Sunday 25 October 2015

The chink in the wall

Mostly I have been painting things I cannot talk about. Today for example I will photograph the finished model for Secret Santa and send some Pics to Chris (Blog link) who is running it. To be honest the figure has come out very well and a long as he says so I will put it away for a month and then send it out. So Obviously I cannot talk about that.

I am also painting up some Cavalry for Peter in the wargames club, but they had  been painted at least 3 times BEFORE I even saw them, They are also not the best castings and Peter told me they were the wrong figures historically (they are Tartars I think and not Turkish Cavalry.... which meant a whole waste of research)  so getting them right has been a pain. I could talk about them, but my comments would not be positive so I choose not to.

So Instead here are some improvised walls for Frostgrave.  Yes they are the wrong size, but they do look the part so I will let that slide. They are only 4 inches wide and not 6" But I had the 2mm mdf bases already pre-cut. They are also 4" tall and not 3" but I just do not care, they will do and loot the part and mostly the gaps between terrain are not as wide as 6 inches so putting one in place will serve that purpose.  You can see they are carved polystyrene painted with a couple of coats of white emulsion and given a blue low-light just to make them look cold. Or at least colder. Quick easy and effective even if not exactly the right size. But to my mind they will do good enough for now.

Right back to painting these tartars and dreaming of starting a new project.....

All the best for now Clint

26 comments:

  1. They certainly look spot on, suitably frosty in my humble opinion.

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    1. Thank you Michael. They will do for me! No need to be more precise.

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    1. Thanks Fran. If I was to have my life over again I would love to train to be a stone mason. There is something very precise about knowing if you chip a bit of stone off it will take millions of years to put it back!

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  3. Nicely done sir. :)

    Simple and effective = good stuff! :)

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  4. Nowt wrong with them to my eye. I'll need to make some Frostgrave terrain myself soon, so I'll probably copy your design in fact :)

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    1. Thank you Roy. I just used scraps I had lying around and would have made them differently if I had different things available. But most importantly the Secret Santa figure is now painted and boxed ready for dispatch in 35 days time.

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  5. Lovely glacial walls Clint! Even if you're playing fast and loose with the size.

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    1. Cheers Bob. I will have to wait and see what they play like. I may have to change them and mike them bigger.

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  6. Your walls certainly look the part, Clint. I'd be happy with them.

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    1. Thank you Bryan. I am happy with them at the moment but the true test has yet to come.

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  7. They look cool to me Clint and rather neat too

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    1. Thank you Pete. They should work for what I want.

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  8. They look just right to me! What's an inch or tow anyway? Very nice work Clint.

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    1. Thanks Robert. an inch here or there....well some wargamers are very picky! Very Picky indeed.

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  9. I do like me a bit of terrain - nicely done, Clint!

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    1. Thanks Evan. Terrain does add quite a lot to a game.

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  10. Very nice Clint, fancy earning a few sheckles??? I need a new wall at the front of my house???

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    1. Thanks Ray. I always fancy a few more sheckles we can of course discuss your walling needs but a builder I am not!

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  11. They'll do, won't they :-) . "Fit for purpose" is the best definition of quality.

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    1. Thanks C6. Yeah they will do. Until we all want to cast loads of walls that is then we are in trouble as I only had enough bases for 3!

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    1. Thanks Joe. I just have to remember to take them when we play frostgrave now!

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    2. And don't forget your camera too - just saying

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    3. Thanks Joe that really is my specialty, forgetting the camera.

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