tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54099472575720212552024-03-19T04:48:03.745-04:00JoeSavesTheDayjoe m.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13189710292622018212noreply@blogger.comBlogger377125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409947257572021255.post-30853039350055376892023-09-16T11:37:00.000-04:002023-09-16T11:37:57.571-04:00Painting McFarlane Toys Chaos Veteran Artist Proof<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74-CfcmRo9lpFsViTuQZXWlyTW7Kud_piSvrj9YZTrdg_Ei6e6nLCPOPVvTKEgqMu3x1OW44L9Z37In-FeOoqTDR6ZiotiJjRbNLRkI0Ia6MwWXsIfHMUnQG4TAO93foZuxmnILgUGCU969NA9LQvg9oM1Gx13qqaWTD3Ub-2OnEx697wAvYZPbr3Monj/s4048/IMG_20230915_204714.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3036" data-original-width="4048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74-CfcmRo9lpFsViTuQZXWlyTW7Kud_piSvrj9YZTrdg_Ei6e6nLCPOPVvTKEgqMu3x1OW44L9Z37In-FeOoqTDR6ZiotiJjRbNLRkI0Ia6MwWXsIfHMUnQG4TAO93foZuxmnILgUGCU969NA9LQvg9oM1Gx13qqaWTD3Ub-2OnEx697wAvYZPbr3Monj/s320/IMG_20230915_204714.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4048" data-original-width="3036" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKTiw5iTmSXAfOgLsB1xKSUYwAx2wW_zfvQ1N0I6NapQh1Nn7udp9--XPaZhstGZxHCDDUs454MD3w0noxSVVQIQ9UZhVd9pJ4O9VpAiF4ELsyOS3yPFKw8jAsqp1_13_-Ur5u9I66gp3FPAUDmu0ET_t80o-PzGPpu5FM6TTXHfzL8tH6mixAnlFB8_J7/s320/IMG_20230910_201855.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p>Let there be light.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span>Nuln Oil Gloss over Yriel Yellow for the servo headlight.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoGS2T9ShaV-qN16MjDB4QboT83Ci1G-8mrIae-w_-6kwGRsKkoL6Gsh_e9GCp7fwRyxGlvoBc5Yi-eGAp71it_Skb7ckWoO5WHVnxyBtHbF4dtCOxWRPfz-IP8Lgyatbk5bMyPU6AFZv3K30AvBfOo1aV6qLOcAZkIReGH7DgKw8_snULvZM-Mf5Oz9j4/s4048/IMG_20230910_201829.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4048" data-original-width="3036" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoGS2T9ShaV-qN16MjDB4QboT83Ci1G-8mrIae-w_-6kwGRsKkoL6Gsh_e9GCp7fwRyxGlvoBc5Yi-eGAp71it_Skb7ckWoO5WHVnxyBtHbF4dtCOxWRPfz-IP8Lgyatbk5bMyPU6AFZv3K30AvBfOo1aV6qLOcAZkIReGH7DgKw8_snULvZM-Mf5Oz9j4/s320/IMG_20230910_201829.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I also used this on the Deathworld trees and it's subtle but really helps tie the whole piece together.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ3y-cxxuYqtMw78b8UpJi6VvKGBdhR7vhbahmJA2qKZhPgZE6pJalidG2kES4aqlblazEMEpnJnG3vwOWO7W2lbeYBMyRGVFoT8AzIJ4eQv3xseX0Z5hqGj-CkXw3tng53o1JGhL2Ot_kroSks4NQKbOh2WeNe2_7AFYP0ByqaqPHnTr6Fq5rBEbkZXDi/s4048/IMG_20230907_093706.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3036" data-original-width="4048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ3y-cxxuYqtMw78b8UpJi6VvKGBdhR7vhbahmJA2qKZhPgZE6pJalidG2kES4aqlblazEMEpnJnG3vwOWO7W2lbeYBMyRGVFoT8AzIJ4eQv3xseX0Z5hqGj-CkXw3tng53o1JGhL2Ot_kroSks4NQKbOh2WeNe2_7AFYP0ByqaqPHnTr6Fq5rBEbkZXDi/s320/IMG_20230907_093706.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">The sector imperialis terrain sure does take a lot of paint, but it's very satisfying to see these come together.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLsK8IxuBslaJ4oSszgQ555ukK8gZqD0HpP-XNQUfAvMCLsW8leKnMH38nZu3zPmZIiqWs-e4RQF9WFoUOM0NcKEdW8VBF2Yeszf3PG0_IAH_YBaNX92lHRKCToAw3_REoK2GWupfYdNHj-TjoF-xJBCyE_ZI3Ed8N9wwPmwVTAZjiWhRYe8kSyhGbTKPM/s4048/IMG_20230907_093842_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3036" data-original-width="4048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLsK8IxuBslaJ4oSszgQ555ukK8gZqD0HpP-XNQUfAvMCLsW8leKnMH38nZu3zPmZIiqWs-e4RQF9WFoUOM0NcKEdW8VBF2Yeszf3PG0_IAH_YBaNX92lHRKCToAw3_REoK2GWupfYdNHj-TjoF-xJBCyE_ZI3Ed8N9wwPmwVTAZjiWhRYe8kSyhGbTKPM/s320/IMG_20230907_093842_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3036" data-original-width="4048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAT8UhCxzBQxSrQRiZEwkTg8nWjSdqq0pJPCU4cnxsDl4G7SCf4lD7EXWlJG_cKnyhfKB4sV0PaNI0o5BM122dbV_HLErvsSGX0qX0i8dcCqGEE4qXaAnpPTvd9xEs62g6mbASqB3aPKmB0aq19hOQcbuTTh7OCQHj1nU8U7qbLTkW96bFNiBNQF1-ppFF/s320/IMG_20230723_090321.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Here's everything that was painted last month.<span><br /></span></p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p>I had an ambitious pile of terrain to start this challenge with, and I will end this challenge with an ambitious pile of terrain to complete 😂 HOWEVER, I did make some progress and have made some decisions on how to finish the rest, so overall I'm really pleased with the results!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2toGaN5T1lKRUQT9q1WTylqFzEqU5_52wsyZF1m8sx_i9eLy9NEux3y8pNAVfy8ZNYpyl-CBsLW1-B1lXsaILL-bFtAe6Vr_JaZTPHpg5jtaZY11H0FHU8485AQR6p9PwhBIcreTqYLYjGjQJpcZFZY3UDZWaOchKP6lKLPXsI6d1pBJ2Mg_dd0WE3re/s4048/IMG_20230831_133011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Like the remaining Sector Imperialis, I'm hoping another couple paint sessions and these will be good to go. Stay tuned for an update on these, and sorry I didn't take many pictures of these (they were NOT sparking joy lol).<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu9nP2DrR_w-9vA4rO519maxiRAQScwrdANwqcOh0cp4pWRKPaU1zbuZJ_2kn4HCOOpKZl3AX90lpgO_g-hrrFA1xBlFeSEnv_6sULQpW3RjmnOzU38sHzK2oR8JZQJboSTh_gkhpPu_b2Ul-oNi3ycKzR1GQpSKYEkfT3rGBulUAQtLPTvC8C-l-K7uQE/s4048/IMG_20230831_131548.