tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72534804866728781352011-11-27T16:35:31.179-08:00Tracking the Painting & Gaming Adventures of Raggy.Ragadoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04553041328573483141noreply@blogger.comBlogger751100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7253480486672878135.post-18068015199808492932011-04-19T09:28:00.000-07:002011-04-19T09:28:41.156-07:00

Once again I missed out on the Thursday gaming session as I had a friend over, but with any luck I will be able to drag Lindsey along this week. The big news really was Salute 2011 which was a great experience. I picked up some free minis, including the gorgeous Orcs that Mantic were handing out. I think they will be the next thing I start to collect once I have caught up on the backlog a little

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Thursday's Gaming session saw another two games of Mansions of Madness and it looks like this week coming I will be having a go as keeper! I am looking forward to it but given my total ineptitude with GMing, it could go pretty badly... we'll see. I have also recently discovered Go. It is a game I have wanted to try for a long time after making the mistake that I am sure a lot of others make of

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Well it has been a couple of months of bills and poverty. So in light of this, I have been driven to try and purge my collections, hoping to scrape some cash together in time for Salute as there were a few things I had hoped to pick up there. So far I have raised a decent sum on PayPal through eBay and a few listings on Warseer and UKCord. Unfortunately taking the money out of PayPal is stupidly

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Well the last week has been a bit manic, but has had a healthy amount of gaming mixed in. I was able to make it to Epsom and got a chance at long last to get a game of Shogun. I have to say I enjoyed it a great deal. The game is an interesting light block wargame. The 'cube tower' works well both mechanically and thematically, although there can be issues with it being knocked. There are rules

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Well after having spent far too long stuck at my parent's place looking after my mum, I have finally made it back to relative normalcy. Thursday night I went along to the Epsom Games Club for the first time in far too long and sat down to my first game of Mansions of Madness, the new product by Fantasy Flight Games. The first thing to say about it is that the characters are taken from Arkham

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Yup not much gaming or painting or fun of any sort been happening what with one thing and another, mostly Sutton Council trying to screw me. So why am I posting? Well I decided it was time to take some more snaps of the old painting station to show folks: The gaming station in all it's glory... lots going on here! Militia!!! - And what is that turquoise paint for? Zombies!!! Yep I am

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Well I have been away for the last week and a bit in Birmingham with my Fiancée's family, learning to drive and playing the occasional game. It was a great week and I am now back at work feeling much better for it. Nothing much else to report as it has been a couple of weeks since I last went to the gaming club or got any RPGs or Wargames on the table. I suppose the biggest news is that I have

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Well, I am now looking to get printing... I am a huge fan of World Works Games and in particular their new modular scenery system called TerrainLinx. I have had a load of files of theirs for some time but I have finally resolved to make a start on fabricating some of their stuff en mass. This means a few initial expenses for me, as I sort out getting a new printer, CISS to reduce printing costs,

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Well a couple of weeks ago, I went back up to my old Uni and met up with some friends who told me about the latest game to come out of Spartan Games... Dystopian Wars, well I succumbed. I picked up a Rulebook, Deck of Cards, and Empire of the Blazing Sun starter fleet (I would've got a carrier as well but there were none in stock). I am in the process of painting them up and hoping to get a game

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Hello again people, A bit of a quiet week. I have continued to play the solo game of Arkham Horror for my session report. It is taking a while as I am playing a turn or two each evening. I am hoping I may get the game finished by the end of this week and get the write-up done by the end of next. I am really enjoying it and hopefully it will read well once I am finished. I didn't end up going to

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Well after the game of Arkham Horror I played last week, I must confess to becoming a little addicted. I desperately want to pick up the card expansions, however these are being frustratingly elusive (not helped by the fact that most are now OOP). I have also thought about the big box expansions however I feel that the main problem with the game is the limited number of location cards rather than

