It's been a week

Any progress?  Yes, actually.  That Cygnar battlegroup is done, pending a final clear coat.  (No pics, sorry - I'll take some later and add them.)  The DBA army is coming along slowly - I just did not have any real hobby time.  Still, I have made some progress, and expect to be finishing bases (elements) tonight or tomorrow - after all, it's only two to four miniatures per base, and they are 15mm, so it should not take that long.  Once they are done, I will choose two new projects to work on - right now, I am thinking doing one assembly project, and one quick painting project. 

Sure, no one ever comments, but what the heck, I'm soliciting feedback anyway.  Which should I assemble, out of this group:

Frostgrave Soldiers (10)
Malifaux - Bunraku (3)
Milites Christi (SAGA) - 4 or 8 models


And, which should I paint?

Razorworm (Hordes)
Gaius Pallidus (Arena Rex)
10 BMP-2 (modern microarmor)
Black Powder ACW (15mm, 20 models)

Mid-day update

Okay, the other road hog has arrived!  Goody.  I forgot that I had a razorback crew that still needed to be put together.  Fixed, if you want to be technical about it - the gunner lost an arm, and I need to reglue it.  Possibly.  I'm not sure that he is in any of the lists I have been planning, but it is possible.

Anyway, the kids have some new Lego toys, so I have been spending some quality time in the basement with superglue, files, and the x-acto knife.  Snapjaw now has legs and a tail - the arms are next, and the head is last.  Brine needs his tusks and shoulder pads.  Road Hog #1 has his head on straight, and his flamethrower arm is on.  The other arm has been assembled, but not yet attached.  He's still legless, which I have to fix soon.  Road Hog #2 is still in the box, but I'll start on him in a bit, when I head down there again.  War Hog has his head and one arm done, as well as his engine thingy.  He gets to stand up after my next trip to the land of paint fumes.

These are a far cry from my best assembly jobs, and are a step or three down from what I normally do.  There is a very real possibility that they will be stripped down and redone after Saturday night, but they really only have to last until then.

I hate doing it, but I don't have time anymore to do it properly.  Not before the tourney, anyway.

Tourney is coming

So, there is a tourney this weekend.  And I am planning on attending.  Yay!  It's a 50 point, 2 army list required event. Oh.  Uh-oh.  Hrm.

I have several factions that I could take, without a problem.  Hell, I could almost take any of them, although Mercs would be one hell of a stretch.  Some are easier than others - 50 pts of Skorne or Trollbloods?  No problem.  50 points of Cryx?  No problem, but they're not going to be great armies - too many holes in my Cryx at the moment.

So, I chose a faction.  Minions.  Hooray!  The hard part is done.

I made some army lists.  Okay, that was a bit harder.  I had plenty of choice, but it's sticking too it, that's the problem.  I can overcome that.  I may dither a lot between now and Saturday, but eventually, I will have to make a choice.

But I need to finish assembling my models.  For various reasons, I did not have everything on hand and assembled, so models had to be ordered.  I have them (all save one, which I should have tomorrow - talk about cutting it close!), but I need to get them assembled.  And I want to have them at least primed, so that I can also have the bases marked properly,  I'll miss out on the fully-painted army raffle, which kind of stinks, but it is no one's fault save my own.

I'm getting close.  After tonight, Rorsch, Wrong-Eye, the posse, the last two farrow, Orrik and Ashley are all ready for priming.  (I may strip the posse instead of painting them later - I am thinking about converting them for a Maelok list - zombification is a Good Thing, right?)  Brine, Snapjaw, a war hog, two road hogs, and Pendrake all need to be finished.  Tomorrow should be fun, but I might actually get them all finished.

And, what kind of night would it be, without some sort of self-inflicted hobby injury?  I was applying a very thin superglue.  It ran.  More than I thought.  Onto my fingers.  I did not notice this before spraying the model with the accelerant.  Did you know that accelerant plus superglue is an exothermic reaction?  In other words, the superglue that ran onto my fingers suddenly got very hot as it dried.  And yes, hot enough that my finger is raw and burned.  Consider this your cautionary note for the day - forget the carcinogenic warnings on the accelerant - that stuff makes superglue burn!

Not enough progress

And this weekend is coming up fast.  Last night, I managed to get only 4 figures assembled - two farrow brigands, one gatorman, and poor Targ (who was still in pieces after his fall onto the floor several weeks ago).  I didn't do any greenstuff work on them, and a couple of them need it.

I was really hoping to get more done, but I just didn't.  I think I have 14 more figures that I may need to have assembled (and preferably primed) before this weekend.  I'll get it done, but some of the figs may need to be stripped and reassembled afterwards.

(Actually, I might have another one on the way - I'm missing a second Road Hog, and I think that it shipped yesterday.  Could arrive by Friday. . . in which case, I might want to have it put together as well.)

On the plus side, I have been pouring 20+ Hirst Arts molds every day, so some terrain projects are moving along, although not as quickly as I had hoped.  I'll have more time for them come Sunday.

Tonight looks busy

Got a little package in the mail this afternoon.  And yes, it was pretty little, measuring only 8" x 6" x 4" or so.  But it contains Wrong- Eye and Snapjaw, Rorsch & Brine, a War Hog, and a minimum unit of Sea Dogs.  Plus, I still have a Swamp Horror and a full unit of Gatormen to get together.  I have the feeling that I will be spending some quality time tonight (and tomorrow afternoon) with green stuff, glue, and sculpting tools.

My collection count currently stands at 814, but I think it is actually a little higher than that.  I probably won't get around to checking it (and updating if necessary) until after GenCon.  My wishlist (if current) stands at just under 1250, but it's higher than that, since I know that it does not include anything from the Colossals book or beyond.

Stalker bonejack

How do I hate thee, Stalker bonejack! Let me count the ways. . . .

• One spindly little leg
• Another spindly little leg
• Balanced on three points, you are
• Oddly angled hips for the aforementioned legs, managing to almost, but not quite, clear the arms

Bah. It's glued together, but not on the base. I'll tackle that tomorrow, once I clean all the dried CA glue off my hand.