Hey all,

Good to be back! I’ve spent the last two weeks housesitting for a friend, and hobby facilities were not ideal. So I played a bunch of Nintendo with my daughter, caught up with Dr Who, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage. Now I’ve returned to my regular place of residence, it’s time to get some painting done.

The pledge is Orcs. Or Orks. I’ve really want to get Something done this Orktober!

My Dungeon Saga Orcs are primes and ready to paint, so I’ll start on those.

Q&A

Nope. I mostly just make it up as I go along. I do think about colours, try and have a goal in mind. But I really don’t structure any scheme or plan. I have found the project page here remarkably helpful: I find that it focus’ my attention and makes me consider a firm objective.
Not many. I did put these three together specifically for my Dark Angels Army:

So, not exactly scratch-built. But I used them in many games. They usually reminded me to focus on the objective since they were themed rather than just generic.
Buying, collecting, does have a strong appeal. But everything I do is for the game time. For the quality time spent with friends, for the banter, and those moments that come from the game. Those moments that get recalled later, in conversation or during another game or relating the moment to a fellow gamer. There are two key times I don’t enjoy this hobby: a) when I feel like I need to complete something, but I really want to start on “that other thing”. b) when I feel like I should know what I’m doing in a game, and everyone else seems to know what the “right” thing to do is, but I just don’t have a clue. It’s just lack of experience.

On with the week right? I’m going to get through these Orcs, then up to speed with Iron Fist season 2 and Daredevil season 3.