Net Worth: June 2012
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Last month sucked. Well. that’s not entirely true. The month before sucked
because our net worth dropped nearly $8,000 with the purchase of our new to
us H...
Dagnabbit that hurt!
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Ouch!I've been painting miniatures now for going on 30 years and in that
time I must have accidentally stabbed myself with a scalpel more times than
I care...
BREAKING: Warmachine: Colossals First Look
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Colossals may not be out until July, but already spoilers have begun
finding their way onto the internet. No telling what you've read or
haven't read, b...
Dark Angels Chapter Master 1
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Nothing special about this guy, converted helmet to match the rest of the
pre-heresy style helm along with a freehand winged sword on the banner
Celebrate the Day w/ Special Guests THIS WEEKEND
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That's right boys and girls, FTW Games, the home of Spikey Bits, is about
to turn two. To celebrate the day it's rumored we will have no less than
five spe...
21 Quick Tricks to Feel Better Instantly
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When life gets stressful and you feel like you’re losing your emotional
balance, use one or more of these simple tricks to help you relax your mind
and re-...
Foundry SYW Russians
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Russian Commander stand
Several people asked me to post some more pictures of the Foundry Russians
that I am selling, so here they are.
I did an inventory ...
Dystopian Wars- Kingdom of Brittannia
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Been a while, but thought I would take the opportunity to share some
work-in-progress pics of my Kingdom of Brittannia Fleet for the steampunk
game Dystopi...
Post-Apoc: Moro WIP
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Here are a few pics of my Moro beast in progress. It's actually all
together; I'm waiting for the black acrylic primer to dry before I start
painting. (and...
Comparison pic
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Hi guys, I was asked for a comparison pic, so here is a 15mm Blood Angel
with a regular GW Chaos marine and GW Chaos Termi that I enlarged a bit
more to Tr...
Heresy Era World Eaters - Bezerkers painted
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Had a little hobby time and painted up the Berzerkers! Khorne be... Er... I
mean The Emperor be praised! After building and painting a bunch of
smaller, so...
Alan Wake EP23: Swan Dive!
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Link (YouTube) This late episode has been brought to you by Saint’s Row The
Third and what the heck is it seven o’clock already how long have I been
playin...
Battle Report - Robotech 1/200 Scale
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The life of a Veritech pilot in the Robotech universe.Last night we played
Robotech in 1/200 scale, using a slightly modified version of the Lord of
the Ri...
League Pictures - Space Sharks vs. Necrons
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My friend John signed up for the 40K league at Gaming Underground today
and we got in three fast games to get him his requirements for the month.
Fast a...
Nike Zoom Hyperdunk 2011 Linsanity “Away”
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Jeremy Lin was finished playing long before the Knicks season was ended by
the Miami Heat in the first round of the NBA playoffs. His sneaker game, on
the ...
Henschel HS-123
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Reading through one of my books on the Ju-87, I came across mention of the
Stuka's predecessor, the HS-123, and the fact that it had seen service in
Poland...
Thor's Day Hero: LEGO Minifig
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This little guy is an absolute icon. One of the first toys I remember of my
childhood was a LEGO set. Although it came with these weird, large-scaled
figu...
NBA Mock Draft Roundup: Rockets Seeing Carolina Blue
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[image: Photo]
You've heard the news: We're doing an NBA mock draft within our group of
writers. We'll announce one pick per day leading up to the draft, ...
Grey Knights Grand Master Mordrak and Friends
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I kitbashed this model to represent Grand Master Mordrak.
Mordrak is a cool character because he is protected by the ghostly
apparitions of his old squad.
I...
More Meat For The Grinder
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A few weeks ago I aquired 54 Cadian's, all rather poorly painted, but in
most cases well put together. After having them sit in a Dettol bath to
strip th...
Concerned Citizen
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The Fountain Pen Network has fallen into something not unlike the Bermuda
Triangle, and I’m a little worried. Most of it is just what little
techno-addict...
CitiBusiness AAdvantage World Mastercard Free Travel
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If you’ve spent any time on a plane in the past few years, you’ve probably
noticed the growing gap between business travelers and the folks riding in
the “...
How to buy £1 coins for 70p
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By buying shares that are priced at a big discount to their net assets, you
might get a head start on making money – but there's no guarantees in
investing...
