Hobby Weekender 01/03 – Back to the 80s

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Okay guys this will be my last reply today til at least the evening time. The twelve hour night shift is almost over… then home to bed.

 

@woldenspoons <55 rupees>

So… he trolled you with knockdown?

 

(1) 5 rupees, practica.

(2) 10 rupees

(3) 10 rupees. I get why not the fashion, but why not the music?

(4) They really don’t do they? 20 rupees

(5) Zoids counts. 10 rupees.

[sundancer 42942xp 2]

3) 5 rupees. Why does the adult disagree with the younger self?

Because the adult sees the cash flow and the motivations behind some actions. Though that doesn’t stop me from buying a lot of things regardless 😉

(4) You can list more if you’d like!  I remember DJ cat and all the cartoons in the afternoons and the sketches between. 15 rupees

“Fun Factory” that was the one I was thinking about.  I’ll just insert the wikipedia page here for all the series!

It was originally hosted by Mr P, who was later replaced by Andy Sheldon, Snoot the seal and Crocker the crocodile. The programme included cartoons such as:

Ghostbusters
Transformers
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Jem
Inspector Gadget
M.A.S.K.
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
Lady Lovely Locks
The Care Bears
BlackStar
Denver, the Last Dinosaur
Barrier Reef
Ivanhoe
Emily
SuperTed
Police Academy
C.O.P.S.
Roger Ramjet
Starcom: The U.S. Space Force
The Challenge of the GoBots

Later with the DJ Kat show there where also

Goober and the Ghost Chasers
Harlem Globetrotters
Hurricanes
The Transformers
Mighty Orbots
Fireman Sam
Jem
Scooby’s All Star Laff-A-Lympics
Sherlock Hound
The World of David the Gnome
Biker Mice From Mars
George of the Jungle
Felix the Cat
Paddington Bear
Fraidy Cat
Rude Dog and the Dweebs
Count Duckula
Charlie Chalk
Hulk Hogan’s Rock ‘n’ Wrestling
Dinosaucers
Help!… It’s the Hair Bear Bunch!
DuckTales
Henry’s Cat
M.A.S.K.
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (UK Title: Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles)
The Care Bears Family (UK Title: Care Bears)
Denver, the Last Dinosaur
Inspector Gadget
Heathcliff
Dick Tracy
Little Clowns of Happytown
Dragon’s Lair
Dungeons and Dragons
Diplodo
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
Darkwing Duck
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Ulysses 31
Robotix
Top Cat
Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Roger Ramjet
Hong Kong Phooey
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
Far Out Space Nuts
The Banana Splits Adventure Hour
Postman Pat
Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs
Sinbad Jr. and his Magic Belt
Grimm’s Fairy Tale Classics
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
SuperTed
Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Silverhawks
Thundercats
Samurai Pizza Cats
Phantom 2040
Superboy
Pound Puppies
Lensman
Dr Splash
BraveStarr
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
She-Ra: Princess of Power
G.I. Joe
The World’s Greatest Super Friends
The Smurfs
Little Wizards
Yogi’s Treasure Hunt
Wacky Races
Wish Kid
Dennis the Menace (1959) (UK Title: Dennis)
Dennis the Menace (1986) (UK Title: Dennis)
The Adventures of the Little Prince
Bump in the Night
VR Troopers
Orson and Olivia
Swat Kats
Mighty Max
The Adventures of Gulliver
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Amigo and Friends
Dynamo Duck
Teddy Trucks
Incredible Dennis the Menace (UK Title: Incredible Dennis)
My Little Pony
Mrs. Pepper Pot
The Incredible Hulk
Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad
Delfy and His Friends
Double Dragon
Transformers: Generation 2 (UK Title: The New Transformers)
Spider-Man
Saban’s Adventures of Peter Pan
Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa
Highlander: The Animated Series
Ritter’s Cove

Now that’s a mouth full. I remember most of them in some shape or form and I’ll bet you there are still some missing XD Robotech for Example.

(5) Tell us about how you discovered wargaming so instead ?

I’m pretty sure I mentioned it before but ok: I did military service back in the 1990s and was bored so I went to our bases shop and there was a strange little magazine called “White Dwarf” and it had a game in it called “Epic 40.000”. It was the German WD #21 and I think that was September of 1997. The rest is history 😉

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@mage – pledges, dagnammit, I forgot about those. I bought some translucent ink to try out pre-shading with my airbrush; I’ve a lot on this weekend with family and everything else – what if I base and pre-shade a few Space Marines – will that suffice?

