Reply To: Hobby Weekender 25/10/18 – Bonus disc with 700 minutes of extras

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Ok, posts ‘n stuff –

@a27cromwell like the striking colour scheme on the bomber. and nice work on organising! I need to take a weekend and sort out my mancave a little – the disorganisation in there is beginning to make me twitch a little…

@sundancer the SWL minis are coming along really nicely! I’m still waiting a more diverse product line before I think about jumping in, but your work isn’t helping me with holding off 🙂 Yes that turret would reduce me to making pew pew noises continually – games of X-wing round these parts are mainly accompanied by whooshing noises and laser blaster effects. It’s all based on actual physics – i read it in the laws of anime:

#3 – Law of Sonic Amplification, First Law of Anime Acoustics:

In space, loud sounds, like explosions, are even louder because there is no air to get in the way.

See?

http://www.angelfire.com/sd/duo/laws.html

 

@mage some of those Battle Monsters minis are adorably cute 🙂 don’t know that I’d play the game though. Still, as a fun painting project it does look good.

@horati0nosebl0wer Hanzel und Gretyl and Funker Vogt in the one post? And I can only upvote it once?… 🙂 Ok the Funker Vogt video wasn’t available to play on Oz so I had to go and play the MP3 from my hard drive but it still counts 🙂 Great write up re your 3rd ed barbarian too. are those halloween themed minis Reaper? I have trouble keeping up with their product range…

@torros happy birthday to your better half 🙂 Hope you do get a chance to progress the Greeks a little. and best of luck getting the game rescheduled.

Question time:

(1) Gaming traditions – well sort of. our local gaming convention, Cancon, is always held on the weekend of the Australia Day public holiday. While I haven’t participated in games for probably close to 15 years now I do try and get out most years – it’s a good opportunity to stock up on hobby consumables for the next 12 months if nothing else… Beyond that we do usually try and get a game of something in over the christmas/new year break, and painting minis in front of the TV watching a game  of test cricket is something of a ritual…

(2) What have been some of your favourite moments in tabletop gaming regarding released products? Probably the release of 6th ed warhammer Fantasy. It was just such a step up from 5th ed rules-wise. It was no longer just HeroHammer – you were rewarded for actually bringing units along to the battle. Plus the starter box had two complete armies (well Ok it was 2 units and a command squad for each side, plus a cannon for the Empire and a chariot for the Orcs) and a Mordheim building included as well, which saw service on my tabletops continually until about 2 years ago when I finally upgraded to some 4ground buildings. All in all a great product. And as an added bonus it was released in Australia 2 weeks before the rest of the world (due to the olympic games being on in Sydney) so we weren’t last for once! 🙂

(3) What have been some of your favorite story moments in tabletop gaming? Had one hilarious moment a year ago where we were playing Frostgrave and one of my opponents thief henchmen (weakest fighter in the game) went after and intercepted one of my thieves who was trying to make off with a treasure chest. I piled in another 3 models (so 4 of my models out of a warband of 10) only to have this single thief kill every one of them due to a run of extremely good luck. in true tabletop gamer fashion the mini was promptly given a name and an upgraded paint job followed.