Well I got some painting done today whilst doing some online training… It was either that or fall asleep…
Well I based these about two months ago, so thought I had better pull my finger out.
I decided that these are going to have a maroon/red coat. Any bicolour bits are going to be the three feathers on the helmet. I really, really couldn’t be bothered with slashed doublets.
The Florentine forces are on the go…
Which book have you read more than any other?
Easy Peasy… The Hobbit.
Yes I actually got up early this morning and used my Vallejo basing stuff on the bases I had painted.
When it was dry I shoved some GSW dipping inks onto it.
I also did another sky thingy with the oil pastels.
Well I had a week off and was going to get much done and until this evening I achieved bugger all!
This evening I got the Skeletons and Gladiators finished apart from the bases. I will hopefully get those done tomorrow.
I also got a mini started and finished. The lass with the baby was started years ago and sat on a shelf for all that time
I got her undercoated weeks ago and tonight decided that it was time to get her finished. At the rate I was going I would be painting her Grandchildren…
The Skeleton armour has now been painted three times as it looked crap on the first couple of passes. Evidently the paint hasn’t mixed properly on the bronze and copper metallics. I went over one with a gun metal and the rest with a dark grey…. Much happier now.
For my Birthday I got more oil pastels and black paper
So back to the skies lol. Also got an Alien adjacent source book with adventure from my mate. My big present was a coffee maker… So now on the cappuccino etc…
I made one to assist with the painting and at least used a more suitable cup😜.
I would have said let’s have a guess as to whether I will get these finished tomorrow, but we all know it will probably be a no… So how long are we thinking?
Yes I actually got my finger out and did a bit of painting. Haven’t got much done as I have been knackered recently. Had plenty of FlexiTime to play with so came home this afternoon, sat on the bed and woke up three hours later.
I need to get the bases done on the miniatures but will probably wait until they are all done.
I have done a few more 10 minute scribbles too. The first one ended up looking like a forest fire.
I have got one more page left in my book of black paper… And a teeny bit of black oil pastel. I have technically got another black pad and some postcards but my fish tank had a bit of bad luck and the water visited the two art drawers…
My soft pastels became an interesting liquid slurry.
I am off next week so really want to crack on with the Five Parsecs set up. My main characters are now named and just need writing up out of my note pad.
I also want to get going with my Five Leagues adventure.
Well it’s almost 2 years since they shut my little School. So I thought I would do a view from the window in my new job.
Today’s training venue is Whalsay. That is my ferry on the left just leaving.
I will be back on it at 17:00. A bit of a long day.
Well this evening I did a little map of the landing zone on the Planet XP926… Evidently this is going to be a military installation. Therefore I will receive 2 extra Grunts to support my endeavours.
We are touching down at the green H. The red dots are places of interest that we need to investigate.
I have 3 pre game missions to complete before I go it alone. First up the scouts have to set up a number of beacons. Secondly the scientists have to log various things and finally the troops have to defend the base from inquisitive beasties.
Once done I can then go and explore.
Yes I have achieved very little of late. I managed to come up with an idea for my Planet fall crew. I went with the suggested 2 scouts, 2 scientists and four troopers… Sort of saved me having to think.
Of the eight crew, four get bonus rolls so I went one Scout, 2 scientists and one trooper.
The one I found most interesting is the trooper… His motivation was personal achievement, prior experience came up with records deleted and his notable event was a narrow escape. Of the latter one of the ideas was left for dead. Straight away my brain went into story mode.
He was part of some mission that went belly up. Many casualties, huge cost and nothing to show for it. He survived and after his injuries healed he managed to walk again, his records and all information about that mission were classified.
Needs a bit of work, but part of me is thinking of Weland Yutani or one of the other corporations, other species out there…”is this another bug hunt?”
I did a bit of faffing about with some blue foam too…
What is something you wish you could tell your 20-year-old self?
Best way to describe it has already been done by Nerdy Viking Photography….https://nerdyvikingphotography.com/2026/06/16/20-year-old-self/
But as they already did it way better than I ever could then I reckon either interpretive dance or music will best suit the moment…
As I am drinking my coffee, then the music will have to do for now.
And finally,this piece of music helps me chill when I am having a bit of a moment…
Peace!
Well a while ago I got excited about 5 parsecs from home.
Today a new book arrived that matches in with it…
Basically your new team are a group of colonists arriving on a new and dangerous planet. Exploration, colony building and scientific discoveries are all part of the story.
Again this is a solo or co-op game.
I will share my thoughts when I read a bit more
Bogenwald 