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Old 12-02-2016, 07:51 AM   #351
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I'm going for DAK Tan for Paneuro and Dark Olive Green for the Combine. Ogres will be many and varied, but no "sparkly pink." Sorry, I don't think jokes get funnier the more they're repeated.
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Old 12-02-2016, 07:59 AM   #352
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Saw a dotted cammo pattern once at Historicon on a very small WWI fighter. Asked the guy how he did it - the spots were TINY.

He said he held up a spray paint can high and caused a "rain" to fall on the already primed and base-colored minis. He did two cans at the same time so the two dot colors weren't an under and over look.

Would work well for small minis, esp if you are going all flecktarny.
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Old 12-02-2016, 08:21 AM   #353
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Two options present themselves.

First, one could assume that if the enemy is close enough to make visual identification and can get through the ECM, then camo doesn't matter. That's part of the idea behind painting an Ogre sparkly pink - may as well, and some eccentric Ogre likes it.

Second, some folks might want to reach for every advantage, no matter how small - even old-fashioned techniques such as camo paint jobs.

An idea that just occurred to me is that BPC may not break down due to weather. In that case, painting may be irrelevant and everything is whatever color BPC is (given that it's carbon, maybe it's dark grey, but it could look like diamond for all we know).
Another possible explanation occurred to me on the way in to work this morning: simple military tradition. 100 years ago our forefathers' vehicles were painted camouflage, so we paint our vehicles camouflage.

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Saw a dotted cammo pattern once at Historicon on a very small WWI fighter. Asked the guy how he did it - the spots were TINY.

He said he held up a spray paint can high and caused a "rain" to fall on the already primed and base-colored minis. He did two cans at the same time so the two dot colors weren't an under and over look.

Would work well for small minis, esp if you are going all flecktarny.
I was thinking I could take one of the plastic bristle brushes and crush it so that the bristles were splayed, then dip it in the paint and daub it a couple of times in each area that I want that sub-color in.
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Old 12-02-2016, 09:57 AM   #354
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Another possible explanation occurred to me on the way in to work this morning: simple military tradition. 100 years ago our forefathers' vehicles were painted camouflage, so we paint our vehicles camouflage.
It also depends on what you're trying to show. If you're trying to show what a HVY looks like after a few near misses, then it's likely covered with radioactive soot that will blend into the shattered landscape. That two-cans-of-spraypaint trick sounds about right for both sides. I'd get frustrated playing a game with them.

If you want to show what the tankers see in their HUDs and what's on the big screen in the command post then high-contrast red and blue (and pink I guess) are fine. Privileged units like ogres might get to pick their icons. It'd be easy to play a game with those pieces.
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Old 12-02-2016, 10:10 AM   #355
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My metal minis have a variety of different patterns. I've had them done in:

German desert fleck
australian
russian winter woodland
blumentarn
tiger stripe
OD green

My OGRE's are mixed between traditional and some flashy:
Multicam
atac woodland
WWII german desert stripe
Soviet flag
Imp. Japanese.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wiI6WAN-5h...0/DSCN3158.JPG
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Old 12-02-2016, 10:33 AM   #356
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ATM, we're getting four distinct colors, so I'm thinking of leaving them the base color of the molded plastic (no priming!), and then adding a second and/or third color for the camo pattern. I won't really be able to choose though until I actually have minis in hand, and can assess the actual molded colors. Who knows, they may look good with just a simple "grunge" wash.

Which, "Grunge" was what I called it back in the 1980's for use in my model trains.

Fiebings black shoe dye for leather, heavily diluted in denatured alcohol. Mix a shade you like the look of, used quite thinned (a few drops per ounce). Wash on model, let dry. Done. Dirt and grease and everything in one pass.

https://www.fiebing.com/shop/?item=42586

Another option is "Rust". "Rainbow" brand dry cement pigment powder in one of their reddish shades (terra cotta, bright red, a blended color you like, etc.). Mix dry powder in a baby food jar of denatured alcohol, and wash on. The pigment settles into crevasses and dries there.

http://www.empireblended.com/enginee...entcolors.html

Dull-Cote after done to seal.
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Old 12-03-2016, 11:14 AM   #357
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Wow.

