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Post by labrat on Mar 28, 2011 5:33:12 GMT -9
Well I finished the catapult Saturday night like I wanted to. I had to stay up til 12:30 to do it, but I did. And yesterday I put one together to see how badly I messed up. Surprisingly there aren't too many errors to fix. I do need to correct a couple of things and add some details that I left out in my haste, but those shouldn't take long. Here is what it looks like.  All of the wood grain is painted by me. I couldn't find a grain texture that I wanted to use for it, so I just did it myself. This set should be ready for release soon. Most of the work is done. Perhaps a couple more hours to fine tune it and that should be all. |
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Post by Vermin King on Mar 28, 2011 5:38:49 GMT -9
Very nice!
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Post by emergencyoverride on Mar 28, 2011 8:13:41 GMT -9
That looks great! ;D
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Post by josedominguez on Mar 28, 2011 10:38:34 GMT -9
Very good  Finaly something to besiege Dave Graffams buildings! |
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Post by Sirrob01 on Mar 30, 2011 21:19:17 GMT -9
Looks really nice labrat
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Post by Vermin King on Mar 31, 2011 8:53:50 GMT -9
Very good Finaly something to besiege Dave Graffams buildings! I'm sure you own some ruins, too, for after the bombardment. LOL |
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Post by josedominguez on Apr 1, 2011 9:10:10 GMT -9
Before and after How cool will that be in a game..... start with intact buildings then swap them when damaged. |
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Post by cobra on Apr 1, 2011 19:29:55 GMT -9
Before and after How cool will that be in a game..... start with intact buildings then swap them when damaged. We did that in a Command Decision (6mm WWII game system) once. A friend of mine had made a bunch of buildings as small boxes, where the lid/top part was a complete building, and the bottom/inside part was the same building as a ruin. When a building was destroyed by bombs or shells, we just had to remove the lid and leave the rest as a ruin. /Cobra |
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Post by Vermin King on Apr 3, 2011 17:41:51 GMT -9
That makes a lot of sense
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Post by Parduz on May 8, 2011 14:56:05 GMT -9
Just wondering if all this silence is due to some security problem:  ;D |
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Post by dcbradshaw on May 8, 2011 16:36:19 GMT -9
Just wondering if all this silence is due to some security problem: ;D But trebuchets are OK. |
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Post by Vermin King on May 8, 2011 16:45:28 GMT -9
I didn't see pepper spray or tazers on that list ...
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Post by stevelortz on May 8, 2011 19:02:18 GMT -9
Here in the good ol' U. S. of A., we have toys that are made from forked sticks and rubber bands that we call "slingshots."
Some cultures call them "catapults."
Have fun!
Steve
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Post by Parduz on May 8, 2011 21:13:04 GMT -9
Here in the good ol' U. S. of A., we have toys that are made from forked sticks and rubber bands that we call "slingshots." Some cultures call them "catapults." See, LabRat? You could have solved your design with much less efforts! ;D ;D  |
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Post by labrat on May 10, 2011 7:44:49 GMT -9
Just wondering if all this silence is due to some security problem: ;D Yeah... about that... I was getting ready to get designing, when my whole family was sick. I think we were just swapping illnesses back and forth for a few weeks. I had several different types of sickness all in a row. Once I recovered from that, I have no excuse. I've just been having difficulty getting back into designing. I have been working on the same rough sketches of my command group for several weeks now without much progress at all. I wonder if I should maybe do another set next instead of the command group. I might just be lacking inspiration on this set. Maybe I'll work on some barbarians instead. I guess that's just how life goes sometimes. |
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Post by cowboyleland on May 10, 2011 11:52:19 GMT -9
Sometimes to get the juices going, it helps to do the least practical/pragmatic thing you can think of.
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Post by stevelortz on May 10, 2011 14:54:27 GMT -9
Just wondering if all this silence is due to some security problem: ;D Yeah... about that... I was getting ready to get designing, when my whole family was sick. I think we were just swapping illnesses back and forth for a few weeks. I had several different types of sickness all in a row. Once I recovered from that, I have no excuse. I've just been having difficulty getting back into designing. I have been working on the same rough sketches of my command group for several weeks now without much progress at all. I wonder if I should maybe do another set next instead of the command group. I might just be lacking inspiration on this set. Maybe I'll work on some barbarians instead. I guess that's just how life goes sometimes. Do you ever build units of your figures just for funzies? I just put together a group of 12 of your human spearman figures. I made a banner for them by printing out a sheet, cutting out a couple of full-on shields, and gluing them front-and-back at the top of one of the unit's spears. I used a swordsman in the same color scheme for the spear unit's officer. If it helps you any, here is one fan looking forward to the time when you release the command group for these figures. I'll post some pictures when I get my digital camera back from my nephew! Have fun! Steve |
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Post by labrat on May 11, 2011 15:17:30 GMT -9
Yeah, I'm trying to mix things up a bit. I'm going to do a barbarian unit. So far the pencil is flowing nicely. I think once I get them done the command group should be easier to knock out. Doing something different will help me get back into the groove.
And yes it does make me feel better to know I have a fan waiting for more stuff. I would love to see some pics of what you've been working on.
As for the release of the catapult, Nik has informed me that he is nigh unto launching the new site. He wants to use the catapult as the guinea pig to make sure it works the way it's supposed to. He further informs me that the new site will be ready in about a week, or sooner. He is pushing to get it up this weekend if he can.
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Post by emergencyoverride on May 11, 2011 18:31:21 GMT -9
NICE on all counts! Its hard to not get burned out after chugging along for awhile. Changing up every so often is a must. Glad to hear that you guys are well again and I hope you stay that way! ;D
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Post by stevelortz on May 11, 2011 18:47:44 GMT -9
I used to have a white-metal catapult model manufactured by Grenadier that had a big, flat skull of some kind of critter like a ceratopsian dinosaur mounted across the diagonal braces at the front end of the machine. A 2D optional feature like that could be a good way to distinguish a "bad guy" catapult from a "good guy" catapult.
Have fun!
Steve
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Post by Parduz on May 11, 2011 21:08:11 GMT -9
Talking about using a catapult to see if something work makes me think at Wile E. Coyote ;D ;D Waiting for the sketches |
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Post by labrat on May 12, 2011 2:39:58 GMT -9
Oh boy, I'm making some serious progress. I'll be sending you some sketches to review as soon as I can get home to my scanner. I can already forsee the flaws you will point out, and the great advice you will give to fix them.
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Post by josedominguez on May 12, 2011 8:55:29 GMT -9
he he, the undead are going to get flattened in our big summer game |
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