Army Challenge: More Crusader Squads
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Work continues on my Black Templar army, and I now have all 3 Crusader
Squads complete. The last two are identical - 4 pistol/CCW Initiates, a
meltagun Ini...
Projects: a look ahead
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It's time for a little reflection over the past year and a little planning
for the coming year. Yes, I know it's the end of May, but my wargaming
year end...
Capitalism!
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Just a quick note: Casey over at The Hammer Dialectic is helping me
facilitate a major RPG book purge.
If'n you're the sort who might be interested in p...
Skaven Packmasters WIP
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Hi there, after I painted up all the rats of my Giant Rats unit it's time
to do those packmasters. They look a bit messy at this stage but I'll try
to...
So true
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“A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts it so that it can never again hold quite a...
What have we missed out on?
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Whilst reading a few posts on the Yahoo Hail Caesar group I came across a
post from last week around the time that Warhammer Historical announced
they were...
Kubla Con game report ... of sorts
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Attended the Kubla Con game convention. Bought Dice! an assortment of
figures and some scenic ground litter that will make it in to some pictures
later.
H...
Follower Guest Spot #2
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After a bit of a slump, geek-wise, following the excitement of the NAF Cup
a couple of weekends ago, I woke up early this morning and did just ten
minutes ...
Preventing Financial Infidelity
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Financial infidelity is the act of keeping secret various spending habits
or purchases, credit cards, stashes of money, accounts, debt, etc. from
ones spou...
What are Your Biggest Obstacles to Saving Money?
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Ally Bank recently tweeted on Twitter something that caught my attention:
“Your greatest challenge to saving on a regular basis is __________?” I
quickly ...
A Guide to Buying Gift Savings Bonds Online
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As you may already know, you can no longer buy paper U.S. savings bonds.
The Treasury phased out the paper certificates and now sells all bonds only
online...
DINKS Choice: Priceline.com
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Good Morning DINKS. DINKS Choice is a series that we publish whenever we
find a really great product or service and we want to share our experience
with yo...
Net Worth Update May 2012 (+0.66%)
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Welcome to the Million Dollar Journey May 2012 Net Worth Update. For those
of you new to Million Dollar Journey, a monthly net worth update is
typically p...
Jane's Fighting Ships of WW2
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I bought this bad boy from Amazon for a reasonable price to support my
knowledge of all things German and Italian Naval.
It's OK - and certainly packed w...
Our Food Fight – Month 2 – Two Week Update
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Our Food Fight – Month 2 – Two Week Update is a post from: Budgeting In the
Fun Stuff
Our Food Fight – Month 2 – Two Week Update is a post from: Budgetin...
One Lesson From a Financial Whiz Kid
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When Zac Bissonnette writes about how savvy he was about money in high
school, I know his unusually precocious wisdom is not a put-on. I knew him
back then...
Dear Epson, I Hate You
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I suppose I shouldn’t complain too much about what currently angers me,
given that I got the product in question, but I’m still going to complain
anyways. ...
Amazing Jobs That Don’t Require a College Degree
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Do you need a college degree? Actually, let’s rephrase that. do you need a
college degree to make money? Nope. Do you need to go to school to find a
job th...
5 Tips to Help You Land a Job Out of College
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A degree is just a piece of paper you need to prove you are employable,
right? Wrong. There was a time where a four-year degree stood out and put
you on th...
Dystopian Wars: EotBS Review
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As part of my learning process for Dystopian Wars, I thought I would review
some of the units available to my Naval fleet – the Empire of the Blazing
Sun....
My son's first miniature.
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My seven years old son has painted his first miniature. It's one from that
big bag of plastic soldiers from Warzone that I bought a couple of years
ago for...
Ninja Turtle
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I have to say I was really tempted to add some extra details to this model.
A pair of katanas and a headband would be a great addition. The stock model
is ...
On the Workbench
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It may have been quiet on here regarding games but the workbench is a very
different story. It is only real life that prevents me from getting to the
club...
Going Once, Going Twice, Going Broke
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Every few weeks we scour through eBay’s vintage t-shirt sales and report
which relics are fetching top dollar. More reasons to raid your grandpa’s
closet. ...