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3036" data-original-width="4048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu9nP2DrR_w-9vA4rO519maxiRAQScwrdANwqcOh0cp4pWRKPaU1zbuZJ_2kn4HCOOpKZl3AX90lpgO_g-hrrFA1xBlFeSEnv_6sULQpW3RjmnOzU38sHzK2oR8JZQJboSTh_gkhpPu_b2Ul-oNi3ycKzR1GQpSKYEkfT3rGBulUAQtLPTvC8C-l-K7uQE/s320/IMG_20230831_131548.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Last up is some 3d printed scatter terrain along with some excellent hand cast barrels by none other than the organizer of this great hobby challenge! Dave's higher quality resin bitz help to obfuscate my lower quality 3d printed barrels 😉</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9ma3cWYuJmOJAoB_SOw0xuHorK8oap1s6zEh3YnL_gnK9F_nyBQkqxgG2Y9RcOOolbICKzxCE5wApLQd35CfSGyOVZyKBmVelxcW-hs5C60TpVmQZEhsnEHmt52J9q7aBrF13MTFKoC2-YRDpDFn_Hnvo0MQioBvwxBroHIMvtAWVL19MiHo_oDN1okT/s4048/IMG_20230828_193715.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3036" data-original-width="4048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9ma3cWYuJmOJAoB_SOw0xuHorK8oap1s6zEh3YnL_gnK9F_nyBQkqxgG2Y9RcOOolbICKzxCE5wApLQd35CfSGyOVZyKBmVelxcW-hs5C60TpVmQZEhsnEHmt52J9q7aBrF13MTFKoC2-YRDpDFn_Hnvo0MQioBvwxBroHIMvtAWVL19MiHo_oDN1okT/s320/IMG_20230828_193715.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaQyFbhGe86FclD68RyBd9vy9pDptMne2RWeUhQ0DHRKbKWEPoB0MExMenu_dFVcpajLqifRCbaXfP5S2d2kppy3XL8v1FMlprl3TOKAZJPun4IxTa0m7S-6jSXtwCpi8D5vjWM5fxkQkttFWqs8rk1yWbAi8Ohf1jDN0jIJZB1aiiAJgBZnG3UrIwkLtm/s4048/IMG_20230831_131408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3036" data-original-width="4048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaQyFbhGe86FclD68RyBd9vy9pDptMne2RWeUhQ0DHRKbKWEPoB0MExMenu_dFVcpajLqifRCbaXfP5S2d2kppy3XL8v1FMlprl3TOKAZJPun4IxTa0m7S-6jSXtwCpi8D5vjWM5fxkQkttFWqs8rk1yWbAi8Ohf1jDN0jIJZB1aiiAJgBZnG3UrIwkLtm/s320/IMG_20230831_131408.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGcw6hQIaPnTN565p8ZNrlIHyhVkC25_egHSPPkYJQFMfPCGZI2Q-fxOQqlezywX6-kyEXrmuOSfZ97l2jA1ZlhrHZCvSlyFL_p9A_-KRAUaoVLTTaU1SaVSnqdZuBDT3EwzDtzCPaUwcUmiWuL42TLOWnqgF7Cq3tBISGfynqks6tVSBAyh14H-iW-u4/s4048/IMG_20230831_131529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3036" data-original-width="4048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGcw6hQIaPnTN565p8ZNrlIHyhVkC25_egHSPPkYJQFMfPCGZI2Q-fxOQqlezywX6-kyEXrmuOSfZ97l2jA1ZlhrHZCvSlyFL_p9A_-KRAUaoVLTTaU1SaVSnqdZuBDT3EwzDtzCPaUwcUmiWuL42TLOWnqgF7Cq3tBISGfynqks6tVSBAyh14H-iW-u4/s320/IMG_20230831_131529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><p>Thank you, Dave, for organizing this challenge and helping to motivate me to get back into painting. I really got a lot out of this one so thank you!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4K8IutFY8W_rotCA2N939UMHNH9nw6O3PxFMgib7pj_9FTQD8xN4dD9fg8M5Vz9vv18boA52n0TM7Aze4GOu7ZH1yr9bXLbp8v3xaHDD16pWpSyJbQB51Zpn6andBEA8t1fGS9XHKKIO2Aw4_ty3UVS2hAcdi5j2rhcBW1BhP7jil7PxylWlaNyFQWIbn/s4048/IMG_20230823_104443.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3036" data-original-width="4048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4K8IutFY8W_rotCA2N939UMHNH9nw6O3PxFMgib7pj_9FTQD8xN4dD9fg8M5Vz9vv18boA52n0TM7Aze4GOu7ZH1yr9bXLbp8v3xaHDD16pWpSyJbQB51Zpn6andBEA8t1fGS9XHKKIO2Aw4_ty3UVS2hAcdi5j2rhcBW1BhP7jil7PxylWlaNyFQWIbn/s320/IMG_20230823_104443.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Also, due to school starting 2 weeks before Labor Day, I was unable to make the NOVA Open work logistically this year, which I'm pretty bummed about... I did manage to catch most of the GW Reveal stream and feel pretty mixed about it overall; The Old World unicorn lady was my favorite reveal, followed by the dogs WarCry warband... but that was about it for me.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdgS_qlGCf0wNlOmHUrldqB8uhP5ZyCn8RTIu6k4PurMmZJyN3ROmNr8B3Zj4MFJBUbHN3MQbKgwwmGgoUY7sNPBGIE8aKh3aVsq9J4B-w5ZrvIRTyq0BGwZClQ2vF-lqtkDdLb_uvpN3nrKMuyiC3Spnq45OtnyK-7haNoNNmx4rx2nFqabPNjqX4xx3L/s727/ImJustFulgrim.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="727" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdgS_qlGCf0wNlOmHUrldqB8uhP5ZyCn8RTIu6k4PurMmZJyN3ROmNr8B3Zj4MFJBUbHN3MQbKgwwmGgoUY7sNPBGIE8aKh3aVsq9J4B-w5ZrvIRTyq0BGwZClQ2vF-lqtkDdLb_uvpN3nrKMuyiC3Spnq45OtnyK-7haNoNNmx4rx2nFqabPNjqX4xx3L/s320/ImJustFulgrim.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>Cheers!</p></div>joe m.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13189710292622018212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409947257572021255.post-35709273232916985732023-08-19T09:48:00.000-04:002023-08-19T09:48:12.047-04:00Deathworld Forest terrain<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaGeY8SfHgtL8IpfymW9DgP0LFN15Wl1spV37y0U1q-1ge465MzoxePOLP2eLZt9fd1Jhlup3tN2jr9VtnaxUhOYGJ2V--EpiK2V-JXN0puissi9StMJ-kIqbfeXMOsLJWZCY268AtDvVpIZMp9WyKLS3h5zYCd3TvfM-NUBSNl7XyVG2PAY9ZIYdsCQTL/s4048/IMG_20230818_161207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3036" data-original-width="4048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaGeY8SfHgtL8IpfymW9DgP0LFN15Wl1spV37y0U1q-1ge465MzoxePOLP2eLZt9fd1Jhlup3tN2jr9VtnaxUhOYGJ2V--EpiK2V-JXN0puissi9StMJ-kIqbfeXMOsLJWZCY268AtDvVpIZMp9WyKLS3h5zYCd3TvfM-NUBSNl7XyVG2PAY9ZIYdsCQTL/s320/IMG_20230818_161207.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Finally making some progress...