Welcome to this months news & its a bit of a strange one I think as while I've not done much hobby wise I have a bit to waffle about, you've been warned :)
So where to start ? I guess out of the shoebox & on to the breadboard is as good a place as any, now as most of you know I've built a couple of what I call sets in a shoebox & I've even started work on a 3rd one, but what will be news to you guys will be what I'm calling a set on a breadboard.
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| The breadboard size 3"x2" apox |
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| This is the first one & as you can see I filled in the underside using insulation form, this stiffens the board up & also allows you to cut into the board if required. |
Now these are a bit of a u-turn for me as for a long time I tried to make the stuff I did be flexible & that was important for me when starting up N&D as I didn't have much stuff & I use to make a lot of movies but over time things change, now days I don't make as many movie's but I want to try & up the standard of those I do make, so its a trade off between quality & flexibility.
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| Unlike the one above I didn't fill the underside in completely as I want to have a waterfront, so this one will be used with the form side up which I then covered using formcard |
Let me explain what that means, most games are played out on a gaming-mat/board with the terrain placed on it, this gives great flexibility as things can be changed around from game to game, then you have what is called modular tables, these give you better quality but no real flexibility but as I don't play many games these days that's not a problem & I still always have the gaming-mat way.
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| The parts not cobbledstoned will be where the buildings will be. |
I've already completed my first breadboard set which I hit upon in last months news but didn't give much away but will be seen in the second next episode of the HEX campaign, now why a breadboard & not just a piece of MDF Frank ? good question, there are a couple of reasons for this that I'll explain at another time.
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| My first go at brick work. |
Right the the pictures you seen of these are from both sets at different times but the basic starting points are the same as to how I do these, also a first for me is the use of formcard as before this for building I always used cork-tiles which I find to be more robust but are not great for getting detail on which formcard is great for, but as these building will be made into the set the robustness will not be a problem (I hope).
Outsourcing, another first as I've decided to outsource the costume & make-up department (fancy that Ivor :) as its the part of the hobby I find the least interesting tbh & with so much other stuff to be done I know I'll just never get through the lead pile, so the first set of stars have been sent off & I'll do a post upon their return.
Finds in the petstore or just going nuts ? I picked up these in the petstore, their coconuts shells & I think will make nice huts, I also came across these wicker things that I think could also be turned into some kind of huts with maybe a moss type covering, if any of you guys have any ideas as to what to cover them with please let my know in the comments.
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| I've got a lovely bunch of coco huts :) |
In other news A invite form a Vampire, sounds like a movie title doesn't it ? now in the last post I was shocked & a bit bemused to find in the comments an invite to become a Vampire, when looking into this I found that it was on a couple of posts & not only that but was also on a lot of you guys blogs, now while I'm sure been a Vampire is wonderful I'm having way to much fun been a Werewolf to take up the invite but if any of you guys did take up the offer I'd be interested to know how your getting on with it.
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| Mrs O D & me in our wolf forms :) |
Well that it for this months news so its a blood sucking goodnight from him & a howling goodnight from him :) as always my thanks for dropping in & if you'd care to leave a comment it would be welcomed.
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