…and I thought the Germans were never late, or was that wizards?

This weekends pledge is to finish painting and assembling some mdf terrain and then get to work assembling some plastic Mantic enforcers I’ll be using for Stargrave and Five Parsecs. I might even paint some models.

Why does having time of work screw so much with the perception of time? Or is it only me?

It happens to me as well. Sometimes I have to look up what day it is.

Have you watched the XLBS yet?

Just finished watching while having my Sunday dinner, beef and yorkshire puddings.

Will I be on time next Friday?

Who knows, stay tuned and find out.

I started work on my Special Edition Marine chap (I don’t recall his name), so I’ll be working on that, though school is going to be starting as of the 7th (ish) so I may have a little less time. I might do some building; I have like 3 Universal Carriers to build and 30 Polish Paras…I am really slow at that stuff. 😛

Why does having time of work screw so much with the perception of time? Or is it only me?

The Event is what’s screwed up my perception of time, if I’m honest. How can a year last 17 years, but also 4 minutes? Madness! The good news is that time is relative anyway, maybe you’re just moving a bit faster than us when you’re not working. 😛

Have you watched the XLBS yet?

I’m still something of a financially struggling student, so no CoG membership for me at the moment. I’ll get back to it eventually…I hope. 😛

Will I be on time next Friday?

What is time, anyway? Everyday is Friday if you want it to be.

See … I knew I missed something.

1) Why does having time of work screw so much with the perception of time? Or is it only me?
it’s not just you.
Heck, if it wasn’t for the weekenders I would barely be aware that it was weekend.

I have to actually set the alarm for weekends on a different time just to inform myself that I don’t have to work …
It was even worse when we were working from home.
I definitely need my not-work time to keep me sane.

2) Have you watched the XLBS yet?
not yet …
It’s always the same pattern for me.
Friday the regular weekend becomes available and I watch the first few minutes.
Then I realise I have stuff to do (shop for groceries, etc) and I pause it.
Saturday I visit my dad and do his grocery supply run.

I forget that I had paused it and then it’s sunday, which I spend sleeping as I recover from previous day activities.
I watch the first few minutes of XLBS and then realise I haven’t watched the weekender … get distracted by discord or a videogame and … the weekend ends.

3) Will I be on time next Friday?
probably … it’s not like Germans make the same mistake twice, is it ?

If all goes well I will have the Cyberpunk RED rules as well as the Alien starterset.
Both have been on my wishlist.

I was thinking about buying the beast snagga set that I had seen in the shop last week, but the price reminded me that it wasn’t a good idea. Besides … I’ve got Killteam incoming so probably best not to add to my ork pile before I get even more.
Seeing the picture of the new Ork start collecting box does make me want to buy more orks.

I wish I could focus on one project and finish it.

And to quote Douglas Adams :
Time is an illusion, Lunchtime doubly so

New Orks are coming :
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/08/30/unboxing-combat-patrol-orks/

The Deff Dredd has been confirmed as the only ‘old’ model in that set.
Everything else is brand spankin’ new …

Why does having time off work screw so much with the perception of time? Or is it only me?

Not just you. Not so much having time off either. Last week feels like last month. Last month feels like last year. Last year feels like a lifetime ago. Yet the 1990s were only “a few years back” and anything from the year 2000- onwards is still “new”.

Have you watched the XLBS yet?

I sort-of skipped through it. I feel like I’m doing this more and more. Dunno if that’s an indication of my waning interest in this site, the video content, or “the hobby” in general (I don’t think it’s “hobby” since I’m still painting as much and as often and still stick tiny LEDs in bits of terrain).

Will I be on time next Friday?

I pretty much guarantee it. Or it’ll be cancelled. I can’t see a new forum post popping up on Sat/Sun for a while. Sort yourself out will you 😉

In other news – Crooked Dice have absolutely knocked it out of the park:

I’m off to refresh my wet palette and give these new Pro Acryl paints a workout – they worked beautifully on my wife’s nails; this week, I get to use them for myself!

Funnily enough, I thought exactly the same – Duncan has made his name from using Citadel paints to paint really nice looking minis (and, in his academy, more recently, some Army Painter paints too).

If he releases his own paint line, does that render his entire back catalogue of painting guides redundant? After all, unless his new paints behave substantially differently to the ones already in the marketplace, why bother? And if they do, then none of his painting techniques will work with his new paints.

(and then, just as we’re all finding “our” perfect acrylics range, it feels like every other miniature painter on Youtube is moving over to painting with oils).

I saw one of Luke’s Geek Gaming videos the other day in which he recommended an LED table lamp.

Always in the market for spending ever more money on “ohhh shiny” I went and bought one.

Best £16 I’ve spent on hobby for a long time – reallly, really impressed. In the first evening of trying it, I must have painted about 15 pairs of eyes. I hadn’t realised that insufficient light was an issue for night-time painting ’til I got this LED lamp – and suddenly everything just got easier!