General and Gaming => Off Topic => Topic started by: scott on August 23, 2012, 11:26:40 pm
Title: Super Dungeon Explore!
Post by: scott on August 23, 2012, 11:26:40 pm
Has anyone here heard of this game? It's a board game that is supposed to emulate classic dungeon crawl video games, namely of the Japanese variety.
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Post by: jcalder8 on August 24, 2012, 12:26:03 am
OMG this looks awesome! But ouch it's expensive!
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Post by: jobocan on August 24, 2012, 08:05:56 am
I've heard about this game solely because I pledged to that company's kickstarter for a game called "Tentacle Bento", which got suspended by the kickstarter people because of Kotaku's stupidity (though they continued funding on their own and will be releasing it soon).
It looks like a cool game, but I'm not into assembling and painting miniatures so I'm not terribly interested in that aspect :P
Also, they have another miniatures-based game up on kickstarter right now that also seems interesting: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coolminiornot/relic-knights
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Post by: scott on August 24, 2012, 09:05:06 am
It looks like a cool game, but I'm not into assembling and painting miniatures so I'm not terribly interested in that aspect :P
I'm all about miniatures and tabletop gaming, so it's right up my alley. I just ordered it after reading a ton of reviews on it, I debated on it for a while though. It should be here Monday and then I'll get to work gluing and assembling everything. The good news is, they are releasing an expansion and all the minis will be preassembled this time. I'm going to paint everything, just because I can, and hopefully I can get some friends together soon so we can run through it a few times.
Also, they have another miniatures-based game up on kickstarter right now that also seems interesting: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coolminiornot/relic-knights
I actually found out about SDE because of the Relic Knights kickstarter, which I'm backing just because I think it'll be fun to paint up some of the minis. Of course I'm going to back it for enough to get 2 sets and the rulebook so I can actually play it too. I know I want the Cerci starter, but haven't decided which other team to go with.
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Post by: jcalder8 on August 24, 2012, 12:42:30 pm
If I knew someone who would put all the figures together for me I would be a lot more tempted.
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Post by: scott on September 04, 2012, 10:32:37 am
Here's a couple of the hero models I've painted up so far.
Fire Mage and Rogue (https://dl.dropbox.com/u/21697512/IMG_20120902_135705.jpg)
Panda Bear Druid - The Panda wasn't my idea, I got it from another guy I was talking SDE with. He painted it up Panda and I thought it was a hell of an idea. So, I told him I was totally stealing the Panda idea.
And yes, the Druid transforms into the Bear. (https://dl.dropbox.com/u/21697512/IMG_20120904_101838.jpg)
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Post by: disgaeniac on September 04, 2012, 11:46:36 am
That rogue is pure win :)
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Post by: desocietas on September 04, 2012, 03:12:13 pm
The panda bear idea is genius! So much more character than a regular brown beast or what-have-ya.
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Post by: scott on September 04, 2012, 03:26:19 pm
I really like the way the rogue turned out for sure. And the Panda is such a fun idea. I figured if the game is supposed to be a tribute to old console games like Gauntlet and Zelda, why not have fun with it.
Also, we played our first game on Sunday and it was a total blast, even tho we screwed the rules up a bit. I can't wait to dig in a bit more and get some real games rolling.
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Post by: desocietas on September 04, 2012, 05:32:21 pm
Man, those figurines make me wish I knew folks who play tabletop games with minis. All I want to do is paint lil' chibis, too.
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Post by: scott on September 04, 2012, 05:59:19 pm
Ha, do what I do. The gf was already game, but I had to nearly force my sister to play. Both loved it. I'm sure when I show it to my cousins they'll dig it right away too.
The only drawback right now is the price tag. Between this and the new expansion, plus standalone figs and boosters. I'll easily break the $200 mark (not counting the price of brushes and paint supplies).
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Post by: jobocan on September 04, 2012, 06:45:12 pm
those are some cool minis. I'd NEVER have the patience to paint one of these anymore, let alone enough to play the game. Good job!
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Post by: scott on September 05, 2012, 12:54:16 am
Thanks, my GF doesn't understand how I have the amount of patience required for doing these. But she's also always super impressed with the results too and is always asking to see the latest ones I've done. That said, here is the Dwarf Warrior from the game, which I just finished a bit ago.
Nice! I think they'd be super fun to paint... more so than things like model cars.
These are really fun to paint, cause you get to go all anime/manga crazy with wierd hair colors and bright colors all over the place. Though, I'm sticking pretty close to darker colors. It's kinda like a 3D coloring book, hah
Wow scott those look amazing, I wish that I had the skills to do that but my hands shake a bit so they could never come out as nice as yours.
