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[Warfork Fantasy Battles]¶
Nadir Steppe Riders¶

The second rider is done. I again only used browns, but I think I managed to make him look different enough to the first one for them not to look identically brown.

Published 2016-08-27 11:17:47

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[Warfork Fantasy Battles]¶
Nadir Steppe Riders¶

On their northern border, the Nadir are in contact with an area inhabited by babarian tribes. Clashes and raids are common. Sometimes, depleated babarian tribes are defeated and absorbed into a Nadir tribe, continuing their lives as thralls to the Nadir.

The first of the babarian thralls is done:

Published 2016-08-09 07:35:44

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[Warfork Fantasy Battles]¶
Nadir Steppe Riders¶

The last three Nadir riders are painted.

I then added static grass to all the bases and took a final group shot.

Now I have the 4 Black Tree babarians left. Originally I wanted to inlcude them in the above unit, but after all they are too different size wise and in the style of sculpting. I ordered one more of them, and will form them into a separate 5 man unit.

Published 2016-08-01 10:19:23

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[Warfork Fantasy Battles]¶
Nadir Steppe Riders¶

The next four riders are done.

Published 2016-07-26 10:26:19

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[Warfork Fantasy Battles]¶
Nadir Steppe Riders¶

Ã painted two more miniatures, one of them the standard bearer.

Published 2016-07-18 10:19:58

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[Warfork Fantasy Battles]¶
Nadir Steppe Riders¶

I started to batch paint the riders, but their clothing and equippment is too un-uniform, so I gave up on that approach and continued to paint single models. The first two are done:

Published 2016-07-06 10:27:12

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[Saga]¶
Battle Boards¶

I resisted long, but finally the Saga bug bit me. It also did not help to having watched the TV series Vikings recently...

First thing I did was scan the battle boards (should ever harm come to them), then thought of a way to protect the card boards. I am sure they would after only a few games be torn, flexed, warped... I decided to glue them to 3mm MDF, then apply a self-adhesive clear sheet on top. This should stop all damage (including liquids) to them, and they could even be used as a makeshift miniature tray between games.

For the optics, I painted the white cardboard sides with a black felt pen, the boards' sides with black acrylic paint.

When applying the clear sheet, I removed the backing except one stripe on one small side. This straight cut I used to align the sheet on the edge of the board, before gently rolling it onto the rest of the board from this point. With nearly all boards, this procedure created no air bubbles.

The rest of the sheet was wrapped around and attached to the underside of the board, thus also sealing the edges. To the bottom I then glued self-adhesive felt pads.

First couple of boards done.

Published 2016-07-06 10:21:01

Dark Ages | Gripping Beast | Saga

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[Terrain]¶
Modular Fence System¶

I did the first test section. I basecoated the fence in

AK783 Weathered Wood

I then added some moss by drybrushing lighty from underneath and around the posts where they meet the ground with

70.968 Flat Green

The wood was then brushed from above with

AK787 Medium Grey
AK785 Middle Grey
AK784 Light Grey

I like the result and think I will go with that as the base colour, especially the half posts where the sections connect. I will vary the colour on the sections, like freshly replaced beams etc, adding washes here and there, but I think this will be the main colour scheme.

Published 2016-06-24 04:14:33

28mm | Fantasy | Linear Obstacle | Terrain

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Nadir Steppe Riders¶

The ponies are done, next are the riders.

Published 2016-06-23 10:34:59

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[Tools]¶
Static Grass Applicator¶

After reading several blog posts and looking at several YouTube videos, I decided to have a go at my own static grass applicator. I wanted to have something like the Gras-Master 2.0 for quite some time, but for 150,00 EUR - no thanks.

If you want to follow the steps I outline here take care. You are tinkering with electricity and should know what you do. I am not liable for anything.

Following the tutorials I found, I bought:

an electric fly swat from Amazon - delivered to my door for free with Prime for EUR 9.89.
Two metal sieves from the Doll... Euro-Store for ... guess what... EUR 1.00.
1 meter of cable for EUR 1.50. The local DIY store did not have one-braided cables, so I bought the cheapest 2 braided one.

I used the following tools:

Clippers
Screwdriver
Saw
Three finger pliers
Duct tape

I removed the screws and opened the fly swatter (making sure no batteries were in). The yellow top end was easily taken out, but the two yellow halves I needed to break apart. Only the part that is in the handle came easily apart.

The inner electronics - which I did not touch.

I had to press the wire handle a bit tighter with pliers, and carve away some of the yellow rim (bottom of the picture), then the sieve fit perfectly. I pressed it into the yellow part, the tension of the metal grip keeping it firmly in place.

To connect the sieve to the power source, I cut down the wire that ran into the swatter, and with the help of a three finger plier bent the wire and the sieve handle so the wire nestled to the handle form and both fit into the plastic casing.

I cut one end of the black cable, then ripped it apart from there to free the two strands inside.

The copper of the blue wire was then made bare on one end, the second wire from the fly swatter cut off; the two of them then twisted around each other, then fixed and isolated with duct tape. The other wire and the sieve handle were taped together as well.

The other end of the blue wire was attached to an offcut of the wire that ran around the inside of the swatter part, then duct taped as well.

The finished static grass applicator, screwed back together.

First test application of grass on a piece of cardboard. The areas where the grass is lying flat, there was no glue; the parts where the grass is standing upright, there was glue the end of the blue wire was stuck into.

With the loose grass shaken off:

All in all the conversion took me less than an hour and less than EUR 12.00 (deducting the spare sieve, wire from the total purchase). It works quite well and I am sure this little tool will be very helpful for my further carerr as miniature gardener.

Published 2016-06-21 10:45:57

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[Warfork Fantasy Battles]¶
Nadir Steppe Riders¶

[Warfork Fantasy Battles]¶
Nadir Steppe Riders¶

[Warfork Fantasy Battles]¶
Nadir Steppe Riders¶

[Warfork Fantasy Battles]¶
Nadir Steppe Riders¶

[Warfork Fantasy Battles]¶
Nadir Steppe Riders¶

[Warfork Fantasy Battles]¶
Nadir Steppe Riders¶

[Saga]¶
Battle Boards¶

[Terrain]¶
Modular Fence System¶

[Warfork Fantasy Battles]¶
Nadir Steppe Riders¶

[Tools]¶
Static Grass Applicator¶