Fairbanks
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I like the idea going for #2, but I have a better suggestion: For a 2000 point game, the closest to losing 1800 points, without going over. Ideally, the more you lose, the more the higher ups are to see your point of view, but lose too many and they lose confidence you can win the campaign.
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That's awesome.
What I like most: The little dotted texture you painted on the face to make it look like skin.
What I like least: That I can't find anything to critique, nor can I paint this good.
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As an avid user of what I will call the "Baked Potato Method", AKA; just setting your stuff in a box without any foam in it, there's a few advantages/disadvantages over storage with foam.
- It saves on space. Real estate is still expensive, even here in Texas where there's a whole lotta nothing. Sure, a storage unit is an option, but why would I pay for all that space just for a tiny set of models
- It saves on space for models that aren't going to break anyway. See your very first picture. Unless I'm smashing the model with a hammer, or used CA glue improperly (i.e. I used CA in the first place when plastic glue is 100 times superior), none of those figures are going to break, much less in a meaningful way.
- If you get the right kind of box, like a sterilite plastic container, you can use it in combination with some of the other methods without creating that weird tetris gap in your collection
- The lone disadvantage is that shaking the box or transporting the models as they are isn't a good option.
- The work around for that disadvantage is that if you have a box of foam as means of transportation, all you lose is the packing/unpacking time.
I'd never store it in a non-closable container like your friend though. That just seems like asking for trouble.
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QuoteNot that I wanted to stop but my hobby adventures came to an abrupt halt a year and a few months ago.
As someone who's slowly watching their hobbying time disappear, I can feel your pain. This looks like a good start though. Good luck!
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The prospect of what you’re doing here is titillating.
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4 hours ago, hughwyeth said:
That WHFB sealed box tho!
I have had that one for a good five years ago when I was just starting this whole collecting thing. I thought it would be a good place to start for both Empire and Greenskins. But then I got an Empire army on the cheap, and the previously opened Fifth Ed Box I bought, (check the pictures before you buy), landed me a smattering of Orc Boy parts that kind of completed that army, so I’ve just been hanging on to it.
2 hours ago, Overread said:Give it 5 years or so and you can start to train them in battle tactics and basic painting theory.
Give it 8-13 years and they can start supervised building of their own legions
Give it 15-20 years and you should have a pair of ultimate generals able to not only build and paint you through your insanely huge (after another X number of years growing it) backlog; but also able to have a pair of serfs to carry the army to the game venue and then a pair of generals advisers for the battle.
And in 30 years, one of them will become the President of San Marcos.
2 hours ago, Overread said:Taking stock in the hobby is a good thing, its ever so easy to start the year "clean" and finish with a mountain of plastic untouched. Not only can clearing out free up some hobby space and money, its mentally cleansing and I find it can reinvigorate the drive to get other stuff done because now you've not got the mountain of guilt sitting of you. Plus the less you have unbuilt the more each finished item counts as finishing things.
I could not have said it better myself. It’s also a great opportunity to get everything down on a spreadsheet for ease of tracking. On what I’ve done, I found that between last year’s inventory and recording my purchases through 2019, it has lined up exactly.
I also know what armies I need to add to, or watch for new stuff from (Fyreslayers, IDK, OBR), what I don’t need to add to (SCE is pretty full minus a big thing, Cities is somewhere around 12K with all the ‘counts as’, Skaven and STD are among those above 3K, etc), what models/units I might be missing, what’s close to a core number (Maggotkin and DoK are both near the nice goal of 2000pts), and what I can fleece without creating an army hole (ex. There’s somewhere upward of 120 Clanrats).
Happy Hobbying!
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Are you building your OBR with some Fava Beans and a nice Chianti?
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*Ambushes you before you leave*
Hello Peter, What's Happening?
Um, I'm going to need you to come in tomorrow, so if you could be here around, 9... that would be greaaat, m'kay?
*Begins to Walk Away, then turns around*
Oh, oh, and I almost forgot. Uhhm, I'm also gonna need you to go ahead and come in, ah, on Sunday too, kay? We, ah, had Disciples of Tzeentch Battletome release too and ah, we need to sort of play catchup. Thaaanks.
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Nice job on the Marauders. Can't wait to see what you do with the Furies, Warriors, and Knights.
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17 hours ago, Koradrel of Chrace said:
Gotta say, your blog has inspired me. I realized since reading it that I've accidently managed to hobby every day of the new year! And thanks to the new teaser of Pointy Aelves, my current project even has a deadline. Thanks for the help kicking me into high gear!
Nice! Keep it up and you'll have a new painted army in no time.
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8 hours ago, gronnelg said:
Holy cow! Those are some ambitious goals! Good luck with that!
Personally hoping to finish 3-4 units of Skaven in 2019
I believe in you, you can do it! 👍
Even if it's just thirty minutes, set aside time in the day you are going to work on it.
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Man, all of these are cool. If I was looking to also do a Skorne Army, this would be a must do color scheme. Maybe yellow in place of blue (but blue works better for Idoneth)
So, uh, can you share what colors/techniques that you used?
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Man, I kinda wanted to be one of the first to do the "Ladies of the Nighthaunt". I enjoyed the read.
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Stormfiends – Decreased from 290pts to 260pts
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Coming from a Dwarf player; we can relate with the pain you are going through.
On the other hand, don't be a filthy rat lover ***Loudly strikes out line in his Book of Grudges***
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Honestly, the worst days were those in which I was reaching the end of the day and hadn't done anything, and had to go searching for a project.
The second best days were those in which I finished something. It wasn't usually at the end of the evening and I could either build/paint more, or do whatever I wanted, the world was wide and full of possibilities.
The best days were those in which I had spent wanting to do something, and had been busy all night and waiting for the opportunity to go do it.
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The struggle is very much real.
Out of curiousity, when are you counting a box as done? Is it when the model is Built and Painted, or just Built? I found the latter so much easier for myself to accomplish than the former.
Good Luck, I'll be rooting for you.
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Looks damn good to me.