http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Cast your own blocks, make your own castles en Vox Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:35:43 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398e4c090000400fa967d88360002.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Spike) http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398e4c090000400fa967d88360002.html?_c=feed-rss http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398e4c090000400fa967d88360002.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:35:43 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398e4c090000400fae8c21972000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e398e4c090000400fae8c21972000b-50si" alt="Front" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> It's not HirstArts, but since it IS gaming terrain, I thought I might share. This is one of Steve's latest projects. It is a balsa wood 30mm scale model of the blockhouse at Fort King George in Darien, GA. Much like the models by Miniature Build... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398e4c090000400fa967d88360002.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398e4c090000400fa967d88360002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> gaming models 1700s fort king george http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398b66e52000400fad6909bdb0004.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(WQRob) http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398b66e52000400fad6909bdb0004.html?_c=feed-rss http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398b66e52000400fad6909bdb0004.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:09:54 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398b66e52000400fad6909bd70004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e398b66e52000400fad6909bd70004-50si" alt="smallhouse7" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Nice to get one in the "completed" category: <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398b66e52000400fad6909bdb0004.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398b66e52000400fad6909bdb0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> fantasy terrain http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398b66e52000400fad68aadd10004.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(WQRob) http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398b66e52000400fad68aadd10004.html?_c=feed-rss http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398b66e52000400fad68aadd10004.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 23 May 2008 15:25:37 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/video/6a00e398b66e52000400fad68aadb00004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e398b66e52000400fad68aadb00004-50si" alt="Finger Eleven - Paralyzer" /></a> <a href="http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398b66e52000400fa96779b480002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e398b66e52000400fa96779b480002-50si" alt="smallhouse1" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> In other news, I've started really thinking of Fridays as specifically "casting days." I've always cast a lot of molds on Fridays, but now I'm being really intentional about it. Not so intentional that I wasn't hauled away to work for an hour... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398b66e52000400fad68aadd10004.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398b66e52000400fad68aadd10004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> family terrain hirst arts http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398d35cc1000400f48cee504f0003.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rastl) http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398d35cc1000400f48cee504f0003.html?_c=feed-rss http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398d35cc1000400f48cee504f0003.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:21:32 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398d35cc1000400f48d0cfcb30001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e398d35cc1000400f48d0cfcb30001-50si" alt="Exchange Wizard" /></a> <a href="http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398d35cc1000400f48cee41bd0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e398d35cc1000400f48cee41bd0002-50si" alt="Rat with Sack" /></a> <a href="http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/video/6a00e398d35cc1000400f48cede3df0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e398d35cc1000400f48cede3df0003-50si" alt="Display Base 02" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I am so late on this but my partner was understanding. I believe I have explained how a mini exchange works previously but I'll summarize here. You sign up, you get a name, you paint a mini, you send it off. Someone else paints a mini and sends... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398d35cc1000400f48cee504f0003.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d35cc1000400f48cee504f0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> diorama miniature reaper hirst arts http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398d35cc1000400e398ecf6280004.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rastl) http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398d35cc1000400e398ecf6280004.html?_c=feed-rss http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398d35cc1000400e398ecf6280004.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:34:51 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398d35cc1000400f48ceb726e0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e398d35cc1000400f48ceb726e0003-50si" alt="Alabaster Fount 02" /></a> <a href="http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398d35cc1000400e398ed04710005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00e398d35cc1000400e398ed04710005-50si" alt="Alabaster Fount 01" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I've been working on these off and on for a while. I wanted some decorative little founts to toss around the dungeon (not literally toss but scatter decoratively) and I had some casts from the oh-so-wonderful Hirst Arts Cavern Accessories Mold so... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398d35cc1000400e398ecf6280004.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d35cc1000400e398ecf6280004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> miniatures fountain marble faux alabaster hirst arts abaroth water effects http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398b66e52000400e398ec0c860005.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(WQRob) http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398b66e52000400e398ec0c860005.html?_c=feed-rss http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398b66e52000400e398ec0c860005.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:16:30 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398b66e52000400f48cea7b5d0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e398b66e52000400f48cea7b5d0003-50si" alt="corner/stairway piece" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I thought I'd add more modules to the catwalk, so I built a corner piece. I'll probably do a second one, similar to this one. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398b66e52000400e398ec0c860005.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398b66e52000400e398ec0c860005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> wargaming terrain http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398d35cc1000400e398e8f69a0004.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rastl) http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398d35cc1000400e398e8f69a0004.html?_c=feed-rss http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398d35cc1000400e398e8f69a0004.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:09:44 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398d35cc1000400e398e8f5050004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e398d35cc1000400e398e8f5050004-50si" alt="Colored Bottles Varnish Test" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> A fella on the Hirst Arts forum was showing off his latest projects and he had these wonderful bottles on the crates. So I pestered the heck out of him until he gave me all the details. In a nutshell: Glue beads onto a straight pin Base with w... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398d35cc1000400e398e8f69a0004.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d35cc1000400e398e8f69a0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> miniatures accessories terrain http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398d35cc1000400f48ce31fcf0002.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rastl) http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398d35cc1000400f48ce31fcf0002.html?_c=feed-rss http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398d35cc1000400f48ce31fcf0002.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:26:49 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398d35cc1000400e398e4c41d0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e398d35cc1000400e398e4c41d0005-50si" alt="Magic Shop with Cabinet Labels" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Finally I sat down and finished these things. I know I could have used colored paper and not painted the drawers in place but I like how the base coat of paint unifies things. Otherwise it would have really looked like pieces of card stuck to a ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hirstarts.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398d35cc1000400f48ce31fcf0002.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d35cc1000400f48ce31fcf0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> miniatures hirst arts scratchbuilding