Friday, 19 January 2018

From SanderS: Cheating... (15 Points)

Hoi there,

Okay so terrain in the Challenge... I really do not think I have this fixed in my system yet, it feels like cheating, me entering scenery for points. That said, the last two weeks have seen me correcting test of 269 pupils and that kinda sucked the time and energy out of painting. I also have been too busy to react to all the excellent posts here on the Challenge blog, sorry for that.



Shortly before the correcting wave broke, I have been able to paint up some scatter terrain or how you want to call it. Most of it is Dungeon terrain, doors, cupboards and a tomb from Mantic, a table with landscape inset from Zealot games (they do excellent scenery and figures) and two palm trees from well erm China really, the wife ordered them through Ali-express or something like that?

So here are pictures of all the separate items.












Here's a close up to show that the base of the scenery is 6 x 6". In height the palm trees are a little over 6" but the rest is well under. So I leave the scoring up to Curt.


Cheers Sander

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I think we can all certainly sympathize how the desires of our hobbies can often get 'realigned' by the realities of life. Nonetheless, it's great to see that you've been nudging the ball forward with these little terrain gems, Sander. I love the bookcases and that table with the terrain inset - who cool is that?! I'm also impressed by those very fine palm trees. I'll have to pester you to find out where in Ali Express you found them.

Let's err on the side of generosity and say 15 points for the lot? Sounds about right to me.

23 comments:

  1. Nice scatter pieces Sander :)

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  2. Nice collection of scatter terrain, Sander! Be careful lest some rhapscalion from Laarden tactfully aquires that mini game table! ;)

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    1. ooooh thanks for the warning he might just at that!

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  3. Nice terrain - not cheating at all!

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    1. Weeeell I am not entirely convinced but thanks for the kind words!

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  4. Beautiful collection of terrain love the book shelf and the table very cool indeed

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    1. Thanks, and would you believe they are made of a soft rubbery plastic? But they paint up rather well.

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  5. Great terrain pieces. I sympathize on your marking load/

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    1. Thanks Peter, I just wish I had multiple choice questions but its 4 pages A4 size of open answers from each pupil. Being History teacher also means that a lot of the answers are liable to debate...

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  6. Great work Sander! That's a lot of work for 15 points. Poor chap!

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    1. Nah Ray, as you very well know: scoring terrain is a real badger so I totally accept the Snowlords judgement on this.

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  7. I admire anyone who can find the time and inspiration to paint terrain - well done Sander.

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    1. inspiration is the real problem,after all, how many different door designs can one come up with? But playing Heroquest regularly really provides a drive to get the stuff done. I have another pack of doors lying on the pile. But today my birthday present came in and it contains over 200 pounds (as in money, not weight) of MDF...

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  8. @Curt: perfectly fine boss, 15 points is fine!

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  9. Really nice collection of terrain, lovely finish!
    Best Iain

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  10. Wonderful looking scenery Sanders!

    Christopher

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  11. Looks great! Keep the painting mojo alive. Got done grading 146 essays from 10th graders myself so I fully understand how you feel.

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  12. Lovely bit of terrain there, Sander!

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  13. Nice collection of bits Sander - scatter terrain like this really brings a table to life

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  14. Some great looking terrain pieces there, very nice

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  15. Nice scenery and I‘m sure all that stuff will come in handy for several games and periods.

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  16. Useful stuff! That Terrain table is quite fun.

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