tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937784568013834902012-04-29T14:55:25.831-07:00A hobby and gaming blog covering Necromunda in RenoM. W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03207977550912616842noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493778456801383490.post-62861576308405719722010-04-12T22:08:00.000-07:002010-04-12T22:18:49.679-07:00

Rumors had long persisted that the first victims of the Necromundan Plague had been hastily interred in a mass grave just outside the hive proper.  This burial site, known in hiver ghost-tales as Deadwalk Alley, had allegedly taken the lives of more treasure hunters than even the Great White Spider herself.  What's more, the journey to Deadwalk was scarcely three day's outing from Sump's

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Despite - In spite of my injury I got a bit of work in tonight, concentrating on Finn's new OiaM shotgun (a modified SM Scout shotgun) with a potential drum magazine to represent the generous ammo roll situation. Also, despite my earlier claims of no new gangs, I had to complete my injury-causing project - Malokai's machete, which looks great and has already tasted blood!!  Not to worry - aside

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Can't believe I've not mentioned that Zombieland drops today.  This will put a big dent in my productivity - maybe. Either way I will be watching this film repeatedly this whole week. Cheers, and remember: One Bite and You're Dead, So Aim For the Head.

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Hey again!  I've got a bit of time on my hands and so here follows what you might call the highlights of the last match I played at our meetup (22 January, 2010). The match was a raiding party from the OI-FU seeking to scrag one "Prince" of the Voodoo Posse.  Six Orlock fighters (Seamus, Cillian, Finn, James, Angus, and Michael) had ventured into Delaque territory in pursuit of their target, and

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Today was a milestone for my hobby.  Today I received my very first craft knife-inflicted wound, just to the front of my thumbnail on the left hand.  After a bit of profuse bleeding, I managed to seal it up with some CA glue. While I'll be fine, this will keep me from finishing as much hobby work as I wanted to.  That said, I got two more mercs built before this incident, and they are working out

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Hey again. With great humility I'd like to make a few announcements.  First, welcome to another reader.  Second, we've had to say our goodbyes to another member of the gaming group who has had a bit of real life crop up.  Third, apologies for a VERY long gap in updates.  Fourth (and finally) the campaign will continue very shortly, as we've all finally sorted out our next meetup. Please be

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It's been a while since anything of substance was shown on this blog with regards to painting, modelling, etc. and while I don't have any good pics at hand, I wanted to say that progress has been made with a couple of projects. I've spent a bit of time with my Merc crew and the first couple of minis are looking like they'll work pretty nicely.  I'm not entirely sure how I plan to arm all of them

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A quick note: This report was started quite a while ago, but thanks to a lovely seasonal cold/flu thing, I have been unable to finish it until now.  Sorry for the delay, and to our group: any errors are due to my increasingly fragile long-term memory.  Thanks for some great games! Hello everyone!  The October meetup was yesterday and all things considered went really well.  I still haven't

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It's been an okay week so far.  The weather broke from the obscene 90+ F in late September, and has progressed to a much more seasonal mid-50s to mid-70s.  Holy crap, it is about DAMN TIME!  At any rate, this has been a far better week so far. I've gotten some painting time in and I've started a proof-of-concept model for the Enforcer/Merc crew that I've had in the wings for a long time.  I also

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I am fortunate to have a steady job given many recent circumstances and events, and though I am appreciative of the steady paycheck and the means within which I am able to live, I have often found myself at home after the work day is over, thoroughly and completely non-eager to work at my painting, terrain builds, or other aspects of the hobby. This can be frustrating on many levels, but perhaps

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First, my apologies for the lack of posts, I've been dealing with a bit of personal stuff and it's been a bit of a drain on my time and my efforts in the hobby.  Among these things is a rearranging of my work spaces, and to my immense frustration, yet more modification of furniture is required.  Grrrrr. However, it's not all bad.  I'm set up much more favorably in this new arrangment - the

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I've gotten enough of a handle on the techy bollocks of late to get som epics posted.  These have gone up at Eastern Fringe already, but I hope you enjoy them all the same. First is the mysterious Bounty Hunter known only as Mister Todd. His backpack is MIA but I know I will find it very soon and have him finished within a week, I hope.  This is one of my absolute favorite minatures from the

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Hey again. My old reliable black PC tower is ailing quite a whole lot and in light of what I assume to be rapid-onset cooling problems, has developed a nasty buzzing from the inner workings that no amount of cleaning or basic maintenance has been able to sort out. So I did a bit of work and research, and found myself a new laptop format.  This marks the first blog post from that new platform,

