Unfortuntaley no new updates for last week. I would not say that I am in a slump, just too many other things are currently occupying my time. Maybe we’ll get a model completed this week (but doubtful). My 2nd quarter of painting for 2018 is not looking to good, my 2nd quarter queue may have to slide to the 3rd quarter.
As I mentioned last week my hobbying time is very slow due to other real life events. I just finished remodeling the upstairs bathroon and now that the weather is getting nicer, I will have some outside yard work that will also need to get done. My 2nd Quarter Painting Queue is not looking good at the moment.
I was finally able to get another miniature completed and this time I decided to try painting a model for the Batman Miniature Game. I have yet to play a game or fully read the rulebook, but I wanted a little change from paintng Warmachine/Hordes. In two months when my oldest son moves up here he will teach me how to play the game, then I will have to try and juggle my time between WM/H, Guild Ball and Batman Miniature Game.
Wow, this is the first week in 2018 that I did not get a model completed for the blog, that is what happens when real life gets in the way. I have been busy remodeling a bathroom last week and that will continue on through this week. I may have one model to show this week if time allows and that will be for the Batman Miniature Game.
Yesterday my friend TJ and I took a drive out to Toledo Game Room in Toledo, OH (it was about a 3 hour drive for us) for a Warmachine/Hordes Steamroller event. This was actually my first official Steamroller I ever played in, I played in events at conventions, but never a SR at a local store.
Things are going to get a little slow on the model painting for the next couple of weeks, we decided to take on a little bathroom renovation so that will be taking up most of my evenings. At least last week I was able to get a couple of models completed for Warmachine/Hordes, I was also able to get a game in, and this coming weekend I am actually going to play in a WM/H Steamroller (hopefully I will try and remember to take a few photos of the event.)
It has been awhile since I met up with my friend for another game of Hordes (3/12/2018) just before AdeptiCon and last night it was my time to host the game. I am leaning towards playing a ‘Rask’ Will Work For Food theme at this years NOVA Open Team Tournament at the end of August and I figure it is time to actually start getting some practice in. I do not have ‘Rorsh & Brine’ assembled yet so they did not make the list last night and I also wanted to give my ‘Dracodile’ another go at it.
I almost forgot to post this today (I was deep in thought about my Hordes game tonight) but I finally was able to finsh my ‘Decimator’ Warjack for my Khador army. I started this model awhile ago and just was slowly adding colors to him as I had time, well last night I decided to actually finish him up. This model came from the battlegroup box and I did not realize how crappy the plastic was until I started to paint him. I should have taken some more time to really look him over and clean him up before I primed him. I have another Khador battlegroup box on my shelf, when I get to those models I’ll be sure to really look them over.
It has been a little over two years since I last painted a Warmachine Mercenary model (mostly now it is my Hordes models with a few Khador), but this Solo, ‘Orin Midwinter’ is needed in my Minions list I am working on for the NOVA Open at the end of August and it gives me my first painted model for the month of April.
I do not know why, but for some reason I have to urge to play X-Wing again. It may be since I am fresh from coming back from AdeptiCon and I saw a lot of games being played there and the fact Fantasy Flight Games were selling a bunch of models, or the fact that they are pre-painted and easier to get them down on the gaming table. I am leaning towards the latter. I have already ruled out purchasing into the new Star Wars Legion (I do not not have the time to paint more miniatures) so than there is X-Wing. I have not played a game in three years and all of our ships are still in Arizona, but I think when my son comes up it will have to be a game we try to rotate into the gaming schedule again. I have no clue what the current ‘meta’ is and I am sure we are way behind in collecting ships, but we can at least play the game for fun with what we have.
Last week was a very slow week in regards to painting and playing any games, I am still in a little rut from my downtime from AdeptiCon and trying to catch up on all my TV shows that I missed during that time. My TV time takes away from my painting time. As I mentoned yesterday I have a lot of model in my queue for 2nd quarter, I need to get going on some of these, at least the ones that I need to have completed for the NOVA Open, I know it is still 5 months away, but I would feel a lot better once they are completed. I also need to start getting in some more games again, but a catch 22 for me is I would like to practice the list I may be playing at the NOVA, so I need to get the models assembled and painted, at least assembled.
First off, Happy Easter! everyone. I cannot believe I am already into the 2nd quarter of 2018 for my Painting Queue. I just spent the morning re-priortizing the queue and adding more models that I had purchased through my son and at AdeptiCon last weekend and the list is pretty long. I could probably add more for the 2nd quarter but I know the end of May and the end of June will be rough with being out of town for a week in both of those months, so I am trying to keep it a bit reasonable. One thing I did notice is that my Guild Ball models seem to keep sliding down in my queue. I know the Ratcatchers will be released later this month, and the Falconer’s in June (Falconer’s are not yet in my queue). Looks like the Guild Ball models will get painted when I get a little tired of painting Warmachine/Hordes. Also in the 3rd quarter I know I will have to paint some Batman Miniature Game miniatures. I did not add them to my 2nd quarter since I am waiting for my son to arrive and he can show me how to play the game, then we shall see how it goes. I am sure they will be hitting the queue for the 3rd quarter.