<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span>This was the 2nd or 3rd time I've started over on these GW Eldritch Ruins / Deathworld Forest terrain pieces; I was struggling to find a color scheme I was happy with... until this week :)</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Lots of joy in a little box.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLcOdWnoA0tKSm2YQN8DLA9zFWHNvyREayeqX_MGTM0qaWtjqiWtr6hLC8sfm9-ntUwL8YJVo-7HJwFdiqJ4uKaQhdOQ3Phk3bThOfGY3EIr7xsSYajup1Eq9QNgHr-JlLdpP5jFbsf_A3-bN3zRJjCoqydm9WTnlDlcbKSDBDUM458MqJb5qfp0981-Rd/s4048/IMG_20230810_193634.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3036" data-original-width="4048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLcOdWnoA0tKSm2YQN8DLA9zFWHNvyREayeqX_MGTM0qaWtjqiWtr6hLC8sfm9-ntUwL8YJVo-7HJwFdiqJ4uKaQhdOQ3Phk3bThOfGY3EIr7xsSYajup1Eq9QNgHr-JlLdpP5jFbsf_A3-bN3zRJjCoqydm9WTnlDlcbKSDBDUM458MqJb5qfp0981-Rd/s320/IMG_20230810_193634.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span>Bravo LEGO!</span><p></p><p><span><br /></span><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/f7cQ-OYZYDM" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p></div></div>joe m.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13189710292622018212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409947257572021255.post-51559886773251285072023-08-07T16:58:00.000-04:002023-08-07T16:58:16.999-04:00Base Bath<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpfBpaOwb1X-eDz8eVpo1mkO4xYwh69U0Q_p5V_c_9P8HhK8stSIIkK634Div5SRukAqzWgmmHgW2i51SmUCSiPMiuLWA0SjfvFuxBjT8-g3gvyTtOMYzVlJxrn0k6Mr9kjrjFyEA_LE_mUlfpNKSXk39Dy8tlPE7ulYeubrwl_9S_wmZvzUW1AJzz0OQ8/s4048/IMG_20230802_113827_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3036" data-original-width="4048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpfBpaOwb1X-eDz8eVpo1mkO4xYwh69U0Q_p5V_c_9P8HhK8stSIIkK634Div5SRukAqzWgmmHgW2i51SmUCSiPMiuLWA0SjfvFuxBjT8-g3gvyTtOMYzVlJxrn0k6Mr9kjrjFyEA_LE_mUlfpNKSXk39Dy8tlPE7ulYeubrwl_9S_wmZvzUW1AJzz0OQ8/s320/IMG_20230802_113827_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>That step when you bathe the base of a mini in glue then sprinkle on (or dunk in) your favorite true grit concoction...<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifXAL5w3KZapdWif8VyhEjQs7Zd6c9joLCtLxUXq3hO_OPXllwkVaCXBrhziRGQxL5V6IEcLNGPtJX2bmV5qb4xpWkOggmRmw24BKzvIZwMWztLG_4n-aCLrWsi-SRCL3XGpeZJosYupss7KaZ9xRtywUQ2a-4qR5gLugYl_nJrStZ3SkSchbDrnB8T72T/s4048/IMG_20230802_113814.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3036" data-original-width="4048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifXAL5w3KZapdWif8VyhEjQs7Zd6c9joLCtLxUXq3hO_OPXllwkVaCXBrhziRGQxL5V6IEcLNGPtJX2bmV5qb4xpWkOggmRmw24BKzvIZwMWztLG_4n-aCLrWsi-SRCL3XGpeZJosYupss7KaZ9xRtywUQ2a-4qR5gLugYl_nJrStZ3SkSchbDrnB8T72T/s320/IMG_20230802_113814.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span>I always love this step in the hobby process because you know the next step is priming the whole model, then basking in the transformation before you from such a simple thing. Spray paint.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNgkJEHkKXGBItZ7BW7pIAwdaNj0DO82HGJftbLpknEQBDvjgb0SPRqyjO4Atwlp8_n_Cgs7GFj7B8kvMWYLM_6S3AC2CWNVG7TGwPsJ00mmZfEjfDgZMaxCMIsC5q6fpwmuzLI9B81YfFOR0eXiGh2QQ6jmsg_MUBCoAQsfwADUCJI-pLbeIUq2KPYhB/s4048/IMG_20230802_144535.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4048" data-original-width="3036" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNgkJEHkKXGBItZ7BW7pIAwdaNj0DO82HGJftbLpknEQBDvjgb0SPRqyjO4Atwlp8_n_Cgs7GFj7B8kvMWYLM_6S3AC2CWNVG7TGwPsJ00mmZfEjfDgZMaxCMIsC5q6fpwmuzLI9B81YfFOR0eXiGh2QQ6jmsg_MUBCoAQsfwADUCJI-pLbeIUq2KPYhB/s320/IMG_20230802_144535.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMrtMTdOMcp8Qm-DSruPShusNYCwBnBWxbDTBKtBrFafMRvacp0m-Nlt1zee7iLzsrx12soTVQtcb0TiRzUQDk4CrG6RvcjG-eFHYggZ3PwUdrrztH5-7RMcPwf-YWQk35COogFDMRpknaj3I2ZR92MgTWFxXWIHzOsZWzsQRw9ejsmr9TADvhjfMDDJGS/s4048/IMG_20230802_144618.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuUw3u4p0nN03QIy1vvXrixGawwGpcCpL5zCXyrzt17KOGFnYAfj4TfZAoMoZQHNomDtf5ukagFMu1TCJpqiCkoBFon9gqKpIwPn4gJqKb4qZNRU7CxsZ3Lmi3KxPU60iXVNWNjM9i1H7moIEvnnipKR97C1yRbdH-qeVTi5ESYDHCpRXo-7iHS_KI1BIU/s4048/IMG_20230805_113531.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4048" data-original-width="3036" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuUw3u4p0nN03QIy1vvXrixGawwGpcCpL5zCXyrzt17KOGFnYAfj4TfZAoMoZQHNomDtf5ukagFMu1TCJpqiCkoBFon9gqKpIwPn4gJqKb4qZNRU7CxsZ3Lmi3KxPU60iXVNWNjM9i1H7moIEvnnipKR97C1yRbdH-qeVTi5ESYDHCpRXo-7iHS_KI1BIU/s320/IMG_20230805_113531.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span>I'm still unsure about the Sector Imperialis terrain... I think I originally sprayed them cream / off-white to set them up for a messy enamel wash, but then never got around to picking up the wash. I do have a good selection of spray primer colors to choose from, so thought I would try a couple combos -- half starting from the off-white primer then the other half primed black. I then hit them sparingly with a tan color called "Down to Earth" to hit zenithal details & add shadows.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_rkLUmkWvqbwo_zx-LvEsypGswlEe0L4pACwnbkuZb7eh-RhSKP60J4EqJg9gGIkHu0BPtiIs0CWuNW9ewebCGJb5dAYABKiI0BX2hKvNgRSmJYg1W4bu4arMYUL68dtbLbM1trmLQMpFIBJnd46o7cxWiJvazGXPPdMJLpxPI50Z0M0uVkRsTo3YIPJ/s4048/IMG_20230805_113602.