WRITTEN ON December 29th, 2009 BY jimbeau AND STORED IN Uncategorized

Check this page out: (it’s linked at the top left, bt whatever)

http://tablegamer.com/?page_id=109

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WRITTEN ON August 21st, 2009 BY jimbeau AND STORED IN Uncategorized

makig sushi is’nt terribly difficult, once you get the hang of it.  However, it’s kind of like making deviled eggs, or roasting a pig, once you figure it out, you realize: hey, that’s why I pay the man to do this in the restaurant.

pics:

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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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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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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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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!

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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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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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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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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

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