Major Ballsup's Hobby Shed

I was away for the first week of July and since being back work has been very busy.  However, I have completed another 11 28mm figures.  My goal in January was to complete 10 a month.  Having now completed 84 and sold 15 of the 128 that I started 2024 with, I'm two months or more ahead.   I managed to get my planned two games in as well, so although it was a short and busy month blogging has been the only thing that's slipped.  Hopefully I'll make up on that next month and post on the figures I've completed during June and July.     Completed I had a few things on the table at the end of June.  Of those I've finished the following: 3D printed  32mm Erroish Raiders.  I really enjoyed painting these.  Unlike the Bitter Nightshades ( last month ), I felt very comfortable doing these.  I took a lot of time on them savouring all the detail this time rather than just wishing them done. During the month I started and fi...

  Introduction  The ancient stones send out their arcane emanations.  The cultists of the Wisentii and The Uncoiling of Beiysss converge on the Place of Power to battle for Favor in the name of their dark gods.  The Uncoiling of Beiysss Wisentii Set up The Place of Power is the second game of the Awakening Campaign from the rulebook.  (The AAR for the first game, the Relic Hunt is here ).  Pre-game I rolled for additional terrain and generated a piece of Wicked terrain.  The creature roll generated a Madman who I deployed in the centre of the table.   Starting position with Wisentii deployed at the bottom Round 1 The  Horns is the first cultist token drawn and she uses her two actions to Run towards the nearest Stone of Power.  SerpensNadrew acivates next and his actions mirror the Horns as he Runs towards the nearest Stone. The Heart of the Wisentii is next to move but her Run action is stopped by some difficult terrain so she does...

That's June gone.  I've continued making steady progress, completing a further 11 28mm figures (88 done out of the 128 that I started the year with).  I've made a decent start on the 15mm Early Imperial Rome project now as well.  I also played another two games, giving two rulesets I've long wanted to play a try.  Overall I'm very satisfied with my hobby year at this halfway point.  Completed I didn't have too much on the table to finish off at the end of May: In the first week of June I finished the Victrix Armoured Late-Romans.  I completed these as a unit of noble Germanic warriors.  You can see more  here . 28mm Print Minis Bitter Nightshades. These are some 3D printed figures I picked up last year and the first real Sci-Fi figures I've ever painted.  Packed with detail, just as I thought I'd finished them I'd see something else to do so they took awhile!  I'll do a post detailing these when I get time. In progress 15mm Cromarty Forg...

 Introduction  The Verrotwood beckons and the faithful answer.  Drawn to an area of the forest the Wisentii and The Uncoiling of Beiysss confront each other for the favour of their dark deities.  Set up This is a game using the Relic Hunt scenario from the rulebook.  The six red markers on the mat represent a Relic token, with the purpose of the game to collect as many as possible, while preventing the other cult from doing the same.  Pre-game I rolled for additional terrain and generated a piece of Cursed terrain.  The creature roll generated a Greater Reanimated.   Wisentii deployed at the top Round 1 The first three tokens pulled from the bag are all for the Wisentii.  The Heart, Horns and Hooves all use their two actions to Run in search of the Relics. SerpensMinajnem is the first of The Uncoiling to activates and he also Runs forwards.  SerpensNadrew uses 1 action to Move forward.  SerpensEnirethec runs to support Mina...