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@Shaso, No, didn't try a brown wash, I was really wanting stronger variation, and I think the strong tone will give a brown tint once it is added....if it is added.

I spent most of today preparing for the funeral of my late Uncle. Service was good, It's been a long time since I've attended a service for a family member. It was held in the church that he helped locate and was very involved with throughout his life. He helped choose the location it was built on and served for a long time. Speaking of service I had known he had served in the US army, but I did not know he worked at the headquarters for Gen. Douglass Macarthur, nor did I know that he had received the Bronze Star in WWII. He passed away on Saturday at the age of 91, he and my aunt had been married 65 years. He will be missed by us all.

Obituary for any interested. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/stltoday/obituary.aspx?n=cordell-v-queathem&pid=177249950

not much else happening today besides calls to locate a copy of Uncharted Empires. Seems it's out of stock everywhere, and thewarstore.com put me on hold forever, when I hung up and tried again I got a recording saying that they were away from the phone or closed. I might try later as I'd like to have the dead tree version.

Sorry for your loss Theo. Sounds like he was a great guy.

Big manly man hugs bro.

Ditto on the man hugs bud, thinking of you all.


If you are really stuck for the book let me know I have a softback copy I just got. You can have it, I will not need it for a while and can probably get a copy easier than you it seems.

Your Uncle did a lot in his 91 yrs. I know he will be missed.

And some more manly hugs for the loss.

Hmmm, well it depends on the wash tone, I wonder if you have any "chestnut" or a dark flesh wash to try out?

@Cam, Thanks, Did they make a softback of Unremembered empires???? I haven't seen that. I have my core rulebooks, just looking for that expansion book with the 9 Not-warhammer armies in it.

Thank You all, I appreciate the Giant Man-hugs from you all.

Today is a bunch of furniture moving, so no luck getting anything done. Plus all my kids are off of school today for professional development (teachers learning today). Maybe I'll get in a game of zombicide tonight with them.

Edit: Just called Neal @thewarstore.com and ordered Uncharted empires, he is shipping mediamail, so not spending $6.95 to ship a book that I'm only saving $5 on. Hopefully have it beginning of next week.

Good to know some people are reasonable Lemme know how you find the other armies, a couple of them sounded pretty flippin neat.

I can see why you didn't get the digital version... 12.50 pounds becomes 25 dollars. Because the pound is double the value of the dollar ffs... sigh I guess I won't be getting one for awhile either lol.

 GrimDork wrote:
Good to know some people are reasonable Lemme know how you find the other armies, a couple of them sounded pretty flippin neat.

I can see why you didn't get the digital version... 12.50 pounds becomes 25 dollars. Because the pound is double the value of the dollar ffs... sigh I guess I won't be getting one for awhile either lol.

That's the thing that reAlly burns my butt the exchange rate right now and has been for a while is around 1.5:1 rate. If they'd let me order direct from them I'd pay it in GBP with my cc, and my bank would do the exchange. They also charge crazy shipping.

Actually right now it's 1.426-1, plus there would be no VAT. I thought about getting the digital, but it's the same price . I should work harvesting pixels, because that's like being a lumberjack....without the flannel.

What do you have against flannel?

Just adding my condolences, Theo. He certainly had a good innings and achieved a lot. I think that's the best that any of us can ask for in the end.

I'm in the process of trying to figure out a list so I can plot my monthly goals. I really want to use the Krudger on winged slasher but he takes up nearly 1/3 of the points in a 1000 point list. It's not so much that I mind an 'all your eggs in one basket' approach, as I can't figure out exactly what else to pack into the remaining points. I'm currently painting the Morax, the most expensive infantry block I could have gone with. So now there are only 500 points left to work with

I could expand the challenge to 'get all of my orcs done' but I have so much stuff I'd like to do that I don't like that idea. Anyone versed enough at KoW lists to take a crack at it?

Wehrkind wrote:What do you have against flannel?

Actually one of the Ladies at church calls everything a flannel board (pushpin boards, magnetic boards, and dry erase boards. I don't think she knows what Flannel means.

Azazelx wrote:Just adding my condolences, Theo. He certainly had a good innings and achieved a lot. I think that's the best that any of us can ask for in the end.

Thanks Azazelx, He did have a great run, but also overcame a lot. Including a car accident when I was 7-8 that they said he would not survive, or walk after, but he did.

GrimDork wrote:I'm in the process of trying to figure out a list so I can plot my monthly goals. I really want to use the Krudger on winged slasher but he takes up nearly 1/3 of the points in a 1000 point list. It's not so much that I mind an 'all your eggs in one basket' approach, as I can't figure out exactly what else to pack into the remaining points. I'm currently painting the Morax, the most expensive infantry block I could have gone with. So now there are only 500 points left to work with

I could expand the challenge to 'get all of my orcs done' but I have so much stuff I'd like to do that I don't like that idea. Anyone versed enough at KoW lists to take a crack at it?

I'll try and knock something out for you, with a flying slasher it might get to be a small list.

Well just dropped a warlord titan cost on furniture , but two of the kids (both girls) got all new furniture in their rooms. Real furniture, not particle board stuff. We will be getting my son a new dresser tomorrow.

The cost sucks...but that's nice. Way to keep the kids taken care of.

Tax returns. Uncle Sam is making sure the kids are taken care of. Plus they keep growing no matter how little we feed them. Brother in law came to help move things, but has an early morning tomorrow, so couldn't stay. Which was fine as there was nowhere to do anything.