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4048" data-original-width="3036" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_rkLUmkWvqbwo_zx-LvEsypGswlEe0L4pACwnbkuZb7eh-RhSKP60J4EqJg9gGIkHu0BPtiIs0CWuNW9ewebCGJb5dAYABKiI0BX2hKvNgRSmJYg1W4bu4arMYUL68dtbLbM1trmLQMpFIBJnd46o7cxWiJvazGXPPdMJLpxPI50Z0M0uVkRsTo3YIPJ/s320/IMG_20230805_113602.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL43LCkOV_ejuYnDdJ3XJBMm3FycO-9XR6RAZvTkGZl_BPpE698h8mStX4_asePxOwzEy2IE1J9-YOdNMBYRGZhDLdap_e6CfDiIsQA_xN-ROUZN18t5jqT2v3XoBU7gYPlR_dt4NF18MQ5YlXHul4bsobMu6BaXALn3WEY_bp-PnBlrwmdTaGADprU_z3/s4048/IMG_20230805_113625.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4048" data-original-width="3036" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL43LCkOV_ejuYnDdJ3XJBMm3FycO-9XR6RAZvTkGZl_BPpE698h8mStX4_asePxOwzEy2IE1J9-YOdNMBYRGZhDLdap_e6CfDiIsQA_xN-ROUZN18t5jqT2v3XoBU7gYPlR_dt4NF18MQ5YlXHul4bsobMu6BaXALn3WEY_bp-PnBlrwmdTaGADprU_z3/s320/IMG_20230805_113625.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span>I was surprised by the black undercoat -- leaving the tops black created this burnt creosote effect that I'm really digging, and will probably lean into with another round of black spray...</span><p></p><p><span>But I also don't hate the off-white pieces, and think the washes and brush phase will really make these start to shine. Originally, I was going to paint the whole set the same way but I thought a clear winner would emerge by now, and honestly there's enough sectors of imperialis to have 2 separate bases so might just do both... What do you think?</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkaGzj2QUxSegO3UtluQOo075317B6tf7dwWwma6b18kPTwWTdCVGz5L-rP10VsXKyj62zmJW-mHQMhFaGVY4my1-QKCeBEioaKFeadMrlgHnRDHUfED9exaJS8lXF02LQl7hiD7MdPBCLeimI3jMWbgkfuPSHdYBuHeZo2Pt-x4gFl2pvv7IODfIlhsl-/s4048/IMG_20230805_114404.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3036" data-original-width="4048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkaGzj2QUxSegO3UtluQOo075317B6tf7dwWwma6b18kPTwWTdCVGz5L-rP10VsXKyj62zmJW-mHQMhFaGVY4my1-QKCeBEioaKFeadMrlgHnRDHUfED9exaJS8lXF02LQl7hiD7MdPBCLeimI3jMWbgkfuPSHdYBuHeZo2Pt-x4gFl2pvv7IODfIlhsl-/s320/IMG_20230805_114404.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIvBcq5jX_zBLN9b9TI2uh_9-up51uiAUknMBeL9g0Oi8RVPgtiWvxt__Ut-WqJQj_QD7lOCHl0Mxx7KHMjFF1ynfEcJvlZjJ70L5dUqJdAGa9oKmSScenTKhIIczOcvFsR4-vceGPHpnbbU5jEsJQRrP2TOHRd6K5rXz8zSxVGKsrwrQy6VfjCuXcKZu6/s4048/IMG_20230805_114453.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipLF4jTmyz9yqZS_3tTKlMLOTE0HMgBlcNYkmip6gW_VeFSI7BCTn8LNAAnArIZkyk-HnkT3AbNjVhMjv1U9kCGb7fMU7ZHrLjb89Xf6EaPYTWMu77V8Lkc0UttNLU2jkrQmIg53RuLNTbJMiXEisedtKbDP80XDTSaa6NQQUueuB7uhuDUJ7zqfHsbr5E/s4048/IMG_20230723_090321-EFFECTS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3036" data-original-width="4048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipLF4jTmyz9yqZS_3tTKlMLOTE0HMgBlcNYkmip6gW_VeFSI7BCTn8LNAAnArIZkyk-HnkT3AbNjVhMjv1U9kCGb7fMU7ZHrLjb89Xf6EaPYTWMu77V8Lkc0UttNLU2jkrQmIg53RuLNTbJMiXEisedtKbDP80XDTSaa6NQQUueuB7uhuDUJ7zqfHsbr5E/s320/IMG_20230723_090321-EFFECTS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>It's been the summer of things breaking, so I'm off to a late start... but I've got a wide variety of projects for <a href="https://wargamesculptorsblog.blogspot.com/2023/06/season-of-scenery-2023.html" target="_blank">this hobby challenge</a>!</p><a name='more'></a>There's still the month of August if you would like to join in; go sign up on <a href="https://wargamesculptorsblog.blogspot.com/2023/06/season-of-scenery-2023.html" target="_blank">Dave's blog!</a> I have a ton of unfinished terrain pieces in my backlog -- everything from 3D printed 40k scatter terrain, Warmaster / 10mm terrain, all the Dreadfleet terrain pieces, crashed Aquilas, dungeon tiles, and more...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKDjH1c3rnxEtjrWMtVVDX5gQZT_ZqvrAr1hx0IrJ269qM6oskqDmFaPpbbKTo4uyr3OjT4UHnDwsbC3GU7ehip9Vx-NPhqJmIHf4ZTkNak29_2PwGQ0qknMJpuHZi2FP8O_jeyPcF3GGnDBeMXLVHmFgSuWilxMP6QoxCxVKSU-wN82gxKH4pWmYeiW-C/s4048/IMG_20230724_145820.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4048" data-original-width="3036" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKDjH1c3rnxEtjrWMtVVDX5gQZT_ZqvrAr1hx0IrJ269qM6oskqDmFaPpbbKTo4uyr3OjT4UHnDwsbC3GU7ehip9Vx-NPhqJmIHf4ZTkNak29_2PwGQ0qknMJpuHZi2FP8O_jeyPcF3GGnDBeMXLVHmFgSuWilxMP6QoxCxVKSU-wN82gxKH4pWmYeiW-C/s320/IMG_20230724_145820.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3036" data-original-width="4048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicdsb5iwq8NtmiUs8AsKjjUvN4qQ2en7cFWioMM0AwtdjL48Te3FHaY2YIJYClUyd7hjmoJbDgQl7wDnueR2VTEorpfYZcZPRIUiBJfI-k9fmL28AZfLsd5II6Q7_qFnGDZoLrJGwSS66MXDy3W0zkAHWzId7vpcV4sXibxE1rjZSY9C_ukVl7RlN1aR8J/s320/IMG_20230731_104408.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Lots of projects now primed and ready for painting. Not sure if I can manage seeing all of them across the finish line within a month, but I'll do my best to make a big dent in the backlog!</p><p>Hope everyone is having a good summer, cheers!</p>joe m.