Sunday Progress Report

This post is a bit later then I have originally intended, but that's how life goes sometimes... I didn't get a whole lot done this week due to a birthday party, Iron Kingdoms RPG Session and trying to adjust to Daylight Savings Time; does that kick anyone else's butt? Usually takes me a day or two to adjust. But hey, I did make progress! Which is a lot better then what I have been doing the past few years. I've glued together Gorim Ironstone (Forge Father MVP), 4 guards and 2 Jacks; with my 2 Strikers were already done at the beginning of the week so that only leaves 2 more Jacks to clean and assemble. I didn't do anything with the Micro Arts Studio District 5 buildings besides showing them off to my gaming group. I hope to finish my assembling my Jacks, possibly John Doe (Nameless MVP) and coat everything with a layer of primer. I've also felt the blog was a bit quite this past week, so I've planned a few things this week that should make things a bit more interesting.

Sunday Progress Report

A quick update from me on my progress in reaching my goals.

This is the current state of my Forge Fathers from Dreadball. Sadly in the same state they started the month in. At least I cleared off my desk so I can maybe, sometime get to them.

These guys on the other hand... At the start of the month, only the L-shaped building on the left was assembled while the other three were still in their shrink wrap. I really have to thank my wife for the progress on these. It was a team effort with us cutting/punching out the first building, then I punched out the other two while she assembled all three. She use to make doll houses when she was a kid so she enjoys this kind of thing with bonus points for helping me out. Now I just need to figure out what color I want to paint them; if you have any suggestions, post a reply and let me know.

Taking Root

Time to try something new... I've been lax in my table top hobbies for a while (kids!) and have been thinking of doing a blog to get the sap flowing. I have plans to document my painting goals, Kickstarters I'm backing, review of model/gaming announcements,  Iron Kingdom RPG session progress, a few battle reports and post here or there about my second hobby, home brewing. We'll see how well I follow to my plans...

I guess a quick synopsis of me; as a kid I got Battle Masters and Mutant Chronicles: Siege of the Citadel which were the gateway drugs to tabletop gaming. Sadly no one played these games with me. Wasn't until High School I got into the library of Games Workshop games and found opponents to play against. Since then I've ensured my immortality by having a large collection of miniatures waiting to be painted from a variety of games and companies. My hobby time took a hit after my kids were born, but soon they'll be able to join me in the hobby if they so desire.

Now to the meat; the beginning of the month calls for planning the months activities. To help ease me back into working on my hobby projects, I'll keep my goals for this month small. First off I want to paint my Forge Father Dreadball team in the style of the New York Giants home colors. I find some twisted amusement in having dwarfs associated with Giants. We'll see what my Giants fan friend thinks of my team after it's done. Lastly (baby steps) I want to assemble and paint my District 5 buildings by Micro Arts Studio.

At the moment, the only Kickstarter project I'm backing (which is a change from the past few months) is Godslayer. It's a nice mixture of historical based and fantasy based factions. It's over in less then 24 hours, so have a peek if you're interested. Megalith Games has a lot of information up on their website.


That should be it for now; don't be surprised if the look of the blog changes as I tweek things.