Hoard of the Procrastinators-- Hoard #160 (December, 2017)

[Vermin King]

The theme for this month's HOARD is

The Hoard of the Procrastinators

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 December, 2017.

Did you miss a deadline and leave the project 3/4 done? Did you have a great idea that just didn't quite come together? Well, this Hoard is for you.

Check out your hard drive and old posts, and think of projects that shouldn't just die in Hard Drive Limbo ( That actually wouldn't have been a bad alternate title, hmmm)

Have fun!

[cowboyleland]

Nothing like posting the Hoard for the next month to light a fire under people trying to finish this months

[Vermin King]

I try to put it up one week before the actual month, but I'm heading out of town for Thanksgiving tomorrow, so a day early

[Dominic]

Hm... if I get mine done in time it will be a good fit for the November Hoard. But if I don't, it automatically qualifies for December, because I procrastinated! That is how that works, right?

[Vermin King]

Exactly!

[BlackCat13]

Is my generic tank too big. I had a request for a Russian skin and I thought I might submit it. Seeing how it is a multi-page model, however, maybe I should just post it with the rest. Grendel's Mother hasn't returned an answer to me yet on my request about posting the variations of his cardlot models so I can't post any of those.

[Papercraft Warrior]

It is nice if a vehicle can fit onto a single page, but it is not required.

Otherwise, most vehicles would be at a 6-15mm scale.

Edit: When the hoard is over, and your tank is in the hoardfiles, you can link to it from your regular thread, so people from there can find it too.

[BlackCat13]

I don't know how to do any of that linking stuff, but if I make the cut with the Type 34-75, I'll post the Type 34-85 anyway, so those who want a T-34ish tank can have different flavors if they want. It isn't perfect, because it is only an adaptation of the generic tank to look more like a T-34. I couldn't get a fifth road wheel in, but the suspension is still markedly different from the normal generic tank and very similar to the T-34. The model is almost ready for submission except for one puzzling detail. There are plenty of images for T-34 tanks, but the position and number of drop tanks number greatly from image to image. At this point, I am seriously thinking about placing two optional mounting sites on each sides and adding four fuel drums to the model. Any suggestions?

[BlackCat13]

Sorry that, meant to post;

as usual, this is a 7.5 x 10 inch png file produced on mspaint.

[shep]

I just found out that my TOS shuttlebay is basically done and ready for assembly... which I so far did not do. So, the project would be perfect for this hoard, however, the PDF has 9 pages so far and will get one more when the instructions are done.

Any objections to put it in here, nonetheless? The file is roughly 10 MB big...

[cowboyleland]

You guys sure are early at the procrastinator's hoard!!

[Vermin King]

Nov 25, 2017 5:13:18 GMT -9 shep said:

I just found out that my TOS shuttlebay is basically done and ready for assembly... which I so far did not do. So, the project would be perfect for this hoard, however, the PDF has 9 pages so far and will get one more when the instructions are done.

Any objections to put it in here, nonetheless? The file is roughly 10 MB big...

This may be one of those times when part count is more important than page count. We've had tile sets that large, but a nine-page tile set is only nine parts. It has to be a big room, but I imagine it will also have large parts. With limited info, I think it would be fine. How many parts would be involved?

[shep]

Before assembly: 16 parts (5 pages) plus parts for 2 Class-F TOS shuttles (4 pages)

After assembly: 10 parts plus 2 Class-F TOS shuttles

However, both counts include 5 cargo container boxes... I can put together a preview pic of the parts, if that would help.

[Vermin King]

It's really up to squirmydad, but this sounds reasonable

[squirmydad]

Sounds like a great idea, just one thing; please submit them using the Hoard layout guides either in psd or png format as that will help with the layout work at the end.

Someone else may have to to do the compilation and layout work for the current Hordes as I am swamped at work and that looks to continue through January. There are only five personnel in our department so if someone gets sick or just wants a break we have no backup for events; this Fall we have a new guy, an old guy going on vacation, another guy leaving on an emergency, and my supervisor going in for surgery and recovery. So I'm kind of in charge for a while, with my staff of one...so I'm a little busy.
When everyone comes back on in mid to late January I should be able to take a breath. Until then, my hobby work rate will be very slow.

Don't let that stop you from making fleets of shuttles though.

[Vermin King]

So, someone who can do multiple page pdf's and cutfiles will need to step up on this. My old version of Acrobat would not load onto either of my laptops and the old tower is dead, so I lost that functionality. And I have never had a cutter other than my trusty knife and scissors

[Papercraft Warrior]

If life permits, I might make (well, edit) some counters for Space Marine 2 / NetEPIC / Epic Armagedon / Net Epic Armagedon

[Vermin King]

Don't procrastinate too long ...

Actually, just giving this a bump

[Punkrabbitt]

I've been procrastinating since last year's December hoard o.0

[Papercraft Warrior]

A small update:

I have "finished" the counter edits, and than I realized that the amounts of the little guys are not proper for the training battles from the rule-book. Last time I read it years ago, so I edited them by the memory, and than I took it to check and...

