And just in time to. I had a month to do it, and I did. It's hard being this awesome at wargaming. Too bad the awesomeness doesn't translate into other areas of life.
(and in truth I'm not that awesome at wargaming either but don't tell anyone)
Quar House Finished
Taddaa! With Quar figures included for scale this time.
and there it is.
And while I like it, I don't love it. it's kinda like soup. Even if it's a good soup, no one is ever excited about having soup for dinner.
It's too big for one thing, but I think I could overlook that in the long run. But there's something about the walls that I don't like. I think I missed a step. Maybe I should of added sand to the filler for more texture on the walls. I definately messed up on the parts where the brinks are supposed to be showing through the stucco, as those parts just look dumb. bricks are too big as well.
I like the way the roof and the ramp look though. And as those are the main features that's good enough.
I don't mean to sound negative, it's not that bad. Just a little disappointing because I wanted to love it. But sometimes you get soup instead of pizza.
I walked away to attend to something and when I came back I found my youngest son playing with it...
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| at least he liked it. |
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| I told him to play carefully as daddy's toys were fragile. He only broke one of the miniatures. |
Maybe I'll like the house more when I see it on the terrain boards surrounded by other stuff.
I did learn some stuff by doing it and now am posed on the precipice for some real well made terrain next time.
But there is Dave Stone terrain challenge done with extra credit to boot (as seen in last post, but I'll put a pic here to make life easy for Dave...
Lord knows Dave deserves some ease. Best wishes Dave.
Pacificon
This weekend I'm off to Pacificon in the Bay Area to put on some Quar games. It's kinda nice having the house project done so this week I can focus on printing out the QRSes for the games and play Minecraft.
Thanks for Reading.
Double thanks for writing a comment.
till next time.
Ha! Looking great sir!
ReplyDeletethanks Michal. 😁
DeleteWow, it is BIG, Stew....I had not realised how big till I saw in next to your son...if he got on his hands and knees, he could probably get inside!!
ReplyDeleteBut as someone said in a previous comment, maybe the Quar build all their buildings on a heroic scale?
thanks Kieth. that's what she said....
Delete😁😆
Perhaps it's a manor house (do Quar have manor houses?).
ReplyDeleteIf you really hate it, use it as a learning exercise and sell it or give it away when (if) you replace it.
Neil
thanks Neil. I guess I can call it a Plantation house. I don't really HATE it, just not like it as much as I wanted to. it'll be fine. 😆
DeleteIt looks fine to me, remember every scratch build is a learning curve
ReplyDeleteThanks Neil. As my first scratch building is was a big learning curve. I guess it's a victory that I made it in the first place. 😁
DeleteLooks great! Enough with the negative waves Moriaty! Probably misquoted Kelly's Heroes but you get the idea, it's certainly good enough, it's big but that's fine as long as you have some smaller ones? Nice your son wants to play with it, now all you have to do is teach him to cut and fit coffee stirrers and voilà, child labour!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
+1 to Iain! You’re too hard on yourself. Take what you learned from this prototype and try again.
DeleteThanks Iain and Jonathan. I was perhaps a bit more negative than justifiably. I'll have to make the smaller ones. But a whole village might be in the works. 😁
DeleteA good idea putting your son next to it for scale as it helps show what a substantial piece it is. I think it looks great and will look terrific an a table next to the rest of your Quar terrain.
ReplyDeletethanks Lawrence. That's the hope that it'll look good on the table next to everything else. 😁
DeleteNice work Stew. I wouldn't worry about size as we wargamers often under appreciate the true size of buildings. Also I presume that Quars have some form of communal living so this could be a Quar condo or barracks.
ReplyDeletethanks Mark. I suppose that's true, it's actually closer to accurate scale and we're just used to 28mm scale. Might not look out of place all things considered. I'll just call it a plantation house. 😁
DeleteIt's an impressive piece! I like the bright blue of the roof and that ramp is absolutely ace.
ReplyDeletethanks Bill. Glad you like it. 😁
DeleteIt’s passed the ‘kid test’ so all good. Enjoy Pacificon.
ReplyDeleteThanks Norm. It did indeed. Though I've seen this kid pay with silverware. 😁
DeleteLike all terrain, it looks even better when painted and the turquoise ruff looks even better than the pink one. It will definitely look more at home on the wargame table (oh goodness, that was a ripper, eh?).
ReplyDeleteA grand house for your grand figures and look, you are getting son away from evil, mind-numbing, depression-leading computer games and into the peaceful joy and creativity of miniatures. Double win and more super dad points, that you were not even trying to get.
I particularly like the monument to the Quar god. I realised that it was just a bit of a joke/fun, but it looks so good and is functional too—as both a cup holder and a token repository.
Marvellous all round, I'd say.
Best wishes, James
thanks James. to be precise it's not actually a quar god but more like an Ghangis Khan / Alexander the Great figure from ancient times. but yeah, out of the two items I think I like that one better too. 😁
DeleteIt looks great Stew! It is an alien Quar building and it can be as big or small as you want.
ReplyDeleteI imagine it as a Quar Inn, where the Quar walk up the steps at the front and get rolled down the ramp at the back when they are drunk and have spent all their pay. 😁
Or it might even be a Quar house of ill repute 😮for lonely Quar.
Have lots of fun at the Con.
thanks Ben. I think I'll call it a plantation house as that sounds like it should be big. 😁
DeleteThe house looks fine to me--when I focus on any single piece, be it a mini or terrain by itself (the few that I've done of the latter), I can pick it apart. But it's the collective look of everything together on the table that matters, and in that regard, things do come across differently. And having a good QRS for the players might well be more important than any minor "flaws" that bits on the table might have: so your trajectory seems right for the upcoming convention!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ed. I think the house looks fine too. I was probably too negative in my tone, I do like it but I just wanted to like it more. perhaps you're right, after some time off and some context I'll like it better. 😁
Deleteglad you're a fan of a good QRS too. I good QRS is on thick paper no more than double sided.
Well you might not like it yet Stew, but given these are early days, it still looks pretty damned good! Getting the size of the building and for it to look right is always tricky, but I've found going a scale down works well for my 10mm games, so 6mm buildings in this case. As for the stucco, maybe more Polyfilla (Spackle for you?) mixed with the glue to give it more body and therefore texture? Of course very find sand could be added too.
ReplyDeletethanks Steve. Yes, the next building will be smaller. And I'm definitely gonna try adding something to the spackle for next time. 😁
DeleteI think it looks great! Yes, big, but maybe it is a plantation house as you say, or a granary or something. Being a granary allows for it to be an objective as well. (and one you don't want to just blast apart at that)
ReplyDeleteEnjoy Pacificon matey.
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