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Soldado’s Burrows and Badgers terrain – Part the second! The Mansion of Marneous Blackwick!

Soldado’s Burrows and Badgers terrain – Part the second! The Mansion of Marneous Blackwick!

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About the Project

This project started out as me building some terrain for use at home to get my wife and daughter into gaming, now its become a bit of a monster part one (the village of Nutting Hill) went to Salute '19 and because people liked it, it has spawned part 2 "The Mansion of Marneous Blackwick!" Im hoping that I will again be able to take this to Salute for 2020.

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Gloop!, Sproing! Ooooooh, look at that!

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not a lot today just some items that will end up decorating the various rooms of the wizards mansion

Pensieve and Orrery from Mantic and a bubbling pool of something from Oathsworn minisPensieve and Orrery from Mantic and a bubbling pool of something from Oathsworn minis

What door? Ohhhh that door!

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Hopefully this works..

I messed about with creating a secret door beneath the stairs, it holds shut via magnets and I may need to work out a better way of closing it than trying to poke my fat fingers in there…

getting twisty with it

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So after prevaricating for a couple of weeks, here’s the start of the proper staircase.

pink foam treads and a cereal card wall that will be lined with milliput to create the stone wall effect.pink foam treads and a cereal card wall that will be lined with milliput to create the stone wall effect.

so it begins.... again!

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Spent some time this evening mocking up a spiral stair case, should be simple but it makes my poor tiny brain hurt 🙁

Getting the right amount of rise based on the material thickness is weirdly tricky (for me anyway, im sure theres someone out there that will say “yeah, you just do it like this…”)

The cardboard im using here is the same thickness as the pink foam I’ll be using to create the proper staircase so gives me a good idea how to proceed

The stair case rises 70mm around 195 degrees, makes for a steep staircase but I'll cut some recesses into the real one so that the bases of minis will be able to be stood on the stairs.The stair case rises 70mm around 195 degrees, makes for a steep staircase but I'll cut some recesses into the real one so that the bases of minis will be able to be stood on the stairs.

So, thoughts so far?

Man, I blow at drawing...

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So the basic idea is that we have a large house, with a tower, each level is going to be playable therefore it needs to come apart, dont worry its not to scale, or given my previous attempts, likely to be very accurate.lets see shall we....So the basic idea is that we have a large house, with a tower, each level is going to be playable therefore it needs to come apart, dont worry its not to scale, or given my previous attempts, likely to be very accurate.lets see shall we....

erm....

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I’ve had an idea…

 

It involves Mantics Wizards study and Library terrain crate bits and of course Cardboard, coffee stirrers, glue, CDs, Pink foam, more cardboard and looks of a certain disapproving type from the wife…..

 

Now lets see if I can get it from an idea floating in my head onto the table…

Oh blimey am I tired...

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Cor blimey but its been a long weekend, Im not sure if it got any attention anywhere but there was a small provincial show onn 06/04/19, there was barely anyone coming through the door and very few traders… Wait, that was the nightmare on friday night… 😀

So Salute has been and gone for another 12 months, its taken till now, the following monday for my voice to recover, between the running of games and talking to everyone who came along and said hello, I must have used up 6 months worth of talking credits.

So if you stopped by the table and said hello, thankyou so much and if you said nice things thank you again.

 

If I missed you during my infrequent attempts to try and get to stalls to actually buy something then Im sorry I missed you @brennon that includes you!

 

onto the pictures, I didnt get many as I tended to be chatting too much, some were taken by a good friend, so if its in focus and looks good its one of his 😀

While not B&B related, I also provided terrain for another game on the day, Wild in the Streets by Slow Death Games. Here is the only shot I have of it in action.While not B&B related, I also provided terrain for another game on the day, Wild in the Streets by Slow Death Games. Here is the only shot I have of it in action.

All in all, I had a blast. It was great to meet lots of new people and share what I think is a great game with them. Everyone who played seemed to really enjoy it and I hope that all who saw the table liked what I’d done.

 

So onto planning for next year……

Allo Allo Allo!

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Whats all this then?

So the Watch house/ Armoury is complete, at last, this one seems to have taken an age….

 

so whatcha think?

Full frontalFull frontal
Nutkin checks the lockNutkin checks the lock
Cpl Mole checks the cell doorCpl Mole checks the cell door
A deadly feline heads for the snipers view pointA deadly feline heads for the snipers view point
hmmm, it doesnt smell so good up here to a well born lady!hmmm, it doesnt smell so good up here to a well born lady!
Nutkin and Shaltari face offNutkin and Shaltari face off

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