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Post by margaret on Feb 12, 2016 19:08:56 GMT
Jennifer, I tried your Thingiverse link and it took me to a 404 page - did you take down your model?
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Post by margaret on Feb 12, 2016 0:59:44 GMT
Impressive! Particularly like the booths. And the ground texture changes. And the little potted plants!
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Post by margaret on Feb 11, 2016 23:31:19 GMT
Those frogs are so cool! They tempt me to plan to run Frostgrave and buy a 3D printer just so I have an excuse to print them!
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Post by margaret on Feb 11, 2016 8:45:41 GMT
Nice adaptation of the original to a smaller size as well as to the portal - and I like the paint job, too.
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Post by margaret on Feb 10, 2016 23:03:43 GMT
Very helpful list,I7darkness! And it has a useful link under "Desiccant" to a page on storing the plastic filament, which leads you to another link for downloading the file to print your own boxes for packing desiccant with your filaments.
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Post by margaret on Feb 10, 2016 21:49:17 GMT
The blood mages I have read about don't use giant pools of blood - which would result in an even larger volume of dead bodies to deal with. I have only read the details of a few blood mages in passing. Maybe blood-red sigils on the wall and floors? While perhaps not as exciting as a river of blood, there would be no issues related to keeping the blood from coagulating and rotting. If you want an unusual contrast, what about white marble walls with all the blood-red décor?
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Post by margaret on Feb 9, 2016 17:41:07 GMT
You asked about additional tools - you might want to get a pin vise. Despite its name, that's a mini hand drill and usually comes with a set of mini-bits. It's likely to be used more by folks who put bits and pieces together to make a mini than by modelers working entirely from scratch, I would think. But you never know when it will come in handy.
You asked about what is best for securing the model as you work. I think you will find that it depends on the particular sculpt you are working on - it's good to know a variety and you seem to have tracked down the standard ones. There's a post elsewhere on these forums by a modeler who does mini-minis. Can't find it right now, but he stuck what looks like a thumbtack in a cork to make a base for a teeny sculpt.
For clarification: "you" in this message refers to the OP.
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Post by margaret on Feb 9, 2016 10:15:53 GMT
Forgot that I would be sticking the figures on a cork or bottle lid to make them easier to hold - so I can do that with gloves on and then there is no further potential contact with lead.
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Post by margaret on Feb 9, 2016 5:58:29 GMT
I will probably use a glove on my left hand when I paint them and once they are painted, there's no exposed lead to contaminate anything. Also, the solid inorganic lead is not very absorbable, although I suppose you could get some lead compounds that might be more absorbable developing from interaction with any sweat on your hands.
I'll see if I can get decent photos to post.
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Post by margaret on Feb 9, 2016 5:33:22 GMT
Your stone huts turned out great! I saw your post about the Reaper Bones paint kit and ordered it so I would have a nice set to use in painting the box of old Ral Partha figures I found. It arrived today and wow! Talk about size creep! That unpainted knight you show was in the kit. He's about 40 mm tall and looks gigantic next to my Ral Parthas. But maybe he's supposed to be a giant.
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Post by margaret on Feb 7, 2016 19:03:00 GMT
Realistically, if this worm is going to dig forward without ramming dirt under its plates, the plates should be attached to the body at the head end of the plate, with the free end towards the tail. But if you think it looks more impressive in this reversed form, by all means build it that way. It looks great either way, and most people probably won't even notice.
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Post by margaret on Feb 4, 2016 22:48:09 GMT
Thanks for the details! I was looking at Wilmanric's "DIY Cardboard Cutting Table" on this forum, but your cutter would be easier for me to make and safer to store. Also, I really only need to cut wall strips.
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Post by margaret on Feb 4, 2016 3:38:25 GMT
Miguel Zavela has 6 pages of miniatures on Shapeways, so if you don't find what you want on the linked page, just scroll down to the page links at the bottom and skip to another page.
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Post by margaret on Feb 4, 2016 1:59:24 GMT
Re I7arkness's examples: in the orthographic isometric view, the pillars line up with the ones on the "back" row. In the perspective isometric view, the image is shown as if rotated slightly so the pillars don't line up.
Not that it matters when making the tiles - I7arkness was just showing the difference as part of the side discussion.
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Post by margaret on Feb 2, 2016 1:25:44 GMT
Your bony monster is impressive! But I really like the effect of just the hot glue over the wire, without the paint you needed to get the bone effect you were after. Going to have to find a notebook with that kind of binding and try it. Unfortunately, all my salvaged notebooks are spiral-bound.
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Post by margaret on Jan 31, 2016 9:13:31 GMT
Just what I needed - taking my grandkids through Cragmaw next. I was going to try DM Scotty's set-up for this, but I think I can do your style a lot faster and I need fast. Might try his translucent plastic for water though. see [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n6z7GZFXd4]. Sorry I don't know how to insert links
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Post by margaret on Jan 31, 2016 7:53:36 GMT
Thanks for posting this link. I haven't painted any minis since the late 80's. But I found a boxful of unpainted Ral Partha minis when I was clearing out my mother's garage this year - no idea how they ended up at her house. So I will be painting about 50-plus miscellaneous minis for my grandkids to use now that they are starting to play D&D 5th edition.
Going to have to learn to paint with acrylics!
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Post by margaret on Jan 31, 2016 4:29:45 GMT
"Moose" if you are in North America, "elk" if you are in Europe /Eurasia. Don't know where the confused usage came from - the North America elk is a different animal.
You could go ahead and call those draft animals that are hitched to your cart "mules" even if they do have rather short ears. Thanks for posting this video!
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