Diving into 10mm head first: project log

[BeardedHammer]

That's why I post them. When I was starting out finding threads like this was a gold mine, so I hope I get to return the favor

[Techno]

Good on you !!
Cheers - Phil

[getagrip]

a lot of folk will find the stage by stage photo's really useful, if they fancy having a go at making their own terrain.

I certainly would if time and space allowed

Question; what is spackle?

[toxicpixie]

Looking really good - am impressed at your speed

[BeardedHammer]

Spackle is the stuff you use to fill holes in walls. I don't know if it goes by any other name, but that's what the container says lol

Toxicpixie: thank you, and I got lucky tonight because the wife wanted to hang out in the office (my workspace). So while she was distracted on the computer I took advantage of the opportunity

[Ithoriel]

As far as I know Spackle is a trade name for a brand of filler. I'm not enough of a DIY enthusiast to know if it's become a generic term like 'hoover' or 'biro.'

[toxicpixie]

Smooth, I like it BeardedHammer

I think "spackle" is a kind of generic name now, at least mostly so...

[BeardedHammer]

I have a quick question for you guys. What rules does everybody use for their games? I'm specifically interested in ww2 and fantasy, but would love to hear about other rules you think highly of.

[Ithoriel]

For WW2 I use "Chain of Command" by Two Fat Lardies for skirmish and "Blitzkreig Commander 2" now by Pendraken for larger scale games (1 stand = 1 platoon) and for Fantasy I still use "Warmaster" though on this forum it would seem disloyal not to mention "Warband" recently released by Pendraken!

[paulr]

For WWII Spearhead for brigade level and above, looking at Chain of Command for skirmish. Don't play fantasy

[toxicpixie]

Spearhead is a favourite for large scale games for ww2 but we also play BKC for smaller games. I actually quite like the mechanisms for Bolt Action in smaller scale even if it needs better scenario set up than "as written".

Fantasy we use Impetus (the Basic rules and the fantasy supplement are free) but the new Warband looks pretty tasty! We did play Warmaster but it didn't grip us as a group.

[BeardedHammer]

I've been reading Impetus Basic this morning and I'm rather liking the mechanics, I'm going to have a friend read it and if he likes it I think we'll keep it 

For world war 2 we are planning on using Panzer8 rules with some house rules for making it fire team based instead of platoon based, but would be willing to try others.

On a modeling note, I started to add foliage and water effects today

[getagrip]

You are an absolute machine when it comes to modelling; looks like it's going to be another goody

[BeardedHammer]

Thank you! The funny thing is that I never used to enjoy making terrain for 28mm. I did it so we could have nice battle fields. But building 10/15mm stuff is so much more fun in the fact of you cut out a lot of the detail work, so you can focus on the piece as a whole. Less  and more 

[Subedai]

Thank you! The funny thing is that I never used to enjoy making terrain for 28mm. I did it so we could have nice battle fields. But building 10/15mm stuff is so much more fun in the fact of you cut out a lot of the detail work, so you can focus on the piece as a whole. Less  and more 

That's the thing about the smaller scales when it comes to terrain. You get to use a lot more and the variation keeps the building of it interesting. Plus of course it's a lot quicker than 25mm.

[toxicpixie]

You can get caught up in annoying detail, take ages and end up with something that's only just satisfactory as a whole; 10mm & similar scales let you do a broad sweep that looks great in actual use with decent speed!

Hope Impetus Basic appeals, the full rules are definitely worth it you're happy after tasting

[BeardedHammer]

Here is the mountain pass  (sorry the pic is a bit blurry)

[toxicpixie]

Cracking! And very usable, too

[getagrip]

Cracking! And very usable, too

Couldn't agree more; the slopes are gentle enough to take figures.  Top job

[Womble67]

Excellent thanks for sharing

Take care

Andy