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Look! a splash picture at the top of the blog! I've been meaning to do that for a while, and although it's not exactly how I want it to look, there's at least a placeholder up there adding a bit of color to the darkness of Sector N-UH-855. I took a bunch of pics tonight but I rushed them and the light in this room is bad for minis and terrain so I am vetoing them all until I can get some better

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Well, a bit of news, some good some bad.  Firstly the bad:  the next meet will be a bit later than expected.  Our "every other Sunday" schedule dropped this meetup on Labor Day weekend and as many of our members already have plans, we had to reschedule.  The next weekend is no good and so the campaign will continue on the 20th. EDIT: ARGH, there is yet another speedbump as the 20th is committed

M. W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03207977550912616842noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493778456801383490.post-54911989845413403312009-08-31T12:46:00.000-07:002009-08-31T12:49:27.001-07:00

On to the final report from last Sunday, with the Cold Dawn facing the Brotherhood of Sorrow.  These gangs are both on the small side, with eight men in each crew, but rest assured they fought like mad.  The game started simply enough, a Gang Fight with no Treacherous roll, with Mike's Brotherhood deployed in a dispersed formation with a couple 2-man groups to begin, and Darien's Cold Dawn split

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The battle between the Concrete Chaos Queens and Delaque gang was no less intense. The Gang Fight was set in an area full of Methane Gas Pockets, which made it risky to fire from cover. Each gang spread out into smaller groups, with the Queens sending a melee team along the right flank, with their plasma cannon set up near the center of the board edge, and a small fire team moving up the right.

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By request of KRUG and as a pretty decent way to segue into the WIP aspects of this blog, I'm posting this tutorial on my method of making one of two types of catwalks featured in the Big Brutal Battles reports.Click the images for larger versions!This particular type uses the following materials:3/16" or 1/4" thick foamcore1/16" thick cereal box/thin cardPlastic embroidery mesh AKA "granny

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EDIT: Fixed it!Woo!The new campaign started off quite fiercely with three games played between the six players in the group (the seventh apparently decided not to join up after all), and there was a lot of blood shed on this fateful day.The three matchups were:My Orlock Iron-Forge Union (Orlock) v. Jeff's 7th Ash Waste Rifles (Van Saar)Steph's Concrete Chaos Queens (Escher) v. Matt's

M. W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03207977550912616842noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493778456801383490.post-69834196157556429472009-08-20T09:36:00.000-07:002009-08-20T10:31:19.186-07:00

Quick update!After several weeks of summer heat and occasional (incredibly inconvenient) thunderstorms and rain, the moving ordeal is over. Boxes are being emptied and their contents organized into their proper places with surprising efficiency; the hobby desk is populated with paints, reference materials, toolboxes, and WIPs; the house is quickly becoming a home (AWWW).I've sent out a

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Hey again.The transition has passed a big milestone - the old apartment is now back in the hands of the rental company. We dropped off the keys last night, and now its just a matter of getting the new place all unpacked and ready for the big meetup this coming Sunday.Last weekend (August 8-9) my dad brought a saw and other tools over and we shortened the shelving so it would fit in the new house

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Hello again everyone,I've been busy moving and it's going well! We're living at the new place already and though there's a still stuff that needs to be moved, it gets more and more manageable each and every day. I've sorted out my hobby gear (went over on the first trip!) and brought over one of my workshop desks, only to find out that the ceilings in this new house are about 2 or 3 inches

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Well, its been a while since I posted anything of interest and so while I cannot promise an especially thrilling subject for this update, I did want to stick to my promise of chronicling the process of moving. In anticipation of signing our lease and taking possession of this new house, my girlfriend and I have been packing up all the bits and bobs that seem to inevitably pile up around the

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Hey everyone!I put down a deposit on a bigger better living arrangement today, and damn if it isn't quite a bit exciting. Although it means the Necromunda campaign will almost inevitably see some delays, it also means that I will likely be able to host the games and avoid the "store rules" and "business hours" problems that we ran into on our meetup.In other good news, this, the premier

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Hello again from Reno! We had a meetup with the newly interested gamers at Heroes in Sparks, and despite a compressed schedule (my fault) and lacking in good Necromunda terrain pieces (store policy), we had a great time of it.After being contacted by a couple of gamers in the area who wanted to see about joining our new campaign, we sorted out the details and started to make preparations for the

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