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With our current Enemy Within campaign, the group managed to get themselves in a tight spot and were forced to separate when fleeing from Altdorf. This has resulted in different groups, playing at different times, with a split adventure. It has been very entertaining – each group has managed to find their own problems – but it has also fairly heavily dominated the week. A couple of the session videos are posted now, and we have another one being recorded tonight. After that, hopefully the group will be re-united and we can return to the regular schedule. Taking advantage of…
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My experimentation with release schedules seems to be helping somewhat with the visibility and engagement of the YouTube videos. Specifically, our most recent Battle Report (Episode II, Republic vs Empire) is now my fastest growing battle report, crossing the 1000 views line after only 5 days. Most of the other battle reports have hit the 300+ mark, and a few are close to 1000, but this is the first to break that milestone. All of which of course is a small target compared to many other channels, but for me and our little group, it brings a solid sense of…
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Got inspired over the weekend and worked on painting up my Rebel Fleet Troopers. Overall, I am rather happy with them. I also spent some side time to film the various stages, I am working on video content for that as well, if I can settle on a format that I am comfortable with – that would provide at least a color guide. I do not claim to be skilled enough to do a full tutorial, but perhaps I can inspire someone else to take the basic steps. Almost everything was done with Citadel Contrast paints, with only some texture…
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Have you had a burning desire to support the channel and efforts? If so, you are in luck, I have revised and updated, then re-launched the Patreon site. Now available is the option to support the channel in various tiers and brings along with it both early access to videos, access to Discord with special tiers, and Halfling13 swag for loyalty awards. The initial wave of postings has been made, and future updates will be available as videos and content are published. As always, I thank anyone for the effort and contribution, if you feel our material has some entertainment…
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Changing up my own publishing schedule and shifting to a Thursday evening release schedule. Fundamentally just experimenting with different days and times, trying to figure out the best time frame for viewers. My theory is that a Thursday afternoon would add more viewers during the day on Friday, but likely will try a different option in future weeks. This particular game session is episode II of our current season, with a battle between the Republic and the Empire. I have built up quite a bit of sessions at this point, so several additional episodes are already editing and ready to…
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In an effort to find a more cost-effective base coat paint for use with Contrast paints, we spent some time this weekend finding several similar shades of spray paint to the official Citadel Wraithbone. At this point, I have an official can, and 3 alternatives ranging from 50% to 75% cheaper. Assuming they work and are equivalent, it will save a lot of money priming figures and terrain. As part of this, I am working on a large terrain set, to match our Hoth battlefield. I have many building printed, now I just need time to prime and paint, in…
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Season 01 of our Star War Legion games kicks off this week, with our first battle report. All prior episodes are considered “training”, so do not count for the ongoing scoreboard – the scores are wiped clear, and we start fresh. Each week, we will have a new round of games, pitting one of the 5 factions against each other. For the first game, we have a solid Republic vs Separatist army set. As always, both fielded 800-point forces, and we ended up with a rather high number of supplies on the board, due to multiple Supply conditions. Unlike prior…
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In the interest of consolidating my ongoing activities, I am planning to discontinue the live streams of our RPG sessions. We will still be gaming, that isnt going anywhere, but the audience has simple never materialized. For a time, we tried Twitch, and then we moved to YouTube live, but the end result was a best we only had a single viewer, and even then, only for a short duration. The extra effort involved is simply not worth the minimal gains. As such, I will be moving over to an almost exclusive published schedule instead. Most of the time, that…
Halfling13 Hobbies
Something about nothing – a collection of miscellaneous hobbies
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