Frostgrave, Halo Ground Command and other tabletop minis

[Hahma]

Originally Posted by TREX

Awesome.

Thanks! Lots of cussing with some part of that store build, but worth it in the end. And those mats from Deep Cut Studios are working out how I envisioned when ordering them with the buildings I was going to build for The Walking Dead. I have an hour or so left on the Tobacco Shop building I started last night. I went out gaming all day, so I may finish it tonight or tomorrow morning.

Originally Posted by LilNewbie

Nice work, Hahma! How did the painting contest go?

Newb.

Thanks Newb! Actually, the deadline to turn in the dragon is on January 1st, so it hasn't officially started yet in the judging phase. I dropped off my dragon on Tuesday when I took my daughters to see The Greatest Showman. The lady at the game store said that the contest will go for a couple weeks after the 1st, as they are allowing patrons of the store to judge, as well as some social media avenues. So we'll see. I'm not expecting to place, but I figured I'd give it a go anyway since a couple of my friends were entering as well.

Originally Posted by Tornado

Who makes the Jewelry store? That is really nice.

4Ground Games, out of the UK.

I also have the Samuel's House from there that was in a couple pictures, working on the Tobacco Shop currently, have the Samuel's Garage that I may start sometime tomorrow or Saturday, and Emma's Diner, which will be the final one to do of the ones I currently have. That one will be a beast and likely take about 6 hours to assemble.

They had a good deal during Black Friday weekend, I got the Jewelry Store, Tobacco Shop, Samuel's Garage and Emma's Diner for like $105 including shipping. Had to get it over $100 for free shipping or it would have pretty steep. The Samuel's House kit, I got from Northstar Games, also out of the UK. They had a half off sale on it a few months ago and I was able to get it for $35 including shipping. It was normally $53 and then half of that plus only $8 shipping. Great deal.

Whenever looking at prices in England or European websites, their prices include 21% VAT tax. So if you register with the site and they get your address, then when you log in, you can see what the actual cost will be for us here in the U.S.

[Hahma]

After gaming all day yesterday and then spending the evening with my family, I stayed up late to finish the Tobacco shop. It was an easier build than the Jewelry store, but it required a decent amount of sanding/filing in order to get some parts to fit right, a bit more than every other 4Ground kit I've assembled so far. It wasn't a big deal, but probably added a half hour to the build time than if it fit perfectly initially.

The thing I like about this building is the flat roof that can be accessed by either the hatch from the room below, or from a dumpster on the side of the store. I can eventually see it having some cover placed around the perimeter of the roof to have a fortified lookout post of sorts.

Now that I have 3 buildings completed, I figured that I'd do a multiple mat layout for pictures, and also run also simulation of the cooperative scenario we played, where the survivors had to go through a long journey to get to the objective, the house in this case.