Attributes Of The Millionaire Next Door
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How does one end up with a million? It’s all in the mind. My grandpa always
told me that I would become rich if I learned from the rich. I’ve had the
good ...
Wargames Gallery: Scouts in Chaos Terrain
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Deep in the hostile terrain of a chaos-held Moon, scouts from the Blood
Ravens space marines chapter hold off an assault of heretics with some well
placed...
Before You Retire: Are You Building Your Assets?
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One of the life’s great milestones is retirement. Many of us are saving up
for retirement, doing our best to build up a nest egg that can get us
through re...
The Scrum Painting Challenge Week 19
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Well folks, it has been 19 long weeks and I have 12 people who have
completed the Challenge. Below are their Forum and real names so you guys
can recogniz...
Partizan - Hard Road to Vukovar
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My own, very humble, showing at Partizan was of course my Yugoslavian Civil
War game. The personal life* got in the way of organising this game as
well I ...
Assorted WW2 Stuff
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Despite a pile of ancient and/or mythical Greek items continually haunting
my workbench, I seem to be painting a few WW2 things these days.
Nuthin’ much, ...
Everything New
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There are generous servings of change to be found here, there, and
everywhere…
1. You may have noticed the cracking new banner above, kindly provided by ...
Can You REALLY Start a Business With $100?
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Can you start a business with only $100? Really? I’ve always believed so. A
few months back I wrote about how you can start a business with no money
right ...
The Joy of Money
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Are you happy with your money and your financial life? If not, did you know
that you can be, and that you don’t have to be rich to make it happen? You
can ...
Sisters Of Battle Defend their Homeworld again.
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Time for the last battle of the day. I am playing in a 40k Escalation
league at Gaming Underground in High Point NC. To stay in the League you
have to play...
Information Begets Efficiency
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The efficient market hypothesis holds that financial markets digest (and
reflect) any information that might reasonably provide clues as to the true
value ...
Goalsystem Delves Design Log 13: The Hero Sheet
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Every good role-play game needs a solid sheet where players can keep track
of their characters' abilities, equipment, and other important stuff. *
Delves* p...
Carnivean Progress
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This post was written last Friday, just before departing for holidays. I
had hoped to have fininshed the Carnivean by the time we went away but it
was no...
How to make your own Zone Mortalis bases
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Instead of buying the new Forge World Zone Mortalis brass etch basing kit,
here's how you can make your own for next to nothing. The process is super
simpl...
Scuffle on Eta Bootie IV - Urban War Report
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We finally got around to playing *Urban War* last night and a good time was
had by all. UW is one of those games that we keep talking about playing
more be...
Timing Isn't Everything
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You can't fault my timing. With a new Games Workshop prices rise and a
change in editions on the horizon, what better time to take up 40k?
The reason for...
Ork Battlewagon
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I finished another project that I have had in process for a long time. I
think I started working on this model about a year ago. This is your
standard o...
IN THE EYE OF THE (GENTLE) STORM
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I was in North Florida over the Memorial Day weekend. The weather folks
were predicting dire results from Tropical Storm Beryl. So, we did the
logical th...
And back to the Knights of Morr (plus post 300!)
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Well I was able to finish up the Knights late last week, ahead of a crazy
weekend filled with parties, BBQs, pools, deck-staining, and the slightest
bit ...
GenCon!
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*GenCon!*
I have two different events that I'd like to call your attention to at this
year's GenCon.
First of all, Jen Page and I will be hosting Geek See...
Anglo-Danish Warlord & Huscarls
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Here's my Anglo-Danish Warlord in all his war-like glory!
and
Another Gripping Beast figure with LBMS shield transfer of course. Here's
his trusty Huscar...
Face-Eating Man On Drugs, Or Zombie Patient Zero?
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I love zombies. They scare me to death and give me nightmares, but *The
Walking Dead* is still one of my favorite shows and I can't wait for the
next sea...
Update Warhammer HistoricaL
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I have just spoken to the legal department at GW over Fall of the West as
the company had not seen it necessary to contact their writers.
As Warhammer Hi...
Deckbox!
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I've been playing tons of Magic lately and I spent the weekend loading
almost all of my collection into Deckbox. (There are a couple of strays
that have ye...
Tau: decal suicide!!!
