Mierce Miniatures

AndyP

In case anyone is looking around for bark to use as rock face, I have just received my order of 1 cork bark priced at £10 from Antenocitis and thought I would post a pic to show how much you get. http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a539/AndyP1102/2013-03-26120120_zps80c7986a.jpg Standard 12" ru...

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Finally got started on the couple of models I got in the Maelstrom closing down sale. First up is Ckaarack http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a539/AndyP1102/2013-03-25073622_zpsf3a52003.jpg http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a539/AndyP1102/2013-03-25073636_zpsd4332b71.jpg http://i1282.photobucket....

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OK. Seen them now. Thanks guys.

AndyP

Any idea where I can get an image of their standing stones. Tried to Google search but no luck so far.

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The look I will be trying to achieve will be along these lines: http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a539/AndyP1102/ump-3_zps4e3d210c.jpg general look and feel like this. http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a539/AndyP1102/article-2190845-004731DE00000258-830_634x352_zps891afc1f.jpg Boggy lowlands on ...

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Not much further on yet. Have either been too busy, prepping models, practising with the airbrush or too cold in the garage to crack on with it. Have sanded the edges and just need to layer some no nails round them to even up the sides and provide some damage protection then I will sculpt the main h...

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Thanks Rick. Mine will be mainly for display but hope to get an occasional game in with them too.

AndyP

Never used a varnish. Do you find testors dullcote gives a resilient finish. Some people have told me that I should use a gloss varnish for protection and then dullcote after to tone down the shine. Whats your experience?

AndyP

He is awesome but will be a challenge to paint without him looking bland as there are no discernible features other than that mouth. Skin texture is plentiful just not much to break it up. But what a mouth!! http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a539/AndyP1102/2013-03-19074644_zps4de48877.jpg

AndyP

Looking good. Can't wait for mine to come now. Gonna try and tackle Blood maw and Typhaggahw next week I think.

AndyP

http://www.totalbattleminiatures.com/skirmish/28mm/darkage.html

Think I'm going to build my own. Can get the scale as accurate as poss then. Those are good for visual style inspiration though.

AndyP

Having just bought the VMC 72 paint set, a compressor, airbrush, thinners, primer & cleaner I could do without forking out for another full set. And that doesn't include the huge Darklands order. :-D

I'm so dead when the wife finds out ;-)

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OK cheers. Seen the same listing, I think I'll have to have a think what colours I'll need. :-)

AndyP

Quick question Andy. Did you buy your VMA paints individually or go for one of the box sets? If box set which one?

AndyP

That does look pretty cool. Would love to see more angles.

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Thanks

AndyP

Those look really good so far. If that's the result from a budget airbrush, compressor and a small amount of practice then I'm definitely ordering one today. Do you know the model number of the airbrush that came with your compressor? Never mind, I checked your link in ks comments and it says the mo...

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First few models built for the most part (delicate bits left off for now) paint pot was the only thing available at the time for scale. http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a539/AndyP1102/2013-03-08155448_zps8f57fc52.jpg http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a539/AndyP1102/2013-03-08155503_zpsce80bf7f....

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Trimming and cleaning first :-(

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Woohoo!! Krull, Mjagnir, Bloodmaw & Typhaggahw turned up this morning XD

AndyP

Looks good. I just started mine the other night and have chosen a very similar colour scheme :-)

will post picks when he is finished.

AndyP

Nice. I really can't wait for my trolls to come :-)

Looking forward to seeing how you get on with the airbrush since I'm looking at getting the same one.

AndyP

150mm is a good size I would say. Krull is 162mm & Uthuul is 172mm so they will tower of the trees and look suitably huge.

AndyP

Looks really good mate. Well done.

AndyP

Cool. I'll look him up.

AndyP

Good article. Thanks for the link. Think it has reinforced my decision to get the one I found in my link and upgrade the brush once I have some experience.

AndyP

Ok, so I've been thinking of getting an airbrush and wondered if I could pick some of your brains on this. Have found what looks like a good starter set here without breaking the bank http://www.amazon.co.uk/Airbrush-Compressor-Double-Action-Airbrushes/dp/B004XP7K9W/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC… I realis...

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I imagine the UK has fewer warehouse sized stores though just sitting about.

