Hotlead 2012

Well, I am excited.
Hotlead is just around the corner.
Stupidly, I double booked myself so I have a physio appointment at 1:30 so hopefully there is a lot of good stuff at the Bring and Buy early...

2011 is over!

Well, the year is over. 2011 was full of change.
I've finally completed my "Workbench" and on December 1st, my wife and I welcomed a new addition to our family.
So sufficient to say my gaming/modeling is in a serious state of hiatus. Yet I've never had the urge to paint more! Weird.
Oh well, the joys of parenthood.

GW new releases

Well I picked up Blood in the Badlands today. 4 days before the initial release.
The guy in my local GW stated that it wasn't marked to be delayed until Dec 3. Suckers!

Warhammer Black Dragon

Well, with the Storm of Magic out, there have been a load of new kits available.
I bit the bullet and bought the Blackdragon complete with Dark Elf General on top.
Built easily and primed black (obviously) excited to get this beast on the table.

GW Finecast

Let me preface this by saying that I quite enjoy GW and their product. Sometimes there are issues but for the most part I am a loyal fan.

I've been following the release of Finecast but hadn't yet gone around to the store.

I went to my local GW this afternoon and meandered around the store and noticed that all the metal blisters were gone.

Now I know GW Finecast resin products are going to replace the metal ones but where did all the metal go? And more importantly, I hope I didn't miss some sort of sale.

I looked at some of the new resin stuff. There was the Imperial Guard Commissar, who looked more like Han Solo frozen in carbonite with all the flash. Most of the others I looked at were pretty decent.

That and the price increase. I thought that part of the reasoning behind switching to resin was to avoid the rising metal costs. But not that the minis are resin, the details are better so they can charge even more?

I don't get it. Looks like I'm sticking to plastics then.

Moving

Well, not too much happening lately. Have most of my things packed up for the big move in June. Pretty excited as I will be getting a dedicated war gaming space.

General musings

Not too much going on. Building Conquest Games Norman Knights and Wargames Factory Vikings. Slowly painting my dark elves and getting some games in. Need to find a way to win...