This is a bit random, these guys were half finished for a long time - I'm trying to finish up a fully painted set of SDE for ebay pre-Christmas.



Also, I was totally not going to buy the really expensive Hobbit store. But at my LGS, they had the set mostly assembled and I got taken in by all that nice looking plastic. I picked up the starter set and the terrain box, even though yes I realize people say you can just make that with popsicle sticks :P

Lately I've been trying to convince myself I'm not a gamer, just a hobbyist. If I can focus on painting and not lamenting my inability to get in any of these great games I'm always drooling over, maybe I can be content. Plus then I can stop buying armies and half painting them. (who am I kidding, 20% painting them). With kids, work and "life", I rarely ever have time to learn and play any of the awesome games out there. Although, yet again Infinity has caught my eye. You know, the thing with Infinity: I think they'd be seeing even more succcess if (a) they took another look at how they lay out and present their rules, and (b) they gave the units in the game easier names to remember. I realize they are being creative, but I can't help thinking the broader gaming community would have an easier time "latching onto" the game if the names of troops etc were easier to grasp and remember.

Sorry - I'm a little stream-of-consciousness today :)

Finished this guy today - need to do the base of course, and then he'll be up on ebay. Not sure when because I don't want to end an auction on  Thanksgiving weekend in the US :)

Hi everyone - sorry for the lack of updates lately. Work really kicked into overdrive in the last couple of weeks as we draft plans for Dragon Age 3. It's been long days, and what free time I have generally has to be spent on my kids and family "stuff". And the odd short session of video gaming.

Although I did start painting the  Heldrake from GW, the last miniature I completely finished is the Hellbrute below. He's going on ebay this evening as a matter of fact.

I picked up a couple of the new Warriors of Chaos sets. I'm hoping to paint up the Warshrine and 3 of the Khorne skullcrushers (every time I read that, I think of the triceps exercise).

But before that, I'm going to paint a model I've had in my unpainted pile for a long time - the Nurgle Lord plastic model:

I've been a fan of this model since it was first previewed as part of the Dark Vengeance set for 40K quite some time ago. I think it's really dynamic and has a lot of character and visual interest. It's also very detailed, showing what plastic kits are capable of these days. In fact, as I paint it I've continued to stumble on details I didn't notice at first, like the little "maw" on his lower right (viewer's right) side.

Still a fair bit of work to be done, including rust/weathering like I used on the Forgefiend.  This guy is Ebay bound when I eventually get him done...