tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2479894027203742892024-03-14T06:17:07.476+00:00The Wandering Mind"A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.." - Gideon RavenorKhorneguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489532786167536587noreply@blogger.comBlogger479125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247989402720374289.post-75633056284014136132024-03-06T05:39:00.001+00:002024-03-06T05:39:30.199+00:00Savage thingsSo after my last post I was raring to go with hobby and get a load done. My body had other ideas though and I spent the next week and a half feeling extremely ill. Bloody typical!<div><br></div><div>Now I'm in the mend though, I've not only been able to get a couple more games of Old World in, but I've managed to sit down and do some hobby for the first time in a couple of weeks. </div><div><br></div><div><div>Despite their absolutely abysmal performance in the game last night, I decided that my Boar Boyz were next up on my hobby desk. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>I'm actually really quite happy with how they turned out, considering it was just a few hours work.</div><div><br></div><div> Weirdly, despite appearances, the Boars took longer than the Boys to do, needing several layers of drybrushing and washes, whereas the riders were mostly Contrast, with a few strategic highlights. I'm clearly starting to get get the method locked down for the army scheme, as it was a breeze to work through.</div></div><div><br></div><div>I think the purple really does make the whole thing pop. I'll definitely be integrating it more into the rest of the army as I go along.</div><div><br></div><div>That's it for today though. Hopefully this burst of progress will propel me forward and I'll be have more to show soon. I'm definitely riding this Old World kick right now, so no doubt it'll be something of that ilk, but only time will tell what specifically that might be. </div><div><br></div><div>Until next time though, happy hobbying! </div>Khorneguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489532786167536587noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247989402720374289.post-72805648293802484732024-02-20T22:28:00.000+00:002024-02-20T22:29:06.661+00:00Old World Shenanigans Despite my best of intentions, I've been pretty lazy with posting so far this year. <div><br></div><div><br><div>January is usually quite a productive month for me, as I normally work a bit less as things calm down from the Christmas rush, but it turned out to be an unexpectedly busy month this time round, between work and Pokemon Regionals. Then in February I just haven't found the time to sit down and post anything.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Luckily I actually got a ton of stuff done, albeit more at the start of January than past couple of week. I got the entire core of my Orcs and Goblins done for Old World.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div><br></div><div> Turns out that a looming game release after three years of procrastinating was a fantastic motivator to get shit done!</div><div><br></div><div>I still need to finish up the Squigs, Chariot and a few extra dudes, but I still got a huge chunk done. It was mostly done using Contrast and speed painting techniques, but they look pretty great when ranked up, so I'm pretty happy with them. </div><div><br></div><div>I'm actually really proud of how my Great Shaman/Wurrzag came out. It was only about three hours work, but I absolutely loved the result!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Anyway I'm going end this post here and try and be back soon with another, now I've gotten caught up. I'm actually off work this week, so hopefully I'll be able to get some stuff done which I can show off. It is nice to finally get a post out though. I do enjoy posting here, it's just not as easy to keep up as it used to be. </div><div><br></div><div>Anyway, until next time, happy hobbyingl</div>Khorneguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489532786167536587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247989402720374289.post-64975274449263739752024-01-03T11:19:00.000+00:002024-01-03T11:19:39.638+00:00Goodbye 2023, hello 2024Happy New Year to you all!<div><br></div><div>Im a little later than usual with my end of year hobby review post, but at least I'm here now. Welcome to my annual hobby ramble! </div><div><br></div><div>I actually had a really good hobby year in 2023. I joined a new gaming group at the start of the year, so I've been gaming a lot more than I normally do.</div><div><br></div><div>They're a great bunch of guys and I've had some really fun games, including participating in a 40k League and trying to introduce them to smaller games like Middle Earth and Heresy. </div><div><br></div><div>On the whole it's been pretty successful and I've had a blast. It's also given me a huge boost to my mental health and a good excuse to get out and be more sociable, so I consider that a win all round. </div><div><br></div><div>I'm honestly little shocked at just how much I've been playing. I've always been far more of a hobbyist than a gamer, but it's been rather excellent getting out and getting some serious gaming in. In previous years I was able to get one game a month if I was lucky. 