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Post by alloydog on Dec 29, 2021 8:48:42 GMT -9
Tried to fix it, made it worse So made another one: The white one with the unidentified markings, has been dated to be at nearly 40,000-years old and is currently under delivery to the Inquisition.
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Post by alloydog on Dec 29, 2021 0:45:29 GMT -9
SPACEPORT CONTAINER "WH40K" KITBASHQuick 'n' lazy kitbash: 25% bigger (because GW never did quite grasp the concept of scale harmony...) and some WH40K symbols stolen from the internet: (Yes, yes, I know I got one of the Aquila in the wrong place (should be on the side, not the top )) Parduz - Actually a "flat-pack" version first came to mind, but as I have the patience of a 6-month old puppy, the solid-box version had to built NOW!
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Post by alloydog on Dec 24, 2021 9:33:40 GMT -9
Food. You're welcome. Merry Christmas.
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Post by alloydog on Dec 13, 2021 6:53:15 GMT -9
I wonder if a well-used copy might be found that could be dismantled and scanned Dis... ...mantled!? The ones I saw for sale, looked well worn and were still going for over forty Euros/Dollars! I think cherno might have a bit of a collectors item there.
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Post by alloydog on Dec 12, 2021 21:20:33 GMT -9
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Post by alloydog on Dec 12, 2021 2:21:50 GMT -9
alexio Funny you said all that, I was thinking "Germany 1943-onwards": Taking obsolete vehicles and reworking them into new roles. The amount of PzKpfw IIIs used as the basis for anti-aircraft and tank hunting. An industrial society, but short on resources, as opposed to a society severely lacking in industrial facilities, such as 1980s Afghans against the Soviets or failed states, where vehicle mods are totally ad-hoc and each one is unique, made from wharever was at hand.
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Post by alloydog on Dec 6, 2021 7:07:05 GMT -9
Sorry, but it was good when originally posted. Maybe squirmydad has a way to tell us how many posts there are in total and how many links, but my guess is that it is well over a dozen Yeah, I know. It was the first time I have seen this thread, so was going through it from the beginning. Naturally, a lot of the 2011 links are now 404ed.
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Post by alloydog on Dec 6, 2021 6:45:02 GMT -9
I think the Thunderfighters are roughly 28mm scale that I posted in this section. I've posted a few links to others in other posts. Here's another, only large scale, though Erm, this one now goes to, what looks like a Japanese porn site. Not a complaint, just couldn't find any rocket ship model.
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Post by alloydog on Dec 5, 2021 0:28:19 GMT -9
I am mostly interested in Sci-Fi: Star Wars, Battletech, Star Trek, Firefly/Serenity, Dr. Who, Barsoom Series, Dune, Flash Gordon, & Anime. If you trawl through the Forum Hordes (http://onemonk.com/forum_hoards.html), you will probably find most of what you are looking for and for what is not covered, some pretty good substitutes.
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Post by alloydog on Dec 5, 2021 0:25:34 GMT -9
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Post by alloydog on Dec 4, 2021 2:27:10 GMT -9
ignatious I would turn that boat over. Otherwise it will fill with snow and when the freeze/thaw of spring comes, the ice will split the bottom.
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Post by alloydog on Nov 30, 2021 23:41:23 GMT -9
Hello Shawn - I see you've made your way over from the Super Cheap Facebook group page. Welcome! I am in the same predicament - I have a really small play area and not much for storage either. So, I have started a little project called SPACE 1999cm² - I have a 50 cm by 40 cm area of desk to play in, so now all the terrain I am working on must have vetical playable areas, such as a couple of floors in a building and it must be easy to take apart and pack flat. I have posted a couple of examples both here and over on the FB group page.
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Post by alloydog on Nov 30, 2021 19:49:52 GMT -9
Fixed it for you... Appologies to mesper
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Post by alloydog on Nov 30, 2021 19:33:42 GMT -9
Looking good, can it be made with doubled over cardstock or is chipboard essential to the stability? It's just thick card, from a box that had A4 printer labels. In most other cases, I use cereal packet card, folded and glued. But to be honest, that's just for durability, even one layer of card is enough.
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Post by alloydog on Nov 30, 2021 7:57:47 GMT -9
Coming soon...Alien encampment walls, for the greater good!1st and 2nd prototypes (outside and inside views) The build is OK, nice and stable, supports a 28/30 mm figure and dismantles nicely to pack flat Just need to work on the image details - probably add proper gradient shadows and might do a version with weathering and so on.
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Post by alloydog on Nov 28, 2021 12:04:05 GMT -9
Just thick cardboard, the sort you get at the back of a pad of paper. This stuff was from an old box that had printer labels. If I run out of thick card, I will glue two layers of cereal box card together. You end up with 2 to 3 mm thick solid card, as opposed to corrugated card.
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Post by alloydog on Nov 28, 2021 9:23:02 GMT -9
Thanks. I'll give it a go.
