Reply To: Hobby Weekender 19/10/2018 – The Directors Cut Limited Edition Box Set

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@oriskany have the SitRep podcast on my list of things to check out – keen to see what modern can offer as far as gaming experiences. I’m guessing a truckload (or perhaps freighter-load/building-load/embassy-load/compound-load/convoy-load etc etc…) of ‘what if’ scenarios for starters. 🙂 Hope the downtime has recharged you, seems like you have been pushing hard of late. Interesting approach to hobby projects – taking a manageable chunk and just powering through full -speed. I suppose using that approach you could quite easily tackle mammoth tasks by partitioning into smaller segments and knocking them off that way. Have used tournaments as deadlines to get armies ready before but I have personally always felt burned out by the tie the actual gaming kicked off – there was a running joke years ago that it wasn’t a ‘real’ Cancon (our local big gaming festival) tournament army unless the paint was still wet on the first day. Making hobby pledges on these here weekender forums has worked for me before though and wilt a lot less pressure so if there is something i ‘need’ to get done I might have to impose on you all to heckle and jeer me if I don’t hit my future self-imposed deadlines 🙂 I like the idea of DIY gaming, or at least heavily modifying other’s rules sets to meet your own requirements. I’m only just starting to work this into my own gaming. One of my regular opponents with whom I still play 8th edition Warhammer Fantasy is fortunately very amenable to rules modifications, especially where they make sense or add realism, so I’m pretty lucky in that regard. A ‘Rules As Written’ approach to things can be a little stifling at times… I’m glad that you get a buzz out of genuine feedback on your article series. I for one do read and enjoy them but don’t usually jump in on the comments as I’m still finding my feet as it were with regard to historicals and don’t presently have the depth of knowledge that some of our esteemed community members possess, so I’m just happy to read along and pick up bits of info. On a completely unrelated note, my GF is kindly giving me a bunch of AWI (and ACW) Perry minis for my birthday – care to guess what article series piqued my interest there? 😛 30 points for responses.

@rickabod41 nice work on the BB minis! Especially the skin tones (and there are a few shades to get to grips with on those minis). Thanks for sharing 10 points.