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Post by alloydog on Feb 21, 2020 6:21:30 GMT -9
Thanks, they're great. Cows are good, the Battle Cattle makes plenty of udder jokes.
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Post by alloydog on Feb 21, 2020 1:54:20 GMT -9
Thanks. Here is a build pic. I forgot the ears! I suppose I should edge, but without the flash it is really not so bad.  They look really good. Maybe I'll steal the technique  I've been mulling an idea in my head for 3D cows, for quite some time now ( years, seriously!), but was thinking about having one piece which is curved over, so you get the sides and top in one piece, so you can hang weapons and stuff on. Quick and dirty concept sketch:  They would be for Battle Cattle. |
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Post by alloydog on Feb 19, 2020 22:45:50 GMT -9
They scale down to 6 mm quite nicely as well:  Maybe a bit of tweaking on the contrast to allow for the printer making it look a bit dull - but that's the printer side of things, not a fault of the artwork. You can knock up quite an impressive army! |
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Post by alloydog on Feb 19, 2020 20:26:16 GMT -9
I have just bought the PDF. I think it's great! I really do like the way you have presented the figures in multiple formats - not just singles & groups, but the different thickness of the black outline - the ones with no outline are my better for me, at least, when I print them at 15 mm. A thick black outline looks too heavy and distracts from the figures. But when I print at 28 mm, the black outline accentuates the figures. I do like the different colours as well. Just one point though... On the DriveThruRPG page and in the PDF, you have written: " Triari were the first line of soldiers in the early time of the republic. They were poorest soldiers and usually the first line to fight after the velites launched all their javelins." Where-as at the Penn. State University page The Armies of the Roman Republic, amongst others, says: " The Triarii were the third and most experienced line used in the legions of Republican Rome. The Triarii were the wealthiest members of the Roman infantry and were also the oldest usually aged somewhere in their thirties" Even if the figure supposed to be Hastati, then they were still of a higher social class than what you seem to descibe. From the same page: " The Hastati (Hastatus) were the first line of melee infantry used in Roman manipular formations. Members of the Hastati typically ranged in age from their early to mid twenties. The Hastati were also wealthier than the Velites and were therefore able to procure superior weapons and armor which were designed for close-quarters engagements." To me, it doesn't detract from the artwork, but some wargamers can be really anal over picky points like this and they might dismiss your figures because of the description. I know it seems like the Romans have been done to death with figures, but I think pretty much every period has been well covered. What I would think about, is something like find a specific battle, for example Battle of Cannae (216 BC), draw up figures for armies involved, at bit of general detail about the armies and battle and so on (plus a nice list of references) and present the thing as a ready to print-and-play battle in one package. I would sure go for that! It would save me and anyone else interested in maybe just starting wargaming, or trying another period, that sort of thing a quick and easy instant game. |
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Post by alloydog on Feb 16, 2020 10:43:24 GMT -9
It's just my preference.
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Post by alloydog on Feb 16, 2020 7:58:06 GMT -9
There is a way - I have used it in the past and also for MP3 audio files, but they no longer seem to work. I appreciate you not wanting to find another image hosting site, I've been through that grief a few times, I gave up. You also use the  button. |
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Post by alloydog on Feb 16, 2020 6:58:54 GMT -9
knock up some modular pieces Please remember we are a family friendly forum. I'll have you know, good sir, that being a Knocker-upper was respectable profession!  |
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Post by alloydog on Feb 16, 2020 5:51:00 GMT -9
Windows. There was a driver issue between the hard drive and Gimp. Updating drivers and restarting solved the problem Windows. Of course... |
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Post by alloydog on Feb 16, 2020 2:01:25 GMT -9
Looks good, I could definitely use them. But if I make a suggestion: In most massed battles, the combatants usually fought in very close order - practically shoulder to shoulder. The Romans would make a shield-wall and tend to slash or stab to the right, rather than directly in front, to minimise any gaps in the shield-wall. I believe the Greeks did this as well. I did a quick hack of your image to explain what I mean:  Personally, I think that grouping figures into blocks looks better and also makes it easier to cut-out lots of figures. |
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Post by alloydog on Feb 16, 2020 1:48:41 GMT -9
I have quite a nice collection of textured wallpapers. They are the sort that, in my opinion, no-one in their right mind would decorate their homes with - they can be tacky as f    ! OK, some of the brickwork ones would look OK on one wall of a work room or conservatory...  In the collection, I have some which has the texture of brickwork, but it's very, very small. Almost as if the designer had thought Hmmm, I could use this for my wargames' models...Because it is plain grey, it does need painting up. 10-years ago, I was prepared to do it, but now, not so much.   Because of the hassle of painting, I only ever made one building, a watch tower (which I gave away when I sold all my plastic figures):    At the moment, I can put my hand on about two or three A4 sized bits (I cut most of the "samples" into approx-A4 sized sheets for ease of storage.)   Because I really loathe to chuck this sort of stuff away, I thought maybe someone else could find a use for it. So... If anyone would like it, I would be quite happy to put it in an envelope and post it. It weights next to nothing, so I'm not bothered about postage. I can even bung in few sheets of other textures. For example, the wood ones, when stuck to card and sliced in to planks, make a really good building material:  If anyone is interested, please PM me. If more than one person is interested, first-come, first-served can be a bit unfair with time-zones, so then I'll leave it a couple of days, then roll a dice/toss a coin and the winner gets them. |
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Post by alloydog on Feb 16, 2020 1:24:21 GMT -9
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Post by alloydog on Feb 15, 2020 23:18:45 GMT -9
Wow! They are awesome!
