WIP : Painting GW Stuffs - Part 01

Hi Gents.

Continuing the spirit of hobbying post-MCO, Since I've painted some GW stuffs previously before the lockdown on March, I decided to resume my painting work despite having low count of usable paint. 

So, these are the minis painted pre-MCO; a Stormcast, an Orruk Megaboss & an Ogor Tyrant. 

and this is what I resumed.

The Ossiarch Bonereaper & Ogor minis are from Feast of Bones boxset I purchased last year. My intention for these boxset apart from trying my hands on Age of Sigmar games, I want to use these minis for RPG. As all knows, GW have great collection of awesome looking minis especially AoS range and fitting for RPG plays...hence the collection starts. Hopefully if my wallets allowed, I want to have a good range of minis to prepare for that.

So, after few days painting, some of the minis are done. I took the Petrified Elite paint scheme and adjusted to whatever paint I have left to get as close as possible to the scheme. So you can see in the future some repeating color scheme across my minis due to my limited paint collection.

After this I will be continuing this range to complete my Feast of Bones stuffs before moving to other GW stuffs. So much to paint :)

Until then.

Cheers.

MCO Activities Recap

Hi guys.

Back to the work desk 😓
Started my work on 1st June as the government loosen up their CMCO restriction for some businesses. The bosses are dying to get the operation up & running again (we also feels the same).

Anyway, for 75 days of MCO from 18 March till 31st May, it was a well spent time for me personally. I got to spent my best bonding time with my kids, gave all my attention to the wife, having time to de-clutter my home, and obviously immersed myself in my hobby stuffs.

So, achievement during the lockdown:

1) Made myself a gaming table
2) Played some games (tabletop & board game)
3) Clearing backlog...well almost all

Not a big achievement if compared to other people, they sure did wayyyyyyy better than me. But still proud at myself for managed to get things done during the isolation period. Playing games are definitely the best part, not only I finally can quenched my dice rolling craving, but managed to made my wife appreciate all the "junks" (that's what she called them) that I have been stashing for a long time. To be able to see her enjoys beating her husband in board games sure made all of these worthwhile.

As a recap, these are the kits I've managed to build:

1) Gundam - HG BF Hi-Mock
2) Gundam - HG IBO Hyakuren
3) Gundam - HG-OO GN-X
4) Gundam - HG-OO GN-X III ESF Type
5) Gundam - HG-OO Exia
6) Gundam - HG IBO Barbatos Lupus Rex
7) LBX - Pandora
8) LBX - Nemesis

Hope I can keep the momentum and spirit going after this.
It is already in a good pace, and I really hope I can squeeze in my hobby time as the work have taken over my life again.
We'll see how things fare out in the future.
It is my 2020's resolution to keep my hobby alive.

Ending of my useless rant now.
Until next time guys.
Stay safe.

MCO Activities Update - 06

Hi guys,

It is not late for me to wish all my Muslim friends Salam Eid Mubarak, and Happy Holidays to all of you. Wishing all of us are in good health and staying strong during the pandemic situation.

Another hobbying update during the lockdown.

Playing games

Played another game last night using the solo rules. This time it was 75 points with German (myself) vs Soviet (AI).

German List

Tiger I + Precise Commander + Clever Hans

Panther + Precise Loader

Soviet List

IS-2 + Superb Commander + No Retreat

SU-100 + Vasily Krysov

German List

Soviet List

Battle location & initial positioning

The game was fun. The first 2 turns was a chase game as both side manoeuvring around for cover. No shot was fired until turn 3, but only start made some damages on turn 4. The IS-2 went down on turn 6 after Tiger I & Panther made a pincer attack from front and rear side of the tank, and got Lucky Hit at the end. The SU-100 was destroyed after a few hits by Tiger I & Panther and received Engine Fire critical damage when left with 1 HP. It was destroyed immediately although passed the Repair Phase. Both Tiger I & Panther left banged up but alive.

Here's are some photo's of the game:

It’s a good game playing with the AI system. I will try another game using 100 points later. 

Clearing more backlog

As there are still more time before June, I went ahead and got working with another backlog set; the LBX's - Pandora & Nemesis.

So I've cleared yet another set of backlog kits. Now left with some odd kits & GW stuffs. Maybe need to find another time like this to get motivated to clear them.

Well then, see you guys later.
Stay safe :)

MCO Activities Update - 05

Hi guys.

Just a quick update on hobbying activities during the lockdown.

Clearing more backlog

So this time around I managed to built my final Gundam backlogs.
These are Exia & Barbatos Lupus Rex.

Exia done

Barbatos Lupus Rex done

So now I have cleared another backlog pile. WOOOHOOOO!!!!! (for now of course)
Can start purchasing more ;)

I am left with some LBX's kits, odd kits and finally GW stuffs.
The GW stuffs will be the last ones to be tackled as it involves painting, and my paint stock have dried & depleted. Need to replenish back before start to paint anything.

FYI, the gov now have loosen up the MCO to Conditional MCO (CMCO) by allowing businesses & industries to start again, my Management have decided to start resuming operation back on 1st June.

As my leisure time now officially shortened, I just have to make due as much as I can.

Until next time.
Stay safe.

MCO Activities Update - 04

Hi guys.

Hope everyone still okay during this extended lockdown period.

More updates on my hobbying stuff:

Clearing more backlog

Since the last post until now, I've managed to built another 2 kits from my Gundam pile; GN-X and GN-X III ESF Type plamos. These are from Gundam OO Series.

1) GN-X

2) GN-X III ESF Type

Not much can be done in these last few days due to fasting month, time is quite limited. Nevertheless, the Gundam backlog pile now left with Exia & Barbatos Lupus Rex. Once I've built them, Gundam backlog pile is no more. Wahahahahaha!!!! Can start shopping again ;)

Later, there will be some LBX's, odd kits and GW stuffs need to be cleared.

The Federal government have announced another extension of the MCO into Conditional MCO, meaning some business can be re-open back. Hopefully I can clear the Gundam pile before my work start again.

Stay safe guys.
Until then.

MCO Activities Updates - 03

Hi guys.

Still staying strong in this extended MCO period.

Here's an update of my hobbying activities during the week:

Playing games

Finally after all these year I managed to persuade my wife to play some board games, since she mentioned having some dull times due to this lockdown. So I introduced some easy family friendly games for her to try like Catan, Bingo, Sushi Go, Uno and Saidina (Malaysian version of Monopoly).

Just a brief explanation; my wife is not a gaming person, especially tabletop / card game. To get her to accompany me playing one is hard enough, let alone participating in one. Fortunately due to this lockdown, she is willing to dip her toes in and to her surprise she enjoyed playing the games.

Catan board game

Bingo

Sushi Go Party card game

Uno card game

Saidina board game

It is refreshing to see her enjoy playing these games and get me to play whenever we have free times. Usually we play during the children afternoon nap time...we can get around 30 - 45 minutes of game play before they woke up and start terrorizing the living room. Our eldest son is showing interest to play and we allowed him to join for a few rounds until his attention focused elsewhere. For the other 2 kids, I just gave them some dice to roll and usually they will sat there playing until bored or one of them start crying.

So that's all for now. No backlog clearing was done for time being...I need to find back the motivation to start again.

Until next time.

Stay safe everyone.