Hobbying in July

Hi guys.

Hopefully all of you are in great condition.

The Covid situation here right now are impossible. Cases are rocketing to 17k++ daily and some places nearby my housing area have been put into Localized EMCO. Luckily my place is not in the list...yet.

So guys...as annoyingly it might be, please follow SOP, maintain physical and social distancing, wear mask and use sanitizer, limit your time outside unless neccessary and please register for vaccination.

PSA done, so now let's get to business.

These are my activities for the month:

1) Building & Painting minis

First of is the Stormcast warband for Warhammer Underworlds. Completing the base game warband after the Nighthaunt last month. 

Next is the Nighthaunt warband. These are the photos with the photobooth (I got one finally wink wink)

Then, I got myslef another set of warbands, the Daughter of Khaine warband & Orruk warband. 

These ones will be next in line for painting works....

2) Building terrain

Specially built for Warhammer Underworlds of course. As the boards have obstacles / blocking area, it is matter of time I will build the terrain for the game...and that time came fast. So using the loose bits & pieces I have in the Shame Pile, I made these. 

The theme for the terrain is The Shrine of Lost Heroes. Basically the WHU warbands found the shrine and now battling each other for supremancy under the watchful eyes of the heroes of the forgotten age.....

And of course like other suckers, I immediately played a session with this terrain...for self satisfaction hehehe

3) Playing board games

Finally I managed to acquired the Dungeon Mayhem Monster Madness set WAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Now I have a complete set of the game..my first complete set with all expansion.

Apart from the WHU & Dungeon Mayhem, I also played with the Missus & my eldest son:

- The Magic Labyrinth

- Babies vs Bears

- Potion Explosion

That's all for now.

Stay safe guys.

Until then.

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.