2023 saw me play 55 games. That's an average of more than one a week! </div><div><br></div><div>It did feel like I'd gotten less stuff painted as a result though, as I've been playing instead of painting on my main night off every week. Turns out though that when I gathered everything together for a photo, I was very wrong:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div><div>That's a pretty massive chunk of hobby progress!</div><div><br></div><div> I still thought it was a bit less than previous years, but it turns out I'd pulled out 454 points of hobby progress, which was actually a few points up on last year. I guess I'm just really crap at judging these things! </div><div><br></div><div>I guess I was a little fooled by the fact I've been working on a lot of points-heavy big things, but I certainly won't complain. All hobby progress is good progress! </div><div><br></div><div>It has helped that I've been trying to only game with fully painted models whenever possible. There's nothing like wanting to try something new to give me the push to crank out some fresh models! </div><div><br></div><div>So moving on, where am I going in 2024? Well I've decided to keep it simple this year. At least to begin with I want to get a few existing projects finished, like my 30k Emperor's Children and Imperial Fists, as well as keep working on my Old World armies. </div><div><br></div><div>That latter one is likely to occupy most of my immediate attention, especially with pre orders having been announced. I'm just so excited to have Warhammer Fantasy back! </div><div><br></div><div>I reckon most of January will be consumed with mass production of Orcs and Gobbos. I've got a good method down for them now, so I should be able to zoom through a ton of them, it's just a matter of putting in the time. </div><div><br></div><div>I'm kicking myself a little at having let my Old World projects slip so much, even though I've known the game is coming for four years. I was hoping to have a couple fully playable armies ready to go for launch, but now I'm running out of time, especially as I know a lot of the local players are chomping at the bit to dive in with it. </div><div><br></div><div>I've just got to try and play catch up as best I can. At least it'll keep me busy and motivated! </div><div><br></div><div>Apart from that, i just want to generally focus on getting stuff done for a while. I'm quite comfortably in positive painting points now, but my backlog is still pretty ridiculous, so a bit of a pause on model buying outside of Old World makes a lot of sense for a few months. Quite honestly, I could probably not buy a single model for the next few years and still not run out of stuff to be working on! </div><div><br></div><div>The first few months of the year is normally a good time for me to focus on my backlog anyway, as the hours at work go way down, so I don't have a huge amount of disposable income. It also gives me more free time for hobby, so it just makes sense to focus that for a little while. </div></div><div><br></div><div>Whatever I end up doing, I do want to try and post on here more regularly. I'm fully aware that in 2024, hobby blogs are a pretty dead form of media. Social media is definitely where it's at for online hobby. There's something very satisfying about maintaining this blog though, so I want to keep it going as long as I can, even if noone's really paying attention to it.</div><div><br></div><div>So that's it for this year's round up. It's a little less structured and wandering than usual, but you don't come here for concise thoughts anyway, so it's all good.</div><div><br></div><div>Have a fantastic 2024 and I'll catch you all soon! </div>Khorneguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489532786167536587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247989402720374289.post-89526184987041198162023-12-23T00:16:00.000+00:002023-12-23T00:16:03.324+00:00Green Christmas I've spent a lot of the last month being pretty ill. Nothing too serious, but I've been feeling rough as hell.<div><br></div><div>As you can imagine, that put quite a crimp in my hobby mojo for a while. Luckily in the last week or so I've been able the get some of my momentum back.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm definitely on the hype train for the rapidly approaching release of Old World, so I've gone into full mass production mode on my Orcs and Goblin army. </div><div><br></div><div>As you can see I've been pretty productive! </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>They were almost too big for 25mm bases even in 8th edition and we haven't been told their new base size yet. I'm guessing they're going to go to 30mm, but I'm not wanting to jump the gun on it. I do however want an army ready to go for release, so I've decided to paint them on their original bases for now, then put them on correctly spaced movement trays later.