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Post by Slick on Dec 24, 2008 5:53:00 GMT -9
Too be honest I'm kinda in the same boat as Kane. The Gaming scene here in NC is worse then any state i have ever been in. I had a gaming partner for a time there but he unfortunately passed away from cancer be for I discovered this site he would have gone crazy.
I have always had more of a modeling itch then a gaming one. I'm old and remember warhammer 40k when it was rouge trader and got back into it a little in 3rd edition. Heck you go into a game store now and say the word Bloodbowl and people look at you like your from mars.
Alas my joy is and has always been creating, painting and building minis with the intent for them to sit on my shelves and look imposing to anyone who enters my domain. Actually since i have been evicted out of my game room by my daughter I have taken up residence in the unused laundry room that is off my hallway between my living room and kitchen. So when we have guests over there is always conversation started about the weird looking "toys" that have a very menacing feel to them in the hall (aka my 9000pt painted nid army)
over the past year I have gotten hooked on paper minis so much that I have not bought a single metal or plastic figure. Rather made a list of things I want to create when I get the skill and the time.
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Post by Slick on Dec 3, 2008 7:19:25 GMT -9
I know its not the best stuff but walmart sells 250 packs of 110lb cardstock for around $5.99. It is not the best stuff to use but The price is right for me. If it is a large model I hit up my local office supply store and get 80lb cover-stock from there print centers. This is thicker then the cardstock and holds up well if building 3d models. Personally anything 65lbs and over cardstock will work for doing them it just depends on how thick you want it. If you have a staples. office depot or office max around go in to there print centers and ask to buy several pages of each stock and build some models with each weight so that you can find one that you like. Each page should cost less then 20 cents so you can get a few different weights to try for very little.
I have used matte photo paper as kane suggested several times and the image quality is FAR superior to standard cardstock. The only disadvantage with this is a small jump in price but your models will look stellar!!
RX93FF
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Post by Slick on Nov 16, 2008 5:37:04 GMT -9
you know this is the second time i have heard about Future War Commander the other person who mentioned it was my friends wife (from England) who remembered seeing it on the shelf at her local game store when she was back visiting her folks. She asked about it for her husband and got great replies from the gaming crowd that was present. Don't know why she did not get it for him though. I might have to look into it.
Nate
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Post by Slick on Nov 14, 2008 16:14:02 GMT -9
Thanks for all the info. I have played a few games of Star Grunt 2 and have not been that impressed with it (just my personal opinion so don't hate I love Mutants and Deth ray guns but for skirmishes only. Makes me remember the good old days of early necromunda and 40k 1st edition. I just joined the yahoo group for beamstrike and have downloaded a few sets of rules will let you know more when i get through reading them. Thanks for all the great info! Nate
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Post by Slick on Nov 14, 2008 5:48:01 GMT -9
Being an avid 40k gamer from the start it has taken me a lot to pull away from the rules and branch out into other venues. I have gotten hooked on the 15mm scale because the size of the playing field is more accessible for the area we use to game. I just need to find a good set of universal war game rules that are designed for that scale. At first we used 40K rules at normal ranges (we did not know any better) and the games were over too quick. Now we have moved on to Oversoul's Flat Out War (SO) and just cut all the ranges in half. But does anyone know of any universal 15mm war-game rules (free or not)? Any help in this area would be great!
Nate
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Post by Slick on Nov 2, 2008 12:45:48 GMT -9
They do look quite good together. I personally think that most of there stuff is WAY too busy but I still have several of there sets waiting to get built. After seeing this I might just have to break down and buy the terraforce sets.
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Post by Slick on Nov 2, 2008 12:42:29 GMT -9
Great looking army! Got to get to work finishing my recolor of the hybrids so I can get them up there. I also at some time came across a paper Leman Russ tank ill have to dig through my papercraft folder and see if I can find it for you....... I really need to get into that folder and do some organizing
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