Wellllll I decided that I needed to be creative and as I said I was going to paint another Sky with more purple and green in it…. Well I totally failed… Talk about set in my ways lol…
Today’s Purple and green…ahem!Yesterday’s sky….
Tomorrow will be purple and green…I hope.
As we are in the midst of a snowy spell I decided to have a go at a bit of a snowy scene…
I tried adding rock salt to this but really didn’t go into it fully. Most of it landed on the left hand side lol.
Now I always seem to add trees… This is a photo on the way into Lerwick…
Well I am a bit pooped this evening. This being back to work is a bit tiring 😂.
The doctor and occupational health did warn me that it would be likely. I have gone from doing sod all and seeing nobody for about a year and suddenly am in an office working 15 hours per week over three days.
So instead of having a bit of a snooze I went for another painting…
I am still peeved about the bleed under the tape. Time for a different type I think.
Not very original, but it is that time of year when the Northern Lights Appear.
Time for more purples and green banding on the next one.
Well I decided to make a little card for a lovely ex colleague who got me a new job card and sent me some lovely things when I was ill… Out came the water colours…
Sadly two minutes after this photo was taken I put the card down in a small puddle of water that hadn’t been there two minutes earlier.
I also grabbed some more vehicles off the printer…
There is a truck printing right now and another waiting to be put under the UV lamps.
Finally a big box arrived… Full of Alien Goodies…
Now these miniatures are a lot smaller than the Prodos ones, I will have to see how they compare with a ‘Glorious Day in the Corps’. As I already have a Ripley in a loader miniature from them I should be able to compare.
Some of you may remember I already did the first Kickstarter but we hardly played it and as this is the updated rules I felt it would be okay to replace them.
I did the same with the One Ring RPG. But in that case I had played the original for about four or five years and loved it, new it inside out. When I got the new one I was confused as the rules in some place had minor tweaks and in other places totally different. So when I started playing with the kids I reverted back to what I believe to have the best artwork at the very least.
I am a bit knackered today otherwise I would have had a good old read of the Alien Stuff.
This evening I faffed around a bit too much so I only managed to have a watch of some Five Leagues play through’s and worked a bit on the map.
I think it might be a bit big. Each hex is about 5 miles across. The towns etc are not to scale. Git a full day at work tomorrow so not sure how much I will achieve tomorrow evening.
So as I said yesterday I had drawn a bit of a sketch map which is going to come in really handy. Now some of the settlements are going to move and I need to get the terrain sorted as well…
I also fleshed out the characters, they now have their weapons and equipment.
I had a bit of a problem with the mystic, trying to choose his/her spells
I was trying to work out the type they would be. The rules say choose two, roll for the next three. I flipped these to give me a starting point..
I rolled:
Fog… Basically a three inch fog patch appears on the table blocking line of sight.
Shield… A protection spell against ranged attacks.
Infuse… Gives the target a counter attack ability.
I decided that he would be some form of hedge wizard as opposed to a battle wizard.
Because of this I chose Shadows and Barrier.
Shadows allows an ally to move 4 inches and avoid terrain, including walls.
Barrier, does what it says on the tin, it will put a 4 inch wall of fire on the table. I am going to change it to something like thorns.
The final thing I rolled was to find the background story for the leader. Turns out he has a loyal follower, as one of them is a former soldier it all fitted in nicely.
Tomorrow I find the rest of the miniatures.
The other thing I did was to get the stuff off the printer…
So two cruisers, an ambulance and a coroner’s van. Oh and some Team Yankee stuff in the background.
Well this evening I flitted around like some forgetful moth and achieved very little. Didn’t help that I was knackered.
I managed to sort out the 1:100 scale 80’s emergency service vehicles I printed …I have a feeling that they are a bit on the large side. So the next thing I did was try and work out how big a T72 is… Down the rabbit hole I went.
I had a bit of a fiddle with my troops for Five Leagues and this is what I rolled up ..
I was going to type these out, but really couldn’t be bothered.
Percival is second from the right or possibly left. I haven’t quite decided.
His livery is going to be the black and red with the silver boar. My shields got a bit damp and are looking worse for wear.
Tomorrow I will write up their stats and as I have drawn a new blank map it will be handy for the game.
Cor, look at me. Three posts in three days… Today I got a package in the post.
Well I wanted a few extra bits and bobs to bulk out the Traitor’s Toll types and also to make a force for Five Leagues from the Borderlands.
So I went for a sprue of Foot Knights, one of Foot Sergeants and another of Peasants. The Fourth sprue is extra weapons for the Sergeants. Mainly pole arms and pointy sticks.
As I was kicked off the Console I decided to build a selection of the knights…
One of these will become the leader of the Borderlands forces. When I rolled up the troops one of them had a full set of armour.
The only sort of issue I have with these is that the guards set are in plate armour while these are in mail.
Back into work for four hours tomorrow. I will try and do the foot sergeants when I get back.
Well today I did another painting, had a go at some hills…
I then decided to start making some of the Wargames Atlantic miniatures…
These did make me swear a bit as although they are meant to be multi part/pose they were annoyingly fiddly and didn’t quite go together as well as I would have liked.
The heads don’t always fit the neck and there are huge hands that don’t seem to have an opposite partner. Maybe I should have checked out the assembly guides on the website.
So my phased return is 12 hours this week, based over 3 days. Monday, Tuesday and Friday. Next week I am up to 15 hours so I am trying to get some hobby stuff in when I can.
Well hello you fabulous people. I am back, sort of.
It’s been a long journey and it looks like the shitty part is over. I have now quit as Head Teacher (Principal) and have just started in a new role as a trainer for the council. I started a phased return 2 days ago.
So What have I been up to. Well mainly I have been playing Ark on the PS4. So much so that they made me a server admin. I have managed to do some actual creative stuff too. Made a nice deer skull out of foam …
I also started up the French and Indian Wars again. This time with the British forces….
I have decided to run the Silver Bayonet in 15mm so for me the setting will be along the Ohio River…
Somehow last week I got persuaded into a mini campaign based around Red Dawn… I am invading America with some Russians.
I reckon he put something in my coffee, latest period I am interested in is the 60’s in the Nam.
So I have now purchased Soviet paratroopers and am 3D printing (or about to start) 1980’s vehicles and buildings.
I have also had a go at Watercolour again…
What else… Oh yeah I went to Claymore again and came back with Guards of Traitor’s Toll. Haven’t done anything with them yet.
I also recently bought Five leagues from the borderlands and ordered some spare sprues from Wargames Atlantic to make a force for that. The models will complement the Traitor Toll stuff nicely.
One of the biggest issues I had with being off work was I refused to go out the valley. I am now going back to the club on a Thursday night. So although an uphill struggle I am managing it.
Hopefully I will start posting more regularly now.
Well I am still alive and kicking, but a bit feeble on the kicking side.
Still off work and down to half pay now. I was improving but have now hit some kind of plateau. On the upside I am not regressing, on the down side I am not improving in terms of the fatigue. As I am 59 retirement is becoming a possibility. I just have to do the sums. So what have I been up to.
Well not much to be honest. Mainly spending my days on the console as it is keeping me sane.
I have managed a bit of building and painting…
I love the horse, but dislike the rider.
My Imperial forces for the Italian Wars are slowly getting there…
Managed to get a map of Northern Italy from the Game ‘All is Lost, Save Honour’ made some buildings and defences too…
One day I may actually get to use them.
Writing is still a bit of a chore, but I will try and be a bit more regular with my posts.
Until next time look after yourselves.
I am hoping to get to Claymore with my son again this year. I better be able to as it cost a bloody fortune.
Bogenwald 