</div><div><br></div><div>That'll do for today. Hopefully I'll get a chance to sort out my usual hobby review post between now and the new year, but for now, I'll just say Merry Christmas to you all and see you soon! </div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Khorneguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489532786167536587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247989402720374289.post-52428527813203517402023-11-16T04:37:00.000+00:002023-11-16T04:37:29.985+00:00Catching upI know I vanished a little after my last post, but don't worry, my hobby mojo hasn't evaporated already! <div><br></div><div>I'd love to say that I was just waiting until I finished up some stuff before showing it off, but honesty I'm just really terrible at finding the time and focus to write up blog posts.<br></div><div><br></div><div>As ever, I'll try and get better at posting in sometime resembling a timely manner, but for now have some nice photos of finished models to distract you from my failings:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>I actually managed to crank out these three relatively quickly. I've got a Middle Earth event coming up this weekend, but I've been dithering on what to take. I finally decided last week to go with something a bit silly and fun, but I was short a few painted models I needed to make it work. </div><div><br></div><div>I managed to get these done in just a couple of long sessions. They're by no means my best work, but I'm pretty happy with them and they'll do the job.</div><div><br></div><div>That's it for today. Like I said, there's a ton of stuff I've gotten finished which I just don't have space to show off. Like I said, I'll try and keep up with things a bit better in future.</div><div><br></div><div>For now though, happy hobbying! </div>Khorneguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489532786167536587noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247989402720374289.post-47493400318884389762023-10-15T08:35:00.000+01:002023-10-15T08:35:45.669+01:00I'm back! <div>I finally managed to break out of my hobby slump! </div><div><br></div><div>After a few months of doing pretty much nothing, I've actually been able to coax my hobby mojo back into life over the last few weeks. Turns out all I needed to do is jettison 40k from my project pile. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Despite having a strong start, I've been coming to the conclusion that 10th edition is a bit of a mess and not too fun to play right now, so I've decided to focus on other game systems, such as Heresy and Middle Earth instead. I might wheel back to 40k later once a few more Codexes are out, but honestly I'm having more fun elsewhere atm. </div><div><br></div><div>It did help that I've been able to get quite a few games of 30k in recently. I've even being able to get down to one of the regular Heresy nights at my FLGS, which has got me super keen to finally sort out my Emperor's Children. </div><div><br></div><div>So yeah, I'm on a real Heresy kick right now. I even found a pretty good deal for a bunch of Heresy Emperor's Children on a FB trade group, which I snapped up pretty quickly:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br /></div><div>I've only played a few games of Sigmar, but it does seem a lot of fun. I don't think it'll ever become my main game, but it's nice to play a game where my Slaaneshi Deamons actually aren't completely terrible!</div><div><br /></div><div>After that, I actually think I'm starting to feel a few twinges of motivation returning, so I'm hoping that I'll actually be able to bring myself to sit down and do something in the next week or so. I'll have to see how it does. I don't want to move too quickly and spook that elusive motivation away!</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway that's all for today. I just wanted to put up a post to show the blog's not dead! Hopefully I'll be back soon, but until next time, happy hobbying! </div>Khorneguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489532786167536587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247989402720374289.post-12130884697367771462023-08-02T03:49:00.002+01:002023-08-03T04:49:57.551+01:00In a funkMy hobby seems to be a bit all or nothing atm. After a few weeks of being productive, I've not really touched too much for nearly a month now. I think it's a slight bit of burnout after my blitz of activity in the build up to my last Middle Earth event and the excitement of 10th Edition's release, but also I don't really have anything major to be focusing on right now.<div><br></div><div>Hopefully the release of Epic in a few weeks will change that, but for now I'm just 'picking' at various projects without actually getting too much done. Real life has kept me pretty busy as well, so I guess that's contributed to it too.