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Post by alloydog on Feb 15, 2020 23:03:48 GMT -9
A little bit of progress yesterday. Last week was really busy, but I got those two small pod bits at the front done. They look quite rough, as I use thick card and so when I pushed the inner assembly into the outer bit, it pushed the joint apart. Normally, I would try and redo it a different way, but this time, I'll leave it until I get more parts done, then decide if it's worth redoing.   |
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Post by alloydog on Feb 15, 2020 22:54:23 GMT -9
I usually have a usb drive in my pocket to backup projects on and every week I do a backup to the external hard-dive. Good boy! 
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Post by alloydog on Feb 15, 2020 22:50:15 GMT -9
And don't open Gimp during the file transfer to your backup. Took me close to 20 minutes to clean up that mess Hmmm, never had an issue like that. Do you use Mac, Windows or Linux? I have use Linux for the past 20-odd years and have never had on OS related failure. When I have had hard-drive become corrupted, it has been relatively easy to recover data from them, because of the way Linux handles reading hard-drive differently to Windows (I don't know about Macs). I might try dumping a load of files to an external drive and open GIMP at the same time... |
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Post by alloydog on Feb 15, 2020 22:42:13 GMT -9
For some reason, for me at least, the link to your Google Docs page doesn't work:  But when I followed the link manually (looked at the BBCode), I could still get to the image:  Anyway, they're pretty neat. Their standard staff seems to have a red orc's head atop of it. Do I detect a bit of tension between green and red orcs? |
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Post by alloydog on Feb 15, 2020 10:30:38 GMT -9
click  click click click click click click
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Post by alloydog on Feb 15, 2020 7:27:19 GMT -9
More like me freezing my butt off outside for eight hours. Picquet line? Shame you're the other side of the Atlantic - I'd bring you a flask of hot tea & whisky. |
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Post by alloydog on Feb 15, 2020 7:07:50 GMT -9
I'm also striking again on Friday on a province-wide strike. So, a whole day of Okumarts Games stuff then!  |
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Post by alloydog on Feb 15, 2020 0:44:19 GMT -9
OK, class, hands up how many of you keep a back-up of your works on another device, such as another PC/laptop or external hard-drive? OK, keep your hands up if you also use a second back-up, such as Google Drive? I sort of use the first method. However, just recently, I have been working on a 1:100 th WWII Soviet ZiS-3 76 mm anti-tank gun. Because I was doing it when ever I had some time, such as running SW tests at work, all the files were on a USB-stick. Just the USB-stick... Thursday night, at home, I had finished the B&W line drawings, ready for test print and build. just before going to bed, I packed my bag for work in the morning. I couldn't find the USB-stick. I looked everywhere, no joy. Well, I figured, it will turn up, I'll look again tomorrow, when I get home. I have now looked everywhere, even in the rubbish bin, underneath and behind furniture (in case the cats played with it), but no, nowhere to be found. I've checked all pockets in clothing and my back-pack. Nope. It's not my livelihood, it was only about six hours work and I could do it again this weekend, but it is f  king annoying! I also feel pretty stupid and mad at myself for simply not copying the files over to my laptop before I shut it down that evening - it would have taken less than 15-seconds or so. Bugger. Carry on. |
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Post by alloydog on Feb 13, 2020 22:46:02 GMT -9
Well, what can I say, but this...Also, just out of interest, since your figures are for wargaming and in "blocks", have you though of bunching them up, as they might be seen on a real battlefield? I hacked one of you website images as an example:  |
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Post by alloydog on Feb 12, 2020 1:25:41 GMT -9
... I tend to get tired of a project and jump to another. I'm pretty much the same, that is why I have about a 66% give-up rate! That is also why I decided to post the progress of this one. So, if I give up, I fear, nay, I expect to be mocked and humiliated by the community! 👍 |
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Post by alloydog on Feb 11, 2020 23:58:22 GMT -9
Tinder?
