Reply To: Hobby Weekender 02/11/2018 – Straight to Video Edition

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1) Just finished reading The Labyrinth Index, latest in Charles Stross’ increasingly apocalyptic Laundry series, got through the final volume of The Greatcoats series by Ian de Castlemere via my Audible account (already used this months credit – Realmslayer, the Brian Blessed-voiced adventures of Gotrek Gurnnison in the Age of Sigmar…), volume 74 of Bleach- the  long running Shonen manga series that if nothing else always looked achingly cool. The reading pile otherwise is a bit expansive to list here, but I have books 2 & 3 of Paul Cornwell’s Shadow Police I want to finally get through. podcasts? Currently listening to the latest Roboskullcast, a retrospective of Robotech from along-time fan and someone new to the franchise, Limited Insertion- an Infinity rules podcast in sub-30 minute episodes, Chain Attack – supposedly a WarmaHordes batrep podcast but I listen mainly for the banter, Mayacast – a much longer magazine format Infinity podcast. those should get me through a good chunk of painting tomorrow 🙂

2) Given I don’t get to paint much during the week I try to do something like this most weekends, setting aside one day just for hobby  with set goals to work through. I have tried for more hard &fast targets if painting over a longer period, say if I have a long weekend or a week off, maybe taking a few days or setting a target for the end of the week.

3) I’m a bit of both. Trying to find suitable replacements for the minis in my Warhammer Quest set (Classic Edition) is what brought me back to the hobby after getting burned out by the rapid shift from 4th to 5th to 6th editions of 40k. Being directed to the likes of Mierce Miniatures, Tercio Creativo and their ilk, and the sort of finely crafted minis they came up with reignited my passion for the hobby, really distilled when I discovered Infinity, and entire game utilizing gorgeous bespoke minis but in metal not resin or plastic, some thing they remain committed to. And I still like finding minis from companies that can make great heroes for larger armies that are more mass-produced (see my 200+ IG army and many, many space marines…). Hells, a good chunk of the kickstarters I’ve backed have been for new and interesting minis that I can find uses for. In the last few weeks alone I’ve gotten female versions of all four Imperial Assassins, and Indigo ford from Twisted, a superb steampunky-take on a gender-bent Indiana Jones. no idea yet what I’ll use her for but i’m sure something will come me 🙂

 

Now, hobby. I got my next batch of 40k Conquest issues this week so am building the Librarian as a member of the Deathwatch from the Raptors chapter. Going to try and finish building him during tomorrows Weekender show, and hopefully get him primed up. Then I want to take a look at those Wolves again, thinking a black wash down the centreline of the fur should do the job then I can apply a drybrush. also got something to experiment with – had the latest Assetdrop supplies box arrive as well this week, and it included three of Superdork’s colourshift paints. I fancy trying them on the energy blades of my Deathwatch, so will post some WIPs of those as I’m intriqued to see how they work…..