Good Morning All!

Checked all the boxes yesterday. Got my schoolwork down, did everything I had to do in the yard till we get our first frost, and managed to get a plasticard edge on one of the two game boards. It’s very time consuming. I think next time I will go with contact cement, rather than a glue gun, and I may use some cheap linoleum tile rather than plasticard. I also got a base colour down on the rockwork.

@mage you get more done when you’re not motivated than I do when I’m pumped! How many of those beasties do you have? Looks like you’ve been doing a fair bit of conversion work too!

@robert try painting that model before you discard it out of hand. You may find that you can pick out the detail, or even create it, with a brush. You’ve definitely got the skills for that.

Also, don’t despair if you’re not happy with it. We learn more from our mistakes than our successes.

@onlyonepinman thanks so much for the close-ups. Very nice work! I can’t believe how much you accomplished while chatting online on Saturday! I could never do that. I find I’m easily distracted, especially with a computer nearby. Suddenly I’ll remember a miniature that I want, and will look it up to see if it’s still available. That can domino into an hour of ogling miniatures online, followed by a search for music, followed by catching up on this thread. Then I’ll go get a beer. It goes on and on…

I took the day off, so am hoping to get a wash down on those game boards, and maybe work on the edge of THE LAST BOARD! It’s been quite a project. I already have an order for another set; I quoted a ridiculous price and the guy didn’t blink so I may have to give it some serious thought. I was hoping to do my own boards next, but I learn a lot with every bit of terrain I make, so in the end I suppose doing terrain for others can only improve my own.

HAL has some great tunes today.

Off to run some errands, and then bury my face in the books for a while.