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13189710292622018212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409947257572021255.post-42064220883279198632023-07-28T18:47:00.000-04:002023-07-28T18:47:04.203-04:00GW Cancels Half of my Space Marine Armies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYvQSbiBjIyeXPO8JdIzTXmOVw4P4t7cpxusH2OkDJjZGXR6Kl6gvA1nv37X9pJs6XEwG6N3TFxTWAcEW8VYfFXkhFMbolADlBasNhiO9POtLtovR1pXohgZaLMpQELthSQwxHqpZDJNd3o8S6Q0NUuoFV8FbUjkQX4pmS6VRd4bOYGQBFMxbSWlZZuzd3/s1197/Space%20Marines%20Legends.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="1197" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYvQSbiBjIyeXPO8JdIzTXmOVw4P4t7cpxusH2OkDJjZGXR6Kl6gvA1nv37X9pJs6XEwG6N3TFxTWAcEW8VYfFXkhFMbolADlBasNhiO9POtLtovR1pXohgZaLMpQELthSQwxHqpZDJNd3o8S6Q0NUuoFV8FbUjkQX4pmS6VRd4bOYGQBFMxbSWlZZuzd3/w400-h155/Space%20Marines%20Legends.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>End of an era.</p><p><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span>Poor grey plastic Scout Biker never got to ride properly painted into battle...</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0U-Uu-a0nGttL4NV-ku8t5vMedZAtDBDH0e7yoJoIHPHIlqWr9FBneFD2QjC5pZuiugz0m4s0G7lJhsQ0gz1fOxidZkZNXig9NmkjilwCH3ZduCUNmYrwCRAS5DbSsB-YvXgriGs-owmlG2o_x0jlGlre8QtmS_sIlp-sHkhKv6iyy59ojG89D5OIoPNQ/s1743/RaptorsJulyCull.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1264" data-original-width="1743" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0U-Uu-a0nGttL4NV-ku8t5vMedZAtDBDH0e7yoJoIHPHIlqWr9FBneFD2QjC5pZuiugz0m4s0G7lJhsQ0gz1fOxidZkZNXig9NmkjilwCH3ZduCUNmYrwCRAS5DbSsB-YvXgriGs-owmlG2o_x0jlGlre8QtmS_sIlp-sHkhKv6iyy59ojG89D5OIoPNQ/s320/RaptorsJulyCull.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div><p></p><p><span>Actually, poor this guy who never made it out of the box:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_T2B5rcTqCdTIFGxjFpoe_7eOEijtF00SyZDasJo2XBysTSEJ0Lt-6qa5DZMzMZ6_FzJkuMLPwVmnIxNPGBam0u-iyWRytJEQi31O0F6wjf_5GbJlKBU3LAskREIzpnT5NeQ9WJttqbzYTIKfldN07V4BsSsuFVtLXjNLbulYfJz7lZpWlkbsQXkNthGL/s4048/IMG_20230727_160225.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4048" data-original-width="3036" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_T2B5rcTqCdTIFGxjFpoe_7eOEijtF00SyZDasJo2XBysTSEJ0Lt-6qa5DZMzMZ6_FzJkuMLPwVmnIxNPGBam0u-iyWRytJEQi31O0F6wjf_5GbJlKBU3LAskREIzpnT5NeQ9WJttqbzYTIKfldN07V4BsSsuFVtLXjNLbulYfJz7lZpWlkbsQXkNthGL/s320/IMG_20230727_160225.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p><a href="https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/07/24/space-marine-range-update-bikes-land-speeders-and-more-are-soon-zooming-off-into-the-sunset/" target="_blank">Games Workshop announced</a> the culling of 14 classic Space Marine units this week, which hit my army collection pretty hard.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdke4MZyxLrBNpMfp5poBS3dcB7oYUtUR9pha-qpFF61Npt6NC80fpZTFS9J1IhbP-cW_A7zkzuEST1qWMhZGUhazBzP6YRqaY_kPANWvWEE9IreVXuuxNgtg1RDBTARc8ERFNAVJntpknj8hAzTf14YyuhN7vFilUkZ_qVggtBNUhtrsGG3iH5vAN5boj/s4048/IMG_20230727_160235.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3036" data-original-width="4048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdke4MZyxLrBNpMfp5poBS3dcB7oYUtUR9pha-qpFF61Npt6NC80fpZTFS9J1IhbP-cW_A7zkzuEST1qWMhZGUhazBzP6YRqaY_kPANWvWEE9IreVXuuxNgtg1RDBTARc8ERFNAVJntpknj8hAzTf14YyuhN7vFilUkZ_qVggtBNUhtrsGG3iH5vAN5boj/s320/IMG_20230727_160235.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6lX55B22VrKm_GAK4pAf2wmyS8h-ekwqHLkKxWp0wZVGD-StIa4YWr-bg28vhXocmWcTQbiRKQyDyCsU-kFKCnWWfMp_X3OZm2CLKtfZjKBQe-H7ed8ZP4kwMtF0J5D4oEOM7yvLIku1CnOaIOQXnYqRRcRiO43xy9obxtsSupHdM3jySr2ThCIVnzb8c/s4048/IMG_20230727_160242.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3036" data-original-width="4048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6lX55B22VrKm_GAK4pAf2wmyS8h-ekwqHLkKxWp0wZVGD-StIa4YWr-bg28vhXocmWcTQbiRKQyDyCsU-kFKCnWWfMp_X3OZm2CLKtfZjKBQe-H7ed8ZP4kwMtF0J5D4oEOM7yvLIku1CnOaIOQXnYqRRcRiO43xy9obxtsSupHdM3jySr2ThCIVnzb8c/s320/IMG_20230727_160242.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>I guess they knew they had an unpopular decision with the concession that bikers <i>"...</i><span style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Noto Sans;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">could stay in your army, using the rules for Outriders." </span></span></i></span></p><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></p><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Even with the official blessing to use them as proxies, I don't think I could stomach re-basing every single bike in my collection.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Noto Sans"; font-size: 15px;">RIP Raven Guard biker army:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi61BOgv-8FGO2BPx9zZTWNGK4sa67y7GfkNY-OTSSvKYsvzJ4sp0R3tNacpZiCLdwwFKwk8E51SHRg-Kjr5ZW8OwS89lOM-ulO5BZSn2fdD7H0ZxOEXVbEPtNWu00iabg4JVTQPLNUT75E56zJeVotJ07QKee_iPSP39lKfz7f3rZCfku35tEi6oZQoyEJ/s1138/RGarmyRIP.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="1138" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi61BOgv-8FGO2BPx9zZTWNGK4sa67y7GfkNY-OTSSvKYsvzJ4sp0R3tNacpZiCLdwwFKwk8E51SHRg-Kjr5ZW8OwS89lOM-ulO5BZSn2fdD7H0ZxOEXVbEPtNWu00iabg4JVTQPLNUT75E56zJeVotJ07QKee_iPSP39lKfz7f3rZCfku35tEi6oZQoyEJ/s320/RGarmyRIP.