The Pen of Penemue

I had the chance to do some work on my terrain piece this weekend.  The first thing I really wanted to do is get those walls up into something resembling a room.  It doesn't really matter what it looks like yet, as long as four walls are propped up on my base.  Here's what I've got so far. You might notice the little wooden doohickey next to the door.  That'd be the control panel, and I promise that it'll be prettier once all the paint is on.  I got a number of "control panel" pieces from punch-out dollar store buildings - they're like laser-cut MDF, but they're really really really really bad.  For a buck, though, I got something like 15 potential panels in weird and wonderful shapes. As for the door, the HDF itself is held in place by a handy bit of foamcore on the inside of the building, seen here: Basically, it's a little slot that the door can slide into (and out of), whenever players trigger the door controls/achieve the obj...

I finally got my act together this past weekend and did a little bit of cutting and hacking.  Hacking HDF, and hacking after I finished sawing into damn stuff with my Dremel.  Yes, I was wearing a mask and goggles.  Yes, it still smelled deliciously sweet and lung-collapsy.  After the first time, I made a deliberate effort NOT to inhale. Anywhere, here's the new piece of HDF I'm going to be using for doors.  I've stencilled it out so that the doors themselves are wider than the actual 50mm "Wide Gate Markers", because they're going to be sliding into little slots inside the building proper. I don't have a table-saw, so I have to use my Dremel to perform the magic that is terrain-building.  The big problem with a Dremel is that it's a rather big instrument, so it's really hard to get straight cuts on lines that are far into the surface I'm actually cutting.  This made my HDF "doors" a little smaller than I expected, but they sho...

I stopped by at a local Staples today to pick up some foamcore for my terrain project.  After this massive expenditure, I suddenly felt emboldened!  I fired up my Dremel and cut a perfect square out of the HDF I'd recently picked up at an art store.  Stage one complete! The stuff! I also found these green acetate and black mesh sheets kicking around in my supplies, and I've been wondering what I could do with them.  The mesh might make good window-filing, good doors, or even good floor-covering.  The acetate is clearly a Low-Vis thing, but I have no idea how I'm going to use it.  Yet.

Just this past Friday, the Ottawa Infinity Association held our Paradiso One tournament.  We only had four players due to a wide variety of reasons, but everyone fought hard to take their place in the winner's circle! Our four players were as follows: Endalyon, running Tohaa; Henshini, running the Imperial Service; Robock, running Bakunin; and yours truly, running the Imperial Service as well.  After three rounds, the smoke cleared to reveal a resounding Imperial Service victory, with me and Henshini taking first and second place. Here are some photos from the day: Table 1 (side view) Table 2 (side view) Table 3 (side view) Table 3 - ISS vs ISS Table 3 - Sforza Holos! Table 1 - Tohaa amasses! Table 1 - Bakunin lines up! Table 1 - Moderator Link in Shadow Table 3 - half-painted Kuang Shi Table 3 - Husong waiting for prey Table 3 - Celestial Guard link awaits... Table 3 - Sforza takes a dirt nap Table 1 - Modera...

I've been taking a lot of pictures for other posts, so I thought I'd throw up a WIP of my Kuang Shi thus far.

This past Friday, I squared off against Endalyon yet again, this time in Mission 302.  We've both been noticing that for whatever reason, we almost always end up paired off together after the initial round.  This must mean something, but I really have no idea what. Anyway, on to the mission!  We rolled a very reasonably scattering of Crash Coffins, with only one side being slightly favoured.  Endalyon won the initiative roll, so I quickly snatched up the "better" side to dull the inevitable pain of the first turn advantage.  And what a pain it was... With his first turn, Endalyon blitzed his Sophotect and her Yudbot forward, intent on discovering as much as possible.  It helped that Endalyon's dice were on fire, because he revealed 4 Assistants and the Delegate almost immediately.  The turn ended with Sophie synching up with the delegate (on her second attempt - thank you, -3 synch penalty!) and running behind a building. Cue my first hero of the...

One of our local players, the talented Century, is thinking of running a tournament. The very special thing about this tournament is that first prize is a 28mm miniature of choice painted by him. This should give you an idea of just how valuable this prize is: Hi, I'm Century's Asura.  He painted me.   Now, I'm no slouch when it comes to painting, but this is fantastic .  Century is a bloody painting god.  So you'd better believe I want that prize! The cool thing about this tournament is that Century is not asking for a cash entry.  Instead, he's asking that each entrant puts a serious effort into making terrain to beautify our club tables.  I'm not going to go over the specific rules here, but I think this is a fantastic idea on Century's part, and tremendously generous of him to provide a prize that's...well...ridiculously awesome. My overall plan is to make an 8x8 control room and load it with tonnes of detail and incidentals. ...