# \[Archive\] My Other Distractions
**URL:** https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-other-distractions/21460
**Category:** \[Archive\] Off-Topic Showcase
**Created:** [8 June 2015 12:34 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-other-distractions/21460 "2015-06-08T12:34:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Abecedar](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/Abecedar)
#### Post date: [8 June 2015 12:34 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-other-distractions/21460/1 "2015-06-08T12:34:36Z")
**Abecedar** :
Thought I’d create a place for my Non-WHFB Hobbies n Games (as they’re all I get to play lately)
First up. Here is my Irish warband for the Saga - Age of Vikings game
[](http://s1229.photobucket.com/user/keftysand/media/Saga/Saga%20Irish%20Warband%207jun15_zpsc00ntdjw.jpg.html)
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### Author:  [@Abecedar](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/Abecedar)
#### Post date: [8 June 2015 12:41 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-other-distractions/21460/2 "2015-06-08T12:41:00Z")
**Abecedar** :
Here is my XWing Imperial Fleet.
A VT49 Decimator, TIE Advanced, TIE Defender, TIE Phantom, 2 x TIE Interceptors and 4 x TIE Fighters.
[](http://s1229.photobucket.com/user/keftysand/media/XWing/XWing%20Imperials%207jun15_zpsjtexrrzx.jpg.html)
And here is my Scum and Villiany faction
A Starviper, !G 2000 Agressor, Y-Wing, 2 x Z95 Headhunters and 3 x Syck M3A interceptors
[](http://s1229.photobucket.com/user/keftysand/media/XWing/XWing%20Scum%20Faction%207jun15_zps6ya21mg2.jpg.html)
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### Author:  [@TheHoodedMan](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/TheHoodedMan)
#### Post date: [8 June 2015 01:34 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-other-distractions/21460/3 "2015-06-08T01:34:55Z")
**TheHoodedMan** :
Nice! Well painted Irish. Interesting to see what other games people play :cheers.
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### Author:  [@Fuggit\_Khan](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/Fuggit_Khan)
#### Post date: [8 June 2015 04:45 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-other-distractions/21460/4 "2015-06-08T04:45:03Z")
**Fuggit Khan** :
The TIE fighters are cool, I’ve been considering starting to play that game…is it a fun game? And how long to set up/play a game on average?
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### Author:  [@Abecedar](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/Abecedar)
#### Post date: [9 June 2015 01:59 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-other-distractions/21460/5 "2015-06-09T01:59:08Z")
**Abecedar** :
For the Saga Irish it was the first time I’ve ever used the Army Painter Shades. Per local advice I applied it with a brush as opposed to dipping the models. They were so very shiny but I was really impressed with how they looked after applying the Dullcote.
Its a good game. reasonably quick and easy to learn. I have a second warband who might end up being “Byzantiums” and I’m using Amazons from Eureka miniatures for it. [http://eurekamin.com.au/index.php?cPath=87\_126\_130&sort=3a](http://eurekamin.com.au/index.php?cPath=87_126_130&sort=3a)
There will be quite a fair few cavalry in this warband just to be different.
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### Author:  [@Abecedar](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/Abecedar)
#### Post date: [9 June 2015 02:06 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-other-distractions/21460/6 "2015-06-09T02:06:24Z")
**Abecedar** :
XWing is a real fun game. Quick and easy. 1 to 3 hours for a game. If your semi-ready about a half hour set up. You can add little additional rules twists to each starship if you want. A standard game is 100 points each side which for imperials means you can easily have 4 to 5 basic TIE Fighters and another more expensive ship like Darth Vaders TIE Advanced.
Most likely you’d have a 1 ship advantage over the rebels, but TIE Fighters do seem to die as easy as they do in the movies (like they should).
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### Author:  [@Abecedar](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/Abecedar)
#### Post date: [29 July 2015 02:49 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-other-distractions/21460/7 "2015-07-29T02:49:12Z")
**Abecedar** :
Here is some pics of a Great Hall that I’m building.
[](http://s1229.photobucket.com/user/keftysand/media/Saga/Saga%20WiP%20-%20Great%20Hall%202%2028july15_zpslqgcv5lo.jpg.html)
[](http://s1229.photobucket.com/user/keftysand/media/Saga/Saga%20WiP%20-%20Great%20Hall%203%2028july15_zpse35bvt41.jpg.html)
[](http://s1229.photobucket.com/user/keftysand/media/Saga/Saga%20WiP%20-%20Great%20Hall%201%2028july15_zpsrexairm8.jpg.html)
The inspiration for this is from:-
[War and Peace Games -The Wargaming Specialists](http://www.warandpeacegames.com.au/Gripping_Beast_Heorot_The_SAGA_Great_Hall_p/28s-dar-111.htm)
Mine will be a poor imitation and I’ll start with only the first level. But I don’t know many people who can afford to buy the real one even though it is gorgeous
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### Author:  [@TheHoodedMan](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/TheHoodedMan)
#### Post date: [29 July 2015 05:35 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-other-distractions/21460/8 "2015-07-29T05:35:33Z")
**TheHoodedMan** :
Wow, that`s going to be great. I can already imagine like Etzel (Attila) summons his underlings and gives a great feast in that hall, like in the Nibelungs :cheers.
The feast ends in a fight and a bloody mess certainly ;).
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [29 July 2015 06:19 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-other-distractions/21460/9 "2015-07-29T06:19:47Z")
**Helblindi** :
No no, clearly this is Heorot, where Grendel comes to visit :wink:
In any case, things will end in a bloody mess indeed 🙂
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### Author:  [@Abecedar](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/Abecedar)
#### Post date: [29 July 2015 06:23 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-other-distractions/21460/10 "2015-07-29T06:23:54Z")
**Abecedar** :
Yes, I think there are some rules that govern how much mead it takes to get the brawl started.
