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Post by wildagreenbough on May 30, 2014 16:30:35 GMT -9
Thank you, it would be really wonderful if you could do that
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 30, 2014 7:13:25 GMT -9
Yes the Kickstater preview looks good and is an improvement. It's good to see illustrations of what the textured pieces will look like as the white paper models on Indiegogo were just too plain. I agree that it would be nice to have illustrated boxes for the king and god levels as the text description alone is somewhat underwhelming.
Um..... as a long time Elf player DM I always thought Elves wouldn't be seen dead using cannons.
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 29, 2014 23:34:55 GMT -9
They look great like that! I'm just not sure if the resolution of the pics that I actually found is any good for printing them. Last night I couldn't remember the word 'resolution', no matter how hard I tried..... Once my new printer arrives I'll do some trial printouts and compare them with the first batch of minis I made all those years ago. Hopefully they will be Ok.
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 29, 2014 16:59:28 GMT -9
The definition and clarity of line is actually very good. Truth be told it turned out better than I hoped when I printed out an army's worth of Elves on the eve of battle.
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 29, 2014 15:06:05 GMT -9
I must make a confession though, my Elf riders were largely constructed by taking certain pieces of clip art and old historic line drawings and then cutting and pasting them together. A fair bit of image mending and then colouring was needed to make that actually work, but as I needed this army in a hurry for a particular battle I'd booked with another club member quick and dirty methods were very much needed. The Elf skirmishers are all my own work though.
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 29, 2014 14:53:24 GMT -9
Sorry - I suppose I should have checked with you first if you minded me posting them up here. Let me know if you want me to take them down again...... No that's fine migibb, - I thought these files were gone forever so I'm delighted to see them again
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 29, 2014 11:15:52 GMT -9
Me too!!!!!!! I have a few of your silk road elves that I picked up from some random site - probably using the wayback engine - so I would love to see whatever else of your stuff, fantasy or S18898, can be re-discovered. What! - have my Silk Road Elves survived somewhere I would really like to find those so I could download them. I will keep checking back through my archives to see if I can find anything else though. I seriously have my doubts that the flatulent Troll cannon has survived in any shape or form. Sorry gents.
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 29, 2014 10:55:41 GMT -9
Wow amazing, my own little paper model corner It's been lovely to look over my old files and get to know them again. Thank you so much squirmydad Now the first thing I should tell you is that I have actually built all these models in white paper except for the riverboat as it was somewhat of an experiment and I intended to make paddle boxes and some other bits for it, but didn't get that far. I was using 20mm scale minis at the time so these models are highly likely to be for figures that size. The next thing is that the Aphid and the circular flying gunboat are intended to be put together using glued butt joints and some parts may need to be trimmed to fit. The Aphid decking should be laid over foamboard by the way or it won't go together properly. The Aphid sheets went through quite a few revisions so I'm going to need to look them over closely to make sure these are the ones my half built 'proper' Aphid model is based on. Thirdly my parts sheets for my models often have spare bits and extra pieces on them which could be confusing. Fourthly my models are short on instructions so if you're confused consider the fact that I might be too as I haven't seen these sheets for a while. Once my new printer arrives I'll do some builds and take pictures to give you some idea of what these models should look like.
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 28, 2014 21:46:41 GMT -9
Now that I've wiped my eyes and got myself a cup of tea I can explain what happened to all my old files. Over the years I'd accumulated a collection of old computers that I used to create most of my paper minis artwork. My main tools were MS.Paint and Paintshop, though I did sometimes use the paint program bundled with Star Office as well (now I really am showing my age!). Realising that I had an awful lot of creative work of one kind or another on various aging hard drives as well as floppy discs I purchased a brand new 300Gb Maxtor external hard drive and methodically started to back up everything. Unfortunately I was to find out later that Maxtor hard drives did not have a great reputation for reliability and when my new drive blew up 6 months later I couldn't believe what had happened. A local computer specialist tried his best to recover my data, only he wasn't successful as everything was a corrupted mess. Things were complicated by me developing this illness I have. I had to take early retirement and I could no longer afford to keep my paper modelling website going. By the time I was able to start thinking about how much of my creative efforts had survived it was far too late as most of the old discs would no longer read and what website backup files I had were not up to date. The one bright spot was that all but one of my manuscripts had survived on other media (yes I write) and of the missing one I did still have the prologue and some notes so it wasn't quite a total loss. So just a few minutes ago when squirmydad said he had a significant amout of my old paper modelling work safe on one of his hard drives I burst into tears. Happy tears, - us women are a bit strange like that. Mind you there were some paper minis I created that I'm glad haven't survived such as the Goblin flame cannon I created based around a flatulent Troll; - that would be far too embarrassing if it came to light again.