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It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new blog post and a new avatar for meee! Yeah so had some great gaming experiences in the last week. I finally got a play of Crokinole which is fun, had a try of Ghost Stories although I'm not convinced we played the rules correctly (It was virtually impossible at the easiest difficulty),  introduced some folks to Small World which went down well and also

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For those of you that don't know I am the lead boardgame reviewer for GeekPlanetOnline.com and I cross-post all my reviews on Board Game Geek. At the moment I am currently between review copies and looking at what games in my own collection I should post reviews for. If you would like to suggest something, pop over to my geek collection and see if I own it and comment on this blog that you would

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Well to be honest, it hasn't been that geeky a week... in fact there has been no mini painting in quite a while. Way back in October I realised that my painting was getting seriously bad. I persevered for a little while but as a result I just ended up getting more stressed out and the figures got worse. Since then I have only done a couple of bits of scenery which aren't demanding and don't need

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Painting Scheme: Stands: Painted on the underside Mechrite Red cross and central square Skull White toothpaste flick Black primer Ships: Black primer Coat D'Arms Royal Blue basecoat Enchanted Blue drybrush Goblin Green exhausts Chaos Black vents, turrets, exhaust lining Rotting Flesh center of exhausts

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Looking back on the last year and the resolutions post that started it off, it was a lousy year for the hobby. I also failed to get Lindsey to stop smoking... she is down, but that'll change as soon as she moves somewhere she doesn't have to hide it... So given the failure of the last year, what are the plans for the up-coming year? Well there are quite a few things I want to achieve. I have a

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Ok so commuting is not exactly a new experience for me... being subjected to mainline rail on a daily basis is. It turns out that the 'leaves on the line' excuse for delays isn't just a made up adage to highlight the incompetency of the British rail network... they actually believe this is a valid reason for cancelling trains with no notice and adding a 2 minute delay on the arrival time ...

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UPDATE: A Load of Stuff has been moved to eBay including a load of Space Marine stuff, find it here: http://shop.ebay.co.uk/ragados/m.html?_trksid=p4340.l2562 Having a bit of a clear out, is there a bargain you are after? Prices include free UK P+P - +£1 for rest of the world.   I will consider offers, especially for multiple items ALL ITEMS UNGLUED and MINT Please click on an image to

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Yup, the greatswords are back on the bcak burner as I am out of Black primer, so instead I am working on the zombie horde, mostly the Miniature Studios figures which are beautiful figures. Not much to show quite yet but here's a look at the workbench: And a Zombie Chicken! Don't forget that there are a load of figs for sale: Figures for Sale - Raggy, signing out

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Well folks it has been a little while. I have now moved down to Sutton and the house is starting to look vaguely sorted, but still no luck on the job front. Anyway, all this means that I should be able to post more regular updates now that I am a little more settled in a real house without Finals to deal with.  Now onto flavour of the month for August (for those of you wondering July's Flavour of

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WARHAMMER FANTASY - 8TH EDITION It's here folks! Warhammer Fantasy 8th edition is up for pre-order now here. At a whopping 528 pages full of new rules, art and background, and with rumours of it being one of the most intense rules overhauls in years, it's no surprise that 8th edition has garnered a lot of attention amongst gamers (RRP £45.00, Wayland retail at a bargain £38.50). Whilst we'd like

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Well the UK Games Expo was this weekend and came the day after the end of my exams, giving me a really great way to celebrate the end of finals. The show was even busier than last year, although I think there were slightly fewer companies on show. The biggest news was Steve Jackson and Ian Livingston who were promoting the re-release of their Fighting Fantasy series of books and doing signings.

