50/100 Half Way There

 Cue up the Bon Jovi song...

"I gotta hoooold on, to the simple plan I wrought,

It doesn't even matter those new miniatures I bought.

I got 50 done, and that's a lot (or not).

I'll give it a shot! 

Whooaaah, I'm Half Way there,
WhooAAAH, Painting on a prayer!

Brush in Hand, I'll make it I swear

WhooAAH, Painting on a prayer!

Paaaaiiiinting ooonnn a praaaayyyerrrr.

(doh doh doh)

That song came out in 1986.  Even I was young back then...

(Song was "Living on Prayer."  I'm sure you figured it out by my typing-singing).

Half Way There

Hey look at that, it's only April and I've managed to paint up 50 miniatures out of the 100 planned.  Which is kinda amazing for me for I am not known for being a speedy painter nor someone who enjoys painting in general.

Go me!

Or maybe painting miniatures to an acceptable tabletop standard isn't all that hard and I should just get over myself.  And its still gonna be October / another 4 months to finish all 100 at this rate of production. Not that impressive.  

Anyway, I finished up another batch of 11 miniatures to make an even 50.  Mostly Saxon Thegns this time around.

11 badasses

These two Thegns like to fight in flower patches.

Adding these new 11 to the previous painted men that were just standing around
is enough to fill up two of the Big Battle Bases

Speaking of Big Battle Bases

As 11 miniatures didn't feel like a big batch to paint (oh how things change over time.  I used to think it was), at the same time I did up some more of the Big Battle Bases so that more newly painted miniatures will have somewhere to go.  It's a bonus job.

Big Battle Bases is just a fancy term for Movement Trays

Piles of MDF and Shame

I mentioned in a previous post that I learned that the company 4Ground was going out of business this year; and since all my dark ages buildings are from 4Ground I thought I might pick up a few more while I still could. So that they all match and look consistent.  

No sooner then after I hit publish on the blog post did I travel over to Noble Knight games and check out what 4ground stuff they had...

This arrived the other day.  My wife told me that I had "a fun package from a gaming company" without the 'what did you order THIS TIME?' vibe.  So that must mean that I do a good job at intercepting and hiding the mail.  

Truth be told she never gives me that vibe.  She gets fun stuff in the mail too and we generally show each other so we can make ooh and awe sounds at each other's hobby  stuff.

I have no idea when I'll get around to actually putting those dark ages houses together.  Sometimes this hobby is strange; in that we spend our hard earned money on items that are just gonna sit around in boxes being useless.  Taking food from out of my children's mouths just for the possibility  of having it in the future.  

And I've done it SEVERAL TIMES.

Here's my pile of MDF kits for Dead Man's Hand.  A Western Town just waiting to be built
but has sat around for years.

Oh, and here's that church I got for my AWI terrain.
(Actually it's part of the same DMH range so could pull double duty.
I know a church in the AWI timeframe would not have a steeple.)

Not to mention these 8 or so 15mm MDF buildings for my ACW tables.
These are from a kickstarter campaign.
Long ago.

On the bright side; if the power goes out for an extended time I have plenty of firewood.  Course that means that I'll have to buy more MDF kits.   Course the power went out in the first place because I probably bought MDF kits instead of paying PG&E.  Kinda a viscous cycle.  

Bye

Bye!

Till next time.  Happy Easter.  I'll spending the rest of the week making a track out of cardboard and duct tape so we can do our traditional Easter Egg race down the stairs.