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WRITTEN ON January 31st, 2009 BY jimbeau AND STORED IN Miniatures

I got tons (ok, pounds) of minis and still nothing finished painting, but I promise I will finish painting the APC/leader tanks/Ebay fodder.

I really do.

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Speed up with “Gears”?

WRITTEN ON January 3rd, 2009 BY jimbeau AND STORED IN Family

This is a test of the Gears thing… maybe it will work?

I think it did speed up a little, we’ll have to see.

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Plasteroids

WRITTEN ON January 3rd, 2009 BY jimbeau AND STORED IN For Sale, Miniatures

Okay, I’ve done it! I’ve created a low-cost alternative to asteroid markers, rock outcroppings and terrain…

These are $2.50 each, or 4 for $8.00

They are made from high quality dental plaster and have myriads of gaming uses.

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For Sale! 1:72 WWI Fighters or Trade for 15mm Sci-Fi

WRITTEN ON January 1st, 2009 BY jimbeau AND STORED IN Miniatures

The deal is done!

I got three platoons of combat wombat med grav tanks in trade.

Combat Wombat Medium Grav Tank

Combat Wombat Medium ATGM Grav Tank

Combat Wombat Medium SLAM Grav Tank

I have the following models available for trade or sale.

I’ll take $60 for all the planes or equiv. in trade for Sci Fi 15mm Tanks.

I’ll throw in a copy of Aces at Dawn, my WWI fighter combat game and 2 sets of cards for free!

: Combat Wombat Medium Grav Tank

: Combat Wombat Medium ATGM Grav Tank

: Combat Wombat Medium SLAM Grav Tank

: Fokker DVII

: Spad XIII

: Albatross DII

: Bristol F2B

: Pfalz DIII

: Fokker F1

: Albatross W4

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More pics of Modular Terrain Board

WRITTEN ON December 31st, 2008 BY jimbeau AND STORED IN Miniatures

Here it it all finished-like.

the whole board from a different angle

Wall Detail

Part of the Graveyard

More Wall Detail

That’s all I got from the project. Hopefully we’ll be able to use this board for multiple games.

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Spaceship!

WRITTEN ON December 30th, 2008 BY jimbeau AND STORED IN Miniatures

This is a pic of a Ninja Magic Space Ship I painted for Starmada. I’m pretty proud of the whole fleet.

Ninja Magic Ship

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Modular Terrain Board — In Progress

WRITTEN ON December 29th, 2008 BY jimbeau AND STORED IN Miniatures

In this post, I promised I’d submit an update with how it was done.

Well, here it is.

The Board

We had an idea for a game in a cemetery and needed each side to be nearly exactly the same, so I planned! I drew out the plans for the cemetery in illustrator and printed it life sized (without the green background)

I then cut out the individual squares so I could see what was on each one.

Modular Terrain Board Plan

First step, cut squares from plywood. I thought the plywood would be better than hardboard because it might not warp as badly later. I was right, but the plywood still warped.

The square of plywood

Then, I primed it with random spray paint colors I had in the garage. I did this because I did not want to have to paint the whole thing and I knew that theflock wouldn’t cover everything perfectly.

Primed Squares

Then cover the square with PVA glue. This part can be messy and takes a LOT of glue.

Starting to spread the PVA

The PVA is spread

Notice that I udes a large piece of cardboad to spread the PVA. I did manage to use only one piece of cardboard the entire time. It got really funky by the end because I did this over the course of several weeks.

Complete the base with a healthy layer of flock and let stand for a least a day.

Lots of Flock

I’ll have to go back now and paint the edges to make them blend better. but this took forever to dry. After the gue was dry, I noticed many of the board had a slight to moderate warp to them. I used a wet sponge on the back to try to straighten out the warp from the other side, and that did okay. After all was complete with each piece, I sprayed it with matte finish to hopefully keep the flock on the wood. This part was very successful.

Next: the terrain

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Merry Christmas and Painted Miniatures!

WRITTEN ON December 27th, 2008 BY jimbeau AND STORED IN Miniatures

I have the APCs painted from GZG and the dudes are primered and waiting for my loving brush.

Pictures will be delivered when I finish the company.

Plans include a couple of platoons of wheeled MBTs from GZG and a platoon of “support walkers” which will be kitted out like heavy tanks but be less durable.

piccies to come soonish