Thanks. Sometimes my hands get kinda shaky. Mostly if I am trying to put a teeny tiny dot somewhere and need ridiculous amount of control. Of course, I've been painting these things for close to 20 years now too, so that helps. But I'm always learning new techniques. I think I have somewhere upwards of 50 bookmarks on Chrome listing different techniques.
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Post by: scott on September 06, 2012, 11:58:53 pm
New one. The Barbarian. I went full on pink hair on this one and even did up the loincloth as a tiger pelt, I've never attempted to do tiger fur before and with the pink hair I decided to go all out. (managed to get it right on the 1st try too)
New one. The Barbarian. I went full on pink hair on this one and even did up the loincloth as a tiger pelt, I've never attempted to do tiger fur before and with the pink hair I decided to go all out. (managed to get it right on the 1st try too)
Tiger patterning is way harder than people usually give credit for, so I'm giving you mad props now for that - awesome job!
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Post by: scott on September 11, 2012, 12:31:42 am
And with these 3 the heroes are done. Next up I'm working on these treasure chests and mimics (visible in the background). Progress should speed up considerably now, since I'll be working on groups of the same figure at a time.
Tiger patterning is way harder than people usually give credit for, so I'm giving you mad props now for that - awesome job!
Thanks, I had my browser open w/ a Google image search loaded the whole time... The hardest part was the gradient from white/light yellow to orange. Even then I wasn't sure if I made the orange too bright. But after I placed the stripes it looks good and I think she's my favorite out of the bunch.
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Post by: desocietas on September 11, 2012, 01:24:00 am
Details are everything, man... people don't realize how much effort it really is until they see someone do it wrong *laughs*
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Post by: disgaeniac on September 11, 2012, 09:47:38 am
Scott -
Damnit, Man!
How/when do you actually ever find the time to actually ever *PLAY* any games?!
:o
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Post by: scott on September 11, 2012, 01:45:41 pm
Honestly, I haven't had time to play anything in a while. I started playing Xenoblade again a couple weeks ago, but haven't had a chance to continue. Mainly I get some game time in on my 3DS if I am riding in a car or late night before I go to sleep. But the nice thing about painting these, I can paint them while hanging with the GF and watching a movie/TV show.
My problem is, I have more hobbies than I have time. Its a side effect of having been single for so long. So I'm splitting my time between GF, video games, drawing, graphic design, bass guitar, mini painting, audiophiling and board/card games. And at the moment video gaming is getting the back seat.
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Post by: desocietas on September 11, 2012, 02:22:39 pm
And at the moment video gaming is getting the back seat.
...until Borderlands 2 launches. ;)
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Post by: scott on September 11, 2012, 03:10:11 pm
Oh I want to co op the hell out of that game. I never really got a chance to play Borderlands co op and solo'd the entire thing... which reminds me I need to polish off the rest of the achievements on it... stupid Underdome Riot.
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Post by: jcalder8 on September 11, 2012, 05:03:43 pm
You really nailed the anime feel of the figures, I can barely tell which ones are male and which are female.
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Post by: scott on September 12, 2012, 12:27:27 am
You really nailed the anime feel of the figures, I can barely tell which ones are male and which are female.
Ha, nice.
Also, what do heroes go into dungeons to collect? TREASURE! I just finished the treasure chests and mimics. I really like the way the Red one turned out. I realized after I finished that I should have used the bronze metallic on the grey wood chests and the silver metallic on the yellow wood chests, since they kinda blend with each other. The Mimics on the other hand I'm fairly pleased with.
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Post by: scott on October 01, 2012, 04:22:52 pm
More Super Dunegon Explore goodness to share! This time I've done the Kobold Warrens spawn points and the Dragon's Clutch spawn points as well as the Special Edition Candy & Cola and Princess Ruby minis (I painted Ruby to look like Zelda from Link to the Past) These took awhile to do, cause I had to wait for each layer of fire coloring in the ridges to dry before I added the next.
Also, I was waiting for the 2nd Dragon's Clutch spawner to arrive so I could do all of the skulls at the same time to keep them uniform.
Candy & Cola (https://dl.dropbox.com/u/21697512/IMG_20120925_002612.jpg)
Close up of the Dragon Eggs (https://dl.dropbox.com/u/21697512/IMG_20120929_154930.jpg)
Next up is the boss, Starfire and the hatchlings.
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Post by: scott on December 05, 2012, 12:46:50 am
Started up the dragons for SDE awhile ago, but got side tracked with the Retrotron project all last month. Anyway, here is the Dragon boss Starfire so far and the dragon minions.
