Zach Bean
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Post by Zach Bean on Jun 3, 2014 14:33:37 GMT -8
Zach Bean:I almost forgot, even though you're not contributing, bring Boethius with you, so we can take a group photo, like we did last year. Will do! I'll bring my Yursuff too! If I go Saturday I'll try and stick around till the end of the day when the crowds dwindle. Same if I go Sunday.
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Post by Sir Haymar Glen on Jun 7, 2014 9:13:18 GMT -8
Zach Bean: yes! Please do! ALL: Here is an update on the progress of Maldrake's Castle.
Please tell me what you think. Also, on a different note, we gained another member. Although he can't come, Adam ( Rifiröfi) will be contributing a module. *Edit* I do not have a Maldrake, so someone else will have to bring him. Cheers, Joshua
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Schmidt
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Post by Schmidt on Jun 14, 2014 15:35:45 GMT -8
I would like to display a civil war build at the fair "the Battle of Barbourville," a very, very, small skirmish and the first skirmish that took place on Kentucky soil.
Am I allowed to do that, or are only certain people allowed to display? Also, I don't know if this is a problem or not, but unfortunately, my civil war figs are all fleshies (I know, I know) because my LoR armies have eaten up most (save a couple) of my yellows.
Who do I need to contact about doing this? Any help, Gary or Josh, would be greatly appreciated!
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Post by Sir Caelan Munro on Jun 17, 2014 14:33:24 GMT -8
I would like to display a civil war build at the fair "the Battle of Barbourville," a very, very, small skirmish and the first skirmish that took place on Kentucky soil.
Am I allowed to do that, or are only certain people allowed to display? Also, I don't know if this is a problem or not, but unfortunately, my civil war figs are all fleshies (I know, I know) because my LoR armies have eaten up most (save a couple) of my yellows.
Who do I need to contact about doing this? Any help, Gary or Josh, would be greatly appreciated! Schmidt, you are more than welcome and we're happy to have you. How many figs are we talking about? If we provide the hands and heads maybe you can switch them at BFVA; John (my partner in CW, and our resident historian and park ranger) hates fleshes; but don't let that stop you please, you are definitely welcome. When you register it, and you should do this soon, just choose the drop-down for Collaborative Civil War. No worries. BTW, a border is necessary. We prefer black but this year John ignored the rules (as is his want) and went with a dark red one for a vignette. Here is the FLICKR website for more details. Also, are you going to do one of our Battle of Wilderness modules? Everyone: Those attending are also welcome to join in our Battle of Wilderness Collabative build. Here is the FLICKR discussion for it.
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Post by RBCustoms on Jun 18, 2014 8:06:39 GMT -8
Everyone: I am in the process of putting together the "goodie" bags for the LoR collaborators and wanted to know if anyone other than Sir Haymar Glen, had any suggestions or requests for custom cape designs, please let me know no later than this Friday (June 20), so that I can finalize the contents of each prize pack and begin printing. Also I plan to include 10-15 LoR info cards in each collaborator's (goodie) bag, for distribution to attendees. That would give us a total of 120-150 cards to hand out (assuming there are 12 collaborators). Gary or Joshua, please let me know if I need to get more cards made, then what I stated above. If you guys have any questions regarding the goodie bags please PM me. Also, please PM all custom cape design requests to me, (RBCustoms). Thanks again, ~RBC
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Post by Lord Mercat on Jun 24, 2014 9:51:26 GMT -8
Okay, so I've been mostly inactive on the forums, but I am still very much getting prepared for this display at BF! I'm getting my modules ready, and finishing up the last bits for my troops- however I need to know what kind of general landscape everyone's got in mind. I know its a swamp, but I'd like to see some kind of drawing or an example non-castle module so I can kind of see what everyone's building. Otherwise, I'm either going to end up with a landscape that doesn't fit in well, or some really plain modules. For example, there is a moat of lava around the castle- is that only around the castle or is the whole landscape dotted with fire pits and molten pools? Anyway, looking forward to this collaboration, I'm sure its going to be awesome!
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Zach Bean
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Post by Zach Bean on Jun 24, 2014 10:34:09 GMT -8
So what's needed? Just a basic layout of the 72(?) baseplates from an overhead view, or more so concepts of what each module whether it be swamp, field, or near the castle should be?
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Schmidt
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Post by Schmidt on Jun 24, 2014 11:55:22 GMT -8
Let me offer my relatively useless input.
-Since the castle is surrounded by lava, I think it might be neat to have little 2x2, 2x3, or even slightly larger lava pits and cracks throughout the landscaping. However, since I am not the official coordinator, I cannot answer this. And quite honestly, it does not matter to me at all. -I think if at all possible we should have a landscaping layout mapped like Gary did for the civil war display here. I think we should really have one of these in place so we can all start to get the bigger picture of the layout. And I think we need to get one in ASAP (as in, the next few days) because we are really coming up to crunch time. -I think the battle should be taking place (as much as able) outside the castle walls to show the scale of conflict. I don't think all forces need to be engaged. Reserves are standing back and waiting, etc. -With a 72 baseplate build, how many baseplates will the castle cover?
-I think there should be a small (and I mean small) camp in place to house the leaders of the army, which I propose to be Chartres with the three faction heads. If we decide to do this, I would love to build it, as I already have something in mind.
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Post by Sir Caelan Munro on Jun 24, 2014 13:19:36 GMT -8
Let me offer my relatively useless input.
What, are you not contributing to our ever-better Civil War Collaboration after all? ...
