As part of my New Year plans, I will be re-watching my Xena DVD collection. It will be the first time I’ve actually seen all the episodes... and in order from start to finish. I finally purchased (on Amazon) all the half series bits I was missing from my collection; and am really looking forward to this home TV extravaganza I have planned. The ultimate goal is to put together a loose, but continuing Xena campaign for the Dungeon World game, and to play test the new mass battle ( 10mm DW wargame) rules at the same time.
I`ll post links to the batreps along the way.
Hmmm, I`m a bit nervous about the scratch build/customized Xena character mini I will need to make for Xena herself. But I have just the right Pendraken mini for the job I think; and I already have an ideal (early series) Gabriella facsimile put to one side.
Merry Christmas everyone :)
Six.
Sounds good - and very ambitious Six 8)
And we like Gabrielle, eh?
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kKjrNsGlZbE/S79yTfJlCfI/AAAAAAAAAXA/ZYcqPrYq7hE/s1600/Xena+and+Gabrielle.jpg)
(http://www.asherasarchive.com/gabnew2.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vbrMa5TSSdY/THpzshqgcXI/AAAAAAAAFZE/s_3HxMkxwlE/s1600/renee-o-connor-as-gabrielle-in-xena-warrior-princess-playback-image-2.jpg)
Oooo nice pics Nik, the cheers :-bd
Your first and second pic is a middle to late series photo when gabriella turned into a proper warrior side kick, complete with Elektra style twin blades. The third is when Gabriella learned to use a quarter staff (late series one and two I think). Really useful for me to get ideas on modelling. Only having these two heroines to work with means I can make a few of each - I`m hoping. Its finding any fem models at all in this scale is the hard bit... but I`m confident :-\
Six
Quote from: sixsideddice on 20 December 2010, 01:04:05 PM
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Hmmm, I`m a bit nervous about the scratch build/customized Xena character mini I will need to make for Xena herself.
use a 10mm figure for most of Xena but transplant the boobs from a 18mm fig ? ;)
Haha... you sure 18mm is big enough :-\
And we like Gabrielle, eh?
Yeah... she`s a dish alright, and no mistake. I`ll be paying extra attention to modelling her :P
Yep like Gabrielle too. :D :D :D
My friend owns one of the horses used in the series, one of the ones used in Hades chariot
My friend owns one of the horses used in the series, one of the ones used in Hades chariot
Oh WOW thats amazingly cool :)
So to summarize, it took no more than four posts to talk about boobs. I guess that's one of the reasons I like being here :D
Anyway, that's an excellent idea Six (as always). Just out of curiosity, do you have the references for the minis you're planning to use ?
Quote from: Cyril on 21 December 2010, 12:29:59 PM
So to summarize, it took no more than four posts to talk about boobs. I guess that's one of the reasons I like being here :D
yes we were a bit slow off the mark this time Cyril
And to be fair - pics [which included boobs, natch] were in post #2 :d
Quote from: nikharwood on 21 December 2010, 01:14:38 PM
And to be fair - pics [which included boobs, natch] were in post #2 :d
Yeah, and it cost you a whole 15 minutes to come up with these, too! I suppose you keep a stack of these handy, just in case? :D
Not that I disapprove, mind you. :-bd
Quote from: OldenBUA on 21 December 2010, 01:54:01 PM
Yeah, and it cost you a whole 15 minutes to come up with these, too! I suppose you keep a stack of these handy, just in case? :D
Not that I disapprove, mind you. :-bd
Nope - not a stack; I've been refining my Google-fu for years though 8)
Da DAAAAAA!!!
Xena and Gabrielle have now been converted, painted, and based in 10mm for my Dungeon World game 8)
For Gabrielle I used a Pendraken Miniatures Female Beggar FBG7 and added a staff, cut down from a cocktail stick left over from Christmas... then painted the mini suitably. Xena was a little harder, but I used an Amazon Heroine FA8, chopped off her non sword arm and lowered it to her side, added glue filler between her legs to extend her leather skirt outfit to the right length - and BINGO!