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A weird thing happened last night. I have been working on a Devil fish for
some time now and try to make it look clean and nice, a little different
than my...
More Belgian's for the Sudan
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As promised another Belgium Askari Company and Command for my slowly
growing Belgium Army to fight the Mahdi. These lovely chaps have been
painted by Ler...
Good fat vs bad fat
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People who are watching their fat intake (including me) always say stuff like, "Oh, I know I'm supposed to be eating healthy, but it's okay if I eat this bow...
Black Powder at Enfilade!
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Here's a quick run down of the Black Powder Napoleonic game I hosted at
Enfilade! this past Friday night. I had a full game with six players
running a com...
Upcoming 6th Edition Feelings and Some Painted Stuff
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Its been a while since I've thrown down an op ed column and honestly, there
is a lot I've had on my mind lately. The hobby and gaming world is upside
down ...
A 15mm Diversion – Ancient Greeks
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A little while back Anthony and I decided that we needed a little 15mm DBA
action here in Singapore. Whilst I am building 6mm DBA armies, Anthony is
bein...
Iron Hands Venerable Dread & List Advice
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Bannus has returned with some new conversion/paint work on a Venerable
Dread for his Iron Hands. I'm quite impressed actually. Bannus has moved
from my p...
Memorial Day....
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It is the Soldier, not the ministerWho has given us freedom of religion.
It is the Soldier, not the reporterWho has given us freedom of the press.
It is the ...
Sittangbad- the refight
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In 2006, almost exactly 6 years ago to the day, we put the Sitangbad
demonstration wargame on at the Partizan show in Newark.
I have added a new page (see n...
Scratch-built pre-dread squadron
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Hi all. In a previous post I showed you my first scratch-built
pre-dreadnought. Well over the weekend I added two more ships for a
squadron.A barbette pre-...
Thunderhawk Scratch Build
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I am sick, so I spent the day cutting card stock, using vast amounts of
liquid green stuff, and making the hull of this monstrosity. I wasn't even
...
Praetorians on Warhammer World facebook page AGAIN!
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The Warhammer World team ca'nt keep their camera lenses off Praetorian's
these days, with Col.Winterbourne's 4th Praetorian Mechanised taking center
stage ...
How we play
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Gaming. It's about play, it's about art, it's about a challenge. Over the
years I've come to learn a lot about myself through these things.
I know I'm a...
Still Making Progress On My Debt
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It’s been awhile since posting, but that’s been intentional. I’ve tried to
get away from thinking about myself as “debtkid” anymore. It’s been really
nice....
Shadowsword WIP Part 8 - On Display
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First of all there will be no pictures in this post, sorry.
But I have finished my Shadowsword. It is however currently on display in GW Hanley (Stoke-on-...
WG-Con WiP Pics: Team Tournament HQ
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So for the team tournament, the Card Pimp in Question and I are busting out
a TyraCron combo. The HQ's are a Prime and a certain over-priced Necron
Lord w...
Tale of Only Two Gamers: Empire are here!
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I finally sold enough Orcs & Goblins to get my Empire army ordered, at
least the beginnings. I put in this order to the Warstore on Monday and
had a box...
Warhammer Historical is Closed
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Warhammer Historical became history today and closed their doors. Games
Workshop has stated they are not selling the rights of these games to
anyone. Sad d...
A Sale, a New Shiney, and a Convention
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*A Sale from Ravenstar Studios*
Some of you may have already seen this posted over on TMP but, in case you
haven't, Ravenstar Studios has announced a Memori...
My wandering eye – DUST Warfare, Dropzone Commander
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I feel I may be reaching a “saturation point” with my 40K stuff. While I
still want to paint things for my Rising Sun Space Marines, new games are
beckonin...
Brilliant Business Strategy
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Despite the strong showing at this years Adepticon and its continued strong
fanbase despite the total lack of support. Warhammer Historical has now had
i...
York and Lancaster Regiment in the Sudan..
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A Royal Marine Light Infantry at the Battle
of Tamai. Illustration by Charles Stadden.
Nothing specifically to do with this figure
but you can't pass up an ...
Following Up on the Facebook Fiasco
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I posted almost a year ago on why I thought Facebook stock was a really bad
investment. Unfortunately for investors, it was even worse than I had
anticipat...
