Motivational Monday: Memorial Day

Today we celebrate Memorial Day in the United States and I wanted to take this opportunity To thank all of our veterans past and present! Today's motivation in in honor or the Veterans of the United States Armed Forces!

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-Meatball 

RPG: Dark Heresy

It has been nearly 5 years since I last played a Pen and Paper RPG. Being in the military it is sometimes hard to find and maintain a group. The last group I gamed with was fantastic, but slowly we all got orders to different parts of the world and I have just not found the motivation to start looking to play again.

All of that started to change as I began listening to back episodes of The Minions of the Monster Master podcast. Their original few episodes did two things for me. First and foremost it made me rememberall the things I loved about playing RPGs with a group of friends and to be honest it is something I miss greatly. The 2nd thing is they introduced me to the Dark Heresy RPG.

In the past I have always played mostly fantasy based RPGs and mostly Dungeons and Dragons at that. I even had the chance last year to get in on a D&D campaign that was just starting. I bought the 4th edition books and to be honest I just did not like the new rules so I decided not to play. Dark Heresy though has intrigued me; firstly because it is Sci-Fi and I haven't played a Sci-Fi RPG since I played Rifts while stationed in Alaska and that was over 10 years ago.Secondly, I read the entire core rule book and I love it. I love the character creation; it really feels like an in-depth system. So now I am in the process of trying to get a group together to play and it is looking like a real possibility around July this year.

So this will be another addition to the blog as I plan on writing about my experiences with the game. There is a chance I will be the GM so I am not sure how my posts will be if that is the case, but if I get to be a player I though it might be cool if I made posts as though my character was writing his experiences in a journal, but I will know more once I know for sure what I will be doing.

Well thanks for taking your time to read what could be a new addition to My Dice Hate Me! and I would like to send a special thanks to the crew over at The Minions of the Monster Master podcast. Their live play episodes have really got me excited about RPGs which is what got me into gaming in the first place.

-Meatball

Motivational Monday: Flawed Character Concepts

Today we once again turn to RPGs for our motivation.

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-Meatball 

Motivational Monday: Artifacts

This week we look to RPGs once again for motivation.

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-Meatball

May WAAAGH!: More Updated Models

This was another good Waagh! week as I got a total of 5 units done which is actually about 35 models total. Just like my other updated models the paint job remains mostly the same I have just added touch ups where needed and washes. The main change to this minis is removing the old flock and putting on the new static grass.

First up is my Battle Standard Bearer. I really love this model because I think it has a ton of character.

The next two are my Orc Boar Chariots. Just your standard orc chariots, I don't think the model has even changed in the last 10 years.

Next up we have my Orc Boyz armed with spears and shields. I personally am really stating to like this unit in the new rules and I am considering buying more t make it a horde.

The last unit for this week is my Orc Boar Boyz. They are a hard hitting unit that makes an appearance in most of my lists. Yes they are still the old models, I have nothing against the new models I just see no need to replace these as I have other thing I want to spend the money on (New Tomb King models I don't own) so they will do for now.

Well that is it for this week. I am off to get to work on more models. Please feel free to leave a comment and let me know what you think.


-Meatball

Motivational Monday: Elves

Today we get our motivation from the Elven race. Enjoy

 

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-Meatball  

May WAAAGH!: Latest Updated Models and a Spider!!!

WAAAGH! month has carried over into May and I am already glad I extended it. In the first two days I have gotten 5 models updated and built my Arachnarok. Up first is my Warboss, Grubak Skulzbusta on his Wyvern, Ironmaw. All I really had to do to get this model back in action was some touch ups where paint had chipped and then  a green wash and devlan mud wash. Lastly I painted and flocked the base to match the rest of the army.

The second model I updated was my Goblin Wolf Chariot. Somewhere in my travels the banner goblin got lost; lucky for me I had the banner bearer for Ruglud's Armoured Orcs Regiment, so I used him to replace the lost one.

This model had many more chips and took a little longer to repair. After it was painted I followed up with the washes then painted and flocked the base to match.

I am looking to pick up at least two more of these little guys to run in my All Goblin Army, but I am really not looking forward to the all metal models :-(

The last three models I finished since May 1st are my Stone Trolls. I am really happy with how they turned out and all I did to get them ready was the Devlan Mud wash and then the bases. I may one day expand these out to six trolls but not before I get my River Trolls to that number.

Well there you have it the latest models to be updated for my Orcs and Goblins army. Please feel free to leave me a comment and let me know what you think. Also you can take a look at the last pic on the post for a sneak peek at my unpainted Arachnarok Spider. This will be the first model I paint after I finish updating my other models.

-Meatball

Motivational Monday: Bin Laden

For today's motivation I wanted to include something about the death of Bin Laden, but as this is a gaming blog I had to find a poster that did it properly, I think I succeeded. Let me know what you think.

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-Meatball