</div><div><br></div><div>I did finally manage to get some Killa Kans and a Mek done for my Orks this week though.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>Epic's back next month!</div><div><br></div><div>I knew it was coming, but didn't expect it quite so soon. I'm a massive fan of Titanicus already, so I'm going to be buying into this in a big way! That means I need to definitely clear some space in my backlog.</div><div><br></div><div>So yeah, there's been some big swerves in what I'm doing, but I'm pretty psyched for the hobby again and feeling pretty good right now.</div><div><br></div><div>Watch this space, I'll be back soon! </div></div>Khorneguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489532786167536587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247989402720374289.post-63338066935232081242023-06-19T16:23:00.003+01:002023-06-23T22:11:12.090+01:00The Art of 'Good Enough' I've been in a bit of hobby existential crisis this week. <div><br></div><div>You see I've been painting up some new Corsairs I've got for a local Middle Earth event next week, which I got from a quite excellent 3rd party company called Medbury Miniatures.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Of course my pedantic, autism-driven brain went into overdrive. The difference just seem too much to reconcile and I immediately set to work trying to apply more highlights in an attempt to bridge the gap between the two sets of models.</div><div><br></div><div>Then I stopped, put my paintbrush down and started thinking. Why did I need to do that? Not every model needs to be a work of art.</div><div><br></div><div>If it looks decent enough on the table, why worry too much about it? Seems a bit obvious when I write it down like this, but I am guilty of going overboard with my painting projects.</div><div><br></div><div>Of course it's good to be trying to improve my skills, but it doesn't need to be done with everything I do. I can probably get away with not going in to that third or fourth highlight on trooper 5 of a 30-strong force. It's still going to look decent on the gaming table. </div><div><br></div><div>You're probably thinking "Congratulations, you've just discovered Tabletop Standard painting", but I've always had a perfectionist streak when it comes to painting, so it's good to think about it every now and then. </div><div><br></div><div>Moving forward, I'm going be trying to not worry so much about achieving the perfect result on each individual figure and focus more on how units appear as a whole. That lets me save the more involved stuff for characters and other centrepiece models.</div><div><br></div><div>I'll see how I get on with that. It might even have a positive effect on my endless backlog!</div><div><br></div><div>On a side note, I also had my first game of 10th Edition 40k this week. It's hard to judge too much from just a single game, but it seems pretty fun and plays much smoother than 9th ever did, even though I need to shake up what I'm running with my Orks quite a bit. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I've got another game scheduled for Monday, so I'll be able to get a better idea of things then, but if I can play the game without the rules bloat and mental fatigue which plagued 9th, it'll be excellent and keep me far more excited for the game than I've been for a long while. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Oh and I'm picking up my Leviathan box in the morning, so that's fun too!</div><div><br></div><div>Until next time, Happy Hobbying! </div><div><br></div>Khorneguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489532786167536587noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247989402720374289.post-66090447193634665932023-06-11T08:27:00.002+01:002023-06-18T00:14:27.851+01:00I did it! I've reached quite a cool moment on my hobby.. For the first time in the 20ish years I've been playing, I've actually got a fully painted 2000 point army for 40k!<div><br></div><div>I've collected a lot of armies over the years, but I've never been all that disciplined in getting them painted. I've always gotten distracted by other projects.</div><div><br></div><div>Having taken part in a 40k league at the local club for the last six months though, it's helped me focus quite considerably.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>It helped that Orks are quite fun to paint and I chose quite a simple paint scheme. It still took me the better part of two years since restarting the army to get there though. </div><div><br></div><div>Just in time for 10th Edition to screw with the points!</div><div><br></div><div>It's fine though, it gives me a solid pool of finished models to draw on to keep to my goal of only playing with painted models in 10th, with a fair few more that could be finished quite quickly if I want to use something different, so it's onwards and upwards from here!