#workbenchWednesday 28/02/18 and Month in Review February 2018

That time again huh?  Another double-whammy post kicking off with the obligatory workbench shot.

They don't take up mushroom.   Baddum Tish.

Just a few pieces of Fungi scatter terrain I picked up a while back from Ral Partha Europe, who don't seem to stock them any more, but they can be found on the Scotia Grendel website.  I figured they would be relatively quick to do.  And any excuse for loads of tufts and clumps is a good one, right?

Been a busy week since my last update, part of which you will have seen from yesterday's post, and here is how it went.  You did read yesterday's post right?  Because apparently almost 800 people have already, which is equal parts amazing and humbling.

Thursday - Continued working on the Frostgrave Barbarians for my Dacian Broken Legions warband, and also grabbed a Foundry Monk that I was planning for SAGA that was part done, as I was using the same colours.  Finished the Monk as it was really just a few highlights he needed and got him varnished.

Also spent most of the day through at Common Ground Games for WTC practice which went well, trying out new list ideas.

Cheated with a Veni Vidi Vici shield transfer.

Friday saw me finish painting and varnishing the Barbarians, and basing them up along with the Monk.  I also cleaned up and assembled the first 4 plastic Oathmark Dwarfs to use for Dragon Rampant/Fantasy SAGA, with hand weapons and shields to represent Hearthguard.  Finally I primed the first 4 Warband Elements for my Hordes of the Things force, painted the earth around their feet, and made a start of the Tiny World's rock piles I posted up yesterday.

Impressive, right? 

Really love the fur, so, here's an extra picture of it.

So long, and Falx for all the fish.

He is Dabbing according to kiddo number 3...

On Saturday I assembled the last 7 models from the Frostgrave Barbarian box, along with all 3 blisters of Savage Core Corelocks I had picked up at Vapnartak.  I switched out the base on the leader for a 40mm one, as he looked just a bit cramped on a 30, and it shouldn't have a huge difference in game.  Also inked and did some drybrushing on the rock piles.

Sunday saw me finish off the rock piles (this was when I realised that I had only done 7 of the 8 from the set) and got the 20 picts painted for my Warband elements.  I also cleaned up and primed a spare figure to use as a Hero (along with another standing stone) as well as 2 spearmen (spearPicts?) and 4 more Heresy Giant Slugs (which were metal when I picked them up) to use as Beast elements.  Thinking behind this was it was less work than cleaning up the next 20 for Warband elements, and would push the army over the 24 AP mark.  One thing to note was that this marked my completion of 8 weeks of #hobbystreak activity.

The colour scheme is so simple it almost feels like cheating.  Almost.

Monday was spent texturing and inking the Hordes of the Things bases, doing the highlights on the Hero and Beasts, basecoating the last rock pile as well as the last Hidden Lairs from Copplestone, and then heading to the club for a game before work.  

Doesn't look as much when you get 5 on a base...

Sarah and I dropped in on Sharp Practice, to get a feel for the rules, expertly umpired by John E, with me taking command of the main French line, attempting to burn out a village in the search for a British commander, being protected by a band of Guerrillas played by Sarah.  John P took command of the French reinforcements, and the Guerrilla's were backed up by Peter's British, who were also hunting for their injured leader.  We had to bow out early to get to work, but the AAR basically came down to "France wins by way of not having to endure Sarah's janky dice skills " or something to that effect.   I enjoyed the game (as I tend to do with all John's umpired excursions) and it was a definite change of pace from what I normally play, whilst still being well paced and not the 14 day extravaganza my mind imagines when I think of proper historical gaming.  I guess it is more "Napoleonics Lite" in that it is more based on novels and television than actual historic events.  Which is probably best for someone like me, who has always been mainly interested in the fantastical side of the hobby.

Napoleonics.  Apparently it's bad for to ask for coffee instead of tea mid game...

Tuesday was spent finishing off the 7 various Hordes of the Things elements, the 3 pieces of scatter terrain. and writing up my blog post about it.  So, yeah, got another project crossed off the list and a project that wasn't even on it to begin with...

Full army shot.

Well, they fit the bill for a mass of warriors.

Holding out for a Hero...

Not sure there is a best end to be stood at...

Today, well, I just wrote this.  No plans on what I am going to do exactly, might assemble some more Oathmark Dwarfs, or make a start on another unit for SAGA, seeing as the Bishop put me to 5pts fully painted.

Which only really leaves me to go over how February panned out as a whole.  Well, at time of writing, and bearing in mind I might get more done today, here is how things currently look on the progress list.  Despite knocking off two projects, the numbers are still pretty small, mainly because the paint transfer and selling stuff is such a big number combined.  Guess it is time to raid the lead pile for stuff to shift...  Overall, #hobbystreak has been a success, having continued up to 58 days straight and I've played 7 games, with at least 1 new ruleset and opponent, painted 52 miniatures or elements (pretty good for the shortest month) as well as 10 pieces of scatter terrain.  Blog has been kept updated, and am down to 8 WIP models on my workstation, along with 3 pieces of scatter terrain.

Amount	Task	Completed
517	Transfer Paint to dropper bottles	8	2%
1	Run April Fuel Daze 2018	0	0%
500	Make £500 selling old models	0	0%
61	Maintain Blog	10	16%
2	Go to 2 shows or conventions	1	50%
6	Play 6 New Opponents	2	33%
100	Play 100 Games	13	13%
6	Play 6 different Boardgames	2	33%
3	Play 3 New Games (or new editions)	1	33%
29	Paint 4+ points of Saga Normans	1	3%
3	Paint Guildball Butchers	0	0%
49	Paint remaining Deathguard	0	0%
26	Paint Waiqar starter for Runewars	0	0%
14	Paint 15mm army for HotT	14	100%
65	Paint 75pt Warmahordes list	0	0%
6	Paint Malifaux Crew	6	100%
1388		4.18%