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Post by Vermin King on Oct 24, 2017 8:08:26 GMT -9
The theme for this month's HOARD is  Christmas Wars This can be any sort of miniature figure or model on the above theme or feel free to submit miniatures off theme. If you submit a figure, they must include both front and rear art, have a proper trimming outline, and include instructions for multi-part models. Recolors and figure mods are encouraged, and even uncolored designs are welcome. No nudity or sexuality, but bloody gory and horrifying is encouraged. If you have questions about how to design your entries, like formats, resolution, and stuff like that, see the HOARD GUIDELINES in this forum category. Entries for the Hoard will be accepted until the last day of November, 2017. It's that time of year again when all the good little boys and girls give and get presents. And what better present than mini's and terrain from your fellow forum members? Snow, snowmen, yetis, ice warriors, taun tauns (sp.?), Mrs. Claus, gingerbread, skimmers and sleighs. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good project. As usual, even if it doesn't fit the theme, it may be something that someone wants under their tree. Have fun! |
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Post by Vermin King on Nov 1, 2017 11:59:16 GMT -9
Well, it's already too late to be doing the Holiday Brew Haus that I'd hoped to get done last year, but maybe the augmented sleigh could still happen
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Post by cowboyleland on Nov 1, 2017 14:33:33 GMT -9
I'm pretty sure I'm too busy to tackle the Nutcracker skirmish game I keep dreaming about. But something smaller may inspire me.
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Post by Vermin King on Nov 4, 2017 15:24:03 GMT -9
Augmented sleigh took a bad turn. But I have a couple new ideas, one of which seems like one of those 'how come no one has done this already?' items
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Post by Vermin King on Nov 6, 2017 16:19:47 GMT -9
Well, you know I can't do figures worth beans, but what North Pole doesn't have polar bears?  I posted both bears, though only one is for the Hoard. I wanted to do the 'posturing' bear, but I can't wrap my head around it. What would the back look like? The colors do not lend themselves to adjustment. If anyone wants to give it a shot, or improve the back on the other bear, feel free to give it a go |
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Post by Vermin King on Nov 7, 2017 6:14:44 GMT -9
Oh, boy, forgot that I was working with a 25 pixel grid instead of 75. Oops
I need to enhance the texture on the barricade and enlarge it, but it doesn't look too bad and I thought this was one of those things that would be around any snowy battle zone
Crud, the photo doesn't show, and PostImage is giving me a bad gateway message now ...
Third times a charm
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Post by cowboyleland on Nov 7, 2017 6:38:20 GMT -9
I wanted to do the 'posturing' bear, but I can't wrap my head around it. What would the back look like? It would look like a big bear bum with a little bit of nose and maybe an eye showing above the shoulder. I might give it a go before the end of the month. Depends on how things go (but the fact that I am here now shows I am already procrastinating on something else.) |
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Post by Vermin King on Nov 7, 2017 7:32:19 GMT -9
I hear that...
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Post by ignatious on Nov 7, 2017 13:39:07 GMT -9
where are the winged reindeer from?
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Post by Vermin King on Nov 7, 2017 14:03:43 GMT -9
tektonten.blogspot.com/2010/12/winged-reindeer-christmas-ornament.htmlI re-sized them to six to a page and got rid of the ornament hooks. Also printed mirrored on the back. One of them now has a red nose EDIT -- I didn't find any great side images of reindeer. This was more of an experiment. I was thinking of doing reindeer in the same style as the dinos last year. My thought was to do winged reindeer, but in two or three pieces ( the two sides with the wings and antlers folding outward, with an optional upper wing piece as the connector, also gluing along the head, neck and back). Not finding an image that I thought would work, I played with these. Very fiddly, even after I did some modifications. But they look good
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Post by shep on Nov 7, 2017 14:58:06 GMT -9
Well, you know I can't do figures worth beans, but what North Pole doesn't have polar bears? I posted both bears, though only one is for the Hoard. I wanted to do the 'posturing' bear, but I can't wrap my head around it. What would the back look like? The colors do not lend themselves to adjustment. If anyone wants to give it a shot, or improve the back on the other bear, feel free to give it a go You should do two angry bears in one mini, they could be the "bipolar bears"...   |
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Post by Vermin King on Nov 7, 2017 15:31:50 GMT -9
Okay, I'm not going to do a two-headed angry bear, but I might see about doing a version of the bear mini with the other bear's head. hmmm Re-sized and sharpened the colors on the barricade. Not sure if it is enough on the color, but it's supposed to be blocks of snow/ice, so I don't think I should go too far .  |
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Post by Vermin King on Nov 7, 2017 17:18:51 GMT -9
Bears?  |
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Post by cowboyleland on Nov 7, 2017 18:49:36 GMT -9
I like your bears. And I have had the same experience with looking for reigndeer images. I wanted to do winged reigndeer and use wire reigns traces so they could be pulling a sleigh that had just the back of one runner leaving the table as a centerpiece. Maybe next year?