</div><div><br></div><div>Next up is getting some Corsairs ready for a Middle Earth event at the end of the month, then tackling the Leviathan box, so that should be a lot of fun. </div><div><br></div><div>Until next time, happy hobbying! </div>Khorneguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489532786167536587noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247989402720374289.post-13234449951653000092023-05-24T00:30:00.004+01:002023-05-24T02:31:25.484+01:00Gordakka Da Stompy I had lot of fun this week painting up my Mega Dread.<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I even managed to get the glyphs on his knee pad to match his name. It's something which literally noone will ever notice unless I point it out, but I know it's there at least and that's what matters.</div><div><br></div><div>Next up is the Deff Dread and some Beast Snaggas and my league list is fully painted. If I can get those done before 10th Edition drops I'll be very happy, but I'll have to see how I get on. I've got a busy couple of weeks ahead of me at work, so it'll come down to how much free time I end up getting.</div><div><br></div><div>Enjoy the pretty pics for now though. I'll hopefully post more soon! </div><div><br></div>Khorneguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489532786167536587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247989402720374289.post-62041195547615651292023-05-13T23:07:00.003+01:002023-05-14T02:03:30.237+01:00Contemplating 10th Edition OK before I start, I need to confess that I've already gotten distracted from my Dark Elves. Hardly surprising to regular readers of this blog, but I do have a very good reason for it, which will hopefully become apparent over the course of this post. With Old World still a while off, I can weave my Druchii around other stuff I'm working on anyway, so it's not a complete disaster.<div><br></div><div>Moving on though, the upcoming release of 10th Edition has me a lot more excited about 40k than I've been for a long time. I think it's because I'm actually getting more chances to play than I have done in the last few years, thanks to being able to attend a gaming club more or less every week these days. I think I've played more 40k since the start of this year than the last four years combined!</div><div><br></div><div>Regular games have meant that I've been working on my Orks a hell of a lot more than I did previously, to the point where I can easily field a 2000 point fully painted army for the first time in ages.</div><div><br></div><div>That got me thinking that I want to carry on that momentum going into the new edition. With that in mind I've decided to give myself a self-imposed rule of only fielding fully painted stuff when I game. That should in theory give me the push to actually get things finished up if I want to use them.</div><div><br></div><div>With that in mind, I'm going to loop back to the reason I got distracted:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Most of my old Dark Elf army was in the process of being stripped for repainting when it went into storage, so I basically have an entire army to paint up. Should keep me busy! </div><div><br></div>Khorneguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489532786167536587noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247989402720374289.post-62646303875355227652023-04-26T00:19:00.001+01:002023-04-26T00:19:14.043+01:00In a bit of a rutI've absolutely no hobby in the last three weeks. Nothing. Ziltch. Nada.<div><br></div><div>I just haven't had any motivation. What little I had just evaporated. Granted I had Pokemon events to prep for and focus on, but it's still rare for me to do no hobby at all. </div><div><br></div><div>I feel like I'm in a bit of a limbo atm. With 10th Edition 40k on the horizon and possibly Old World coming sooner or later, I feel I don't know what I should be working towards until I get more information to act on.</div><div><br></div><div>Hopefully the previews at Warhammer Fest this weekend will get me fired up again, but for now I'm languishing in my demotivated state.</div><div><br></div><div>I did manage to get a couple of games in for my local 40k league though. Yesterday's Ork v Ork scrap was particularly fun.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>I managed to give the Goffs a good krumping with my Lucky Blue Gits, including having my Beastboss' Squig eat Ghazghull himself! All great fun.</div><div><br></div><div>The league is starting to wrap up now, so there'll be more opportunities to play some games other than 40k soon. That might get my creative juices flowing again. If not, I'll have to see what this weekend brings.