Happy holidaze are upon us! I spent the last week off from work but got very little accomplished on the modeling or painting fronts. I did go a bit nutty and decided to rearrange my whole first two floors starting with painting setup. Previously it lived in our sun room but I wanted to be able to use that room for my non-mini painting as well as hanging out in (cozy in the fall and winter and fresh in the spring and winter). After many hours of packing up and taking things up and down our treacherous basement stairs I managed this:
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| New basement dwelling for the basement dweller |
Painting table (desk) all set up and ready to go again after carefully moving my entire miniatures collection. New set up has less (basically zero) natural light but I have a combination of about 6 other lights which keep it from being too dank.
Pros
- No dogs in my painting area (so hopefully no dog hair stuck in my paint)
- Nice and cool year round (not too hot or too cold like the previous set up)
- Right next to my 4x4 gaming table (hopefully netting me more painted terrain!)
- I can talk to myself and not seem to crazy
Cons
- Less human and animal interaction (see last pro)
- A little basement-troll like
- No natural light
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| Painting with sunlights and plants |
My current sun room painting setup is pretty modular (read temporary) with a folding chair and table though overall I am quite pleased with the change. I also rearranged my living and dining rooms to make things more open and easier to have guest over for entertainment (like hopefully playing games!). Speaking of having guest over - earlier last week Furry and I got in a quick Vanguard game of Age of Sigmar. It was his first game of Warhammer (of any kind?) and he did great!
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| Table set up - Khorne Bloodbound vs Skaven Pestilence |
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| Plague Monks and Skrolk hanging out with the Plague Furnace |
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| So many followers of Khorne! The wolves were stand in minis for Flesh Hounds |
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| More rats equals more fun for the Plague Furnace! Shove off! |
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| Line of topless barbarians is not impressed. |
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| Cute little Korgorath wants a hug? |
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| Plague Furnace managed to chew through topless men but got stopped by one with a whip. |
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| This is all going according to plan... |
I wanted to give us both a chance to try out some fun synergies with the two lists. Since I had not played either force there was a bit of guessing as to what would work well and what might just be for laughs. Big winners for Khorne and Furry were the Flesh Hounds. Two units of 5 each managed to chew through almost all of my foot slogging Skaven (Plague Monks and Censer Bearers). Add on their ability to shut down a magic phase and I really can't see why you wouldn't make room for them in any Khorne themed list!
For the forces of Pestilence the big winner was (literally) the Great Unclean One. He single handily managed to kill the most units between his magic, shooting, and close combat phases. Of course the Mighty Lord of Khorne probably could have killed him in one turn but Furry realized that a bit too late in the game (and yes I did tell him about his general's fighting skills!).
Game ended as a draw on objectives but a win for points taken out (with just my Hero units left on the table and running away). It was a lot of fun and I can't wait to get these minis all painted up and more games going!
Meanwhile in a galaxy far far away...
Spent one afternoon at the FLGS getting a demo of X-wing from a player who has literally everything that has been released for the game. It was a bit daunting to be honest but I stuck it out and played through a quick tutorial and then short 35 pt game. Ended up just barely winning by taking out the Rebel scum in a desperate strafing run from my star pilot (the either Tie Fighter having been blown away quickly in the game). The game seems like a good time and I can see why it has such a following. The dog fighting and maneuvers are quite cool and the key gameplay of action economy and synergy between ships, pilots, and abilities is well done. Overall I am just not that excited by Star Wars in general and not in love with all the spaceships. A fun game but one I don't intend to dive in to.
Now that we are living in a post-XMASSSS 2016 world it's time to dive into my basement painting den and get cranking on some minis!
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