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Post by alloydog on Feb 11, 2020 19:30:29 GMT -9
"Across the vast darkness of the internet the spirit of the Fei Qiu called to the restless souls, called them to their doom!" Oh do shut up! This is all your fault!  Alloydog's Fei Qui build... |
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Post by alloydog on Feb 11, 2020 19:14:56 GMT -9
I fear where this is going, but let's live in interesting times... First of, I very rarely build something just using plain paper, folds and tabs. I often find the tabs too small and fiddly for my delicate concert pianist* fingers and then the paper just seems to flimsy to me. I usually stick the printed paper onto thick card, such as from food packaging. However, where an acute fold angle is needed, this doesn't work so well either - the fold doesn't look sharp and the card gets crinkled. So, for this model, I took an extra step. I printed up an extra copy in draft quality black and white:  This means that I can first try a dry-run at the part folding and then after that, I stick the grey print to the card. I then cut out the panels, but where there is a fold, I cut the edge slightly back from the fold line.  When the inner panels are stuck to the inside of the outer skin, it mean that the fold lines are very thin. The outer edges of the piece are the same thickness as the backing card, so I can apply glue along the edge. This is pretty much like making a plastic model kit. However, when I tried to join the upper and lower cockpit pieces, the edges didn't line up. So, as with plastic models, I added an inner tab, to act as a locator tab.  All in all, I'm pretty chuffed with myself for getting this far!  But, at the moment, it looks more like it's heading to become an objective marker - you know, like "get to the downed gunship before the gut-bustin' face-eatin' bad-ass beasties do" type thing.  A couple of bonus glamour shots:   Chief Starshina Popov, Demelza the feisty space wench and Stalin, the ship's cat, check out the first part of the gunship. * A concert pianist who had the lid of the piano slammed down on his fingers, then the piano dropped on him and then the entire concert hall collapsed. |
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Post by alloydog on Feb 11, 2020 4:27:06 GMT -9
It seems this model has become something of a Forum Challenge! Good luck! |
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Post by alloydog on Feb 10, 2020 20:39:20 GMT -9
These were done on my own time, this time  While getting stressed out over the Fei Qiu gunship, I knocked up a couple more forts.   This time, I scaled the texture to 25 %. The doors and hatches are extra bits left over from some Dave Graffam model buildings (I usually create a sheet of things like doors and windows, so I can add as many as I want.) It is really handy having various textures printed up on A4 self-adhesive label paper and spare "furniture" (ei, doors, windows and so on). It took about 15-minutes to make two forts - If I had used my hot-glue gun to stick the floors in place, that would have been it, but I used PVA, so it took about an hour to cure. Still, quick and simple, ready to defend the empire from the evil undead hordes... |
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Post by alloydog on Feb 9, 2020 22:56:11 GMT -9
I tend not to bother with flaps/tabs. Because I use quite thick card, you get a decent edge, so you can glue it together like as with a plastic model kit. But sometimes I do add a slight tab to the inside for the other part to locate to:  And yes, this is proving to be very challenging! Still, I'm not rushing it. |
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Post by alloydog on Feb 8, 2020 10:36:13 GMT -9
Well, it looks very nice, but also very advanced... quite daunting... It... ...is!  |
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Post by alloydog on Feb 7, 2020 15:18:04 GMT -9
Fold it in your mind first, then draw in the flaps where you know you will need them. For complex builds, like this, I usually print up a couple of copies as blavk and white, draft quality on normal paper. That way, I can work out any tricky bits before the proper build. |
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I've been mulling an idea in my head for 3D cows, for quite some time now (years, seriously!), but was thinking about having one piece which is curved over, so you get the sides and top in one piece, so you can hang weapons and stuff on.
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king annoying! I also feel pretty stupid and mad at myself for simply not copying the files over to my laptop before I shut it down that evening - it would have taken less than 15-seconds or so. Bugger.
But, at the moment, it looks more like it's heading to become an objective marker - you know, like "get to the downed gunship before the gut-bustin' face-eatin' bad-ass beasties do" type thing.
While getting stressed out over the Fei Qiu gunship, I knocked up a couple more forts.