On my plate 9/26/14: Distracted Edition
Things are not going great, but it's high time for me to stop letting life get in the way and do some hardcore hobby action! All three of my readers demand it! Well, truth be told, they've been a bit silent, but I can feel it in their hearts. My hobby bones are rumbling.
Bones rumble, don't they?
Battlefleet Gothic Tau - As my Tau player dropped out during our campaign I sort of lost interest in painting this fleet. However it's about 1/3 done and I want to finish it so it should be my primary goal. Other projects should jump in. Status: 3 more capital ships, a large selection of escorts, and some defences left to do. I also have to pick a scheme for the Nicassar. Perhaps earth tones? Or go super extravagant with gold?
Azure Flames - I need to finish my Grav Sternguard. Next, a 5 man non-jump-pack assault squad with 2 flamers. Finally, I need to make some new sergeants with power swords. I have been getting MURDERED in challenges with Power Fists. I also need Centurions, a Hunter/Stalker, and a Stormraven.
Orks - MORE LADZ! I also need to buy some Fighta-bommaz and perhaps some new Big Gunz.
Battlefleet Gothic Eldar - I purchased a pre-painted Eldar fleet, but it had no light cruisers. I won one of each light cruiser in an auction and I need to strip them and try to match the paint scheme of my new fleet.
Battlefleet Gothic Necrons - I need a paint scheme and I need to get painting. They are the last thing for Gothic. Until I buy a new fleet NO BAD BOZEMAN!
Blood Bowl Orcs - I need to make four Cheerleader goblins, and then paint them as well as my four Assistant Coach goblins and the team coach, Warboss Grimfang da Lotz.
Epic Orks - Gotta finish that 3000pt teaching list.
Epic Eldar - Gotta make a 3000 pt teaching list and build it and paint it as the Yme-Loc craftworld (gray and orange with white details)
Epic Lost and the Damned - 3000pt teaching list and paint it.
Necromunda - Paint my Escher gang, Razor and the Scumettes.
Epic Space Marines - Finish painting a whole chapter so I can say "I have painted a whole chapter of Space Marines."
Space Hulk - Wait for an ebay auction for the new mission book and rulebook, and the new tiles. Also "acquire" the expansions. *looks innocent*
A Funeral for Specialist Games
Specialist Games has been unsupported for a while now. If you're unfamiliar with me and my site, just look to the upper right. I'm a huge cheerleader for Specialist Games. I shed a tear when they stopped selling, but at least they kept the rules online for free. It was a nice nod to the past.
The new Games Workshop website puts an end to that. No more specialist. Pour out a '40 for them; they're gone for good.
That's not to say they're DEAD. You can still find the files online in several places. I am considering building a Specialist Shrine right here on Four Strands Hobby just to make the files available to myself and others.
If you play specialist, KEEP IT ALIVE. Share it. Lend armies or fleets to friends. Our friends are not gone so long as we remember them.
On My Plate: 1/5/14
I have so many projects that I'm working on that I can't really decide which to do, so hopefully laying them all out will let e get perspective.
-Battlefleet Gothic Necrons: Must come up with a paint scheme and paint. I'm thinking Gold with green power pathways that have "pulses" of energy in a lighter green.
-Battlefleet Gothic Tau Kor'Or'Vesh: Another scheme and paint. Perhaps Farsight Enclave? Maroon and grey look good together.
-Azure Flames Grav Project: I have four tactical marines and two magnetic biker arms to complete. After that, ten Sternguard veterans with Combi-Gravs. Yes, ten. Suck it superheavies and giant monstrous creatures.
-Blood Bowl: The Grimfang Scrappaz coach is partially done, as are assistant coaches. I need to do a few cheerleaders and then paint them all. I also need to do an Apothecary and Bloodweiser Babes...
-Epic: Finish painting Azure Flames, finish painting Ork 3000 point teaching list, finish Lost and the Damned Chaos Altar conversions, build and paint Eldar, and find two of the new version of the Revenant Titan for the Eldar. Last ones on ebay went for $150 for the pair.
-Necromunda: Hired Guns are a priority if there's going to be a campaign at AFK, and I also have Razor and the Scumettes to paint...
-Saratogan 58th: Still need a viable 1500 point list and/or allied detachment to take with the Azure Flames. Note sure what I want.
-WAAAAGH! Smartyskull: Still need to paint half the stuff and find ways to improve the case situation, some stuff is getting dinged.
-Fantasy and Warmachine: On hold
Based on the above, I think I'm going to work on the Flames. They are my main army, and grav weapons are FUN.
…ya gotta keep ’em sep-a-rated!
Delaques done! Time for my space marine project which is totally legal and did not involve illegal moulding of bitz! Seriously!
This ain’t RNB, this is Gangsta Rap, Ladies get smacked, tramps get jacked.
Two more gangers to go before I move on to another project!
Gangsta, Gangsta! That’s what they’re yellin’.
Next: four more gangers, and then I have to paint a Ratskin Scout because they are AWESOME.
