The best things in life are actually really expensive. Success is just failure that hasn’t happened yet. If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it. Eagles may soar, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines. Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe. I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally. I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal. Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes the reason is you’re stupid and make bad decisions. Everyone has a purpose in life. Perhaps yours is watching television. Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment. I’ve developed a new philosophy. I only dread one day at a time.

Tag: terrain

  • Terrain and Miniatures

    Terrain and Miniatures

    Over the weekend I applied a stippled paintjob and some half-assed weathering to my recently printed 15mm buildings. I need to add further details to make them appear more lived-in, but at least they’re now acceptable for the tabletop. The larger building off to the right is a Norman house from Patrick Miniatures. I still…

    Continue reading

  • Scattered Terrain Sunday

    Scattered Terrain Sunday

    I spent some this morning catching up on the prep for a few terrain elements: First up are these pre-fab dwellings that I designed in Blender. The design is modular, so they can easily be re-arranged or new elements introduced. One key point for me is that the interiors are fully playable as I want…

    Continue reading

  • Sci-fi Rice Paddies Get Wet

    Sci-fi Rice Paddies Get Wet

    While taking stock of my grass tufts this morning, it was evident that I only had enough to sparsely plant the paddies, and one unit would have to be done with mixed colours. Oh well, I suppose the mixed tufts could represent plants of varying age, or some that have already been harvested. I mixed…

    Continue reading

  • Sci-fi Rice Paddies

    Sci-fi Rice Paddies

    For years, I’ve seen the complaint online that hard sci-fi wargaming is just “Vietnam in space.” Pffft, whatever. I like “Vietnam in space.” Of course, the bog standard Terran rice paddy won’t do for my war torn colony world. Instead, I’ve designed and printed a sci-fi garden bed, or aquatic planter, or… Rice paddy :p…

    Continue reading

  • Forest Bases- Home Stretch!

    Forest Bases- Home Stretch!

    The excess flock has been removed and each base soaked with watered down PVA to help hold everything in place. Once they’re dry, I’ll glue on a few tufts and then it’s varnish time.

    Continue reading

  • Progress on Forest Bases

    Progress on Forest Bases

    The bases have been drybrushed and flocking/turf applied. I’ll give them a day for the PVA to dry and then shake off the excess. After that, it’ll be a round of flocking touch-ups followed by a matte varnish to seal everything in.

    Continue reading

  • Semi-rigid Forest Bases

    Semi-rigid Forest Bases

    I have about 100 plastic bamboo and palm trees based on 25mm fender washers. I was using a system of magnet-in-hole forest bases (printed), but in the end I wasn’t happy with how those turned out. Wantingg bases that could conform to moderate undulations in the underlying terrain (I use a fur mat), I purchased…

    Continue reading