|
Post by Brickerbrack on Dec 28, 2016 20:01:38 GMT
I've not actively been into wargaming for donkey's years, but I've been wanting to get back in for a while. Thanks to Wyloch, I've just discovered the OnePageRules site, and I'm toying with putting together a couple of cardstock 40K armies to try them out. The first one I'm having a crack at is Tyranids, and for these guys I want to do 2.5D. As a proof of concept (I've never designed a 2.5D fig from scratch before), I drafted a Termagant up in Inkscape and printed it out onto thin card... The Termagant's in the middle, flanked by a modified OneMonk Stalker (which served as some inspiration) and a GW Catachan fig.
|
|
|
Post by Wyloch on Dec 28, 2016 20:13:54 GMT
Awesome! Just finished my 1000 point Nids force. Mawcor was fun.
Have you considered mounting on 1 inch washers? Almost exactly 25 mm (1 inch = 25.4 mm) so close as to be irrelevant. And the washer adds a lot of weight.
|
|
|
Post by Brickerbrack on Dec 28, 2016 20:26:28 GMT
Thanks! I have considered washers, but honestly, the weight doesn't concern me (heck, lighter figures mean even easier to carry! ), and for some reason I've developed a thing for octagonal bases (a nice compromise between square ones for ranking and circular ones for skirmishing, I guess). And since the ones I'm using are basically just double-thickness cardstock (like the figures themselves), I can print 27 on a sheet of A4 card, so they barely cost anything, either. I'm working my way up to Mawlocs and the like. For now I'm dealing with the scuttlers (just compiled a page each of Termagants, Spinegaunts and Hormagaunts - five figs per page), and I think the Warriors and their offshoots are next.
|
|
|
Post by adamsouza on Dec 30, 2016 16:51:48 GMT
The model looks good, but to be honest, for the large amounts of models required for a Tyranid force you are probably better off using simple 2D models for troops, like the termagant, and save the 2.5D models for the larger models. It's typical to field 100+ guants in a force that uses them. Wait, just reread your post, I've never played with the one page rules, so I don't know what the army composition is like, with those rules. In case you are unaware, cardboard-warriors.proboards.com/ is chock full of people who game with paper miniatures, and would love your paper models.
|
|
|
Post by Brickerbrack on Dec 31, 2016 23:29:05 GMT
I considered 2D, but things like fleshborers would be hard to draw and recognise from side on, and that's one of the main reasons I decided to go the extra half dimension. As a base game, OPR recommends a 750 point force, so the starter hive I'm building contains a Tyrant, a Lictor, 3 Warriors, 10 Termagants, 10 Spinegaunts and 10 Hormagaunts. Thanks for link, too, I'll check them out. By the by, just finished test-building my first Hormagaunt, too, and it seems to work pretty well.
|
|
|
Post by Brickerbrack on Jan 2, 2017 2:59:02 GMT
Quick update, with my first half-brood of five Termagants (I decided to chuck some tea leaves on the bases for some extra texture), and my first Hormagaunt (second from the left, in case you're not sure)...
|
|
|
Post by kgstanley81 on Jan 2, 2017 3:14:51 GMT
Those are great
|
|
|
Post by Wyloch on Jan 2, 2017 22:03:09 GMT
I like the bold lined aesthetic. Probably "pops" better from 3 feet away than my GW website image rips:
|
|
|
Post by Brickerbrack on Jan 3, 2017 0:05:09 GMT
Thanks! I do intend to do shaded/highlighted versions, kind of inspired by the OneMonk/MiP stuff, but getting the models right first is the priority. I'll hopefully have some Warriors ready for test-printing tomorrow... Wyloch, your bugs look pretty fantastic - I'm actually really impressed and surprised that you managed to get good enough web-rips to make 2.5D figs out of them!
|
|
|
Post by Wyloch on Jan 3, 2017 0:27:40 GMT
Yeah, most of the models now have a 360 degree rotating view on the website, so you can extract angles and pieces as needed.
|
|
|
Post by Brickerbrack on Jan 3, 2017 13:59:43 GMT
How handy.
|
|