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Noto Sans"; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">To top it all off, they then decide to paywall the army list building portion of their app while raising the price of the paywall (warhammer+)... in an edition that touted free rules, this is a really dumb decision. Kinda saps some of the enthusiasm for 10th. I'm still going to paint those scout bikers & close combat scouts tho...</span></p></div>joe m.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13189710292622018212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409947257572021255.post-91981563770380412522023-07-22T09:19:00.002-04:002023-07-22T09:21:50.977-04:00Painting McFarlane Toys<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiExn3jSLfkWAK1yKVGNGzu8ufu9vQfVXksfxN8_1lKPWM7csCX81sbFAT7vkox2W01GjVGSivhujOknaSBo2Ya8ohW-dClkqWyYm5Wrj0O1I-aranFEv2I0wI865gmKC1u2yM6R5kRK1jklrZ8k07BRLct4o0sww974jeAJ9oiotcq208nEjjhg-REI6vH/s4048/IMG_20230721_115944.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4048" data-original-width="3036" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiExn3jSLfkWAK1yKVGNGzu8ufu9vQfVXksfxN8_1lKPWM7csCX81sbFAT7vkox2W01GjVGSivhujOknaSBo2Ya8ohW-dClkqWyYm5Wrj0O1I-aranFEv2I0wI865gmKC1u2yM6R5kRK1jklrZ8k07BRLct4o0sww974jeAJ9oiotcq208nEjjhg-REI6vH/s320/IMG_20230721_115944.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>These McFarlane Toys surprisingly take paint pretty well!<span></span></p><a name='more'></a>I snagged this Necron Flayed One Artist Proof on Prime Day for 8$ 👍<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3SXb0I_5wQ2oAekOi3nI5gcXWsemMHcrFcfUUR1uGHjrLLqdbSoHh00iqnAtKepne-Zn77WU15GT16IMl4Z36vcqY3QUioAjFSjjHYHY9nrIYQLWqaKTLAVXMU_z9MFG5XNDngOgmUJr7TL0RjhpuwnYWruGkuVZpXs_d7IZA-6samrwu3_ILwPwfqeMl/s4048/IMG_20230721_122558.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4048" data-original-width="3036" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3SXb0I_5wQ2oAekOi3nI5gcXWsemMHcrFcfUUR1uGHjrLLqdbSoHh00iqnAtKepne-Zn77WU15GT16IMl4Z36vcqY3QUioAjFSjjHYHY9nrIYQLWqaKTLAVXMU_z9MFG5XNDngOgmUJr7TL0RjhpuwnYWruGkuVZpXs_d7IZA-6samrwu3_ILwPwfqeMl/s320/IMG_20230721_122558.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span>I filed some of the biggest mold lines away, but nothing too crazy; maybe spent 5 minutes cleaning the model up before hitting it with black primer then Leadbelcher:</span><p></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix92Y5Ttju8gYgazOljPzlWUv45Bk8XMdrdlKi5PFuZsL6D1CtYoV4xzUY8NRXRXspvz1xPnOc5P9rzaRi6YVqGKne5-MrM1sXYWeQrwp3ri2FgUNUHYsKdD-4AfgbBpHhr3EkaKMxf333Yc05Yh4_r7mNoVcZZJlcRjrMdEFtkRZYxf3xuKiXItthZ-K7/s4048/IMG_20230718_145020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4048" data-original-width="3036" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix92Y5Ttju8gYgazOljPzlWUv45Bk8XMdrdlKi5PFuZsL6D1CtYoV4xzUY8NRXRXspvz1xPnOc5P9rzaRi6YVqGKne5-MrM1sXYWeQrwp3ri2FgUNUHYsKdD-4AfgbBpHhr3EkaKMxf333Yc05Yh4_r7mNoVcZZJlcRjrMdEFtkRZYxf3xuKiXItthZ-K7/s320/IMG_20230718_145020.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjI2mIcoqaHWJB6Qj6hJgV-azP4jH5FWWVzV4PGhxLeRQu-29K5p7vzpYUuGUZ_WZdxF41wT43RdAvWa6YtjhqdQX0Vh8AiBqWPEYkq_zt40xx7nH3wOGVmBkPwQ3DrvxN2eIJ1of8mhLcbD1D9ADMtJSzW1HwvI7vwdAMVd7LzwH-A9maXuV0auRYc6Q/s4048/IMG_20230718_183024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4048" data-original-width="3036" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjI2mIcoqaHWJB6Qj6hJgV-azP4jH5FWWVzV4PGhxLeRQu-29K5p7vzpYUuGUZ_WZdxF41wT43RdAvWa6YtjhqdQX0Vh8AiBqWPEYkq_zt40xx7nH3wOGVmBkPwQ3DrvxN2eIJ1of8mhLcbD1D9ADMtJSzW1HwvI7vwdAMVd7LzwH-A9maXuV0auRYc6Q/s320/IMG_20230718_183024.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span>It's been awhile since I've painted anything, so this was a nice project to ease back into with. I was trying to copy my 40k Necron army paint scheme:</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_fe5IaqPBUfxQzBGnLDWC4z24buEKa0xk8mGfMM5ovR3fESQHOq0OGF2iTKWGMQP5J0uXyih1YC699QhnlmuQYGRo2wXxYFejZ-kwcxt9c9R2wNmY59JrJ9_HrAr8zLY0lAn2-HKtPVAROY6C-OP4A5CgfwXKvCSUK5bFA7OsR6HkqU16eVk4fmt4v2C_/s4048/IMG_20230721_120823.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4048" data-original-width="3036" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_fe5IaqPBUfxQzBGnLDWC4z24buEKa0xk8mGfMM5ovR3fESQHOq0OGF2iTKWGMQP5J0uXyih1YC699QhnlmuQYGRo2wXxYFejZ-kwcxt9c9R2wNmY59JrJ9_HrAr8zLY0lAn2-HKtPVAROY6C-OP4A5CgfwXKvCSUK5bFA7OsR6HkqU16eVk4fmt4v2C_/s320/IMG_20230721_120823.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDMgHev4pcttiMxMUvaeDWZRhRHpqlGCndIxK1GH5tCdWQ2OYW6S4awbMwTSwarL6hgFcs9y2tJWQtVyI9daz8pnepvaLgejodaSdyctaIsCERycK277FYstJi96h-RbvWNjW8nZcT0OpsGzFKrMULie3jk7KQmHdKx4ZbMQtlfrPfVSrcnyjMSv-5NzJe/s4048/IMG_20230721_121134.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4048" data-original-width="3036" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDMgHev4pcttiMxMUvaeDWZRhRHpqlGCndIxK1GH5tCdWQ2OYW6S4awbMwTSwarL6hgFcs9y2tJWQtVyI9daz8pnepvaLgejodaSdyctaIsCERycK277FYstJi96h-RbvWNjW8nZcT0OpsGzFKrMULie3jk7KQmHdKx4ZbMQtlfrPfVSrcnyjMSv-5NzJe/s320/IMG_20230721_121134.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCOCxGshd6iNmeF_tM3IToEUWuWIf97d7jvn1yAlAEkaXktgmIAAAIJ3ETT4S9MVYEVn7XVsxwBDDcAc0W8_GHA1xXu8SmCX3DtfQgC0yUZToSkpGbEw-t5cbRmAXHC-Nt-vKgAulC50krrrIUVlNmVQrxJwu0aWaQV3Y0NCQivLk__x4qhkfbCpfxts2/s4048/IMG_20230721_115820.