New Table Top Game
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I have been working on a new Table Top game and will no longer be updating
this site. Please check it out, it is currently in a very early Alpha
state, but...
On leave
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Has it been a year already? Wow.
The Cadian 512th here, embarking on the next Valkyrie off this dustball for
a nice, relaxing vacation in the lush, verd...
Space-age hip Shag postcard
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[image: US-1693193]
I mailed this fine Shag (aka Josh Agle) postcard today to a Postcrosser in
the USA. I've kvelled about my love of Shag's artwork many t...
Last WFB Empire Amethyst Wizard WIP
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At this point, I think I can safely say that I've put as much work as I'd
like into this Empire Amethyst Wizard without going *too* over the top,
being to...
Closed until further notice
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I regret to announce that for the immediate future, *Work In Progress* will
not be updated. The reason for this is simple: I have come to the
conclusion th...
Found some time!
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*Hi folks, *
*
*
*I have finally managed to clear some time from my studies to get on with
some hobby related fun! and h**ave finally finished the second ba...
313 More Filthy Traitors
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And here they are - another three rebel mortar teams painted up for Zzzzzz's
foul traitor pdf:
Normal service should resume in a couple of weeks now...
- ...
More dwarf warriors painted.
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*Started on the next 30 man block of dwarf warriors...*
Been a short while, but here are some dwarfs. The pictures are crappy
because I realised that ...
Montblanc 2012 Writers Edition Jonathan Swift
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Their is more and more news on the new Writers Edition 2012 of Montblanc.
The pen wil be dedicated to Jonathan Swift known as a writer of Gulliver's
Travel...
Heroclix- Odin
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So I going to talk about my heroclix on here aswell :D
Last night I played two games, both using the new 250 Odin! Here is my
thought on him!
*Good thing...
Elf Preservation – Part Two
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A long time ago (two novels ago, in fact), I conducted a brief survey of
Hamsterites’ thoughts on fantasy tropes in preparation for a panel at
SFXWeekender...
Warmachine Slow Grow Update
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We finished up our last round of 25 point games last time we got together
and are looking forward to moving up to 35 point armies this weekend. As
you can ...
Bloodgorgers....
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Okay, so I haven't super painter man recently but I have been working on
something. These Bloodgorgers despite being generally a "cover it in wash"
model h...
What I Learned at Adepticon
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Adpeticon has come and gone, and I've (finally) recovered from the Con.
Before moving on to GenCon and the other summer cons (as well as getting
back to pa...
The Inner Geek state of the Union Address
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First update of the new year, and only in May! Sad.
So what have I been up to? I've been going to school, working, and enjoying
the family life with my wif...
Head reworks
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Being limited for potential bodys to convert i started looking at other
parts to convert whilst waiting for body doners, spotted some old heads and
start...
Dead and buried?
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Just a quick note to say ....
Pathfinder Blog isn't dead and buried. Rather, since early February I've
been involved in one of the largest projects of...
Simpler Times
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Lin, Kadra, Austin and Lorin
Susan Walker took this photo way back in the day when Lorin and Lin were
living in Provo. I remember going down to visit with ...
Wolf Theory Mk II: Revelations
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So I had a post on this topic back in May 2009 I have decided to revisit it
now. As I gear up to start working on the reboot of my Wolves, now that I
am...
Empress Miniatures 1/56 th scale Panzer 1a
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Hello everyone, Just to show the above work in progress. Still waiting on
the decals to arrive and this would complete the model. The crew commander
is fro...
Another Terminator Inquisitor
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I just finished up the second Inquisitor leading my army here in a week and
a half at the Alamo. He was a lot of fun to put together and I had the
chanc...
A family in real need
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Hey guys and gals,
Just wanted to pass this story of some family friends on... they are in
dire straights, as insurance is not helping them with their li...
The Return of the Outcast
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With a title like that you would think it more of a definite thing than a
passing note that I am still active, and what activitys have I been up to
lately?...
6 Ways to Save Money at the Movies
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I have a dilemma in my life. I love going to the movies, but I absolutely
hate the cost of everything associated with the experience; from the ticket
price...
Spartans!
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This lovely collection of figures is produced by Gorgon Miniatures as
their Spartan line. The figures are very well done and in my mind slightly
superio...
