Warmachine Tactics Beta will open up today. I really am going to have force myself to paint for an hour each day before I play, otherwise, I will never paint any of the giant stompy robots that I have sitting on my painting desk.
(Well, I wasn't painting robots yesterday; I was painting fleets for Firestorm Armada and putting together Relic Knights figs. And some WM stuff, although no jacks at the moment. I have ones that I need to finish, but a few other models take priority.)
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Sunday, November 17, 2013
A new contender emerges.
I'll do another post later, since I played in an SR yesterday, and wound up with an undeserved 2-2 record, but for now, an update on the great race (as I have come to call it):
No word on Wild West Exodus as of yet. They are shipping, and some people are already getting their copies. The main delay for them is that the pledge was almost completely customizable, so that no two Wicked pledges were going to be alike. Still hoping to see it before Thanksgiving.
No word yet on Ogre. The number of copies shipped to my region of the midwest has not changed in more than a week. I keep hoping that I will get the shipped notice, but my guess is that I will not see it until the 25th or so. My current take on it is than an Ogre, a cybernetic tank, several hundred meters long, with nuclear warheads and armor enough to withstand being hit by one, is nonetheless afraid of Detroit.
No word on if Rivet Wars or Relic Knights are actually shipping. If they start shipping this week, they may actually be contenders.
And, because I am an army altaholic - I am picking up the two-player starter for Dropzone Commander. It may be here earlier than any of the other four.
No word on Wild West Exodus as of yet. They are shipping, and some people are already getting their copies. The main delay for them is that the pledge was almost completely customizable, so that no two Wicked pledges were going to be alike. Still hoping to see it before Thanksgiving.
No word yet on Ogre. The number of copies shipped to my region of the midwest has not changed in more than a week. I keep hoping that I will get the shipped notice, but my guess is that I will not see it until the 25th or so. My current take on it is than an Ogre, a cybernetic tank, several hundred meters long, with nuclear warheads and armor enough to withstand being hit by one, is nonetheless afraid of Detroit.
No word on if Rivet Wars or Relic Knights are actually shipping. If they start shipping this week, they may actually be contenders.
And, because I am an army altaholic - I am picking up the two-player starter for Dropzone Commander. It may be here earlier than any of the other four.
Friday, November 15, 2013
The race continues
Still no shipping notice from Ogre orWWX. Per the daily maps, Ogres - massive, 200 meter long cybertanks with nuclear weapons, are afraid of Michigan. Or maybe Detroit. WWX has just started shipping, but at the moment, my money is actually on them.
I understand what SJG wanted to do - they were trying to ensure that the copies of Ogre that had the farthest to go went out the door first. (The exceptions were the coasts, where some launch parties were being held - so east & west coast US had first bite of the apple) Somewhere along the line, the execution of that failed - unless Michigan is closer to Austin, TX than Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, etc. Neat idea, but I hope they learn something from it before the inevitable Car Wars KS. (Which I will back, unless the game is so radically changed that I don't recognize it anymore.)
I really need to take a pic. The Prime Axiom is fully assembled, except for being put on his $%(*$& rock base that looks terrible. That won't get done until (1) he is fully painted; and (2) I have finished working out how he will "float" (using a clear plastic tube). But he can be blue-tac'ed on it for tomorrow.
(If I can go tomorrow. I should be able to, but my car may well be in the shop, since apparently transmissions are important or something. Who knew, right?)
I understand what SJG wanted to do - they were trying to ensure that the copies of Ogre that had the farthest to go went out the door first. (The exceptions were the coasts, where some launch parties were being held - so east & west coast US had first bite of the apple) Somewhere along the line, the execution of that failed - unless Michigan is closer to Austin, TX than Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, etc. Neat idea, but I hope they learn something from it before the inevitable Car Wars KS. (Which I will back, unless the game is so radically changed that I don't recognize it anymore.)
