Warmaster Weekend "sticks"

A sad effort on Super Bowl weekend. I spent half my time glueing dudes to sticks. Why? Because I can not count! I was short commanders, short spear dudes.

And then most of the dudes filling sticks were Epic dudes for the World Eaters.

As in these last pictures you can see the other half of my time was spent dicking around with the 3D printer.

The big accomplishment was cleaning out and selling. I sold my Italian epic Thunder Warriors, Custodial guards & Emperor army, and the Thousands Sons army. All bare lead from my collection. Most of the half painted Red Scorpions sold and I listed the forumware Space Wolves. None needed to go, but they all have been hiding in their original boxes. Hopefully they will now grace someone’s tabletop!

Castle Arts bought by Pendraken

We’ve just bought the Castle Arts 10mm Japanese buildings range, including castles, temples and more! More info on the Pendraken MiniaturesForum: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,18137.0.html

Did you buy the Castle Arts Japanese miniatures range?
We didn’t buy the miniatures range, only the buildings. Our own range could do with some work so we’ve decided to completely overhaul our Samurai figures with brand new sculpts and more pose variety. This job has been scheduled for April/May/June so the new figures will be coming online around the same time as the last of the buildings comes into production.

Castle Arts 10mm Samurai

Starting off the year buying a store. That will add 1600+ minis to the mountain. It was bought last year. But I had ready close the financial year out. So it is counted this year.

When they said they were closing I contacted the owner and requested to buy all the remaining stock. 10mm Samurai stock. I didn’t take any of the Blood Bowl or giant Japanese temple stuff. Everything came in less then 2 weeks. One huge box.

After kitting out my 10mm Samurai army, I will sell the rest off. Frank will get first pick (asked 1st), then the lads, Facebook group, and the rest off to eBay.

Three white boxes full of terrain, one full of minis, and six army starter boxes. Plus extra terrain that didn’t fit in the white boxes. 1520 minis and 112 terrain pieces. There are at least 3 terrain pieces I will recast, as there is only one. (bridge, straight wall section, etc)

2019 Projects and Goals for the Year

In general paint, play, sell, and stop buying collections.

2019 Projects and Goals

3D printers

Getting the printers up and running again. The filament printer needs a cable created. As the manufacture is chapter 7, a new one is not available. There is a plan. Only time is required. The Resin printer needs only time and effort.

Get the Sudan project on the table.

I have maybe 900 Fuzzy Wuzzys, the Sudanese, and most of the British to complete. Almost all the Cavalry, but I hate painting horse most of all. No supply issues this year. No purchase required. All materials are on hand.
To get them on the table; I will need to focus and identify a few battles. The units required for those battles finished. All the while banging out the Ansar and British forces as fast as possible.

20mm Moderns.

I would like to do one Con game.

Warmaster

Finish the Araby army. Start and finish the Samurai army. Then develop a plan and start a strong effort to complete 2 ancients armies.

HH World Eaters army.

This should be an easy check. 30% is done. I have everything required. I know where everything is and there is another 20% ready started.

Conventions and Gaming.

I am booked for AdeptiCon and Cold Wars. Hopefully I will get HistoriCon, NEEAT, and the Epic World Championship in. This year, step up the effort to build a gaming group here in central PA. I would also like to link up with the NJ group.

Sell off

Continue to sell off the Kickerstarters never started. Liquidate the collections purchased. Sell off the extra 10mm Samurai.

Painting

730 plus dudes painted last year. The goal will be 1000 this year with at least 300 coming from the 20mm Colonial project. With the amount of terrain and 10mm involved it should be an easy score. As long as I stay focused.

Paint stirring sticks, boxes, and spears

I paint while traveling for work. In doing so I drag minis all over the world. Normally a short trip will fit in my traveling GW case. Longer trips a pack a large GW case. This is all well and good if painting 28-15mm dudes. Or if healing too much lead, my carry on is heavy enough to break a Peruvian sherpa.
Once you start packing 10s or dudes mounted to speed painting sticks another container is needed. If not, they all pop off the sticks.

All my old school sticks have metal glued to the bottom and they travel in a plastic lunch box with a magnet sheet in the bottom.

Now that I am gearing up for 10mm ancients, I need a new system. My spears are getting smashed, bent, and broken. I had been using popsicle sticks for 10s and layering them into a small Chessex case. This method bends the crap out of every single spear. It sucks.

The change came about when I went balls deep into 10mm samurai. Castle Arts’ samurai, now out of production. Can’t be replaced. Bent spears and busted off flags can’t happen. How to travel with them?
This time out Home depot special. 10 pack of house paint stirring sticks for 1.99. Plastic small parts box for 1.99. The sticks I snapped in half. Which is the perfect length for the boxes.

The little thingies that hold the dividers squeeze the stir stick just enough that there is zero shifting around in side. Some foam on top stop any abuse from bags getting tossed around while traveling.