Not a catastrophe, but a minor speed bump.

[BlackCat13]

Need help from a tank buff! How many tanks on which side or are two tanks optional on each side fine? Also, I am toying with the diameter of the tanks. They are much smaller than those on the T-55 and more modern tanks I am used to, so what, between 5/16 to 3/8 inches in diameter? These are all that is holding me up. Oh, one last thing, where do I find the proper procedure for submitting mmy images rather than simply posting them here?
Thanx!

[Papercraft Warrior]

Dec 7, 2017 16:35:29 GMT -9 BlackCat13 said:

Need help from a tank buff! How many tanks on which side or are two tanks optional on each side fine? Also, I am toying with the diameter of the tanks. They are much smaller than those on the T-55 and more modern tanks I am used to, so what, between 5/16 to 3/8 inches in diameter? These are all that is holding me up. Oh, one last thing, where do I find the proper procedure for submitting mmy images rather than simply posting them here?
Thanx!

In my understanding, the proper procedure for submitting images is to post them here. If not, most of us have been doing it wrong.

I could not find the specific data about the external fuel drum size for the T-34. Keep in mind, that they could have been using different sizes and shapes at different times. Some of them have been square, and at the rear corners of the chassis.

4 total drums split in 2+2 at the sides should do the trick, keeping them optional is the best. They were not connected to the internal fuel storage (unlike on T-54/55 and T-72), so the tank would be topped up by hand outside of combat. Their purpose was to allow tank greater travel range without replenishment. The external storage would be discarded before the battle (and unless they waited for the Germans to arrive, they would be empty at that point too).

[pure malice] Later modernizations included the emergency release switch that the driver could press to discard the field drums from inside his post. If your model cannot discard the fuel drums on the move, it is an obsolete specimen, and no one will wish to build it.[/pure malice]

[BlackCat13]

Thanks, just what I needed. Sorry, I haven't mastered the art of building quick release tanks yet, so for this model the builder will have to choose tanks on or tanks off. I may try something later using a peg or tab and slot arrangement. For now, I think that everybody would prefer the model sooner than later. I knew how the tanks worked and what they were for. They are a great idea until someone catches you with them on with a panzerfaust.

[Punkrabbitt]

As some of all y'all might be aware, my science fiction wilderness terrain is done up in bubblegum pink. No, really, it is. Don't believe me? Here's your proof:



Jim Hartman did a really nice Warrior Bug from Starship Troopers (available to download here) and I was thinking that if I could render it in pink, that would be just the thing to prowl around on my little fluffy world. So I did it:




Now, we can't just have these big ol' warrior bugs roaming across the pink plains, because I really liked the Hopper Bugs from the Starship Troopers movie but I never liked that green color. I always thought they should have matched the warrior bugs. So I took an insect wing picture and modified it (over 30%, so it's legal for me to use even if it was copyrighted, which it didn't appear to be) to be the wings I needed for proper pink hopper bugs:





My only question is, are the pink outlines on the wings a good idea for the users here? When I build mine I am going to edge them with pink highlighter, but I can re-do them in black if that works better for all y'all.

[Punkrabbitt]

Nov 26, 2017 10:10:36 GMT -9 shep said:

Before assembly: 16 parts (5 pages) plus parts for 2 Class-F TOS shuttles (4 pages)

After assembly: 10 parts plus 2 Class-F TOS shuttles

However, both counts include 5 cargo container boxes... I can put together a preview pic of the parts, if that would help.

What scale are these?

[shep]

Dec 10, 2017 23:00:35 GMT -9 Punkrabbitt said:

Nov 26, 2017 10:10:36 GMT -9 shep said:

Before assembly: 16 parts (5 pages) plus parts for 2 Class-F TOS shuttles (4 pages)

After assembly: 10 parts plus 2 Class-F TOS shuttles

However, both counts include 5 cargo container boxes... I can put together a preview pic of the parts, if that would help.

What scale are these?

This is just a previes pic for the parts count. The finished PDF will be of the same scale as all other WNMHGB interior sets (meaning David's corridors and hall and my turbolift)...

[shep]

The shuttle hangar will happen by the end of the month, earliest. After a short but rather heavy illness, my father passed away yesterday evening. My head is full with stuff, none of it being papercraft...

[Vermin King]

I totally understand. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. At times like these, it is easy to wear oneself out being there for others and taking care of others and all the stuff you have to deal with. It is okay to take a little time out for you, too. For me, it would be a walk in the woods by myself (well, I might take one of the dogs with me), but take a little time to clear the head, grieve and refresh yourself, however you choose to do it.

We'll be here if you just need to talk

[shep]

Thanks Vermin King

[okumarts]

Dec 11, 2017 22:27:46 GMT -9 shep said:

The shuttle hangar will happen by the end of the month, earliest. After a short but rather heavy illness, my father passed away yesterday evening. My head is full with stuff, none of it being papercraft...

So very sorry to hear this Shep. Please let us know if there is anything we can do.