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Over the last week or two, my motivation has been lacking significantly, mainly because of my “real” job during the day. I still find this effort, as well as my podcasts and gaming activities interesting and rewarding, but when the other job wears you down and keeps you running from sun up to sun down, there is little energy and time to think about the “fun” stuff. The good news is that I am still recording and collecting video and audio from game sessions, and have several projects in the works. Unfortunately I just have not had time to process,…
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Spent some time today, getting the next set of figures for Zombicide ready for painting. At this point, it is just the base plastic figure, but these are all currently drying from the primer, set to be painted over the next several weeks.
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So I am rather behind in my podcasts and videos, thanks to various distractions and procrastination. In particular, I am now 2 episodes of Rise of the Runelords, and after this weekend, 2 episodes of Hero System behind. Unfortunately, in my struggle to keep the files straight, I erased one of the episodes of RotRL before I had saved the files off of the memory card – thus the first episode of Chapter 4 is now lost. However, in the silver lining category, this does mean I am only 3 episodes behind now…
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The finished miniature of the survivor Clovis, from the Zombicide: Black Plague game. This is painted using the tutorial and guide available at The Army Painter website, for the basic Black Plague gallery. Although I am using Army Painter War Paints, they are the general series, and not the Zombicide specific line, so some color substitutions were made. And obviously I am not a professional, so my quality isn’t quite up to the standards in some of their pictures. For my first model in nearly 20+ years, I don’t think it is all that bad, and I am rather pleased…
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Though I am not yet finished, I had a rather successful second attempt at painting a miniature. This time, the paint did not explode all over me. I did determine that my eyesight isn’t quite a good as it used to be – the fine details are rather difficult to see these days – but not enough that I wasn’t able to complete most of the task. I was able to do the base coat, and apply the washes, but then had to let the figure dry over night before I work on the dry-brushing this evening. Overally, I am…
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Although I have very little familiarity with the product, my wife is very much interested in a complete set of Copic markers, for her artwork and crafting. The only problem is the very large investment – individual markers run at the $7 or $8 range, with 300 or 400 different colors (not really sure how big the collection is). Although we can order them thru Amazon, at a decent discount, it is still a large amount of money in a single purchase (about $350 for one of several sets). Thus the current plan and theory – purchase them individually thru…
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After the disaster from a couple weeks ago, in which I managed to destroy a t-shirt and pair of work pants, I am going to try a second attempt this week. New paints, new approach, same basic plan. Fingers crossed that everything goes according to plan. If successful, I should have at least a few before and after pictures to post, and possibly even an in-progress painting video.
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As I posted before, I have been dealing with foot issues, and have been allowing myself to get distracted with video games. As such, my content for this week has been minimal, and I am now way behind on the video and audio editing for the podcasts. My foot issues are gone, which is good, but I have been staying up far too late. However, I have finally figured out how to play Total War, and have managed to dominate in the game (not really a big accomplishment, since I am on the easiest setting across the board). After this…
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Something about nothing – a collection of miscellaneous hobbies
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