Based on 1 cent (Euro) coins and flocked with grass green, they make a rather acceptable Warrior Princess and Side-Kick I think :)
Soon as I have them varnished, I`ll start on a Xena Dungeon World Scenario and write it into a batrep for all to see.
I`m totally sure others here could completely outdo me with their skills with the brush and modelling knife; but I`m delighted with my minor achievement, which at the end of the day is what counts I guess X_X
Anyway; thats my first 10mm project for 2011 finished.
Six
Quote from: sixsideddice on 04 January 2011, 02:25:58 PM
Xena and Gabrielle have now been converted, painted, and based in 10mm for my Dungeon World game 8)
Any pics? We like pics... Especially Nik... ;)
Being a bit of a plonka (and having no idea how to insert an image here) I`ve sent a few pics to Leon to post for me. I lost my camera settings over Christmas due to the kids messing with the thing, so forgive the quality... besides, the modelling is only meh :)
Six :D
Here ya go:
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5210/5324545206_86cf94c10f.jpg)
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5008/5324544400_3701d42b8d.jpg)
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5289/5324546000_743b8c0260.jpg)
Nice job Sirrah! Very cool, they certainly look the part. 8)
Meh, they`re nothing much to shout about.... but they DO look better in the flesh than the photos actually show. Soon As I get the cam working as I want it (for the next batrep), I`ll have them looking the part :-)
Cheers
Six
Quote from: nikharwood on 20 December 2010, 01:19:39 PM
And we like Gabrielle, eh?
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kKjrNsGlZbE/S79yTfJlCfI/AAAAAAAAAXA/ZYcqPrYq7hE/s1600/Xena+and+Gabrielle.jpg)
I'll have Xena then, thanks ;)
I'll have Xena then, thanks
Shes mine, mine... all mine, she`s my precious.
Excellent - competition free for the lovely Gabrielle then 8)
Excellent - competition free for the lovely Gabrielle then
Drat!!! I totally fell for that one. I... I... I mean mine, mine, mine, they`re both MINE :-B
:d Too late! As a punishment for your debauchery you shall have to french kiss with Alti for all eternity!
<shudder> Scary monsters :o
Oh - Six, your models are coolio BTW :) 8)
looking good :D
Nice work.
Listen guys there is no need for all this ceaseless bickering....I'll have both! 8)
Listen guys there is no need for all this ceaseless bickering....I'll have both!
NOOOooooooooooooo!!!!! :'(
Okay, Xena batrep on hold for a bit :(
I`m going to have to concentrate on painting a mass of new Pendraken scenics for a while. I plan a busy gaming year for 2011, so I guess I`d better get my terrain ready for action :)
Too late! As a punishment for your debauchery you shall have to french kiss with Alti for all eternity!
Oh I don`t know Pruneau :-\ Give her a bath, brush her hair a bit,and dress her up... she may look okay :o
Quote from: Pruneau on 05 January 2011, 02:15:02 PM
I'll have Xena then, thanks ;)
She's not too shabby for a Kiwi lass :D
Quote from: sixsideddice on 10 January 2011, 10:27:22 AM
Too late! As a punishment for your debauchery you shall have to french kiss with Alti for all eternity!
Oh I don`t know Pruneau :-\ Give her a bath, brush her hair a bit,and dress her up... she may look okay :o
Well, it's all settled than: Nik can have Gabrielle, I'll wrestle with Xena :P and you can lather up Alti! EVeryone happy! :-bd
Woohoo! I get the skinny blonde one who doesn't look like a bloke if you crop her pic to just the face :D
[seriously, try it with the Xena pic here: looks like a guy I used to play rugby with :o]
gaaaa!!! I missed out there.... I`m stuck with suds, soap and time to run a mile :D
Gabby has a cute face its true , Xena is a bit....... manish isn`t she at times :-\
Ah well, I`ll just have to default to my back up plan - Buffy and Willow do WANT me badly after all 8)
Six :d
...... actually, I win the prize!