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Boardgame I most want to try: Descent Boardgame I most want to play: Pandemic: On the Brink Boardgame I most want to buy: Dominion Wargame I most want to try Firestorm: Armada Wargame I most want to play: DungeonBowl RPG I most want to try: Warhammer Fantasy 3rd RPG I most want to play: Warhammer Fantasy 2nd Well a little more change this month due to the end of Finals and the UK Games Expo (

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Take the quiz at dicepool.com

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Ok so yeah, I'm not alone and this rant will undoubtedly be preaching to the choir, but I'm gonna rant anyway. So here's the deal: DRM is understandable DRM that inconveniences legitimate users in ANY WAY is not Pirates ALWAYS succeed. A DRM technology may have 500 people work on it, the pirates have a population of 3bn to draw on, do you really think you can stop them? So here are my opinions

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Yeah I know, where was March? or April for that matter... I honestly couldn't say. I blame my imminent Finals: Boardgame I most want to try: Descent Boardgame I most want to play: Formula D Boardgame I most want to buy: Treehouse Wargame I most want to try Firestorm: Armada Wargame I most want to play: DungeonBowl RPG I most want to try/play: Warhammer Fantasy 2nd Not a lot of change to the

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Yet another new idea for the blog. As you may have worked out if you read this on a regular basis I am big into lists and so I present my flavour of the month: Boardgame I most want to try: Formula D Boardgame I most want to play: Pandemic Boardgame I most want to buy: Treehouse Wargame I most want to try Firestorm: Armada Wargame I most want to play: DungeonBowl RPG I most want to try/play:

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The fourth fleet to feature in the blog. The Orc Raiders were a lot of fun to paint, however the metal edging was delicate and easy to snap (and generally a bit of a pain to paint) Getting the sails grotty meant a lot of layers of paint and as you can see the effect varied a lot ship to ship. Eventually I want to add some transfers to the sails to give the ships a feature that will draw the eye,

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Another Uncharted Seas fleet. In retrospect I think this color scheme is a little unsubtle, but I still like the wood finish. I was also really pleased with the finish on the glass roof of the Dragon Carrier.

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Ok so technically I lied, I still had 4 submarine tokens on my painting table, but now I present them along with the rest of my Iron Dwarf fleet. The Iron Dwarves are the largest contingent that I have with the equivalent of almost 2 starter fleets, I haven't fielded them as often as I'd like as they are a popular in my gaming group. The heavy cruisers are a particularly hard-hitting ship.

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First and foremost: Help Lindsey quit smoking or at least heavily cut back. I like the occasional smoke, one or two rollies or pipe bowls a week, but 10-20 fags a day is not healthy and I think it'd do her and our dogs a lot of good if she cut back. This year will see me graduating... hopefully... so miniatures will continue to be on the back burner. I am hoping to get my zombies and survivors

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Well I have finally painted up all of my Uncharted Seas stuff. Most of these were done before I started this Blog, but I will upload images on a fleet by fleet basis in the coming weeks. To be getting on with, my newest fleet, I present the Shroud Mages:   This is just the starter fleet: A battleship, a squad of 3 Cruisers and two squads of 3 frigates each. The other fleets I have are

Ragadoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04553041328573483141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7253480486672878135.post-34962231415666466482009-11-29T05:22:00.000-08:002009-11-29T05:22:40.279-08:00

Well I have entered the final year of my degree... this is the main reason for my lack of posts (and lack of painting). I am spending Christmas up in Durham with my Fiancee and am hoping to be able to get a few things done then. My main focuses will be: Skaven Coach (last of my skaven team) Finish off the Menoth figures Paint the remaining of my Uncharted Seas figures Do the survivor figures

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 In response to this Dear Sir/Madam I have been watching with increasing concern the recent bouts of legal letters to fansites. I have been a Games Workshop player for over 15years and have supported the company through increasing prices, power creep and many other criticisms leveled at the company. I feel that the strongest feature of Games Workshop was the large community of gamers out there.

