[unofficial weekender] BYOI

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First time visitor to OTT? Then please introduce yourself in the New Member Thread and look around in the Project System. Then come back and read on…

https://www.beastsofwar.com/forums/topic/introduce-yourselves-new-member-thread/

https://www.beastsofwar.com/project/

Read all of this before you start as it will save you any trouble later.

First thing you must do is make your “pledge”. It can be anything gaming related, big or small, and you don’t even have to finish it. No, in here, happiness is the road. Have fun doing whatever it is, but it is not a race. Accompany your work with pictures or we might think you are do something sinister and just using us for cover.

You are also presented with a few questions. It is to get the conversation started. Try and keep your answers ‘conversational’, no text speak, and certainly no “basically”. This is how we all get to know each other better. While you are here feel free to tell us a story, show a picture, joke, tales of love or woe, or just add your own little bit. This is the whole point…in here it is just us.

If you have never taken part before we may bark and bite, but we also like a cuddle! It is all done in the best possible taste and it is character building. feel free to give as good as you get.

A few other things to note: NO RELIGION & NO POLITICS! Glasgow pub rules are in effect. If you need to make a better point then it is fine, but don’t take the piss. And always keep it civil. This includes no philosophy, no home computer culture wars.

Play plenty of music to go with your work. Loud and through proper speakers. Write us a playlist of things we might not have heard before.

Now, after all of that there is only one ‘real’ rule in here and it cannot be broken: NO DICKS! (Exceptions may be made for little fighting men with little plastic/resin/metal wieners)

And don’t forget the highlights of the weekend: The Weekender on Friday and XLBS on Sunday. And the little show that is The Hobby Hangout over at twitch.tv

If you fancy to see some nice WIP pictures go to the WAYPN thread https://www.beastsofwar.com/forums/topic/what-are-you-painting-now-2025-edition/

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Question of the week:

• There is no question this week. I’m completely out of ideas. You supply your own!

And now back to the show.

[sundancer 43724xp 1]

Pledge: continue the work on the 5€ haunted house. Looks good so far.

Question: Why is all the coffee gone? Answer: IDK.

Music of the day:

[pagan8th 13366xp 2]

Pledge: Work on a short campaign idea, probably using Outgunned or Outgunned Adventure, to tide us over until the current campaign resumes. I’m not really in GM mode lately, but I need to make an effort.

Question: How easy is it screw up a friendship with some ill chosen words?

Answer: Too damn easy! I have some serious damage control to do.

Question: Will I be adding Konflikt 47 stuff to my Bolt Action army?

Answer: Of course I bloody will.

P.S. Wargames Ilustrated October issue (due out on 30th September) will include a sprue of Fireflies or Stahltrupen on the cover… but only if you live in the UK I’m afraid.

[grantinvanman]

Pledge: I am done my commission! (until the dude has more budget; no pay, no paint). He picks up the final stuff I have this week. It’s been a slog. So my pledge is to paint something for myself for once this year!

BYOI: I just did a check, and I’ve painted 368 miniatures year to date – and not one is mine… time to paint for me

 

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[Wonkygoblin 115xp 1]

Pledge: I need to decide on a setting for my game and start designing the modular play test boards.

Question: what style of terrain do people like to make. Ruined building, fortifications, cyberpunk cities, hills trenches, forests or anything I’ve missed. I think having to make terrain to play a game has an impact on how attractive a new game is. I started the game thinking about a ruined city that has been built over with goblin structures and over grown with fungus and vines. I think this would be an undertaking and quite intimidating for someone looking at a new game.

[limburger]

Feeling strangly slightly over inspired this week by that crazy halloweeen thing that’s happening this month.
Not quite sure how it’s going to end up and if it’s going to be anything like what I had in mind, but I’ll take it.

I’ve been using Claude.AI to help work out a few ideas. Definitely helps, but as I’ve noticed with Github co-pilot at work you really need to check things it says. I’ve already caught it using the wrong dimensions for the overal structure and I think there’s a few more errors but as I’ve hit the limit of ‘free’ use today I can’t fix that yet.

Oh … I also got that haunted house that @sundancer was working on, because who the heck can ignore 5 Euro terrain ?

Anyways. Hobby is as hobby does, so I’m going with the flow and not question things too much.

All I really need at the moment is to keep that momentum going and finish the bloody thing before the deadline.
Plan has been set in motion, stuff has been ordered of the interwebs and the local DIY.
Only problem is that there is a lot of EPS going into this and I only have my own feet and hands to transport stuff so it’s going to involve several trips before I get everything.

Question: has anyone else done 1:1 scale terrain for Halloween before ?

@Wonkygoblin I think terrain for games that is used in rulebooks always looks intimidating to re-create at home, but it does help sell the game.

