Star Wars X-Wing: Small Game

Lea and I started a small game of X-Wing late yesterday afternoon.

I unpacked my Z-95 Headhunter, and matched it up against a TIE. No upgrades, just plain pilot cards.

None of these have much staying power, and the game was merely to brush up on the rules, as it has been far too long, since I last pulled some fighters out.

One of the beauties of X-Wing is the simplicity of the rules - we quickly found the game rhythm, and started trying to outsmart each other.

Lea (Rebel) got the first opportunity for shooting, but the TIE again and again proved too nimble.

In the end, it got personal, and this head-on confront..ation resulted in the Headhunter being blown to stardust. Tomorrow, we shall probably have a game with more durable fighters, and perhaps a few upgrades.

Dark Ages: Fourth Point of Warriors Ready for Painting

Yesterday, I got the next eight warriors glued on corks (plus a couple more), so they are now fully prepped for the pain(t) station. At the forefront, the last couple of minis to complete the third point of warriors are waiting for the last licks of paint - I hope to resume painting tomorrow.

Dark Ages: Armoured Vikings

I painted nada today - wife and kids are re-decorating the kids' rooms, and it is stressing me out a bit.

Instead, I finished assembling this group (yes, I opted to make eight right away, after all). They will start out as two points of Hearthguard for SAGA, then be expanded to a ten-man unit for God of Battles, and, finally, when I find time to paint some actual hirdmen for Sigurdr, be used as one point of Warriors, while some of the recently painted Warriors will be transferred to an Anglo-Danish warband (in SAGA terms, that is).

Dark Ages: Line-Up with the Two New Command Models

The compulsory line-up of my progress so far - this will be the last I do in my photo set-up, as it is getting increasingly harder and more fiddly to get them all in the shot, so from now on the line-ups will be done on the dining table.

2017-02-11 Tally

Miniatures:
Painted: 48, Just Re-based: 0, Repaired: 0, Purchased: 0, Gotten as Gift: 0
Vehicles:
Painted: 0, Just Re-based: 0, Repaired: 0, Purchased: 1, Gotten as Gift: 0
Terrain/Scenery:
Pieces Painted: 0, Pieces Built: 0, Pieces Purchased: 0, Materials Purchased: 2
Paints:
Primer Purchased: 1, Paints Purchased: 2, Washes/Inks Purchased: 1
Games:
Games Played: 0 (Victories: 0, Ties: 0, Defeats: 0), Rules Purchased: 0

Ultimo January

Miniatures:
Painted: 38, Just Re-based: 0, Repaired: 0, Purchased: 0, Gotten as Gift: 0
Vehicles:
Painted: 0, Just Re-based: 0, Repaired: 0, Purchased: 0, Gotten as Gift: 0
Terrain/Scenery:
Pieces Painted: 0, Pieces Built: 0, Pieces Purchased: 0, Materials Purchased: 2
Games:
Games Played: 0 (Victories: 0, Ties: 0, Defeats: 0), Rules Purchased: 0

Dark Ages: Third Point of Warriors is Coming Along

I have had a couple of very lazy days, yesterday because Lea was ill, and we ended up on the couch, watching three movies.

Today, though, I found the energy to finish the hornblower, and as the leader model was already finished Thursday, I now have another pair of warriors done, and only need to finish two more, then I shall have three points ready for the table.

As mentioned earlier, I do feel my motivation waning, as a kind of painting fatigue is setting in. so my progress will probably be somewhat slower from now on (I still hope to have four points done by next weekend, as the next batch have no shields, and that means a couple of steps less to work through.

Dark Ages: Fourth Point of Warriors in the Making

While painting the four 'command' models that is going to make up one half of the third point of warriors, time had come to get some primer on the warriors destined to become my fourth point for saga (and 'Younglings' for the God of Battles Blood Gorged version of the army).

Yes, ten models - I had a couple extra built models sitting in the box, thought I should get them ready for the pain(t) station right away.