Apparently I am required to go into work tomorrow which is a bit if a bummer. This means that I will be kept apart from my family for another two weeks. Not especially happy but it is what it is.
So that gives me another two weeks with little else to do other than paint. Oh well.
Anyway this week has been a good ish week for painting. I have or am about to finish off a load of figures and terrain. So I am in general satisfied with my progress this week. Iv'e also had some time to sort out. As well as freeing up some space and giving me a bit of order I have also found some more stuff to paint. I was really aiming to finish off what is on the bench before moving onto a new project.
Before lockdown started I ordered some stuff. Not sure I feel the urge to order anything at the moment as I suspect that the distribution system is already a bit hard pressed. So I have some xps foam and whole load of Copplestone Castings Future Wars stuff. These have been on my radar for a while so assuming I was going to be locked down I ordered quite a few. No idea if they are going to get here now but I remain hopeful. I have a load of Star Wars Legion but as it is at my girlfriends house, guess I am not getting hold of that any time soon.
Saturday, 28 March 2020
Monday, 23 March 2020
The Actual Lock Down
Well no good news today...
After Sunday and hearing about all the people that were out and about, I thought I would order some more gaming stuff before everything shut down. At the end of last week I was expecting it to be at the weekend. Oh well. Right now I am not sure if what Boris has said tonight means I am in work or not, but I suspect I am here for the duration.
Bad news in general but good news for the blog. 😕
One of the things I ordered (and the only thing I think I stand a chance of getting) is some more primer. I ordered some brushes and a whole load Copplestone Miniatures. All sorts of stuff but really aimed at the post apocalypse. Doubt I will get that now but you never know.
So I have been priming sme terrain and I have done a little bit of miniature painting. Mostly it's been the Star Wars Legion stuff but I still have a few bits and pieces of other stuff to finish off.
After Sunday and hearing about all the people that were out and about, I thought I would order some more gaming stuff before everything shut down. At the end of last week I was expecting it to be at the weekend. Oh well. Right now I am not sure if what Boris has said tonight means I am in work or not, but I suspect I am here for the duration.
Bad news in general but good news for the blog. 😕
One of the things I ordered (and the only thing I think I stand a chance of getting) is some more primer. I ordered some brushes and a whole load Copplestone Miniatures. All sorts of stuff but really aimed at the post apocalypse. Doubt I will get that now but you never know.
So I have been priming sme terrain and I have done a little bit of miniature painting. Mostly it's been the Star Wars Legion stuff but I still have a few bits and pieces of other stuff to finish off.
Sunday, 22 March 2020
The Big Lock In
I have been off work for a few days now. I've not got "it" I don't think but I have a cough that wakes the kids up. Not that I am getting to see them as I am currently in "splendid isolation". Still the bench is in good shape and I don't handle boredom well....so....
These have already been strange days for me. I went from working from home for eight years back to the real world of work. Mainly because I was about to become a dad, which I now am. This hasn't allowed as much me time. Until now.
At one point last year I really was getting back into painting and then the job and then the baby came along. No such excuse. In fact, as I am not allowed to go anywhere I have no excuses.
So back to the paint table. There are some figures to paint but I am currently feeling the terrain side of things, with maybe a little bit of figure painting on the side. So I have some post apocalypse stuff in mind. For years now I have wanted to do some junk fences and, since around 2015, I have really been looking for the bits. Just about have enough now but still feeling the urge to over supply myself. There are a few bits that might make it useful for other things like modern or even sci-fi but they were really aimed to have the end of the world look. There is some junk piles. Always good for dressing up the battlefield. When I was having a tidy up I found some aquarium plants that I got to make trees for 6mm sci-fi in the mid nineties. They are getting incorporated into the junk, the fences and some areas of scrub. Last summer I started working on some mesa type terrain. I hope to get them finished off too. There are some scrap cars (some all out war and some really cheap stuff my mum got me before she died, imagine, still having toys brought for you in your fifties) that need that post apocalypse vibe finishing off. I have been planning a post apocalypse game set in London for a few years now and wanted to do something for that too. I have some ideas for scrap vehicles and thought I might do a scrap tank and a ruined scrap tank too. There are also some toy vehicles that I would like to make a bit more table top friendly. There is also some quasi industrial stuff to do. This is all scratched built but I am aiming for the higher end of scratch built so very little in the way of soup cans and bottle tops. The plan is a real deep dive into the bits box I have been sat on for thirty years topped off with all the bit I have been acquiring over the last few years.
