Hobby Goals - November 25

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Painting

Well, it turned out to be a quiet month for painting. I have been trying to paint the Kurnothi Hunters from the Spitewood box set, but I am not really enjoying them, so they remain an ongoing project. I am even wondering whether to pick up another set and try a new colour scheme from scratch.

I recently decided to focus on playing three warbands for a while: Blackpowder, the Truthseekers and Daggok’s Stab Ladz. I also wanted to try painting a warband using Contrast paints, something I had not done before. With that in mind, I bought a new set of Stab Ladz. I built them in one evening and then painted the entire warband in a single day, which is very fast for me.


My New Stab Ladz

The Contrast paints did make the overall process quicker, but I learned that they need multiple coats to achieve solid coverage. I also need to learn which layer paints work best as highlights.


Gaming

On the gaming front I have continued to play at my local club with various celebrities such as Robin and Pete aka the Agents of Sigmar, Harry aka Slippy, Martin aka Godsworngamer as well as Imogen and Nick. This group is very capable and always makes for good games. I have continued using Blackpowder and things have been going reasonably well.

I am starting to get a bit worried about the Wurmspat, as I plan to hit the tournament scene fairly hard in the new year. They will be something I need to prepare for.


Blogging

This month I decided to return to writing a few more warband reviews. They were:

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