More SfA scatter terrain

 More scatter terrain for my Scramble for Africa game. Used a variety of the arrangement foliage, and some foam boulders on each stand. The palm tree is a the same style trunk, but the palms are plastic floral. It is much faster and easier to make a tree than the Scribd pen way. The palm leaf floral arrangement also has smaller leaves at the ends so works well as ferns.

I did not bend the palms with the heat gun, so I may try that although the plastic is rather thin.

I think this type of scatter terrain with mixed veg and rocks look better than the straight line scatter I was initially doing. 

Scramble for Africa 15mm - Scribd print pen huts, 3d print natives

 I purchased a 3d print pen awhile ago in anticipation of using it to make bush and tree armatures, but was unsuccessful, so put it away for awhile. 

I finally came up with a pattern for usable tree trunks and palm leaves. I also made a hut using toothpicks which was annoyingly tedious, so used the same technique to make the walls of the huts.

The huts are cardboard rings with an up and down pattern with the filament to create the walls. After painting, there is enough texture to be passable for the game table. The hut roofs are washcloth glue to a cardboard cone and painted. 

The natives were made from an stl file I put into Tinkercad. Scaled down and some modifications. A quick and easy representation of native. 3d printed sheilds and poly broomstick spears complete them. 

I made scatter terrain out of Hobby Lobby and Dollar Tree floral pieces. This was a first attempt and I will keep them although the peices I made latter came out better. 

These palm trees were all done with the Scribd 3d print pen. Made alot of different sized leaf patterns and them curved them with a heat gun. Trunk and base was made seperately then the palms attached with hot glue. I like the way these came out although they did take some time and numerous steps to complete. 

These tree trunks were made with the Scribd pen and the foliage is scrub pad. I think the concept will work, but these need a better paint job and some ground foam added for effect. 

Starguard Colonials

 I have a couple of Starguard miniatures I got when I was in 9th grade that have been pretty lonely sitting on the mini shelf, so I picked up a few more this Summer. I finally got some paint on them and took pictures. 

I primered with white, and them used Vallejo washes to finish them. Came out pretty good, but deciding on whether to start over and get some brighter colors. I still have the heavy weapons squad to finish, and I also have some Dreenoi alien bugs that are in line to paint. 

The scatter terrain is LVT base, with pink foam stone, and Hobby lobby plastic floral pieces and a scrub brush bush. 

New printer and results

 I was gifted a 3d printer by a relative that didnt use it much, so the last month has been learning a bit how to use it and doing some repairs to keep it running. 

I made a 5 hex tray for placing and moving 15mm miniatures, and I also made some wound markers, red and yellow that can be added to the mini bases as a conflict occurs.

 

The Frogmen are 15mm splintered light minis I have had for awhile and finally painted them.  I took stock of some of my 15mm minis that can be used for skirmishing and may try some kind of Victorian Science Fiction or Pulp campaign focused on the Scramble for Africa. 

I've been able to print some 25mm and 15mm minis on the 3d printer. Still prefer metal minis, but can't justify the cost of new ones since I still have a pile of lead. 

Clockwork soldiers with a Neopolitan "Earth pig"

I ordered a large piece of the hex cloth and used high flow acrylics to die it. I was worried the grey hex pattern would disappear but it blended in nicely. It drapes well and is easy to lay out and fold up. Wife did sew all the edges with her sewing machine so it wont fray out on edges. 

I made the clockwork soldiers in Tinkercad and printed them out. My first real project on the printer I inherited from a step son. 

The earth pig is a take on an Ford 3 ton M1918 from Thingiverse and I painted it in a tricolor dazzle pattern. I added visible gears in the back... a bit of a chore.

The clockwork soldiers are holding pistols and bombs. May fool around with a model that in carrying a rifle. 

Looking to fit these in to a Victorian Science Fiction game or something similar.

 

Clockwork battalion and earth pig

 Made up some 18mm clockwork soldiers and an earth pig to support them for wargaming on the new hex cloth. Will post pics soon.

Cloth hex map

 Ordered a piece of cloth with hex printed on it. Its about 18x28" and is cotton material similar to a T shirt.  I have a black fabric marker coming tomorrow and may try to darken the hex lines. I would like to dye it a light sepia color or maybe a light green for use. It appears to be usable on top of contoured foam to a point. It fold up and lays out flat nicely.