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A friend of mine just sent me this so for all you film buffs out there: I need to viral the competition we're running right now at the link attached here - chance to win at trip for two to London October 5th to see the premiere of vampire horror flick Thirst, and meet the director at lunch on the 6th before heading home. Since he's the director of Old Boy, there

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Well it has been a while. I am still at my 'rents and looking forward to getting home at the weekend. I had hoped during my stay to paint up 90 troops... a tall order (89 technically as one of my militiamen has already been painted). I had done most of the first 10 (the spearmen) when I arrived and had soon finished them and the 40 gunners, then I really bombed and have finally finished the 20

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This is not intended to be offensive, and my appologies if it does offend.Ok so here is my question. I was coming home late today and on the way out of the tube station and at the top of the stairs in the Newsagent's window were a load of magazines for black interest such as Ebony. Now this month every single magazine had Michael Jackson on the cover. Are these magazines promoting Michael Jackson

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Yep here they are, my first 40 handgunners. They are certainly not the best paint job I have ever done and to be honest I don't think they are even up to the standard of my spearmen, however I did enjoy doing them and it gave me the opportunity to try a few techniques and get practiced at doing rank and file after having done so many unique figures recently. A lot of the eyes have ended up

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No, this is not a blog about Arsenal. The plan was to paint up the boring rank and file units whilst stuck in London... starting with the Militia, then the Huntsmen and then the Gunners... Well it is all going a bit arse backward. I have started with the gunners. Every time I look at a unit of 20 figures, each in a different pose, with different accessories, weapons, hats, clothes it makes me

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It is a sad reality that these days spam is an inevitable result of dealing with the online community. Often otherwise legitimate sites gain some additional revenue through selling addresses to spammers. I don't expect to change the world, but I am intrested in finding as many of these companies as possible. I do this by creating a seperate email address for every site that I sign up on, the

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Well as I have already mentioned I am down in London at my parent's house helping out with redoing my Grandma's old house. As a result I don't have a lot of time to paint, and I also don't have a lot of my stuff with me so I decided to focus on the rank and file. This has allowed me to do figures that I have been avoiding, without fear of being sidetracked, it also means that I will be able to

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Yeah so the unpacking is still a WIP but I have gotten back into some painting. Nothing much really to report and even less in the way of photos. I am currently staying with the 'rents in London so have only a handful of minis with me. I just finished off another 10 spearmen bringing the total up to 40 (although these 10 still need flocking and varnishing). I am planning on doing my first 20

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Ok well yet another excuse... there are getting to be more of these posts than real posts! Delays are owing to moving house meaning no internet and even worse: no painting station! NOOOOOO!Anyway I have now got the painting station set up but it might be a while before I can get anything done as the rest of the house gets sorted (you can tell my priorities... clothes still in boxes, miniatures

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Yeah so I have been a bit quiet on the blog front for a while now... why?I had no internet. It turns out, to no-one's great surprise that BT are a bunch of cocksukers. We pay for an expensive Business Broadband package and in the last couple of months have had it fail 3 times, every time it has been due to their mistakes, taken at least 3 days to fix (a week this time) and cost a fortune in phone

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This unit of young nobles are the epitome of the Nuln upper classes, they join in combat for the glory. They care nothing about the well-being of the city, empire or mankind; to them this is just another hunt, with prey of a higher calibre. This attitude means they are as popular with their allies as with those looking down the barrels of their pistols and on more than one occasion the two have

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Well after an astounding 3 votes... of which 2 were me... the unanimous vote was in favour of titling this elite troop of swordsmen - The King's Gate Guard This name is not quite as random as it may at first appear. The King's Gate is the old name given to the Eastern Gate into the City of Nuln which is now more commonly referred to as Der Halbinsel Gate (The Peninsula Gate).This gate is little

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Please check out the poll that is running to name my unit of State Swordsmen.

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As part of my new, more organised blog. I have started focusing on one topic per blog rather than the somewhat meandering posts that I have done in the past. Today is the day of my last and probably worst exam, and in an effort to distract myself from this eldritch horror I would go back and revisit my Necromunda figures. Necromunda was not the first GW game I got into (having started before it

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About a year ago I got back into Warhammer having abandoned it just after the release of 5th Edition. I started by picking up the Battle for Skull Pass boxset and liked what I saw. Plastics had come a long way since the last I had seen of them, the rules looked solid... maybe it was time to get sucked back in. The final test was to see if I had gained the discipline to paint an army and so I

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I do not need any more Empire models.I will not buy any more Empire models.I will paint the Empire models I already have.How long do you guys reckon before I buy another load of Empire models?I give myself 2 days...

