A Lapse In Connection

     I'll start off by apologizing for the lack of posts, a common theme, I know.  I've had a lapse in connection to the outside world, but not the hobby of miniatures.  In fact, instead of falling behind on my goals, they've been kicked into overdrive.  I'm two-thirds of the way through painting an army of Mephrit dynasty Necrons, (not hard, I know, but no army shaming here please), and I now have dozens of genestealer cultists awaiting final highlights.  

     Also, I've committed to catching up on my backlog so there aren't boxes upon boxes just piled around my study, so I've built full armies of Necrons, Blood Angel's, Dark Eldar, Space Wolves, Ultramarines, Eldar, and Adeptus Custodes.  I've also built units for Vior'la T'au, Sisters of Battle, Necromunda, and a lot more.  So like I said, still busy, just not typing.

     So in closing, how did all of your summer hobby projects go?  Any really great accomplishments, or monumental tasks overcome?  I'd love to hear about them so leave me comment or send me an email.  Till next time I'll catch you on the flip side.

Making Progress

     Soon I seem to be making some progress on the mini painting front.  After a couple hours painting, I finished a second hormogaunt for my hive fleet Hydra collection.  Here is the little bug in all his glory:

     Isn't he cute?

Shameless Self Promotion

     Well, this isn't completely shameless, as I do feel a bit low promoting a subreddit I started to get attention to Warhammer bits and minis I'm trying to sell.  But I'm doing it anyway, as I've recently come to the conclusion that you don't get anywhere in life just trying to look polite and please everybody.  I post on this sub pretty regularly, and would welcome anybody who wants to chat or sell their own Warhammer stuff.

     I do want to keep it clean, though.  This sub will not be a place for bad deals and rude interactions.  Play nice or you will be banned.  Thanks for taking the time to read this, and please check out the Selling Warhammer subreddit at r/sellingwarhammer.  Talk to you there!

Hobby Addiction Update: Hail Hydra?

     Over the last few days I seem to have found some of my hobby mojo again.  After weeks of absence, my paint brushes re-emerged, my water pot filled, and paint pots were shaken.  I'm back, baby!  And it would seem that I am on a decent track to wrangle my hobby addiction and maybe make a little bit of money, too.

     So let me explain.  A couple of weeks ago, the stress of future financial issues caused me to do something I must admit is as much a product of addiction as anything else; sell personal belongings.  I have an active Ebay account, and I have sold many things in the past.  This time, though, I saw an opportunity, and stumbled onto a personal gold mine.  Warhammer bits sell well on Ebay.   I didn't realize just how true this was until I posted some discarded Ork and Space Wolf bits, and they sold well over what I expected, and quickly.  So I posted more.  Shoulder pauldrons, chain swords, ork big shootas.  A ridiculous array of bits sold over the course of three weeks, and I came to the revelation that with my long-standing collection, i could continue this trend.  Then I finally assembled my prophecy of the wolf battle box and it hit me.  Some of the sales I had were commonly popular wargear, things like storm shields and thunder hammers, while others followed lore trends, and yet others the changing game meta.  Armed with this knowledge I started selling bits based on these themes.  It worked like a charm.  Now, how all of this relates to my painting again.  I had stacked of unassembled minis in backlog, which I started to assemble to get the spare bits ready for sale.  Building all of them, I thought "hey, they can't just sit on the laundry counter forever, I need to get base spraying."

     And so I did, which lead to me pulling out the painting gear and slapping on some base colors, and then it was just a quick wash coat and I was looking at how all they needed was some highlights.  Then I looked over at my Cult of the Four Armed Emperor and Hive Fleet Hydra armies, and I thought about how easy there paint jobs were to get done fast.  Now I'm about half a dozen Hormagaunts in and the other eighteen are just waiting on highlights, and I've been watching old Warhammer TV videos on painting up goliath trucks.  Hopefully I'll have some cool pics to post soon, both here and on Instagram.  I'll keep you posted with the details.

Family Time

     So, as I've stated before I'm something of an addict when it comes to miniature gaming.  And even though I purchase a lot of minis I don't really get the time to play.  So it was a wonderful gift this past Father's Day when both my oldest kids threw together a couple of armies from my collection and battled me for a three-for-all.

    My oldest chose her no-duh favorite, the Sisters of Battle, my son the Crimson Slaughter, and I ran my personal favorite, the Orks, with one of my new favorite pieces, Ghazkul Mag Uruk Thraka.  The table size and time limit were small, so we actually ended up engaging in combat first turn with literally no effort (I had to hold back some of the move distance on my Orks just so I could charge).  And i learned some things about all three of those armies, so overall it was a great match.

     It was fantastic to get a chance to spend some time on Father's day war gaming with my kids, and I hope we'll play more often.  Till next time.

A Far Flung Fall Off the Band Wagon

     Quarantine fatigue seems to have set in, as none of the projects I was working on have gone anywhere in weeks.  I've been endlessly spinning my wheels playing distracting video games and taking naps on the couch.  Even my kids seem to have quit on the hobby front, barely excited about D&D or board games.  Who knew having all the time in the world to play but being so worried its sickening could keep you from your passions?  I certainly didn't.

     But I'm trying to rally again.  I've busted out more miniatures to build, and tomorrow will base spray about fifty pieces.  And as many of them are Necrons, hopefully just a coat of Leadbelcher spray and nuln oil will be enough to get a decent looking force on my kitchen table, with some spot colors, of course.

     I really hope I can get back to working with my local gaming community soon, and re-spark that drive to fling paint and have awesome looking minis on the tabletop.

Hobby Addiction: Update 6

     So I found myself in a bit of a pickle.  The box of Necron warriors I mentioned in my last post came short a sprue of the little transparent green bars that complete there guns.  This frustrated me a little, and I contemplated contacting Games Workshop to get a replacement.  Then I thought better of it.  It's hard enough to try and go through the process of securing a return for damaged product when the company is based in your own country, I didn't want to have to mess with internationally trying to accomplish this.  Especially with all the COVID-19 shutdown issues.  Then an idea struck me.

     The sprue for the little bars is not much wider that the bars themselves, and the trapezoids shape is heavily featured in Necron design, so I decided to just snip four pieces of the sprue to the length they needed to be for the guns, glued them in place just the same, and I'll be base coating them tonight or tomorrow.  (For those wondering why I put the rods in before basecoating, my Necron force is the Mephrit dynasty, and the gauss rods for their guns are orange.)

     In the end, I think the effect is quite nice, and it'll be fun if I ever showcase my army for people to try and spot the unique four on there own.  Well until next time, good night.