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Post by Vermin King on Nov 7, 2017 19:06:11 GMT -9
I'm still not happy with the back of the new bear's head ...
A case of needing to step away and look with fresh eyes tomorrow
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Post by Dominic on Nov 7, 2017 22:23:52 GMT -9
Another hoard, another chance I guess. Vermin King I like these bears! Only thing about (I assume) the bottom one is that the back of the head is a tad too light I would say. Still within the realm of plausible, though. I still have my small idea, and I wonder... I think I just had an idea how to make it christmas-y, and maybe arm it to fit the theme. |
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Post by Vermin King on Nov 8, 2017 4:30:37 GMT -9
The fur around the top and sides of his head is smooth and almost white, so I carried it over to the back. Then I sampled a slightly darker shade from the side of his head and changed the color. Still looking too white, I sampled a darker shade from his neck and airbrushed. I think it looks good on the table, though I agree that it looks too light on the file
I haven't figured out what I don't like about the top bear's head in back, probably that the hair isn't smooth, but wild animals often raise hackles on the back of their necks when angry, so I'm not sure. I'll probably either airbrush or blur it a bit
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Post by Vermin King on Nov 8, 2017 9:25:12 GMT -9
I'm actually surprised no one threw a santa hat on one of my dinos last year. They feel slighted
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Post by Vermin King on Nov 15, 2017 8:57:56 GMT -9
Much happier with the back of the angry bear's head now, and did a final tweak of the ice barrier  Oops. Was building the ice barrier after lunch, and part of the model didn't enlarge well. Just need to tweak the length of a section to make things fit well. Always test build Fixed   |
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Post by Vermin King on Nov 16, 2017 18:11:28 GMT -9
If anyone is looking for ideas, we have a definite shortage of Arctic animals. I thought about doing an arctic wolf. I'd thought about doing reindeer, but grendelsmother64's reindeer from a few years back are wonderful. My walrus looked more like a vampire Jabba the Hutt, so I deleted it |
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Post by Punkrabbitt on Nov 16, 2017 18:24:34 GMT -9
Vampire Jabba the Hutt sounds amazing...
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Post by Dominic on Nov 16, 2017 22:38:02 GMT -9
I am still stuck on mine. Tried to redesign it a bit, ran into some sketchup problems and did not find the time to do a new testbuild... We will see how long I have to drag this idea along...
I also second the vampire-hutt.
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Post by Vermin King on Nov 17, 2017 4:46:28 GMT -9
Maybe I shouldn't have deleted Count Jabba the Walrus. I have a tendency to delete things that are going in the wrong direction
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Post by Vermin King on Nov 18, 2017 6:14:50 GMT -9
Eric's rock spires make for great ice spires   |
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Post by greypilgrim on Nov 19, 2017 4:51:14 GMT -9
Nice job on the bears - and the snowwall was a welcome addition as well. Thanks Vermin King!
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Post by alloydog on Nov 19, 2017 9:34:48 GMT -9
A quick "upgrade" for Christmas...  If you use the extra bits, then the front panel goes on first, with the arm & gun over the top. |
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Post by Vermin King on Nov 19, 2017 10:25:19 GMT -9
A quick "upgrade" for Christmas... If you use the extra bits, then the front panel goes on first, with the arm & gun over the top. I was thinking of doing a similar 'upgrade' to last year's velociraptor and pteranadon  I tend to think that the blue variant of velociraptors would do better in the Arctic   |
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Post by Punkrabbitt on Nov 19, 2017 13:02:54 GMT -9
I'm usually pretty good at putting christmas hats on things, but this year I seem to keep working on my wargame projects o.0
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Post by cowboyleland on Nov 19, 2017 17:54:51 GMT -9
Here is my wip for this hoard  I would like to have a collection like this, including St. Nick, but I am not sure I will have the time for that.  |
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Post by Dominic on Nov 20, 2017 0:52:52 GMT -9
cowboyleland: I love it! Prechten are such a cool addition to any winter landscape, and I can see them being versatile monster minis in general.
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