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On my plate: 6-22-11

June 22, 2011

22 Jun/11

Hoo boy. Getting laid off and finishing a school year takes more time that you’d think. Plus intruders from Spain are visiting and my ability to paint or model will be nonexistent. However, I’m getting back in the saddle. With a little help from Forge World. So, without further ado, here’s what I’m going to be working on.

-Azure Flames: Twin Linked Autocannon from Forgeworld. I USED to have a left and a right to do a Rifledread. This has somehow changed. I lost the right TL Autocannon, and had to buy another from Forgeworld. Priority one: Get this done by July 8th. Why? I have no idea. I’m certainly not taking a rifledread in a 40K game against Lexington.

-Epic 40,000: Finish Terminators. I’ve got some basecoated, but I ran out of free time while working on them. They’re next. Then I fill out the rest of my 3000 pt. “teaching list.” Then, strip my Great Gargant and paint 3000 pts of Orks.

-Warmachine: Menoth starter box after Epic. ON HOLD.

-Necromunda: Delaque gang. ON HOLD.

-Azure Flames: I recently bought 5 Maximus armour Marines from Forge World. I’m going to custom-mod these by adding sculpted flames and braziers to them to make the Lightguard: Chapter Master Perseus’ Honour Guard. I’ll never use ’em but they’ll look FANTASTIC. I’ve also got a few plans for another famous Azure Flames character… Status: ON HOLD. The Flames are complete enough for now.

-Orks: Need to complete painting all minis, possibly buy one more box of Boys but no more. Status: ON HOLD though I might bump these in front of the Flames now that the weather’s nice.

-The Saratogan 58th: Need to build most of the minis and paint up at least 1500 points to start learning how to play Guard. Status: ON HOLD. Way too much on my plate to start an army from almost scratch.

Filed under: Azure Flames, Gaming, Modeling, Painting, Storytelling

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The Dice Abide

June 8, 2011

08 Jun/11

Lexington just clued me into his new communal blog: The Dice Abide. Some good stuff there. I’ve added them to the blogroll. Check it out.

Filed under: Gaming, Modeling, Painting, Storytelling

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Azure Flames Image Gallery

May 24, 2011

24 May/11

…and the hits just keep on coming! Here’s my pride and joy: The Azure Flames. This army got me into gaming, and I owe them all the talent and creativity I’ve developed.

Filed under: Azure Flames, Painting

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Update: Battlefleet Gothic Image Gallery

May 22, 2011

22 May/11

Good news everyone! I resized all of the hideously big pictures in the Battlefleet Gothic gallery. Sadly this doesn’t fix all previous posts, but it makes the gallery pics load in a reasonable amount of time. Expect the same treatment for the other galleries soon!

Edit: Blood Bowl is now browser friendly too! As well as Necromunda!

Filed under: Battlefleet Gothic, Blood Bowl, Necromunda, Painting

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Whirlwinds, Hunters and a Thunderhawk, oh my!

May 17, 2011

17 May/11

Finished: One Whirlwind formation for barrage power. Four Hunters, which is all I’ll ever need, and a Thunderhawk Gunship for air transport capability.

Next: TERMINATORS.

Filed under: Epic Armageddon, Painting

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On My Plate: 5-17-11

17 May/11

-Epic 40,000: Going to start Whirlwinds and Hunters today. MAOW is playing this Saturday and I want at least SOME painted minis to show them…

-Warmachine: Menoth starter box after Epic. ON HOLD.

-Azure Flames: Need to convert a stand in for Kor’Sarro Khan, and mod up a Chaplain on Bike. I also need to conceptualize an Honor Guard unit for Perseus. Status: ON HOLD. The Flames are complete enough for now.

-Orks: Need to complete painting all minis, possibly buy one more box of Boys but no more. Status: ON HOLD pending spring. I need warm temperatures outside to do dipping, as I cannot do it indoors due to cares.

Filed under: Painting

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Why do you do this?

May 16, 2011

16 May/11

As those 3 people who read this blog know, I post each link to each new post on my Facebook page so that friends can keep up with my inane, possibly syphilis-induced ramblings. Some, however, have no idea what I do this blog and this hobby for.

So, why again with the tiny mans and the painting?

1. It’s awesome. Seriously, who doesn’t think that an army of nine-foot tall super soldiers clad in powered armour is cool? If you said “me” then do everyone a favor and jump out of a tall building, please. I wouldn’t play a game if I thought the idea behind the game was dumb.

2. It gives me an outlet for my artistic imagination. During almost all of my pre-college years, I was vehemently anti-art. In high school I had some fun in Metals, Ceramics, and Drawing and Painting, but most of the time I felt inadequate based on the works of the talented artist kids in the room. Plus, my elementary art teacher was a HORRIFIC NIGHTMARE of a woman for whom all I did was worthless and deserving of hate and venom. When I started painting minis, not only did it fill the vacuum in my creativity left empty for so long, but it also made me feel good because it was an art thing I was good at. Wooo self esteem.

3. All wargames are social. While there are a few people who just paint minis to paint them, I do it to play the game. To do this, I need people other than myself, which means getting out of the house and speaking to other human beings. This is one of the few things keeping me from letting my beard grow and saving my urine in a jar.

4. It’s fun. The entire point to do all of these things is to have fun. If you don’t think wargaming can be fun then A: youve never tried it, B: you haven’t found the right wargame that appeals to your aesthetic and creative tastes, or C: you suck. For A and B, the answer is to get gaming and ask people about games they play. For C, stop sucking.

So there’s another little manifesto whipped into the internet due to boredom. I hope you relieved as much boredom from reading it as I did by writing it. Now, as cliches are the order of the day, I shall ride off into the sunset. Goodnight and good luck.