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- Hero
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Hm. I would assume you play some other wargame, such as Warhammer/ 40k? Cause Flocking is pretty common in those.DaCoda wrote:Thanks. I'm actually sad that my next project won't need any flocking. It's such a nice and easily achieved effect.
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"And the angels of darkness descended upon pinions of fire and light...the great and terrible dark angels."
Nope. My love of terrain is independent of any one game. I just love creating it. The challenge of making something that is artistic, but also strategically fun, and usable in a game is always enjoyable. I found wargames through HeroScape, which is like wargamming's boneriffic brother. I then found the Clix games which are only marginally better. Found the hardcore ones Games Workshop, Crockodile Games, and Privateer Press, then started doing stuff and talking on Terragenesis.co.uk. There is a thread there about these as well. I do like flocking. rarely get to though. I don't have the storage for a lot of stuff. That's why I do lego. My brothers make for good accomplices on the storage part. Plus it's a good bonding thing. My next project are foamcore buildings that work with lego. Foamcore is the thickness of a one stud. So I say why not make walls from it and use a lot less one by fours. Not very easy for breaking, but much prettier when I'm done, and it allows me to do entire cities with minimal cost. I'm sure it's a Lego Sin, which I seem to commit on a regular bases lately, but it's cost effective way to make very strategic and fun fields. Plus it will all be stud friendly using lots of base plates as roofs, and gluing the buldings to a single layer of one by four so that after it's all spackled and painted it looks like a wall of them with holes on the bottom. It will make more sense when I post concept sketches.
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- Hero
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Sounds cool, I look forward to seeing it. I might have to start painting my old megabloks, nobody in my house uses them.DaCoda wrote:Nope. My love of terrain is independent of any one game. I just love creating it. The challenge of making something that is artistic, but also strategically fun, and usable in a game is always enjoyable. I found wargames through HeroScape, which is like wargamming's boneriffic brother. I then found the Clix games which are only marginally better. Found the hardcore ones Games Workshop, Crockodile Games, and Privateer Press, then started doing stuff and talking on Terragenesis.co.uk. There is a thread there about these as well. I do like flocking. rarely get to though. I don't have the storage for a lot of stuff. That's why I do lego. My brothers make for good accomplices on the storage part. Plus it's a good bonding thing. My next project are foamcore buildings that work with lego. Foamcore is the thickness of a one stud. So I say why not make walls from it and use a lot less one by fours. Not very easy for breaking, but much prettier when I'm done, and it allows me to do entire cities with minimal cost. I'm sure it's a Lego Sin, which I seem to commit on a regular bases lately, but it's cost effective way to make very strategic and fun fields. Plus it will all be stud friendly using lots of base plates as roofs, and gluing the buldings to a single layer of one by four so that after it's all spackled and painted it looks like a wall of them with holes on the bottom. It will make more sense when I post concept sketches.
Do you dare doubt the possibility?!
Yeah, and be sure to share. I'm planning a simple short article on tips to making more artistic terrain and keeping it stud friendly. I plan to share it at Terragenesis, but I can post it here as well. I'll be planning a simple layout soon to show how it's all done. I get paid on Friday. I'll start then.
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- Hero
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- Hero
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