Fembruary minis & a 3 Peaks update

23 Wednesday Feb 2022

Posted by in Fembruary Challenge, Sludge

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Greetings Terrans, how goes it? It has been insanely busy here in Leadballoonyville, but I did manage to get some painting done for Fembruary – check these ladies out:

I’ve painted these to join a small army I’m putting together for Sludge – the lady in the middle is a Sorceress and the others are her bodyguard. They are from Black Crab and were lovely things to paint – I can see these minis fitting in to so many games. I’m particularly pleased with getting the eye-glow through the veil effect, took a bit of faffing but worth it I reckon.

I also painted this female mini from the same range:

I have no idea what to use her for… maybe a shrieking artillery piece? Whatever, she’s pretty damn cool so I painted her some creepy playmates:

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And that’s it from me on the minis front, but I want to leave a quick plug for my just-giving page – please do pop over & have a look if you have time:

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/a-jelley

I did a snowy training hike over the weekend so have a nice hiking pic for your troubles:

I’m in not-terrible shape for my age, but hiking is a different kind of fitness altogether and I was just about hanging in there towards the end! Didn’t help the ego that all the other hikers were 65 or over! 😂

Ah well, onwards and upwards 👍

3 Peaks Challenge 2022

01 Tuesday Feb 2022

Posted by in 215th Praetorian

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Greetings Terrans, I thought long and hard about whether to post about this charity challenge on here – I don’t like to mix my worlds together, but I figured that a) charity is important, and b) you can always not read any further if you like – fair warning, there is no hobby stuff in this post :-)

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So yeah, if you’re still with me then let me lay it on the line. I’ve been thinking for a good while that I want to start giving back to society in some way & I decided that 2022 is the year where I start to do that through volunteering, direct donation, and through charity ‘challenges’. The first two are sorted, but the last one is where I need to reach out to other people to donate. I’m not massive on Facebook and all that guff, so I’m posting this here in the hope that some of you lovely people might be persuaded to part with a couple of quid.

For those not familiar, the 3 Peaks challenge involves climbing the tallest mountain in Scotland (Ben Nevis), then England (Scarfel Pike), and then Wales (Snowden), all in sequence, and all within 24 hours. It starts at the foot of Ben Nevis and finishes at the summit of Snowdon – just about 26 miles of walking in total, with 3000 meters of accent. I’ll be taking this on with an organised group in June – We have a driver with a van to get us between mountains, with Scarfel being a nigh climb. All in all, a pretty tough day, especially with the need to grab sleep on the bus! I’m in pretty good shape, but this sort of hiking is a very different kind of fitness & I’m in no doubt that this is gonna be tough.

Anyway, that’s it on this subject for now – I’ll post updates a and when, and here’s the justgiving page:

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/a-jelley

Warhammer Quest Cursed City part 11 – Conclusion

27 Thursday Jan 2022

Posted by in Warhammer Quest - Cursed City

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Greetings Terrans, thanks for swinging by! I have the final two heroes from Cursed City to share today – it’s the bashy-hitty-tanky ones.

First up the ‘not a Paladin honest gov’ warrior ‘Emelda Braskov’:

Emelda is a lovely mini – great pose, lovely detail and a really characterful face, and that eagle’s head is a really nice touch too. She has more than a hint of Brienne of Tarth about her & that is an excellent thing in my book. I painted her armour to look tarnished & worn, but there is no doubting the sharpness of that sword!

Finally, it’s the big fella, Ogre mercenary ‘Brutogg Corpse-Eater’:

Brutogg is another absolute belter of a mini… THIS is what Ogres should look like in my opinion – big & heavily muscled, but not run to fat, and certainly not naked, moustachioed, and riding around on woolly rhinos! (looking at you GeeDub…)

There is so much lovely detail to pick out – various trinkets and doodabs from across the Mortal Realms, just like you’d expect for a Merc… I really enjoyed painting the amphora up as glass for example, and that shoulder armour was an absolute delight! Now, obviously I’ve taken some artistic license on the skin colour, but he looks so much like Ragnarök Hulk that it seemed a shame not to just go with it… I think it looks really cool, and that’s the most important thing (obviously), but if anyone really needs a rationale, we can blame it on the corpse diet 😊

Here’s a fun pic of all the heroes together:

Oh, and one last thing to close out the project – I wanted to give my Cursed City minis a home to be proud of so I bought a bespoke storage system from Feldherr. I’m really pleased with my purchase – It all fits in the original game box, albeit with an extra 2 inches of height when closed (necessitating an elastic strap for the box). Here they all are, snug and safe:

Would recommend…

And that’s it for the Cursed City set! I’ll be taking a bit of a step back for a few weeks as I deal with some boring life stuff, but I will be back soon with some Fembruary offerings. Stay safe dudes, catch you all on the flip side.