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Post by glennwilliams on Dec 1, 2010 8:15:34 GMT -9
Finger and Toe Models announces the release of its modular spaceport facility Maintenance Bay. This 28mm PDF card stock set can be used as an objective or simply as terrain in your skirmish (or tactical) battles or roleplaying adventures. Build one module for a small facility, or join them together into a massive structure. A basic module is over ten inches wide, six deep, with a little over seven inches of clearance for your ships, tanks, or mechs. Maintenance Bay includes two different robotic arms and two types of cranes as well as a tracked cargo mover, so you can handle almost any freight in the pipeline. For a slide show go to www.fingerandtoe.com and navigate to 28mm sci-fi structures. Remember, every Finger and Toe model comes with SMOOSH ASSURANCE: if ya’ll smoosh your Maintenance Bay, a new set waits your summons from hard drive and printer. Maintenance Bay is available from www.rpgnow.com or www.wargamevault.com for $5.00. Uploaded with
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Post by glennwilliams on Nov 30, 2010 7:56:18 GMT -9
It seems that nowaday a photo service is cheaper than printing at home, considering costs of paper, ink, printer value, time to get a decent result, overall quality. Has anyone analyzed that? I only print at home. I put a high price on my time and convenience--and feel they should be factored in as well.
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Post by glennwilliams on Nov 29, 2010 7:43:57 GMT -9
Apparently some designers think nudity is a form of armor. Generally, I agree with you.
I'm watching two anime series right now, X'amd and Canaan. Bare midriffs abound (but with long trench coats--weird). Then there's Major I-can-wear-a-leotard-work Kusanagi. OK, Motoko gets a pass just because she's Motoko.
Where I object is figures designed as fighters, all belonging to the Order of the Brass/Kevlar Bra, because apparently a bra provides protection for the stomach--who knew? Entirely too many such figures kind of play to the lowest common denominator, that acne-endowed, gawky junior high kid in all of us. Personally, I don't buy those kind of figures just because I think they're silly.
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Post by glennwilliams on Nov 29, 2010 7:33:02 GMT -9
Picked up the expansion--it's a great piece of work!
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Post by glennwilliams on Nov 22, 2010 13:04:24 GMT -9
Finger and Toe Models announces the release of a modular freight and passenger space ship: MLTS: Karma Queen. This new 28mm PDF card stock set can be used as an objective or simply as terrain in your skirmish (or tactical) battles or roleplaying adventures. You can use one or any combination or all for the modules to create setting depending on your encounter. Skirmish among the modules being readied for assembly as a full ship, desperately try to reach your getaway ship just ahead of law enforcement, search for smuggled cargo, spy on clandestine meetings. Built by the genetically enhanced humans, the Ventauri, the Multi-Logistics Transport Ship Karma Queen is the lead ship of a class of modular medium logistics ships capable of carrying passengers, cargo, or a mix of the two. Logistics modules are mated to a bridge and fuel tank/engineering section, then lifted into orbit. There are rumors of a Q-ship version with weapons in turrets disguised as cargo pods; there are even rumors of such ships used to support major planetary special ops raids. Omni-Planets Incorporated reverse engineered a crashed MLTS. The company was willing to endure endless lawuits in order to have such a profitable design. The Karma Queen is huge. A cargo version with two cargo modules is about twenty-two inches long and eight wide. For a slide show go to www.fingerandtoe.com and navigate to 28mm sci-fi vehicles. Remember, every Finger and Toe model comes with SMOOSH ASSURANCE: if ya’ll smoosh your Karma Queen, a new set waits your summons from hard drive and printer. Karma Queen is available from www.rpgnow.com or www.wargamevault.com for $8.00. Uploaded with ImageShack.us
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Post by glennwilliams on Nov 22, 2010 6:22:31 GMT -9
Diorama--but man are they a pain to produce. You need space, equipment, time.
I never liked the results I got with a lightbox, and they're no good at all for larger model sets.
I'm trying to learn Daz 3d to try CGI dioramas--but who needs one or more additional software packages to learn?
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Post by glennwilliams on Nov 12, 2010 12:28:47 GMT -9
drat. I uploaded a replacement ten minutes after I posted the press release here. Now I've got to go figure out how I mooched it up.