Give some guys a glow in the dark Ogre, and they go all haywire on you!

D.
...just wait until we have Glow-In-The-Dark NINJAs ;)

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Well, there appear to be more than 1500 people in the world who are willing and able to, collectively, put forth more than $124k for various Ogre stuff in support of Ogre miniatures that they won't get for more than half a year.

I'd say that's a pretty strong endorsement of the product! :)
OGRE DE in 2012 was the Cruise Missile Blast heard around the world, this, the OGRE 6th Edition Miniatures is the TAC-Nuke Blast heard around the world...the convergence of these events with the upcoming release of OGRE 6th Edition will cause a Shockwave the likes of which the Gaming World has never experienced before.

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I'm with ya (as I'm sure all of us here are). I'd love to be talking about Ogre in the Board Game group on Google Plus (17,901 members as of this writing), not because I brought it up but because it's popular. Perhaps the time is right for the rise of board wargaming again. Board gaming in general is enjoying a renaissance. Perhaps our little niche might rise in popularity, too.
A "GAME TABLE CAFE" just opened nearby where I live last year, and it is growing all the time. I just sent them a email about OGRE 6th Edition Organized Play starting January 2017.
Please listen to the owners video on their home page, especially when he talks about "where a good social boardgame encourages communal interaction, a respite from the digital barrage that hits us all day long"...
http://www.gametablecafe.com/
I suspect gaming Cafes such as this will become more popular and games like OGRE along with it. Boardgames are making a comeback despite the digital gaming and Imho, OGRE can help lead the charge by smashing through any barriers imagined or otherwise as only a OGRE can.

I was in with a friend last September and brought enough of my copy of OGRE DE to play the official GEV ESCORT Scenario. (They don't have any OGRE games there atm). The owner stopped by and we talked about OGRE awhile. Told him this was the new OGRE DE Edition that did a Million Dollars in 2012, ect. ..said he played OGRE the MicroGame a lot when he was in College. Then I unofficially MIBed him and also mentioned the OGRE Pocket Edition. He was all like, oh, wow! I have to get that then. :)
With the 6th Edition we will really begin to see new ground for OGRE taken because it can be carried under one arm and put on a shelf witout fear of it collapsing. ;)

!!!...2017 is the year of the OGRE...!!!
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Old 12-03-2016, 06:20 PM   #358
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So...
When is SJG starting the Ogre Miniatures Set 2 Kickstarter project??
It's been two whole days of rest and relaxation, what are you guys waiting for??
No, seriously.
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Old 12-04-2016, 12:34 AM   #359
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So...
When is SJG starting the Ogre Miniatures Set 2 Kickstarter project??
It's been two whole days of rest and relaxation, what are you guys waiting for??
No, seriously.
^_^
They are still quite capable of releasing something through normal channels. There's no guarantee a set 2 would be a KS.
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Old 12-04-2016, 08:20 AM   #360
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There was some chatter during the KS campaign about wanting "craters".

Brief intro to explain:

One thing I have been thinking about for a while since retirement was getting the various machines that my employer had, but in home hobbyist sizes. I had been a professional model builder, btw. So a milling machine, lathe, pedestal disc and belt sanders, saws, etc. I already owned a spin-caster and injection molder at retirement. Most of the machines were thus acquired.

I had a search running on eBay for a specific model number machine, and finally got one cheap and nearly new.

A vacuformer! Using it, I can now make my own craters, and will begin experimenting once I get some time. I should be able to make simple 3D ODE (or the traditional 2x minis scale) hex craters to drop onto the map, suitably painted for effect to go with the minis.

Was also thinking of ways to use typical hardware store things to make laser towers, turrets, etc. for those who want those things.
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