Reply To: Hobby Weekender 24/08/2018

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@mage Ok sounds like you have a fairly goof handle on how you are going to approach this. The D&D minis could be an interesting project, not sure it would translate as well to this particular type of challenge as a whole starter box/game/army etc though. If you need a hand kitbashing Mordheim mins let me know – I have an unhealthy amount of spare arms etc form many many Empire sprues… yeah, I have to confess I’m starting to feel Orktober…

A Ulysses Pact/Ulyssian Compact is where you do something intentionally to lock in your future self to a planned course of action. Kind of like burning your ships/bridges. It comes from Greek Mythology where Ulysses had his crew tie him to his ships mast so that he could hear the sirens without being tempted to crash his ships on their rocks (all his crew had wax in their ears so couldn’t be tempted by the siren’s song). Heh, I did used to love that cartoon as a kid…

Looking forward to BMG pics. Wow, a marathon list of projects. I was considering hitting up something in the 30k space but Forge World just changed their website so now the AUD prices are 30% more that their GBP equivalent. ie – Aussies now pay about an extra 30% on top of Forge World’s standard pricing. Im’a just let that one sink in for a bit :-P… Still working out what to do with the Primaris form my Dark Imperium starter. Can’t really use them for Armageddon (well I could for the mop-up I guess…), I might just do them up as an addition to one of the chapters that fought at Armageddon – there were enough to pick form (No ultramarines strangely enough though… they were there for the 2nd war but not the 3rd…).

Space Hulk and the BMG stuff might also be fun ones, especially as you are likely to use the BMG stuff fairly regularly. 80 points for assorted posts and feedback.

@dawfydd welcome! No need to apologise, hope you are de-stressing and recharging from work now 🙂 Wow, that is super-quick delivery. Sorry there were no real surprises in the book for you but glad it has inspired some more building and conversion ideas. And your conversions really do look amazing! That’s a lot of editions worth of components in there – great to hear. you know your force is going to look original. Even the models within the same squad look really individual 🙂 yes I would suggest that you now have a solid base of options to select from ;-P 50+ books?… Wow, that is a fairly dense project in and of itself. I wonder if once the series is complete they will take the opportunity to release them all as one box? 70 points for question responses, hobby progress and book reviews 🙂

Hey @biggabum hope the anniversary dinner was nice 🙂 Of course we missed you, aside form the flaming poo cloud thingy comment nobody has given me a single unwanted mental image to be confronted with all weekend – It’s just not normal  ;-P Eclectic choice of music 😛 Wow, I’m impressed you have lived near the same spot long enough to have had a local for 40 years. I’ve lost count of the number of places I have lived in. Hope you have a wonderful time with the grandkids 🙂 40 points for question responses and update on your week.

@woldenspoons the drop pod comment made me giggle 🙂 Game looks intense. I will have to confess I still haven’t got around to watching the show (The Gf doesn’t really like horror so it’s a bit hard to time binge-watching something like that…). 30 points for responses and pics.

@mage hope D&D is fun. 30 points for feedback and responses.

Well team I’m going to retire for the evening and see if I can shake this irritating headache I’ve had all day :-/ I did get some hobby done, sort of… Did the write-up for my Terrain Challenge entry, with a whole few days to spare ;-P Link follows if anybody wants to see what has been distracting me on and off for the last few weeks…

Terrain Challenge: Summoning Portal