The forces of Free Norway (my VSF project) (I can't stop! Update 12-27-12)

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[Sinewgrab]

I built a 'nef and you built a fleet! 

 

Don't start up with your false modesty - your Egyptians are exquisite.

[Ray Rivers]

My poor Egyptians... their landship still languishes in the build phase... 

[Sinewgrab]

And one more bit of terrain.  This started from my bitching that I had this old Star Wars kit I got in a trade (from White Knight, I think, actually) that should be able to be used, but I didn't want to build walls for it, as it was a playset style Cantina.  My wife made the comment, "then put a tent over it"...

And the idea for an open-air bar/gathering place was born.  With lowerable curtains (not really, I am lazier than that) for those pesky dust storms...









And yeah, I spent all of my time indoors playing with toys this weekend - yard work be hanged!

[Bullshott]

Brilliant. Great idea to use ticking for the canopy - I might have to steal borrow that idea, since I have some suitable material somewhere.

[Malamute]

A Great idea, its looking good

[Dr. The Viking]

Wow!

What a brilliant idea with a tent and all. Never had thought of that.

[Sinewgrab]

And a few more civilians.  I ran a game last night, and realized I didn't have enough townsfolk painted for a whole town, so I painted these up before we ran the second game today.




Mostly just kids, but they were all half finished, and required just some detailing to finish, so I got to it.  Then I did their mother, and caught hell for it when she came charging out of a house with her family sword, and killed 2 Tusken before leading her kids to the other townsfolk.




My friend tells me I'll come up with anything to justify figures I like in my army.  Of course, she and 2 hobbits are all I have left from my LOTR collection - sold the rest to someone who plays the game.

[Mason]

I love what you have done with the Cantina!
 

That is a cracking idea, and it really works.
If you had just written about it without the pictures, I would have been seriously sceptical about it.

Nice to see that set with some 28s as well.
I thought it would be too small, but it works just fine.

[The_Beast]

Missed the 'cantina' earlier; you know, you could cause a run on the few found on eBay, that way. 

Not sure I understand about the canvas. Is that seatback stuff, or...?

Lady with the sword brought me up short, I must say. "That's Otto, that is!" before I'd even got to the final comment. Not all of the LotR figs, and more than a few of the paint jobs, have me wondering 'who is that?' No doubt there.

After years of hillsides crashing to reveal a cave from whence herds of dinos, including curious mixtures of herb-ies and carn-ies, has left me to awe in the simplicity and rightness of 'lass runs out wielding her great-great-etc.-grand-dads' broadsword'. 

Now, felling two of the blighters DOES seem a bit of artistic license; I have noticed lasses tend to do rather well in our games as well. One wonders...

Doug

[Sinewgrab]

Missed the 'cantina' earlier; you know, you could cause a run on the few found on eBay, that way. 

Not sure I understand about the canvas. Is that seatback stuff, or...?

Lady with the sword brought me up short, I must say. "That's Otto, that is!" before I'd even got to the final comment. Not all of the LotR figs, and more than a few of the paint jobs, have me wondering 'who is that?' No doubt there.

After years of hillsides crashing to reveal a cave from whence herds of dinos, including curious mixtures of herb-ies and carn-ies, has left me to awe in the simplicity and rightness of 'lass runs out wielding her great-great-etc.-grand-dads' broadsword'. 

Now, felling two of the blighters DOES seem a bit of artistic license; I have noticed lasses tend to do rather well in our games as well. One wonders...

Doug

Hey, they missed, she didn't...simple as that.  As the simplicity of her dress makes her usable in so much more than fantasy alone - and the sculpt is very on.  The LOTR line from GW was exquisitely done - I bought most of the first run of figures, and then found the game left me cold, and so I lost interest in painting them.  No matter - they are going to good home.  And my pal is correct, I will jump hoops to justify a figure I like in my VSF armies.

The material I used is a heavy cotton that my wife had left over from a corset that she made for one of her steampunk costumes.  It will probably show up a few more times, as I am considering actually making a small riverboat for my Norwegians and such, but having the canvas covers interchangeable depending on who is using the boat, so that I don't have to build one for each faction.

[Sinewgrab]

And another piece of terrain.  This was a birdhouse I found at a Michaels in my area, and while the doors and windows were WAYYY off scale, I didn't feel like taking the time to change that...so I just made up an excuse.



It is a good scale for a 2-3 story building, but significantly larger than the majority of my other terrain pieces.  Covering the bird hole with a clock was actually my wife's idea (another reason I love the woman).




And this, of course is why the door is so large - as the sign says, greens are welcome here!
(and if I mangled the Norwegian, blame babelfish, not me!)



The door has to be tall enough to let them in, y'know?

[The_Beast]

Too long without comment, I fear. Sorry about that.

I will say I was surprised you took the house, but shouldn't be that it worked even as well as it does. Too-tall customers DO explain a multitude of sins.

And I thought JUST the rocketship bird house was usable. Well, the castle towers have possibilities, if you don't use based fellows. The parapet walkway is damn skinny.

Doug

[aggro84]

The door has to be tall enough to let them in, y'know?

  

Very cool. Good use of the birdhouse terrain. 

[Sinewgrab]

Thanks - I bought it not having a model in my pocket (which I actually do make a habit of doing - usually an unpainted 28mm GW something) and was pretty sure it was oversized, but it was on sale for 50% off, and I'll take the chance for $3.

[The_Beast]

"and I'll take the chance for $3."

Picked up some plastic 'crystal' at a dollar store. GF gave weird look when I opined it might make strange, unworldly craft.

I'm risking, what, the price of can of pop?

Okay, she's upset for more 'junk'. 

Doug