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A mythical beast - a female wargamer! I got back into wargaming in the summer of 2011 after a very, very long break and haven't looked back since. I must admit that I seem to be more of a painter/collector than a gamer, but do hope to correct that at some point in the near future. My gaming interests span the ages, from the "Biblical" era all the way through to the far future. I enjoy games of all sizes, from a handful of figures up to major battles (see my megalomaniacally sized Choson Korean and Russian Seven Years War armies).

Thursday, 20 December 2018

'Twas The Night Before AHPC9

As I write this, there are just 8 hours until the Challenge kicks off. I won't be getting up silly early to make my start at kick-off time, but do have a couple of items out to paint tomorrow for some quick points right at the start.

I did get most of the Soviet reinforcements primed today. I'm holding off on the guns until I've got bases to glue them onto (I discovered that I didn't have enough of the sizes I need, so placed an order with Warbases).

To clear my paint desk before the Challenge, I had one last job to do. Some of you will remember that last year I had purchased some Hotwheels models of Star Destroyers and oil-washed them to show up the panel lines. And so they had sat until today, when I finally got round to giving them a good dry-brush with white. With that done, I thought it might be a good idea to pick out some of the domes with colour and to use a different colour for each ship. When all the paint was dry I airbrushed a few light coats of satin varnish on them:



Reviewing the Kra'Vak figures I had primed, I realised that I would need to order another pack each of command and special weapons. So I placed an order yesterday afternoon for those and a few more vehicles. Now, I know from past experience and reputation that Mr Tuffley has illicit access to experimental wormhole technology for deliveries, but I was still somewhat shocked when the order arrived just after midday today.


As it's the December deal period, he had included some freebies:


That's two more two-seater grav bikes and a pair of support weapon teams for the Kra'Vak, along with some 15mm SF containers.

I also received notification that my Ona Bugeisha kickstarter minis from Bad Squiddo Games have been posted today.
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5 comments:

  1. Geordie an Exiled FoG20 December 2018 at 22:45

    Christmas has come early!

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  2. Herkybird20 December 2018 at 23:23

    Mr Tufley is indeed a magic user, how did the carrier pigeon know your address, I wonder?

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  3. Norm21 December 2018 at 06:17

    The Star Destroyers look 'just right'. Good luck with the challenge and thanks for a year of super blogging support.

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  4. Anibal Invictus21 December 2018 at 08:51

    I see a winner for the Squirrel challenge here... so many themes

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  5. TamsinP21 December 2018 at 21:54

    @ Geordie - it certainly has! :)

    @ Herkybird - I heard a rumour that the Devil has signed a pact with him for the delivery of souls... ;)

    @ Norm - thanks! The original paintjob was solid, very pale grey - the oil wash and white drybrushing has definitely improved the look :)

    @ Benito - the trouble is that I have so much to paint, and so many major projects that I want to complete that I might not manage to get entries in for all my potential Squirrel Challenge points :o

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