New paints
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White base (on a white primer), Casandora Yellow all over the
model, Ceramite White highlight, and to finish it up Lamenters Yellow all
over again. That's ...
Lots of hobby done over the week.
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Yup, I've been hobbying like a mad man. Been painting my Sanguinary Priest, Furioso Dreadnought, and the Baal Predator which I managed to finish.
I m...
Spring Sale At Rebel Minis
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Rebel Mike is putting on one of his rare sales. 20% off with the code
"rebelspring" at checkout.
Here's the link to the website, www.rebelminis.com
Wh...
Empire of the Dead has Arrived!
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Well, Empire of the Dead arrived here in Phoenix yesterday, which I was
surprised that it only took 3 days to arrive from West Wind Productions.
If you...
Playtesting the New Chaos in Carpathia Lists
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Although my blogging continues to suffer, there's been quite a lot of
development on the *Chaos in Carpathia* front lately. I'll show you some
shots of som...
All Infantry IG Lists
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SO... I've been thinking about where I want to go with my IG army and I've
been mulling the idea of an all Infantry "almost" list. I plan on throwing
i...
Free Comic Book Day -- Hypernaturals!
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This Saturday, the 5th of May, it's *Free Comic Book Day*... a ridiculously
simple reason to support your local comic book shop. Free comics! You see?
The ...
Astronomi-mini-con: preparation
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Just a quick post up for now, today my buddy Mike (shiftedmatrix.com) ran a
small tournament in preparation for this years Astronomi-con. Astro last
year ...
Latest and last round of Reaper Bones
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Okay, I think I'm done with the Reaper Bones experiement. I either have or
don't want any of the other bones that are currently available but will be
wat...
The M42 Project Back in Session
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The M42 project has started back up. For those of you who do not know this is a project lead by SandWyrm from the back 40K to develop alternative rules for ...
A Wurpee at the 10-11
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So spring has arrived here in Provo. The bulk of student activity on campus
and the roads I travel most is at its annual minimum (at least until the
terri...
Pretty on the inside?
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*
*
*Before assembling...*
* *With the idea of using this Valkyrie on a display board, I wanted to
make sure that I showed it some extra love. That me...
New Necron Color Scheme
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I've been trying out a few things on my necrons, and have finally (I think)
come to a color scheme that I like.
Here's some test minis. Any comments/crits ...
MTG: 'Avacyn Restored' Prerelease
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*'Avacyn Restored' Prerelease April 28-29, 2012*
This weekend is the prerelease event for Magic The Gathering 'Avacyn
Restored'. My son and I just re-pi...
A weekend out of the country.
-
I spent the weekend in Copenhagen and had the opportunity to visit the
local GW shop. A very small basement-like shop with some very nice guys. I
got the r...
French Line Infantry Taking a Pounding
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So, I'm still alive. And, despite mentioning in my last post that I'm
getting into Force on Force my painting in this direction has amounted to a
few Talib...
Benefits of Universities
-
A diploma from a college implies nearly all issue to numerous everyone.
Only you possibly can outline the significance of a diploma for example ,
this to ...
A Glimps of Things to Come
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Just a quick update, here are a few previews for the official Department
15mm figure line from Effigy Miniatures. Tom did a bang up job on this
first wa...
Muskets and Tomahawks
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Over the last year or so, I’ve been involved in the development of a Dark
Age skirmish game called Saga. From simple beginnings of just playtesting
the rul...
Olympus 2012
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I was at the British national science fiction convention over Easter and
guess what, they had members of the cast from Game of Thrones and the
Author ...
C&C Tiberium Alliances Totally Rips Off GW
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As reported by Rock Paper Shotgun.
In other news, I lost the second round of the Thunderdome Survival Series.
Listen to episode 46 of LAtCS to hear how it...
Progress! On A Small Scale
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Any progress is good progress as far as I’m concerned.
[image: IMG_0096]
I still need to do a lot more with these, but I can say that they’re close
to d...
Of Paint Racks and Planning
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Interesting article on IcV2 here.
http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/22629.html
And by interesting, I mean "the first half of the article seems reasoned
and...
New Citadel Painting Guide Review
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Im one of the many who bought the new Citadel Painting guide in the distant
hope that "Eavy Metal" and GW in general had finally decided to bite the
bul...
