@robert I can’t remember the last non-gaming kit I built…possibly my Warrior… If they get put in Team Yankee I may actually get it; I love Warriors. I would never want a Star Trek one for fear of breaking off a nasel (or however you spell that). 😛 Some of the old minis GW put out are rather interesting. Personally, not my style, but they are very nice. <10 points> for something a little different and fun.

@mage Glad you’re enjoying time to relax! I imagine you’ll get your Primaris chaps done before I can, but that just gives me more incentive to get them done! I get where you’re coming from with the art. It’s very easy to see a great piece of, say, a Sister of Battle and start trying to recreate it because you must have one like that. I’m not one for dioramas, but I imagine many of those are influenced by artworks of some kind. I deff agree with the current DnD book, the art in there is gorgeous. Casual with friends is always more fun. I find the cliques that form in gaming clubs do make them unwelcoming to newcomers, which is a shame. And you are preaching to the choir with immature students running things; I’m a 28 year old uni student in classes with people I am a decade older than…it’s maddening at times… I tend to like to do higher than standard, and it does take me forever to finish, so I see your point with painting. 😛 I tried to make my Ultramarines much more paint friendly, and they do seem to work, but it still take a while. 😛 Me and my brothers have a slight variation on those objective rules, because you can always burn one at the end of a turn, so we say if you couldn’t do it at the start of the game then you can change it for another. With the newer scenarios in the Chapter Approved books, though, they actually allow you to pull out cards from your deck before the game starts so you can remove the ones that are hard, or impossible, to do. <10 points> for artistic taste, <5 points> for your immature 20 year olds, and <10 points> for your work (the gold on that captain looks nice).

Hopefully I can get some more work done later today. I have a few things to work on outside of hobby, but I’ll do what I can.