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 28, 2014 20:57:37 GMT -9
Oh wow! so you have copies of all my old stuff. Yes please post my old files as I always intended them to be freely available. Oh this is wonderful (wipes a tear), I thought I'd lost all that artwork forever. And it's absolutely wonderful to be here. I've always found paper modelling folk to be the nicest people on the internet. Edit: I love your Small Bird Sky Galleon
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 28, 2014 18:52:40 GMT -9
Welcome Chris Do I detect an air of mystery....?
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 28, 2014 18:50:21 GMT -9
Thanks, I put it together just to prove a point. I know that here I am "preaching to the choir" as cowboyleland says, but I wanted the good folks over at DM's Craft to see another possibility. Well I think you certainly achieved that DM
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 28, 2014 18:43:58 GMT -9
A great looking setup DM
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 28, 2014 18:38:09 GMT -9
Oh my word! I don't know what to say. However I am awfully glad that my models were a part of your founding inspiration. I have found my part built final version Aphid, though I don't think I have the white paper prototype models for the Aphid and my other Space 1889 models anymore. Looking at my Aphid with new eyes though I can see that there are some things I didn't do so well, but wouldn't be at all hard to correct. I really must have a search through all my old back-up hard drives to see if I still have any of the old artwork for my Brabantini projects as I'm sure that if they were dusted off and tweaked just a little they'd be fine to present to the world again.
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 28, 2014 12:02:24 GMT -9
My word that takes me back, I was a part of the Brabantini group for a while there. Tremendous fun Did I get the history correct? Are you...Anne? Yes I'm Anne, - somewhat older and somewhat wiser, - but yes that's me You summed up the history just fine btw.
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 27, 2014 18:42:48 GMT -9
My word that takes me back, I was a part of the Brabantini group for a while there. Tremendous fun
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 27, 2014 18:31:17 GMT -9
And don'y forget dungeon plungin! A great solo dungeon crawl game, free from the lovely folks over at Oversoul Games, www.oversoul-games.com/there are a host of figures and terrain tiles too. Whilst you're there take a look at the pygmy's, flat out war (rules) and of course splatball! Thanks so much for the link to Oversoul Games, 'Dungeon Plungin' looks to be a lot of fun. All the terrain pieces and tiles are going to be useful too.
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 27, 2014 12:51:10 GMT -9
Noooooooooooooo! - not another sale Maybe if I gave up eating for the week................
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 27, 2014 12:36:43 GMT -9
You should do this aaron! I'll continue to work on editing - concentrating on the Jara-Jara bird Race first. I want to see this out in the world where others can enjoy your talent! squirmydad, you're a very cool dude! Totally agree +10
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 27, 2014 9:56:52 GMT -9
The book was 'Ur of the Chaldees' which doesn't seem to be available as an on-line edition Thank you for the other links too. The street maps and satellite images are excellent and really interesting.
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 27, 2014 8:20:01 GMT -9
Thank you so much for these links gilius I'll be definitely be checking them out.
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 27, 2014 2:36:13 GMT -9
I'm looking for a good ruleset which would work well for solo Fantasy wargaming. As I've mentioned before I have a disability, live in a rural area and I tend to not go out much except for local trips which means that belonging to a club or travelling to find like minded gamers isn't really possible. Soooo if anyone can suggest a workable rule system I'd be keen to hear about it.