The best laid plans
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No progress on the orcs for a while, my movement disorder has been quite
bad so I've not managed to find time to hold a brush when my limbs are
under full ...
Bridal Hosiery Is As Important As The Dress
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A wedding ceremony is among one of the most memorable events in your life.
It requires years and months of preparation to ensure every last detail is
co...
Sorcerer of Tzeentch
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A long time ago, when Storm of Magic came out, I realized that my
Tzeentchian horde only had a single spellcaster. This was because when I
made my army the...
Update 1 – From the Windy City
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**Update on our budget near the end of this post** If you read my last post
a few months ago, you know that [and why] I decided to put a moratorium on
blog...
Let slip the Hogs of war!!
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So, I tend to get more into painting than blogging. Mostly because when I
have the energy to feel creative its more fulfilling to paint up some lil
dudes...
Old Reliable, Pride of the Eleventy-First
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When Hobbits go to war, they bring their tanks.
This is my annual contribution to the Frothers participation game at
Salute. One of this years games is a F...
A Sideshow on the Horizon
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Well it’s been a while but I’ve finally had some time to get some photos
and time to post something here. Of late I’ve been playing some different
crews to...
Step-By-Step Imperial Guard Vehicle (Sentinel)
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My Imperial Guard are a brown version of the Cadian Guard. Just putting
that out there before we get too deep into this and you're like "Wait a
minute. T...
Painting MultiCam Tutorial
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Following up on my tutorials for ACUPAT, MARPAT, and Desert MARPAT, this is
my fourth camouflage tutorial, focusing on Crye Precision's popular
"MultiCam"...
Going to GamesDay Nottingham on April 1st?
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I know Ive completey forgotten about blogging for sometime, but thats
because I have changed my situation again. Ive quit the merchant navy
training sche...
Vallejo Primer
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One problem I've found with painting plastic figures is priming them. I've
always used Humbrol enamel paint for this in the past and have had no
problems u...
Secret Weapon Washes
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I ordered hobby supplies from www.basecrafts.com and I have been delighted
with the service and speed of delivery. Sometimes I find it can take up to
a mon...
Children Of The Hydra
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So here they finally are my tribute to Ray Harryhausen and Jason and the
Argonauts, together with their new shields (had some trouble tracking these
down)...
Winter War 9
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So I went to Bergen a few weeks back and attended their Winter War
tournament again. This was the 9th, and it was great. Due to laziness on my
part I didn'...
Vote Zephri for Awesome
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I've held the much coveted position of "Team Mom" on the Quidditch team for
a while now, but since we officially got school club status this week, now
...
Adepticon 2012
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All right!
Plane tickets purchased.
Hotel accommodations secured, reservation confirmation number acquired.
I'm ready for Adepticon.
This is my first ye...
Dismantled
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The Summit layout has been dismantled. It was a fun and rewarding project,
and I think I achieved my goals, but you can only go round-and-round for
that ma...
Space Wolves New Sprues!!!
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So I managed to get my hands on the new Space Wolves today! For those of
you bloggers not living in Australian/Pacific region these are the actual
AUD pr...
The Saga of Ceallach ui Móráin
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I got a little time to jet up to Your Hobby Place recently and was able to
get in a Saga game against the store owner Dave at the head of his
Normans. I a...
Silence Will Fall
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Before I begin I would like to thank you all for still following this blog
– including the actual followers of this blog - despite the lack of recent
pos...
Eldar Flyer Scratchbuild
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Here is the current status on my Eldar flyer scratchbuilds - 4 Nightwings
and 2 Phoenix bombers. Each is in a different level of completion.
How To See A Bright Financial Future
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By: Roshawn Watson
Your vision of the future will be a powerful influence on your finances.
For example, why would one save, invest, and practice frugality...
...of Reading
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I am so pleased when I hear about my grandchildren reading to their
children. I have been a book-lover for longer than I can remember. I shared
in one of ...
The 13 Most Commonly Overlooked Tax Deductions
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With tax time right around the corner, many people are starting to get all
their filing information together, such as receipts, donation records, bank
st...
Art: XVIII
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XVIII
20"x16"Acrylic on Canvas
Some of you might remember the last space marine painting that I posted a
while back. This painting was started soon...