I really need to take a pic. The Prime Axiom is fully assembled, except for being put on his $%(*$& rock base that looks terrible. That won't get done until (1) he is fully painted; and (2) I have finished working out how he will "float" (using a clear plastic tube). But he can be blue-tac'ed on it for tomorrow.
(If I can go tomorrow. I should be able to, but my car may well be in the shop, since apparently transmissions are important or something. Who knew, right?)
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Counting time
Math is hard. Math, when you are shy on coffee, and forget a kickstarter, is worse.
My rough count as to what is coming in the next few months is:
Rivet Wars (forgot this one yesterday) - 160 models, more or less. Supposedly still on track for September, IIRC, but I am assuming October.
Relic Knights - 58, I think. Seems like it should have been more, but I think that may be it. Fortunately, I won't see this until the holiday season, so I might have until Dec to clear some space for them.
Robotech Tactics - won't see this until January anyway, no matter what they say. 100 models, more or less, depending on how I fill out my pledge manager in the next week or two.
Wild West Exodus - 45 or 46 models, I think. The pledge manager was done as an .xls file, so I have my copy tucked away somewhere, but I think I pretty much know what my share of it is looking at the KS page. Those are due in Sept/Oct, and are still on track.
GenCon - not attending, but PP and Wyrd both let you order con figures online, so I'll probably be adding 20-30 models from those lines later this week.
So, 400 models, as a ballpark, back of the envelope calculation. Add in a special order or two, and some trades (if I get the terms nailed down), and there is an even odds chance that I will add another 5-600 models between now and the end of January. Just extra incentive to get painting, I guess.
ETA - so far today, I have put paint (to a greater or lesser degree) on 13 models. Not as nice as yesterday, where I managed more than 25, but better than 0. I hope to paint for another hour or so tonight, and a similar amount of time tomorrow.
My rough count as to what is coming in the next few months is:
Rivet Wars (forgot this one yesterday) - 160 models, more or less. Supposedly still on track for September, IIRC, but I am assuming October.
Relic Knights - 58, I think. Seems like it should have been more, but I think that may be it. Fortunately, I won't see this until the holiday season, so I might have until Dec to clear some space for them.
Robotech Tactics - won't see this until January anyway, no matter what they say. 100 models, more or less, depending on how I fill out my pledge manager in the next week or two.
Wild West Exodus - 45 or 46 models, I think. The pledge manager was done as an .xls file, so I have my copy tucked away somewhere, but I think I pretty much know what my share of it is looking at the KS page. Those are due in Sept/Oct, and are still on track.
GenCon - not attending, but PP and Wyrd both let you order con figures online, so I'll probably be adding 20-30 models from those lines later this week.
So, 400 models, as a ballpark, back of the envelope calculation. Add in a special order or two, and some trades (if I get the terms nailed down), and there is an even odds chance that I will add another 5-600 models between now and the end of January. Just extra incentive to get painting, I guess.
ETA - so far today, I have put paint (to a greater or lesser degree) on 13 models. Not as nice as yesterday, where I managed more than 25, but better than 0. I hope to paint for another hour or so tonight, and a similar amount of time tomorrow.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Good heavens, but I have been delinquent.
Or something like that. I haven't posted in quite some time, and there really hasn't been a good reason not to do so. I have been playing, and losing, but I think my AdeptiCon list is just about locked in. I may modify it a bit, but I think the main goal now needs to be losing as many games as possible. Playing, I mean. Playing as many games as possible.
Painting continues along the front. I have to report that I am not nearly satisfied with the amount of painting that has been finished, and I only have 4 weeks or so to go. I can finish, and should do so, but I really may be squeaking in under the wire.
Fortunately for me, none of the miniature-based Kickstarters that I have backed are likely to deliver to me before AC. I might see my Reaper Bones stuff come by mid-April, but they are shipping the plain vanilla Vampire-level orders first, and then shipping all of us who added extra things. I'm fine with the wait; heck, I welcome the extra time. Otherwise, all those figs will sit there like a big present, waiting for Christmas. . . or for my willpower to falter. And once those are open, I could lose a days worth of painting.
