Questions:

Friday evening, you’re at home with time on your hands. What is your favourite drink?

I think it’s a cup of tea. When I go to the pub or one of the jam nights, maybe coffee. But if I’m at home with time to kill, before The Hit List comes on the telly, the kettle is going on and I’m having a brew!

Have you ever considered/vowed certain things regarding our hobby? Like “no new army until this is done” or “won’t post negative things on stuff I don’t like” and “will. not. flip.. table.”?

Don’t we all constantly fight with the “no more x til y is done”?
Each time I print a few new minis, I promise myself “no more minis ’til you’ve painted these”. Then I got myself some Speed Paints (and a few more Contrast Paints) in order to trick myself into believing this would mean the minis got painted quicker (spoiler alert – it doesn’t).
But then I decided that speed-painting only works if you paint in batches, not on one or two models at a time (then it’s just like “traditional” painting, but with slow-drying water-y paints). So I told myself that the only way to see all my unpainted minis painted – using speed painting techniques – is to have lots of similar models and paint them, 8 or 10 at a time.

So I just printed the new human Blood Bowl team from UGNI miniatures

and I promised myself not to print any more minis until these were painted and based.
Naturally, I’ve already prepped and supported and sliced my next printer plateful of minis (some support staff and cheerleaders etc.) so I’m ready to hit the ground running. But I’ve not actually pressed the print button yet….

Why do I always to three questions?

For completeness? It just feels right. Like, if you left it at two, it’d be like when you put down your cup of tea with a single, remaining mouthful in it. As you hunt around the house, trying to remember where you put it down, it’s not because you’re thirsty, or even to put the cup with the rest of the washing up – it’s for completeness; it just doesn’t feel right – your mouth knows something remains unfinished, even as your rational brain tries to tell you it doesn’t matter.

Pledge?
Get these bad boys “blocked in” before next weekend.
Speed paints (ok, and Contrast) make this stage of mini painting fun. I love edge highlighting and painting tiny details (yes, always start with the eyes!) but I find blocking in so tedious. I’ve been “speed painting” all wrong so far – just doing one or two minis at a time, then getting frustrated at the drying time between colours. So I’m going to go for it – I’ve got half-a-team (eight players) prepped, the other half primed and ready to paint. If I’m ready to paint details on at least eight of them by next weekend, I’ll be pretty pleased.

What… is the capital of Assyria?
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And since we’re adding our own questions these days, here’s mine:
Whatever happened to @warzan ‘s card-based trick-taking-and-bidding game mechanics/rules? I don’t remember which game it was, but he invented some game mechanic a few weeks back and I’m frustrated I’m not already playing such a great-sounding game.

Last one – 30-minute challenge: was that only for October?