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Hey guys, I have acquired a few followers over the last couple of months, friends and reciprocal subscribers. I am not really in this for the fame but it is nice to know that I am not just writing to myself. As my exams come to a close I am looking at doing a bit of a re-launch with more photos in posts and more focused posts so less of the rambling sprawl it has been. I'd love people to gimme

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Another boring pictureless post. I have changed my Things to Paint list to something a little less depressing showing how many I have painted as well as how many are left to paint. Not that this is any real improvement (look at how few have more painted than unpainted!).On the plus side I only have Headsplitter and "Coach" left of my Skaven Skumm Suckers team left to paint! I have kinda lost

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I have recently been flogging a load of old miniatures to feed my habit. The proceeds have bought the missus a new bed and headboard and I have picked up a fuckload of dwarves, a halfling hot pot and 12 greatswords (at long last!). I had been holding out for the plastic greatswords but fucking £2.50 for a plastic figure is taking the piss not to mention how much of a pain all these unique pose

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Well the shit is about to hit the fan and I thought I would take a few minutes out of my last minute revision of Unbounded Plane Waves (don't ask) to post a little update on my progress.Despite the workload I have managed to make good headway with my painting of late, I have repainted the dwarves of Battle for Skull Pass to conform to the Nuln colour scheme... this means that rather than having

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It is exam time in Raggyland which results in a strange mix of lots of miniature work as I try to de-stress and relatively little in the way of updates as it takes a bit too much time to sort out. As a result this may well be the last blog entry for a month or so. On the plus side it should be a good one, with a load of photos to show off, and some news on the projects I am working on. This is

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Mik recently started following my blog so I reciprocated and spent some time yesterday catching up on his past blogs and it got me thinking...Firstly my blog layout is horrendous so I am going to work on putting the images in a better layout and hopefully getting some nicer photos at the same time. I have already started on the more general side I am currently working on the layout of the blog

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Up until now I have held off getting a PSP owing to the high price and relatively few games that made me want to play. Now with the release of the DSi and the seemingly unconquerable market share owned by Nintendo, the PSP price point looks to be dropping. So I have started looking at getting my hands on one... but which one? It looks for all the world like Sony have taken a leave out of

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I have now finished my survivors & zombies (well those that I have so far!). I would have shiny new photos... but they turned out to be shite. I will try and get some new photos up in the next few days. I now have 10 Zombies (2 West Wind - Secrets of the Third Reich, 8 Hasslefree), 3 Survivors (all Hasslefree), 8 SWAT (4 West Wind - Road Kill, 4 RAFM - USX).I will take a series of photos

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Well I bought a couple of Hasslefree's new Kev Zombie Hunter and have now painted them up as the first of my Zombie Survivors. Unfortunately the photos are rubbish but I am pretty pleased with the results.

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Well I have finished my SWAT team. There are 8 miniatures in all, 4 from the USX Range by RAFM (the taller miniatures) and the other 4 from West Wind's Road Kill range. In my mind the USX are nicer sculpts but are at least 32mm scale and although it isn't a massive issue you can tell without having o look too hard. My main issue with the West Wind miniatures is the faces which are not very well

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Well I have gotten as far as I can with the Islamic Federation Ships without seeing the originals to compare them to. I think I have missed out some highlighting on the wings in skull white, and on the body in scorpion green. - Raggy, signing out

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Well folks, I figured it was about time I posted an update. Not made a lot of progress recently as I have been away in London. I went to Salute for the first time, a great experience where I spent a load of money I don't have on minis I can't afford! I have however finished my Skaven Apothecary for Blood Bowl. As you can see from the images on the right, one near finished and one finally done.

