Strategic Planning
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Mini painting, wargaming and ttrpgs. Rivendell & Isengard MESBG | Adepta Sororitas & Night Lords 40K | D&D 5.5E DM
At last it is done.
I made an #MESBG Elves army (Eregion) 15 - 20 years ago after which I had a hiatus from the game until 2024. I got another set of Last Alliance sculpted by Davale and have finished #minipainting them up, now having around 2000 pts and 120 models.
Quite happy with it.
I made an #MESBG Elves army (Eregion) 15 - 20 years ago after which I had a hiatus from the game until 2024. I got another set of Last Alliance sculpted by Davale and have finished #minipainting them up, now having around 2000 pts and 120 models.
Quite happy with it.
November 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
At last it is done.
I made an #MESBG Elves army (Eregion) 15 - 20 years ago after which I had a hiatus from the game until 2024. I got another set of Last Alliance sculpted by Davale and have finished #minipainting them up, now having around 2000 pts and 120 models.
Quite happy with it.
I made an #MESBG Elves army (Eregion) 15 - 20 years ago after which I had a hiatus from the game until 2024. I got another set of Last Alliance sculpted by Davale and have finished #minipainting them up, now having around 2000 pts and 120 models.
Quite happy with it.
Finished all the basecoats on these guys today, took 5 hours or so of the evening but tomorrow should be able to wash them, finish details, and base them and the other 7 I did last week. Then I have 4 Numenorean captains to finish my #MESBG backlog. The end is in sight! Only 10 months later.
October 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Finished all the basecoats on these guys today, took 5 hours or so of the evening but tomorrow should be able to wash them, finish details, and base them and the other 7 I did last week. Then I have 4 Numenorean captains to finish my #MESBG backlog. The end is in sight! Only 10 months later.
Got back on the painting horse this afternoon, did the gold layer of my #mesbg Elves new batch and colour corrected my previous batch of Davale Elves to match my existing GW model army (latter painted 20 years ago). Was dreading correcting for a while but didn't take long in the end!
October 4, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Got back on the painting horse this afternoon, did the gold layer of my #mesbg Elves new batch and colour corrected my previous batch of Davale Elves to match my existing GW model army (latter painted 20 years ago). Was dreading correcting for a while but didn't take long in the end!
It's been a rough few months hobby wise. Started on the last of my Davale Elves but realised I didn't like the previous batch because they didn't match my MESBG models (idiotic, I know). So have committed to repainting them armour. It shouldn't be too long but the new batch look ugly.
September 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
It's been a rough few months hobby wise. Started on the last of my Davale Elves but realised I didn't like the previous batch because they didn't match my MESBG models (idiotic, I know). So have committed to repainting them armour. It shouldn't be too long but the new batch look ugly.
Organised an mtg draft with real packs which happened yesterday, super fun, getting some friends into the hobby. Edge of Eternities is a blast
August 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Organised an mtg draft with real packs which happened yesterday, super fun, getting some friends into the hobby. Edge of Eternities is a blast
Got round to building a Neon Kamigawa deck - blue / black ninjas - mostly with the alternate manga art, woodcut lands and foils where possible. Was a bit of soul food in a way, will probably suck as an actual deck (especially compared to the alternative, GW enchantments). Looks great though.
August 15, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Got round to building a Neon Kamigawa deck - blue / black ninjas - mostly with the alternate manga art, woodcut lands and foils where possible. Was a bit of soul food in a way, will probably suck as an actual deck (especially compared to the alternative, GW enchantments). Looks great though.
Been picking up mtg for edges of eternity, it's been pretty fun at a new local club. 2-2 in sealed on Friday and 3-1 today in draft - opened Tezzeret, then passed a Quantum Riddler p1p2, then a foil Riddler p1p7. Was an interesting pod. Lost to BR void drain, unfortunately misplayed a couple times.
July 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Been picking up mtg for edges of eternity, it's been pretty fun at a new local club. 2-2 in sealed on Friday and 3-1 today in draft - opened Tezzeret, then passed a Quantum Riddler p1p2, then a foil Riddler p1p7. Was an interesting pod. Lost to BR void drain, unfortunately misplayed a couple times.
Haven't been painting much. Started on a new batch of Elves to finish my MESBG backlog, then onto the primed 40K Sisters to finish them. My deadline is end of the year - got some repainting of existing elves to do. Moving house has eaten a lot of spare time recently but looks like it's easing up.
June 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Haven't been painting much. Started on a new batch of Elves to finish my MESBG backlog, then onto the primed 40K Sisters to finish them. My deadline is end of the year - got some repainting of existing elves to do. Moving house has eaten a lot of spare time recently but looks like it's easing up.
Magnetised all my MESBG minis just now, was very fast - around 200 minis in 3 hours using milliput and 5x2mm Nb magnets. Densely packed into 3 A4 trays, but will dispense into others for taking armies to games. #mesbg
June 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Magnetised all my MESBG minis just now, was very fast - around 200 minis in 3 hours using milliput and 5x2mm Nb magnets. Densely packed into 3 A4 trays, but will dispense into others for taking armies to games. #mesbg
If you see this, I implore you to post a pic from your device without context.
May 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
If you see this, I implore you to post a pic from your device without context.