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Post by glennwilliams on Nov 11, 2010 15:04:42 GMT -9
“Yes, my lords and my lady, this is the fabled necropolis of King Scorpion the second. It is rumored–by common people–that it contains all the treasures of his palace. For a modest fee, I might introduce you to someone who could assist you in your quest. He’s a temple priestly magician somewhat down of his fortunes, and therefore eager to partner with such . . . fearsome (and comely) warriors as you three. You’ll need magic to enter the catacombs beneath. They run for many stadia, but are dark, and the air is too stale for torches, so you’ll also need his mage light. Yesssss, Ra-Hotep is just the man for you. On my word as an honest guide.” Finger and Toe Models announces the release of NECROPOLIS, second in the ancient Egyptian PHARAOH series. This 28mm PDF card stock set can be used as an objective or simply as terrain in your skirmish (or tactical) battles or roleplaying adventures–all on thirty sheets of photorealistic models. The set includes the fourteen by eight inch mastaba, the king’s tomb, with fully detailed interior and a roof that removes in sections, so you can reveal only what the players explore. A smaller mastaba has a detailed interior with a removable exterior shell. Also included are tiles for building the passageways that lay beneath many Egyptian tomb complexes–three and a half miles beneath the Step Pyramid. Props include a massive royal sarcophagus with removable lid, altar, and magical stelae. Of course, PHARAOH: NECROPOLIS can be used with any fantasy system using 28mm figures–and any back story you devise. For a slide show go to www.fingerandtoe.com and navigate to 28mm historic structures. Remember, every Finger and Toe model comes with SMOOSH ASSURANCE: if ya’ll smoosh your PHARAOH: NECROPOLIS , a new one waits your summons (if you have the sacrifice) from hard drive and printer. PHARAOH: NECROPOLIS is available from www.rpgnow.com or www.wargamevault.com for $10.00. Uploaded with ImageShack.us
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Post by glennwilliams on Nov 11, 2010 6:13:54 GMT -9
Hear, hear.
Absent friends.
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Post by glennwilliams on Nov 9, 2010 6:19:33 GMT -9
I've been working my way through Ravenloft, and, truthfully, I'd rather use these minis.
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Post by glennwilliams on Nov 5, 2010 12:45:03 GMT -9
Ouch! Very bad news for me. I live half a world distant from most paper-crafters, and while buying PDFs is easy and affordable, tangibles are costly and slow to ship here... I hope he keeps his PDF catalog available, even if he doesn't release new models... Well, you COULD fly to Austin . . . On a serious note, email him about shipping. He's got experience now with Europe, so ask away.
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Post by glennwilliams on Nov 5, 2010 10:25:38 GMT -9
"This product is out of stock." Seriously?! If that's actually true, and not just a store error of some sort, that's a HUGE bummer right there. One man operations aren't Staples or Big Lots with just in time inventory or a huge warehouse out back. Check the supply depot forum when you get a message like that: www.ebblesminiatures.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=148Ask Mel what's up. Usually he'll give you a pretty fast reply, as he stays on top of his inventory, but it takes a while for suppliers to get to him. I've had naught but superb service.
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Post by glennwilliams on Nov 4, 2010 5:55:58 GMT -9
Slide show's up. Click the 28mm Fantasy Structures option on the menu. The Wizard's Tower is the top item.
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Post by glennwilliams on Nov 4, 2010 5:01:55 GMT -9
Jim Bo Gennarino for ALL us southern types! (Now we need to hear from the South Caucasus)
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Post by glennwilliams on Nov 4, 2010 4:58:38 GMT -9
Dryw: local is BeX downtown. The restaurant can be crazy, but the bar's pretty good--good service, good margaritas.
As to the classic guitar concert: the Antelope Valley Symphony had a benefit concert at the college with guitarist William Davila. Pretty good except for some moron talking during the performance--behavior that is OK at a Slayer concert is not OK in a 100 seat recital hall.
Well, I got up early to finish the slideshow. I'll let everybody know when it's done (should be an hour or two).
Glenn
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Post by glennwilliams on Nov 3, 2010 20:45:47 GMT -9
Jimbo is good. Of course, those of us with Southern heritage will call him Jimmy Bob.
Me, I like simple: Naomi. Julie, Ed.
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Post by glennwilliams on Nov 3, 2010 20:42:30 GMT -9
wife came home in bad mood, so I took her to our local pub then to a classical guitar concert--check back before noon (my time) tomorrow. When we got home, btw, we watched a Sci-Fi Science, then a Hist Channel show I'd recorded on the Gates of Hell. I was looking for ideas! She fell asleep.