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 26, 2014 15:36:35 GMT -9
I guess the biggest question I have would be is it worth it? As a discerning purchaser of downloadable minis and models on RPG, Game Vault & etc I would say, 'YES!' While there are a lot of minis available to download on those sites some just plain don't grab at me which means they barely get a second glance. With your minis though Aaron they have the grab factor to burn which means that they're going to get noticed and the wargaming public is definitely going to want them. For myself the fact that the Splinterwood has a history along with a definitely identifiable and unique culture makes it for me in a big way, but then i am a bit of a 'fluff' freak. Game rules or a game system? - I'm not so good with that as I tend to use a mainstream fantasy ruleset like Mantic's KoW and sew it over with house rules as needed. Your Jara Jara bird racing game would be a good start though and I'm sure it would appeal; - especially as a way to introduce children and innocent bystanders to the joys of gaming with miniature figures. So yes you've got my vote and I would be quite willing to make sacrifice to the goddess Visa on your behalf
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 26, 2014 15:14:53 GMT -9
I spent most of the day watching those videos , and TheDMG talked about DMScotty so much I had to check him out as well. He also has a forum here, as well as tons of how-to videos on YouTube. Well worth a look see. Thank you for pointing out DMScottys work too, my personal favourite of his www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYnu9E8OwAQJackmatt. I need to find my hot glue gun
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 26, 2014 10:04:47 GMT -9
Thank you so much for the links to Leonard Woolley's excavation report on the Royal Cemetery. The book I used to own wasn't that particular one, but was from the excavations within the city itself. Of the many books that have p@ssed through my hands over the years the loss of that volume was one that I very much regret.
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 26, 2014 4:15:23 GMT -9
Welcome AJ, that's an amazing dungeon terrain setup you have there
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 25, 2014 21:26:42 GMT -9
More wonderful history You are a true storyteller Aaron. Edit: Ooooooo I really like that squirmydad, - a portent of things to come.
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 25, 2014 20:01:28 GMT -9
Wow! - available in three colours, - you're making it difficult to ignore the Reinhold and not download a copy I'll have a look at the other machines too as from the thumbnail pics they look like they'd be fun to build. I used to have various Steampunk/Colonial/Vic Sci-Fi things of my own devising including an Aphid Aerial Gunboat, a steam powered Russian flying circular gunboat, a half-track armored car, artwork for one or two pith helmeted British aerial troopers equipped with steam powered personal autogyro devices & etc. Unfortunately all that artwork has gone now, though I do still have a part built Aphid and a fully built up armored car about the place. I should see if I can find them and take their pictures for the enjoyment of forum members
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 25, 2014 13:52:36 GMT -9
I really don't like anything representative of modern warfare Understandable, but the general style of Near Eastern building hasn't changed a vast amount in 5000+ years, so as long as you avoid worrying too much about the recent battle-damaged photos in Roggu's original set of links, the actual paper models would work well for any similar areas in real-world, fantasy or SF settings. If Dave was thinking of going down this route, with some mud-brick houses in ancient Mesopotamian-Fertile Crescent styles, I'd welcome that certainly, especially some showing the plano-convex bricks so characteristic of the Early Dynastic period in southern Mesopotamia ( circa 2500-2900 BC) - there's a free PDF downloadable book on the subject from 1933 which will show you what these are, available from this University of Chicago link: oi.uchicago.edu/pdf/saoc7.pdf (it's about 3 MB in size), or this site has a couple of single plano-convex brick photos. Squirmydad: Thanks for the heads-up on this and the Desert Fortress; managed to miss these somehow. Do you know if there are any better resolution images of either? The OBS photo is too small to see much detail, both the "Publisher Preview" links are broken on the OBS site, and there doesn't seem to be a Papermodels.at website. I really do agree about the type of building not changing much over the centuries, it was just the pictures of battle damaged houses as a consequence of modern warfare that upset me. Thank you for the link to the PDF book download, - some years ago I owned a book on the excavations at Ur which was also very interesting.
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 25, 2014 13:38:28 GMT -9
Those videos are amazing. Such simple techniques and materials and the final results are outstanding.
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