A very belated #workbenchWednesday 23/05/18

Well, yeah, a bit overdue, but life just decided to go crazy...  Should have been showing off Project: Top Secret, but it's currently 200+ miles away...   No, I didn't sell this one whilst drunk.

So, what's been happening?

Thursday (17th)  - Drive down to Wales, do a lot of list discussion, match-ups and stuff.

Friday - Play 3 pick-up games (32-34/100) whilst hanging out in Firestorm.

Saturday - Sunday - Play games 35-41/100 at Welsh Masters.  Full write-up to be done once things settle down.

Monday - Car won't start.  Turns out the ignition barrel is "damaged" the prospect of doing 400+ miles over 6 hours isn't appealing so head to the in-laws in Middlesbrough to get it to a garage.  Went over the weekends games with Sarah and discussed list changes.

Tuesday - More discussion about lists and WTC.  Army in car, in garage, so, no access to that.  Turns out ignition barrel is shattered and need replaced, custom order over a bank holiday weekend and £500+ bill assuming starter motor isn't burnt out.  Won't be ready for over a week...

Wednesday - take a wander into Middlesbrough, hang out in Asgard Games and Games Workshop.


So yeah, car craps it, lost best part of a week, and will have to head back down to get it back, as we borrowed the in-laws car to get back for work.  Should be going down tomorrow or Thursday, so, that update might be delayed as well...

#workbenchWednesday 16/05/18

Guess what?


Did you guess that this was going to be another pathetic imageless weekly update?

If you did, well, congratulations, you are 100% wrong.   Well, 50% wrong maybe as it at least has pictures.


So, what's on the workbench then?

Giants and Ogres and Dugs, oh my!

Just a random selection of Reaper Bones models I picked up from Mighty Lancer Games to get started on my Daisho and Blood Eagle warbands.  Got them fitted out with lipped bases, the Foo Dog stand will be trimmed to fit a 40mm base, planning on painting him as a statue anyway.  The two Giants at the back are for Blood Eagle, I reckon I'll end up doing both Fire and Ice Jotun, although I'm not sure if the Queen will remain on her stand.  The Ogres are earmarked for Oni in Daisho, although I need to grab the other 2 sculpts that were out of stock when I got around to completing my order.

So yeah, this means that Project:  Top Secret is actually finished!  Last model was completed yesterday, and varnished earlier.  It's quite the relief to have finished 4 days ahead of schedule, and I can't wait to get them on show over the weekend.  Boom, #hobbyresolution2018 crossed off.

So, what have I been up to?

Saturday was Carronade 2018, my clubs annual show, and we went along with two of the minions, mainly to show face and drop off some stuff for the painting competition.  Shout outs to David at Northumbrian Tin Soldier for giving the kiddo's Teddy Bear pin badges, and Andrew at Four A Miniatures for furnishing them with some gribblies.  Both stand up guys, and you should totally go buy stuff from them.  Day finished with clearing up the hall, and then I did a bit work on my last two P: TS models before bed.  I think lying down was a bad idea after lugging two tables at a time...  still, one more #hobbyresolution2018 crossed off.

Sunday, I finished painting one of the P:TS models, and a good chunk of the other, hitting 19 weeks straight #hobbystreak.

Monday - Varnished the model I finished Sunday, did some work on the final one, as well as sorting out a custom scenic base and starting game 31/100.

Tuesday - Added more texture to the scenic base, finished off game 31, final bits on the varnished mini, hairdryered the scenic base to dry it out so I could get it painted, and started gluing sub assemblies together.