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### Author:  [@Abecedar](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/Abecedar)
#### Post date: [29 July 2015 06:27 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-other-distractions/21460/11 "2015-07-29T06:27:05Z")
**Abecedar** :
And I think I remember the legend of Herots hall from Beowulf
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### Author:  [@Lord\_of\_Uzkulak](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/Lord_of_Uzkulak)
#### Post date: [29 July 2015 09:24 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-other-distractions/21460/12 "2015-07-29T09:24:58Z")
**Dînadan** :
> No no, clearly this is Heorot, where Grendel comes to visit ;)
>
> **Helblindi**
Nah, it's obviously going to be the Golden Hall in Edoras ;P
@ abecedar: don't forget to install a firepit or two. You could use some of those little electric candle things to make it look like the fires are actually lit ;)
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### Author:  [@Abecedar](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/Abecedar)
#### Post date: [2 August 2015 11:46 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-other-distractions/21460/13 "2015-08-02T11:46:52Z")
**Abecedar** :
Here some WiP shots of my first effort at making a woodgrain effect on the MDF “arches”
[](http://s1229.photobucket.com/user/keftysand/media/Saga/Hall%20wip%201%2002aug15_zps5nb08ia6.jpg.html)
[](http://s1229.photobucket.com/user/keftysand/media/Saga/Hall%20wip%202%2002aug15_zpsvojt4lzy.jpg.html)
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### Author:  [@Abecedar](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/Abecedar)
#### Post date: [11 May 2016 12:10 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-other-distractions/21460/14 "2016-05-11T12:10:34Z")
**Abecedar** :
Just a couple of pics of some WW2 British Gliders that I built for a friend here. Only to the undercoat stage so he can enjoy paining them. Its for Chain of Command, a 15mm game
I did build two others, the same, last year but no pics. I thought I’d make one a crashed glider just for fun.
[](http://s1229.photobucket.com/user/keftysand/media/Misc%20Pictures/Chriss%20Gliders%203_zpsnu0ij7mh.jpg.html)
[](http://s1229.photobucket.com/user/keftysand/media/Misc%20Pictures/Chriss%20Gliders%204_zpszv6b9re6.jpg.html)
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### Author:  [@Jackswift](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/Jackswift)
#### Post date: [11 May 2016 03:35 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-other-distractions/21460/15 "2016-05-11T03:35:49Z")
**Jackswift** :
Great start on the hall! It’s going to look amazing based on the structure. The woodgrain detail looks great as well.
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### Author:  [@Fuggit\_Khan](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/Fuggit_Khan)
#### Post date: [11 May 2016 03:50 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-other-distractions/21460/16 "2016-05-11T03:50:20Z")
**Fuggit Khan** :
> Just a couple of pics of some WW2 British Gliders that I built for a friend here.
>
> **Abecedar**
Nice! Those are Airspeed Horsa gliders, right?
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### Author:  [@Miasmic](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/Miasmic)
#### Post date: [11 May 2016 09:10 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-other-distractions/21460/17 "2016-05-11T09:10:53Z")
**Miasma** :
Saga is one of those games that I have always been interested in her no one else I know plays. It’s a shame as I love the Anglo Danish
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### Author:  [@Abecedar](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/Abecedar)
#### Post date: [12 May 2016 12:23 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-other-distractions/21460/18 "2016-05-12T12:23:48Z")
**Abecedar** :
@ Fuggit. No, they’re not Airspeed models. The body is just a piece of wood sanded to shape and the wings are Masonite. My friend had a resin model and I just copied its shape.
@Miasma. Saga is fun. I have an irish army because everybody else had Norse and Anglo-danes and I’m making a ? Byzantine one using Amazon styled figures from Eureka mini’s
[http://eurekamin.com.au/index.php?cPath=87\_126\_130&sort=3a](http://eurekamin.com.au/index.php?cPath=87_126_130&sort=3a)
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### Author:  [@Abecedar](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/Abecedar)
#### Post date: [12 May 2016 04:39 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-other-distractions/21460/19 "2016-05-12T04:39:58Z")
**Abecedar** :
Here is my and my sons X Wing fleets.
This is my Imperal Fleet to date…
[](http://s1229.photobucket.com/user/keftysand/media/XWing/XWing%2010may2016%2001_zps2ltj9dxy.jpg.html)
This is my faction of free and untutored entrepreneurs, IE the Scum and Villiany Fleet…
[](http://s1229.photobucket.com/user/keftysand/media/XWing/XWing%2010may2016%2002_zpsmlgztcq8.jpg.html)
This is my sons “Rebel” faction …
[](http://s1229.photobucket.com/user/keftysand/media/XWing/XWing%2010may2016%2003_zpsuv7lzm14.jpg.html)
and this is my WiP “Ugglies”. Those SW ships made by backyard mechanics. A just for fun project, that I will proxy into a game as “official” ships … maybe.
[](http://s1229.photobucket.com/user/keftysand/media/XWing/XWing%2010may2016%2004_zpsjzitqazb.jpg.html)
And a shot of the whole lot…
[](http://s1229.photobucket.com/user/keftysand/media/XWing/XWing%2010may2016%2005_zpsf1spm2kg.jpg.html)
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### Author:  [@Admiral](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/Admiral)
#### Post date: [12 May 2016 02:53 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-other-distractions/21460/20 "2016-05-12T02:53:52Z")
**Admiral** :
That warband looks neat, and what a good start of the great hall! Nice collection of Star Wars fighters as well. There’s a lot of free spirit in the ugglies. Will you add rad markings and odd paintjobs to distract a bit from the obvious sources of the starships’ parts?
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