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Post by Soul Samurai on Jan 28, 2019 20:35:53 GMT
The dice are more complicated than that, because white dice have 3 blank sides, blue dice have 2 blank sides, and red dice have 1 blank side. Beware. One blank side = hit on a 2+, 2 blank sides = hit on a 3+ etc, right? Just need to remember which colour is which number. Thanks for the tip about the sandpaper. The problem with non-clear bases is that you need to be able to easily see what type of square units are standing on, right? I can magnetise a clear base, but it's a hassle and doesn't look that good as the magnet is clearly visible (well, not in the cases of tanks at least I guess). I'm wondering if I can 3d print some sort of tray that the square bases can slot into securely. Theoretically possible, but probably too ambitious for me. Although I did design and print that template holder that one time...
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Post by michael on Feb 3, 2019 2:54:07 GMT
Well, my earlier prediction about not having a second monster ready until he end of February is proving accurate so far. I find myself still unable to play two-monster games. Perhaps I should stop painting other people’s stuff and work on my own stuff instead! Just one complete Martian faction commission left to go, and then I can work on Sky Sentinel. Those sweet sweet Boost dice...
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Post by Soul Samurai on Feb 3, 2019 7:01:26 GMT
Perhaps I should stop painting other people’s stuff and work on my own stuff instead! Think of it this way: what's better, to have more monsters yourself, or to have more people to play against?
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Post by michael on Feb 3, 2019 15:26:28 GMT
Perhaps I should stop painting other people’s stuff and work on my own stuff instead! Think of it this way: what's better, to have more monsters yourself, or to have more people to play against? I think we’ve reached the critical mass of MonPoc players here already. Heck, last week I demoed MonPoc for a prodigal Cygnar player (he dropped out when Colossals were announced, seven years ago) and he bought a Zor Maxim immediately afterwards and preordered a Zor Raiden too. I think at this point I have painted the full GUARD faction three times, plus at least two full iterations of Shadow Sun, one Cthul, and my demo Planet Eaters stuff too. Hmm. I think I also threw in a couple bouts of cleaning and priming things too. ...
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Post by Soul Samurai on Feb 4, 2019 6:53:14 GMT
Damn, now I'm jealous. Also, you must be hella faster at painting than me. So I'm even more jealous. It's very premature, but do you think I should paint Terror Khan in "Godzilla Grey", "T-Rex Green", or "Attack The Black"? What can I say, the mention of "Black 3.0" reminded me of Tesoe's warpwolf...
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Post by michael on Feb 4, 2019 14:09:10 GMT
If you are good, Godzilla grey/green, because, hey: Godzilla.
Otherwise, T-rex colors.
That black is so black that it’s basically impossible to discern the object, which is a waste of a really beautiful sculpt.
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Post by mazog on Feb 4, 2019 23:17:10 GMT
Fair warning, I am one of the people behind the Skittles trolls (fight the rainbow!). But modern ideas have dinosaurs being much more colorful and birdlike, so I would say pick a bird you like and paint it like that. Cassowaries are beautiful and deadly, plus their legs are a truly amazing blue color, for example. Predators like that really don't need camouflage, I think he should be flamboyant in his deadlines.
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Post by Soul Samurai on Feb 5, 2019 6:51:07 GMT
Fair warning, I am one of the people behind the Skittles trolls (fight the rainbow!). But modern ideas have dinosaurs being much more colorful and birdlike, so I would say pick a bird you like and paint it like that. Cassowaries are beautiful and deadly, plus their legs are a truly amazing blue color, for example. Predators like that really don't need camouflage, I think he should be flamboyant in his deadlines. Dammit, now you've just made the decision even harder!
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Post by michael on Feb 23, 2019 14:45:06 GMT
MonPoc is probably still lots of fun. I took the last few weeks off for the Privateers CID.
I painted some Martians for a guy, but that is about it.
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Post by Soul Samurai on Feb 24, 2019 11:17:37 GMT
I took the last few weeks off for the Privateers CID. Playing Khador into Mercs, or taking Mercs in Khador, or do you play other factions? Though I have yet to even come close to assembling my Monsterpocalypse stuff (I barely managed a couple of hours of painting this weekend on a model I was hoping to finish in January: I am a slow, slow mess), I ordered a second set of dice and some more units. Also, I'm thinking of basing my stuff on clear acrylic circle bases instead of the square bases that come with the models. I just prefer round bases, and I can't think of any way in which it would actually affect the game.
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Post by michael on Feb 24, 2019 12:26:04 GMT
The square bases do make it pretty unambiguous which squares your monsters and units occupy.
And, I have a fair amount of non-Khador stuff; I just prefer playing as Khador. Mostly I have a Galleon that I was interested in trying out. I was hoping I could do something positive with the warjack-sized harpoon that is only a POW 15...
I was also dismayed by the PC increase in the Buccaneer and was hoping I could make it better too.
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Post by Soul Samurai on Feb 25, 2019 13:18:02 GMT
I am dying of boredom right now so just to kill time I'm gonna ask: do the old Voltron rules (whatever they are, I haven't seen them) translate to MkII at all? What are they anyway?
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Post by michael on Feb 25, 2019 17:42:05 GMT
I am dying of boredom right now so just to kill time I'm gonna ask: do the old Voltron rules (whatever they are, I haven't seen them) translate to MkII at all? What are they anyway? The old MonPoc rules translate poorly to the new edition. A bunch of abilities no longer exist. The main roadblock to using the Voltron rules would be the fact that morphers no longer exist. You’ll have a hard time forming that blazing sword. But basically the Voltron thing was just a reskin of MonPoc, with Voltron and some lions taking the place of your monster and units. Also: I probably won’t have my second monster even primed before the end of this month. I’ve been dragging myself slowly through the last batch of commission painting for the last three weeks. Geez. Gotta finish those Martians already... I’m going to try my best to blu-tac Sky Sentinel and Terra Khan together tonight so I can FINALLY send in my custom-cut dimensions to Battlefoam already... Only been hanging on since Black Friday 2018!
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Post by Soul Samurai on Feb 25, 2019 19:18:18 GMT
So you could have lions AND Voltron on the table at the same time? THAT MAKES NO SENSE!
Oh well. I don't know WHEN I'm going to have time to start on my stuff. Need to finish a Khador model, then a model I'm planning on giving a friend for his birthday, then need to put together a Comicon costume. Maybe after that, so... April?
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Post by Soul Samurai on Feb 27, 2019 9:19:34 GMT
I was contemplating basing my monsters on scenic bases, and that got me wondering: what scale would fit best? I get the feeling that Monsterpocalypse plays a little bit fast and loose with scales, but nevertheless: what scale do you guys think would look best if I wanted to populate monster bases with scenic elements? I usually use Microform's scale chart for reference: microformmodels.com/catconversion.html
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