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Your new house keeps getting smaller with the addition of a second little one and now a kickstarter shipment.

We're good. If we have a third kiddo I may lose my current office... But there is still plenty of unused space I could nab in the future.

Nice haul there. I'd like to get the Hoth expansion for IA, and maybe some more characters, but since the value's not amazing or anything, and I haven't even cracked the box yet, I'm managing to hold off... X-Wing might be a little harder, though I haven't played that in forever.

I haven't been playing x-wing either. I'm sure there are a couple of people in town that could be coerced to play but I don't have time.

Imperial assault at least involves minis that *need* paint. Hoth seems meatier expansion wise but it costs more too.

We'll see, I may be tempted. Hell, MM may DotD them too.

Gee, I picked up my first foray into X-Wing today, 3 ships with which to start the greatest smuggling syndicate the galaxy has ever known.

And what has Grim picked up? Enough plastic crack to drown me and my ships for eternity. So envious.

Don't be envious, pity me and my weak will

What did you get, most wanted? That's a good set. I may consider getting a second box if I ever get to playing more steadily.

Gonna spend the day with the Wife though, so probably not much hobbying done. I spent an hour or two airbrushing some stuff for one of my Mom's cakes yesterday, but its not really models nor very impressive

Might pop by a gamestore while we're out doing whatever else, but I'm not really enthusiastic about my chances of finding anything cool. Neither knows what Infinity is. It's been awhile, they could have X-wing but why pay retail for x-wing when Miniature Market is practically close enough to *be* my home store.. Pretty much warmahordes and warhammer stuff at either. I mean they both have all kinds of other stuff but the last half dozen visits between them have left me pretty 'meh'.

One does get Mantic stuff sometimes, though it often hits the clearance shelf. That's my only hope for finding something cool today, clearance shelves, and they're pretty limited. One has a consignment rack of 40k stuff that's still overpriced because its 40k stuff, and the other has a shelf with some interesting stuff sometimes, but usually not my cuppa (as they say). Unless those Abyssal Dwarfs are still there years later

yeah im spoiled by the closeness of MM, and all the other stores around are good for gaming....if i had time. I hear you about the no hobby time today. i played zombicide with the twins this morning, but no painting or modeling happening.

I've been cleaning Martians getting them ready for paint. Its slow and tedious due to the design of their suits, unavoidable regardless of material or process, though they'd be a bit easier to clean in metal or hard plastic. Got two more grunts and I'm clear of the basic box contents. Still have several things I'd like to finish beyond that but ehh. Rushing the whole 2x2' board out in the month is a little much. I may try to work it down a bit to something more reasonable. Still going to prioritize the project.

I need to finish my Gecko too. He's reasonably close, and I hate leaving metal models primed and started without finishing and sealing them for obvious reasons. Wanna dig into the rest of the Nomads too but Mars Attacks has been waiting a long time.

Goals for the year, irrespective to the 365 goal, are to get the core of Mars Attacks and it's permaboard done, to get my Nomads done (we'll see...I want to at least make great strides in that department) to get some other scifi done be it deadzone dbx or what have you, and to get at least a couple more regiments squared away for KoW just because.

Lots of other small and big projects will crop up and out but that's the core of what I wanna work around. Oh and Dungeon Saga. I want to be one of the first people to get the main game box painted, calling it now, considering it a challenge.

The dungeon saga challenge sounds reasonable. I might have to jump in on that. Do we have any better timeframe of when that's shipping? If it's too close to Black Plague then it's taking a far back seat.

One nice thing about the Martian Grunts is that most of the mold lines follow the piping on their suits, so so don't have to be too concerned about scraping them off completely.

I'm looking forward to seeing your paint-take on Dungeon Saga. I'll certainly be no competition to you in getting it done.

What are your numbers like on the 365 right now?

I swear it was to be out this or next month after some slight delays. When black plague drops you'll be up to your eyeballs in zombies lol.

You don't *have* to trim the lines to death, but I tend to..


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Numbers on 365... Till I finish some stuff I think 144?

Black Plague will definitely drown me , but with the supposed December delivery I'm thinking it will most likely be Jan. Then I can have that be my 2016 painting challenge.

