So I’ve been thinking about how to describe this weeks hobby activities and the best I have been able to come up with is freestyle. That is to say there has been a bit of everything and has been topped and tailed with a couple of D&D sessions and that is where I’m going to start.
We picked up our adventure following a hectic day of fighting Drow, tentacle monsters and necromancers so we were hoping for a bit of a quiet time. Which thankfully we got and we also had some time to go over all of the things that had happened to us since the start of our adventure along with trying to piece together some of the wider events that we had heard about on our travels. The upshot was that we found ourselves trying to decide if we should get involved or slink off and try and find our way back home. We settled on trying to help where we can and after a visit by the Righteous Hand by agreeing to provide them with information during our travels. And possible to actively try and track down some people for them. With that done we were given some information about an area to avoid on the road and picked a route to bypass that area. Thankfully the highlight of our travels for the rest of the session was Orrakk winning a pie eating competition at the fair. Along with our Bard being a dead shot with a bow and our fighter being a really good fighter.
We had reduced numbers for last nights session but still had a really good night. We continued on our travels and this time managed to hitch a lift on cart which made for an easy trip spending a night at a monastery along the way. Unlike our last visit to a monastery this passed off with out incident with the monks here being more into smoking herbal products and chilling out. We ended our trip at the town were Harrion wanted to look into purchasing a Tinkers Cart. We got a look round the guild compound and looked at what was on offer. In our setting a top notch tinkers cart is a bit like a TARDIS with more space on the inside. The price in gold was way more than we were carrying but we set our bard to charming them a bit and then I ended up paying for the cart with some precious magical metal we had acquired during our adventures. It’s going to be a few days before it’s ready but the next leg of our journey should at least start out in a little more comfort.
As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago when I thought my character was going to die I rolled up a new one and ordered a model for it. That model has turned up and I have to say that whilst I hope I never have to use it, I really like how it has turned out. It only took me couple of hours to paint which is really unusual for me as it normally take me forever to get anything finished but this one just seemed to come together really easily. This may be down to the fact that I had put a lot of effort into imagining how he would look when rolling the character but whatever the reason it worked well and I’m very, very happy with it.
Whilst I was sill in a bit of a D&D mood I painted up a model I have picked up during Adepticon earlier this year. My original intention was to paint it up of a scenic base but I had the bug to paint it and decided to just go with a normal, albeit sculped base. I think it’s a Micro Arts Studio one for anyone who is interested. Again I’m happy with how this has turned out and it has got me back into a mood where I’m enjoying my painting.
And as they like to say on TV, now for something completely different. Al asked me a few weeks ago if I would pimp up an ork trukk he had been working on but had got a bit stuck as where to go with it. So it was back to the workshop and a quick decision to go mid-engine with it and without really thinking about it I cut it in half and then ran out of ideas. But thankfully to grots have come through and I went with a modular approach just in case he didn’t like it. The bumper was reasonably straight forward and whilst it droops a bit in the picture one it’s actually glued in place it should look ok. As for the engine I’ve gone with a trusty V8 (from Zinge.com for anyone who is interested) and then mounted it to a frame. This acted as a way of joining the existing sections together in a nice easy way whilst at the same time allowing the model to be painted in sections if needed. It also gave me a bit of way of joining the exhausts to the engine although there is certain engineer out there who may not agree with my solution. Although if you suddenly see on an F1 car you know where you saw it first. All in all though I think it’s turned out nicely and I’m looking forward to seeing it painted up. And I’ll get some pictures for you once he gets it done. So no pressure Al.
Not content with giving me a truck to work on for him he also dropped another one a couple of weeks ago for a 120mm round city base. Yes that’s right 120mm. It’s for a giant Pulp City gorilla who’s name I can’t remember. I’ve not done anything on this scale before but it was just about doable and whilst I’m not over the moon with it I think it’s turned out quire nicely and should look a lot better with a lick of paint. It would also lend itself to adding some scatter rubble to it or other bits and pieces but as I’m not sure just how he wants to use it I’ve gone with something nice and simple.
That’s it for this week with a very varied and enjoyable update for you. I’m not sure what you guys think but I hope you all enjoyed it. I’ve no idea what to expect of next week but I’m hopping to keep the mojo going and we will see what happens. Having had a bit of time off work I’m back in next week so hobby time may get eaten up with trying to get back up to speed but we will just have to see. Until then I hope you all have a good
