After the overwhelmingly mild success of my ARR, it's time to get back to the wining blog formula:
Stupid jokes and adequately painted miniatures. First for the stupid joke:
What is Orange and sounds like a parrot?
-- A Carrot.
Stupid jokes and adequately painted miniatures. First for the stupid joke:
What is Orange and sounds like a parrot?
-- A Carrot.
And now miniatures.
More of Painted Quar
We always want more.
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| Quar! |
The Coftyran (Royalist) faction has pulled ahead in the arms race that is happening on my hobby desk, as they now have an actual machine gun, maned by 3 quar.
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| Medium machine gun team. |
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| Not too shabby |
I've also painted up 4 rhflyer buddies
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| Advance to the left! |
I tried out doing the splotches in a slightly different way, adding in a dark outline around a brighter center. Like the sun shining through a dark cloud.
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| Close ups so you can see them, not because the paint job is fantastic, because it's not |
The first way looks better.
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| Advance to the right! |
Avoiding Rebasing
The Quar are something of a resurrected project, and as such I have some Quar that were painted and based over 10 years ago.. Really is too bad that my painting skills never improved.
Past me did not know that future me would go all in with magnetic bases; and used MDF rounds that are 3mm thick. Past me didn't know a lot of things.
The two different bases look fine together on the table, so that's not the issue. The problem is storage. I like the magnet bases mainly for storage ease. Having the collection using two methods of storage is a pain and heart breaking. I would LOVE to love them all in the same place in the same way. I really don't want to rebase, but I would do an-y-thing for love. Yes I would do an-y-THING for LOVE!
Yes I would do aaaaannyything for love.
but I won't do that.
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| So instead, I took a drill and made a shallow hole and glued in a 1mm by 5mm rare earth magnet. |
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| Yay! Now they all can stick together in the same storage tub. Sorry for the glare. |
While everyone is all together like this, seems like a good time to take an inventory.
The Coftyrans:
24 Rhyflers with Harlech rifles
3 Rhyflers with Cryfen LMG
3 Trench Raiders (smg and sword)
3 Yawdryl (smg and sword)
2 Snipers
1 MMG team (3 Quar)
4 Is-Caerten (pistol and sword)
42 total to keep the King safe.
The Crusaders:
16 Rhyflers with Bogen rifles
8 Rhyflers with Ryshi Rifle
3 Rhyflers with Ha-11 LMG
2 Snipers
2 Yawdryl (with Bogen)
4 Is-Caerten (Grifkis Shotgun)
35 Total to save the world by breaking it.
Grand total of 77. Not bad, considering that 4 months ago I had 18.
Wait, That was Only One Dumb Joke
Isn't everything in life kinda a dumb joke?
But when you're right, you're right:
How do you tell the difference between an alligator and a crocodile?
--One will see you later, and one will see you after a while.
As will I.
Thanks for Reading,
Double Thanks for writing a comment.
See you next time.
I like the look of the machine gun team, though slightly concerned at your output of Royalist. Those poor Crusaders need some additional fire power
ReplyDeleteThanks Neil. I just like the look of the Royalists better. Mainly because I use Union Blue and Confederate Gray for the uniforms. 😁
DeletePlenty of Crusaders on the plastic pile though. I do need more though so I can set up some attack and defend scenarios with them as the aggressors.
I laughed at the carrot joke more than I should have. You know, for someone who says they don’t paint very quickly, you’ve got quite a lot of painting done.
ReplyDeleteThanks SD. I know right? Dumb jokes are often funnier than they first appear.
DeleteI am uncharacteristically pumping these little creatures out these days. 😁
Good jokes and good paintwork, Stew!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathon. Though truthfully the painting is barely better than the jokes. 😁
DeleteGreat looking models Stew! I'm sharing this with the FB crew. Love the bases btw.
ReplyDeleteThanks very much. 😁
DeleteQuar-laty will out - or Quar-nanty has a Quar-laty all of its own?
ReplyDeleteSo, if you carry on, in a month you'll have 91-92.....☺
Neil
Thanks Neil. Stretching it juuust a bit, but I appreciate the effort. 😁
DeleteWhat is there to do but carry on? But I have been painting faster than usual.
Love the painting
ReplyDeleteThanks, I'm assuming Iian. 😁
DeleteGreat looking miniatures sir!
ReplyDeleteThanks Michal!
DeleteMagnetic bases are definitely my default option nowadays. Drilling the hole is a much better solution than rebasing. I have in the past used those Litko circular adhesive magnets and found them to be very good, although the adhesive does wear off after a few years and I superglue them back on.
ReplyDeleteWould you believe me if I told you I started with them (square bases) in 2008 and still have a few sealed and have not had them peel off yet..lol
DeleteI have since switched to neodymium magnets for the win! Your comment took me waaay back.
thanks Lawrence. I have used those round magnets before too, I just didn't have any to hand but did have the other magnets as they are left over from the startrek project. and the grip is quite strong. 😁
DeleteMore progress on your project and a crafty way of avoiding rebasing.