While ye guys are looking out for Xena and Gabriella - I`ll just walk away with Callisto on my arm 8) ^^
Sorry Buiffy and Willow, you`ll both just have to wait while I pencil you into my diary :P
Callisto is pretty, but a bit challenged in the character department :P
I don't mind Xena being a bit butch up close, I'm only gonna wrestle her ;D
Callisto is pretty, but a bit challenged in the character department
.... I wasn`t really thinking of her personality ;)
hehe
Ok - so let me get this straight...you've put these two on hold:
(http://riscos.iswe.net/stories/tv/buffy/willow.jpg)
(http://collider.com/wp-content/image-base/TV/B/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer_Sarah_Michelle_Gellar_01.jpg)
while you chase this:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d7/Demon_Callisto.PNG)
I'm worried about you ;) ;D
;D Oh dear, this is going down hill fast for me here :-B
I know what, maybe I`d better just save myself for the Amazon tribe... don`t want to be greedy after all, and they look in dire need of a bit of male company.
Come on, don't back down now! The lady with the devilish grin is ready and willing!
Quote from: Pruneau on 13 January 2011, 06:47:10 PM
Come on, don't back down now! The lady with the devilish grin is ready and willing!
To paraprhrase a popular saying:
'Making love with a devil is okay, but her tail gets in the way. ' :o :-[
I'll go and hide now...
Wouldn't that depend on position - where did I put that MCP tie.
IanS :D (Ducking)
Ah, my salad days..... I`m fickle, I`ve just discovered Angelina Jolie in "SALT" now theres a hot number ;)
Quote from: sixsideddice on 14 January 2011, 11:30:08 AM
Ah, my salad days..... I`m fickle, I`ve just discovered Angelina Jolie in "SALT" now theres a hot number ;)
Yes, yes, but does she have a tail? Nothing quite as horny as a she-devil... O:-)
Quote from: OldenBUA on 14 January 2011, 10:02:00 PM
Yes, yes, but does she have a tail? Nothing quite as horny as a she-devil... O:-)
I think you might be right y'know:
(http://www.bordellolounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/She-Devil.jpg)
I think you might be right y'know:
Where DOES he keep finding these yummy girls :-\ Bet he`s a kitten magnet at parties (makes mental note to hang out with Nik a lot more)
Quote from: nikharwood on 14 January 2011, 10:12:43 PM
I think you might be right y'know:
(http://www.bordellolounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/She-Devil.jpg)
Looks like hell ain't a bad place to be!
On a (slightly) more serious note, while Googling for she-devil images (snipped from my post for reasons of decency), it occurred to me that an 'Island of the Savage Queen' could be a great theme for a dungeon pack. Complete with scantily clad amazons and their Queen, and maybe the odd dinosaur, great ape or other jungle animal. And a band of pirates/explorers/seamen to fall into their evil clutches. Or not.
Hey, thats not a bad idea OldenBUA :-\
Quote from: OldenBUA on 15 January 2011, 11:12:02 AM
On a (slightly) more serious note, while Googling for she-devil images (snipped from my post for reasons of decency), it occurred to me that an 'Island of the Savage Queen' could be a great theme for a dungeon pack. Complete with scantily clad amazons and their Queen, and maybe the odd dinosaur, great ape or other jungle animal. And a band of pirates/explorers/seamen to fall into their evil clutches. Or not.
Pop it in the suggestions thread!
Quote from: OldenBUA on 15 January 2011, 11:05:42 AM
Quote from: nikharwood on 14 January 2011, 10:12:43 PM
I think you might be right y'know:
(http://www.bordellolounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/She-Devil.jpg)
Looks like hell ain't a bad place to be!
Yeah, but you know she'd be 2" out of reach for all eternity... :o :d
Quote from: O Dinas Powys on 15 January 2011, 10:48:18 PM
Yeah, but you know she'd be 2" out of reach for all eternity... :o :d
Quite right, that would be hell...