Haha, I had to look her up because I've never seen Game of Thrones. Pretty cool! Makes me think of that great animated series "Gargoyles" and the rookery.
And Hagrid from Harry Potter :)
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Post by: disgaeniac on December 10, 2012, 12:34:51 pm
Please, please, please, please, please, PLEASE do yourself a favor and (if nothing else) just R-E-A-D the 1st book in the series "A Game of Thrones"...you'll thank me later!
The game(s) pretty much sucked,
the HBO "adaptation" *could* be worse -but- (IMHO) pales in comparison to the books.
*Seriously*; if you read it & *Don't* like the 1st book...you'd be the 1st (out of ~20 people I've convinced to read it - ~1/2 of them not even fans of this genre of writing) not to!
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Post by: desocietas on December 10, 2012, 12:59:59 pm
haha I work in an academic art library, so I don't think we have the Game of Thrones series here ;)
But on your strong recommendation, I'll look into my public library for a copy (or better yet, e-book!).
*Squeal*s like a fan girl...Yay!
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Post by: scott on December 10, 2012, 01:41:47 pm
Ha. On a more on topic. I finished the Kobold Ironscales last night. Complete with rusty armor and corroded bronze on the shield. Next up the 2 spell casters (who I can't remember the name of atm).
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Post by: desocietas on December 10, 2012, 01:49:38 pm
Oh man, beautiful work on that armor.
I'm taking an illustration class next semester and am looking forward to expanding my range into all sorts of things... like crazy corroded armor. Also, since all my other work up until now has been mainly b&w, it'll be good practice to start looking at color again.
Keep it comin', Scott! Not sure how you find the time, but big props.
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Post by: scott on December 10, 2012, 02:10:20 pm
Thanks. I really don't like that picture tho. I'm gonna retake it under my light tent tonight I think.
My secret is: I never get to play games, lol. And the GF is perfectly cool with watching movies and letting me knock this stuff out. :)
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Post by: jcalder8 on December 10, 2012, 03:33:59 pm
Your work continues to amaze scott!
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Post by: scott on December 10, 2012, 04:10:55 pm
Thanks. Hopefully I can get the whole set finished for New Years Eve. We're having like 14 people over for a bunch of games and we really want to have a fully painted SDE game going. Of course I'm gonna need to varnish these things to high hell, cause I'll be super worried about paint chips...
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Post by: ko1ru on December 11, 2012, 11:36:17 am
They're so cute! Those little baby dragons especially. :P
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Post by: scott on December 13, 2012, 12:47:27 pm
They're so cute! Those little baby dragons especially. :P
Ha ya. In the next expansion after Caverns of Roxor, it's all Castlevania/ Ghouls 'n Ghosts themed. They have these chibified Skeletons in there that look about as cute as you could possibly make a skeleton look. I can't wait for that pack (There is a Belmont themed hero in there too!)
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Post by: ko1ru on December 15, 2012, 09:21:41 pm
They're so cute! Those little baby dragons especially. :P
Ha ya. In the next expansion after Caverns of Roxor, it's all Castlevania/ Ghouls 'n Ghosts themed. They have these chibified Skeletons in there that look about as cute as you could possibly make a skeleton look. I can't wait for that pack (There is a Belmont themed hero in there too!)
OMG! *squee!* I want to see pics when you're done with them! ;D
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Post by: scott on December 15, 2012, 09:32:18 pm
Tell me those aren't awesome. Check out the witch in the top pic. :)
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Post by: ko1ru on December 15, 2012, 09:53:48 pm
Those are so cool! You're right, the skeletons are cute! I love the little Richter Belmont too.
I seriously want to see these once you get them and paint them. :)
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Post by: scott on December 21, 2012, 10:45:12 am
The Dragon Priests have been done for a little while. But I forgot to post a picture. I'm working on the next set of kobolds now, and I don't have to worry about having the game ready for New Years Eve... the plan for a party fell through (much like every other party I've tried to plan, ha).
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Post by: jcalder8 on December 26, 2012, 11:20:41 am
I think those two are my favorites so far
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Post by: scott on December 26, 2012, 11:32:56 am
Thanks! I think these are my favs of the Kobolds so far too. I haven't had time to work on the rest of the game yet, but I still have my table set up waiting for me to get some free time.
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Post by: scott on May 03, 2013, 05:51:39 pm
Ugh. I need to finish painting the base set. I just got the Von Drakk Manor set, which is all Ghost n Goblins/ Castlevania themed and it's awesome. Pretty much the best looking set so far.
But, I'm currently working on a new mini project that much be done first (I have a bad habit of starting too many projects at once). But, now I have my painting table set up and should be able to make some decent progress soon.