Albion coast cup Trophy.

andyinjapan · Post by **andyinjapan** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 1:23 am

Thanks for the info about that pitch and the others; lots of ideas there.

Tell me though, how does flocking (which I assume is the usage of loose stuff to form the grass) stand up to actual usage? It seems Torpor used a green baize for his grass, and I think that it would last longer for gaming. Any opinions?

P.S. Should this be moved to a new thread?

Emberbreeze · Post by **Emberbreeze** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 9:49 am

IIRC

The green baize, was used for the other side of the board to stop scuffing of the surface you put it on.

The top was a flock mat, not the loose stuff you buy in bags

Norse · Post by **Norse** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 10:53 am

staying off topic....

flock stays on the base no problem if it is glued on correctly with PVA glue.. some people try to use green paint as an adhesive to save time... it doesn't really work. It is worth painting the base first and then gluing the flock on..

andyinjapan · Post by **andyinjapan** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 12:29 am

Off topic, but what the hell.

I think I'm a little mixed up on my terminology here. (Add that to being a rank beginner and you've got a winning combination!)

What I'm interested in is the pitch itself; the stuff that looks like grass in the trophy photos. Emberbreeze mentioned that it's called a flock mat, and from I've been able to dig up on the net, model railroading suppliers are probably the best bet for a good selection. Does this sound right?

As far as flocking the base of figures, I have some static grass (picked up in the model railroading corner at the local "toy" store), and I'm not too concerned about it being that durable.

What I wondering about was the durability of tabletop grass, especially if the modeller used something like static grass on the pitch. The mat mentioned above seems to be the most durable choice, but less realistic (obviously).

traveller · Post by **traveller** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 7:21 am

model railroading suppliers are probably the best bet for a good selection

Yep, thats right. I got mine from this place, too. Now you need just a markings template, cut a mask of it and used it for painting the marking on the pitch. And about loosing some gras at some spots...hey, thats a BB pitch, not a english garden

Traveller

Indigo · Post by **Indigo** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 9:23 am

you can get the mats from GW - they're called "Battle Mats" and are 6' x 4' if memory serves. They're a hefty £15 though...

Grasshopper · Post by **Grasshopper** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 4:10 pm

Even more off topic...

I love his Leggo Teams!!!
http://www.geocities.com/faintlym/LegoBB.html

Colin · Post by **Colin** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 6:15 pm

Cool! Seems to have the stuff to put together undead teams, too bad there's no football or fantasy lego minis, then he could put together human, elf, orc, dwarf teams. I know there is a medival lego range that includes knights and stuff but not sure if there are any viking types that could be used for Norse. Nice idea, would be nice to see the whole thing when he's finished.

gken1 · Post by **gken1** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 7:04 pm

lego's and bloodbowl.............what a concept

Torpor · Post by **Torpor** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 9:16 pm

back on topic... Love what you did with the trophy Del. Bring it to Camcarnage if you can. Would love to see it in person.

Regarding the off topic stuff...
Erm?? Thank you for the attention with the pitch and the Lego side project. I have full Necro, Vampire and Khemri teams with Lego now. Wood Elves and Amazons are in progress. Humans are coming along as well but need to find a few more different soccer player numbered shirts to complete it. Pitch is about a week away from being done if I can get the right parts in. Will have more pictures of the teams and pitch when completed as well as do a page update at that time. Didn't realize anyone actually looked at my pages.

Andyinjapan feel free to PM me and I can give you step by step instructions on how I made that type of pitch if you are interested. Might do a quick webpage with instructions if there is interest.

...nothing to see here... move along... move along.

-Torpor

Torpor · Post by **Torpor** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 9:20 pm

Continuing off topic-
Torg - They have Viking looking Lego minifigs. A Norse team is possible. Am thinking about one after the Wood Elves and Amazons...

Apologies again for the thread hijacking...

-Torpor

Grasshopper · Post by **Grasshopper** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 2:10 am

gken1 wrote:lego's and bloodbowl.............what a concept

It's the ULTIMATE travel set... the crap won't slide off the board... even if an EMP went off!!!

Yup that's right... Post Nuke BLOODBOWL will be with leggos.

Xtreme · Post by **Xtreme** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 3:08 am

I used lego guys as a proxy team for a coach in my league once but nothing that would compare with what you put together. I'm really interested to see the pitch when you get it done.