmAa4HB-Unag-bSuGQs4uOsLJahGnwzAjMNVJZIRZSG2n8z20h-YMNHLidBktr0hCePjrvViaXDwcwfBL-_v7OHFNG2tpwXnjkPGea8wg5Q/s320/as5schrift.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This being a PanO TAG, I added some "western" looking military letterings as well as a 'call sign' on the right shoulder armour.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4SvRA-I8Xg_f4m1zJW8aJfwnzewRw-fxpv_6EqXn0xKa-FXykATJvB7qX86UDgt7cqHg_y8k8FQi7pksUpCyavb3EDjxI1AyddaQ3MPywZNj_hnVelqjzGYjBUE_QJqRnJq4Rcor6zpsJP9tKoWKDZIIdYk35H_st04WINFttle9ubM6tP7eH1ymOw/s900/as5bschrift.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="900" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4SvRA-I8Xg_f4m1zJW8aJfwnzewRw-fxpv_6EqXn0xKa-FXykATJvB7qX86UDgt7cqHg_y8k8FQi7pksUpCyavb3EDjxI1AyddaQ3MPywZNj_hnVelqjzGYjBUE_QJqRnJq4Rcor6zpsJP9tKoWKDZIIdYk35H_st04WINFttle9ubM6tP7eH1ymOw/s320/as5bschrift.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>In the end I decided to add over-the-top stylish light reflections to the biggest armour plates. It's not the most usual of looks, but I'm satisfied with the result. As was the gentleman I painted this one for, so all is fine. Hope you like it as well!<br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Sigurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02912873320636275459noreply@blogger.com0