HELLO 2021!!!!!

Hey guys!!

It's great to see you all again.

First and foremost.....

Yeaahhh....so Papa Nurgle still ain't letting us go that easily. A lot of things happened last year and we are still alive and kicking....and of course hobbying.

Cliché as it might be, I'm gonna look back and see how much last year resolution was completed, and to make new one this year.

Without further a do....this is the 2020 resolution list I've made and we see how much is completed.

1) Clear my backlogs. FAILED

Ouch...just started and failed already? Damn....well, at least last year I've managed to clear almost half of the pile (Gundam & TANKS)..so remaining with GW stuffs....a whole lot of it.

2) Make a gaming table for myself. DONE

Yup. Made a gaming table during the MCO for the tabletop game baby!!!!

3) Make terrain for the table.  DONE

In a nick of time I managed to made a complete terrain for TANKS.

4) Play some games. DONE

Mostly played was TANK, and board games.

5) Post update on this blog. DONE

Have made monthly posting...however unable to reach personal target of 2 post per month.

Result: 4 of 5....not bad

So, this year resolution will be:

1) Clearing the backlog. No brainer. I want to buy new stuffs, so of course I need to clear the backlog.

2) Made more terrain for my table. As of now I only complete for 1 system (FoW & TANKS), so need to make some for WH40K & AoS.

3) Play more games!!!!! Need to made time to play more tabletop game.. apart from boardgame of course.

4) Post update on this blog. This year I will again try to get 24 posts by the year end. So more gaming = more posting.

That's all for now.

We will see how the progress in this year will be.

Until then. 

Take care

 

WIP, Terrain, Games and Young Blood

That's a heck of a title.

Hi guys.

The year end is approaching. But before that, it's not too late to wish Merry Christmas to all of you my friends. 

The Covid situation here is still not pretty. Papa Nurgle is not satisfied with the amount of pestilence spread in the world, so the nurglings is doing overtime. As usual, please wear mask when you are outside, use hand sanitizer, maintain your hygiene, keep social distancing and so on.

1) WIP: Painting GW Stuff - Part 05

With the new paints stock in hand, I'm scrambling to clear my painting backlog ASAP. Need to clear the grey mountain fast if I want to add more to the collection. 

So, I present thee...the last of Morghast quadruple.

Boy band pose

Next up, another set of Immortis / Necropolis, and after that the Mortek guard. Then the OBR side will be complete and I can move to completing the Ogor side....still a long way to go.

2) Making terrain

More specifically, making forest for TANKS / Battlefront minis. Since I have a lot of tanks and I have completed painting my TANKS stuffs...so it is appropriate to have a decent selection of terrain to play with.

With that in mind, and after hours of rummaging through the endless tide of boxes in my storage room, I finally found all the items needed to make the terrain....sometime it is a good thing you are a junk collector, you never knew when the item will becoming handy, especially during those eureka moments.

So this is my eureka moment:

I may have gone a bit overboard with the quantity. Somehow I feel like I've made too much. But in the same time I also feel like it is not enough...how conflicting. Anyway, it turn out pretty nice. The variety of tree type and height give a bit of natural vibe of a forest.

Test shot terrain with Tiger I

Test shot terrain with Tiger I

3) Playing board game

I managed to get Fireball Island : The Curse of Vul-Kar for the kids to play...at least. The game is interesting and engaging enough for my eldest son to remain at his sit throughout the game play. 

The other two boys however, were delighted to play...not the game, but just playing the marbles over and over again. They went HYSTERICALLY laughing and screaming while flicking the marbles through the island walkway and in Vul-Kar. Several fighting had to be intervened before they accidentally break the board game. 

Need to have strict parental guidance if you want to play this with under age kids.

Other than that, I've included my eldest son to play Kingdomino, Point Salad, Bears & Babies, and King of Tokyo (which is his favorite). I'm hoping to let him exploring into more "heavier" game for him to learn and train his cognitive and critical thinking skills.