Eesh. Gamestore in ofallon was depressing. Clearance section had nothing of interest... Was a box each of Gondor and urukhai dudes from lotr-whatever for close to a dollar s model but I don't need that stuff. No infinity.

X-wing, but why pay nearly $18 with tax when I could get a small ship shipped for closer to twelve bucks.

I guess it's a symptom of online retail being prevalent and me being more cynical about prices.

Humorously enough, age of sigmar was actually one of the better deals to be had

Oh well its for the best, too many things already. Bit depressing though. I'll have to trek to miniature market sometime. At least they have cool deals.

Zombicide was tempting at full price but I abstained for sanitys sake.

What are the total core contents of Dungeon Saga, 50 odd minis? (edit added the question mark). I used to be such a Mantic fan but for some reason they have largely dropped off my radar.

Grim has so much on his plate! Minis from over half a dozen games to keep track of, a new house, and a new baby, once the kid is a toddler, watch out!

MM hasn't had any Infinity out recently...except for an old Sun Tzu. They have had a couple in store promotions which have cleared their shelves pretty well. I have had my eye on one item, and considered changing my painting pledge because of it, but really trying to hold the funds for Black Plague.

@Thraxas the retail version of DS has 26 minis. And some doors/furniture I guess. Fatten that out though with exclusive/bonus heroes and additional monsters though. I'd say 50 or less. I wouldn't mind getting the expansions done too but I may need a break from fantasy stuff if I wind up powering through the set in short order.

@Shas, yeah too much to do lol. Oh well, beats being bored

One item ehh Theo? Interesting.

At least they *carry* Infinity though. At least they know you aren't looking for the Disney stuff you could get at Walmart... eeesh!

Oh yeah, having seen the Tie Punisher and K-wing, I can see why they've got a bumped price from the smaller fighters, they're friggen huge comparatively. The Hounds Tooth is pretty sizable as well though it's on the large base. The khiraxz(whatever) is a little bulkier than an x/e-wing and looks more like an e-wing. It's still pretty sleek and the paint job is nice and dark, possibly my favorite scum ship aesthetically... I'll have to get at least one.


We were going to work on Labor Day but then we found out it's supposed to be 94 that day.... forget it I'll be trying to get some catch-up done this weekend...whatever that may entail.

So I was thinking... the mars attacks thing is cool and all but I could actually make a diorama for these guys. Then I could kind of relax in terms of working on the MA stuff when it was convenient and fun, while also sprinkling in some Infinity stuff to keep boredom at bay. I should be able to knock these guys out pretty quick, the airbrush would make short work of the big beastie and the four dwarfs aren't too bad either. Plus after seeing the winged helmet dwarf with that giant sword.. gotta paint him now I have maybe a couple more dwarf minis from bones (even more in 3, yay!) and a bunch of Mantic Dwarfs, but I think these four should be enough. Couple of fighters and a couple of priests/whatevers. I can see the caption...

Priest closest to monster: I telled ye, highness, we dug too deep in this latest tunnel! We've got to turn back, the odds of us killin this beastie are/
Armored Sword Dwarf: Oversteppin yer bounds priest. I telled ye we was fer diggin this way. And I telled ye never to tell me the odds!


I mean, they'll probably get eaten. Mashaaf is no joke. But what are you gonna do? I could prototype some 3d dungeon scenery by making the tunnel for their fight, including 4 spaces into which their eventual clear acrylic bases could socket. I kind of like the disposition of the dwarfs. The one is trying to be all rational and warn them away from death incarnate, and the other three are like 'Durr, you do realize we're dwarves right? Now hit it with yer hammer!'.

I'd probably have to make a pretty high bit of scenery backing mashaaf, though it could taper down a lot on the dwarf end. Give me a chance to test drive the fully 3d dungeon terrain to see if I like it, but without having to make an overly large or particularly playable piece. I guess... if I were gonna be smart about it... I could pretty easily make Mashaaf removable too, design little plugs to go into the base slots (the very pieces I'd punch out of the cardboard in the first place, durr) and make it so both sides open up and could be made into parts of a larger hallway, or connect two rooms. For the diorama purposes I'd want a piece of black backing behind mashaaf illustrating the darkness beyond, but that could easily come out to make the piece playable.

