40K
Dedicated coverage of Warhammer 40,000. Features in-depth painting guides for Orks, Adeptus Mechanicus, and Aeldari, alongside lore-heavy hobby projects and competitive list discussions.
Weekly Waffle #352 – Mega Busta
Weekly Waffle #352 – Mega Busta 26th October 2024 Not quite as much travel this week although I did have the joy of it taking Northern Rail, also referred to as Northern Fail, five hours to travel sixty miles on Tuesday. It was just a see of cancelled trains and then the ones that were running were stopping every couple of minutes. The upside was that I managed to finish my latest book and do quite a bit of this update. I’ve still not got used to how long it takes me to write these updates each week. I know they aren’t war and peace but it sometimes feels like…
Weekly Waffle #351 – Fly away
Weekly Waffle #351 – Fly away 19th October 2024 I mentioned last week that I had a lot of travelling about for work this week so my hobby time was going to be limited. Living in the UK means that normally we can drive or get on a train, assuming they are running, and get just about anywhere in a few hours. Unlike our cousins across the pond who have to fly for a short trip, such is the scale of the country. But what has this got to do with me I can hear you say. Well this week I have had to fly for work. Not the first…
Weekly Waffle #350 – Emperork
Weekly Waffle #350 – Emperork 12th October 2024 For this week’s weekly waffle I’ve worked hard to try and get over the mojo block and get something finished for you this week. In particular I have been really struggling with a large cloak. But to try and get round this I decided that I didn’t need to have it perfect, after all I’m not painting this for a competition. But I did need to get it finished so I focused on good enough as opposed to this has to be perfect. After all non of my painting is perfect so as long as I was going to be happy to…
Weekly Waffle #349 – Jackanory
Weekly Waffle #349 – Jackanory 5th October 2024 This has been something of a weird week for me on the hobby front. Which is where the title for the blog has come from. Work has continued to be really busy so I set out to make the most of what little hobby time I had. I came out of the blocks flying with the mojo levels running in full and everything I was trying on the painting front seemed to be working. This made me a bit greedy and I had a couple of projects on the go at the same time. All was going well until all of sudden…
Weekly Waffle #348 – Return from the eternal city.
Weekly Waffle #348 – Return from the eternal city. 28th September 2024 For this week’s weekly waffle I thought I would start with an update on where I have been for the last few weeks. This was a planned break for what I consider to be a holiday of a lifetime. Not because of some exotic location or extravagant expense. No this was a holiday of a lifetime because it also goes by the name of a ‘honeymoon’. That’s right folks I’ve gone and got married. (Picture here) I’d said a few weeks ago that hobby time was limited due to work and personal commitments and this was the personal…
Weekly Waffle #347 – Little Flash Dance
Weekly Waffle #347 – Little Flash Dance 31st August 2024 For this week’s weekly waffle I have tried to get some of the admin side of the post done early and I’ve made better use of my commute so that I wasn’t at the last minute this morning. I’d like to think that I’ve done a reasonable job with no last minute updates or changes needed. So time management one oh one for this week got off to a good start. I’ve also spent some time on the commute reading and looking at the pictures of an AK interactive weathering book. I’m conscious that my attempts at weathering at the…
Weekly Waffle #346 – Hammer Time
Weekly Waffle #346 – Hammer Time 24th August 2024 This week’s weekly waffle has seen me complete my first full commuting week in a long time. Back before the days of hybrid working I would typically do a few days each week in the city. With rest of week being in my local office. Going into the city every day so far hasn’t been as bad as I first thought. Thankfully it’s still light in the morning when I have to get up which helps. And being on the early train means it’s not as busy as the later ‘commuter’ one. So I get a bit of space to sit…
Weekly Waffle #345 – Dredsmasha Helper
Weekly Waffle #345 – Dredsmasha Helper 17th August 2024 This week’s weekly waffle is all about the impact of having to commute into work every day has on my hobby time. It’s going to be a bit of moan but I’m also hoping there is some positivity in there. For the last few years I’ve been lucky enough to do what refer to as hybrid working. So I’m in the office a few days a week and at home for the rest of the week. Those days in the office tend not to be at my local office, which is about fifteen minutes from home. So there is quite a…
Weekly Waffle #344 – That’s a Rapt
Weekly Waffle #344 – That’s a Rapt 10th August 2024 This is my last weekly waffle before the carnage that is work really kicks in. I talked about it last week but from Monday I will be back in the office every day so hour or so I used to have in the evenings will be eaten up with the commute. I’ve also got quite a lot going on in my personal life at the moment so so finding that hobby time somewhere else is going to be a challenge. But I do want to stress that this isn’t me falling out of love with all things hobby. Or black…
Weekly Waffle #343 – Hello Karl
Weekly Waffle #343 – Hello Karl 3rd August 2024 For this week’s weekly waffle I’m staying with my Puppets War box of delights and bringing you Karl. I think this really highlights the dilemma I have when it comes to my Ork army. For the most part I’m all in for the big red one going with speed freaks. Mainly because I like the idea of being able to play around with different kit bash and scratch build ideas for vehicles. Add in what Puppets War are currently doing with their film inspired ideas and I just wish I had more hobby time to play around with more ideas. But…
