Hobby Weekender 14/06/19 – Halfway through the year already?

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Very quick, Also for anyone interested…

Do you like Jim Henson? Do you like computer games? Do you like tactics games? Are you fond of the Dark Crystal?

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Hi All

So fathers day is behind me and I got another pass from Andrea (bless her wee heart lol) to come and do some hobby in peace and quiet.

So last night I actually got all the minis to that ‘ok for me’ phase so everything has a few details picked out and a soft tone wash over the top.

I have moved on to basing and seeing if I can lift the basic basing scheme I started with (phase 1) without having to undo any of that work.

so far so good…

that’s before

and here is after

I’m also trying a cheat on the tanks by using foliage to be able to skip a couple of painting steps there as well.

Ultimately while I have only me to please the whole point of working out this phased approach is so I can find a way to fire up a fow hobby faster and give good games with decent looking minis early on as I think those on the hobby journey with me will appreciate that more than facing a bear plastic army week in week out 🙂

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@warzan Bases and tanks look great. I have to say, the bootcamp did really get me interested in FoW much more than I was before…shame I had to put myself on a spending ban for the next little while… It is making me want to get more of my Bolt Action done, though, so there’s still pluses there!

I might try and jump ahead with my Inceptors, next. I currently have 24 power, or 380ish points, of painted minis done for my Ultramarines, so that shelf in my cabinet is looking a little less grey now. Still lots to do, though. I still have ten Grenadiers to build…and 4 Hellblasters… Much to do, but lots of other stuff getting in the way. Same old story. 😛 Long story short, I MAY post some pics of Inceptors at some point.

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So that’s that phase complete

Now I have two more small additions I want to try.

1) Working some way of identifying the squads quickly without resorting to labels etc… I’m gonna have a week coffee and a think

2) A quick play with some pigment powders as an optional step to see what effect it has.

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As I wait for the spuds to boil, I’ll have a proper nose at what everyone has been up to…

@woldenspoons I do like that Rammstein song.  That is a lot of models to get through but the contrast paint seems to be helping you power through!

@limburger I’m always looking at what other hobbies are up to especially if it can save me a few pounds.  The shaker does a fairly decent job but I do have to give it a bit of a shake in an up and down motion as well to begin with.

@tuffyears your silver tower stuff looks really good!  I must get round to painting mine!  How is the FoW sorting going?

@crazyredcoat The medicman is looking good, even for one of Papa Smurf’s minions!

@biggabum  good to see you again.  Game looks good, commiserations in defeat and having to pay for McDonalds!  Well done, Matty!

@horati0nosebl0wer are you blowing stuff up yet?

@warzan ze Germans are looking well.  Don’t forget to put the top back on your glue though.

@mage China, eBay, 1/48 scale plane. Longer answer to SunnyD is on page 2!

Apologises if I missed anyone or anything.

Happy Fathers Day to all you dad’s out there, and a wee mention to anyone like me missing their Pops today.

 

 

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@robert

Getting back into Flames of war after 15 years

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The pigment powders are subtle but add a nice finishing touch to the muzzles and tracks wheels etc

also adds some interesting shading to the ground texture

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So yeah the pigment is a really interesting way to shade the turf on the bases to mark worn paths or those areas near bushes that are a little darker

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@robert <35 points>

 

Im actually really looking forward to see what you do with contrast paints and Loka. 10 points for the idea

 

10 points for Iron Maiden

 

Ill be missing Behemoth as the GF cant get a babysitter til a little later, or rather Ill catch the tail end and then onto Amon Amarth

 

15 points for your work

 

@woldenspoons <25 points>

 

10 points for your work so far, 15 for Rammstein

 

@warzan <10 points>

 

Is that some work you have done or the start of something? 10 points for now

 

@tuffyears <60 points>

 

Damn those silver tower minis are good! 50 points! I love the fire on the Brimstone Horrors. Super cool! And 10 for the historical

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And I’m gonna call these done for now 🙂

Time to go and open the box of sprues and get started on the next batch 🙂

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@crazyredcoat <10 ponts>

 

10 points for the progress on the Apothecary, I like it

 

 

@biggabum  <75 points>

 

Good to see you! I was worried…

 

We all get burnout but never be afraid to pop by and say hi. You tried to paint all your Christmas models together WITHOUT ALCOHOL?!!!?!? You mad man you!

 

10 points for the pledge.

 

(1)   Its good you don’t get out much, its horrible out there. Hipsters are everywhere. 15 points I like the answer. Maybe if he was that reality’s version of Rik Grimes no?

 

(2)   Yup, ticket scalping but with convention minis. 15 points.

 

(3)   Well, would that not make a game more realistic with people and their own agendas? 15 points for the detailed answer.

 

Awesome pics of the game! 20 points.

 

 

@horati0nosebl0wer <50 points>

 

How is life in the hinterlands of America?

 

15 points to answers for question 1.

 

15 points to answers for question 2. There is so much stuff I want… And some from Warhammer World which is exclusive to just there… PP and Wyrd did a good job that way indeed.

 

10 points to answers for question 3.

 

10 points for the pledge.

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@warzan

https://geektyrant.com/news/flying-saucer-toy-recalled-because-it-taught-kids-that-the-nazis-achieved-space-travel

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@crazyredcoat <30 points>

 

30 more points for the finished Apothecary, that is some top notch work my friend.

 

@woldenspoons <10 points>

 

10 points for the progress. I heard Black Templar is supposed to be amazing, apparently it was one of the first Contrast paints to sell out on the GW site

 

And 10 more for the black Templar application, oops, I type as I read!

 

@robert <65 points>

 

10 points for the work on the tiny tiny men. Ah, I scroll down and see more progress, 10 more points.

 

1.     Interesting. And yeah I see what you mean with Anthrax. Marvel V DC you could do with heroclix and it worked. 20 points

 

2.     Us. Good or bad for us. I want them thar shiny exclusives. 15 points. I like your thoughts.

 

3.     Man you should have heard me and my friends screwing each other over in Mario Kart and Super Mario Brothers. Lots of swear words said. All in good fun. 10 points

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@mage I know I ain’t getting no Shakespeare, but even ‘bad movies’ can be good.

I think they forgot what made the classic 80’s action movies work.
John Wyck was sooo much better despite the plot making zero sense, because the world building and action was damn near perfect.

The Expendables relied a little too much on people recognizing the actors from the golden era of action B-movies.
That kind of worked in the first one, but I can’t say I wanted to see the sequels.

And a movie is bad/boring when even I start to notice bad trigger discipline …

/me shall go paint stuff soon … must eat and sleep now. Oh … and watch Alien in between commercial breaks.

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In the words of @sundancer it is now time for some coffee

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