I have one of the UK's largest DIY stores 10 mins away but it is dwarfed by the kind of places you guys have over there. :-)

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Works OK for me on IE9 & Chrome

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in the US we have lowes, which has super cheap 4x8 foam sheets (the website is only showing 1" thick, but i've gotten 4" before in store for a couple dollars more). Yeah it seems this stuff is widely available in US, but its not so common here, probably due to house construction technique...

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Antenocitis workshop has Styrofoam sheets cheaper I think. Not sure about the postage though. Just checked and after delivery is factored in it would be £9 cheaper from antenocitis. Good find. Never even thought of them and they never popped up on Google searches because I searched for XPS not Styr...

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Nice one. They look great. Top notch work.

AndyP

I've been trying the second way. How do I tell if I have the whole url? Could that be the problem? The URL should end with the file type, for example .JPG, anything after that can be ignored. When it is right it will look something like this: [img]pictureofacrackingmodelblahblahblah.jpg[/img] Then ...

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Ok, I have some photos. As previously stated these are still very rough: http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a539/AndyP1102/foamboard_zps34070b97.jpg side view of the 60mm xps board http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a539/AndyP1102/foamboardtop_zps495653b6.jpg top view of the 60mm xps board http://...

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Thanks for the link, looks expensive, but the cost includes postage so not too bad really, getting sheeets that size shipped is always expensive. Yeah they are around double the price I paid for all the boards i needed for my table but as you say it does include delivery and they are already cut to...

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Don't. You're making me jealous ;-)

Heard back off Mierce that my items were shipped out a few days ago but still no sign of them this end :-(

Do you know if yours came via Royal Mail or another courier?

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out of interest, where do you get your XPS from? I've yet to have a look around for some for this [/quote] AAAhhh well. That is a very good question. One that took me a lot of searching to answer. The only DIY shops that are listed on the internet as stockists are B&Q and Wickes, they are both ...

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Sorry. My foamboard is 2" thick XPS insulation board with a quarter inch MDF base. Will take photos tonight of them in their current rough state and post them as soon as i can.

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Foamboard is now all cut to size and glued to the MDF bases (drying as I type). When I get home I will have 6 2'x2' sections ready to be fillered, levelled and smoothed. Let me know if you want pics of this stage. Bit boring to look at right now but your wish is my command ;-)

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Have emailed them to check up on it.

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Dammit I'm still waiting for my early stuff, order page has said "packing" for the last 3 days :-(

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Standing stones and trees are a certainty for scenery additions and either rough stone buildings or small remnants like ruined walls and such. As for bogs, I think I may make a couple of extra 2'x2' boards afterwards with bogs/marshes on and then I can swap and change the whole board layout as neede...

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Will do. See what the next couple of weeks brings :-)

AndyP

[quote="Funkychef] Interesting to see you aiming to multi use the board for Malifaux as well, my mental image for that setting has alwys been a sort of blasted wasteland/deserts edge kind of setting where as for darklands I get a far wetter gloomier feel I also live in UK and know just what the...

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I'm just starting out on building my first modular gaming table. Doing a 6'x4' table in 2'x2' squares made using xps insulation foamboard. The plan is for it to be landscaped but with room for extra scenery to be placed where needed. Would love to theme it just on Darklands but it really needs to be...

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Mallax are the sloth-men that we have 2 concepts for and the mammax are going to be mammoths I believe. Just looked at the concepts - Mallox was the giant mammoth. Mallax was the sloth man. That leaves the Mammox and Mammax unexplained then... Just done some research in the updates and comments. Aa...

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Hi, I'm Andrew Patten from the KS. I'm in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire in the UK. Looking forward to getting some amazing minis to paint and maybe game with. Also just starting a project to build a modular gaming table so fingers crossed it will see some Darklands action ;-)

AndyP

And I'm Andrew Patten from the KS. Looking forward to seeing others minis painted up and on display & hopefully make a good enough job of my own to warrant posting some pics :-)

AndyP

Initial order: 1 x Norse starter 1 x Brythoniad starter 1 x Typhaggahw 1 x Glaun 1 x Hywel Hair 1 x Aradae Mawr 1 x Angrislaug 1 x Blood maw 1 x Mjagnir 1 x Gamla Bror 1 x Brynhild Gunnblindi 1 x Grim min 1 x Hrudin 1 x Krull Also now added: Tarvax starter set & helmed Penda on horse. Can't deci...

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Hi my name's Andy and I'm a resinholic ;-)

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