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4048" data-original-width="3036" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCOCxGshd6iNmeF_tM3IToEUWuWIf97d7jvn1yAlAEkaXktgmIAAAIJ3ETT4S9MVYEVn7XVsxwBDDcAc0W8_GHA1xXu8SmCX3DtfQgC0yUZToSkpGbEw-t5cbRmAXHC-Nt-vKgAulC50krrrIUVlNmVQrxJwu0aWaQV3Y0NCQivLk__x4qhkfbCpfxts2/s320/IMG_20230721_115820.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWIVWzRV7Wg5Df8QjmCXlWfGFDiC2fwoppZVynjlzYyMF14IGRn9F9kZ-Pr8qOADAXu8GKxbK7Bwf2yTmIL7bCXjU8nFcbE0RvbDJpt05Pi529xZHdgR4BiDsG8ldN81QbXDyr7Lj509Pom-092GafL_6tB31YCRKpevWczWOB7He9BTDt0rhGlcBYCU52/s4048/IMG_20230721_115839.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4048" data-original-width="3036" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWIVWzRV7Wg5Df8QjmCXlWfGFDiC2fwoppZVynjlzYyMF14IGRn9F9kZ-Pr8qOADAXu8GKxbK7Bwf2yTmIL7bCXjU8nFcbE0RvbDJpt05Pi529xZHdgR4BiDsG8ldN81QbXDyr7Lj509Pom-092GafL_6tB31YCRKpevWczWOB7He9BTDt0rhGlcBYCU52/s320/IMG_20230721_115839.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZSIlIZRvIn4qaXYZ1utDKeA0TN6509em0muaTbxqYvAIWRe3iPf0HcRqi3olGVNZfJWYEqSTEG2MnexpUzILU574Ulj8iKntHBN6cKn05_N0ukjriSb_zQ2asEWxqJmrSSqTyFq7RroPEAfdH2fYeqUP6V_amxn_ImRAc1YgtrcBILDwB0TGJBKPhKECo/s4048/IMG_20230721_115847.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4048" data-original-width="3036" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZSIlIZRvIn4qaXYZ1utDKeA0TN6509em0muaTbxqYvAIWRe3iPf0HcRqi3olGVNZfJWYEqSTEG2MnexpUzILU574Ulj8iKntHBN6cKn05_N0ukjriSb_zQ2asEWxqJmrSSqTyFq7RroPEAfdH2fYeqUP6V_amxn_ImRAc1YgtrcBILDwB0TGJBKPhKECo/s320/IMG_20230721_115847.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span>Yes, I posed him to be chin thinking and scratching his butt... the pose-ability of these McFarlane Toys are really fun! I've got another Artist Proof, the Chaos veteran, I'll paint up next. And I've got some terrain projects that I just primed for Dave's scenery challenge coming up 😉</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Cheers!</span></div>joe m.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13189710292622018212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409947257572021255.post-64555332782668543212023-06-23T20:49:00.001-04:002023-06-23T20:49:33.909-04:00Lego Jazz Quartet<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x3MbLHs9DKM" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>joe m.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13189710292622018212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409947257572021255.post-16431217305909519962023-06-12T09:40:00.001-04:002023-08-11T10:36:05.573-04:00Qapla'<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh54pDsFUeflBtY7tFzwj0-6kKKl3adS4-LVV9kjKoFbmc8rOPyIcpb9b6Mkdy0zcYYlQm7JZi2uP4LQWT_oQ2Jiq7CmsNlVf8px64zNV59cGG4Dt_hxAKgkujOZ7346wCBBsXnMsJA4c92BU68UR4q4TVBUhe-bsnEUi6rxAz1qEyyKxOFeniuuRRJvA/s712/Alltrails%20summary.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="602" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh54pDsFUeflBtY7tFzwj0-6kKKl3adS4-LVV9kjKoFbmc8rOPyIcpb9b6Mkdy0zcYYlQm7JZi2uP4LQWT_oQ2Jiq7CmsNlVf8px64zNV59cGG4Dt_hxAKgkujOZ7346wCBBsXnMsJA4c92BU68UR4q4TVBUhe-bsnEUi6rxAz1qEyyKxOFeniuuRRJvA/s320/Alltrails%20summary.PNG" width="271" /></a></div>What a day!<span><a name='more'></a></span><span><br /></span><p></p><p><span>It was an absolutely incredible day; the people I met along the way from the organizers and fellow participants to the wonderful support volunteers at each aid station, you all made the day special and helped me get thru this epic journey.</span></p><p><span>The thought of doing it again, at this point while still recovering, feels a bit like:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjwbwOCrv2P2dRYS6JehXZJ7fwrFABzdylqvxhnrlLfX8ZxA9fq_OTpaGyI2KqtaEgIpfTO4NU3ZP5YaeQa-Kn-cpCNw6ESFO2Jw0pzv-j3_1zvdfUVOPswzVeRPKPcXzIbY8ku8MIv1oeLhPK1wIiEj2K_es5eXywZGy86Ng2NlIqa_o3IEzC2h8tfA/s550/worfascension.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="550" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjwbwOCrv2P2dRYS6JehXZJ7fwrFABzdylqvxhnrlLfX8ZxA9fq_OTpaGyI2KqtaEgIpfTO4NU3ZP5YaeQa-Kn-cpCNw6ESFO2Jw0pzv-j3_1zvdfUVOPswzVeRPKPcXzIbY8ku8MIv1oeLhPK1wIiEj2K_es5eXywZGy86Ng2NlIqa_o3IEzC2h8tfA/s320/worfascension.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But so glad I was able to do something like this. I'm off to go recover with my family on holiday but when I get back we'll see how much motivation I can get out of the upcoming 10th edition 40k... <i>there will probably be more pain sticks involved..</i>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cheers!</div><p></p>joe m.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13189710292622018212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409947257572021255.post-56384150510671997532023-06-09T12:58:00.002-04:002023-08-11T10:35:42.908-04:00Tour de Frederick<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.tourdefrederick.com/Team/View/172403/Good-Guys" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1650" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBraTt9qJvy1-v3keavEKVkcKdEM60YUKsMf82stj-j0g4xXUKYvSxr4Q2wOwhpnIGi7vatB7BcP4qmVTH0BmJtFfy03Bcpr4JntEpZ_uX6mVKwzSCSTgDKmG1mBQrHFLQwJhGKQ8o5FytXNIT8TwJL4FXLa7LISE_CwF29m2OtScpX5ecrQ-21GpHQ/s320/BGCFC_TDF_Logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p>I've never biked 100 miles before but excited to give this a go!