Weekend work

Im starting to fiend for a game something fierce, and Mikie still cant come out and play (something about helping his roommate I think), thinking I need to hit the bunker this week or something. Anyone up for meeting at the Glen Burnie bunker, or maybe the Arundel Mills GW?

I did some more paint work on the four devastators, think Im up to doing markings now... and I need to clean up their unit badge, looks like I was drunk when I painted it...

I put together another chunk of building, from the Sector set, then went crazy and made a nice three story ruin from the Manufactorium sprues. When I was done with that, there were a few chunks of the roof edge bits left over, so I made a barracade out of them. So, current count out of that box is one small ruin, one medium ruin, and one large ruin, with a few extras... and there are still several sprues that are untouched.

This, that, and the other thing...

This weekend, Mikie and I (possibly newcomer Chris, and Keith as well) will be joining DT and his crew for some games, officially kicking off the Escalation Thing, and prolly busting out everyones two games in one day. Mikie has decided to play Skaven for this instead of the Wood Elves, since Chris already has the treehuggers as an army.

As I posted earlier, Im working on having a completely painted Crusade force, and this past weekend was a very good start, as I got a tactical squad for both the Marines Errant and Imperial Fists finished. Im now planning on getting the models for that 1k list done up, which means Ive got a unit of scouts that need numbers on their tac badge and chapter symbols, a MkIV Dreadnought that just needs finishing touches, and a squad of Terminators that are sitting in just their blue and white. Not too bad at all.

This weekend was also good for my table, as I picked up paint for the hills, and some plastic trees. Not the horribly overpriced "3 for $30" GW trees, but these trees. I didnt get them online, but at the hobby shop fairly close out here. Little more expensive then online, but not by much. I have now set the bases of these trees onto old scrap CDs, 2-3 trees on each, so they are easy to deal with on the table, but wont keep falling over. Im planning on getting at least three more sets of these, just to make the games more interesting. Once thats done, Ill have a decent "generic" battlefield setup, with hills and forests. From there Ill be looking at getting some buildings, both fantasy and futuristic.

Vigil Games is working on a 40k MMO, but havnt gotten past the "yeah, we are working on it" stage of information. Even so, Im getting fairly excited over it. :)

Think thats all I have for now...

Weekend stuff...

First up is a pic of my recently rebased Imperial Fists, First Tactical Squad of the Second Company. Since the picture was taken, Ive touched up the tac badges, and still have to add unit numbers, and do something with the VSgt's banner. But I like how the yellow looks, even if I loath painting it.


Next up, the complete Red Scorpion Assault Squad Eight of the Fifth Company. Nothing more planned for this unit, time to work on finishing that Devastator squad.

Speaking of that Devastator squad, they have 6 models completed from before, and four models primered, drybrushed grey, and with the yellow-ish trims painted. Im hoping to get them worked on this week.

I also drybrushed the metal onto 4 of those dwarfs, and most of their cannon. Only 25 more to go!

More work was done this weekend on my table. I finally got the other sheet of fabric I need, and once I clear everything off, I plan to tack it onto the plywood. The hills got some love as well, as I gave them all a coat of thinned elmers glue mixed with sand. Im thinking Ill be spraying (and praying I got it on thick enough) tomorrow.

Tonight, I have a goal. To discover a source of decent plastic trees that are sold fairly cheap. Ask nicely, and Ill share. ;)

Oh, and I joined on that MyBattalion thing, as Ryan. ;) Check it out Here.

Tables and Scenery and possibly a Campaign!

Ive been planning on building a gaming table for a few years now, but lack of a steady opponent, finances, and plain laziness have all conspired to keep me from actually doing it.

So, with my recent decision to finally get playing more often this year, I talked with Mikie about possibly start a campaign, just a few games every other week or so, and I realized that Id probably flake out on games held elsewhere, as usual... obvious answer is to have the games come to me! In order to not look like a total asshole here, I will point out that Mikie drives about an hour from where he lives to where we are, and he has that spiffy hybrid. So, it really doesnt matter for him if he is going to be playing at the mall, at the Glen Burnie Bunker, or at my apartment.

Now I need a table for sure! One of the times I was at Costco recently I noticed a 6x4 folding card table. Thats a good start, but a card table isnt the ideal surface for a game of 40k, is it? Im thinking that get the table, then pay a visit to Lowes and get a sheet of plywood, either 6x4, or two 3x4, and set it/them on the card table. Should be good enough unless we are attacked by the dog... Im still trying to decide if I want to properly base it, or just pick up some fabric from the cloth store and lay it over everything. Advantages to doing that are its quicker, I can get multiple sheets to show different types of terrain, and its ultimately disposable (for when I finally move away from MD).

I will also have to build some terrain, but this wont be so much of a pain, as raw materials are plentiful and easily accesable... and I can tell Mikie that he has to make some of his own!

No real ideas on the campaign yet, but he plays Tau, Necrons, and Tyranids. Maybe the Zeist campaign? ;)