Chris
@notgreatrightnow.bsky.social
Creaking middle aged gamer, trying to get the pile of grey painted before my eyesight deteriorates too much.
I was 10. I'd been into the Fighting Fantasy books for a year or two and I also loved US Football. A newsagent in town had a back room that mainly stocked Airfix and Matchbox kits, and I saw in there a copy of White Dwarf (issue 80), and a red box for a game called Blood Bowl. And off I went.
November 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I was 10. I'd been into the Fighting Fantasy books for a year or two and I also loved US Football. A newsagent in town had a back room that mainly stocked Airfix and Matchbox kits, and I saw in there a copy of White Dwarf (issue 80), and a red box for a game called Blood Bowl. And off I went.
My plunge into Horus Heresy 3rd ed has resulted in these Thallax, for what I'm still calling Forgeworld Smeg
October 3, 2025 at 11:07 AM
My plunge into Horus Heresy 3rd ed has resulted in these Thallax, for what I'm still calling Forgeworld Smeg
My teen did a little dance when the news broke. So then I had to try to be the responsible parent who finds murder repugnant. I felt slightly soiled as I did so.
September 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM
My teen did a little dance when the news broke. So then I had to try to be the responsible parent who finds murder repugnant. I felt slightly soiled as I did so.
Bologna 1945 from Taktyka i Strategia here, trying a simple looking scenario to learn the system.
August 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Bologna 1945 from Taktyka i Strategia here, trying a simple looking scenario to learn the system.
Very rarely. I don't think I've ever been to the cinema alone. Maybe to an event alone, but the last time I can recall doing that was several years ago.
August 4, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Very rarely. I don't think I've ever been to the cinema alone. Maybe to an event alone, but the last time I can recall doing that was several years ago.
One of the models I've most enjoyed painting, old Mortis Metalikus.
May 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM
One of the models I've most enjoyed painting, old Mortis Metalikus.
I think it depends. Ask yourself: what do I want to enhance in my depiction of this place, and would a direct experience of being there help me to enhance it? Or: what is it about the way I write that would be enhanced by being there?
April 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I think it depends. Ask yourself: what do I want to enhance in my depiction of this place, and would a direct experience of being there help me to enhance it? Or: what is it about the way I write that would be enhanced by being there?
My current thinking is that they could have used the lift capacity for Browning's HQ to drop more forces to the south, but hindsight is absolutely a fine thing to have. Running Saga of the 6th with an accelerated and closer drop is on my to-try list.
April 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
My current thinking is that they could have used the lift capacity for Browning's HQ to drop more forces to the south, but hindsight is absolutely a fine thing to have. Running Saga of the 6th with an accelerated and closer drop is on my to-try list.
A lovely visual answer to the question: were the 1st AB's drop zones well located for them to accomplish their mission?
April 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
A lovely visual answer to the question: were the 1st AB's drop zones well located for them to accomplish their mission?
Not a box but it made my pre teen brain light up with the possibility of what this game could portray on a table.
March 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Not a box but it made my pre teen brain light up with the possibility of what this game could portray on a table.
They look great to me. I'm also doing my IS mechs as the Highlanders. Never mind the lore, all these mechs operate over so many years in so many different environments and with replacement parts that who's to say what's "accurate"? Paint them how you want them.
March 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
They look great to me. I'm also doing my IS mechs as the Highlanders. Never mind the lore, all these mechs operate over so many years in so many different environments and with replacement parts that who's to say what's "accurate"? Paint them how you want them.
Beautiful board and minis. I'd have taken them for at least 15mm had you not specified 10mm.
March 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Beautiful board and minis. I'd have taken them for at least 15mm had you not specified 10mm.
Airbrushing would be my choice but I guess that's not an option for you. Maybe try an overall medium grey base coat and then add the red and black colours using contrast style paints, which will blend more easily, I think, as well as giving automatic shading effects.
March 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Airbrushing would be my choice but I guess that's not an option for you. Maybe try an overall medium grey base coat and then add the red and black colours using contrast style paints, which will blend more easily, I think, as well as giving automatic shading effects.
