Reply To: Hobby Weekender 01/06/18 – Schools out

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Hails gents,

Late to the party as usual I’m afraid.

I’m working all weekend so aside from some reading, my pledge will get stuck into on Tuesday. I have two squads on the paint tray at the moment; Grey Knights and Dark Angels. The GK have their armour done and the basecoat for the gold. The DA have had their armour highlighted and the basecoats for the black and metal have gone down. Next step is washing and highlighting the metal and then I’ll basecoat the parchment and purity seals on both squads. That way I can wash all of those and the GN gold at once.

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Before I get to those guys however, I’ll be digging into the Faith RPG core rulebook. It’s a completely new setting and universe to me so it’s interesting to sit down and not have any idea what it’s about. The system uses a deck of poker cards rather than dice so it’s very different to what I’m used to.

 

Questions:

1. Well I’m part of @mage‘s D&D group so that’s a firm yes to having played it. I like it’s playability, you can sit down to a game with only a basic idea of rules and just go from there. The starter set was well done and the setting is familiar to anyone with even a passing interest in fantasy so you always have a rough idea of how to behave.

2. I’ve never found one I liked. I prefer reading articles than listening to them.

3. Terminator 2 is the obvious choice. I watched it recently and it’s still top quality. I know Aliens is another one up there but I’d argue Alien was a very different style of movie. When I was younger it was my least favourite but when I watch it now I love the suspense and feeling of menace throughout it. In my mind Aliens is an (absolutely brilliant) action movie but Alien is a horror. Also, Home Alone 2. Still makes me laugh my ass off with probably the best villainous duo ever to appear in a movie.

4. I really struggle with podcasts and videos when it comes to our hobby (and in general to be honest). far too many of them get caught up in their personas or the idea of being a “Youtuber” and after ten minutes of watching I realise I’ve absorbed nothing of what they’ve said as I can’t get passed how they’re saying it. It can get even worse when you’ve got more than one presenter. Unless they stick to a proper running order they end up chatting about nonsense, wandering off-track and (my absolute #1 pet hate) re-hashing in-jokes or funny moments from their games.

5. Chicken, bacon, black pudding, cheddar and mozzarella.