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Post by StillANoob on Jul 12, 2010 3:03:47 GMT -5
Just wondering, has anyone made some terrain that would be featured on a table, that represents an Ice planet?? I have made the actual table, although its still just plain wood and im looking for some tips from you veterans out there. I would like some cool ideas, tips or just general advice for making a table which would represent a slightly hilly region, bordering a manufactorum settlement on an ice planet. Cheers in advance.
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Post by Machine Gun Kelly on Jul 13, 2010 7:08:22 GMT -5
A small snowman complete with a small carrot nose?
A frozen river/lake (very common place to fight a battle in real history).
Hot springs (dangerous terrain).
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Post by Adam Selene on Jul 13, 2010 7:38:24 GMT -5
Have you given any thought to the weather on this Ice planet, I have.
HARSH WINTER BATTLE – after a long battle two forces are forced to find shelter or freeze to death in the face of a infuriated winter storm but as they are at their weakest both commanders have the bright idea of attacking to take advantage of their enemy's weakness.
Special rules - Cold death awaits At the start of each turn before anything else is done (even before the start of the 1st turn) every model suffers a hit from the howling winds, this hits automatically and cannot be dogged in any way, it ignores armour saves or invulnerable saves, it has AP 4 (note, vehicle destroyed results are down graded to vehicle immobilised as tank tracks are clogged and freeze), the strength is equal to the number of turns spent in the open (for example: 3 turns in the open - strength 3 hit)
Heating systems The “Cold death awaits” rule can be ignored if the unit spends a turn inside a building with a working heating system, for each turn spent in a heated building the cold death turn count is reduced by one. The heating systems can be destroyed, they have 1 wound and toughness 3, all attacks hit automatically but must roll for death by electricity, on a 5+ the model losses all wounds and is dead. The systems are rather simple and can be fixed by Techpriests, Mekboys etc on the roll of 4+, but if a 1,2 or 3 is rolled, roll for death by electricity, on a 5+ the model losses all wounds and is dead. For death by electricity armour saves are ignored but not invulnerable saves. Transports that are not open topped are considered to have heating systems (many people in a confined space is smelly but not as deadly as the cold), if the Vehicle is open topped transport then riders suffer from the “Cold death awaits” rule.
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Post by StillANoob on Jul 14, 2010 4:48:51 GMT -5
A small snowman complete with a small carrot nose? I love that idea! Would greenstuff balls painted white and flocked with snow flock work?? Adam SeleneIt would be a nice set of rules for a planet strike game. Defenders would all be in houses, and the Attackers would have to factor that in. Make a nice little tactical factor.
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Post by vegna on Jul 14, 2010 7:24:11 GMT -5
well i'm going to make a squad for snow combat. but for the board i'd go with fake grass painted white? not sure what the snow flock is like but guess it'd cost a lot to make even if you bought it all on ebay :/ could use clear plastic fronting like on most gift boxes paint one side blues and that with purples in the middle and maybe a wash of plae blue and white on the top. hard part would be getting the snow drifts and that not quite sure how to make them... but hot springs use the craters pak, paint them edged with blue and white for snwo then browns and greys at the rim and use the tyranid digestgion pool idea for the centre but paint it watery.
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Post by 3ff3ct on Jul 14, 2010 9:30:00 GMT -5
I made an Ice board for GW Liverpool when I worked there, we painted it with light greys first, then did some heavy drybrushing up to white. Then we PVA'd the sucker and got some snow flock on it.
To add snow 'drifts' (as it will look semi-transparent and a bit flat) we mixed white paint, PVA and snow flock, then smeared it on.
We also added ice pools. painted in frosty blues, with wet effects over the top. I'm pretty sure that the GW site will have terrain from the Space Wolves release somewhere on it, and there's a large snow board in the apoc or apoc reload bit for a battle of Ultramaries and Nids. if not, there's definately stuff in White Dwarf from around those times.
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Post by StillANoob on Jul 15, 2010 5:41:38 GMT -5
Ok, Thank you for the tips and ideas. I reckon i'll try and paint up some sections of the board to be 'Ice' plains. Dangerous terrain to represent the risk of falling through.
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Post by Yeti's Yell on Jul 24, 2010 12:38:25 GMT -5
I'm not sure at which technical level you are regarding building terrain with but I have built a ton of polar terrain pretty simply with sand paint and plaster. Go to a DIY store and get some sand texture paint and a bag of dry plaster. To do this right you'll have to get good at spreading wet plaster but it isn't hard, really. Practice first. I put down sand paint as an anchor (it's a rough surface to provide traction for plaster on top) and when that is dry, mix some tight plaster (more dry than wet) and spread it around the surface like frosting a cake. Having a large putty knife, trowel of thick cardboard works well. As you spread it, make sure it is fairly even. Remember minis and other terrain needs to sit fairly flush on it. When it dries, sand down high parts/rough spots to level it down, if necessary. Give it a coat of white paint. From there I make a light wash from GW Ice Blue paint with a dash of dishwashing detergent and wash the area. It looks best if you wash into the darkest areas first and do a lighter wash in my open areas (that naturally receive more light.) To finish everything off I get some iridescent tinting medium from an art supply store and glaze everything. It gives your board/terrain a frosty look. That last part is to taste and fiddly so not everybody likes to do that (it requires finesse.) This method is an easy way to base your snow minis too, same procedure, and yields drifty snow. Note that you do not need to always texture paint vertical surfaces when plastering over it. I make all the craggy columns of desiccated glacier ice for my polar terrain out of rough-hewn foam. The foam has enough surface texture to hold the plaster. A warning if you go plaster. DO NOT GET PLASTER DUST IT IN YOUR EYES. Same for wet. It will burn. Best to do that outside, wear a breathing mask and goggles. Finally, plaster makes a good, resilient playing surface when done right but if you find it chipping or breaking off, it is probably too thin. If that is the case, no worries. It is easy enough to put down more plaster and repaint. A few pics of my polar terrain with my Valhallen army: Also, a different style of winter board I did for my Warmachine Khador forces, with different materials… if you want to know how I did this one, check out the archived tutorial I wrote up, which covers all assembly with pics, etc. old.privateerpressforums.com/index.php?showtopic=173516
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Post by StillANoob on Jul 25, 2010 5:55:50 GMT -5
Wow. I've got to say that looks really amazing. I'll give it a go as soon as i can get the supplies. And again, really good looking job dude. Models aren't half bad either
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