Build most of my furniture my self. So much cheaper. And it fits.

Life sucks Theo, but that's why we have the hobby's right - to distract us from reality... Chin up bud - keep on bashing out the models, looks you have an endless supply now (that is ever growing!)

Well, had to change up what I'm doing for the tale of umpthirty gamers. The KOW army just wasn't motivating me, and watching the walking dead again has me wanting to do moar zombies . So back to the Black Plague.

More details later, about to start working.

Edit: started with the green flesh like my other zombies, but I might try something new for Black Plague.....

Well snow and ice day for the kids today, maybe a game of Zombicide later .

i got a bit of painting this morning, gonna stay with green zombies for now.
these have gotten strong toned since the photo.

Zombies are usually the answer, regardless of the question.

 Theophony wrote:

Wehrkind wrote:What do you have against flannel?

Actually one of the Ladies at church calls everything a flannel board (pushpin boards, magnetic boards, and dry erase boards. I don't think she knows what Flannel means.

Ahhh probably grew up with or used one of those felt boards in school. Not flannel, but I remember as a little kid having display boards in the classroom that were just cut out shapes of felt on a felt backing. It just hung via friction and static. The idea was that the little crumb crunchers wouldn't eat a pin or something. Clearly the lady stopped her language development in early primary school

GrimDork wrote:I'm in the process of trying to figure out a list so I can plot my monthly goals. I really want to use the Krudger on winged slasher but he takes up nearly 1/3 of the points in a 1000 point list. It's not so much that I mind an 'all your eggs in one basket' approach, as I can't figure out exactly what else to pack into the remaining points. I'm currently painting the Morax, the most expensive infantry block I could have gone with. So now there are only 500 points left to work with

I could expand the challenge to 'get all of my orcs done' but I have so much stuff I'd like to do that I don't like that idea. Anyone versed enough at KoW lists to take a crack at it?

I like hoards of Great Ax, although at 1000 you are probably looking at just regular blocks. That said, you have a TON of points in a model that can zip around and get flank bonuses fairly easily, so mid sized units of regular guys to just soak and hold might be a good plan. A regiment or two of Ax, and then one of Greatax might do you. A war drum to boost your Nerve or skulks to zip forward and engage shooting units isn't a bad add to get to 1000 then. Skulks fight just about as well as normal orcs, so better than most shooting units, but also get vanguard move so they can engage turn 1 if you go second and your opponent is aggressive. If there isn't anything shooting you that you care about, they can pepper the enemy and get the occasional flank.

Godspeakers are neat, but only if you have hordes so.... never mind that for now.

@Wehrkind, That is how she teaches the kids bible stories with felt cut outs of bible figures on the felt/flannel boards


So here are my Necromancer and Abomination. The Abomination was obviously hung for poor attire choices

Dryer just shot Craps , man I hate my life right now.

Tomorrow I shadow a guy in a different department at the hospital. I think I'll enjoy it more than what I do and if/when I get certified then there's a pretty good raise invovled with it. Hopefully it pans out, I've basically been offered the job, they just want me to shadow them for a day to see if I think it's up my alley or not. I'll be one of the technicians cleaning all the surgical equipment and tools to have them ready for the next days cases. Supposedly a really good gig where people never leave that area and there's a good calling in it. we've lost a few people to head hunters as that certification is in demand in the hospital field, and with the hospital paying me to train for it .

Good luck with the job.

Really like that Abomination, so messed up! Is it little red riding hood though?

Thanks Cam .

He does indeed have a red hood. I didn't want to do a black hood, but then I didn't think how the red would work with the rest of the model . luckily I have duplicates of both of these showing up when they ship the stretch goals.

I did notice some spots on the be romanced (I forgot to paint his knife handle and belly broach. Also part of his cape didn't get painted.

Just got home to find my copy of Uncharted Empires arrived from thewarstore.com It looks great, but I guess I'm just oldschool in thinking that for $25 it should be hardbacked, or be thick, at least one of those, but nowadays I guess it's a good deal compared to GWs codex, Especially since this has 9 armies so the GW price would be 9x$50=$500 (extra $50 is for saving you the trouble of having to lug around 9 books).

Hopefully tuesday and Wednesday I can get some painting going.

not a lot of progress, but one set of walkers and one set of runners done, still need the strong tone but at least there's something for this month. I'll get the fatties done in the morning, probably the strong tone on these as well.

Cool good to see you hanging in there. I hope all of the family stuff works out as well as it can.

Well, feels like I lost my painting mojo, but hopefully I'll get it back soon. Plus the kids were wanting to kill zombies this weekend, might give me a spark.

Mom turns 79 on Monday, so we're having a party this weekend for her. Too bad she can't eat anything on the menu . Well she can have the milkshake deserts . Just more of the family getting together while we can.

Pretty much have the new position at work. New boss called and all but told me you start on xx day. She needs to talk to my current boss, and we need to negotiate pay, also waiting on an opportunity that my wife may have which could change it all.

Ahh good luck on your job unless your wife ends up with something even more better

Yeah Theo, Best of luck! And yes, enjoy the family gatherings, they are a kind of gift to savor.

Agreed -best of luck with the Job(s!) and enjoy your family time. Given the last few months, it's pretty great for everyone really that your mum is going to be there for a big gathering on her birthday.