Wednesday - Varnished the last model, and got it all glued together.  Project: Top Secret finished with time to spare.  Kids were over so they wrote up some Dragon Rampant army lists using the Reaper Bones Undead that they had from my various kickstarters.  Plan is that they'll build and paint an army as a joint project, then either fill them out to full forces each, or move onto another one once they have the hang of painting.  Got a little paint party organized for when they are here over the summer holidays.  The eldest is going for a pretty standard force of Skeleton Infantry, with some Barrow Wights, as she has claimed most of the 'dry' undead, led by a heavily armoured Wight King.  Daughter the middle is going for the 'wet' undead with hordes of ghouls and zombies, headed up with a liche that she has already announced will be painted up as Loki on account of his horned helmet, and the baby has control of all the ethereal stuff, as it should be easy for her to paint and still get good results, with a Banshee to head up her force.

Army banners are compulsory additions to army lists apparently.

Ghosts, Ghouls and Skeletons based and primed for them.

Reinforcements.

And I wrote up my blog post.  On time.  Go me.  Currently on #hobbystreakday136.

So yeah, that's it for the week, heading to Cardiff tomorrow for Welsh Masters, so hopefully can get lots of games, pints and pictures.

See you soon with the Project: Top Secret write-up.

Cheers,

John

Belated #workbenchWednesday 09/05/18

Running behind this week due to family stuff...

Still no workbench shot, but that should be done with soon, as I have about a week to finish off Project: Top Secret, so this will be another short and sweet update.

Thursday - Fixed the primer I had missed and started working on some (11) models.

Friday - Trip to Static to pick up the last few bits I needed, got them all cleaned up and pinned. (Another 10)

Saturday - Greenstuff work on all the gaps, more pinning, primed the lot.

Sunday - First 4 stages on a bunch of models (18 weeks straight #hobbystreak)

Monday - Played game 30/100 vs Rasheth Double Animantarax.  Total BS.  Finished painting, varnishing and basing 9 models for P:TS.

Tuesday - Finished painting and marking arcs on another 11 models.  Worked on the next one,

Wednesday - Varnished 11 models that were finished Tuesday.  Work on more stuff. 

Thursday - Based the 11 models, worked on more stuff.  Cleaned up final model of P:TS

Friday - Assembled and greenstuffed final P:TS model, pins added.  Wrote up belated blog post.  Currently #hobbystreakday131.  Go me.



So yeah, that's pretty much it.   Off out later to help set up the hall for Carronade tommorow, and hopefully, get that last model primed if it is dry.   Down to only two models to finish for Project: Top Secret, and I have until next Thursday morning to get them done.  Fingers crossed.   Then can get back to getting loads of (crap) pictures up for you lot to squint at.

Cheers,

John

#workbenchWednesday 02/04/18

Back again, and on time...


I'll give you guys a quick workbench shot this week, as I finished off the minis I was working on earlier.

I mean, I could probably just take pictures with stuff on the workbench and you still wouldn't be able to make it out thanks to my naff photography...

Work has continued on Project: Top Secret, finished basing 5 minis today, have another batch primed and ready to get started on, and only a couple left to clean up and assemble.

Oh, and a few to buy...


So, what have I been up to over the last week?

Thursday - Played game 29/100 - into the Skorne double Siege Animantarix list.   Not fun.  Couple of misplays and some good positioning saw me build up a healthy time advantage, and won via Death Clock.  Also did some P:TS painting.

Friday - Finished painting 4 models for P:TS.

Saturday - Finished painting 10 minis for P:TS, cleaned up and pinned and primed another 5.

Sunday - Sorted all the primer on the previous batch, and assembled and pinned another bunch of models.  17 weeks straight #hobbystreak.

Monday - wrote my review blog post for April, got the latest batch of assembled minis pinned to bases and started the previously primed batch.

Tuesday - finished painting 5 minis and got the sub assemblies glued together and on bases.

Wednesday - primed the last batch of assembled minis, finished varnishing and basing the 5 from yesterday.  Wrote blog post.


So yeah, that's about it for the week.  I'll probably try and touch up the primer on my last batch of minis before I get to sleep, might get some assembly done too, thanks to messed up sleeping pattern and waking up at 9pm today...


Cheers,

John