FUCK, FUCK, FUCK!!!

That's it! I am pissed and it's getting worse every fucking day!!!

Over month ago I had a plan to write about very first 15 minis I purchased, Chest of Colors mini exchange and quick report from the Necromunda game but have no strength for it.

I am fucked trying to prepare for the fucking exam but seems to be impossible with 4 months old kid aboard.
Worseluck the whore I share office with is taking a week off so I had to give up plan of spending whole March browsing papers for the exam.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk!!!

Probably the only reason to like winter

Hello again

Once again there's not much going on in the hobby area - because of exactly the same reasons as recently.
Buuuut "not much" doesn't mean "nothing" so it turned out I finally managed to make a tiny bit of progress on the buggy while waiting for the driver's proper torso. And stuggling against life challenges that is...
The progress means preparing main structure of the base for the vehicle. It's supposed to be simple and sunny - the weather is just fucked up here: snow, rain, dog shits and fucking idiots just everywhere.
So at this moment there's piece of desert, fence and test "wanted poster". I will use these for buildings on gaming table and for the test I used my very own ugly head hehehe.

I am also taking step - by - step piccies so sooner or later (later - let's be frank about it) another tut will join the Plinth Country spam box. Also according to the mole in the Hobbyworld the stuff might be printed in Gameforces zine - we'll see.




What else? It turned out my kid is solid material for black metal fan.
Yup - there's no shit about it. Last Saturday I was trying to make him sleep and his reaction for Burzum was far beyond my expentations. True - it was "only" Hildskjalf album so nothing loudy and screamy but Varg definitely used to create music with character - damn dark character.
Hope the next band I will introduce to the kid will be something Call of Cthulhu related - he's still bit too small for Troll or Anaal Nathrakh.

And the last thing for this log - the game!
I barely lost any hope for an underhive (or better: ash wastes) sparring in January but it happened last Saturday night.
We played the first game of the campaign planned for whole year - this time Deco chose scavengers scenario so Scavvies and Orlocks (gang built purely on old Warzone minis) were fighting for a loot counter.
After the game we both agreed the table works: there's so many places to hide the game finally looks like proper Necromunda match should.

I didn't plan taking any pics but I took one from above the table in the very end of the evening. Tge table is ready for painting - just waiting for spare evening to do it. Right now the Ramshackle spider got the color as well as some other metal elements.
The plan is to paint silver whole steel on the table yet before applying sand. It's much better idea than repainting silver sand into sand - color again...




And the last thing - probably the only reason to like winter is field fridge =D
Leaving the gaming bunker in the middle of brutal combat just to bring fresh beer is so annoying but thank to plastic basin and some clear snow rom the garden (the tip for this week: do NOT use lemon snow for it... Do not use lemon snow for anything actually) we get this =D




Cheers!

2012 bitching...

Hey again, in the year of apocalypse.

This year hasn't started they way I wanted, in fact is started pretty crappy (mostly in hobby matter) so the log starts with bitching.

I am mostly pissed because we already had an extended weekend here (3 days long) and we had not a single game played!
For fuck sake! Preparing table last year took pretty lot of time and effort, the campaign has been planned and my Necromunda sparring-partner decided to leave for heavy-drinking trip.
Oh well - let's just hope he was having good fun, because I fuckin' wasn't.

What else? More bitching!
Last evening I sent the payment for the real estate appraiser exam in March - papers will be send today or tomorrow. Exam is pretty expensive, fucking hard and the statistics ain't promossing...
But like I wrote: the ministry got the money so the Rubicon has been crossed. There's no other way but trying to learn as hard as possible trying to pass the shit asap.H ere's what is to be sent: whole the shit alltogether is over 2,5 kg brick of paper:




...containing a year of typing shit.
I am really happy this stuff has finally left my place.




But there's also funny piece in the whole bitching - cake:
some time ago I found the very first Warhammer model I painted ever for my buddy from high school (yeah, is was so long time ago - about 1997 iirc).
The guy was throwing away all old minis he got so I decided to adopt some of them and found this little dude. It's so damn ugly yet I am really happy I found it so not it stands proudly in the very middle of my display case :D




And the last hobby thing - I started assembling the buggy!
Sadly I don't think I will see it painted anytime shortly but I want to see it painted really nice and even got the idea for the color scheme and of course - nicey base. I think after the exam I will take a week off, hide in the deepest basement with paints and finish the toy.




Hope the next time there'll be less bitching and more miniatures.
Take care!

2011: summary

Hey again - and for the last time this year.

Today it's the very last day of 2011 so it's time for short summary of the hobby activities. But first some goodies:

Few days back I got ork buggy from Kromlech - I must say the casting quality is just fucking sweet. Really - I can recommend the model to anyone!
It's so full of character it brings back old time od Gorkamorka :D
I decided not to rush with it because the model deserves quality paintjob. I also decided to make short review + painting progress article so it should appear in Gameforces magazine sooner or later...