</div><div><br></div><div>Hopefully I'll be back soon with a return to my usual hyper-productive self, but we'll see. Until then though, happy hobbying! </div>Khorneguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489532786167536587noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247989402720374289.post-46840868563712410852023-04-03T14:46:00.001+01:002023-04-03T14:46:50.720+01:00Low Effort HobbyI've been feeling a bit burned out on hobby, after nearly three months of being ridiculously productive. I'm not sure if it's just I've been a bit busy with work, or that with Pokemon Internationals coming up my mind's just been elsewhere. Either way, I've not been wanting to do anything too involved on the few occasions recently when my mind's turned to painting.<div><br></div><div>Luckily I have the perfect project for that:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>My Heresy Imperial Fists have an incredibly simple scheme, 90% of which is just blocking in base colours. It's the kind of thing which is perfect for doing mindlessly in small stints, so that's what I've been doing.</div><div><br></div><div>It's actually pretty relaxing not having to think too much about what I'm working on, whilst still making progress. </div><div><br></div><div>I'm sure once 10th Edition 40k rolls closer, I'll move back to something a bit more involved, but for now I'm enjoying the slower pace of hobby.</div><div><br></div><div>That's all for now. I'll post more as I get more done. </div>Khorneguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489532786167536587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247989402720374289.post-36762982991565241812023-03-22T02:35:00.000+00:002023-03-22T02:35:33.052+00:00Terminators DoneDespite grumbling about how long they were taking in my last post, my Terminators actually ended up coming together really quickly over the weekend.<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div><br></div><div>A very lucky find for me, especially as I didn't feel confident enough with my freehand skills to add the sigils and patterns onto the armour which I pictured for them.</div><div><br></div><div>It just goes to show that you should never throw away your old transfer sheets!</div></div><div><br></div><div>I definitely need a bit before I paint the rest of the squad though. There's just so much trim and detail work to be done on them that it can be pretty disheartening. I'm thinking I'll go back and do some more Veterans next. Either that or I'll try and crank out a squad or two of Imperial Fists, as I've got a game organised with them next week, so it'd be good to do some more of those. I'll have to see how I feel.</div><div><br></div><div>Until next time though, happy hobbying! </div>Khorneguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489532786167536587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247989402720374289.post-3221703543800315472023-03-15T02:24:00.000+00:002023-03-15T02:24:26.466+00:00Going Purple It would seem that I can either be really good at getting stuff done or getting posts up in a timely manner, but never both.<div><br></div><div>As I mentioned a little while back, I recently had a week and half of work and not much to fill it with, so I cracked on with some hobby. I managed to get quite a bit done actually, to the point where I'm finally starting to feel really good about the way my backlog is shrinking. I'm also still managing to keep to my pledge not to buy any new models in for as long as possible in 2023, so there's huge chunks being carved into my 'To Do' pile. There's still a long way to go, but it's definitely heading in the right direction.</div><div><br></div><div>Anyway, rather than doing a lengthy catch up post with everything I've been doing, I figured I'd share with you what I'm working on right now, then try to actually keep up with blogging.</div><div><br></div><div>So I finally managed go get these guys done:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>This was just taking the Fellowship models I painted about four years ago and bringing them in line with the Legolas model I did for my Mirkwood Rangers last year, plus a few touch ups on Elladan and Elrohir.</div><div><br></div><div>I absolutely love how they look as a group and I'm quite proud of how they turned out. I feel they're some of the best figures I've painted for a while. It was really satisfying to be able to go to town on some individual characters as a break from the massed army painting I've been doing for the last few months.</div><div><br></div><div>So yeah, that's both my armies ready for the event next weekend. I don't think I've ever been this prepared so far in advance! I've got a week off work next week so I'll have to see where my painting inspiration takes me. I'll definitely be doing something. My hobby mojo is in overdrive at the moment!</div><div><br></div><div>Until next time, happy hobbying! </div>Khorneguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489532786167536587noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247989402720374289.post-60527372232837629882023-02-07T20:56:00.001+00:002023-02-07T20:56:50.139+00:00Orcs and BannerHaving been slowed down by a nasty bout of Covid, I'm back with a bit of progress. Once I was actually able to sit down at my hobby desk, I actually managed to crank out what I needed for my next Middle Earth event pretty quickly.