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This is no man’s land

Got a bit of painting done…

I started work on my Trenchers… as mentioned before, one trencher in the box suffered from a broken gun, so, as you can see from the image, there’s only 4 grunts and their boss…

All that’s really left on them is the backpacks, countless pouches and the grenades… highlights, then to get more :P

Once I’m done with these guys (and the replacement), I’ll be working on my Defender (who already has been primed and has the regular metal bits painted)… The fun thing with this jack, is that he’s completely magnetized, so I can swap out the arms and turn him into an Ironclad or Cyclone… I picked up 50 1/8″ Rare Earth magnet rods today… so I just have to add them :)

On a completely un-Warmachine related note, I’ve also continued work on an Ork project I started aeons ago, when they released the latest Orks…

First up, is the warboss and his mega nob retinue

Then we have the first of 3 Killa Kans, named Blinky, he’s sporting the very fashionable, Burna and Buzz Saw.

Next up is Grumpy, Grumpy has this year’s model of Grotzooka, with Kill markings.

Last, and definitely least is Harold. Just like his older brother Grumpy, he’s wearing a Grotzooka… but, Harold has yet to distinguish himself.

I have yet an other assembled, but unpainted Kan, with an Oil Drum converted as it’s Grotzooka, the idea was to have a unit of 3 Grotzooka Kans, and an other unit with some other armamements…

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m exhausted… zzzZZzzz

Sleep is over rated

So I find a way to get everything done in a day… give up on sleep!

Hey, it’s what I used to do when I was younger…

Yesterday’s itinerary

  • Spent the day at work (someone should tell my company that it was Family day)
  • Came home, had dinner with wife
  • Took dogs out
  • Watched Olympics (we should of won gold in snowboarding @#&@^)
  • Played STO while watching Olympics and bitching about snowboarding (made Lieutenant Commander and got my Science Wessel!)
  • Watched Sparticus TV Show (Holy gory! I love it)
  • Noticed it was midnight
  • Painted the base coat for the Trencher’s coats and Reinholdt’s coat
  • Washed Reinholdt’s coat and painted lapel
  • Highlighted Reinholdt’s coat
  • Collapsed at my painting desk
  • Woke up, now at work

Now, lets see how productive I’ll be today.

On an other note, looks like we may have found a date to start playing Descent, and I have a small Warmachine game scheduled for Thursday night!
Gonna try out a really cool Cygnar list I was thinking of between a few of the items in last night’s itinerary.

This is why I’m in charge boys!

So I was working on Stryker last night…

And while waiting for some ink to dry, I started the prep work on my trenchers and noticed why the leader is the leader…
You can see he’s REALLY excited to be there.
Compared to his limp companions

Now, I’ve seen all sorts of mis-cast, mis-shapen, or bent pieces before… but that was a bit too funny

Things are moving along

So, I actually got ahead of my game this weekend. Surprisingly since I did alot of non-Gamer Journal related gaming stuff.

First, with the Journal news…

I have finished all the bases for the list I finally came up with… oh? What’s the list you ask?

  • pStryker
  • Reinholdt
  • Defender
  • Stormblades
  • Min Trenchers

Stryker, well cause I like the Alternate Sculpt mini… and I actually used him in the past… Reinholdt, as much as his abilities are useful, he’s mainly there to fill in that extra point.

The Defender is there for many reasons… with some Khador and Menoth opponents, I’m sure I’ll be facing quite a few heavies, and he’s got the stopping power and has the shock hammer to do some cortex damage.

Then I had to take the trenchers as I just love the look and theme (and will add to it),  yes, they’re really expensive… and kinda squishy… but can’t I go for aesthetics?

To add some melee power, I added a unit of Stormblades.

So far, I’ve primed Stryker and started painting his jacket, finished the bases for everything, primed the stormblades and painted the metal bits… I still have to get some smaller rare-earth magnets in order to assemble my defender and have to find a reinholdt.

So, as I mentioned, I did a lot of other gaming related stuff this weekend… well Cangames is coming and I figured I should start work on the tables and terrain while I have lots of time… so I went to various shops around town and got materials I needed…

I completed a few linear obstacles for one of the themed tables… rows of crates and of ale barrels.

I also cut out enough rivets for a few of the buildings I’m making.

All in all, a pretty good weekend

First list idea

So I started playing with lists…. and now I regret all the purchases I made yesterday as I probably won’t use ANY of them :(

I’m definitely toying with the idea of a Trencher Themed Army… cause I love the look of them.

First list idea…

  • Markus Brisbane
  • Grenadier
  • Trencher Chain Gun Crew
  • Full Unit of Trenchers with UA

I think this would work well to start, and since the Forces of Cygnar book is due out next month and supposedly has Themed army stuff in it… I may be able to swing it… This list is not set in stone…

Thoughts?