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--

Hair Dying and PigeonHawks

Well I have finally done two things : I have dyed my hair back to black aaaaaand I have also started painting one of my PigeonHawks from my TechCommander Starter.So here are some pics of both.

 Well here it is from last night.Since then I have painted an extra coat of of light green,done some more detail work,painted over my mistakes,and started on two "Spitters" with a matching paint scheme.After this one is done I'm going to mod two of the PigeonHawks to look they have steam boilers so that way they can be....SteamPunk!!  :^D Yay!

 The dye just soaking.

 Rinsed,conditioned,and rinsed again (and then combed too,Haha)

All poofy from the hair dryer.

Origins 2011

Well I've been to Origins and volunteering there was one of the funnest things I've done in my life (aside from every time I'm with God,CloudLand Canyon trips,Miniature Donkey shows,or mission trips).I met so many people and made a lot of new friends.I plan (assuming God lets me but I think it is alright with Him) on going next year but this time I'll be actually there the whole time (Wednesday (or Tuesday) through Sunday NIGHT..Ugh,I missed quite a bit with leaving early and getting there late...Noot next time).They have moved the dates to the first week of June for the next couple of years but GRCC's semesters should be done by then (I pray and hope so).Anyhoo,I played a LOT of games.I tried SmallWorld,played WereWolf (by the one and only Loony Labs),and a bunch of other things.

  I went to get rid of hobbies (I was gonna get rid of BattleTech and still plan on it...VERY soon at that as well) but came back with several more.WereWolf,MechWarrior (which I have tried before and detested but they had a Age of Destruction starter for $6 (then two days later I found another vendor that had it for $4..Ugh,I guess the saying is true..There is someplace that always has it cheaper (Okay,I know it physically impossible for that to be true but always someplace minus 1)) so I bought it and tried my hand again at it and I REALLY like it.I bought 3 WolfStrike boosters,1 Falcons Prey,3 Age of Destruction,and 1 Death from Above..Yeah,I wish I hadn't bought the FP and DFA and had bought the Ares 3-pack (for only $9 at one place,no Poseidon though..They even had Solaris VII action packs for $9 a piece or sets of 2 for $14..UGH and lol).I also tried my hand at Amtgard but I don't like the Magic aspect of it so I'm probably going with Dagorhir instead.Plus there are Dagorhir players in Grand Rapids as well compared to none from Amtgard that I know of.I told my younger sister about it (she is in her teens) and she REALLY REALLY loves it and I also got my neighbor kid interested in it (13 I think) so it is gonna be a fun summer.Anyhoo,I'll be posting more tomorrow and later on.I actually have 23 more thank-you cards to write.--Nate--

More figures and Game Con volunteering

Well today in the mail I got my figures from Elven Archer and pixel97504 from off the Snaggle Tooth Games forum.I have a cavetroll now and a bunch of other "crunchible minionsies"

 What I recieved

 Evil Collection(minus Hero duplicates)

Good Collection(minus Hero duplicates)

Also,I'm volunteering this year at Origins Game Fair in Columbus,Ohio and another joy or surprise is that its also going to be Victoriana and SteamPunk themed this year and they're even having a SP costume contest(I am really considering a field medic because I have a "bloody" dress shirt from an old Sweeney Todd costume and I'm also filing down a 6" round saw blade).Anyhoo,I shall post pics of what ever costume I decide to bring in addition to my normal SP clothes.Cheers --Nate--

Edit:Here is a link to the Con's site: http://www.originsgamefair.com/

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

Of conventions and bargains

Well I went to my first "official" Gaming convention yesterday and while I was there I found a "Deluxe Edition Lord of the Rings Tradeable Miniatures Game Starter set" for $20! I bought that and have greatly increased my supply of troops and also dressed steampunk(which I love btw) so here are some pics of me playing SBG as well:

 http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff504/BlackReaper93/Me%20in%20Steampunk/DSC07604.jpg

 http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff504/BlackReaper93/Me%20in%20Steampunk/DSC07603.jpg
Here I am playing "Alien Frontiers

 http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff504/BlackReaper93/LotR%20TMG%20stuff/DSC07627.jpg

My collection at the moment

Ok,well I've been busy with school and helping getting this years garden going but I just got some figures from my friend Sean who is a LotR TMG player from Toronto,Ontario,Canada (which I googled by the way and its 394 miles away (quikest route) and 6 hours and 49 minutes,but I doubt thats including traffic or customs).Anyhoo,so I layed out all my non-duplicates on the floor and sorted them by alignment and faction,then I had an idea to take a picture of my smallish but growing collection but I couldn't get a good shot so I smushed em all together and and then took a picture with all the "Official" LotR TMG dice I have as well.Anyhoo,hope yall enjoy,but now that I have 3 extra starter Lurtzs I think I'm going to turn em into Uruk-Hai warriors or something (simple really,print out the proper base stats,paint a hand on his shield to tell him apart and maybe move the limbs around a little bit for added differentness).Cheers --Nate--

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.

Not much to report

Well it has been a bit since my last posting(sorry,some unexpected things came up so yeah),anyhoo,as of before I went to write this I had 499 pageviews and two followers(which ain't bad in my honest opinion).Alrighty,earlier I had installed the drive shaft into my 21 year old ford ranger but I still gotta drain and refill the tranie fluid and change/reconnect the battery cables as well then she'll be drivable(Yay!).Now for a Mines of Moria update,I've been able to cut out the wood part of the board and glue on the gate on top of the hex map(same printoff as last time) and have the outer raised up "shelf" with the stairs by the main gate all installed.I'm gonna have to spray paint the foam part but that shouldn't be to hard,also to make everything else look good i'm going to spray paint the outer walls and any exposed area of the boards that isn't part of it so to say black so it'll all look MUCH better(the interiors are nice but the exterior..  :^p  blagh).Ok then,i'm gonna go work on it for the first time in a week(well maybe almost,idr)

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)

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.