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Friday, April 23, 2010

Work work ...


Something need doing?

I've been busy working at my new job, finishing the second issue of the Bellower, and dealing with random new home things. Not a lot of time for drinkin' or modelin' which is a damn shame as I have quite the hankering for both.

I did manage to play five games of WHFB last weekend at the local store, Titan Games. Got in three with the Beer Gut Tribe on Saturday against Dark Elves, Orcs & Goblins, and Orcs & Goblins again (three different players). I won all my games, two by a large margin with the last one being a bit closer. All of them were 1,000 or less which is a rough place to be when building an OK army list. 

Sunday I went back and played two more games, this time with my Ogres being proxies for a Throgg Troll army! First game was against Brets and it ended with 3 dead Trolls on my side and nothing on the board on turn 5. Second game was a team game with a Skaven ally against the combined forces of the Brets and the Empire which ended in a win for the forces of Troll-Skavenry. Fun was had by all?

Actually I think I am gaining a bit of an unwanted reputation. The overall level of play here is not what I am accustomed to from the gaming scene in Austin. I think I need to dial back my desire to win all the games I play and go easy on some of the new players I am up against.. something I am sure won't be easy for me at first but will reward me in the long run with a stronger community and gamers who want to play! 

The Bellower is almost done. I know I said that about two weeks ago but this time I really mean it! I was waiting on an article that has since been cut due to the late date. I was hoping to have it out today but I am waiting on some touched up images and I need to slap it all together. It will be done this weekend! This I swear!

Modeling and painting is almost non-existent for me right now. I managed to slap together a flying Vampire model, a Vargulf, and I am in the early stages of assembly for the Beastmen that will be used as Marauders for my Malal themed WoC army. Things are moving slow but I hope to get more done once the Bellower is back on track! Stay tuned...

3 comments:

AFC said...

I'm anxiously awaiting the completion of the Malal Army, my favorite chaos god, and the Bellower is always a great read.

Randroid said...

We're a long ways off from completion of the army - I only have 2 Beastmen built!

I'll be taking my time with this one and really challenging myself with the painting, basing, and conversions. I want it to look awesome ... or as awesome as I am capable of making it look right now.

Helm said...

Dialing back the desire to win eh? A personal struggle indeed. Lukasz and I got into a long conversation with his new girlfriend about our level of competitiveness and how that competitiveness gets in the way of the fun of the game. Wargaming sure is a strange mix of supporting your buddies in the hobby, and then wanting to destroy them on the battlefield!

I sympathize with the struggle.