Hey, who's the new guy?

Hello, hobbyists and gamers alike!

I'm brand new to Hobby At All Costs, and really, brand new to the whole world of wargaming.. But I'll dig into that in a second. Firstly I'd like to thank Wallshammer for inviting me to do some posting on here. Now here's a little about myself before I do anything else.

*Green Feevah ninja edit*  Find out more after the break!

Mythacon Fantasy: Game 2 vs Warriors of Chaos/Dark Elves

You know, I had all sorts of mean grumpy things to say about this game, but I won't.  A lot of it was me/us not being prepared as much as we should have.  I just take it for granted that my opponent knows all their rules from their army book and relevant rules for their modelset.  Sometimes your wrong and you pay the price.  Welcome to game 2.  :)

Mythacon Fantasy: Game 1 vs Daemons of Chaos/Orcs & Goblins

And thusly the tournament begun!  Instantly I could tell the atmosphere was different.   Very, very relaxed.

More Stad craziness after the break...

One Thing a Week, Progress Update and a Little Touch of Fail.

One Thing a Week Challenge finished early for this week:

More after the break:

Mythacon Fantasy: The Armies

So Sunday brought upon us the fantasy half of the event.  I've heard the fantasy guys were a lot more laid back then the 40k players, which was mostly true.  This event was certainly more organized, but also TOO laid back if that makes any sense.  There was a too casual atmosphere that allowed stuff to happen that shouldn't have.  Case in point immediately after the break...

High Elf Swordmasters More or Less Step by Step

So I've been meaning to do a step-by-step to show my painting process.  And I started out really good with the Swordmasters, going one step at a time, taking a picture, then moving on to the next step.  Then, I got into my groove.  I know it sounds stupid, but it's like in my old fighting days, where I'm not really thinking about what I'm doing, I don't really notice the noises in the background or anything else.  I'm just moving forward.  It's the sweet spot where my accuracy and speed increase.  When I get into the zone I get a lot done.

Which I did.

So here's where I started.  White primer.  I use it a lot, but I don't recommend it.  It's finicky and fussy and doesn't always produce good results.  Case in point: I primed 3 Swordmasters I'd gotten from a friend to finish out a 20-man unit.  2 of those model primed just fine, the third one came out 'fuzzy'.  There was a weird residue from the spray can that gave the whole model a texture (and killed all the details).  That model is now sitting in Simple Green, which is why the unit is only 19 models in the pictures.

I Couldn't Wait!

I'm really excited about my lightbox.  As soon as the wife gets back with the car, I'm heading straight down to Walmart for a tripod and some real lights to make it even better!

But in the meantime, some more shots of my stuff.  Most of this, Wallshammer hasn't even seen before!  I almost didn't post some of these, because the bases aren't finished.  I'm hoping to fix that soon.

I'll start with my Orc Shaman:

More after the break:

Day 5: Tragedy Strikes!

So I spent most of yesterday working on my Lion Chariot, and have it pretty much finished except for the banner which I'm free-handing.

I didn't feel much like free handing tonight, so I figured I'd get a good jump start on my Silver Helms.  And I got quite a lot of work done... until disaster struck.

I had an open paint pot... on a raised ledge... the phone rang... I'm sure you can fill in the blanks.

So my progress has been set back quite a bit.  I'll keep plugging on though.  But after that I needed to take a break and went and painted most of my Warpwolf for the Privateer Press 'One Thing a Week' challenge.

What a great way to end a crappy day...

Progress! The Curse is Broken!

So I managed to get most of the blues laid down on the Swordmasters.  I should have the rest done by the end of the night.

Quick pic:

I'll post more tomorrow as I get more done.

Holy Crap! I Got Something Done!

This is also a quick post to say I finished the metals on 17 Swordmasters tonight.

Pretty simple really, Boltgun Metal base, P3 Armor Wash, Heavy Boltgun Drybrush, light Mithril Silver drybrush.  It's not my most inspired scheme, but that's what I started with when I started my Elves, so I'm sticking to it.

I'm hoping to spray prime my last 3 swordmasters tomorrow, get their metals caught up and then do a base of Regal Blue on all the blue cloth tomorrow.


Oh, and no photos because my phone died.  Something is wrong with both mine and my wife's phone, the batteries are draining super fast.  I blame Steve Jobs.

Ep-Orc FAIL

So here I am, on Day 4 of the great WAAAAAAGH-off, and I am failing miserably.  I have three problems:

1. I'm in a lot of pain.  That's pretty straight forward.  I can't get comfortable, and I can't paint for long periods of time.  It's killing my progress.

The Orc-tastic Orcpocalypse! 1200 points of Orcs also in one month.

Clearly I'm insane.  Thankfully I'm not alone.  So my day one ended up being cleaning off mould lines on 25 Orcs and starting on the metals.

This is a work in progress shot.  I'm hoping to get more done by the end of the night.  Also ,you might notice some color already on the models, but this is from a decade ago (wow... it's really been that long...) and every square inch of the model is being repainted.

Playing a 'Competitive' Army Non-Competitively Part One - Feevah's Opinion

***PLEASE NOTE: Yet another of my 'lost' articles'***

Part Two will be Walls hammer's opinion.  But this is something we've been been talking about for a while now, so we're going to lay down what we've been talking about.

First off, let me clarify what this about: We've been talking mostly in the context of 40k, but this can be applied equally to Fantasy or Warmachine/Hordes.  Or any other game for that matter.  But for the sake of clarity, I'll be sticking mostly to the 40k examples Wallshammer and I have previously discussed.

Our "One Thing a Week" Challenge. The fun... and the pitfalls.

BLATANTLY stolen from the Privateer Press forums, myself and Green Feevah! have been participating in a "local" One Thing a Week Challenge with some local gamers on their local forum.

Motivation = painted minis!

Beastmen! Tournaments! Hooooooo!

Ah, the tournament scene.  You come here expecting all hobby and right off the bat, here I am talking about the game.

Sorry.