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Post by glennwilliams on Nov 3, 2010 14:31:48 GMT -9
Are you rogue enough to scale the fabled corkscrew tower of the wizard Constantin Ilya Tzarkosevich? Are you wizard enough to penetrate the passcodes of mage-locks? Are you hero enough to face the wizard recluse and his ghost bride? Which cupola is their bed chamber, which room the vault of her fabled dowry? Will you escape with treasures or run screaming through the streets of Drados pursued by Constantin’s venomous worms? Finger and Toe Models announces the release of THE WIZARD’S TOWER. This new 28mm PDF card stock set can be used as an objective or simply as terrain in your skirmish (or tactical) battles or roleplaying adventures. The corkscrew-shaped tower, sustained solely by magic and sacrifice, rises a full fourteen inches above the ground, two feet if you choose to build it with two full turns of the corkscrew. Of course, THE WIZARD’S TOWER can be used with any fantasy system using 28mm figures–and any backstory you devise. For roleplayers, floor tiles of the inside rooms are included–but the magic that sustains the tower enlarges the rooms vbeyond their exterior dimensions, so each room fits a four inch square footprint. With photorealistic textures THE WIZARD’S TOWER pops out as it towers above your adventurers. For a slide show go to www.fingerandtoe.com and navigate to 28mm fantasy structures. Remember, every Finger and Toe model comes with SMOOSH ASSURANCE: if ya’ll smoosh your WIZARD’S TOWER, a new one waits your summons (if you have the sacrifice) from hard drive and printer. THE WIZARD’S TOWER is available from www.rpgnow.com or www.wargamevault.com for $5.00. Uploaded with ImageShack.us
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Post by glennwilliams on Nov 1, 2010 15:31:51 GMT -9
A con someplace in the midwest? I was thinking combining it with something like the Gama Trade Show in Las Vegas. Oh yeah! Brandy, good cigars, showgirls, slots . . . oh, did you say there was a con, too? Well, Las Vegas would get the Mrs off-campus, away from her Luddite dean, and jolly well eliminate the showgirls. I'm so in (Vegas is "just" up the road from me, at least the way we westerners measure distance).
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Post by glennwilliams on Nov 1, 2010 5:42:20 GMT -9
I'm in, as long as I don't have to go to NYC. A con someplace in the midwest? (LA's too much to hope for )
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Post by glennwilliams on Oct 29, 2010 20:32:12 GMT -9
Let me recommend those tools and supplies. I use the Olfa SVR-2--I actually have two, one for each blade. It takes less pressure to cut, the blades last longer, and I haven't had one snap on me (unlike the UNOWHO blades).
The cutting mate is substantially better than the mat I got from WalMart.
My absolute favorites, however, are the two glues. I use less of the Elmer's Craft Bond Tocky Glue than Aleene's variants, and it flows and dries better.
For those of us who laminate, that chipboard Mel sells, is really a quality product.
In fact, quality is what sold me on all the products. Yeah, I can go down to Wal-Mart, Michaels or JoAnnes and pay less--but what I get is worth less as well.
Go, buy, now.
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Post by glennwilliams on Oct 28, 2010 9:04:15 GMT -9
Finger and Toe Models announces the release of a modular crashed space ship: Spaceship Down! This new 28mm PDF card stock set can be used as an objective or simply as terrain in your skirmish (or tactical) battles or roleplaying adventures. You can use any one or any combination or all for the modules to create a wreck that stretches almost across the table. Heroic rescues, scavenging forays, money-grubbing salvages, desperate raids to recover critical equipment or data, or just junk that gets in your way while attacking a spaceport: all await your clever tactical analysis. For your convenience, each module (bridge, cargo, passenger, engineering, and the engines) is printed on a separate page or sequential set of pages. No module parts are mixed, so you only need print the modules you want for the game you’ll be playing. Each module is designed to fit within a four inch by four inch footprint. For a slide show go to www.fingerandtoe.com and navigate to 28mm sci-fi structures. Remember, every Finger and Toe model comes with SMOOSH ASSURANCE: if ya’ll smoosh your Spaceship Down!, a new set waits your summons from hard drive and printer. Spaceship Down! is available from www.rpgnow.com or www.wargamevault.com for $5.00. Uploaded with ImageShack.us
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Post by glennwilliams on Oct 26, 2010 5:53:47 GMT -9
While I like Steve's approach (I need to make more proper handouts for my group...), I think Glenn meant other kinds of maps - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specularity and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_mapping. Personally, I have yet to try specularity in any project, and I don't see it as something that'll greatly improve paper models - or rather, I think the same can be achieved using simpler tools. As for normal mapping, I've been using bump maps to add some grain or perspective to some of my textures, but only as a backdrop to build upon. Yep, that's it. I can see it for renders for promotional pix (in some alternative universe of infinite, controllable time), but it really just looks like fluffy lard frosting for paper models (plus Papercraft needed a Heimlich maneuver when I tried). Even the bump maps seem redundant. Maybe it's just me and old eyes.
