Some WIP

Just a short post of some figure painting projects currently in progress

First up, a 28mm goblin that will be used as my monk character in Pathfinder 2E.

Next, a figure chosen to be my next cleric character, also in Pathfinder 2E

And finally, some 15mm slingers to be used with my ancient Greek armies.

Something a bit Different

A while back we renovated our home and included a hobby/games room. Over time we found the gaming table to be a bit narrow, so I final got around to making a new top. I found some wood panels at Bunnings, so with a dowelling kit and some latches, was able to come up with a table top that enables me to enlarge or shrink the top as required.

It is not perfect, but does the job nicely.

Interesting to note that in the background there are two desks. One large, one small. Easy to guess which one is mine and which is the wife's.

A Bit Behind..

I have been a bit behind on posting to my blog, but have finally gotten around to it. This will be the first of a couple of posts this month, starting with some 3D printer fun.

First up, a vehicle I made up from various different sources to represent an exploration buggy that one of my Starfinder roleplaying characters uses in his adventures. I made this with the idea that the seating arrangements could be changed as the scenario dictates. Useful when one of the other player characters is a one ton space walrus.

Next up, I have delved into the making some Sci-Fi terrain, starting with a simple generic room layout, and a small hanger area. So far the hanger door is complete.

And finally, I have made an adaptor so that I can shake two paints at a time with my vortex mixer. Also stops my fingers getting vibrated to hell and back when I need to shake a lot of paint bottles such as when the wife buys 40+ new bottles.

Been A While...

So, it has been a while since my last post a couple of months back. My wife had a major fall and managed to break both her legs back in May, so caring for her has put the brakes on the hobby activities for both of us, however I have managed to work on a couple of projects.

 First up, my wife did manage to complete some of her laser cut wood kits before the fall.

Old Corner Shop from Miniature Scenery

Kits from Knights of Dice Waterfront Range

Next, I managed to start on the gigantic skeleton shown in a previous post.

On the 3D printer front, I decided to buy a third party all metal hot end to see if it would resolve the clogging issues I was having. Touch wood, it has worked well so far, and seems to be worth the money spent.

I have also been experimenting with installing LED lighting in some of the dungeon tiles, and this has worked out quite well. I found some cheap LED tea lights which had flickering LED's which I was able to transplant. Unfortunately the picture does not do the effect justice.

Also, I have been printing and painting up some ruins to use with my 15mm Ancients, along with some cavern tiles for a future project.

That's it for now, and it could be a while before the next blog post.

Friday Night Games

For the first time in over a year, I was able to attend my local gaming group - The Sutherland Shire Gamers - last Friday.

I had prearranged a game of Star Trek Attack Wing with Martin, another fan of the game. The scenario chosen was a rescue mission for the Federation: Rescue Kirk and McCoy from the Klingon prison on Rura Penthe and exit with them safely. Martin chose the Klingon's with two K'Tinga Class battle cruisers (Captain Martok and an unnamed Captain) and a Bird-of-Prey (Captain Chang), while I was the Federation with the Enterprise-B (Captain Spock) and an Constitution class cruiser (Captain Decker).

I apologise for the quality of the photography, the perspex board was reflecting the overhead fluorescent light.

The games afoot

Federation ships deep in Klingon territory

The game went well initially for the Federation, some shots fired, but no major damage. However two Klingon ships remained cloaked and elusive.

The Enterprise (right) at arrives at Rura Penthe

The Enterprise was able to rescue Kirk and McCoy, with the the Klingon's missing an opportunity as I had to drop my shields to conduct the rescue. From there it went downhill as I made a tactical error, pulled a sharp manoeuvre that left me unable to perform some actions, allowing the Klingon's to close with the Enterprise and destroy her, though at least the Bird-of-Prey with Chang was destroyed in the exchange. The other Federation ship was able slip away..

Game over for the Federation

So the game ended with the Federation losing its heroes and the Klingon's celebrating their great victory. A good time was had by both of us and although neither of us had played in a long time, we managed to pick up the rules again pretty quickly, and did not make too many mistakes.

On The Bench

So yet again not much happening on my bench at the moment, however I did manage to complete the character Daleks recently started.

Davros, Heavy Weapon and Emperor Daleks

Not my best paint job, but still happy with them.

In a previous post I mentioned that I prepared some figures for my wife to paint, and she has now completed them as well.

 

All these Christmas figures are from Reaper Miniatures, and are usually only available for sale in December.

I have also been helping her with another project, laser cut MDF kits from Miniature Scenery. These specific kits were made for a game system called Twisted, and were part of a Kickstarter from a couple of years ago. Due to the problems she has with her hands, these will be a long term project.

Recent Gaming

Recently the family decided that we should make an effort each week to play some games together, instead of letting them gather dust in the cupboard. So each Sunday afternoon, other commitments permitting, we have managed to get in a few different games.

So far we have played a few games of Witches of the Revolution, a co-operative board game, Skull & Shackles which is a Pathfinder Adventure Card game, along with Dark Souls and Zombicide:Green Horde.

My son is painting all his figures for Dark Souls and Zombicide:Green Horde, and it does make the games look and feel a lot better, but not easier to stay alive...

Have it easy so far...

Spoke too soon...

And the intrepid adventurer's succumb to the horde. 

Will post some more gaming goodness in the future.