in summary: eldar. imperials done. marine foam tray.
eldar - how i used up all my hobby luck for the year
australia day long weekend. went to canberra as per standard MO.
didn't play cancon but did pop in a couple of times. kind of miss it. kind of don't.
last year i picked up a box of original/metal ork ships. basically a very worthwhile starter fleet. haven't done anything with them just yet but they're in the queue to do.
anyway, got there close to opening time, and the place i got them from (a stall in the main section, not the bring-n-buy) had a box of eldar ships as well (which i saw last year and decided not to get). STILL THERE!
as i grabbed the case, i cheered (internally of course - in case there were other bits i'd overlooked previously. no point gathering attention). i cheered a lot.
all original models, all complete, painted even.
given the renewed interest i'd have thought they might have hit ebay by now but i'm guessing the seller didn't know what they had, didn't realise what they were for, didn't know about the resurgence, or didn't care and 2nd had stuff can take care of itself.
anyway they're now mine. woohoo!
think i've used up all my hobby luck for the year so i'll be rolling 1s for everything except leadership tests (bring on the double 6's, i love it!!).
i've started stripping the paint off the models. first time doing this and opted for dettol bath (the cup in the zip-lock bag to reduce smell).
seems to work ok. am getting a bit of sticky residue here and there - apparently caused by water. avoid.
started with the small ships as tests and then continued because they're fiddly. all the big ships to go. might need a bigger cup.
am going to go a screaming skull base. some kind of wash to add texture. then highlights of a light (apple/teal) green and possibly black (maybe a super-dark orange). haven't seen a colour scheme like this before but i'm hoping it'll work.
am not going to have enough x-wing sticks for all of these. am putting off getting more until the ships are further along.
paint stripping (round 1) is done. have chucked all the smaller ships and bits back in the pint (graduated from little glass tumble to pint glass) of dettol for another parse.
there is a bit much sticky residue for my liking and hopeful another dunk will shift it. am hoping not to need turps.
all the cruisers with some base coat happening...
imperials done - new battleship
the final imperial ship is done... the ironically named majestic-class battleship.
this will most likely be my flag ship for the (already started) campaign we have going on.
the majestic-class is basically a emperor-class with the left/right weapons batteries swapped out for lances instead.
anyway, she's done.
i'm very unlikely to have enough room on one tray for all of these...
marines foam tray
had a note in the door saying something arrived. had enough time to pop out to pick it up. hot wire cutter!
results are not overly pretty but should do the job. pretty much as planned.
Theoretically i'll be doing up an imperial one (and for the other fleets too). i'm not sure there will be enough space for everything.
For the eldar fleet there are a loooooot of little ships, and the big ones are big vertically as well.
The imperials just squeezed on to the preliminary layout but once there's a bit of padding around the ship i'm pretty sure they're just not going to fit.
am considering a couple of things (mainly re imperial fleet at the moment);
i) i could go a bigger box. i have plenty of the larger boxes around.
ii) i could make the trays specific. as in they would hold 1 battleship, 3-5 cruisers + escorts... so enough for a specific list for a game but possibly not all the ships all the time.
iii) tray for capital ships, tray for escorts. they should/might be able to sit 2 high in the box.
marines - campaign (BFG)
Worth mentioning that last thursday we had a game at north ryde. Marines first run on the table and managed to secure a victory.
We're playing a campaign so more going on than just blasting away. Scenarios are fun.
Marines had to step up as the (new addition ships for the ) imperials weren't quite table-worthy.
Convoy scenario. Marines trying to protect the ships as they head to the other side.
Wasn't too long before chaos torpedos and ships started appearing.
The marines trying to neutralise the threat. More enemy appear further down the board.
The convoy makes a dash down the flank.
Strikes cruisers make a 2:1 boarding action.
And somehow 6 transports make it through.
Until next time...
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