A long time ago (twenty plus years ago) I wanted to do something a bit more in keeping with more modern 28mm terrain alongside a version of the building that has been post apoclyfied (it is a word, I made it up). If time and the current pre-apocalypse allow, I might get here too.
I am also liking the sci-fi vibe at the moment with X-Com leading the way. I can see some terrain and maybe even some figures being done for that. Some of what I am doing and planning will work across a number of genres. I have been playing X-Com 2 which covers sci-fi and even post apocalypse which works out fine for me. Some of it should also work with the concepts I have for a mecha game.
There are some All Out War minis to finish off which I guess are also post apocalyptic. I was in the very early stages of doing a doom lords Blood Bowl team and there is also a Nurgle team which is just about ready to go. There are a whole load of random stuff on the bench to. There is stuff from twenty years ago from the future wars range by Foundry and some wild west stuff, which may also be foundry or Northstar. On a number of occasions I think I have said that I have finished off all the dark ages stuff. I just found some more so they are going to go into the queue to.
My main interest this year has been the Star Wars Legion game. At some point I would like to give it a go but my main interest was in using them for roleplaying as the only game I am in (was in/on hiatus). I ordered some more yesterday and I have a pile on the table.
There is a lot of stuff going on in the big wide world. Not sure what to do about it in this forum as there is plenty of good information out there. That said Now that I have a reason to pass stuff on to the next generation, maybe I will chose to post some stuff here.
At one point last year I really was getting back into painting and then the job and then the baby came along. No such excuse. In fact, as I am not allowed to go anywhere I have no excuses.
So back to the paint table. There are some figures to paint but I am currently feeling the terrain side of things, with maybe a little bit of figure painting on the side. So I have some post apocalypse stuff in mind. For years now I have wanted to do some junk fences and, since around 2015, I have really been looking for the bits. Just about have enough now but still feeling the urge to over supply myself. There are a few bits that might make it useful for other things like modern or even sci-fi but they were really aimed to have the end of the world look. There is some junk piles. Always good for dressing up the battlefield. When I was having a tidy up I found some aquarium plants that I got to make trees for 6mm sci-fi in the mid nineties. They are getting incorporated into the junk, the fences and some areas of scrub. Last summer I started working on some mesa type terrain. I hope to get them finished off too. There are some scrap cars (some all out war and some really cheap stuff my mum got me before she died, imagine, still having toys brought for you in your fifties) that need that post apocalypse vibe finishing off. I have been planning a post apocalypse game set in London for a few years now and wanted to do something for that too. I have some ideas for scrap vehicles and thought I might do a scrap tank and a ruined scrap tank too. There are also some toy vehicles that I would like to make a bit more table top friendly. There is also some quasi industrial stuff to do. This is all scratched built but I am aiming for the higher end of scratch built so very little in the way of soup cans and bottle tops. The plan is a real deep dive into the bits box I have been sat on for thirty years topped off with all the bit I have been acquiring over the last few years.
A long time ago (twenty plus years ago) I wanted to do something a bit more in keeping with more modern 28mm terrain alongside a version of the building that has been post apoclyfied (it is a word, I made it up). If time and the current pre-apocalypse allow, I might get here too.
I am also liking the sci-fi vibe at the moment with X-Com leading the way. I can see some terrain and maybe even some figures being done for that. Some of what I am doing and planning will work across a number of genres. I have been playing X-Com 2 which covers sci-fi and even post apocalypse which works out fine for me. Some of it should also work with the concepts I have for a mecha game.
There are some All Out War minis to finish off which I guess are also post apocalyptic. I was in the very early stages of doing a doom lords Blood Bowl team and there is also a Nurgle team which is just about ready to go. There are a whole load of random stuff on the bench to. There is stuff from twenty years ago from the future wars range by Foundry and some wild west stuff, which may also be foundry or Northstar. On a number of occasions I think I have said that I have finished off all the dark ages stuff. I just found some more so they are going to go into the queue to.
My main interest this year has been the Star Wars Legion game. At some point I would like to give it a go but my main interest was in using them for roleplaying as the only game I am in (was in/on hiatus). I ordered some more yesterday and I have a pile on the table.
There is a lot of stuff going on in the big wide world. Not sure what to do about it in this forum as there is plenty of good information out there. That said Now that I have a reason to pass stuff on to the next generation, maybe I will chose to post some stuff here.
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