Arwen painted up for my first tournament next month. Rivendell Bruinen shenanigans. #mesbg #minipainting
May 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Arwen painted up for my first tournament next month. Rivendell Bruinen shenanigans. #mesbg #minipainting
Have set up a plan to finish most of my pile of shame and could be done in Aug/Sept. This week was my first since the holiday, fully painted 12 Isengard to flesh out gaps in all my lists - Grima, scout command, berserkers and crossbows. Should be good on this army now. #mesbg #minipainting
May 11, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Have set up a plan to finish most of my pile of shame and could be done in Aug/Sept. This week was my first since the holiday, fully painted 12 Isengard to flesh out gaps in all my lists - Grima, scout command, berserkers and crossbows. Should be good on this army now. #mesbg #minipainting
In a break from the usual wargaming and ttrpg content, Southern Thailand really is a beautiful and Koh Lipe is its crown jewel. The insects hate me though.
April 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
In a break from the usual wargaming and ttrpg content, Southern Thailand really is a beautiful and Koh Lipe is its crown jewel. The insects hate me though.
Finished up the campaign on Wednesday - finale battle went well, the party saved the captured mages and stopped the blizzard. Will see what the next steps are after ai come back from Thailand. #dnd
April 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Finished up the campaign on Wednesday - finale battle went well, the party saved the captured mages and stopped the blizzard. Will see what the next steps are after ai come back from Thailand. #dnd
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Finishing up my 5.5E campaign (or just this arc, tbd) tomorrow with the BBEG models finished up today. Lord Kelvin is using a frost artifact to radiate frost and cause a blizzard and the local spiders have succumbed partially, becoming frost/bone themed. #dnd #miniaturepainting
April 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Finishing up my 5.5E campaign (or just this arc, tbd) tomorrow with the BBEG models finished up today. Lord Kelvin is using a frost artifact to radiate frost and cause a blizzard and the local spiders have succumbed partially, becoming frost/bone themed. #dnd #miniaturepainting
Built, primed and painted Morbin Vahl this evening for a game tomorrow of 1500 pts. I didn't have a base so I made a proxy out of cork. Pretty happy it doesn't look terrible for 4 hours start to finish. #adeptasororitas #w40k #miniaturepainting
April 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Built, primed and painted Morbin Vahl this evening for a game tomorrow of 1500 pts. I didn't have a base so I made a proxy out of cork. Pretty happy it doesn't look terrible for 4 hours start to finish. #adeptasororitas #w40k #miniaturepainting
Had the last game of season 1 of my league yesterday, I was 1 point behind the leader and playing him - very tense game that I thought was for sure won (I trapped Haldir on turn 2 with 6 Uruks) but ended in a draw. Very fun game, anything can happen. #mesbg
April 8, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Had the last game of season 1 of my league yesterday, I was 1 point behind the leader and playing him - very tense game that I thought was for sure won (I trapped Haldir on turn 2 with 6 Uruks) but ended in a draw. Very fun game, anything can happen. #mesbg
On Thursday this week did session 6 of my D&D campaign. Expecting it to wrap next session and a big finale with some custom printed minis. Will decide soon if to continue with the same group or expand and vary it - they're great, but I feel quite like I can learn more with different players. #dnd
April 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
On Thursday this week did session 6 of my D&D campaign. Expecting it to wrap next session and a big finale with some custom printed minis. Will decide soon if to continue with the same group or expand and vary it - they're great, but I feel quite like I can learn more with different players. #dnd
Finished the Davale Numenoreans at last. Happy with how they came out but a reminder that doing 5 / week is much better for motivation than 20 / month. The sculpts are beautiful, looking forward to Last Alliance and proxy Battle of Fornost lists. #mesbg #minipainting #numenor
April 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Finished the Davale Numenoreans at last. Happy with how they came out but a reminder that doing 5 / week is much better for motivation than 20 / month. The sculpts are beautiful, looking forward to Last Alliance and proxy Battle of Fornost lists. #mesbg #minipainting #numenor
Ran another session of Aether as a teambuilding exercise and went better than expected. Pretty much nailed combat balance, creative and difficult boss fight, and lots of social roleplay and laughter along the way. Game 2 huge success in my books, will look hard for things to improve. #ttrpg
March 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Ran another session of Aether as a teambuilding exercise and went better than expected. Pretty much nailed combat balance, creative and difficult boss fight, and lots of social roleplay and laughter along the way. Game 2 huge success in my books, will look hard for things to improve. #ttrpg
Running a #ttrpg teambuilding for some of my company, their request. The design was mostly triggered by this but it became its own, much bigger thing. Will keep iterating and making it more compact and beginner friendly.
Today's tasks: write full campaign, redo character sheet and make cheat sheet.
Today's tasks: write full campaign, redo character sheet and make cheat sheet.
March 22, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Running a #ttrpg teambuilding for some of my company, their request. The design was mostly triggered by this but it became its own, much bigger thing. Will keep iterating and making it more compact and beginner friendly.
Today's tasks: write full campaign, redo character sheet and make cheat sheet.
Today's tasks: write full campaign, redo character sheet and make cheat sheet.
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It has been four years since I finished painting Farmer Maggot and his hounds.
#MiddleEarthSBG #MESBG #LordOfTheRings
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March 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
It has been four years since I finished painting Farmer Maggot and his hounds.
#MiddleEarthSBG #MESBG #LordOfTheRings
#MiddleEarthSBG #MESBG #LordOfTheRings