The Ikea Bag Time Capsule

This was not the project I thought I was going to be working on this month. Since July I’ve been planning my Orctober project but September was a rough month. A friend passed away and I’ve been struggling to just make it through the day. I also woke up on Friday, the day of the funeral with a cold. I just want to curl up and forget the world exists but that’s the invitation to let the old black dog make itself comfortable. The idea of joyously attacking a problem solving heavy creative project just isn’t going to work right now but I need a project that is easier to do, easier to paint but will give results to satisfy the brain goblins with a wee boost of serotonin.

Months ago a friend of mine gave me a big Ikea bag filled with old 40k terrain he was clearing out. He does this every so often and he knows I’m a cheapskate who will take anything free. It has been laying awkwardly in the corner of my living room since because I couldn’t find somewhere useful to put it.

While being a couch slug yesterday, I saw this video from the Esoteric Order of Gamers about his terrain collection. I don’t know why but it has inspired me to get my thumb out my arse and have boxes of finished, usable terrain. So in a fit of energy at far too late last night, I dragged the Ikea bag onto the table and started to put everything into order. Then I grabbed more of the unfinished fantasy and sci fi terrain that came to hand. There’s more of it but this is already more than enough for now.