How to pimp a 2nd Edition Astrogranite® pitch

Saebelsultan · Post by **Saebelsultan** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 2:25 pm

Thanks, that is well worth considering. I plan to do it Saturday in two weeks, since I will be home alone then.

I would love to see other paint jobs. People, show your unique 2nd edition pitches!

bound for glory · Post by **bound for glory** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 8:35 pm

i'd have to dig mine out, but i'll get it and have the misses post some pics.

Saebelsultan · Post by **Saebelsultan** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 1:59 pm

OKay, I painted my board and it turned out okay. Not great, but okay. I am thinking of redoing the whole thing, but it already took me so long to get it painted...
Anyway, my question is: how to varnish it? Probably spray varnish. But what do you use? Is there anything other than GW or ArmyPainter? I am a bit at a loss with this one since I usually just have a paint on varnish...
Thanks!

bound for glory · Post by **bound for glory** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 2:37 pm

i did'nt varnish mine. i think i was affraid of the spray eating into the poly.
be careful doing this. maybe another member can advise you on it.

Regash · Post by **Regash** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 2:38 pm

My mind may play tricks on me but I thnk they sealed self made pitches with watered down white hobby glue in the fantasy shop were we used to play.
Dunno if this might work with astrogrnite as well.

Digger Goreman · Post by **Digger Goreman** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 3:15 pm

With mine the paint soaked nicely into the foam and didn't need varnish....

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 11:36 pm

Wonder how hard it is to get a mould made for expanded regulation sized polystyrene pitches today...

Tempted to submit an enquiry!

http://www.bpf.co.uk/Plastipedia/Proces ... g_EPS.aspx

http://james-hutton-pressings.com/mouldings/

Hucker73 · Post by **Hucker73** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 9:18 am

Think I went OTT with mine...

Too much static grass in some places, so you can't see the squares cleanly and in other spots it's going bald...

Saebelsultan · Post by **Saebelsultan** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 3:41 pm

Awesome!
Thanks for sharing!

Digger Goreman · Post by **Digger Goreman** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 9:25 pm

In use, don't forget that the passing ruler is useless.... A passing chart helps, but interceptions should be two squares wide (58mm) on a current board and only (50mm?) wide on the second edition board.... Unless you don't mind and just gfi with the third edition ruler....

Saebelsultan · Post by **Saebelsultan** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 5:19 am

That implies throwing the ball, right?!
My Orcs don't do that!

rolo · Post by **rolo** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 9:09 am

Nobody LIKES passing with Orcs but sometimes you have to

Some of the players in our league have larger boards than usual, and even on a standard board with a standard range ruler, people still argue about how you hold the ruler or whether someone really is underneath it.

So as a house rule, we don't use the ruler, but rather a passing table:

And an interception chart:

Interception-range-sheet.pdf

The interception charts are clunky and nobody ever has one printed out and ready. But it's deterministic and as long as everyone agrees to use that from the beginning, it eliminates all arguments.

Regash · Post by **Regash** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 10:30 am

rolo wrote:Nobody LIKES passing with Orcs

With my AG 4 + Accurate Orc Thrower, I quite enjoyed it!

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:11 am

Hucker73 wrote:Think I went OTT with mine...

Too much static grass in some places, so you can't see the squares cleanly and in other spots it's going bald...

That is a fantastic centre-piece skull, it really pops out at you.

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