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I am currently in the middle of a painting bet. I have until April 3rd to finish 2,000 points of "whatever". Unfortunately nothing I have ordered has come in yet, so I am stuck on having only 1,440 painted up. 7 Gorgers and a Beast of Nurgle to go... My wife is working on her Sanguinary Guard for the bet. I wanted to get a game in, but family first... Little guy is turning 2 tomorrow. Someday soon he can join his sister at the painting table...

So what are you working on!!!

oAF

Happy Birthday to the "little guy!" Mine turned 18 months yesterday. I can't wait for him to grow up... so I can have someone to game with!

What am I working on? Well... I'm hoping the weather is nice enough (and I have the motivation) to finish cleaning my garage. That's not exactly 'hobby related' but it's where all my hobby stuff lives. Hoping to get organized and stay organized, but - then again - "hope" isn't a plan!

Saturday:
Twelve(ish) hours of 40K at my buddy's house. Just like almost every Saturday.

Sunday:
When I finally make my way down stairs, I'll log into this place to make sure nobody's blown it up, then I'll work some more on painting the 2 minis I'm working on for 2 of the players in my AD&D 2e group (one Saturday a month).

Eric

My oldest just turned 7 last week. He's painted a few things, and on a recent trip, we rummaged through the dollar bin at a FLGS to pick out a few metal figs that he could paint (again and again, if he wants - they can be stripped easily enough).

Hobby-wise, I am meeting friends tomorrow to start up a new RPG campaign, and I plan on getting a few PP figs assembled and primed this weekend, plus a couple Chronoscope figs, and getting some paint on some PP Skorne.

You guys suck, seriously.

I wish I had friends around here that were into gaming. The fellas I've tried to recruit look at me like I just fell off the short bus.

12hrs of gaming w/buddies... blalbahhbabhaghahgahbahllab (the Homer Simpson sound when he sees a doughnut or a beer) - I could only dream of such a thing!

Sleep during the day, work overnight.

Thrilling.

However, the upside is that currently I am sitting at the work desk, and next to me I have my current painting project! (I love Saturday nights.. )

Painting up Dwarf Slayers and a test model for my IG..

Well, FWIW, gaming ended at like 8:30. The guy who hosts had an... invasive medical test... done Friday and was just beat. He couldn't last any longer, so we called it a night.

On the other hand, I received the following in the mail (all PRO painted):
2 Ravagers
Urien Rakarth
5 Hellions
10 Incubi

Since I got home early, I talked my wife into watching a movie I've wanted her to see for a while, but she's resisted; Big Butt Babes #24.
LOL J/K
I got her to watch "The Island." Even better than that, I got her to admit she liked it.

All in all, it was a very good weekend. LOL

Eric

MagickalMemories wrote:Since I got home early, I talked my wife into watching a movie I've wanted her to see for a while, but she's resisted; Big Butt Babes #24.

#22 is SO much better IMHO.

B-day party went well, found some time today to paint some Dire Avengers that were lying around. Had 2 so I basecoated and washed one and my 6 year old daughter did the other. Hers is almost as good...

oAF

Painting test minis for my SM Raptors chapter...
(First marines I've painted since 1993.)
5 so far and I haven't gotten to a decent olive drab or beyond something a 12 year old could produce.
Laughing at the premise of trimming flash with a hobby knife on these AOBR marines when they have about a 1mm mis-match on the mold line.
Good thing they are just test subjects...on to the next one

Finally got a weekend off (working 12 days in a row, 12 hour shifts at the moment) so I am doing what my ever so patient wife tolerates : scouring the internet for models that I will most likely never get around to painting or playing with

Current targets - Rogue Trader bikes/jetbikes/landspeeders. Gotta catch 'em all.

aurak_merc wrote:Finally got a weekend off (working 12 days in a row, 12 hour shifts at the moment) so I am doing what my ever so patient wife tolerates : scouring the internet for models that I will most likely never get around to painting or playing with

Current targets - Rogue Trader bikes/jetbikes/landspeeders. Gotta catch 'em all.

In 12 days, that's 144 hours.
That's gross.

LOL

Eric

MagickalMemories wrote:

aurak_merc wrote:Finally got a weekend off (working 12 days in a row, 12 hour shifts at the moment) so I am doing what my ever so patient wife tolerates : scouring the internet for models that I will most likely never get around to painting or playing with

Current targets - Rogue Trader bikes/jetbikes/landspeeders. Gotta catch 'em all.

In 12 days, that's 144 hours.
That's gross.

LOL

Eric

Them's Chinese sweatshop hours!

Yep, it sucks. The paycheck makes my wife happy, but the hours make me less-so. Economic downturn my eye.

144?
Gross?

Fine. Nevermind.

Ahha! I got it. 144 gross. I thought I was missing something, so I googled it. I am certainly not the sharpest chap, so thank goodness for the internet, haha.