08-14-2018, 12:04 PM | #11 |
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Re: Arena Building and Impostor Syndrome
I want to build the arena with my name on it; I just don't have anywhere I can do it (every part of the house is accessible by Cats).
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08-14-2018, 01:14 PM | #12 | |
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Location: Lancaster, PA
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Worst-case, maybe your FLGS will lend you the space around their back door to hit it with rattle cans?
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08-14-2018, 07:53 PM | #13 | |
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Location: London, UK
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She's also been scrutinized when entering Tournaments - until she produces her Silver Golden Demon Award from Games Workshop . That shuts most chauvinists right up ! Fortunately the further into the 21st Century we go , the less a nice looking girl - often in a Cosplay outfit - is a rarity at a gaming table ... Re the 3-D Arena : best 40K I've played was on a table with 1" inch raised edges , covered in sand & with stacked slate pieces as rock outcrops in a Desert Raid scenario . It didn't matter if anything got knocked over & the sole bunker was also solid construction . Too many times I've seen & had to play with foam or plastic scenery that gets marked just by looking at it ... And some perfectionist having a meltdown "coz we hurt his baby" ...
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08-14-2018, 10:07 PM | #14 |
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Snohomish, WA
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Re: Arena Building and Impostor Syndrome
Yeah... we had either 6 or 7 cats in our house (kids moving home for the Summer... with cats) when I built the KEAR Coliseum. It was a challenge. Combined with a way too warm Summer and my decision to try latex house paint for the arena, it nearly proved disastrous. The bulk of it was built in my front yard.
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08-15-2018, 09:48 AM | #15 | ||
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FWIW, I'm definitely becoming a dinosaur there but I try not to be one of THOSE dinosaurs. |
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08-15-2018, 10:08 AM | #16 | |
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Location: Lancaster, PA
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08-15-2018, 02:19 PM | #17 |
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Bellevue, WA, USA
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Re: Arena Building and Impostor Syndrome
I feel running a game that organized well, being patient when teaching the game, knowing the rules used, and creating a positive experience are possibly more important than appearance of a Car Wars game. You can have a beautifully-built 3D arena but if you do not run the game as a fun experience, using a baking analogy, you have frosting over a cake that has been overcooked.
Whether you use 1X, 1.5X, 3X, 8X, or even 16X Car Wars scale, I highly recommend you do use some type of miniatures for the vehicles. If you have the time, resources, and skills such as Magesmiley, creation of upscaled gaming components is worthwhile. If you have 3X scale materials, you will probably attract more players because of the popularity of Gaslands. Use of 1X scale playing materials is still acceptable in some situations. Using all six Midville maps in 1X scale looks great. If you use a larger scale, you will need a massive playing surface, or need to play on the floor. If you are going to run a Car Wars game at a convention, use the minimum amount of rules as possible. Creation of simple play-aids such as charts and tables improves play significantly.
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08-15-2018, 03:07 PM | #18 | |
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And my front "yard" is a solid mass of juniper bushes concealing lava rocks -- I don't have to maintain it, and the local bratlings have learned a *whole* new definition of the phrase "get off my yard" >:) . However, this does rather preclude building stuff there.
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08-15-2018, 07:16 PM | #19 | |
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Snohomish, WA
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I'm not going there again. It's acrylic or spray paint all the way for anything new. Large portions of KEAR have a couple of layers of acrylic over the old latex plus a couple of layers of clear spray or varnish. Visit the local craft store and watch the prices of the bottles of paint I caught my local Michaels with the bottles at $.70 and they had a 30% off coupon. And there's online too.
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08-15-2018, 09:14 PM | #20 | |
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Lancaster, PA
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Glad they're only sample sizes...I was planning to polyurethane over top after October's event [because I don't have 30 days for a full cure], but that's not gonna get me through the summer heat, an hour one way in the back of the car, etc. I'm still going to have to primer them with what's in the can...MDF has a nasty habit of sucking up spraypaint and anything water-based...but on the bright side, doing the actual paint work with a rattle can will go a LOT quicker than a foam brush out of a pot.
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