Starter sets that come with terrain (even if it’s just a few pieces of cardboard) at least get you started and can help generate ideas for expanding your terrain collection when done right.

I hope you can find a way to turn your terrain research into a chapter (or two) for the book, because one of the things I’ve always missed is any info on what to actually collect/build.
And try to condense some of your terrain into cardboard cutouts for people to print.

@pagan8th when I buy issues of WI from Warlord in their webshop they do come with a sprue if there is one. That is a work-around of sorts. It does make me wonder if ordering two issues would get me one of each sprue 😀

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[Lazagram 59xp 1]

Pledge – To refocus on my project, paint the display backdrop, and work on a way to make the windows look half decent. Maybe a printed backdrop behind them or some painted acrylic panels. Hopefully, I can get a few of the Rhinos I have waiting to be painted, and at least the base colours done by next weekend.

BYOI: – Any 3D printers out there want to showcase some of your recent prints, check out the POTW contents 🙂 Halloween is the perfect excuse to print some horrors.

On terrain, I must admit I do tend to gravitate towards cities ruined and intact, not sure if it’s the 40k setting or the grimdark style of it. Definitely like the idea of overgrown cities with goblin squatters, jungle is always a fun theme for basing in my experience. Get a chance to use things other than plain grass tufts. A slightly more intimidating setting, perhaps, but it makes for a much more beautiful backdrop.

[danlee 22595xp 1]

This week’s pledge is to get started on the Heroes of Might and Magic 3 board game minis. They’re completely un-necessary for the game (or at least, most are) as you can actually do all the combat with just the cards. The models are really well detailed though, so time to paint them up.

[wonkygoblin]

@limburger never tried anything 1:1 reminds me if the bit in black adder goes fourth with the model of the land they’ve captured.

As for terrain chapters in the book, thats a great idea. I will make sure to take good quality pictures of any terrain I make for the game as I construct them. I don’t know why it isn’t more common in rulebooks to cover terrain as in alot of games it makes or breaks them.

@Lazagram glad the idea sounds interesting to you. I liked the idea and was very happy about it but the more I thought about it the more doubt crept in.

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[sundancer 43724xp 1]

Answer: Too damn easy! I have some serious damage control to do.

@pagan8th Sorry to hear that.

time to paint for me

@grantinvanman Go! Go! Go!

what style of terrain do people like to make.

@Wonkygoblin

I feel the most fun I get from building medieval stuff. Be it in ruins or intact. It’s somehow more pleasing. I do have some SciFi terrain but that’s just “there”. Because I need it. But I have several little build things that are just for fun. Like the haunted manor house 🙂

has anyone else done 1:1 scale terrain for Halloween before ?

@limburger not me. I refuse to take part in that sugar mafia scheme

Now. Monday. Coffee. Podcasts and maybe some work. I don’t really want to XD

[Lazagram 59xp 2]

Any one got some suggestions for stripping minis just grabbed an eBay bargain but they are all pretty poorly painted Girlyman Smurf bois there must be something less expensive per litre than Dettol, I am in the UK if that helps at all, some kind of paint stripper specifically good for the acrylics commonly used? Or some other mystery substance? It includes one of these new hover tanks so something maybe I could spread/paint on rather than soak in.

[sundancer 43724xp 1]

@Lazagram if the minis are metal dunk them in isopropanol/rubbing alcohol.

[Redscope 2731xp 1]

This week I have to put some paint on a few Mordhiem figures but the main focus is on Flames of War para’s. Really not a fan of painting anything in 15mm but it has to be done so better make a start.

Question this week… Is who makes the best undead metal minis !!! Its halloween this month and people are wrong in painting ORKS it should be Undead. So we need to highlight companies that make old school undead models !!!!

Also on that note I have had an idea for a victorican gothic adventure game, a sort of Sherlock Holmes VS cthulhu but does not seem a lot of companies making models other than west wind.

[limburger 22084xp 0]

@sundancer if you really want to scare the kids then you should give them healthy treats …

@Redscope
Scibor did some really fun undead in one of his recent kickstarters:
https://www.sciborminiatures.com

I’d say they are ‘heroic 32mm’ scale … so they are a bit on the oversized side of things.

[zoidpinhead 12713xp 2]

Pledge: Find something in The Pile for the PaintComp.  We are doing “spooky” so I should have plenty for that.

Question:  Not having a question reminds me of the story about the Cambridge University entrance exam that had the option, to write for three hours, using this question, “Is this a question?”.  One entrant wrote, “Yes, if this is an answer.”  Put his pen down and left.  He got offered a place.

@Lazagram  I swear by Dettol.  It is reusable and works in 24 hours.  It removes paint better than anything else I’ve tried and I tried all sorts before starting to use it.

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