Protesting as he wasn't allowed to play.

4) Playing World Of Tank : Miniature Game

I finally got my WoT copy just before Christmas. And my eldest son is really interested to join in. So as a fellow gamer would do, I introduced him to this hobby. I teach him the basic rules to use and played a couple of rounds to get him familiarize.

Look at the smile

We played for a few rounds, which he kicked my butt through out the game (Newbie luck). It is a good feeling when seeing your kids try and enjoy the hobby you have, It gave me much opportunity for bonding with the boys aside from being a strict parent to grow them.

Accompanying his brothers while playing

Quite a post this time.

Well, it is a pleasure for me in this chaotic year 2020.

A lot of achievement done (I presume), and a lot more to be done.

Stay safe guys.

See you next year.

Till then.

Paints!!!! ....& Boardgames

 Hi guys.

Hope all of you are in good health.

Finally the gov. have lifted up the travel restriction and CMCO in most places, so all of us now can have a breather. However, please take care as Covid cases number is still high. Take care of your hygiene, always wear mask and use hand sanitizer, keep your social distance while outside and etc.

Okay, moving on.

1) Paints & Painting GW Stuffs

So, after a long procrastinating....I have finally bought some paints to replaced the expired ones. 

Now, losing excuse to being lazy, I am now resuming painting my Ossiarch Bonereaper minis.

Finish my 3rd Morghast. Eyeing to complete the last one before month's end. I still have a boatload of minis begging to be completed.

2) Playing board games

Got myself buying more boardgames...just....can't...stop. So as usual my lovely wife is my sparring partner on trying these games, which in most of the times winning even though she is not a avid gamer (hmmmm...)

Ticket to Ride

Pandemic

Patchwork

Chabyrinthe

The Cikgu Life (local game)

Usually when I got new games, I will always do a playthrough for a couple of times to judge the difficulty of the games before I get my son to play along in the next session. In this way I can know if he can cope up with the mechanism of the game or will be confused by it during his play. I don't want that as it will made difficult for him to understand and enjoy the game.

So that's all for now.

Stay safe guys.

Until then.

WIP: Painting GW Stuffs - Part 04

Hi guys.

Another updates today.

Painted another Morghast to accompany the lonely guy earlier.

This time its the one with the halberd thingie.

WIP photo:

Completed photo:

Photo group (2 out of 4):

So, my clumsiness had made me left out highlight on the halberd area. Guess I need to touch up them when painting the third ones later.

So far there is a considerable amount of consistency on the painting work for these faction. I still have massive backlog to complete, and with real life always against my planning, I need all the effort to keep on going.

GAMBATTE NE!!!

Okay, see ya next time.

Chao.

WIP: Painting GW Stuffs - Part 03

Hi guys.
Hope all of you are well.

Here it seems that the second wave of Covid is start hitting back. There are increase in the cases in the last few days. Please please take care and be careful while doing your chores okay. Follow the guidelines and wear appropriate protective equipment.

Okay, safety announcement done.
So lets update (yeaaaaa!!!)

As per last update, I have assembled my Ossiarch Bonereapers minis. I have primed all and now started to paint them. Unfortunately the progress is very slow.

So I only managed to complete 1 model only; the Morghast.

...and the balance 3 will proceed soon.

On another note, my board / card game order have arrived (yeaaaaaaaa!!!!)
This time I purchased Azul boardgame with 2 player game mat and Dungeon Mayhem cardgame.
Without wasting time, me and the wifey tried the boardgame and IT WAS FUN!!!

The game mechanic is simple yet engaging. You need to plan which tiles to use and to which row you want to lay the tiles.
The wife really enjoys this game and I can see that we will  be playing it more in the future.
As for the Dungeon Mayhem, we will play it later.

So that is for now.
Aidiladha holiday is nearing and a lot of stuff need to be done.
I will do update once I complete the other Morghast painted.

Until then.
Take care guys.