Hair cuts,Mines,and Mechas

  Well updates I guess.I have started painting my second TechCommander Mecha after giving him a key stuck in his back and some spare watch parts to make him look like a wind up clockwork "doll" of sorts.I have tried to start on finishing my Mines of Moria board (that aint going to well).I have pre-ordered Voltaire's new album which is called "Riding a Black Unicorn Down the Side of an Erupting Volcano While Drinking from a Chalice Filled with the Laughter of Small Children!".I am not joking when I say that that is the name.I also had my sister shave my hair off after she dyed it black for me several weeks ago...I miss my long hair and am going into with drawl...Hahahaha..Anyhoo,I'm also in the process of buying my friend's old car (1996 Ford Contour)..Anyhoo,toodles,ciao,see ya..GLYAASDI --Nate--

3D Wall map

Okay,last Friday I started working on a new "mini" project on account of I'm out of Hot Glue sticks so I'm making the wall from the Wall Map from Sabertooth Games LotR TMGMap Pack 1.

The main thing about it is thats I'm making it to be taken apart and put back together again and I'm accomplishing this by using tooth-picks to hold it together.

I'm using insulation foam and already have the pieces cut out and etched waiting to be painted but I also got to get as much as possible of my Helm's Deep done by Saturday as well so it should be fun (I have it leaning against the dresser in my room and I can't bring myself to finish painting the beast).Anyhoo...

Tomb finished for now

Okay,I have finally hauled the tomb from out of my closet and repaired and paint everything there is to do.One problem though,I am out of spray paint and glue so the walls are gonna have to wait but I'm still moving it to the garage.My main project at the moment is now to try and get as much as possible of my Helm's Deep done(I started working on that 2nd or 3rd week of December and it has been a drag let me tell you).I actually have dragged it into my room and it will fill the now vacant spot left by the tomb in my closet...Thats actually one of the big pluses for SBG is that its a smaller scale,then again a drawback for SBG is its smaller scale.Anyhoo,here are some pics.

P.S. Hope you all enjoy my cave troll

Apologies

Ok,its been a while since I've posted so I must apologize about that.Things have been busy,I got my license,I took hunter safety,my sister's birthday came up,been broke,have had a job interview(12:45 this morning) and the second interview for the position is tomorrow night at 11:30 so wish me luck.Lets see,I haven't done much for modeling except I FINALLY painted my Chamber of Records...But according to Murphey's Law my little cousin stepped on the throne area only 2 days after I painted it so that was kinda annoying.Okay then,also my folks got a bunch of games (Rebuilding San Jaun,Carcasonne(more like crackasonne),another one I can't remember,etc..) and one of them was Risk 2210 so we've played it a couple of times and I really REALLY like that game.So one thing I did was to look up expansions and I found that you can pretty much conquer half the solar system and a bunch of commanders...The best part is that its all free (except for the printing cost...I'm gonna get another cartridge before I print off mars or any of the territory cards...  :^/ ).Anyhoo,oh yeah,like I was typing,I love boardgamegeek.com for all their goodness,anyhoo,I gotta go and get ready for WinterJam tonight so toodles and ciao.

Some WarHammer terrain

Ok,its official,I finally caved..WarHammer Fantasy is one of my new hobbies (filling the once LotR SBG slot).So my army of choice is Skaven and last night I decided to begin construction on some terrain for em (I have a few months before I'll even get money to buy any Skaven) and this is what I got so far:

Another wonderful update

Well I spent a few hours tonight working on the tomb and I think it looks pretty swell.All it needs now is some paint on the new features and some walls and we can start bashing some goblins...well,I need to get some first..that and the rest of the Fellowship..and a Cave Troll wouldn't hurt too..Ok,its clearly obvious that my collection is a little limited at the moment but hopefully Ebay may provide.Anyhoo,heres the progress so far

Chamber of Records and Balrog of Morgoth

Ok,finally been able to begin some serious construction on my Balin's tomb now,using the same construction methods as my Hall.Ok,and with the Balrog my cat Dusty(or Basement Cat for you "Lolzcats" lovers) decided to play in my tomb last night.

Stair Case of DOOM:part 2

Ok,once again in record time(thanks much to the help of a artistically gifted little sister) another section of moria has been completed,I posted pics of when it was primed earlier(black with what was left of my gray..Thank God for making spray paint) and then did a healthy drybrush (well it was pretty wet so idk) of a dark gray on the brick work(and a lot on the ruined part I added on after it was sprayed).Then last but not least a lighter gray on the tiles/hexes with dark gray lines for hexes where there was multiple next to each other,all I got to do is seal it in the morning.