I’ve also had an idea after watching Big Ben’s Hobby Roundup video but it might take more than the weekend to get the bits together to try out and get working…….

[dawfydd 11924xp 3]

Hi guys 🙂

Not much painting happening as I just wasn’t feeling it this weekend, but did get some building done:

Had a spare Primaris Lt lying around so tried out a regular marine Powerfist to see how it looked

Tried to 40k-up a 30k Chaplain,

And picked up a Space Wolf Dreadnought cheap off Ebay that needed a bit of TLC. Seller included an extra set of weapon sprues so was able to kit it out as a Venerable Dread with a Great Axe and Blizzard Shield. I’ve spares of each left over so it’s tempting to look into converting up a Contemptor the same way….

Onto the questions 🙂

(1) How do you deal with a cold or flu? 

Typically try to work through it, load up on cold & flu meds, if all else fails spicy food to burn the beggar out…

(2) Can you hobby when you feel run down?

I try to. If nothing else engaging in these threads, reading some fluff or an army book, even just playing around with some kits, but probably not painting as that does tend to prove a struggle….

(3) Your opinion on the entertainment industry of the 1980s is…?

…heavily fueled by pharmaceuticals 😀

(4) Name a tv show you liked when you were younger or a child

Gods I have to pick just one? Whelp in that case I’d have to go with Ulysses 31. More than any other show, this one really dug it’s claws in when I was younger. I think the fact it was purely an animated show – no toyline or comic books – made it stand out as a notable rarity in the landscape of 80’s kids shows, and the fact it was a French/Japanese co-production lent it a particular feel that no other show really came close to.

(5) What toys or tv shows influenced you, directly or not, a little or a lot into this broad hobby?

Well Heroquest & Space Crusade are the reasons I’m involved in this hobby, as seeking out extra units, quests & missions are what led me to White Dwarf and the local GW (back when Terminators were £2 for a blister of 2). Otherwise GIJoe and the manga of Masamumne Shirow meant that Infinity really “clicked” with me, and are part of the reason I got back into the hobby in 2011 after peacing out in ’08.

What else on the weekends docket? I finished Corax: Lord of Shadows from the Horus Heresy – Primarchs series. A great read that brings into relief some of flaws in the character of the master of the Raven Guard, which I appreciate this series has been making all the Primarchs far more understandable. Next I’ve got the mass market release of Tallarn, the collected edition of the stories set during the planet wide tank battle that was the largest such engagement of the Heresy, and I have The Raven Tower to get through, the first fantasy novel from Ann Leckie, the author whose debut book (Ancillary Justice) won the Hugo, Nebula and Arthur C Clarke SF awards, and to date each book has maintained that level of quality…

Also got a podcast recommendation – The Battlestar Galacticast, an episode by episode retrospective of the 2000’s reboot hosted by Number 6 herself Tricia Heffer and writer Mark Bernadin (he wasn’t involved in the show but he writes for TV so brings that perspective), with (occasionally fueled by alcohol) guest appearances from members of the cast. Really interesting stuff, and frequently hilarious as they go into just how bonkers the shows production could get….

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Second go at a reply…. I foolishly hit the close browser X before I hit submit last time.  RIP post…

Music first, more 80s bands I love

@pafetikbazerka The Equalizer was a great show.  Had forgotten all about it.

@tuffyears Hope your nephew is as impressed as I am!

@biggabum Thumbs up for Saxon and the lovely 4Ground Buildings in the match report.

@blinky465 would be great to see you do a He-Man game!

@mage Glad you enjoyed the tunes.  Pledge was fixing broken models and continuing getting the shed and my hobby stuff organised.  I have all my fixing done.  One model needs repainted though…won’t get that done this weekend. Metal Mickey was a show about a robot called Mickey… I don’t remember ever watching it but they tell me it was my favourite when I was 3 or 4.

@sundancer do you remember Highlander: The Animated Series?  Was it good?  Never heard of it before.

@dawfydd good work on the conversions.  I think they look great.

 

 

 

 

[dawfydd 11924xp 2]

@robert Highlander: The animated Series was a  surprisingly good show for its time, and didn’t shy away from the nature of The Game (even if it jump cuts away from beheadings).

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Disaster. A mix of model parts that had been stored in plastic cups in a box got turned upside down. An hour to sort this this afternoon.