<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>One of the main reasons I'm going to be running Grey Company as my Good list at the event was so I had an excuse to get him done! I've had him laying around for about four years now, so it's nice to finish him up. I converted a mounted version of him too, but that can't be used in the Legendary Legion, so that can wait for now. </div><div><br></div><div>Looking at the picture, I don't think the banner photographed too well. I think it looks a lot better in person. I might have a play around with my light box and phone camera to resolve that issue for the future.</div><div><br></div><div>Getting these done far quicker than I expected has now left me with a few weeks of not really knowing what to work on. I'll have to have a think about what I'm going to do next. I'm thinking about sticking with the Middle Earth stuff and clearing some more of my backlog, or else sprucing up some more things for the event, but I'll see how I get on.</div><div><br></div><div>Until next time, happy hobbying! </div>Khorneguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489532786167536587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247989402720374289.post-77748960639659353552023-01-31T03:54:00.000+00:002023-01-31T03:54:18.415+00:00Year of the Backlog (So far at least!) I'm quite proud of myself right now. So far I haven't bought a single model in 2023. It may not sound like much of an achievement, but I'm normally terrible for picking up random things on a whim. That might go some way to explaining why I've struggled so much with my backlog until recently! <div><br></div><div>Honestly though, I feel I've reached a point where I don't <i>need </i>to be actively buying models. I've got pretty much everything I want for my current armies and projects. Sure there's stuff I'd like to get at some point (especially that Vashtorr, it's very nice!), but I've got plenty to be getting on with for now.</div><div><br></div><div>Talking of which, this is what I managed to get painted in January:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>They shouldn't take me too long tbh, but I've got to get them done by the 25th, along with Halbarad for my Grey Company. Luckily event deadlines tend to do wonders for my productivity. I might even get time to do some Rangers I've been meaning to get done for ages too!</div><div><br></div><div>That's all for today though, so I'll leave it at that and hopefully post some more soon. </div><div><br></div><div> How's your 2023 hobbying going so far? </div>Khorneguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489532786167536587noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247989402720374289.post-19342935102774165972023-01-17T08:30:00.001+00:002023-01-17T08:30:07.805+00:00Starting 2023 right. I've had a pretty solid start to 2023. Carrying on the momentum from the end of last year, my motivation for painting has been sky high. Its not been the most focused, with me doing a little bit on a lot of different stuff, but enthusiasm counts for a lot!<div><br></div><div>I did manage to get my first models of the year finished though, Its not much, just five Kommandos, but I'm pretty happy with them.<br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>Slapchop certainly makes army painting a lot easier. I tend to go over the contrast afterwards with a few highlights and extra layers, but it makes my life so much easier by cutting out several stages of initial work, which has a tendency to sap my enthusiasm for a project. I far prefer doing the finishing stages and details! </div><div><br></div><div>Tbh I may not get all those finished at once, but at least I'm going to be able to dip in and out whenever I feel like getting something ready for a game, which should lend itself to getting more finished overall. </div><div><br></div><div>This flurry of hobby activity just goes to show how much of a motivator it can be to simply get some games in. As I mentioned in my last post, the local gaming club has moved their meeting nights from Thursdays to Mondays, which has meant that I've gotten more 40k games in the first two weeks of this year than in the entirety of 2022! A pretty good achievement I reckon. I'm also looking at taking part in the league that's starting soon, so there'll be plenty more to come!</div><div><br></div><div>So yeah I've started the year with a pretty good hobby mojo. Hopefully I can keep it up as the year goes on. Only time will tell though. Until next time, happy hobbying! </div>Khorneguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489532786167536587noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247989402720374289.post-38236684085061653522022-12-30T16:07:00.000+00:002022-12-30T16:07:24.404+00:002022 in review. I hope you all had an excellent Christmas. As 2022 moves inexorably towards 2023, I figured that it's time for my traditional end of year review post.