365 Days of Paint

I've got a bad feeling about this... For my wallet. My poor poor wallet..It's as if a Million voices cried out all at once. Yes Folks, the latest miniatures war game from Fantasy Flight Games.  At this point in time I might as well just sign my paycheque directly to FFG and they can just send me plastic things that go pew! Set in the Star Wars Universe you will be able to engage in epic battles with your favorite heroes and vehicles from the Canon. Released last week on March 22nd, the Core Set and Wave 1 expansions.  I've been following the not pre-ordering things idiom from the video game world lately and did not pre order this game.  Sadly I didn't get a copy at my main Local Game store on launch day.  As destiny would have it ootandaboot with my wife and child on the weekend we stopped in at another game store that I hardly ever go to; due to the distance from where I live, and they had lots of copies left.    In a extraordinary move of courage I p

Kingdom Death Monster 1.5 Painting Diary This post is a work in progress document with updates as I go along. Build Diary Tools Needed: Hobby Knife, Green Stuff, Needle Files, CA Glue, Sprue Cutters and Patience Seriously go here:  Build Instructions Tips and Lessons Learned: From my Gunpla and model building experience having a good Sprue/side cutter, is a must.  Don't clip right at the end where the sprue meets the sculpt but farther back.  Later you can clean up the nubs with a hobby knife/file.  This is to ensure you don't accidentally cut a piece you aren't supposed to.  As well you don't stress the plastic; although in this case we are painting the model after so any stress marks will be covered up. Greenstuff!  - I found working with the solid stuff a bit frustrating on models as delicate as these and resorted to using the liquid greenstuff.  My mistake was not waiting for it to dry before the next coat and thus added a lot more sanding to the

Dear Diary... On this week 11 of 52 I did: Mar 12 - Basecoat 3 of 4 Starting Survivors for Kingdom Death: Monster Mar 13 - Washed Skintones on KDM Starting Survivors and worked on their Hair. Mar 14 - Worked on Red Haired KDM Survivor Mar 15 - Worked on Blue and White Haired Survivors Mar 16 - Gloomhaven Game Night! - Bring on the GREEEEEEEN BEER Mar 17 - More Touchups! Mar 18 - Took a Rest Day

Don't let yourself get attached... ...to anything that you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner. Nominated in 2017 for the Spiel des Jahres; losing out to Kingdomino.  Magic Maze is a co-operative realtime heist game for 1-8 players.   In the game you are a band of adventurers who has lost all their stuff!  How can a Barbarian slay without Steel?  Can a Dwarf and an Elf have a orc slaying competition without an Axe and a Bow?  And our poor Mage without components you just have a nice squishy target.  So what do you do?  You embrace your inner Mallrat, engage in some shop lifting and then try to escape the mall without getting caught . The game features some cool game mechanics.  Because there are only 4 pawns everyone controls all the pawns.  What happens is that at the beginning of the game the starting map tile is placed on the table with the 4 pawns on it.  Chits are handed out to all the players statin

Dear Diary.... On this week 10 of 52 I did: Mar 5th - Dremel and drilling Assault Frigate MK2 and LED mock UP Mar 6th - Kit bashing Big Little Buddies Mar 7th - Moar Kit Bashing Mar 8th - getting a cold..... Mar 9th - Ugh Sick Again Mar 10th - GKR BLB Kit Bashing Mar 11th - Game Night!!!!!!

Dear Diary.... On this week 9 of 52 I did: Feb 26th - Base Coat Mercs Feb 27th - Wash Mercs Feb 28th - Highlighted Mercs Mar 1st - Messed around with my new Airbrush Mar 2nd - Cleaning Day Mar 3rd - Disassembled Assault Frigate - SW Armada Mar 4th - Prepare Assault Frigate for LED!