Reply To: Calling All Hobby Heroes – A Hobby Holiday Weekender Type Thing

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OK, new bits for my printer ordered, should hopefully arrive in a week or so. And then the real horror show begins – my soldering is not exactly A-grade 😛

@rayzryr thanks for the comparison shots 🙂 That elves project of yours is really coming along nicely.

@rayzryr @woldenspoons @onlyonepinman I personally find minis (or at least some sort of map) does save a lot of time in combat situations when you are the DM as there is no misunderstanding about where people were in relation to one another, and it amuses me that people can’t simultaneously be close enough to the rogue to make sure he doesn’t plan something out of the newly discovered treasure chest and be far enough away that they are out of range of any potential traps – I’m mean like that 🙂 Plus it means I get to play with lots of shiny minis. However I find that theatre of mind is great/preferable for all the out of combat stuff and it’s that part that really make the games come alive I feel.

@horati0nosebl0wer yeah I see what you mean re AoS. the appeal of Mordheim though wasn’t just the rule mechanics, it was also the setting, narrative, and the ability to level up and grow your warband. yep caught that TW video too (no new weekenders so i’ve been watching a bunch of other gaming content while doing hobby). An AoS version of KT could be really good – would like to see the detail in the combat mechanics ramped up (reactions, combat stances, readied attacks etc) rather than just a stripped down version of AoS with character advancement. Hrm, sounds rather brisk where you are. @rayzryr and I can probably spare an extra 20 degrees celsius that we don’t need at the moment if it would help out? Presently sitting in the middle of a heatwave… and sweet conversion! for yourself or for a commission?

@arkmechanicus very cool – have you seen the Angel Giraldez books? He does beautiful work then slaps a bunch of masking epoxy all over stuff and has another go. I’d be paranoid that I’d mess up the first set of work. Anyhow, the books are well worth a look if you haven’t had the chance already. Nice work so far!

@onlyonepinman that’s some fancy looking metallics. And yes the windshields do look really good too.

@woldenspoons I picked up the vanguard rulebook when it was first released (was 50% off in the first week for some reason?…). I got as far as flicking through and getting disappointed that I couldn’t see an option for a ‘Kingdom of men’ warband. I’ll have to go and give it a proper read. It does look like good fun from the playthroughs I’ve seen online. Ah, good to hear that your gaming store does a wide variety of genres as far as gaming goes:

@mage hope the time with your son was enjoyable. Heh, so much terrain in your paint queue, good to hear 🙂 printer is a Prusa I3Mk2 so expensive enough once you tack on shipping, taxes and import costs. has probably paid for itself so far as far as terrain goes but I’m hoping to get many more years worth out of it. Fix shouldn’t be too bad – just a few hours of cursing and swearing and throwing tools away in annoyance. you know, just like assembling minis 🙂