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ceppie 5 years, 3 months ago.
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The force is low today, after only one day off on the weekend, and a 12-hour shift yesterday.
Got home, crashed, woke up, and I’m back at work, so no hobby accomplished! I’ll make up for it this coming weekend.
Game on, everyone!
@unclejimmy you can still get good knock-offs out of Russia. I see them often on EBay, particularly the $120 Forge World space marine kits, which usually go for about $15.00. Some are made in China, and show up on Alibaba in quantity: minimum order 50,000 or some such nonsense.
@limburger I would disagree that GW makes the best kits. They are getting killed on their sci-fi IP. Here are just two examples. First, a few more Tau models from Wargame Exclusive:
Another example. Raging Heroes also does way better Sisters of Battle. The GW ones look like dudes.
I think GW is falling further behind actually, but you can see there’s an effort underway to turn things around.
@ceppie – real life does suck a fart from an old man’s arse and holds it in like a bong rip! 500pts. If I bought that bit of land you could quit and come and work for me.
I am sure I could match your current wage, but the benefits would be good. Plenty of 12 hours works days after some White Rabbit! Ten minutes before Heather comes in we can look as though we have been doing something. If something really needs doing we can get someone in!
Too many days like that will mess you up. Like when Apu thought he was a Hummingbird.
One of Dave’s friends bought a copy of the FW Eldar Titan. It was a cleaner cast the most FW kits. £110 and it was perfect. The company we used to buy from even do knock-off minis. For £70 Dave bought this stunning sculpt of Kolek Sun-Eater.
I bought the Nurgle Lord on horseback and the Dwarf character mini and they were perfect and less than half the price. However, they were delivered by hand and were packed inside some china figurine package! Not at all dodgy.
The Tau lady must get some serious wedgies!
All the new SoB minis are clearly all computer made. No feeling to them.
@limburger – Zvesda kits rule!
I think their models look pretty good.
@woldenspoons – shooting a choob in the dick with his own tank is my story of the week! 1000pts. I love it.
Some more bits to slop some paint on…
…and I now have two crates of Infinity style bits to make things out of!
The dead General Rimmel. He is a radio controlled zombie.
Kelly and Oddball. Woof-woof!
@unclejimmy GW operate in the hobby/games/entertainment market. They compete for teenagers and men’s pocket money not only against other similar companies who sell similar products but they also compete against TV, Sports, Music, Train Sets, Computer Games. Even before that, they allow other hobby shops to sell their product at a lower price, yet they still are one of the better performing chains on the British high street. A pub doesn’t allow you to bring in a few cans from the offsales, or restaurants don’t allow you to bring in your own dinner you cooked yourself, so why does not allowing other paints to be used in your store make you a monopoly? Owning and protecting an IP does not make you a monopoly. Being the most successful company in your specialised area, does not make you a monopoly.
Zvesda kits are decent. They aren’t that much cheaper than PSC or Battlefront. Though a problem with mixing them are slight differences in size… Battlefront are a bit chunky compared to the other 2.
Bolt Thrower did three sessions for John Peel, pretty sure I have it on CD somewhere or I may even have it on vinyl… been years since I listened to it.
My big boy is now glossed and got some basing put down this evening. Perhaps even get him finished tomorrow.
@woldenspoons – it was the first move I taught Eve when she was young. If someone doesn’t go down then your next move should be to run…very fast! All of your fancy Martial Arts are bollocks. 100pts.
@robert – I never said that me wanting to use a single non-Wacoshop paint or something better than their shitty brushes made tham a wannabe superpower. I was just pointing out that they turned into total bastards towrds their customers when they became a ‘business’. What it the mantra…it’s not personal, it’s just business?
They even stopped you mentioning other peoples games. Not trying to promote them, but just mentioning them.
I know what you mean about the Battlefront minis. Have you ever tried the ones from Westwind?
If Bolt Thrower did a Pell session then I will have to find that. Peel sessions rule. I have heaps of them. All of the 80’s “Festive Fifty” too. I didn’t get to listen much after July 1985, but would try and catch up at xams. That was where I first heard Public Enemy.
Mr. Nurgle looks honking. I can smell it from here! Unless Heather has cut an air-biscuit and not said anything? A few more pics if you get time…pretty please.
Oddball is Artizan miniatures (I think!). I have Joe too.
@limburger – I did see a Golden Demon entry in WD once that was a standard Marine, but with a MaxMini head! Someone missed that one. They do make some outstand stuff if you have never checked them out.
Before I see if any of the unwashed are interested – anyone intersted in some Infinity terrain. There are two full sets of buildings from the Tohaa starter set and for OP Firestorm. Never even used. There is the playmat thing too.
Well, you have 24 more hours to get you bits sorted for this week. There is nobody in tomorrow and I don’t have my Puggies until friday so I will be all your tomorrow as I try and get some of these things finished!
Question: does anyone have a good/easy way to paint lighting effects?
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