Non wargame post.

This is just a quick one to show off another hobby.  My wife collects skulls and skeletons.  For Valentines day I did this up for her. She got other stuff too, but she loved her "Chicken Bones".  I bought the specimen at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show.  Then I made a shadow box and mounted it inside.  I made it look used like all of the purchased shadow boxes that we have.  The kids next door love coming over because it is like coming to a museum where they can handle the exhibits. 

The next few pictures will take a bit of an explanation.  Two years ago I was driving home and saw a badger that was hit by a car.  It was intact, and not leaking.  I bagged it up, brought it home, and buried it on my land.  My daughter and I just dug it up running all the loose dirt through three separate sized metal screens to get the small bones.  I think that I got the whole thing.

Then I boiled it up in a mixture of bleach and water to remove the collagen from the bone.  I did this on a burner plate out in my yard near the neighbors house that I don't like.  Lucky for him it did not stink.  Once I boiled it for four hours, I drained it out and soaked it in bleach over night.  It came up nice. 

This one is not mine, but it is what I intend to do.

Sorry for the photo quality.  It was with my phone.
Hope you like.
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My Gabions are up for sale.

I licensed these out to Itar's workshop and they are finally listed.

Here is a shot with some painted examples.

I made the masters a while ago and they have been sitting on the shelf.  I also sent off some other items so there should be more of my terrain items up later.
Linkey
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Zombieville post.

I have a terrain article in the Zombieville post.  The 7ombieTV magazine.

Linkey
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Corrugated metal

Just a quick update.  I purchased a Fiscars paper crimper on a lark a few months ago and it has sat in a drawer ever since. 

Then while working on some ducting at the house I found the perfect material to work with it.  Metal ducting tape.    

First I pealed the backing off the metal and tape it to a scrap piece of paper and cut it to size.  This will allow it to be glued to other surfaces since the backing is waxed. 

Then I run it through the crimper.

After some quick weathering and damage you can see the effect. 

Hope you like.

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Horde Completed

This is the completed horde that I started ages ago.  It is raining out today so I cannot seal them and add the gore yet.  The base is a 110mm beveled edge from Privateer.  The majority of the zeds on the base are from Victory Force with some Reaper, Studio, and Wyrd thrown in.  I have positioned them so no matter where you view the base from, there is at least one zed looking at you.  Painting took forever as I only have three vices that could hold the pins in their feet.  Hope you like.

Sorry for the poor quality images.  Had to use the flash to get enough light.  I will post better images later.  
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Smoke. NO not that kind.

I saw a post on one of the forums that I regularly visit that intrigued me.  How to make cheap effective smoke.  I have seen cotton balls, and steel wool.  I have even seen someone who painted up great stuff for his counters.
This is my take on it.  I am going to take my cue from the makers of Flames of War.  The answer that I am going to try is wool.
I start with four different colors of yarn.  If I was going to really produce this for game play, I would play with the colors to get the right look.  Since this is a test I used two strands of gray and black yarn, and one each of red and yellow. 

You separate the yarn into individual strands.

I used a dog brush to brush the strands out into individual fibers.  If you do this with a large bunch of different color strands it mixes the colors for you.  I brushed the fibers out and fold them over.

I then glue the smoke onto a per-textured base.  This can be used as is or it can be teased out with a dental pick or other tool.

 













That is my take on Smoke.  I think that if I do this for regular use counters, I will use more strands of black and gray.  That would get the colors more like smoke and less like fire.  Hope you like.
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Late birthday pressie

My wife sent me on a little plane ride for my birthday.  Had to wait for them to come back from their tour.

Inside had more room than I expected.

Low Level over the Superstition Mountains.

The B 17 was an option, but I love smaller planes.

All for about the price of a ticket to Vegas.  If you are in the Phoenix AZ area and interested, the fees go to maitnance, and upkeep of these flying museums.
Commemorative Air Force AZ.
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