tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192530324588247864.post7470071617101068321..comments2024-03-28T22:06:53.295-07:00Comments on A Terrible Loss of Lead and Wealth : The McPherson's Ridge Project (part 1: The Plan)Stewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00340930167419307092noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192530324588247864.post-4195293755117463322023-05-28T19:24:08.810-07:002023-05-28T19:24:08.810-07:00Thanks SD. Yes they are and yes it is. 😀Thanks SD. Yes they are and yes it is. 😀Stewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340930167419307092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192530324588247864.post-51341728031225197652023-05-28T18:51:59.977-07:002023-05-28T18:51:59.977-07:00Hills are always acceptable to see on a hobby blog...Hills are always acceptable to see on a hobby blog! Good luck with the ACW (which is indeed, the best CW). The Space Dinosaurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18394842759815296140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192530324588247864.post-21347098056936389892023-05-26T20:19:06.469-07:002023-05-26T20:19:06.469-07:00Thanks Jeff. I think stuff like adding in a bunch...Thanks Jeff. I think stuff like adding in a bunch of variations is great for hills set for 28mm skirmishes. But these are for 15mm mass battles and really just need to designate aspects of a large battlefield so can be somewhat plain. <br />We’ll talk commission after the project is done. 😀Stewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340930167419307092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192530324588247864.post-72711261257815455332023-05-26T19:06:25.170-07:002023-05-26T19:06:25.170-07:00I'd rather paint 200 minis than work on terrai...I'd rather paint 200 minis than work on terrain or just about anyway! The hills look great so far. I would recommend slapping another layer of shaped foam on top in random shapes to make it look even more realistic (and like there is variations in the height but it would take more work and more checking to make sure minis can stand up on it. I mounted all my hills on MDF as well but that will be tough with the size and shapes you're going for here. Other than that, I think you're already on the right track and well on your way. If you enjoy this, maybe I'll commission you to make terrain for me ;)Kuribohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14142002129545901040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192530324588247864.post-18659659863732301902023-05-26T09:25:37.160-07:002023-05-26T09:25:37.160-07:00That will work as well, as the paint will help sea...That will work as well, as the paint will help seal the sand in as wellDave Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13398737478468720431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192530324588247864.post-9964927289799371632023-05-26T05:50:31.648-07:002023-05-26T05:50:31.648-07:00Thanks Mark. 😀Thanks Mark. 😀Stewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340930167419307092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192530324588247864.post-91115906759653317762023-05-25T15:51:48.724-07:002023-05-25T15:51:48.724-07:00That's a catchy tune Stew...I played it on the...That's a catchy tune Stew...I played it on the spoons and coconut shells - it helps to drown out my appalling singing. Nice hills too.Mark Strachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05988775093525037168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192530324588247864.post-82543062043496932002023-05-25T06:25:42.672-07:002023-05-25T06:25:42.672-07:00Thanks Dave. I appreciate the tip. I’ve already ...Thanks Dave. I appreciate the tip. I’ve already covered the surface with glue and sandy stuff. I was thinking of painting all of that and then adding the flock. 😀Stewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340930167419307092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192530324588247864.post-83765610958760658362023-05-25T06:19:05.741-07:002023-05-25T06:19:05.741-07:00Lol Kieth, you know me too well. I would work re...Lol Kieth, you know me too well. I would work really hard to avoid doing any real work. 😀Stewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340930167419307092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192530324588247864.post-18392316771564832282023-05-25T05:35:45.913-07:002023-05-25T05:35:45.913-07:00Off to a great start Stewart, and you look to be d...Off to a great start Stewart, and you look to be doing well with working with the foam, a useful tip before flocking is to do a sealing layer of watered down PVA (about 60 % PVA to water) as this will fill any small imperfections and also give the flock and PVA somewhere to key to properly. Happy to answer any questions on working with foam. As for the 200 models painted, that is a damn good number for a year.Dave Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13398737478468720431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192530324588247864.post-12187695074924188632023-05-25T03:48:49.484-07:002023-05-25T03:48:49.484-07:00Any excuse to avoid the real work of PAINTING FIGU...Any excuse to avoid the real work of PAINTING FIGURES, eh Stew? I am not smirking, there is nothing funny about it! Cant offer any advice on hills - all our groups are huge lumps of polystyrene shaped by whoever (Mark S probably) in a similar manner to how yours look and generally placed under some old carpet underlay that is then covered by the home-produced gaming cloth. For my mini 2 x 2 solo table, I have just stuck the odd book or two under my cloth, if I wanted a small hill - it seems to work okrrosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07316317334203888350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192530324588247864.post-86837985834808361112023-05-24T15:42:29.365-07:002023-05-24T15:42:29.365-07:00Lol thanks Ben. Yes several blogs have had some g...Lol thanks Ben. Yes several blogs have had some great pics of Partizan. Those guys have all the fun. 😀Stewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340930167419307092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192530324588247864.post-19066510348408257332023-05-24T09:52:03.697-07:002023-05-24T09:52:03.697-07:00Thanks Lawrence. I've used both methods but f...Thanks Lawrence. I've used both methods but for this I'll try 'on top of" at first as I thik the railroad cut is gonna need some special treatment. <br /><br />This teddy bear fur thing seems to be taking off. I'll have to look into it. 😀Stewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340930167419307092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192530324588247864.post-61183689461480753952023-05-24T09:49:37.127-07:002023-05-24T09:49:37.127-07:00thanks Steve, I do think that some nice looking h...thanks Steve, I do think that some nice looking hills in top of the game table still provide immersion and also help the game play determinations as you say. <br />I had to look up what a Surform was. that's an idea. That way I could do it in the late evenings as I do most of my hobby times. 😀Stewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340930167419307092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192530324588247864.post-5522459725274339732023-05-24T09:47:07.339-07:002023-05-24T09:47:07.339-07:00
