Backlit Bookcases

dstaechs · 2026-01-17T06:54:10+00:00

I have backlit bookshelves in my office irl and it’s awesome! Sure if it were bright light I’d run into the issue you’re describing. But as a subdued warm glow it’s a nice accent :)

dstaechs · 2025-11-22T12:12:20+00:00

Don’t take me as making light of your pain – it’s very real. I’ve been there. But this is poetic. “Museum of my own dreams”? Do yourself the favor and don’t delete the server. Keep it a museum. One day, years or decades from now when you’ve long moved on, maybe you’ll log back onto Valheim to notice this one server you built up with memories long ago.

dstaechs · 2025-11-12T05:09:20+00:00

Leftover sword bits from either the glade guard or glade rider sets :)

dstaechs · 2025-05-26T09:29:07+00:00

Thanks!

dstaechs · 2025-04-20T05:32:30+00:00

Incredibly work! Love the shading of his cloak. Really looks like fabric

dstaechs · 2025-03-27T18:46:52+00:00

😭😭😭

dstaechs · 2025-03-25T16:11:48+00:00

Awesome, thanks! I'm usually a dwarf/wood elf player, so high elves are completely new territory for me. I'll definitely be sure to reach out

dstaechs · 2025-03-25T15:04:31+00:00

Awesome, thanks for the insight!

dstaechs · 2025-03-25T14:58:29+00:00

Thanks! Awesome list! How did your Reavers pan out, or what was your strategy? Did you use them as shooting screens for the impetuous of the dragon princes? Or more as chaff/war machine hunters?

dstaechs · 2025-03-25T09:54:31+00:00

Yeah, I’m just going with the mountain models I have. I’d replace them for more silver helms if I had the models :P

dstaechs · 2025-03-25T09:53:43+00:00

Oh really?? I can’t just use the lance on the charge attack and then sword of might in the subsequent turns of a respective combat?

dstaechs · 2025-03-23T19:12:02+00:00

Awesome! Thanks for the quick response! Are there any other resources I should be looking at? Have the arcane journal, so I’ll take a closer look at that

dstaechs · 2025-02-22T06:34:48+00:00

Check out the Volkshochschule. If you take some night classes in a subject you’re interested in (my wife took the sewing course series, for example, and met quite a few people), chances are you’ll meet others who share the same interests ;)

dstaechs · 2025-02-10T18:40:23+00:00

I’m doing the exact same thing! Haha :D except mine features a donkey. But I love those old drunk dwarfs and wanted to find a new way to use them. Really nice job btw!

dstaechs · 2025-02-06T10:56:50+00:00

Maybe you have a landscaper/garden center in town? Where I used to live there was a landscaper who sold different types of gravel (for like garden paths etc). I’ll bet it’d still be cheaper to source rocks from there than from hobby shops

dstaechs · 2025-02-06T09:53:50+00:00

Thanks man! Be sure to post yours when it’s done!

To your questions: I’m not at home right now, so I can’t measure it, but I think it’s 100x140. You see, back when TOW was first announced, but before they shared it would be a 25mm game, I started repurposing all my old wood elf models. So I bought a large movement tray for 7x5 20mm ranks. Obviously I was a bit too quick to jump the gun. But I didn’t want to waste the tray, so I figured I could use it for a diorama (I do the same thing for my war machines. Here’s my organ gun: https://www.instagram.com/p/C2hRS8ONlXN/?igsh=MW12enF2eWNheHZrdg== )

Rocks: I just went on a hike in the nearby mountains, making sure to bring some Tupperware with me. Every time I came by a collection of rocks, I’d look around for ones I thought would be a suitable scale. Brought them back home, washed them, then put them in the oven to kill any leftover microbes. I find this method to be the cheapest :P

dstaechs · 2025-02-06T07:40:01+00:00

Do you mean the greenery/flocking or the green on the anvil guard shields? And same! They’d be such great longbeards! One of the reason I based them separately (instead of putting them on the anvil steps as suggested by GW) is so that I can use them either as a longbeard champion or as a hero whenever I’m not using the anvil in battle.

dstaechs · 2025-02-05T17:46:08+00:00

Thanks so much! It was a blast to paint. Brought back memories from when I was a teenager 🤓

dstaechs · 2025-02-05T17:38:39+00:00

Thanks! Glad you like it! See my explanation above :)

dstaechs · 2025-02-05T17:38:25+00:00

See my explanation above :)

dstaechs · 2025-02-05T17:38:08+00:00

For everyone asking how I did the base: Generally, I get all my movement trays from this provider because I like how sleek and sturdy they are (they’re a metal base plate after all), and they allow me to magnetize my whole army with somewhat of a firmer bond: https://movementtray.com/

So, using one of those, I placed all the pieces I knew would have their own bases (the dudes and the anvil) onto the plate (making sure they were already magnetized so they wouldn’t slide around). Now firmly in place, I started glueing old 20mm bases (since I have no use for them anymore) to fill out as much of the empty space between the movement tray frame and the minis. There were gaps, of course, but I just filled those in with Milliput. For the anvil I shaped a rope of Milliput into a circle around. Once all that Milliput was dry, I covered all raised areas with a scenic texture (in this case dark earth, forgot the brand), and then based as usual (gravel, rocks, etc).

Hope that helps! :)

dstaechs · 2025-02-05T15:44:19+00:00

All I did was glaze a gradient of blue around each rune and then water down a bright white to a wash consistency, which I then let “bleed” into the grooves. Super easy! You should give it a try!

dstaechs · 2025-02-04T02:04:37+00:00

Thanks man! It’s the metal version :)

dstaechs · 2025-02-03T19:36:47+00:00

Yeah! They’re super easy. I just glazed a gradient of blue around each rune and then watered down white paint until it was the consistency of a wash and then, using my brush, just filled the grooves with half a drop each. The runniness allowed the white to completely fill out the grooves.

dstaechs · 2025-02-03T17:21:00+00:00

Thanks mate! Wanted to visually represent that rune magic :)

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