Meanwhile, Back At The Ranch

It's been a while since I posted, but I've been pretty busy the past couple of weeks.  I know teachers are supposed to have all sorts of time in the summer and that's usually true for me too.  However, this summer I foolishly went and got myself a summer job for the month of August.  So, I've been training and working lots of hours the last couple of weeks.  I found that my house was eating all of my money and not leaving very much for my hobby and my fun, so I had to do something about it, hence the job. 

I managed to finally finish painting the Man Cave and getting the Fathead decal up on the wall.  I'm pretty stoked about how it looks.  I shampooed the carpet yesterday to try and get the previous owner's pet smell out of it.  Early indications are smelling good.  Now I have to move my table back in and get comfy.  I still have a few decorations coming in the mail and I am on the hunt for some more furniture to finish off the room, but it's moving forward at least.

In between working on the house and working at my new job, I did managed to paint up eight more spearmen.  Spearmen were the first fantasy models I ever painted.  I painted 20 of them for my army when I started two years ago in 7th edition.  That was enough back then, but now in 8th edition, I find I need a whole lot more, especially when playing larger point games.  So, I bought two boxes of the little bastards.  I have built one box and now painted half of them.  I guess that means only 16 to build and 24 to paint.  Oh, God.  I don't know why, but I hate painting these models.  It is going to be a struggle to get the little blighters done.

Since I now have a job, I felt I owed it to myself to do a little internet shopping.  I have been aggressively expanding my Warmachine Protectorate of Menoth force.  However, with work and the house, I really haven't had time to build or paint any of it.  I did start working on the Bastions the other night, so hopefully I'll have some WIP pictures for you very soon.