Ooooh, yeah. That's right, a LOT of AGI stuff felt that way.Originally Posted by chirine ba kal
Would have worked great in 1979. In 1984 it was the kiss of death.
Ooooh, yeah. That's right, a LOT of AGI stuff felt that way.
Would have worked great in 1979. In 1984 it was the kiss of death.
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It's Spring Break - I have all day Friday off, so I can write and answer e-mails!!!Sometimes the weekend is the best thing one can hope for.
First off, no, I haven't forgotten your e-mails. My department is being shut down, and I'm being transferred to a different one; life has been crazy busy! I have two 'slots' where I can look at messages, one right before I go to work and one right after, so I have to be quick. You are in the stack for this weekend - I have Friday off - and I'll have much longer answers - with color samples!!! - for you this weekend.
I am really happy you found this thread, too! I'm happy to answer questions, and this thread has been a great time for me - and more people get to be involved, too!
Right - some short answers:
I have posted some bits of the book in various places; I'll get those listed here for everyone to have a look at, if they want to. What I'm trying to do is tell our stories from our perspectives, as we adventured in Phil's world.
We went to Pechano three times, according to my notes; first after the NW Frontier campaign, again as part of the Second Voyage, and once more as part of the Hekellu micro-campaign. It's a great place to adventure in - just nice enough to have a comfortable place to stay, but very 'frontier' and very 'Conanesque'. The people are glad to see you, mostly 'cause they have the Ssu as next-door neighbors, and the locals can use all the help that they can get.
I will send you paint samples. Phil used the Humbrol line of war-gaming enamels and the similar Floquil line, and I tended to use the Testor's enamels; later on, we both went to acrylics, and I painted a lot of his figures that way. 'Dun' is one of those sort of vague colors, and the Testor's 'Desert Brown' was what I used - I still have all of these bottles (!), and I'll check for you. I should note that Phil repeatedly said that dye lots for clothing and uniforms did vary between batches, so you needn't get too fussy - get the look, and you're there. I'll also look in the collection - I don"t think I had call to paint anybody from Pechano, but I should look before I say for sure!
I had a look at the VVS blue; I think it's a little too light, and a little too green, but that's going to be a tough call - I'll send you come color samples. I used to use shades of blue from a navy blue (Ksarul legions) up through a light blue (Avanthe and Dilinala), but I am now using a Vallejo color, #23 'Electric Blue' as my basic Tsolyani color. It's halfway between the darker shades that Phil used, and the lighter shades I used. (Please see my next reply, to Gronan, as well.) Please have alook on my Photobucket page, in the 'Castle Tilketl' album, to see how this looks on figures.
Next!
Agreed! I made a list of all his paints when I did the inventory, and I'd better get it put together. I think all of the Serqu colors came out of the Floquil range, with only a few being the Humbrols. I've managed to duplicate the old Floquil 'Samoa' he used for skintones - Testor's Model Master Acrylic 'Red Earth', #4747, I think - and it looks quite good.
One thing I have to remember is just how dark it used to be in the game room out at Phil's; he painted under several desk lamps with 75 watt lamps in them, but that single 100 watter over the game table did him no justice. Ditto the dang tubes in the FLGS - shifts the colors way over into the lighter shades...
Have a look at the 'Castle Tilketl' album, by the way, and you can see our lead alter egos in full cry...
Yep. Remember "Johnny Reb"?
Free Fridays are nice even if one sleeps them off. Sometimes those are even the bestIt's Spring Break - I have all day Friday off, so I can write and answer e-mails!!!
I can't find it at the moment, but do they make paint from mollusques in Tsolyanu?
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward." - Rocky
Great game by all accounts, award winning... do I want to know the print run?
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[QUOTE=chirine ba kal;885521]First off, no, I haven't forgotten your e-mails. My department is being shut down, and I'm being transferred to a different one; life has been crazy busy! I have two 'slots' where I can look at messages, one right before I go to work and one right after, so I have to be quick. You are in the stack for this weekend - I have Friday off - and I'll have much longer answers - with color samples!!! - for you this weekend.
Ah, thank you. I'm not trying to rush you for an answer I just wasn't sure if they got lost in the aether.I appreciate your responding, and look forward to
the complete reply.