[sundancer 42942xp 3]

@robert pour glue over it, shake well. voila mutant army ready!

 

[horati0nosebl0wer 19623xp 2]

Late, but at last getting to posting before work

How do you deal with a cold or flu?

A cold or flu gets the basic treatment of being burned out using habanero sauce, drinking lots of tea and sleeping as much as possible.

Can you hobby when you feel run down?

Feeling run down? Yes, that can impair hobby and make for slow painting. Then, once one piece is worked on to a tabletop level or something similar, it proves you can get there and keep going.

Your opinion on the entertainment industry of the 1980s is…?

The entertainment industry of the 80s was a great place to start with the “Anything goes!” attitude which fuels today. Look at Kung Fury as an example of what kind of lasting effect there is. In general I think it was good for what has been put out in film history with the help of Troma Studios.

Name a tv show you liked when you were younger or a child

A tv show that I loved as a kid was Battletech (the original Macross Saga). I really enjoyed the robots and the level of drawing that was, for my experience, way beyond what I’d seen before. It gave me a larger gateway to enjoy anime later on in life. I’ve since returned to the series and been able to enjoy the first story arc but was iffy on the second and not interested in the following one.

What toys or tv shows influenced you, directly or not, a little or a lot into this broad hobby?

I’d say its a split between LEGOs and G.I. Jow having influenced me in the hobby. I’ve loved the ability to build and create things that have no basis on a specific plan to achieve a thing that I look for. This is my source of continued exercise in base creation where most anything can be analysed and looked at for potential for building something. G.I. Joe would be the other as a sense of heroic proportion to things or dynamic elements is what I want to be reflected in my minis. If there is a sense of larger than life play that catches my childlike wonder I am onboard.

As far as being slow to hobby I’ve been packing and dragging my feet to finally get around to slapping paint on a friend’s Eldar Epic army. I had to wrap my head around the fact that eventhough the figures are in 28mm scale they really are meant to be played at a 6mm scale. It has definitely changed my painting from being overly involved with trying to detail myself to death on these things.

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@sundancer <20 rupees>

Well, regards Q3 you could say the same about anything in human history, culture or business no?

4: That is some list. 5 rupees.

5: 15 Rupees, I like that story

@blinky465 <10 rupees>

Haha, it is easy to forget. Im not going to be a slavedriver about them, just a polite reminder 

Hope your enjoying the weekend with family and everything else. Hey, make the pledge, whatever it is, its all good. Doesen’t matter if you get around to it or not. This is a friendly support group, not an internment camp haha. 10 rupees

@dawfydd <25 rupees>

Its ok to not feel it. 15 Rupees for the assembly. How cheap is cheap? I got something off ebay myself. Power fist looks good on the primaris dude, Chaptalin is also nice and I like the dread too.

Im going to come back to your answers tomorrow as with my son, recovering from a night, famiy and the girlfriend I am wrecked and doing this in bed before sleep.

And I remember highlander the animated series: it was freaking badass. Cortan was a BOSS 10 rupees

@robert <25 rupees>

Ill get around to your music selection tomorrow.

Interesting with metal mickey.

15 rupees for the pledge.

As for the painting and whatever else, please feel free to post throughout the week if you can 😉

10 rupees for responses to others

Disaster is right with that, ouch!

@horati0nosebl0wer

As I have said to others, I am down to 1% energy and about to crash. 10 rupees for the pledge and I shall respond to your question answers tomorrow.

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Thanks for being understanding with my business guys. Im going to hit the hay. Tomorrow, I hope to get some games and painting in, after custody and dad duties are complte.

Keep on rockin’ in the free world!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8r-tXRLazs (technically 1979, I think…)

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGSKrC7dGcY (recorded in 1989 and released in 1990 but 80s in my humble opinion_

 

 

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Happy Weekend all!

Back to the 80’s eh? I can roll with that!

Questions? Answers!

(1) How do you deal with a cold or flu?

Stay home, take medicines, sleep!

I’m fortunate, I seem to have a rather robust immune system. I don’t often get sick, or I get over it quickly. But if not that then I drop like a stone. No hobby, not interested in tv. Maybe read, but mostly sleep.

If I feel a cold or flu coming on, I’ll start in on hot whiskey, lemon and honey in water. It probably doesn’t actually help, but it makes one feel warm and it’s tasty.

(2) Can you hobby when you feel run over?

