BoLS Terrible Tuesday, Leftovers

The Terrible Tuesday BoLS article was on budget terrain.  Given there were more than the usual number of unused pictures, I decided to drop them in an article here.  Leftovers, as it were.

(As an aside - doh!  I finished at like, 11:57pm!  Way past deadline, even for me.  Larry probably dreads Monday nights.)

Laying out the bits, seeing what inspires.

Saw: Saw Studios (Custom Terrain Builder)

The Fabricator General

I'm starting to feel darn right rested.

The last few weeks since Feast has been insanely busy, so after a few abortive attempts I didn't bother trying to post.  It's been my longest Blogger vacation since I began this mad journey Oh, Those Many Moons Ago.

Heck, I've even got material in the pocket!  But I wanted to bring you this, first.  You may have seen it in last week's Terrible Tuesday article on Bell.

It's educational it is!  And worth the investment in time.  You'll learn something.

Feast of Blades: Update 2

Good Morning to all!

I helped Duke and the FoB guys set up the tournament hall last night, so I got to be around 2pm.  I wasn't the only volunteer - by far!  People were coming out of the woodwork to help.

Despite getting to sleep late, I was up early this morning.  Good thing, to, 'cause my wife's car battery went dead...

...and I had to talk her through jump starting it over the phone.  The conversation was something like, "...the reverse T thing?  What do you mean?  I mean the bolts!  Not the screws - the bolts, right?"

Confusion reigned!

Terrain, Terrain, Terrain

There's a Cityfight tournament coming up! I'm helping build some new terrain, then I'm planning on updating my collection. Also pictured are some pieces I did for one of my recent Bell of Lost Souls articles.

Brent's 1500pt Tournament: The Terrain

I started crafting words for this little pictorial... then realized it speaks for itself!

Recycling Posts: Terrain

Bloggers are a strange creature.  Inevitably, we're only interested in the new... what's the newest post?  What's the latest thing?  Admit it, how often do you jump into a blog and dig around the older material?

Not often, I'll wager.  It's why I've taken to recycling old posts.  I chose this one since I'm considering an article for Bell that looks at terrain in detail, both in private and tournament games.  I've touched on it briefly before...

• Bell of Lost Souls Article

Original Article:  Terrain, Too Much or Too Little, December 2009 (link)

When I'm surfing the net, checking out the various sites on the ol' blogosphere, I'm often surprised by the terrain I see in the pictures.  It runs the gamut, of course, but I have to say I think most people play with less than 25% terrain.  Too me, this is the most cogent argument for the lack of a national meta-game: bottom line, the game plays much differently if you're rewarding gunlines with stadium-style setups or melee-shock with dense, large buildings.

 

So what's an adequate amount of terrain?  Here's the board I set up two Fridays ago; if you're curious, it's two 4x4 boards, which is our standard at 1000pts.  This is my 'We-Need-Trees-Damn-It' terrain.

Sabol Studios: A Must See for Terrain

It's funny what gets noticed.  I used pictures from my collection of a ruined Cathedral that my Indentured Servant Herr Fernseher snapped at WarGames Con for my Bell of Lost Souls article yesterday.

Whew!  What a sentence; I think it's properly crafted but someone tell me if a phrase or clause is out of place.

Anyway, I had several people ask about it so I dropped the rest of the pics in a post yesterday.  Someone from Sabol Studios dropped by to kindly point out I wasn't giving them proper credit.

This is me correcting that!  Check it out - it's a pretty incredible collection.

SABOL STUDIOS

Pegasus Gothic Ruins

Here are the rest of the pics from my album that I used for my Bell article today.  They speak for themselves - very cool.

The Poor Man's Casting Technique

Okay, I was over at Simon's house last night, and my innner-nerd had a field day.  Simon is one of those hands on kinda guys, able to imagine then build all sorts of crazy things.  He's got more ideas than time, which is probably good for me.

He'd put this blog out of business quick; so to avoid that, I'm going to promote (steal) his ideas, directing traffic here.  Clever, no?

Check it out.

I'm nuts about this idea - I'm going to get more details about the inexpensive mold he's using, because I'm going to build a city! (Or at least help him build one, while directing the accolades here...)

Thoughts? Brent


PS: I just stole this pic from Gauthic - he did it in 10 minutes, based on some comment at Bell.  He's that kind of guy too.  This is me promoting (stealing) his picture (thunder).

Stolen Content: Terrain Edition

I blog.  I troll.

I think - I'm not actually sure what trolling is, but evidently it's popular.  Who doesn't want to be popular?  I'd better start trolling in earnest.  Not to be confused with Ernest - 'cause that's just gross.

So, with a lack of time, I present to you content stolen from others.  What I like about these is they seem like something anyone could do, so eventually I mean to try.  Not really.  You could though.  Maybe.

Evil Homer says: Don't (Get Caught) Steal(ing)

Terrain: Too Much or Too Little?

When I'm surfing the net, checking out the various sites on the ol' blogosphere, I'm often surprised by the terrain I see in the pictures.  It runs the gamut, of course, but I have to say I think most people play with less than 25% terrain.  Too me, this is the most cogent argument for the lack of a national meta-game: bottom line, the game plays much differently if you're rewarding gunlines with stadium-style setups or melee-shock with dense, large buildings.

Note that, I've changed the post from the original line, 'run the gambit' to the correct idiom, 'run the gamut.'   The term means to extend over the entire range.  Thanks to a reader for the correction - I learned something new here.

 

So what's an adequate amount of terrain?  Here's the board I set up two Fridays ago; if you're curious, it's two 4x4 boards, which is our standard at 1000pts.  This is my 'We-Need-Trees-Damn-It' terrain.

The other side.  The trees are movable, allowing us to use the piece as area terrain without inhibiting model movement.

Here's Gauthic setting up his Dark Eldar Pirates.  He's converting the entire army, creating a nautical theme that I really enjoy.  What's coolest is his magnet work - everything is done up, including the troops that ride the sideboard.

So that's that - your thoughts?  How is the terrain in your area?