Excuses, excuses..

Oh boy, has really been almost ten years!? Well, I guess my 'Big update - I'm back!' plans did not quite work out so well. In all seriousness my life has moved on a lot, both professionally and personally. These days I find myself with more time on my hands again, which allows me to yet again dust off that bookshelf (because that terrible, terrible metaphor will now follow me to the grave) and crack open some old and new boxes. I think I am now old enough to stop making excuses for not being a dedicated blogger, and instead just post content as and when I feel like it. I'll start today by summing up my past decade of gaming.

Big Update - I'm back!

After six months of absence I am back to blow the dust from the shelves again and begin updating my blog about what I have been up to recently.

A thing that goes bump in the dark...

The ClaphamWargamers Guild organised a Malifaux story event day and I intend to take a Dead Rider in my crew. As the official model is not out yet, I looked around for a few proxies.

Speedpainting the Ortegas - Part 2

Not much to write about... Finished painting the ortega crew for my Malifaux demos and took some photos with both demo crews and the books.

Speed-painting the Ortegas

Last weekend I went through my cases to see how I was doing with painted minis. I realised that on the bottom of it there was a crew that I practically did not touch for many months. The Ortegas.

Do zombies dream of undead sheep?

On my first day back at the club I had a game against Wills and his Dreamer crew. I was happy to see a new master in game but I was also a bit uneasy as they have got quite a reputation on the forums. I very soon realized why.

Desert effect - test run

Coming back from holiday I have decided to try a few new techniques. One of them is the use of antique effect varnish or crackle paint. I intended to use this for making cracked earth style desert bases - mainly for the ortegas, but might come handy for latter projects too.

A bit of painting

Trying to keep my progress I continued painting Seamus & Co. Although there are still parts I want to finish on them I decided to do their bases so that they feel more like actual pieces rather then wip bits.

Seamus vs. Lucius

As promised the report of the 30SS game I had against Talos's Lucius crew. Talos flipped for location and Special occurance and got badlands and Soulstone Vein, although we actually had a pioneer town, using the great new terrain pieces in the club.

Malifaux testplay

Just a quick update for today; we had a bit of Malifaux playtesting of the new minions from Rising Powers with Bill.

Shopping and getting sidetracked

Having run out of some main materials over the holidays I thought it was time to stock up a bit. Fortunately CassArt had a sale on so I could save some money on this.

Punk Zombies - still not finished

I finished painting quite late last night so I did not update but I managed to carry on painting the punks. They are nowhere near finished yet though.

Punk Zombies - step 2

Just a quick update from yesterday, more to come later on today. Trying to keep my schedule, I got on with the half-painted Punk Zombies yesterday. 

Malifaux Merry Christmas

As I mentioned earlier there was a day of playing the Malifaux Christmas story encounters at mine where we used the new half-ready mining town as the scene.

Mining Town construction

I didn't really feel like painting in the weekend but I still wanted to do some progress. As I organised a day of gaming at mine for after Christmas I thought it would be a good idea to build some terrain.

More Seamus and Copycat Killer

I had some more time to do some painting on Monday and today so I carried on with my new favourites. They are coming along nicely, I might actually finish them within reasonable time.

Seamus and the little fella

This weekend I finally got around to start painting Seamus and the Copycat Killer. I only finished their faces but I am really happy that I took my time and paid these pieces the attention they deserve.

Counters, markers and bases for Malifaux

The tournament is next weekend. I have already given up on painting all my minis but I have to get ready with all markers and counters for my crew.

The pied piper of Hamelin wip#1

Hamelin the Ratcatcher is a mercenary character in the Malifaux universe themed around the old fable of the pied piper of Hamelin. And a very nice sculpt with exciting details.

Dead miners finished!

Now that the weather turns and I tend to spend more and more nights indoors, I am trying to get back into the habit of regular painting. This weekend I picked the crooked men I based and primed a while back.