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I am going to Salute for the first time this Saturday and I'm really looking forward to it. Although I'm not sure if I'll have any spending money... and I REALLY want some spending money! There is a load of stuff that I am dying to get my grubby mitts on... fingers crossed I can find some!Raggy, signing out

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Recently the zombies have taken a back seat... to Skaven of all things. I have always hated painting fur and this has made Skaven a bit of a challenge. The reason I have always had a problem with fur is that it is so frustrating to try and get the paint to sit in the recesses of the sculpt without putting in so much as to obscure them. I still haven't managed to find a solution to this problem,

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It has just been pointed out that the final issue of OK magazine to feature Jade Goody is issue 666... I think our man down below is getting impatient. It does seem fitting doesn't it?

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Normally I will paint batches of miniatures, a regiment, fleet or similar collection of miniatures. I have been trying this with these zombies and it has made painting them a lot harder. The reason it is proving so problematic is people don't look the same... an obvious enough statement really. With a regiment, uniforms are all matching etc. but zombies are a miscellaneous collection of

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Well folks, some news... but still nothing to do with minis... I help out with a local charity called Stray Aid (www.strayaid.co.uk) anyways we eventually succumbed and got another dog... his name was Calvin but we have renamed him Havloc. If you want to see photos, head on over to the new site and have a look at the Happy Endings section, I will be posting an article on how he settles. He is a

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Another rant, enjoy:I am not by any means dumb, I am a geek, a nerd and have an addiction to learning pretty well anything. I have played on if not owned every console since the Commodore 64... with 2 exceptions. The PS3 is on my to buy list... once it doesn't require me to re-mortgage the house I don't own and re-sell my soul (the interest on those things are steep!) in order to afford it. The

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Yeah, not been doing any painting recently... I have instead been web designing... for charity! Check it outwww.strayaid.co.uk/supportersThe site won't go properly live for another week (hence the lack of dogs - see www.strayaid.co.uk for them) but until then it is a work-in-progress so any and all comments welcome and helpful!Raggy, signing out

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Well so I have broken two of my initial ideals, I'd hoped to keep this blog daily, but thinking about it that isn't really feasible, especially not for me. My other broken ideal is to keep this about painting, so prepare for a rant...Punk is a word bandied around far too often, by far too diverse a group of people. Chav's wearing Punky Fish, Avril Lavigne, Prince Albert down at Camden Lock. What

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Another, less than popular aspect of the hobby is clipping, cleaning and gluing the minis prior to any kind of painting. Logically this topic should have come before even touching upon priming but I'm nothing if not ass-backwards.Clipping is only usually an issue with plastic miniatures, removing the parts from the sprue (the access plastic that they come on). Clipping may also be needed for some

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Priming miniatures is a necessary evil. If you don't, or think you'll be able to get away without bothering, you will find that the layers of paint you apply will rub off very easily. From experience I have found that spray priming is the most efficient and best way of doing things. Trying to hand paint on an undercoat is time consuming and less effective. The primer actually corrodes the surface

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Today's post is a little one just to show off my painting area in the living room. (The Missus is very laid back!) I hope to get a few shots up later today: The Uncharted Seas Ships are what my current focus really ought to be and is why they have been shoved to the back! Instead I have been focusing on zombies for the ruleset All Things Zombie. The Skaven minis are the last few players for

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Miniature Wish ListThis list is roughly prioritizedElven Starter Fleet (Spartan Games)Blood Bowl (as and when)Zombies (See below)Full Thrust (See below)SuperFigs (especially Henchmen)Battle Royale (Hasslefree) Worms (Shield Wall Games)Games Workshop - According to wishlist on GW Website Shattered Isles (Black Hat Miniatures) Discworld Minis (Micro Art Studio)Coat D'Arms Paints (Complete Set)

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I'm a 22 year old gamer studying Electronic Engineering at Durham University. My gaming life started with the discovery of Games Workshop at age 7... after a few years I dropped it in favour of having money... a couple of years ago the addiction returned and spread to a wide range of other systems and boardgames.My Miniature Gaming addiction currently encompasses:Warhammer - Nuln Army (

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