"A Close-up Shot of Portable Wargame Armies" Topic
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| Who asked this joker | 13 Apr 2017 6:38 a.m. PST |
Here's a decent picture of what my portable wargame armies look like.
I've noted a few more tweaks to the 18th century game here. link |
| Mako11 | 13 Apr 2017 6:45 a.m. PST |
Those look really great, as does your gaming "table" solution! Thanks for sharing. My only quibble is with your 90 degree angle river squares. I think they'd look so much better if you take the time to smooth, and/or round the corners a bit to make them look more "realistic". That shouldn't be too difficult to do, but might require making the river a little narrower, or using a couple of squares for the "corner"/bend sections. |
79thPA  | 13 Apr 2017 7:02 a.m. PST |
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| Who asked this joker | 13 Apr 2017 7:11 a.m. PST |
My only quibble is with your 90 degree angle river squares. I think they'd look so much better if you take the time to smooth, and/or round the corners a bit to make them look more "realistic". But it's a canal! All water ways in my fake land are canals!  Yeah. Point taken. I can probably figure out how to round off the corners without too much difficulty. Maybe just angle a3 lines to "round" it out might be good enough. |
| Mako11 | 13 Apr 2017 7:42 a.m. PST |
I was wondering about that, but don't recall seeing any canals with 90 degree bends. ;-) Even 45 or 60 degree bends would be nicer, but I'm sure you can work out how to smooth them out a little to make them look better. |
| Gone Fishing | 13 Apr 2017 9:10 a.m. PST |
Strange, I don't mind the 90 degree bend – sort of fits in with the overall aesthetic, at least to my eye. I love the look of your figures and game board! |
| Who asked this joker | 13 Apr 2017 9:21 a.m. PST |
I love the look of your figures and game board! Thanks! I learned some lessons from the Paper Terrain figures. Scott Washburn (I think that is the gentleman's name) uses green near the feet of the figures and a sky background for the…er…background up high. The pictures did not wash out the sky print I used so you can see the effect first hand. I am rather pleased with the results. |
| Frederick | 13 Apr 2017 9:37 a.m. PST |
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| Bob the Temple Builder | 13 Apr 2017 12:20 p.m. PST |
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| arthur1815 | 13 Apr 2017 2:27 p.m. PST |
Your paper figures have a very pleasing, simple but effective appearance that complements your Portable Wargame terrain very well. Together they create an attractive old school aesthetic that I like very much. |
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