I am really happy you found this thread, too! I'm happy to answer questions, and this thread has been a great time for me - and more people get to be involved, too!
Man, this is the best place to be when it comes to finding out about and exploring Tekumel. Having gone over a big chunk of the posts in this thread, I cannot understand why the Tekumel Foundation: those self appointed doyens, arbiters and "protectors of Tekumel" would hoard information on what was so obviously a labour of love by Phil. This is just my 2 Nzuggesh worth but I feel they are doing a disservice to the late Professor's memory and legacy.
Right - some short answers:
I have posted some bits of the book in various places; I'll get those listed here for everyone to have a look at, if they want to. What I'm trying to do is tell our stories from our perspectives, as we adventured in Phil's world.
I for one would love this.
We went to Pechano three times, according to my notes; first after the NW Frontier campaign, again as part of the Second Voyage, and once more as part of the Hekellu micro-campaign. It's a great place to adventure in - just nice enough to have a comfortable place to stay, but very 'frontier' and very 'Conanesque'. The people are glad to see you, mostly 'cause they have the Ssu as next-door neighbors, and the locals can use all the help that they can get.
I always saw it as being somewhat "rough and tumble". The reason that I initially chose Pechano is because it gave me a lot more lee way when it came to the game environ. This was especially true when I first started adventuring on Tekumel all those years ago. The brief description in the Sourcebook which described a nation and people locked in perpetual warfare with the foes of man sold me on it. The fact that it is a feudal society made it that much easier to integrate the group whose historical point of reference was for the most part medieval Western Europe and Japan.
I will send you paint samples. Phil used the Humbrol line of war-gaming enamels and the similar Floquil line, and I tended to use the Testor's enamels; later on, we both went to acrylics, and I painted a lot of his figures that way. 'Dun' is one of those sort of vague colors, and the Testor's 'Desert Brown' was what I used - I still have all of these bottles (!), and I'll check for you. I should note that Phil repeatedly said that dye lots for clothing and uniforms did vary between batches, so you needn't get too fussy - get the look, and you're there. I'll also look in the collection - I don"t think I had call to paint anybody from Pechano, but I should look before I say for sure!
That's awesome! Even though I switched over to acrylics ages ago (primarily Vallejo and a mish-mash of other brands like MM, Citadel, and even Floquil) I still use Humbrols exclusively (augmented with artists oils) when I paint my Chota Sahib or Andrea 54mm minis. I probably have the Humbrol tin already if they still make the colour.
I had a look at the VVS blue; I think it's a little too light, and a little too green, but that's going to be a tough call - I'll send you come color samples. I used to use shades of blue from a navy blue (Ksarul legions) up through a light blue (Avanthe and Dilinala), but I am now using a Vallejo color, #23 'Electric Blue' as my basic Tsolyani color. It's halfway between the darker shades that Phil used, and the lighter shades I used. (Please see my next reply, to Gronan, as well.) Please have alook on my Photobucket page, in the 'Castle Tilketl' album, to see how this looks on figures.
That Tsolyani Blue match has bugged me for some time. I remember using the the old Testors Sky Blue with a wash of Navy Blue, and a dry brush of Sky Blue gradually lightened with flat white. I'll have to take a look at your photobucket page when I start to gather some Tsolyani troops.
Shemek.
Cool. Like I said to Chirine in my earlier post Tsolyani blue has bugged me forever. :banghead: I had a hard time visualising it in my mind's eye for some reason, and when I was painting Tsolyani troops, some 30+ years ago, there was no internet, as I'm sure you remember. Getting that info was just not as easy as it is today. So I looked at my paints, thought Sky Blue looked nice and away I went.
Shemek
Crom's hairy nutsack, I miss Humbrol enamels. They seemed to change their formula in the late 70s or early 80s, but the early 70s stuff I got from "La Belle Alliance," before there even WAS a "Little Tin Soldier Shop" -- man, that was some of the nicest paint I EVER used. Excellent coverage, even light over dark, smooth finish, went on like a dream, uniform color from tin to tin, excellent consistency... sigh.
My dear wife made me promise to stick to acrylics some years ago. They've gotten much better, though. Some of the Badger model railroad colors are astounding... you can airbrush them and then hand brush them and not tell where the spray stops and the brush starts.
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