Hmm... Starting to get a little bigger of a project with these modifications but it's also now attempting to do multiple things that are on my list of stuff I'd like to do eventually anyway.

Thoughts?

Truly spectacular and definitely against the odds. Love the thought of the lead dwarf spitting on the ground and saying to his fellows. Right I will take the ugly one.

Those guys are dead meat...

That Mashaaf beast is awesome. I'm kinda wishing I got him with my Bones II pledge now!

Yeah, AoV, the $12 I paid was a freaking steal compared to 30/22something you gotta pay now. It's a neat monster. Doesn't sit on it's base well, but maybe boiling water will settle that.

Don't count dwarfs out too soon, Eyeamrai...but yeah they probably aren't geared enough to handle that thing without some backup.

Gotta finish my Taco Mars today. Due on the 12th, and I would like to have it done if I'm moving on from space city to other projects for awhile.


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Pinter seems like it may be working again, had to dig it out of a box. Wonder if I can track down my collection of posters now.


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Though, I guess I really need to paint the graffiti on first, and then dip the building and the seed pods. Paper stuff needs to go down last.

Got some work done graffiti wise. I'm gonna leave the front and back less covered since those get used more often and taggers would be less likely to loiter there. Still will be plenty of posters on all four sides. Top is gonna be pretty bland, but I figure not much goes on up there, its an emergency/access hatch and there *is* a ladder outside.


Inspired by one of Cam's previous LoER entries (probably several actually), I hopped online and did some google image searches. I didn't attack this with much of a plan, just found some stuff I liked and started airbrushing. I drew the letters out with the brush, filled them in with the gun, then went back in with the brush to get the fine lines. I'm still too much of an airbrush n00b to do all of anything with one... but I think even the pros tend to use both tools a lot of the time. Pleased with this, it looks like graffiti and it's more freehand than I usually do. Some techniques I need to try out if I do more of this stuff, and surely I need to as my city board grows. The little white lens flare/sparkles come to mind, and more vibrant colors.



This is the name of a group of vigilantes from an older anime (and its newer yet still kind of old by now reboot). Right as the opening track is closing out there's a wall with pretty much identical tagging on it. Always thought it would look good on one of my buildings. Had been planning for an alleyway or something, but I think it works out fine here. Made it look quick and messy with some amateurish drips on the paint.

The rest of the building will be covered with ads, flyers, warnings, and so on.

I remember Knight Sabers ......wait that means I'm old

I like the dwarf standoff. You could always try and have a small bunch of dwarves trying to get a cannon on a broken frame fixed, loaded and turned in time to slay the beast.

That could work too. I may paint these guys as they're ready to go, but I do have mass battles dwarfs and cannons. Everything will come off so I can always change stuff around.

Bought two 8x4' sheets of one inch insulation foam today. I figured I'd get two since it's a pain to go get the box truck every time I want one. Should be plenty even if I make some boards out of it. Got a nice piece of plywood too. Gonna reconfigure my gaming table to have that as the undersurface, since I've got a permanent set up now, no reason not to have an 8x4' table set up. Though, with the sizes of the games I play... will probably just make a 4x4' section for wargaming and put the 3x3' x-wing mat on the other side.

About got Mashaaf cleaned up, but I've got to find a couple of little mandible claw things, forgot about them. And then she'll need a bath but I'll wait till the other two dwarfs are ready to go with her.


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Photoz:

Netflix has it on stream now, I mean the anime where the Knight Sabers is from.

Original run or Tokyo 2040?

That is looking fantastic. Excellent build. Posters etc add a lot and your graffiti is spot on.

As to scatter just a couple of those bee hive type vents would work.

That other project looks spectacular bud.

Thanks Have I commented yet on yours because yours is ridiculous and amazing.

What exactly is a beehive vent? All google is giving me is literal venting for bee hives.

And just in case I don't figure that out...

What else can I add guys, the top needs something desperately. I think I need to make a dumpster for the back, and maybe one of those smaller (usually black) grease dumpster things that they usually have out back at restaurants. Even then, it still needs crap on the top. Trying to think of things small enough to be portable for up there while still being useful. Or should I just go off-kilter and put something like a lounge chair and radio up top?

Can't find my pill sorters either. I had bought a bunch. I guess I may have to grab a few more to finish this.