Rocktrolls Customs - Exclusive's repaints

[Rocktroll]

Mold release is used when you make the silicone mold only not when casting. Well at least thats how it is for smooth on products now sure on the stuff your using.

[Bloody Bogle]

Originally Posted by Rocktroll

The last game I played was months ago, and I had several friends over and learned two things..

Never make a map this big for people who do not know how to play..

And never invite more than 1 person over who does not know how to play that ISN'T at least a part time gamer....

2 hours in, almost no kills, I claimed there was a time limit and it had just passed and who ever had more figs on the table won... JUST WON.. PLEASE LEAVE! all of you!!! I love you guys but I cant keep seeing my dice hit the floor or my hexes get any more coke spilled on them....

Next time I had them over it was Guitar hero night only. They asked about my "toy board game" I said I sold it....

This happened to just last week. There were 10 of us crammed into a room that the battlefield took up 50% of, and the couch, bookshelves, and computer desk too up another 25%. Only 3 of us owne the game (and that includes my friend who hadn't touched his collection since he was 10, and only ever played the basic game). Only half of us even knew the rules going into the game. Moral of the story: 10 player total warfare = total failure

[Mossman]

One thing you can do to improve game play on big maps is to use 6 order markers but markers 4-6 are reinforcement markers that are "move only/no bonding" for those units. Some people even play that you can't use them on the units that took normal turns. Gets more of your army into combat quicker and adds a layer of strategy.

[Rocktroll]

Ok now thats just awesome, I love the idea of the quicker moving Units that way!

Boggle Im sorry to hear about that, and I agree !

[DragonSlayer2]

Originally Posted by Rocktroll

Mold release is used when you make the silicone mold only not when casting. Well at least thats how it is for smooth on products now sure on the stuff your using.

Yes, mine works the same way. However it didnt release the two part mold after I poured the second half I then had to cut out my elf archer x_x Thankfully no harm care to him.

[ZBeeblebrox]

Originally Posted by Rocktroll

Zbee take a picture of your stuff even if its packed up ! 3k WOW I have no idea how many I have but thats NO where near that number!

OK, my figures are broken down into factions, and have 10 more factions to photograph tonight, so I'll should hbe able to post my entire collection soon. Just because you asked nicely and because you did such an awesome job on my Gnids.

Check out my blog: ZB's Collection

[Rocktroll]

Thats an impressive collection I have no where near that many

[ZBeeblebrox]

Thanks Rocktroll, did you spot the Gnids in the Marro collection?
Thanks for that awesome job!

Also just wanted you to know, that I came in 5th place in the Michigan tournament and won your custom Jungle plants. they look awesome on a map...thanks for sending them, too.

[Rocktroll]

did you win them both or just one? Would love to see them on your map, next time let me know again and I will make you some more for your next tourny!

[ZBeeblebrox]

Originally Posted by Rocktroll

did you win them both or just one? Would love to see them on your map, next time let me know again and I will make you some more for your next tourny!

Well, I kept one and had it featured on a map in the tourney; then won the other one...so now I have a pair .

I did not get a pic of it at the tournament, but I have them on my Can"t Take the Heat map by dignan in my home right now:

Spoiler Alert!

[Rocktroll]

They look sweet on that map!
Thanks for the pictures.


My Marauder / Omnicron figure had fallen at some point and broke off one of "wings". I couldn't find it so I made a new one using greenstuff and instant mold. I copied the other side and used that to replace the broken part. Repainting was a little tricky to combine the colors.



I am not sure if I posted this already but a while ago I bought a Mage Knight Rune Lord for $.99. Looked like a perfect hero for the dwarven faction.

I repainted him in earthy tones, similar to the Axegrinders.




Don't have a card for him or any idea what I'll do with him but it was a fun repaint and he looks like he belongs.







I have a couple of projects going on at the same time, and never enough time to do them, which is good because it means I always have something to do once I get home after work. I'll post my ongoing projects in the next post.

[Rocktroll]

These are a couple of my projects I am working on. I have no idea what I'm doing on half of them but I am having fun working on them little at a time. Any suggestions or ideas are more than welcome.




Shipwreck

Spoiler Alert!

After seeing Liefkicker's custom Shipwreck I have been wanting to give this a shot.

The ship he used for his custom comes in 2 parts, Ship stern with mermaid and Ship stern with windows, both cost around $40-$50 retail, and that's before the insane shipping! It comes in several sizes, from small to XL. He used the XL version.

After searching ebay for months I finally found a decent sizes aquarium wrecked ship for a total of $60 shipped.

This was the ship I found used online.

It's sold in Petco at $50 each half.


It took several weeks to arrive and when it did, it seemed the post office and the seller wanted to help with the shipwreck part of it, because it arrived in extra pieces.





I already contacted the seller and in the middle of working something out.

I had fun gluing it back together with my fiance, then a few days later covered the inside with GOOP or some kind of clear glue to cover all the cracks inside because it was really badly damaged and cracked all over.


More pictures soon...

Micheals Bird House Tower - Dice Tower

Spoiler Alert!

While I was state-side for a few days I went to a few Micheal's Arts and Craft stores and found a bunch of cool items. This birdhouse was being sold for about $4 and I couldn't resist trying to turn it into tabletop terrain.

I wish I would have seen Porkin's Dice tower tutorial before I started, but it seems I was going the same direction.






First thing I did was try and pry the tower apart, brute strength only ended up breaking the bottom board, so I tried prying it apart using a metal spatula. this worked way better.



Once I had cut the tower in half I could work on installing the ramps for the dice tower.



Home depo has a ton of these samples for floor tiles and cabinet covers, I remember saving these when we where going to do some home renovations. These are easy to cut ( its like a thin plastic ) plus they already had some cool colors and textures.

I installed 3 ramps after cutting a hole on the top of the tower, each at a 45 degree angle.




I kept the main hole open so I could use a portal I had for a 28mm tower, the upside it looks like a normal tabletop tower, but the downside it can only take a few dice at a time, and due to the small exit, I had to make wings to guide them out the * door* so they would not get stuck on the sides. After reading online I saw some people used this thin foam to keep the noise down, so I tried cutting this piece to also keep dice from being caught on the wings.







Looks messy, was using the glue gun pretty freely but You cant see this anyhow.





I would draw the angles that the ramps would go on and then glued tiny pegs as guides to glue the ramps on.


This was a lot of trail and error, I had to add extra wings on top of the first ones to keep the dice from being caught on top of the first wings. I must have torn this tower apart at least 5-6 times trying to figure out what I was doing.



I cleaned up a few of the outside lines then sprayed it with stone texture three times to give it that stone look.

I still need to do a few more details, including gluing on the door and some bars on the windows.

I still have not finished yet and I still need to make the dice tray and a few other items for the tower, plus painting it.