The Stair Case of DOOM!

Well no actually,just more picture updates of my Durin's Causeway based off of "lotrscenerybuilder.org" Hex based one.Turning out pretty good,lol.(Oh,and one of my Helm's Deep side project)

Durin's Causeway and slappin'da bass

Well practiced guitar today with my sister,our pastor,and Mr Gordy.Went very well,everything is starting to click and Mr Gordy is letting me have a old bass he never uses as long as I learn to play it but I already know how a lil bit so alls good,lol.Also I cut out the stairs for the moment,lol.Here are some pics:

MoM update (2)

Alright,its been nearly a week(sorry) but I got my Lord of the Rings Tradeable Miniature Game Starter Set on thursday(mail didn't come wensday on account of the weather) and I have played 4 games of it so far and I have to say that it trumps SBG anyday of the week(except on account of having to make terrain in 40mm hexs...it can be a pain).ANYHOO,back to the Mines of Moria update,well you all saw the pics (well,mightive) of the pillars before I painted them but what I did today is spray em and seal em along with the walls for my main hall.Ok,my plan for the actual main hall is that there will be several door ways so that they can enter into the tomb through the gate then when they exit out the back crackway you pull the tomb around to the other side and they enter the hall from the other side and then get surround by gobs,and then keep running across to the gate(same one as earlier) and go through Durin's causeway(stairs) and at the bottom they come out the same gate and go left towards the bridge(which by the way is a "add-on" part of it).Anyhoo,after working hard at it for over the weekend my sister(Tink) who did alot of painting (including the Balrog back drop and floor) and me were able to get the main hall secton 100% done.On the to-do list is the stairs(drew out the plans earlier),the Chamber of Records(gonna take a weekend in itself I think),the Hall add-on(two extra pillars bringing the total to 6,the crack in the wall for the tomb exit,and the crevice for the bridge),then the actual bridge itself.Oh,and sometime between completion and now I'll hopefully get a Balrog,Cave Troll,a bunch of gobbos,and the rest of the fellowship($18 for a Borimir and Gandalf each is a little stiff).

MoM update

For those of you who may not know I have a WIP thread on the One-Ring site but I kinda scrapped the project until last week where I started it again for use with LotR TMG,anyhoo,here are some pics of the Pillars so far(with some SBG minis running around for the heck of it).Also I plan on having the pillars to just be glued to some hex "bases" so to speak so that way I can remove them for storage and transportation.

more minis

well just bought a box of riders of rohan for 3 bucks cheaper than off Game Workshops site (excluding shipping but it was free for me on ebay),well not a box,just the sprue and such so i'm happy thats 82 points of minis to add to my very meager army collection but as i still have a bulk of paper minis things will do nicely for when i do helms deep (i actually need to draw up some uruk hai specialty troops but i think i'll use windows paint or something and print em off).so my eigthteenth is incoming in 8 days and that'll be epic(i've never been to fond of my birthdays..idk why).as an update on helm's deep:i used up most of my stucco that i bought but i think i'll only need 1 more,i have most of the battlements glued on,all i have to do is the part in the second ring going over the horse ramp.i have yet to work on where the doors into the mountain will go or look like for that mater nor have i found something for the statues but no worries.i should have some pics up in a few days of that when its done and also maybe of my cat Dusty.alright,night peoples

My first blog

alright to whoever may read this stuff,i've been wargaming for years now and have been doing models since i was old enough to know not to swallow the pieces(my parents never cared that much of what i do as long as it isn't illegal so exato-knives and enamel paint fumes were never a problem growing up).i only just getting into Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Games but i've known about it for years in the sense of when the Two Towers movie came out my dad went to a game store for some Magic the Gathering cards and all i could do is marvel at the Helm's Deep diarama set up in one of the cases and now years later i am doing just that.so far i've put in about a weeks worth of labor hours but some more in planning,i've been using 1/2 inch foam insulation board held together by liquid nails and nails so here are some up to date pics so far:

                                            my workspace in the garage

                                            overview,as you can see that i don't have much of
                                            the ramparts up yet.

                                            front view so far

                                            note the stairs and archway

                                            view into courtyard from footbridge

                                             my overgrown and unkept bonsai


so there are my pics so far,i plan on after putting on the rest of the battlements and ramparts(i think thats what they're called) then i'm going to place on a even layer of stucco and well it's still wet i'll draw in the stone blocks then i'll prime it and dry brush(or use spray paint,idk yet).