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Woot Friday!

Well I’ve got quite a few more hours than you to go till the work day is done but it’s on the horizon none-the-less!

Before getting to this weeks pledge @sundancer I had a chance to finally check out some UHH and they’re a lot of fun.  I like the low key chat about the hobby and various projects.  I did need to make a clarification/correction though. You’d highlighted one of my Frostgrave project in one of your sessions and were giving me more credit than I deserved.  There’s an early post (first or second) where I discuss models I’ll be using and I had put in studio shots of some minis I’d ordered (since I didn’t have them yet).  Those were painted by the Alkemy crew not me.  Since that time I’ve gotten the mini’s in and have some shots of my versions, I’m pretty sure the differences are apparent :).  I thought I’d stated it as such in the text but I’ll modify during my next update to make it clearer.

Ok with that cleared up this weeks pledge will be twofold.  First to keep on trucking with Frostgrave minis.  Down to seven (four of those being multiple ghouls) NPC mini’s left to have almost the who main rule book worth of critters painted up (will still be missing two I don’t have mini’s for yet).  The second part of the pledge is to figure out what to do for a Spring Cleanup project and get that started.

Why : Because unlike in the movies the little men won’t move themselves so we have to do it for them and they’d feel embarrassed running around all grey.

When : Well whenever I can.  I find conference calls are a great time to fit in some painting though while watching The Weekender, XLBS and perhaps now the Unofficial Hobby Hang out is ideal.

What for : For me gaming allows for all sorts of puzzle solving and creativity.  You get social interaction, tactical problems to try and solve and use of (hopefully) creative tactics.  Painting and terrain building then add a whole new facet to allow more artistic expression and creativity.  Oh and then there’s all the fictional or historical worlds you get to discover.  Maybe this ended up being more of a Why 😉

Edit : Oh and happy vacation!