I recently received this web post from my long time friend who is DMing the Age of Worms. He constructed a scale arena for the match. Uber-cool!
First stage: http://www.reapermini.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=25590
and
Second Stage: http://www.reapermini.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=25781
We will use it a second time, since he's running a character in my AoW campaign. Check it out and be awed fellow dorks.
Matt W
That is incredible. I am horribly jealous.
Absolutely incredible! (shakes head in amazement)
Stefan
Wheee-ooo! That's pretty cool. What a lot of work.
I wonder how much time and work went in to that. Can't take that long? Just some styrofoam and glue and exact measurements?
I want one... and all those minatures in the back
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Very impressive!
I recently illustrated my own miniatures-scale poster map of the arena, but I had to shrink the arena floor to about 1/2 of its actual size to fit it on the poster. I'd love to make one in 3D at the accurate scale, but my group wouldn't have room to set it up where we normally play! :)
Wow.
Very impressive!
I recently illustrated my own miniatures-scale poster map of the arena, but I had to shrink the arena floor to about 1/2 of its actual size to fit it on the poster. I'd love to make one in 3D at the accurate scale, but my group wouldn't have room to set it up where we normally play! :)
Wow.
Praise indeed! I love your work Mr. West. I will pass this on to my buddy - Tim. He said it cost him roughly $300 in supplies, and I'm unsure how many hours. He cleaned out 4 Micheals stores single handedly cornering the market on the collumns for wedding cakes. Now that's dedication.
In response to a previous post about the minatures arrayed, those are from 3 gamers who passed on our painted minatures collections. Plus Tim/Buggeye has outshown the three of us combined. He and most of the Sunday D&D group are avid minature painters and get together every other thursday to paint minis. 26 nights a year add up.
After I first saw the arena he bult I told my wife. It brought out the uber-nerd in me. She shook her head in dis-belief.
He any good with ziggurats? I'm still having a problem envisioning the one in SoLS, based on the map and the illustration. I can't imagine being able to build something like that.
Very impressive work!
Well, I'm one of Tim's Sunday players... and I can't WAIT to start in the Arena this Sunday! When we last left off the adventure it was the night before the first round... dinner was over... and the party was underneath the Arena, sizing up the competition and generally just relaxing before the morning's first rounds.
Check out the Sunday Adventurers miniatures!
http://jestersminiaturestudios.com/gal/albums/userpics/groupshot00.jpg
That's the party of adventurers for my group that's taking on the Arena: From left to right: Orin (bard), Bella (rogue/swashbuckler), Magnusson (fighter), Yolande (ranger), Zara (wizard/war weaver), and Gerhardt (cleric).
So much fun having a GREAT DM like Tim!
Masked Jester, you may know how many hours it took him to make and paint the arena?
Matt
Tim claims it took him roughly 20 hours over two weeks to make and paint the Arena. I'm sure he's a bit off, but it was well worth it.
Here's us playing FINALLY in the Arena as we took down the competition in Round 1 of the Champions' Games.
http://jestersminiaturestudios.com/gal/albums/userpics/Round1_01.jpg
IT was a blast and the party prevailed without giving away too much of our abilities to potential opponents.
Sweet picture!
I've already decided to change the arnea tactics for our AoW group when they get there. I've already told Tim much of this. I was just wondering if he was DMing it as written, since 4 way combat can be a lot of NPC rolling.
Since we have 8 PCs I have planned to split the PCs into two seperate groups, one with the same patron, the second with an NPC from my Greyhawk campaign. With 2 groups of four, tactics will be a bit differnt as the group splits into 2 squads.
Eventually both squads will face off against one another before the climactic final fight. They may have one squad throw the fight, or knowing my friends they may save the last blow for a nonlethal blow.
I also plan on having some bad guys who escaped from previuos fights try to avenge themselves in the arena, so it should be fun.
~wistles~ My God !!! ~shakes my head~ Damn! Talk about outstanding !!! Good job!
That is AMAZING! WELL DONE ALL INVOLVED! :D
I recently received this web post from my long time friend who is DMing the Age of Worms. He constructed a scale arena for the match. Uber-cool!
Yeah, uber-cool but I would hate to be him if your party did like ours and never entered the tournament or even the actual arena, to complete the adventure.
Yeah, uber-cool but I would hate to be him if your party did like ours and never entered the tournament or even the actual arena, to complete the adventure.
Where's the fun in that? The high point of this adventure is TO FIGHT IN AN ARENA like the Gladiator movie. We try are create an experience which players will remember years later. Not the most efficient way to kill the Ulgurstasa.
Some of my players fondest stories come from raiding a lawful good temple when they were 4th level and accidentally killing a paladin. The NPC had 2 sisters who hated and reviled the killers, a rivalry ensued and it was never resolved but it had the PCs nervous about it when they hit 15th level. They couldn't name the adventure since it was written by me and not a published one, but that was the highlight.
So far in the AoW path they loved the 3 Faces of Evil, for a great battle in the Hextor side where the wizard used Hold Portal to turn the tide of combat. In the Whispering Cairn they tried to make a deal with Kullen, eventually giving him Filge's head, and Kullen eventually double crossed them.
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Well, you all gave us a great adventure path to explore.
I recently received this web post from my long time friend who is DMing the Age of Worms. He constructed a scale arena for the match. Uber-cool!
First stage: http://www.reapermini.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=25590
and
Second Stage: http://www.reapermini.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=25781
We will use it a second time, since he's running a character in my AoW campaign. Check it out and be awed fellow dorks.
Matt W
I am really amazed! You guys really know how to impress your players! I would like to do the same, but it is hard to get this foam-stuff here im my area (of germany).
How long did it take do cut, paint and assemble the thing?
I am really amazed! You guys really know how to impress your players! I would like to do the same, but it is hard to get this foam-stuff here im my area (of germany).How long did it take do cut, paint and assemble the thing?
I suspect you could find usable material in any hardware store. Also check out hobby shops that might cater to any kind of modelling enthusiast or - especially model train enthusiasts. These guys have to model train passes through the Austrian Alps right? Whatever they use to make the mountains will probably be just perfect for your purposes.
I must admit, those are some absolutely astonishing pics. I'm hoping to start running the Age of Worms campaign locally in the near future. I'll have to check out possibilities at hobby stores to see if I can make settings similar to what you've presented here.
Tim pretty much outlines how he went about creating the entire Arena in the threads on the other MB that are part of the first post of this thread.
Now I can't wait until Sunday because last time we made short work of the other teams in the opening round. Basically we teamed up with another group to eliminate the opposition and then went at each other.
:D