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Post by glennwilliams on Oct 26, 2010 5:48:49 GMT -9
There was a Lil Abner character who always went around under a rain cloud--cursed. Yep, cursed is cute . . . oh, wait.
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Post by glennwilliams on Oct 22, 2010 14:22:34 GMT -9
Just curious. Does anyone here actually use specularity and normal maps in their design work? I've got to admit, I don't see an advantage (but that might be a function of my tools: ultimate unwrap and ultimate papercraft).
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Post by glennwilliams on Oct 21, 2010 6:21:45 GMT -9
Nice one! Now if only I could get my group to pick up our star wars campaign again... This one goes on my list of must haves if we can get the fourth member to quit studying! not sure I want to encourage educational delinquency (unless it's grad school--then you need a break) but . . business is business! ;D
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Post by glennwilliams on Oct 20, 2010 13:41:24 GMT -9
Originally, Pavarone as Confederation slang for a heavy gun emplacement came from a Federal special ops mission to destroy the Confederation big guns at Pavarone Primary Support Base. The mission failed, and Pavarone became the Federal byword for any mission that was cursed by poor planning, inadequate resources, or just plain bad luck, but in the Confederation, Pavarone was any well-defended place the speaker would want to be (including not a few off-limits “recreational” sites off-base). Finger and Toe announce the release of The Guns of Pavarone, a set of 4"x4" (2" high) platform-mounted weapons: there’s a dual-Gatling anti-air/anti-missile gun, a naval-style turret with a plasma gun, and the Rattler Global Strike missile. Also included is a walkway to connect the weapons platforms. Both the walkway and platform are stackable, allowing you to build a sprawling, multi-level complex. The platform is also specifically designed to stack with a Tango Prime core building with buttresses. The turret gun uses the same plug and sleeve swappable weapons system found in many prior Arsenal releases. For a slide show, go to www.fingerandtoe.com and navigate to 28mm sci-fi structures. Remember, every Finger and Toe model comes with SMOOSH ASSURANCE: if ya’ll smoosh your Guns of Pavarone, a new set waits your summons from hard drive and printer. Guns of Pavarone is available from www.rpgnow.com or www.wargamevault.com for $4.50. Uploaded with ImageShack.us
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Post by glennwilliams on Oct 13, 2010 5:32:39 GMT -9
Yes. I really think that there is a market of several thousand people out of those many millions which would buy such a set. Mostly for their children, for dioramas, video art and even roleplaying games. IMO the main prob with the paper mini bizz is IMO that noone has an idea how to market it properly and so its virtually unknown to the public. Even most roleplayers and tabletoppers which is the main customer base dont know anything about onemonks/san stud paper minis. My local FLGS had no clue even about paper terrain. In their defense--stores sell resin and plastic, and that's what the gamers use in all the local stores I've been in (we won't mention the stores of That Other Game with Lawyers).
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Post by glennwilliams on Oct 12, 2010 15:55:51 GMT -9
system hop . . . solo . . . and I cheat against myself.
Truthfully, I don't get enough time to play as much as I want, and Halo 3 and Halo Wars are untouched--and I'm only about ten minutes into ODST.
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Post by glennwilliams on Oct 12, 2010 15:54:10 GMT -9
it's up at rpgnow. I got a call to emergency babysit for grandgirls and had to leave before everything was tagged at both sites. I just now hacked my son's computer anbd updated rpgnow. I did check and it's showing.
The only buildings that would have interiors are the pylons (most people don't realize they're hollow until they see the windpows cut into the walls). I didn't model those. The temple has a removable roof for the hypostyle hall and sanctuary, the only areas that would be covered--so technically, yeah, those are interiors.
When I do the mastaba tomb, palace, and village, they'll either have removable roofs or use the shell system from Tzak-Nal.
Thanks for the kind words, all. Now I can justify writing off that two weeks in Egypt!
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