Weekend Musings........

Well, another weekend is come and gone.  This was a 'kid-free' weekend as my wife has dubbed them.  We had the weekend to ourselves.  We managed to get some things taken care of for the new house as well as eat out ourselves.  We even managed a movie.  It was my wife's pick and she chose 'Due Date' from the $1.50 theatre.  It wasn't the greatest comedy I've seen but it had its moments.  It is one we will add to the Blue-Ray collection. 

As far as miniatures, I did score some Matchbox cars for the upcoming modern zombie game.  The best score was a 1/87 scale bus kitted out as a SWAT Mobile Command Unit.  I also managed to finish off another 16 Americans.  I got 15 Nazi Zombies painted up but the bases aren't finished yet.  I will have to make some time for some photos and get them uploaded to the blog.  All my zombie madness is in 15mm and the Nazi Zombies are from Rebel Minis.  The WW2 Americans are from Old Glory.  The build up for Gear Krieg is going faster than I anticipated.........so far.

First of the Americans

I completed the first of the 15mm Americans for use in Gear Krieg last night.  Once I figure out how to post pics up here I will.  I on'y got about a dozen done.  I followed a painting guide I found on the Flames of War website.  For 15mm they look close enough but I think anything larger would look wonky.  The green on the webbing is a bit bright, but it does offset the khaki of the jacket and make the appearance of a more herringbone twill effect.  At any rate, 12 down and many more to go.......

Musings of the day.......

Last night I was at the kitchen table working on pieces of WWG's Mayhem Armory and my daughter wandered in and sat down.  She was getting interested in what I was doing and I was explaining it to her.  Then came the question - Can you build a mall with that?  Well, I had the laptop sitting there so I could read the directions (I know, that is against a man's natural self) and I pulled up WWG's web site.  I showed her the Shellendrak Manor and the Mayhem Mega Mall kits on line.  After a bit of discussion we have decided to build a mall together.  It will be a few weeks before we start due to the fact that we are moving soon.  Once we get all settled we will get the file, buy more ink, more blades, a second cutting mat, another metal ruler and we will be all set to roll with making the mall!

First Post

Well, after toiling over the idea for a while now, I have decided to make a blog.  I hope to use this to chronicle my excursions into gaming.  I will try to make weekly updates (I hope). 

Right out of the gate, I have a couple of projects rolling.  First off, I have 3 convention games to get ready for in April at Spring Fever.  You can find more about the con here: http://www.trianglesimsociety.org/?page_id=27.  I will be running 3 games for Dream Pod 9's Heavy Gear: Blitz.  I am all ready and set for 2 but I have a few items to paint for the third.

My other project is really 3 in one.  I want to run a decent Gear Krieg game in the fall at Southern Front.  It is a tall order since I have virtually no figures done for that game yet.  I ordered some Rebel Minis Nazi Zombies for the game.  They have arrived today and I have some Americans ready to paint.  In the midst of all this, it revitalized my interest in All Things Zombies so I have started working on some 15mm buildings for a zombie town.  The buildings will come from resized World Works Game PDF files.  Of course, these buildings will be useable for my Heavy Gear games as well. 

Since I am making the buildings, I will need some modern zombies and survivors to run the streets as well.  But I guess that is the spiral of geekdom.  One project leads into the next and the next and the next.........