ROGUE GAMERS, OCTOBER'S PAINTING PLEDGE

So here we are, The first painting pledge, I am vowing to complete, the following;

1) Finish my Lost brotherhood for GW Rotherham
2) Choosing either IG vehicles or finish my Warmachine khador (it'll probably be khador). EDIT: it is Khador.



As you can see,  2 are complete, the Scout & the Vanguard (actually in photo his claws aren't painted but they are as I type.  so 6 of the lost brotherhood to do. Obviously the bases too. The next to go are the 2x Death Company, you see here that they're built but not primed.

6th October, I've been sorting my khador, Sorcha is nearing completion after a busy day painting, will post pick Monday am.  Also I have put Arc markers on my bases, as warmachine is tough going if you can't see or prove arcs, I been meaning to do for a while, but last game, made it clear it was very important tbh.

So, Monday I think more khador as on Tuesday the 8th I'll be in GW Rotherham and I think Liam may be a little anti about warmachine models being painted, lol.


As you can see Sorcha is finished and a Warjack is half done, tomorrow I'm at GW ROTHERHAM, so it's Lost Brotherhood o'clock. Fingers crossed for progress on my Blood Angels.

So Tuesday 8th Oct, apart from weapons and bases, the Death Company Marines are finished. Okay admission time,  I've had few days away from my paint station. A few days were because an old Armed Forces buddy came to visit.  Plus a few coz my back had a argument with me about how active I had been, while said mate was here,  it's obviously fun catching up with old mates,  but being out and about for few days etc,  have taken its toll.  Tomorrow is Tuesday 15th, n that means GW & rogue gamers (see x wing post.), but I have option of warmachine at the Outpost, hmmm, that may be tempting fate,  but we will see.

Trying snow bases for the first time

So not really liking GW snow effect powder,  I was asking the guys at our place of choice for all things gaming and painting The Outpost, about how to create a great snow effect. They recommended Baking Soda mixed with PVA glue.

So I tried it, I was unsure of mix ratio of powder to pva, but it appears to be add to your hearts content, lol.

It's easy to mix, Also its quick to make and apply, the longest part is waiting for it to dry.

Look for yourself in these pics, drop your thoughts & or comments below

The new generation of gamers and /or new gamers,

So from the 10th till the 20th of February &  27th July till 10th Aug, my (getting taller by the day) son & my 2 princesses (that are growing up to quickly) visited. 

My son is dabbling with 40k, as back stabbing, untrustworthy Eldar. Also he is getting to grips with his painting. He is 16, my girls are 13 and 15, they just like painting figures, at the moment, maybe so they ain't left out, who knows.

 The youngest paints each part and/or detail of model a different colour, so is yet to find her painting way, or get bored of it, lol. My eldest girl is trying to go semi realistic, she has some potential tbh, I might be able to train her up to do my stuff, unless she gets bored of her Dad's silly hobby. My son well he is the same, in the fact of trying to be neat and get realistic looking models,  but he (due to eagerness to play) may be a "table top standard" painter, he may prove me wrong. I don't know if he is wanting to learn high end painting skills,  I don't want to bore him yet, lol. 

This is all got me thinking, about All aspects of our wonderful hobby of "toy plastic soldiers", what's right or wrong to teach the new generation, obviously beardiness is something to be avoided,  but is cheesiness, good or bad, or is it the situation that makes it ok or bad.

I know I will teach them my mantra of "winning is all well and gd, but having fun is the key", that said if you are obviously in a tournie, the winning is kinda important, but not at the cost of fun, for you and more importantly your opponents. I feel a loss is a good thing, as you learn more about your gaming tactics & army.

Should there even be a Short list of what to teach/inform the next generation of? That's a doozy of a question, hmmm, I have hurt my brain.

Painting and the CBA Syndrome, or mehh, not in the zone frame of mind.

Up until recently It's been a while since I last painted. I have a bad back from a car accident, it requires meds to control pain, lots of meds, Since May I haven't been taking them due to the government, but I digress, that's a different post for different blog, lol. This has stopped me from painting. Well I now am able to afford/take meds, but what I call the gaming room,  the missus calls it the dining room, (silly woman) is being decorated. So my painting station is out of order. As painters will know, you can get burnt out, lose fresh ideas or just get "CBA syndrome", but atm I am eager to get a brush in my hands, this is due to getting into, a good hobby environment, thanks to GW Rotherham, a very unique GW store indeed. Also a nice club small & friendly. But stuff has been stacking up and it's annoyed me. I feel a paint frenzy coming on. Is this just me or is it common to go through painting highs and lows.

The misadventures / adventures of Chezhinka

Where O where to begin, I have decided to go a bit curve ball, ok a lot 'curve ball', with my Russian Confederate fleet carriers. 

As in I am going for slabs of ice fitted together for runway rather than wood, Crazy huh, lol.

Let me explain in very cold places they clear snow, to smooth ice, so planes can land. The carriers make icebergs. Wooden runways on ships, in real world, need replacing loads. So the carrier can resupply its runway whenever it wants using its generators.

 One of my gaming buddies, Ash likes the scheme, but as we like to pull each others pigtails, he called my mighty carrier, SNOWFLAKE. This translated into Russian is..........

Chezhinka

I like it, it's catchy, so I am taking ownership of the insult. It's staying as the carrier's name, Now what to call the other one, hmmmmmmmmm.

Iceberg = Aysberg, not sure

The start of Wargaming table

After much deliberation of how to make the table a fold away, we have a mission complete status.

Originally the plan was gonna be go for a 2 sided board one side green and the other blue, obviously for land and sea.  We were going to achieve this by having 2 panels of 6'x2' and counter sinking the hinges so the 2 panels would make a 6x4' board but fold nicely away, easy I hear you say.

Well very early on we decided, well tbh, I decided sod it, we will use cloth mats. But the idea of counter sinking the hinges never got altered.

Any ways to cut a long boring story down into a short boring one, some idiot went and bought hinges without fully checking they open through basically 360°, (that'll be me. So that when we looked to fix them onto said wood they wouldn't close / open as planned.

This caused much debate on whether to try and alter hinges to work or to buy more. This is promise very near the end now.
At about 11.30pm tonight, well yesterday now.  I had a "MOMENT OF CLARITY" realising that A) we didn't need to counter sinking hinges and 2) (yes A&2, done deliberately, all you grammar nazi types out there) if we used only 2 hinges separated just far enough apart the dining table would slot between them. Just not having a 3rd in the middle of the panels, creating a ramp effect with a gap in it. Seeing as they are door hinges, there should be enough strength to carry the weight, while its opened up and placed down.

Hoorah table is now sorted, next for me to sort is hills,trees, buildings, rivers and roads etc.