think how often my wife must smirk at me. 😀
You...<br />think how often my wife must smirk at me. 😀<br /><br />Your right that hills make more sense with a smaller scale and, I think, a big table. But yes the ground to miniature scale of our games is always out of whack. Still I like some hills on the table just to add some visual aspects. But also in a case like this; to represent a well know land feature. 😀Stewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340930167419307092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192530324588247864.post-83175288367476048482023-05-23T20:13:45.778-07:002023-05-23T20:13:45.778-07:00Hi Stew, above is Ben Cato, sorry I have got a new...Hi Stew, above is Ben Cato, sorry I have got a new computer and forgot to sign in.<br /><br />Also, https://tomstoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2023/05/partizan-pictures.html?lr=1 has some photos of the ACW (Best CW) in his report on Partizan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192530324588247864.post-83829381166234236422023-05-23T20:03:16.040-07:002023-05-23T20:03:16.040-07:00The hills are alive to the sound of music - or at ...The hills are alive to the sound of music - or at least ditties about civil wars! <br />I can just imagine a Julie Andrews look alike dancing down your hills singing your civil war song being chased by two handsome officers, one in blue and one in grey. I am sure Netflix would be interested 😊<br />A great start with the hills and the plan for the battlefield looks fantastic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192530324588247864.post-25253187137896489292023-05-23T19:43:54.948-07:002023-05-23T19:43:54.948-07:00Well lucky for me I ONLY get hobby time late at ni...Well lucky for me I ONLY get hobby time late at night when everyone else in bed and I’m unsupervised. 😀Stewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340930167419307092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192530324588247864.post-40939800170666556572023-05-23T12:46:35.513-07:002023-05-23T12:46:35.513-07:00They look like the perfect shape for hills Stew. a...They look like the perfect shape for hills Stew. and the figures look happy on the edges which is an accomplishment in itself. I used to be a hill under the cloth guy, but now am very much an on top of the cloth person, unless using a teddy bear fur mat as Matt suggests. A couple of hundred figures this year is a good effort. I enjoy painting as an end in itself, unless I have gone too large with a project and then it becomes a bit of slog. Lawrence Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11626386564817082992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192530324588247864.post-1677567560297913872023-05-23T11:29:25.606-07:002023-05-23T11:29:25.606-07:00The eternal conundrum of aesthetics over game play...The eternal conundrum of aesthetics over game play. Personally I go for a half way house of foam hills with gentle slopes, flocked as per the rest of my terrain. It then makes it very easy to determine if a unit is on the hill, behind a crest, etc.<br /><br />I use a Surform to shape the edges, which still creates 'dust' (or granular bits really) but creates no noise but you still have to use it outside, as that 'dust' is not good at all. I then paint the foam a dark brown before flocking, sometimes mixing in the paint with the pva glue too.<br /><br />I certainly look forward to the next instalment:).Steve J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12143308117853983963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192530324588247864.post-52185776139280428802023-05-23T11:02:48.703-07:002023-05-23T11:02:48.703-07:00You always induce smirks Stew, whether in general ...You always induce smirks Stew, whether in general or due to your witty posts. <br /><br />Hills are an interesting aspect in wargaming. A lot of the time, the scale just seems so far off to be at all realistic unless one is playing at such a small scale for them to look "right" on a table. Even the smallest of hills would take up the entire 6x4 and more of a game table in real life, so I stopped making them altogether. <br />At 15/18mm though? Might look more believable? I look forward to seeing how you get on with these. <br /><br />Interestingly enough (For me at least), I've been playing with the idea of making some sort of rocky hills or elevations for my Winter table to try to represent the Very north of Greece circa 1940 to match up with my WW2 Greeks. But as I work so slowly as it is on just painting miniatures in the first place I doubt that will ever come to fruition!Daihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192530324588247864.post-59790485513551525492023-05-23T10:54:27.978-07:002023-05-23T10:54:27.978-07:00Yeah, if my wife caught me hacking away at foam wi...Yeah, if my wife caught me hacking away at foam with one of our Cutco knives I think I'd be summarily both divorced and castrated. I ended up buying a specialised foam carver/hot knife for future projects so I can keep my manhood and marriage intact.Daihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192530324588247864.post-5503205308711811802023-05-23T08:33:29.254-07:002023-05-23T08:33:29.254-07:00Thanks Iain. It's a set up or course, because...Thanks Iain. It's a set up or course, because the writing is smirk inducing. 😀Stewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340930167419307092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192530324588247864.post-77987532684868373272023-05-23T08:29:27.901-07:002023-05-23T08:29:27.901-07:00Thanks Pan. That's a lot of flattery, and fla...Thanks Pan. That's a lot of flattery, and flattery will get you everything.<br />The scenario map wasn't hard to find as I've had the book for years and years. More will certainly come. 😀Stewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340930167419307092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192530324588247864.post-4649267442590922592023-05-23T08:26:10.826-07:002023-05-23T08:26:10.826-07:00Thanks Mark. My ACW (the best CW) miniatures are ...Thanks Mark. My ACW (the best CW) miniatures are in 15/18mm which is as small as I've gone, but enjoyed games with 10mm. Actually if I had the resources / time I would have 15/18mm for Regimental games and 10mm for Brigade level games. <br />Pretty sure it was the ancients period where everyone fought on a flat plain. 😀Stewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340930167419307092noreply@blogger.com