Thinking of Kickstarters, I teamed up with someone for a pledge for Wild West Exodus. I may have to up my pledge a little; they added a lawman starter at the 11th hour, and it looks pretty nice. I don't want this to be another game that sits on my shelf and collects dust; I want to play this one outside of cons. Too many games, too little time.
Enough for now - I need to go paint base colors on some undead pirates.
Painting continues along the front. I have to report that I am not nearly satisfied with the amount of painting that has been finished, and I only have 4 weeks or so to go. I can finish, and should do so, but I really may be squeaking in under the wire.
Fortunately for me, none of the miniature-based Kickstarters that I have backed are likely to deliver to me before AC. I might see my Reaper Bones stuff come by mid-April, but they are shipping the plain vanilla Vampire-level orders first, and then shipping all of us who added extra things. I'm fine with the wait; heck, I welcome the extra time. Otherwise, all those figs will sit there like a big present, waiting for Christmas. . . or for my willpower to falter. And once those are open, I could lose a days worth of painting.
Thinking of Kickstarters, I teamed up with someone for a pledge for Wild West Exodus. I may have to up my pledge a little; they added a lawman starter at the 11th hour, and it looks pretty nice. I don't want this to be another game that sits on my shelf and collects dust; I want to play this one outside of cons. Too many games, too little time.
Enough for now - I need to go paint base colors on some undead pirates.
Friday, September 21, 2012
Quick hit at the start of the weekend
So, I've added a few things in the last couple of days. Now, it is actually a net loss to my overall pile of lead - I got rid of more than 200 Chronopia models, all told, and added only a fairly small amount of Malifaux. In the mail yesterday, I got a package containing the following:
Marcus set - painted table top
Rasputina set (table top) + December Acolyte (painted badly) + silent one (bare)
Von Schill set - table top
Hamelin set - in box
Ophelia set - bare
MacMorning set - bare
Zoraida set - bare
I'm missing one card (December Acolyte) - not a big deal, since I want to learn more of the basic crews before adding extra minions. I'll order it, along with a couple of other things, in the near future.
I also picked up another copy of the Star Wars X-Wing game. Now, with two copies, I can play larger games - at least everyone in my gaming group can have a ship now when we are playing. I need to get some of the expansions - probably over the next month or two.
What I have not done much of lately is painting. I have been assembling some things, but not any real painting. I really need to get back on that wagon again - the year is almost up, and I am pretty far behind on how much I wanted to have painted by now.
Anyway, the long and short of it is that my collection shrank by about 200 figures. So, adding in the Reaper and Relic Knights kickstarters next year, I should be just about even.
Marcus set - painted table top
Rasputina set (table top) + December Acolyte (painted badly) + silent one (bare)
Von Schill set - table top
Hamelin set - in box
Ophelia set - bare
MacMorning set - bare
Zoraida set - bare
I'm missing one card (December Acolyte) - not a big deal, since I want to learn more of the basic crews before adding extra minions. I'll order it, along with a couple of other things, in the near future.
I also picked up another copy of the Star Wars X-Wing game. Now, with two copies, I can play larger games - at least everyone in my gaming group can have a ship now when we are playing. I need to get some of the expansions - probably over the next month or two.
What I have not done much of lately is painting. I have been assembling some things, but not any real painting. I really need to get back on that wagon again - the year is almost up, and I am pretty far behind on how much I wanted to have painted by now.
Anyway, the long and short of it is that my collection shrank by about 200 figures. So, adding in the Reaper and Relic Knights kickstarters next year, I should be just about even.
Monday, September 10, 2012
It's a disease, but I don't want the cure.
Figmentia. Army altaholism. Shiny object syndrome. They all mean the same thing.