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Post by alloydog on Nov 28, 2021 1:24:03 GMT -9
vokuhila I don't have any WWII stuff to play with, but last night, while browsing through Netflix, I saw they have a couple of Doctor Who movies from the 1960s: Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. " Aha!" I thought, " I have those 6 mm Sci-Fi infantry and space robots. There are those 6 mm houses on the Cardboard Warriors forum." So, I downloaded a couple of the PDFs. First off, they look great! One took less than five minutes to make. But, if you don't mind, I have one suggestion: You have put the label for the ground floor on the image itself: Maybe you could put the label above the image, so that it would be possible to cut open a wall or two have the floor visible: Anyway, like I said, I love these. They look really neat and are very easy to make. They are even very easy to store! Thank you very much, good sir!
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Post by alloydog on Nov 27, 2021 23:39:52 GMT -9
Quicky question: It seems a bit too monochrome to me. I tried to make look like concrete and steel, by using "free to use/download" textures". As far as the imagery is concerned, I'm OK with it, but the colouring is too grey. What do others think? "Realistic" colouring, or maybe a bit more "comic-book" and have a it more brighter colours? Oh, and by the way, here is the bunker ready for storage:
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Post by alloydog on Nov 27, 2021 11:30:45 GMT -9
One Grim Dark Future Bunker coming up... PDF HERE
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Post by alloydog on Nov 26, 2021 10:54:21 GMT -9
I have just started reworking the bunker, again to be less a "copy of" and more "inspired by" the card model given in White Dwarf all those years ago. I haven't finished it, but I needed to put together a rough "prototype", so that I can make the roof. The corrugated card was a bit too crappy... Will post the PDF when it's done.
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Post by alloydog on Nov 18, 2021 9:05:18 GMT -9
Very cool! I remember when I first got that boxed set and it felt like there was just so much stuff in it! An instant battlefield! Two ready to battle forces! The Space Marines in that box were the only ones I ever painted. The one I was given is just Space Marines and Tau, no scenery - hence the sudden interest in Gothic/GrimDark buildings! I have just fixed the edge issue of the walls: So now they have a straight edge to butt up neatly to another section. Gothic Walls I PDF HEREAlso, a mirror image: For the photo of the "abby", I had to cut the buttress off one edge of the wall section and stick it on the other edge. Gothic Walls Ia PDF HEREI think "Gothic" brown stone suits fantasy, but would prefer a more grey version for GrimDark. I tried printing it up in grey-scale, but it didn't look very nice. Over the weekend I will try and make a grey stone version for my Raven Guard to lurk amongst.
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Post by alloydog on Nov 18, 2021 0:17:31 GMT -9
The wall section seemed OK on first build, but I found it needs the white area next to the end columns filled in. Also, I need to do a mirror image. Two wall sections and the door make the front of an old abby: The wall section will be updated this evening.
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Post by alloydog on Nov 17, 2021 22:08:58 GMT -9
A set of doors: ( PDF HERE) You fit the buttresses where you want them to be. In the build below, I used rather thick corrugated card, so they fit into slots cut not quite though to the other side. For thinner card, or paper, you can fit them the same way as with the walls.
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Post by alloydog on Nov 17, 2021 2:51:52 GMT -9
Now in flat-pack: PDF HEREWith a bit of knife work, you can do a Henry the Eighth and make a nice lttle abby ruin...
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Post by alloydog on Nov 17, 2021 0:05:09 GMT -9
I rehashed the wall section so that it was less GeeDouble-Ueeey and a bit more generic Gothic style (inspired by Wells Cathedral, in Somerset): And the original PDF is here.
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Post by alloydog on Nov 16, 2021 9:21:08 GMT -9
Looking forward to your build pics. I did a test build, but that was with plain printer paper and I used thick double-sided stick tape to hold it together, so it came out a bit wibbly-wobbly! Also, the lack of texture detail makes it look a bit too cartoony. MKII is definitely required! MKII of the walls and the bunker will also be slotted together, not folded/glued, as I lack storage space, I want them to be flat-packable.
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Post by alloydog on Nov 15, 2021 8:56:31 GMT -9
... from way back in the WH40K 2nd edition days.During my rather long break from gaming, my cousin sent me a WH40K Kill Team box. 95% untouched, all but three of the figures are still on the sprue! Being 1st Edition, however, means that it is only figures and no terrain. I am going to make my own. But I thought I would make the practice runs usable, even if they are a bit basic on the texture (I'm using LibreOffice) - Shapes and layers first, textures after. However, having not yet actually assembled any of the figures (I only have some Primaris Marines, which are a bit large), the size might need tweaking. Grim-Dark Future Walls 01 Grim-Dark Future Bunker I notice that postimage converts PDFs to PNGs, so if the PNGs come out crap, here are the PDFs: alloydog.neocities.org/images/GrimDarkWalls_01.pdfalloydog.neocities.org/images/GrimDarkBunker.pdf
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Post by alloydog on Nov 15, 2021 6:00:39 GMT -9
Simple, yes, but no, not "too simple". I like it. It has nice, well defined border lines between the different textures, which mean that it could scale down to 28 mm and still keep its detail. It also would be easy to print a couple of copies and chop one up to add a little bit more 3Dishness.
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Post by alloydog on Nov 4, 2021 23:20:56 GMT -9
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