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Welcome one and all to another weekender! Explanatory blurb shamelessly cut and paste below:
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Some questions to get the ball rolling:
(1) With the projects system going up on the new site there is a wealth of hobby blogs, techniques, painting guides, ideas and game material available. Have you had a chance to look through the projects? If so, are there any you would like to flag that we should check out or keep an eye on?
(2) What was the first song you ever recall really liking off of your own bat? That is, a song that you were exposed to which ‘clicked’ for you and made you thing that maybe this whole music thing was actually a pretty good idea? Do you still like the song? Interactive response time here – please post a link to the track as well.
(3) What is the best piece of gaming or hobby related advice that you have ever received? How has this helped shape your hobby since?
Please post tunes and hobby pledges (aspirational pledges are fine) and if you haven’t joined in on the thread before please do feel welcome and jump on in ?
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@mage 10 points for first post 🙂
Wow, both of those Luna Wolves projects are fantastic, thanks for sharing. As is that dark Elves one you stumbled across in your travels 😉 yes there are a large number of projects on-going, I had a go at trying to keep up with them but I think due to the volume of work being undertaken it might be better to treat it as a resource and just search for key topics that might be of interest. Are you considering doing a project log for your 4 player game setup? Might be a nice way to show off your AoS forces.
A nice selection of songs and like the timeline idea 🙂 yes Metallica’s ‘Black’ album was one of the first CD’s I owned (however I am old enough to have had cassettes and records prior to that…). Odd thought – why is it every band pretty much get’s judged on the strength of their last album whereas Metallica are forever judges on the basis of everything they released in the 1980’s? Anyhow…
So your best hobby advice was stepped through, detailed painting guides but then you had the patience and perseverance to practice the techniques demonstrated? Nice to hear you were getting minis to line up to White Dwarf standards – I was usually Ok for the priming and basecoating steps and then there was almost a ‘magic happens’ step and suddenly the final shot was something unattainable. or at least so I thought at the time… I remember reading in one of the articles that Victoria Lamb painted red colours in seventeen separate stages. Back then it sounded insane and almost nonsensical. Nowadays it seems perfectly reasonable to me for a display piece.
Pledge sounds good, nice, and hopefully, achievable 🙂 Do you find much of an issue switching between the 25mm LoTR minis and the ‘Heroic’ 28’s for AoS? Just asking because I find myself getting frustrated when stepping down a scale that I can’t cram the same amount of detail into the mini as I usually can. Wondered if it was just me?
Is theLoTR stuff for a tournament, social gaming or just a hobby project for the time being? Where are you thinking of taking it as far as size is concerned?
Can’t say I have ever watched Pocahontas, or most Disney movies for that matter (well I guess since they bought Lucasfilm and Marvel that’s not technically true anymore…). Outside of the Pixar films or the recent comic/sci-fi acquisitions I honestly couldn’t tell you the last disney film I watched. Possibly The Black Hole?… Yeah, showing my vintage there… But then I don’t have little ones to look after. My understanding is that as part of children’s cognitive development they are pre programmed to rewatch something 50 times in a row. Good fir Disney DVD sales I guess but it must become somewhat maddening for the parents hearing those songs on a continual loop…
Well, that 1d4chan thing was a little on the grimdark side of grimdark 😛 Here’s something to brighten things up a little…
Hrm… Not sure if that helped or made things worse…
30 points for question responses, another 30 for tunes and 20 for assorted bits and pieces plus pledge. 90 points all told.
(1) https://www.beastsofwar.com/project/painting-historical-minis-with-janus1004/
These are two project I like although I do have a slight bias 🙂
(2) Growing up as a young Teenager going to the local GW it was all metal all the time so Metallica, Austrian Death Machine and the standard GW Metal lineup was what got me into music. Guns and Roses, Metallica, Rob Zombie and Disturbed were all staples.
I actually heard “Holy Diver” in a TV ad yesterday and it took me back to being 14 painting some Dwarves.
(3) The best piece of Hobby Advice I ever received was learning to Batch Paint. There’s a way to do it (as I’m doing now with my Lannisters) where you don’t burn yourself out but still get enough done. It’s about 20-30 Minis.
Some music
Working on my Lannisters for A Song of Ice and Fire this Weekend. I’d done the Red and Metal and they’re 40-50% done.
Happy hobby weekend peeps.
I also don’t pop over to projects often so it’s brilliant you have raised awareness of them. From my initial look there is a brilliant Dark Elf one for age of sigmar *ahem*. I’d point you to @curis‘ blogs too although they are more links to his own site. I did find this gem though.
I loved Action Force and GI Joe as a kid so this really floats my nostalgia boat. Plus it’s really good work.
My first record. What can I say? I was weird.
I too grew up to GnR, Metallica but music really got me with the grunge movement. Played in bands etc back when I was a student.
The best piece of hobby advice I ever received? Nothing less than two thin coats. My painting (for twenty years plus) before and my painting after is nothing short of miraculous. My previous technique consisted of one really thick coat.
As for White Dwarf the ‘hobby guides’ tend to be more realistic these days. No missing thirteen stages of highlighting and a ta da moment anymore.
As for hobby this weekend I may struggle. My little girl Tash has been at the vets all night and may not make it past today.
She’s a fighter though so I still hope.
If I do get any done I’m painting the extra colours on my Deathguard and taking them to a tournament tomorrow if I am up to it. I will probably get a few stages done on my stormcast too. Battlecat Dracolines do not paint themselves.
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