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I have almost finished the Domaru.
He can go into a Fireteam with his friends…
Who’s first? No doubt about these guys.
It was raining really heavily this morning so the Puggos didn’t get their usual walkies. Howver, after their breakfast they discovered Heather having hers.
She managed to resist for about 20 seconds. Mollie is totally shameful!
Well, the Americans turn up late to every war, you know how it is.
Questions:
1: Tell me 2-3 things that were important to you when you were young. Actually, my mom did something similar about six months ago. She was moving house and was “giving away” a bunch of stuff she’d been holding onto since f*** knows when. An old book about dinosaurs I literally learned to read on. One of my kid brothers scribbled crayon all over it later after our family broke up. That’s another ass-whippin’ I owe him. Don’t cry, bitch! You’ve had this comin’ to ya since 1977!
Other things, some plush toys I had as a kid I still have. They still sit on the shelf and a quick glance makes me smile now and then.
Green plastic army men. Mom and Dad got me the Guns of Navarone playset when I was a kid. Epic, if not terribly historically accurate. 😀
2. Everyone likes a bargain. What have your best ones been? – Panzer Leader, many of the counters still in the punch cards, at Historicon for @20.00. Sent to @damon for all the Panzer Leader games he’s been playing with me on the web @brucelea already has a set). I will spread the evil wherever I can! Bwahahaha!
3. What is your approach to “the rules” check a few things:
a) TURN SEQUENCE. You can tell if a game is shit right there. Red flags: Games that let a unit move and fire in the same phase / activation – now this isn’t a 100% rule, but that’s usually a very worrisome sign that game has a light emphasis on real world tactics. Now move and ASSAULT is another story …
b) SCALE: Now this isn’t just ground scale, or scale of the miniatures. But definitive scale of HOW MANY MEN the miniature represents. This is why I steer clear of a lot of skirmish and especially warband games, they leave this open to interpretation to appeal to more people.
Well, not for me. I want definitive conversion measurements. How else can I translate historical engagements into your game system?
And as far as appealing to the most people, well … again, no thanks. When you’re doing the opposite of most people, that’s usually a good sign that you’re on to something.
c) Finally, read the rule book fast and dirty, then PLAY! Play! Play play! You can red a rule book three times and still not have a clue. Play a game three times and you’re ready to kick ass on 90% of your opponents.
@unclejimmy Yeah mate we’re good thanks. The Mrs was a bit poorly earlier in the year but she’s ok now. Hows about you and your’s.
Sadly Matty gave up on painting… he prefers to watch me and tell me where i’m going wrong 😀 Yep he’s still beating me at most games… it’s getting annoying 😀
The first time I read the Hobbit was because it was on the School Carricu…curricali….corricul…. my teacher made me read it. I was a bit young at the time to understand what was going on but have read it a couple of times since and fared better.
Its great to have you back too Sir.
@oriskany hey mate, good to see you, hows you?
So spent the evening setting up the table and troop selecting for tomorrows game.
The battleground (as set up by Matty)
Matty’s Outlaws
My lawmen
I’ve never had a model kit show up where I thought “F*ck me, I have to build that!” This one is the exception. I took a pic even before I pinned it to put it on a base. I bought two, but I’m thinking a battery of four will be the minimum for my humanoid army.
I bought some Zealot mini’s before, their limited edition kroot hounds, and was very impressed with them. Even when one was stolen, they came through with an ‘extra’ they had sitting on a shelf. Can’t say enough about these guys!
Second model will be done shortly. Not much flash, but it’s hidden in sneaky places.
I’ve got some catching up to do, but it will have to wait till morning. I blame the honey whiskey. I finally managed to build up a stockpile after it was pillaged by @oriskany 🙂
Here’s the last thing on offer tonight from HAL:
Hard to beat Carlos’ energy!
Sleep well, all!
I pledge this week to finish another commission figure(maybe more) as I get my painting area and general room in order. As promised in last Weekender I have finished one of the minis from my most recent commission.
I’m not thrilled about my skintone work or the face but the scales came out better than expected. On to the other pieces for me and I’ll have pics of the work as soon as their done.
On a related note that I think I have found a way of motivating myself to paint more. I’ve set up my DETOLF shelves with some after market shelves to display all my unpainted figures. I can’t run away from the bare metal and resin. I look in and see my Horde of Shame naked and waiting for paint. I’ve come to the crisis of knowing I cannot paint to the great display level I want but I have a butt ton of figures that must be covered in pigment. I will post pictures this weekend as evidence which all can consider as well.Now questions…
1. Some things important to me when I was young were my collections. I had a collection of LEGO, GI Joe, stuffed animals, sports cards, comics and other stuff here and there. Nothing stayed around as I grew up with my family moving. Things needed to be gotten rid of in order to lower the military weight allowance for home good shipment.
2. The best deal I’ve managed I think I might’ve just had with the Miniature Market warehouse sale. I bought a large umber of the Micro Art bases at a fraction of the cost normally. If its still on I recommend it.
3. Rules are pretty much there to be followed until the errata breaks the game with expanded rulings on esoteric situations. Then again those times might come up more often than not and be the whole reason for the errata. In general its fun to tweak the rules when playing things like GURPS with their character builder and watching the GM twitch slightly when rolling it out to see if its playable in the campaign.
Music in future.. time for sleepSo, it is just me playing with myself! Just like every other day. Well, until everyone wakes-up, or sends their Lady-boy out for the afternoon, I will keep on fiddling with myself.
I thought I had finished that scatter terrain until I found two bits that I must have missed. Knackers. I also have a skip to fill and paint. Every garage needs a skip outside. If we are going for ultra-realism them i’ll have to make a dirty calender for the toilets. That was the best bit about going to the garage with my dad. I have no interest in ‘cars’, but they had some amazing pictures on the walls and some educational material in the toilets. I won’t describe the toilets.
This is sort of a terrain making story: a friend of mine works in a factory that make injection moulding for Nissan cars and their toilets are pure honking. He told me that most of the guys go into “trap 3” for a skive. They also blow their noses out onto the back of the toilet door, either that or fling their beef-bogies after cleaning our their snouts by hand. Every few months, rather than clean it up, they just add a coat of gloss paint. John said it looks like a refief map of Mars!
They found a Tape-Worm on the loose too. I am laughing my ass off at the thought, but I also want to throw-up. A perfect illustration of the ‘duality of man’.
How can you tell there is nobody home? I was hoping my Traktor Muls would turn-up today…it said 9th-10th on the invoice.
Shouldn’t take long! (famous last words)
I also had to remove his arm. I am a terrible painter without something being in the way! I wanted to try my best as the face is really stunning. However, I really can’t paint ‘skin’. My method is base coat, highlight, and wash.
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