Happy Sunday, hmm where have I heard that before?

My pledge for this week is to finish painted my latest collection of Midlam miniature, which are almost done now, then try a play test game, hopefully on Thursday for my special Christmas Frostgrave scenario. I say Frostgrave as it takes place in the frozen city, but really it’s a Rangers of Shadow Deep scenario as it’ll be a co-op game and I’m using half the rules from that game as well.
…and after all of that I may get started on my Osmoticmeld Kickstarter pledge (Ian Miller inspired minis).

Does hobby help you get back on track?

When I’m feeling under the weather all I want to do is hibernate in the sofa with the TV. Hobby, and everything else is the last thing on my mind.

And it was also the day I fell flat on my face and only now (Sunday evening) I am feeling good enough to get some coherent sentences out.

Oh, hope you get better soon. There’s been a lot of it about recently. I suppose it was only a matter of time your daughter passed her illness on to you.

Pledge: continue to make progress with painting Dwayne, the roc, for my SAoM Arabian Knights. (I’m tired of individual feathers)

Does hobby help you get back on track?

Hobby can help with the discomfort. Depending on how bad I feel I think that there can be a distraction from the irritation of illness and it could help. If I were worse off in bed and unable/unwilling to leave it just means “I can’t be arsed” and my brain can’t process the good I’d normally find in doing it. Maybe just brushing on some primer or blocking in speed paint areas would be the furthest I’d do since it requires the least amount of effort or focus.

Wow. Sorry you’re feeling so rough (and it’s doubly-difficult when it’s spreading around the household and affecting loved ones – usually harder than dealing with illness yourself). But I feel like I’m once again swimming against the tide.

When I’m ill, I get sick of my own company, just moping about feeling rubbish. I’ll happily find anything to distract myself from being ill (ok, maybe not sorting out the garden or finishing fitting the skirting board I promised two Christmases ago). I love nothing more than setting up the filter coffee-on-demand, sitting at my painting desk and powering on through a few minis to bash the coughs and sniffles to back of my mind. If I couldn’t paint minis when I was ill, I wouldn’t have got anything done these last two months!

My wife is the kind of person who can get up, do some work (housework or otherwise) make and drink a brew, then come back up to bed and happily laze the rest of the morning away into the early afternoon (whether ill or not). The minute I’m awake, my eyes are open and I have to be up and dressed and doing something – and doubly so if I’m ill!

Still, I guess it takes all types, eh?

I see we’re a bit light on music this week. Here you go. Best Xmas tune ever (let’s not get our kickers in a twist over who is right on this one, if you disagree, you won’t by the time the big day actually comes around)

First person to post Kevin Bloody Wilson goes straight on the naughty list and gets no presents!

Giftmas music?! This is mandatory

This heavy box just arrived. Been waiting three years for this one. It looks like it took a knock in transit but apart from some cracks in the internal plastic trays everything else looks ok.

I like the fact that it seems the box is big enough for not only all the assembled models but also all the cards, even in card holders. It makes it easier to hide the game from the missus.