Guys have just posted the official paintjob yet I will do my best to beat it :p ;)




Speaking of GF - yesterday mailman delivered several issues and looks like Mario decided to use the bile thralls speedpainting text I wrote almost exactly a year back. Once again my ego got boosted big time =]




What else?
Today we had the very last Necromunda game this year and it was 34th game we played in 2011. The game was played at 7 AM so my opponent can go to New Year's Eve party tonight.
Once again scavvies provided me ton of fun - even without terrifying presence of Karloth Valois.
Today we tested Ramshackle Games big spider as terrain feature - the casting quality is pretty poor yet the model is definitely full of character and turned out to be extremly useful: models were small enough to walk and fight under it's limbs. Pinning it was just one big pain in the ass but pinning it ALWAYS worthy effort.
I didn't manage to assemble it for the game (there were only main body + 4 legs) but the already finished model looks like this:




I am sure we'll be using it in most of coming games - it will look very effective painted steel and rusted like hell.

After the game we decided to quit the current campaign (4th we played this year) and made a plan for the gaming in 2012. We decided to play only one big campaign but we will both choose 3 gangs to lead.
Every game we will be randomly choosing which gangs will fight. Deco chose Goliaths, Van Saars and Orlocks and I decided tu use Scavvies, Eschers and my EM4 proxied Goliaths.
And the dice rolls decided the very first game will be match between Scavvies and Orlocks. Really can't wait!

Also can't wait to to finally see the table sanded and painted so we can write a battle report. Hope to convince Deco to stay longer aftr the next game and help me in sanding the modules.

And as for the proper summary here is is:
Last year I saw Nameless counting all of minis painted in passing year and was really got hooked but such an idea. But because we also play a bit I decided to add played games to the chart.
So it looks like below: in passing year I managed to paint 36 models and play nearly the same amount of games. It was close to cross the line and play more games than painted models but maybe next year we manage to beat the score.




All in all it was very busy time. Not sure was it "good" but surely busy: there was lots of dice rolling, beer drinking and having fun but also managed to replicte and finish the appraisal practice - exams start in March 2012 and I am shitfuckingscared of it - hope I will pass it next year so I can concentrate on conquering the Underhive ;)

Cheers!

Home found

Hey again!

Good news!
My bane thralls have finally found new home!
I am very happy they will travel to reliable hobbyist, yet I am kinda sad they won't be staring at me from behing the glass anymore.
Oh well - that's just life. Besides I don't think I will play Warmachine anytime soon so I guess I can stand that loss. Photos were taken by mahon (despotic and ruthless ruler of Chest of Colors site) and surprisingly - good friend of mine =]
If you want some close ups - here you go and here you go again
One day I will have to try count how big (or actually how small now) my Cryx force really is. I am guite sure I should be able to field enough troops for a standard size game but until I do the summary - I won't put bet on it.




As for finding new home for old stuff looks like the custom made Land Raider will also leave my place finally.
I was pretty proud of the model when I made it but all in all I don't play WH40K at all so there is no use of it.
The next time I will build something for Necromunda so there won't be any usefulness dilemma ^^
Here's the beast - more of my WH40K stuff is stored at Chest of Colors gallery.



I had to cut the pic so the model can be presented at withing the screen but if you want to see some more of it - clicky!

And here's the big box the client will recieve shortly - I am quite sure banes will have safe trip but I am very scared about land raider:
I used properly big box, put lots of bubblewrap and sponge inside but on the other hand base construction of the vehicle is cardboard. Sure it's thick but it's just paper.
Let's keep the fingers crossed hard until the recipient confirms the models are safe and sound.




What else?
Since I am devoted blood donor once per 2 months I can take a day off and spend a morning with steel needle in my vein.
And since I am constantly sufering from lack of hobby time I decided to use the bloody day to prepare and assemble bunker for the 6th gaming module.
At this stage it looks kinda like piece of crap but I am sure after painting it will turn out way better.
Besides no matter how ugly / nice it is it's main function is being useful during the game. My opponent needs some decent spot to place heavy stubber operator to defend his pathetic life against hordes of plague zombies after all hehehe...
Here's what I got so far:




Last night we managed to play a mid-week game to test new module and see what upgrades could ba yet added before ton of sand hits the table.
The game was kinda fun: usually there are more scavvies than ordinary gangers (advantage of ~4-5 models) but this time I managed to field Karloth Valois (thanks again Skritster!!!) and also bought him extra zombie pack therefore there was 10 plague ridden corpses + 15 gangers vs 10 Goliaths!!!
I felt almost like running Imperial Guard army ^^
The mass was strong enough to make Deco decide to voluntarily run for the hills but after the game is was the time to pay for the fun: hiring Karloth costed me a lot especially compared to lousy cost of ordinary scavvy so coudn't afford getting it in the next game. And that meant I spent ~100 credits for a single game!!! >< I surely won't make the mistake again until scavvies discover a gold mine or something in the sump. There was no camera during the game but there was a cellphone. Really can't wait to see the table painted.


That's it for now.
Xmas weekend passed and I haven't painted a single model nor played a single game so the annual hobby statistic won't be peoperly boosted in December.
See ya next week!