I can buy figures much faster than I can paint them. And, I like learning new systems, playing new and different games, and generally having fun. And, I have learned, years ago, that the best way to get people into a new game is to have two armies for it.
The problem, of course, is that two armies often arrive in the form of three or four different armies. I started out just wanting to have a couple of armies for Dystopian Wars, just in case. I think, at the moment, that I have at least 5 of the starter boxes. I have something like 5 armies for MERCS, and, at last count, 5 different ones for Malifaux.
So, why bring this up? If you guessed "Relic Knights Kickstarter," then you can give yourself a gold star. Go ahead and go get one - I'll wait.
The good news is that I did not buy in as high as I might have initially wanted to do so. And, they set it up so that, at certain levels, you could "sell back" extraneous rulebooks or faction starters, in order to buy some of the extras. Even doing that, I'll wind up with enough factions that I can teach people to play. And probably offer them their choice of several armies to boot.
The good news is that, in general, I pay for this stuff by cycling through some of the older pieces of my collection, and by making terrain. My hope is that, by the time this kickstarter projects start arriving, I will have made a dent in the lead and plastic pile, and won't be swamped too badly by the arrival of the Reaper bones KS, plus the Relic Knights KS. Plus any figs I pick up in trade or buy between now and then.
One of the blogs I read just did an army audit. I try not to do such things - I am well aware that my last game of WFB might well have been about the time that the 8th edition book came out. That doesn't mean that I am likely to get rid of my Ogres anytime soon. And, while I have yet to play the current ruleset of 40k, I won't be getting rid of those in the foreseeable future. My Warmaster figs are probably safe from the chopping block, as are my Legions of Steel and my DBA figs. My still NIB Celts and Romans are probably safe for now. And, while I have not played FoW in several years, my Soviets are utterly safe. And, the sad part is that I have barely scratched some of what I have.
That said, I probably will be dropping a few things fairly soon. I have some fairly good-sized armies for Chronopia, and my Warzone stuff is moderately sized. If I can get a decent offer for either of them, they are gone - especially if I can get either cash (to buy more stuff, obviously), or figs from games which I am currently pursuing.
I can buy figures much faster than I can paint them. And, I like learning new systems, playing new and different games, and generally having fun. And, I have learned, years ago, that the best way to get people into a new game is to have two armies for it.
The problem, of course, is that two armies often arrive in the form of three or four different armies. I started out just wanting to have a couple of armies for Dystopian Wars, just in case. I think, at the moment, that I have at least 5 of the starter boxes. I have something like 5 armies for MERCS, and, at last count, 5 different ones for Malifaux.
So, why bring this up? If you guessed "Relic Knights Kickstarter," then you can give yourself a gold star. Go ahead and go get one - I'll wait.
The good news is that I did not buy in as high as I might have initially wanted to do so. And, they set it up so that, at certain levels, you could "sell back" extraneous rulebooks or faction starters, in order to buy some of the extras. Even doing that, I'll wind up with enough factions that I can teach people to play. And probably offer them their choice of several armies to boot.
The good news is that, in general, I pay for this stuff by cycling through some of the older pieces of my collection, and by making terrain. My hope is that, by the time this kickstarter projects start arriving, I will have made a dent in the lead and plastic pile, and won't be swamped too badly by the arrival of the Reaper bones KS, plus the Relic Knights KS. Plus any figs I pick up in trade or buy between now and then.
One of the blogs I read just did an army audit. I try not to do such things - I am well aware that my last game of WFB might well have been about the time that the 8th edition book came out. That doesn't mean that I am likely to get rid of my Ogres anytime soon. And, while I have yet to play the current ruleset of 40k, I won't be getting rid of those in the foreseeable future. My Warmaster figs are probably safe from the chopping block, as are my Legions of Steel and my DBA figs. My still NIB Celts and Romans are probably safe for now. And, while I have not played FoW in several years, my Soviets are utterly safe. And, the sad part is that I have barely scratched some of what I have.
