I'm Back!

I experienced a bit of a flame out over the past few weeks.  I was just not motivated to blog at all.  Fortunately, I think I have conquered the malaise that afflicted me.  Now I only have the impending NHL playoffs to contend with.  The playoffs always take a serious bite out of my hobby time.  On the bright side for readers, the Blackhawks backed into the playoffs and will likely have a short stay in the post season dance.

Anyway, I am going to try and document my hobby projects and gaming a little more diligently from now on.  Gaming is taking place at the club this Saturday and I am going to try and take some good pictures and maybe notes so I can do a real battle report (unless I get caned of course).

Well, I managed to work on the dragon some more.  I got the highlighting on the scales done and have moved on to the armour.  I have finished the base coat of Scorched Brown and Shining Gold followed by a wash of Devlan Mud.  Before I put on the pure Shining  Gold, I think I will take a bit of a break again.  This project is so big that I find myself just wanting to finish.  When I get that feeling I take a break so I don't screw the whole thing up by getting into a rush.

My "break" will consist of building 32 High Elf Spearmen.  With the core requirements of 8th Ed.  I need a whole boatload of spears so I don't have to proxy a bit of everything else when I play.   I'm sure my opponents will appreciate not having a unit of unpainted swordmasters, archers and sea gaurd on the table.

HE Spearmen were the first minis I ever built and painted just over a year ago when I first started into the hobby.  I started this latest batch last night and quickly remembered how wretched these models are.  There are terrible mold lines that run down the middle of areas where they are hard to clean up.  It is amazing to see the improvements GW has made in the intervening years.