ReplyDeleteThanks Peter. Anything to avoid rebasing. 😁
DeleteWhatever would we do without Dad jokes? I hope your kids are tolerant of them.
ReplyDeleteThe buildup looks impressive! I am expecting my box tonight, looking forward to joining you in Alwyd.
Thanks Jennifer. My children aren’t tolerant of anything.
DeleteHope you’ll enjoy Quar as much as the rest of us.
Plenty of room on the continent. 😀
These additions look great Stew and thankfully there are no Quar in 10mm, otherwise I might be tempted! Loved the jokes as they tickled my sense of humour:).
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve. No, there are none in 10mm, but there are some in 15mm....😁
Deleteand in 6mm!
DeleteI think you are being overly hard in yourself re the painting Stew (nothing else, the jokes ARE dumb!! Just kidding.....) The Quar look nicely done to me and regarding rebasing, I am in 100 % agreement....it is an abomination unto the Lird and to be avoided at all costs!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kieth. It's not being overly hard, it's called 'managing expectations.' I do the same thing with my family about dinner. 😁
DeleteCertainly, I would do anything other than rebase miniatures. ANYTHING.
Great looking miniatures Stew. The jokes are ok I guess. 😒
ReplyDeleteThe Quar look pretty dangerous, not the sort you would like to meet coming towards you.
While past you was not the best at basing at least they seem to have chosen a good wife. So give past you a bit of love 😂
Thanks Ben. Actually, the wife and I just had out 15 year anniversary. One good decision in a sea of blunders. 😁
DeleteCongratulations on your 15th anniversary!
DeleteApparently the gift for 15th anniversary is rubies. I hope you got a few 😂
Nicely done Stew you have quite a lot of those little chaps now !
ReplyDeletethanks Matt. It's a fun genre. 😁
DeleteQuite a few of these are likely done as nice as any. If you have a shiny box to store them in, then the basing scheme will settle itself. As for the jokes, everyone will have an opinion.
ReplyDeleteThanks Pan. The storage tub is lined with metal and it had quite a glare that I could not get around. 😁
DeleteGreat work on all Stewart, and you seem to be keeping up a good rate with your painting of these models. Both types of spot work, but do prefer the dark colour on the outside. I'm guessing we will be seeing more Crusaders next, to bring the numbers up to equal forces. Will we be seeing a trench board update soon as well ?
ReplyDeleteThanks Dave. Every time that you build up both sides, it makes sense not to let ne totally outpace the other. There will be a trench board update *soon.* I haven't worked on it very much lately. It tends to be only a weekend project as I have to drag it out..and the last two weekends have been at a convention or my wedding anniversary. 😁
DeleteAfter embarking on projects that wound up including bits of woodworking myself, I salute your imbedded magnet solution!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ed. I thought it was kinda clever actually. 😁
DeleteA machine gun, gosh! Looking forward to the tanks, they're great!, I aim for adequate and largely I achieve it, I think these are more than adequate, your jokes on the other hand, probably are adequate!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain caveadsum1471
Thanks Iain. Well, when it's the ONLY machine gun, it's definitely an advantage.
Deletemaybe the painting is slightly more than adequate. just slightly. 😁
Always good to see more Quar, particularly when they are from the good guys/opressors/reactionaries (depending on your POV). I do really like their uniforms though, you seem to have that really dialed in now.
ReplyDeletethanks David. They are nice and unique miniatures. I have some scheduling that I need to nail down and then I'm gonna invite you for more Quar gaming. 😁
DeleteLoving the LMG. Very fierce looking. If you’re after jokes… My wife told me she’s never seen the film Gaslight. I told her: “Yeah you have … we watched it together.”
ReplyDeleteThanks Mark. It's supposed to be a MMG (more like a WWII 30 cal) and not an LNG (like a BAR) but that's a matter for the rules writers. 😁
DeleteThat IS a good gaslight joke.
Those magnets are a top solution Stew. Innovation, painting, jokes... is there anything that you can't do?!
ReplyDeleteI don't get it though, I have been listening closely to all the carrots in my fridge and none are making a sound...
Thanks James. Don;t think too hard about the carrot joke, it doesn't even make sense really. 😁😜
DeleteNice work on the Quar Stew, I particularly like the cammo patterns. I wish I had used magnetised bases, or at least had had the foresight to drill holes in the plastic bases for my current single figure projects. Now I have to construct special storage for them where a single steel sheet would have been a simple solution.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mark. Storage can be tricky. It’s almost a hobby unto itself. 😀
DeleteI like the skin and camo patterns on the latest quar. As long as you apply them randomly, its amazing how forgiving adding such patterns/textures to miniatures can be. I'm sure you've improved over the last ten years even if it is only in how fast you paint and not the overall quality. Though I've seen you paint some nice minis so I think you're just keeping yourself humble :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Jeff. Quar are pretty forgiving miniatures. Over the years I think I’ve hit my sweet spot of painting nice enough as well as quick enough.
DeleteBasically; enough painting. 😀