Antiquitas

Thanks for all the advice. Did a bit of green-stuffing and a bit of shaving last night and it looks good. Very few problems with the other figures and they look awesome. Mr Graves is done too and now working on the Depleted. I love the poses and becoming a big fan of the plastics. Fantastic paintjob Rameses! Hope I can do something half as good. Thanks everybody.

Thank you for the info and hints. I will press on and see what happens. Cheers

Can anyone tell me if this model is from the poor quality batch or is this the definition expected. I haven't glued it yet so the seam will pull together more but it is going to need some green-stuffing. The box pictures show sharp individual teeth on the top jaw, these are a solid line except for the two front ones. The teeth at the back of the mouth are also poorly defined and rounded. Also there are no markings on the belly either. The general impression is that is bloated. I don't want to start painting in case it has to go back. I haven't unclipped any of the other figures yet either. The plastic is a light grey, but my camera likes to change the colours. I love the model pic on the box, but... Thank you

First of all Welcome Ace Apex! I love to 'recycle' when making terrain, but probably the most unusual item I have used so far was a Electrolux 12V battery hoover to make a crashed shuttlecraft. I added some computer fans, a plastic coathanger, a couple of grease nipples, some Triang O gauge rails some wire mesh, grill etc. I put flashing LEDs in the engine room, the top light, the lasergun and the the damaged side window. The vertical thruster contains a working computer fan and the original hoover motor still works and blows air out of the side vents! The switches are concealed in the shattered pipework of the derelict building. The battery pack (just below the damaged side observation port) is removable, but has a jack to take the battery charger so it can be recharged in place. It was quite amusing during a tournament when the players discovered that there were switches!

Demoing at NWG Wicklow Had a great couple of days with Mike in Wicklow at NWG. Many thanks to Nigel, the event organiser, for making us so welcome! We had a great response from the gamers, both on the boards and Malifaux and the figures we took with us, with players taking time between their 40K and Warhammer competition legs to try out the game. We also ran demos on the Friday night, before the competition, and had some great games. It was certainly worth all the effort to make up the boards for this event as it drew virtually everyone there over to us at some time during the day. I gave out a load of hints on terrain building and I hope to see more people giving it a go and making up their own boards. I didn't get a lot of time to take photos but Mike has a load more which he is going to post up later with a fuller account of the weekend. A great success and certainly looking forward to going back there again. So here's a few pics to go on with... Now I have time to finish of the rest of the buildings and put in a few more details. Already got some ideas for the next set of boards...

Great start to terrain building! Although there are a lot of very good kits and pre-made buildings on the market, nothing beats making your own terrain. It can become an addictive part of the gaming hobby! Looking forward to seeing a lot more. A hint - if you have a fine tooth craft saw, heavily draw the saw sideways across the sticks and it will dig 'grain' lines into them. A woodstain or a wash coat will highlight them nicely. Keep it up Well done.

River Craft Made up a 'Sampan' to go on the river. I used a Revell Viking Longboat 1:50 scale and some heavy conversion work: The canopy is glued in place and figures can go on top as well as underneath. The Sampan will sit on the quayside and blocks line of site well.

Boxed - ready for tonight... Well almost Had a busy couple of days trying to finish off buildings and other stuff and got about 95% of the bits done. Some of it is rough finished for playing tonight but finally ran out of time and energy. Matt (eyeofthestorm) came over this evening and did a fantastic job on the sawbench and running gear while I pressed on. I plan to take a load of decent quality photos when it is all set up for the gamers at NWG so I will post more on Sunday. Now for some sleep....

Nice job! Looks great in both versions. The watch towers are sweet and your shack is really neat.

Progress Pics The three boards together: Entrance to the Forbidden City: Stoned Henge Up River The Sawmill water wheel The Hay Barn And finally Down river from the Paddock Still lots to do before Friday so another late night tomorrow! N.B. Mike has finished his Pagoda and it is truly AWESOME ! He also made another building for the 10T town. Definitely promoted to Master Builder.

Thank you I'm having great fun with these boards and just letting our imaginations run riot Looking forward to getting a load more done today as Mike is coming over to finish The Pagoda and bully me - oops - inspire me to get them finished in time. Teamwork. :slap: :-P

10T Warehouse - nearly ready for business! Ten Thunders are opening the doors to their warehouse - even if it still hasn't got a roof yet. Von Schill etc are checking it out as my 10T's only received their orders today. Who's been eating my noodles? That's it for tonight as I want to start cutting out the roof sections. Thanks

Just a quick update on tonight's progress on the warehouse... Made the first floor section with it's balconies and laid down the floor boards. Unfortunately, half way through my box of 1000 coffee stirrers came to an end and the new box I ordered is a completely different size (2/3rds the width!), so I had to hunt round for any odds and end of the old style and mix and match them in. Luckily there were enough scraps that Mike and I had fired around the room (unintentionally - sometimes - while trimming them to size) to make it worthwhile. I will have to try and order a box of the original size tomorrow. I have cut out some doors and windows and edged them and made sign for the front. Finally for tonight I did a bit of detailing and staining. Tomorrow night, hopefully, I will get the railings done and start on the roof section and the gambling den...

10 T Warehouse Dock Working on the 10T's warehouse this weekend. The idea was the 10T's wouldn't want prying eyes seeing 'contraband' cargoes so the boats are brought inside the warehouse to be unloaded, and bamboo hanging door can be closed once it is in. There are stone sea walls around the base, and the warehouse and docks are built off them. An office in the corner has views seawards and into the warehouse and is only accessible to 30mm bases. A small door leads to a jetty at the front and stairs up to a balcony and an access to the first floor area. The main entrance to the warehouse is at ground level protected from the water by stone walls and has a big timber frame round it. The walls were lightly sprayed (inside) and the timber stained. The inside and outside balconies and the first floor walls are all one a removable floor section. The flat roof will also be removable and will have a small gambling room in the corner, but that's another days work...