Had a pretty busy week this week… the wife is finding all the stuff I told her i’d done and making me actually do it. So again time is limited this weekend, although saying that, I should be able to get a game of something in.

I need to get some games under my belt now because after Christmas I have a fair bit of Mini painting to do with the stuff we’ve got Matty and some of the stuff i’ve been bought. Mmmm maybe its time to dust off the Airbrush and get some paints.

Mmmmm…. I think Wild West Exodus would be the one I would go for if anything. The problem around here is that there are a few really small groups (I wouldnt call them clubs) that play stuff other than Gw but they don’t seem to cover WWX and even if they did accessibility would be difficult because they tend to be very young players (14-18yr olds). Personally I would like to see more small groups of older gamers that diversified but locally in my age group it seems that the only options are either GW exclusive groups (40k) or Historical (small scale Napoleonics).

Having just binge watched the third season of The Last Kingdom I think that would actually lend itself very well to a number of different style board games. You could go the way of a Risk type game, expanding territories, forging allies fighting battles etc, or a character driven game following the adventures of Uhtred as he tries to recapture his home of Bebbanburg.

I think I would like to be better at scratch building. I see some old junk and have an idea, but actually getting the idea that I pictured in my head onto the work bench and to look anything like I planned never works. Hell I cant even get things to look right following tutorials. The fantastic model I see in the tutorial just looks like painted junk when i’ve finished with it.

Actually I dont mind either. If the game is good and fun I dont mind what the factions are and if they are all Human or not. Mind you I dont think there are many Sci Fi/Fantasy games that have solely Human factions in them. Even GoT has Dragons and the White Walkers. In fact I can only think of MERCS. Even WWX has Aliens and and Shapeshifters.

@biggabum I think that the age differences tend to show what the OTT crew tried to address with the posed question of ‘Are big army games dead?” in one of their videos. I would say that there is a great deal of attachment and devotion to army building and collecting which would be more relevant to the mindset of devoted older gamers. A crop of youngbloods that are cutting their way through the gaming world have a great deal more to look into now with so many games and can flit between factions that suit their fancy in smaller numbers of figures. I saw it with how a small game store pushed smaller games to keep sales of whatever was new/interesting as a means of seeing what stuck. Honestly that’s how I got started with my Ramos crew for Malifaux in seeing the gaming from time to time and knowing that one box and a deck of cards got me in on the fun. I bought a book later to read the rules and fluff as it grew on me.

As far as games it all boils down to what the local group has latched onto. I really have no burning interest in Warmachine or Hordes but the models are interesting so I purchase the occasional mini here or there. WWX just hits a cross section of history and fantasy that might not be for most people. The historical gamers might be willing to take a crack at it over others in the same vein as Dust or Konflikt ’47 have their appeal. I’d approach them and try to sell the thought along the lines of Harry Turtledove fiction as the great “What if…!”

@evilstu I think that a grid based western gunfight game would be fun. Super Dungeon Explore really got to the heart of what 90s gaming in that vein was while pulling from the 80s Legend of Zelda. My mind goes back to Final Fantasy Tactics and their job classification system which might be a fun twist on the game. Mix and match base jobs from say a system like Ryuutama and cross them with more esoteric/advanced classes in Deadlands.

The commission I’ve been putting off working through consists of a pair of thri-kreen and some rat swarms from the Wizkids Nolzur’s line as well as Tonga, Gorilla-Man (02454) from Reaper minis. I’m not overly motivated but its been better since I took a short hiatus in order to build bases and work on the sculpting side of things. Its always a back and forth deal of making/modifying and covering with colors.

Now I’ll be arming myself in case these seasonal gingerbread men decide to animate for some reason. I’ve seen the film Krampus to be wary and am versed enough in animated movies to be able to take care of such threats.

Finished off the Leviathan for my Deathwatch. Willpost some answers to the questions later, for now I’m back down the well to paint up some battle-brothers for him 🙂

@woldenspoons : that one isn’t bigger on the inside though 😉

@evilstu Nah the catch ups arn’t taking long at all… especially as they’re up to my usual half-arsed standard.

@evilstu and @horati0nosebl0wer I can only think  that the age thing is down to when a lot of us owd guys got into gaming there was only really GW or Historical. With GW having a presence in most towns its just more convienient to pop into town with the wife and let her go do her thing while they pop into GW for whatever. I think that tends to be my only gripe with not playing GW games anymore, haing to wait a few days for my stuff to arrive (In our town there is a GW store and one hard to find Hobby store that is more focused on kits, RC Aircraft and Miniature Railways than games).

@dawfydd wow, excellent paint job sir, really liking that.

@woldenspoons What can I say other than …..

@richbuilds Very nice work sir. The Seraphon look excellent but the scratchbuilt ruins are just fantastic.

I was reading about a project involving a table with leds ( https://tweakers.net/reviews/6729/bouw-je-eigen-ledtafel-duizend-ledjes-en-draadjes.html ) and in the comments they mentioned a gigantic building sized variant from 2000 …

Aside from showing how technology has evolved it had this :

source : http://blinkenlights.net/blinkenlights

https://infocon.org/cons/Hack%20In%20The%20Box/HITB%202005%20-%20Malaysia/proceedings/BT-Tim-Pritlove-Blinkenlights-Arcade-Project.pdf

yep … old skool hacking. ‘computer chaos club’ …

Got my December Acolytes built and mostly based.

@limburger If you eat them before they can get up I’m good with that. Its just a creepy thought to imagine the scene from ‘Mars Attacks’ that shows Pierce Brosnan as a disembodied head but replace that with a gingerbread man freaking out and having him bodily roll about and screaming. Horror movies can really be messed up if you start to put your head on how to turn them into RPG scenarios. Now about that sign… all I can think of is Dr. Otto von Scratchansniff from the series Animaniacs.

@dawfydd Its good to see your mechanical monstrosity continue to develop. The color shift looks like a good contrasting color but definitely would be better in person.

@richbuilds those lizardmen and terrain are great. The painting was very well done. I’m guessing from my phone image that the Fallout plasticard is in the 3-5mm range of thickness for you to be able to get the rod in as rebar. I can also assume there were a few times you barely nicked yourself with all those gouges in the sides. I’m glad to see someone else enjoying Brother Vinni minis like me. I’ve yet to get around to my wasteland adventurer of the NotNCR Veteran variety but I think I should now that I see more Fallout goodness.

@biggabum Good to see tableshots of play. I wondered if WWX was as terrain heavy as Malifaux to play a decent game.