Mister Monkey Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Nah..... just had to pay money for my warrant of fitness, and got told the transmission is leaking badly and so it needs a service now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Eek, that's not a good sign. Hopefully it doesn't end up too expensive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Monkey Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 it will be another three hundy.... more then I wanted to spend right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Ouch. That sucks. Cars suck, for that matter, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Monkey Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Cars do suck..... totally, totally suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Ah well. Getting any painting done lately? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Monkey Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Not too much..... its been pretty hot here at the moment so finding it hard to get motivated. How about you ticking along with the Cygnar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 I've gotten the blue armor base coated on most of the 25 point list. That's...about it, lol. Still sick, and it's making it hard to have enough concentration to really get anything done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustcrusher Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 First off, hello to all of you that have been showing up sporadically lately. Don't be strangers, and I hope my long-windedness isn't putting you off (I'm trying hard to keep it brief, for reals, yo). Hopefully the transmission repair isn't too brutal, Monkey. I completed Negima and Serial Experiments: Lain. I have heard the former is good but fanservice-y, and the latter I've only seen the first volume so I want to see the rest for sure. I think I'm only missing one volume of Samurai 7 as well (after watching Kaze no Yojimbo, I'm always intrigued by Kurosawa reinterpretations). Some of my favorite anime series come off like they were written by dour European scriptwriters. Looks like a big Kings of War day coming up on Saturday, and I might try to see if I can sucker, er, persuade anyone into trying Wrath of Kings as well. The Teknes minis are a bit less cooperative overall than the Goritsi were, but they are still not too bad. Except the Zalaak. Even once you figure out the right order to assemble it, that thing is a bit of a pain. Still beats trying to pin insanely tiny metal arms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustcrusher Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 So two shorter posts are better than one really long one, right? I'm glad our newer Henchman has taken over promoting Malifaux. Despite continuing to buy miniatures and rulebooks for M2E, my heart just hasn't been in it. Between the easy fix of simpler games like Kings of War, the memories of 1.x I can't seem to stop projecting onto M2E (3+ hour games and all of the attempts to demo that utterly backfired), and the notion that it's easier to play Kings of War et. al. "part time", I think I just haven't had much interest in anything more complex, even though M2E is much easier to handle than 1.x was. I will probably come back to it eventually. I've given up on Netrunner, at least as something to play against strangers, despite it being very good. The meta changes even more rapidly than in a CCG, and as such it requires way too much time and effort to be more than a functional opponent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Monkey Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 I know what you mean Dust.... we got a new henchman who has taken over here, must say it is nice to be taking a back seat in regards to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowchikawowers Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Insomnia is killing me slowly I think. It's strangling my brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolution Black Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 No, keep posting Dust! I may not reply very often to any posts but I do enjoy reading about your hobby experiences! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustcrusher Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Thanks, Abs. I like coming here- it keeps me from just giving up on hobby stuff out of laziness. One model for anyone who likes Warmachine-style steampunky models in the Wrath of Kings line is The Mighty Taur (link goes to the original sculpt at the sculptor's blog). He's pretty big- about the size of a smaller Warjack. He'll be in a set with two other appropriately steampunk-ish minis, I think. Very cool figure, and my girlfriend managed to get him put together so he's not too difficult. Three of her female Linemen have messed up arm pins so they look like their rotator cuffs are mechanical. There's a compliment for GW- instructions for everything. Every miniatures company that has figures with more than 2 pieces should have instructions of some kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolution Black Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 yup, one good thing about GW is the instructions..and the fab minis.. Its just the rules support and cost that irks at times.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustcrusher Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Took me a long time to understand that their rather chunky sculpting style isn't just for a particular look- big, beefy parts mean much easier assembly. I assume that the plastic Necrotic Machine is far easier to assemble than the metal one (that I still haven't put together) is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 Lord I hope so, Dust. The metal Necrotic Machine makes some of the old metal Warjacks look positively simple to assemble, lol. I remember buying it, opening the clamshell and just going '...nope' and closing it back up, lol. Don't currently know where it is, but I do know it's not built... And yes, I definitely have to give GW full props for their assembly instructions, I would have killed for some GW quality ones when working on my Robotech stuff. Still haven't assembled most of my Battloids because I can't figure out how to arrange any of the arms when they're both holding the gun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 How's everyone tonight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Monkey Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 I am ok ...... managed some painting over the weekend and it is a short week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 Oh yeah? sweet! What'd you paint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Monkey Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 Some more pigs for the upcoming tournament.... See you got your shiney hardcover book for TTB is it super pretty? How was the weekend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 Ack, sorry for the lack of reply, been bouncing around a bit at work. What'd you get painted for the pigs? The TTB hardcover is gorgeous. Content is the same, but higher quality paper and six different colored ribbons to mark pages with. And the binding seems to be very solid. I'm very pleased with it. And my weekend was good, although I'm not a fan of the snowstorm today, lol. Made the drive in a mess. Had a date on Saturday that went really well, and there's even talk of a second one, lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 Morning all. How have things been? Between work and home life I haven't been on here much this year, and haven't picked up a paint brush for a couple of months now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 Hey Steam! How are you? Was wondering if you were doing okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 Not too bad, just seemingly busy all the time. Haven't even played Dragon Age Inquisition in over a week. Things must be bad. How're you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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