Since I’m not returning to hobby blogging for some time, I wanted to make sure the top post here was useful. Want to support Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ rights, and related causes? Here are some ways you can help. This Carrd is packed with actionable items for supporting racial justice: links to organizations that need […]
Fight for racial justice and LGBTQ rights Read More »
I’ve been largely quiet here about news and the state of the world because this isn’t that sort of blog. It is, generally, my hobby outlet. I want it to be a place readers can come to find — again, generally — posts about RPGs, miniatures, Gunpla, comics, books, and all the other geeky joys
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With my HG Gouf Custom built and tucked into the toy display on my desk, I returned to my first MG kit, the lovely Astray Red Frame Kai my wife got me last Christmas. Nestled inside its chest is its tiny pilot. The undergated parts make this kit a dream to get off its runners.
More Gunpla: building an MG Astray Red Frame Kai Read More »
I grew up in NYC, and when I was a little kid most of my comics came from bargain bins, the school fair, or the hole-in-the-wall newspaper shop/convenience store nearest our apartment. What I read was a grab bag largely determined by circumstance — and, in the case of the little shop, actual grab bags:
The comic book that started it all for me Read More »
I haven’t built any Gunpla kits since I started on the — rather intimidating! — MG Astray Red Frame my wife got me for Christmas, mostly because miniatures swallowed my hobby time whole (in a good way). But on Sunday night, unable to sleep, I was in the mood for Gundam. The Astray is my
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On Saturday, I wanted to work on another character. As chance would have it I was just about to paint the black elements on my Sternguard, so I fired up my Chaplain, Arrius, and figured I’d paint everything but black — his dominant color — so he’d be in sync with the veterans. I love
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With Squad Dolos finally painted, it’s time to get my Sternguard, Squad Amedeo (1st Company, 3rd Squad), up on the painting handles! As always, I’ve completed their bases already (except for varnish and tufts, of course), and I’ve dabbed a bit of paint on them whenever I had extra on my palette. One of the
WIP it good: Squad Amedeo Read More »
I love working on miniature bases, creating little landscapes to complement and set off the actual figure, so for my second Dreadnought I picked up some plain 60mm GW bases on Ebay to give me a blank canvas to work with. I gather that a lot of folks don’t love basing, so I figured I’d
Turiel’s scenic base Read More »
It took me longer than I’d like to take Squad Dolos from this state, where they languished for a few days: To this one, starring the worst base-coating work I’ve done this year: And then to the “starting to not look like shit” stage: And finally through the undocumented and quite frustrating stage where I
Squad Dolos brings me up to 730 points of painted Blood Angels Read More »
With my final squad assembled, I now have 100% of my first army list — exactly 2,000 points of Blood Angels with WYSIWYG wargear — assembled, primed, or painted. Which means it’s photo time! I haven’t quite worked out how best to take this sort of photo, but it is my first go so that
My first 40k army: 2,000 points of Blood Angels, fully assembled and partially painted Read More »