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Post by Sir Haymar Glen on Jun 24, 2014 14:40:07 GMT -8
Right, I'm going to answer this generally since you're all basically asking the same thing. I am a horrible artist, so there won't be any kind of detailed, if any, map posted. The best I can do is try to describe it; One thing though, although a cool idea, I don't think we have enough time to put fire pits in the modules. If however, any of you think you can, be my guest, it would make the display cooler. Size: A bit ago I laid out 72 baseplates, and the result is below:
Needless to say, it won't work. I've decided to make it an 8x6 footprint instead, just shave off the four rows of road plates and you'd get the correct size. Terrain: I've posted a picture awhile ago on my stream, that's the example. If you want to add a raised part in the middle of the module, please do. The lava moat is only around the castle. For the most part, the terrain will be pretty bland, as the main focus is on the castle, and the fighting. Camp: There will be a tent for the leaders, I'm going to start on that soon. As for leaders, I was thinking all our sigfigs should be in the tent, with each person's personal banner outside the tent. The tent will be painted in the main color of each faction. Reserve troops will definitely be on the outskirts of the display. I was thinking the faction armies should be attacking the castle from the front and left side, and the Outlaws should be counter-attacking form the right, out of a stand of dead trees. Hope this helps!
Cheers,
Joshua
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Post by High General Mythrog on Jun 24, 2014 17:17:48 GMT -8
This is not the bog module droids you have been looking for.
I will upload a drawing of the shape of the bog tomorrow. (Don't expect anything fancy, Joshua drew it. )For those of you who don't know, General Mythrog and his large army will be fighting with the three Factions against the evil tyrant Queen and her scum.
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Zach Bean
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Post by Zach Bean on Jun 24, 2014 18:43:49 GMT -8
Looking at the number of attendees, and the 72 baseplates all laid out, I think 8x6 is a little more size worthy.
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Schmidt
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Post by Schmidt on Jun 24, 2014 19:42:20 GMT -8
@gary - Let me get back with you on this week one day. I am still not 100% sure if I am going to be able to squeeze it in or not, although I really, really want to!
@joshua - If you tell me how much longer the castle will be, I can draw up a map for us that has everything we are looking for. That will help me immensely! It won't be the prettiest, but it will get the point across, and can give those of us just doing terrain modules a general idea of where we will be.
If you want to build the camp of the leader's that is certainly a-ok, but we have to remember there will be some lore with this. I just ask that you don't become too totally married to a specific idea until we get ironed out exactly what the KC has in mind for story development. I can assure you, there will be a lot of lore development with such a big collaboration, so there will be some restrictions on who is where, what they are doing, etc. As far as sigfigs being in the tent, my LoR character certainly won't be in the tent with you all (go queen! ) so I would love it if we can do an additional shot before the fair is over of all of our characters together somewhere!
If the Outlaws are attacking from the right, then I can make most of the modules on the right side for my army. As a matter of fact, I can have my Outlaws attacking my other three faction troops on the right side(as the counter attack) and everyone else can have their troops attacking the fortress on the main assault. Does that make sense? I can take care of the entire counter attack if everyone else can do the rest?
EDIT*** In retrospect, I agree with Josh's idea about the terrain. A few lava pits wouldn't be bad, but I think we need to make the terrain as non-cluttered as possible, so as to make the focus on the battle. The castle is big, and not overly detailed nor greebled, so it won't take away from the battle either. If we keep the terrain simple, like the castle, it won't look too cluttered and the battle will look that much better, IMO.
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Post by Lord Mercat on Jun 25, 2014 6:39:40 GMT -8
Okay, thanks for all the help everyone, I think everything is a little bit more clear now! However, I still have one more question/suggestion- I think that everyone contributing modules should select WHERE on the 8x6 layout they are going to be, so that we have a better fitting layout when we all put it together at the fair!
On the other topics people have brought up- While I am most certainly Anti-Chartres, I don't really see why, story-wise, he couldn't be there with the three faction heads (though maybe not Jarius, I think there was a MOC where his wife was insisting he stay off the battlefield to wait for their baby to be born). On to the issue of the tent- while I think that having all of the allied sigfigs meeting together to confer in a leadership tent would be an excellent idea for a few pre-battle pictures and for various individual storylines, I personally at least would much rather have my sigfig be in the thick of the fighting. Both story-wise and IRL, I don't really want to bring all these troops and such and then just sit on the sidelines.
As for the battle itself, I had an idea for it that I think would make it a bit more exciting, if everyone would hear me out. So, if schmidt goes and builds the outlaw counter attack from the right and staffs that with all his troops I think what would make his rushing to the battle more dramatic would be if the main assault had made some significant progress. What I am thinking is twofold- One, we have a few troops who have successfully climbed siege ladders and are fighting on the walls of the main castle, and two- we have the main doors of the castle battered down- what I am envisioning is a battering ram having broken the main gates, but the allied troops pushed back by an influx of the queens forces from inside the castle, flooding out of the shattered gates at the moment they are breached in order to try and hold back the tide until schmidt's reinforcements can make it through. What do you guys think?
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Schmidt
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Post by Schmidt on Jun 25, 2014 7:32:30 GMT -8
Lord Mercat - I agree that people should select modules. Once we get the dimensions of the castle from Joshua, and I draw up a map with the square modules, people can pick the modules they want they are not being built yet.
I love the idea of the siege being successful before the reinforcements get there. It makes the battle look that much more appealing.
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