Raggy's Gaming Adventures

I have decided to end the year with a series of photos of what I have done this year. I would like to pretend that there is some narrative behind this that is really wonderful or enlightening to you, my loyal (I hope) reader... but honestly there are only selfish reasons for wanting to do this: To show off To feel good about myself and mostly to motivate myself in the coming year to keep up the pace. In the first of these, I am looking at the figures that I had really started before this year started: Wood Elves Nearly finished off last year but it wasn't until this year that I was able to get the finishing touches to these guys done - just in time for West Coast Quake 2016! Robo Rally Ahhh RoboRally. I love this game but seldom get this to the table. I started painting the minis up a couple of years ago but finally got them finished up... just in time for this . A new edition... with prepainted minis... sigh. I am still pleased with how they came out... an...

As with the Ogre team, I thought I would do a look back of my RoboRally paint job. This makes for the second successfully pimped out board game after The Simpsons Cluedo that I painted up a few years ago. I think the paint job on those is a little better than these, however they have been battered a little in the time since. I should try and get some pictures up at some point but for now, here is the evolution of the RoboRally bots: Trundlebot Twitch Zoombot (that pink was a pain in the ass) Stompbot Hulk x90 (My Favorite) Spinbot Hammerbot Everyone's favorite - Twonky! As you can tell - in my rush to get the last photo, I failed to pull Hulk x90 out of the box so had to take another pic of him on his own.

The last week has been much tougher than I had anticipated. I have been nursing my g/f as she recovers from a surgery (nothing alarming). In terms of painting, there is some good and some bad. It took a lot long than anticipated to sit down to the painting station for any length of time, but once I got to it, I have gotten a few things done. The Ogres, whilst not finished, are at least at a point where I can field them without them looking too unfinished. The bases and metal are done, the trousers, pads, helmets and belly plate teeth need to be finished off: I have also finally finished the Fan Stand to my satisfaction. It may not look too different from the last time you saw it . I painted up a few of the details and spent some time retouching the lettering. I also varnished it up. Perhaps the most noticeable of changes however is less recent - the replacing of the center panel. Originally I had hoped to use the resin piece with the West Coast Quake logo as shown in the previous ...

Well as promised, this coming week I am looking forward to some dedicated painting time as I will be staying home to look after my girlfriend as she recovers from some surgery. A few of the figures I will be working to finish off are the ogres that I have been working on for waaay too long at this point, at the moment the skin is pretty much done (although it still looks too dusty for my tastes). I am now finishing off the metal, with highlighting on a few of them needing to be finished and then rusting. After that the trousers, armor and bases will need doing. I am also thinking that the belly plates may need a little more work (the teeth certainly need some shading!). It really feels like I have a lot to do still. Working on these non-stop, intently for a week is probably going to drive me nuts, so I am planning on spacing them out a little with a few lighter projects that I have had on the back burner for a while now. First up - Robo Rally! These little critters ar...