<div><br></div><div>It's certainly been an interesting year for me hobby wise. in terms of painting, a picture says a thousand words:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>That's everything I've done this year. A pretty good chunk of stuff! Granted, it's less than last year, but last year was a little bit ridiculous in terms of what I got done. I'm very pleased to say I'm going into the new year firmly into positive figures on my painting points though, something which has been eluding me since I started tracking it all back in 2017.</div><div><br></div><div>I certainly feel I've been painting to a higher standard than last year too. I'm super proud of everything I've produced. Not that what I did last year was bad by any means, but I can definitely see how much I'm improving over time, which is super satisfying to see. With the pressure to clear my backlog no longer being a thing either, I can only see myself improving more and more over time, as I can take my time more on individual projects, rather than feeling the need to keep plunging forward to move things off my painting desk. </div><div><br></div><div>As I gathered the models for the photo, I also noticed that I've been more focused than usual. My painting has definitely been more centred around 'chunks' of projects rather than the more scattershot approach I normally take. In hindsight, I think its because I've more playing more in events than individual games throughout the year, so I've been concentrating on getting armies ready rather than zigzagging between whatever catches my eye. That's definitely a good thing, as also means I'm able to play games with a lot more fully painted models than usual, which feels pretty nice. Hopefully I can keep that focus going into 2023. </div><div><br></div><div>Talking of gaming, as I mentioned I've not been able to get out and play as much as I'd like to. I've gotten a lot of games in and they've been a lot of fun, but it's mostly been centred on various events I've attended. That's no bad thing, but it does means there's been huge chunks of time between being able to get out and play, which is something I'm going to work to even out going into 2023. I definitely feel a lot saner when I can get out an game regularly. The local club is changing the day they meet, which will mean it'll be far easier for me to attend, so that should help on that front. Their main focus is on 40k too, so that might help me actually get 2000 points of Orks done. </div><div><br></div><div>On a slightly more sombre note, my biggest disappointment this year has been that the heresy campaign which I organised to try and get the locals excited for the new edition just fizzled out. It's kind of understandable. People have busy lives, now more than ever, but it's still a little disheartening to see happen. I'm hoping to organise some kind of big finale day some time in January to wrap the whole thing up in a meaningful way, so that should be good.</div><div><br></div><div>So moving forward into the new year, what are my hobby goals? Well I've learned better than to set myself specific goals, as my inner hobby butterfly would destroy any plan I make by about February! I am however, just going to focus on painting models already have for a while. I seem to be on a bit of an Ork kick atm, so I'm going to get on with that as we go into January. As I mentioned, I'll be able to attend my local club a bit more regularly, so I want enough painted to do their next 40k league. There's also a Middle Earth event in February that I need to get a little more Mordor done for, so I guess they're going into my painting queue too.</div><div><br></div><div>Beyond that I'm just going to continue with my annual 365 challenge and see where the winds of inspiration take me. I actually failed the challenge this year, thanks to having to move flat over the summer, but I won't beat myself up too much about it. It's more a way to try and prompt me to be working on stuff rather than it being a hard rule.</div><div><br></div><div>So that's a quick summary of my hobby in 2022. A bit more concise than usual, but at least it spares you from one of my rambling posts.</div><div><br></div><div>Happy New year to you all. What are your plans for 2023p</div>Khorneguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489532786167536587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247989402720374289.post-59231795048655005512022-12-20T12:49:00.001+00:002022-12-20T12:49:14.263+00:00Mad, Bad and ChompyI wasn't expecting to have any more to show you guys so soon! <div><br></div><div>I honestly don't think I've ever painted a character model so quickly. I thought it would take a few more days at least, but I just sort of fell into a groove after I wrote my blog post yesterday and somehow he just got finished. </div><div><br></div><div>So may I present 'Mad' Gulg, da Gitkrumpa, finished and ready to slug it out on the 29th:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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