Andy and I had been talking about the idea of incorporating naval elements into our HotT games, mostly for the narrative, and the aesthetic. While the obvious troop classification for these would be as water lurkers, an interesting discussion on the iO group led me to think that possibly a better option might be to use them as artillery stands. They would then play as naval elements in DBA.
With that question (sort of) answered, I've been engaging the creative juices to conceiving some suitable stands for this purpose. This first one is as a surfaced submarine, in the best traditions of Captain Nemo, and was created from a plastic 'egg' used to package jellybeans. My thanks to Andy who provided the 'breakthrough' thinking that allowed me to finally visualise what I wanted. Kia ora e hōa!
The 'egg' was cut lengthways to provide the semblance of a surfaced submarine. The photos show some of the stages in development.
Yet again, I am appreciative of the opportunities that HotT creates to indulge our creativity - this is good for the soul. I know I could get someone to 3D print such things, and there are most probably suitable files available, but such things wouldn't be 'mine', if you now what I mean. I love the good old fashioned scratch build challenges. Next some surface units .. thinking caps on.
Very nice idea! Congratulations!
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DeleteGreat to see the creativity surfacing. Models developing from eggs. There is a rich seam of metaphor here. Happy Days, Andrew.
ReplyDeleteThank you... I hadn't thought of the 'egg' seam ... I'm a bit slow LOL
DeleteWow that came out great!
ReplyDeleteJust brilliant! I wish I had the time to scratchbuild at this point, 3dprinting has it downsides when it comes to expanding the to-do list with painting instead of building.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I only recently stepped back from secondary school principalship, in which 60-80 hour weeks were the norm. So I am finally finding some time to indulge, although overcoming the legacy of exhaustion has taken time too.
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