That said, I probably will be dropping a few things fairly soon. I have some fairly good-sized armies for Chronopia, and my Warzone stuff is moderately sized. If I can get a decent offer for either of them, they are gone - especially if I can get either cash (to buy more stuff, obviously), or figs from games which I am currently pursuing.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Not much progress today
The wold guardian is almost done. I have some highlights and touch-ups to do, plus the basing. With any luck, I will get that done tomorrow, although real life is going to try to limit my hobby time. I would be working on it now, but I have to wait for a wash to dry before I can work on anything. Worked a bit on the men o'war, but not sure if I will get them done tomorrow or not - again, that pesky real life thing going on.
Going to be working on a big terrain project soon, most likely. It's destined for trade - and the trade will most likely wind up being for GW stuff. I don't know if I should work on my Ogre army (which really needs rounding out in the special and rare unit categories), add to my Skaven (which, though numbering 70 or 80 models, may not break 500 points), or just wind up with the new 40k box set (which will be out before I get the project done). I don't really need the marines, so I could always swap them for the Chaos, and start a third 40k army again. Actually, I really just want the cultists - surely I can use them for Necromunda or something. I have time to figure it out, thankfully. And change my mind a few times in the process.
Over on Kickstarter, there is a Relic Knights one going on right now. It looks interesting, but I am going to probably have to pass on it. First, I really don't need to add another game and miniature line right now - GenCon and the Reaper kickstarter have been bad enough, setting my painting queue back by four or five years. Second, I spent a fair amount of cash between those two things, and, while I could probably justify the Relic Knights, it's currently either that or an airbrush. And third, I really do not need the grief of trying to explain some of the models, and the Soda Pop girls, to the wife. Reaper Sophie was bad enough.
I am probably going to pick up some Warlands figs, however. Warlands is a happy little game, set in a post-apocalyptic future, a la Mad Max. I've had the starter box for quite some time, but did not play it until GenCon. It's simple enough that I can teach it to my son, it has explosions and cars, which he will love, and I really only need to pick up weapon packs and some matchbox cars.
That's it for now - pizza is in the oven (late snack), the gin & tonic is mixed, and I am going to try and get through a bit more of the Malifaux rulebook tonight. At some point, I am going to want to play that game.
Going to be working on a big terrain project soon, most likely. It's destined for trade - and the trade will most likely wind up being for GW stuff. I don't know if I should work on my Ogre army (which really needs rounding out in the special and rare unit categories), add to my Skaven (which, though numbering 70 or 80 models, may not break 500 points), or just wind up with the new 40k box set (which will be out before I get the project done). I don't really need the marines, so I could always swap them for the Chaos, and start a third 40k army again. Actually, I really just want the cultists - surely I can use them for Necromunda or something. I have time to figure it out, thankfully. And change my mind a few times in the process.
Over on Kickstarter, there is a Relic Knights one going on right now. It looks interesting, but I am going to probably have to pass on it. First, I really don't need to add another game and miniature line right now - GenCon and the Reaper kickstarter have been bad enough, setting my painting queue back by four or five years. Second, I spent a fair amount of cash between those two things, and, while I could probably justify the Relic Knights, it's currently either that or an airbrush. And third, I really do not need the grief of trying to explain some of the models, and the Soda Pop girls, to the wife. Reaper Sophie was bad enough.
I am probably going to pick up some Warlands figs, however. Warlands is a happy little game, set in a post-apocalyptic future, a la Mad Max. I've had the starter box for quite some time, but did not play it until GenCon. It's simple enough that I can teach it to my son, it has explosions and cars, which he will love, and I really only need to pick up weapon packs and some matchbox cars.
That's it for now - pizza is in the oven (late snack), the gin & tonic is mixed, and I am going to try and get through a bit more of the Malifaux rulebook tonight. At some point, I am going to want to play that game.
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