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Gosh, it's been nearly a month since I properly painted anything and a fortnight since I last posted. The burnout is real. Anyway, tonight I went to LUNAR's fourth session and played B's Orcs and Goblins in a 1,000 point game for the Escalation League. It was a fun game and although my Elves dealt out a lot of hurt, I only got a Victory and not a Crushing Victory because on the last turn with the…
I've been AWOL for a while - painting burnout, mostly. Last week the Llangefni Wargamers didn't meet, but tonight LUNAR's fourth session took place and I had a couple of games of Mordheim, including a very fun (if sadly cut short) 6 player game!
So I have had a few days of not doing very much if anything at all wargaming or hobby wise. Today, while running a game of 3rd Edition D&D with my son, T, I managed to finish highlighting the green on the next batch of Maiden Guard and started basing the white on the weapons and shields (I didn't get very far with that specifically). Tomorrow I'll be running the first session of a larger game of…
Tonight LUNAR ran again, for the third time, and it was successful again, which was lovely to see. Lots of games going on - Old World, Mordheim, Warcry, Root, among others - and I got in a couple of games myself. First of all, I ran an NPC warband (the Mordheim City Watch) against N's Skaven, and then after that I played some Warcry against K with my Melusai-only Daughters of Khaine.
Only a little painting tonight. I hit the green on the High Elves with a Biel-Tan shade wash, followed by the first layer highlight of the original colours, and then spent most of the rest of the session finishing up the Slaaneshi Marauder miniature. Who needs clothes when you're a devotee of the Darkling Prince, She Who Thirsts? I'm pleased with the skin, there was a lot of highlight tones put…
And a tiny bit of peach, as well, to be fair. Today I spent some time painting the Maiden Guard, getting their armour finished and moving onto blocking out the greens. Next step for them will be to highlight the various green elements and then move onto the white cloth, bows, and spear hafts. After that it's gold, gems, skin, hair... the usual fanfarol. Shouldn't take too long, particularly not if…
A while ago I posted about getting the STL portion of my reward from the GrimForge Mordheim Kickstarter. Today, all the way from Italy, in two lovely little cardboard boxes, came the physical portion of the reward - some nicely cast miniatures, and some really gorgeous Slaanshi flavoured D6s! A Court of Profane Pleasures! Front, L-R: Two Slaaneshi Cultists with swords, daggers, and bucklers; three…
I got ill. A combination of missed meds (I ran out and, despite having requested more in good time, the prescription wasn't ready) and Life Stuff meant that I basically didn't do anything for almost a week. Then, late last night - so late it was really very early this morning - I got the Painting Bug again, partially as a result of having been playing Warhammer: Total War III for several days,…
I think I just need to take the lighting from the hall where LUNAR meets and stick it in my house. I did some painting tonight - not a lot, just enough to break the drought and set the stage for some completed miniatures in the near future - and the photos are just awful . Ah well, here they are: The Everqueen herself! I need to do a fair bit of touching-up around the skin, and do some more…
No painting today, as it turns out. I've really gone slack on that of late - the curse of work and a social life. Something's got to give! I have however spent a fair amount of time plotting out where my Maiden Guard army is going to go over the next few months. First up is bringing the two units of Lothern Sea Guard up to 20 (well, one of 20 and one of 18 plus two characters) and adding in a…