Sure, if you want to build an army with flats! Hahaha!

 

(3) Your opinion on the entertainment industry of the 1980s is…?

I’m not sure I have much of an opinion on it… it was what it was, of it’s time. Big money, drugs, big hair.

It produced a few gems, it churned out a load of dross.

(4) Name a tv show you liked when you were younger or a child

From my childhood in the 80’s

There’s the usual suspects:Transformers, Astroboy, Thundercats, Silverhawks, He-Man and the MOTU, Doctor Who, Monkey, MASK, COPS, Scooby-Doo, Voltron (both kinds), Danger Mouse, Duckula, Trap Door, TMNT

Some outliers (shows that I kind of liked): Gummy Bears, Machine Men, Smurfs, You Can’t do that on television,

Vague enjoyment memories: (I know I enjoyed them then, but I hardly remember them): The Mysterious Cities of Gold, Ulysses 31, Macross/ Robotech, Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends, Robostory

Ah… I could easily go on and on… dammit @mage every time I go to google I come back with another name that I remember, another show that I loved!

(5) What toys or tv shows influenced you, directly or not, a little or a lot into this broad hobby?

Hmm, I feel like my influences into this hobby came primarily from books, games and family. Not so much from toys and TV.

Some movies that helped were Labyrinth, Willow, She-Hawk. The Dungeons and Dragons cartoon wasn’t a regular fixture of my childhood viewing, though I was aware of it. My child hood toys usually came from TV shows: Ninja Turtles, Ghost Busters, Transformers.

The pledge this week will be: continuation of Dark Angels, update and make public part one of the Dark Angel project, DnD Monday night, time and motivation permitting return to the Elf Project.

More later!

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@biggabum yikes! That doesn’t sound fun at all? glad to hear your back to full vision again! All the better to see Matty’s army coming at you…

thanks for the mini batrep!

@voidifremoved I do remember Spellbinder, I remember my younger brothers enjoyed it more than I did, and even had a few books.

@robert you have excellent taste in 80’s movies ?

I vaguely remember Metal Mickey being broadcast on Australian TV too, a kind of kids comedy family sitcom? With a robot?

Oh nice find! In the shed was it?

Oh no, box of disaster… ?

@tuffyears that’s one heck of an army…

@woldenspoons has good taste in tv shows too I see! Around the Twist! Classic Aussie kids tv! I enjoyed how they took all those short stories and rewrote them so they all happened to the same three kids.

Dammit @sundancer your list has another one I forgot, how could I forget Roger Ramjet?!?

@dawfydd power fist seems to work on Primaris, I have the same Chaplain( but I’ll be making him more Dark Angel), nice eBay pick up!

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After @evilstu ‘s suggestion in the last thread I did some work on the Dark Angel Sergeants helmet wings:

Almost done with this squad, just got to do the metals, transfers and basing. Then the transfers and basing on the previous squad, but I’m waiting on one more resource to finish those guys.

[horati0nosebl0wer 19623xp 2]

Ok… so I got out of work and it was *quickly calculates* -15C and not shy of pretty damn windy. I’m back home and bundled up and glad to see that there’s a sizable difference between the outside temp and the indoor one. I’m very glad that I just replaced the air filter for my heating system on Tuesday.

Quite a bit I missed from the beginning but I can say on the cartoon front that there was quite a bit I remember from your list @sundancer . There also were other features that were up at about the same time as I remember in Italy there were quite a few anime releases on Junior TV that come to mind:

Lupin III

Galaxy Express 999 (Maitel still makes me melty)

Fist of the North Star

Captain Tsubasa

Captain Harlock

Saint Seiya

Ginga Patrol PJ (which I’d say is an inspiration for the current series Cells at Work. Platelet FTW!)

Hakushon Daimaō (found this only remembering that it had genies and was the source of inspiration for the character Sumomo in the series Chobits)

Yatterman

and then there was a co-op station in Italy that I remember Italian and some British programs running on Channel 55 that ran Star Blazers

Right, to add my two cents to the musical mayhem

I would not be the person I am today without growing up and catching on the Armed Forces Radio broadcast of Dr. Demento on Sunday afternoons when I was a kid.

A less obvious choice attached to the popular genre of hair metal/rock

Now to continue breaking away…

A great addition to the film “Toys”

I try to forget all the Whitesnake, Def Leopard, Foreigner, the Pet Shop Boys and quite a few more that I trip over in digging into music.

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