SWAT team quells thuggery in slum zone of NHC
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Played a quick game of Chain Reaction 3.0 with Jack. Got to use my new card
stock buildings I have been working on. I am a recent, serious convert to
card ...
Gone Renegade
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Well well it's been a while In any case on with the show
Most recently I've managed to write up a Lost and Damned fandex, why?
Because it looked like it wo...
The End of the Frugal Year(s)
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As you may have noticed I haven't been posting on the blog too much
recently. This is, in part, to it's success; I've been playing too many
games and get...
RM:The Eulogy
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We are gathered here today to pay respects to a short, but bright, project.
Launched with a single forum post and a name that didn't exactly roll off
the...
My Model Railroad was Featured in a Short Film!
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For the last couple of months I’ve been quietly working on my Model
Railroad, finishing off hundreds of details all secretly for its premier in
“The Downst...
The Holiday Season is upon us....
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I've been contemplating a few things over the past month. And
unfortunately, I will not be "spilling the beans" about it ALL here on my
blog. I will only g...
Terminators don't give a damn
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Behold! Are you not entertained?! Been making a bit of a mess lately with a little bit of yellow and a whole lot of Terminator. The bases you see on the righ...
Count down to Crossover Part 4: The pitch
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So here we are at the end of Countdown but hopefully the beginning of
something great:
Now whether Crossover comes into being or not is kind of in your ha...
Painted Terrain Update
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Back to updating the blog after a long hiatus. Besides actively seeking
employment during these period and finding out the answer to number of
basketballs ...
Uriah Jacobus PIP #1
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Both Uriah Jacobus and St. Celestine will be a part of my 1,850 point list.
So, it seemed fitting that the old man get the red carpet treatment very
earl...
!!! I WON !!!
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There it is, up there on the top left hand corner, right above last years :)
WOOT!!!
This one was hard as you can see from my stats. I stalled after about ...
STMS 2011
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Afer some month rehab after the Carnithian 40k Championships I went to a
tournament again. It was held in Sterya and travel took me about 90 minutes
(not ...
Harker finally gets deployed ....
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There's a little bit of me that can't actually believe that I'm typing
this. It's been over 18 months since I first started Sgt Harker and his
squad of ...
The Pack Elite - Part 2
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*I haven't had much time to do stuff with a Bachelor's thesis I'm working
on all the time now, so not much painting progress and I just didn't have
what to...
Not posted in a while so heres some FoW bits
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US WW2 101st airborne by Forged In Battle, very nice, clean castings.
More of the same, note the eagle badge and US flags
Very pleased with these, Val...
Okay, so I'm being kind of cheap.
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I should be posting something with actual substance since I haven't posted
in forever, but I'm not. Apologies in advance. I'm blogging about a
giveaway. ...
GW 8th Street NYC
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Last Saturday my wife and I took our daughter down to get here first Games
Workshop experience. I figured that it was long past time to get her
immersed in...
Battling Batavians.....
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The muswell Militia tried out the Hail Caesar Rules again last night with a
rough and ready battle between the might of Rome and the Batavian
revolters! We...
Suddenly Broadside
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Wow... Its been quite a while since I last posted anything.
I been on a bit of a break and I can't tell you why. It's nothing serious I
just can't workout ...
I made it to GW Website!
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My facebook buddy PM me on this, I emailed Dan few weeks ago and didn't
expected it to be published on the site. Glad they did and it really made
my day!
...
Discovering new things is always cool
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Thing 1: About the Conklin Glider
Before you is a Conklin Glider, the original version from the World War II
era. There is almost nothing unusual about it.
...
Dark Eldar Kabalite Warriors - Assembly
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Here they are, some of my assembly work for the dark Eldar. I intend to
paint them together with the already assembled, based and primed Archon so
that we ...
Basing - Awesome city ruin basis
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Again folks, please caravan over to my new blog, legion 9 studious for more
info on my hobby progress and painting... new to come, working with an
airbrus...
Holiday!!!! I'm back
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Hi All!
Sorry for not blogging on minis for the past few weeks. I went back home
for holiday to catch up with my family and friends and its only recently ...
The Deceased Return
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Hello all. Its been a while, as you can see from the past date. I have
taken this post from a forum I posted on several months ago, and have yet
to update ...
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