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Wednesday, 29 July 2015
Gaaaah! One day to go!
No pics again, far o busy plaster boarding and painting our bedroom. Will those four snakemen get their NMM's done in time to go to Newark? Find out Friday!
Tuesday, 28 July 2015
The BOYL countdown... TWO days to go!
No pictures today, but a progress report. Here's what's left on the workbench:
Tonight's effort- 3 of my 4-man warband for Do Rogue Traders Dream of Electric Goats? Still to decide whether to paint the fourth or go with a Cyber Goat (counts as Gyrinx).
Four snakemen and my entry for the painting contest awaiting NMM armour- ordinarily a nights work in itself, eep!
The sail for the Slaaneshi Hellrammer.
Well, I think that's it. It'll be tight, but I might just make it!
Tonight's effort- 3 of my 4-man warband for Do Rogue Traders Dream of Electric Goats? Still to decide whether to paint the fourth or go with a Cyber Goat (counts as Gyrinx).
Four snakemen and my entry for the painting contest awaiting NMM armour- ordinarily a nights work in itself, eep!
The sail for the Slaaneshi Hellrammer.
Well, I think that's it. It'll be tight, but I might just make it!
Monday, 27 July 2015
The BOYL countdown... 3 days to go!
Yikes! We're pretty close now! Took my first load of models over to Harry's yesterday for a game of Oldhammer Ahoy, testing out ship special rules. With the exception of a few crew members the ships are completed so without further ado here's my fleet for the weekend:
Clan Myeri take to the seas in their black longship. There's been a bit of talk about several Fimir clans converging this year so it will be interesting to see how much love there is for the cuddly cyclopean bog rapists.
The crew are a mix of Nick Bibby and Jez Goodwin classics, Oakbound Marsh Demons, converted lizardmen and Diego's excellent Fimir warlord... complete with his favourite captives chained to the mast.
By special request, here's a close up of the Dropper with his boiler suit, gas mask, tanks of perfumed air and bucket of rank Goblink Manure. The Goblinks have hearty meals before taking to the sky and the Droppers have the un-enviable task of maintaining the airship's altitude by dumping (no pun intended) the offensive ballast.
Then there are the Rotors, who provide the forward momentum... when the wind allows!
Clan Myeri take to the seas in their black longship. There's been a bit of talk about several Fimir clans converging this year so it will be interesting to see how much love there is for the cuddly cyclopean bog rapists.
The crew are a mix of Nick Bibby and Jez Goodwin classics, Oakbound Marsh Demons, converted lizardmen and Diego's excellent Fimir warlord... complete with his favourite captives chained to the mast.
Zee Klindenbourg now has balloons and an extra free-floating Schutzen nest. Test flew this baby last night, and although no balloons got punctured the crew were massacred by hot-shot Wood Elf marksmen. There was also a long-winded but epic conflict between a Goblink and a Nipponese (or Cathayan?) Pirate, swinging wildly at each other as they dangled in the schutzen nests below the airship. Very Johnny Depp.
By special request, here's a close up of the Dropper with his boiler suit, gas mask, tanks of perfumed air and bucket of rank Goblink Manure. The Goblinks have hearty meals before taking to the sky and the Droppers have the un-enviable task of maintaining the airship's altitude by dumping (no pun intended) the offensive ballast.
Then there are the Rotors, who provide the forward momentum... when the wind allows!
OK. That's Ahoy sorted. 4 Cyberpunks for the Electric Goats game and some surprises for Deathrace and I'm done... need to swot up on Rogue Trader rules and Forenrond's last stand too!
Friday, 24 July 2015
Glued to a good book. Collected Warhammer Volumes part 3
It is an exciting day...
Today I flicked through for the first time pages of a book of my own binding. :)
It began with a difficult hour this morning trying to get the shape of the spine right:
Every time I got the curve right something slipped and I ended up having to do the whole process again. Finally I settled with something I was happy with and the clamps went on:
Next, a copious amount of glue to hold the pages in place. They're already sewn so this is just setting the spacing and bonding them to the fabric hinge. Making sure plenty of glue goes down into the gaps between the gathers.
Then the fabric hinge itself, a piece of my Father-in-law's old shirt which he generously donated last night. I only own two shirts and wasn't about to cut up my dress shirt for this! Held on with, yes, more glue!
Of course, there's always something you forget... elastic bands! Ah well, roll of electrical tape seemed a good substitute.
And so, after a nervous few hours and even more nail-biting unclamping... the book holds together! It feels very satisfying, a weighty tome of 2nd Ed Warhammer goodness!
Even the full colour spreads line up... well, about as well as they were ever going to!
So, apart from the ornate spine and covers, that's volume 2 done. :) No, not quite. There's a gap on the 'Chaos Shield' competition page... now which artist at BOYL can I get to fill that in? Tony? Wayne? Looking forward to that!
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