<span><a name='more'></a></span><span><br /></span><p></p><p><span><a href="https://www.tourdefrederick.com/" target="_blank">Tour de Frederick</a> - Supporting the Boys & Girls Club of Frederick County</span></p><p>My friend / cycling team mate and I have been training for this the past 6 months and I think we're ready 👍</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje2_lDrUt7sh0XaocKUbXZ4TliL_XgNvIvxuKsKkZqL8CCHX2fwolBa_iKAMz7VpNRBR5udI5qEAIuUW3edaP-0qc-dxzpFYZfsabKbYN-zKqZGLrLOlms3qdna3wphcFU8o9rahr36xSDDx8-85rgdbVRjiS7OWI4gwWNLuBFh5sFPvtaOTw_M9fCZw/s4032/PXL_20230608_151634081.PORTRAIT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje2_lDrUt7sh0XaocKUbXZ4TliL_XgNvIvxuKsKkZqL8CCHX2fwolBa_iKAMz7VpNRBR5udI5qEAIuUW3edaP-0qc-dxzpFYZfsabKbYN-zKqZGLrLOlms3qdna3wphcFU8o9rahr36xSDDx8-85rgdbVRjiS7OWI4gwWNLuBFh5sFPvtaOTw_M9fCZw/s320/PXL_20230608_151634081.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>My hobby zone is in serious need of clean-up.<span><a name='more'></a><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjre8JrEsVvtKppjArPklOV5a6m4R0MFlHV45l2eNWxwTb2X2ekbCm-FCcWUV17-wixq4j7ac5wrPGfpKQNtzQYBR5XggEEF_ZOF6yzXqvPTwjXyBYVkllArddcqfc0n5ktEdwayayhkfgMTa7vP4_52jb92mwEZDFt7PmT3xWBqYf-YnamcZEp8zvVew/s4032/PXL_20230608_151652958.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Still loads of minis in the backlog to paint and I'd like to make a good dent in that before the Leviathan box makes it worse haha. I'm excited about 10th edition 40k and hope it makes the game more accessible & quicker to play. 9th was not those things so I ended up playing more board games, some of which I might post about here in the near future...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxKmOJsbueUiAdGu8hsJcsD0HHFyeg283lAyLl3oTdwX-irars8B7mzLWijsykSdUKjuaJ0Frglhhrlq8pqsDfWQ4lSlDWvH3--mp1iVH_A1xtUUUNAROHYBHzXzgjIDyyhLW1O1o7Otj-Ii6kNRJNHNHh_Av6yjAK7G5-4G4jGqZ5sSk2FigzQyynBQ/s4032/PXL_20230608_132957628.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxKmOJsbueUiAdGu8hsJcsD0HHFyeg283lAyLl3oTdwX-irars8B7mzLWijsykSdUKjuaJ0Frglhhrlq8pqsDfWQ4lSlDWvH3--mp1iVH_A1xtUUUNAROHYBHzXzgjIDyyhLW1O1o7Otj-Ii6kNRJNHNHh_Av6yjAK7G5-4G4jGqZ5sSk2FigzQyynBQ/s320/PXL_20230608_132957628.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskStEaBvLFNFD9fIysZgC1UzZXuQn8dFmDXKg3bXuUrIiErWp-zyDT54qvrFJgkkbFuoGCTQYc16YYUBQwQMU2bXuruRC8672TUAdM6bFRNdqQUnua0ASfMKczF-s0rBCqILHtoklANTfqJKjfHle3veqI2N85F-YCvUNGC1Pk0GlEGRwYvwpknHadg/s320/PXL_20221231_002615672.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>See ya soon!</div>joe m.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13189710292622018212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409947257572021255.post-21124949671401037832023-02-23T00:13:00.000-05:002023-02-23T00:13:14.353-05:00Kroxigor Feathers Take 2<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVk49UIa5gF4nS7tlZ-FedaRybIvn7Dt8xagNcJzzoi44gci26fUF0vPJrqLLa8XfH8i0tlhCq9WeLeiVP3tFTLHi5TBFzwQhhJgHdvZej2YLSq5HIuRlGzvAruS3uEyyAtJT2oMTlgA-s0sMDAr2L8iU9MPpaAEOo2zCKaG9d8YxLAAxuBsKiUcuoCg/s4032/PXL_20230222_122918504.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVk49UIa5gF4nS7tlZ-FedaRybIvn7Dt8xagNcJzzoi44gci26fUF0vPJrqLLa8XfH8i0tlhCq9WeLeiVP3tFTLHi5TBFzwQhhJgHdvZej2YLSq5HIuRlGzvAruS3uEyyAtJT2oMTlgA-s0sMDAr2L8iU9MPpaAEOo2zCKaG9d8YxLAAxuBsKiUcuoCg/s320/PXL_20230222_122918504.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p>Dave was right, yellow was the way to go!<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7THNyUo-3TLWcAxREFXRAO627ykVQQ0-4SiW_2YJIyOy9UL-OAsNx2wV3EcIikW8_OPSlUm6Fww8u0Np0KXZcz6e-caucZUFQ-TFILUgsRuN7eogFKiXZ_o3DvlefhIysnulOADc73vtgf_Ja3Vwx5xHyxuSS1J243ktsY5GnJG5Sf6EKue-_6ejgyA/s4032/PXL_20230222_122911680.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7THNyUo-3TLWcAxREFXRAO627ykVQQ0-4SiW_2YJIyOy9UL-OAsNx2wV3EcIikW8_OPSlUm6Fww8u0Np0KXZcz6e-caucZUFQ-TFILUgsRuN7eogFKiXZ_o3DvlefhIysnulOADc73vtgf_Ja3Vwx5xHyxuSS1J243ktsY5GnJG5Sf6EKue-_6ejgyA/s320/PXL_20230222_122911680.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6TVLEyegzC8GEdoqHQh6P2EpyNkPmaFdevvSB043abgeebWBIy1P_U3lUNIe9iK6u67EJ6MbCG9WQrumKsDci61LyM_JSlcVewGSkLpIuycw8TGSIAzHGBtfLnUAfwIvgtGMec_683fmRXRGKlNCZ4gOT3e9f5lfrMcWqYoAxHP4IH-HB6RC7AO-lpg/s4032/PXL_20230222_122903204.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6TVLEyegzC8GEdoqHQh6P2EpyNkPmaFdevvSB043abgeebWBIy1P_U3lUNIe9iK6u67EJ6MbCG9WQrumKsDci61LyM_JSlcVewGSkLpIuycw8TGSIAzHGBtfLnUAfwIvgtGMec_683fmRXRGKlNCZ4gOT3e9f5lfrMcWqYoAxHP4IH-HB6RC7AO-lpg/s320/PXL_20230222_122903204.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span>The color contrasts better and I like the overall uniformity to the feathers now, like they were all harvested from the same beast. Thank you, Dave, for the feedback & great suggestions!</span><p></p>joe m.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13189710292622018212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409947257572021255.post-43323953583734680392023-02-17T17:25:00.000-05:002023-02-17T17:25:18.777-05:00Kroxigor Star Player<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPyuoybBaWD4i8QE4q6cD3KApky7cjkxZaY9HO5lnBp6Ht1tIDJwTTVqlSuJMICr663JI9Ekww6dOYJ11qnGnU-HZ75TEjRXVRScy1k-Yt9vIQ1tiVxwLaR1joHbzmvy0oVJ-g10j_KeozWyITRzv7_knDLYCVnzE9Lct8U_z33cBth5TPbjS-Aq_Yig/s4032/PXL_20230216_223427135.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPyuoybBaWD4i8QE4q6cD3KApky7cjkxZaY9HO5lnBp6Ht1tIDJwTTVqlSuJMICr663JI9Ekww6dOYJ11qnGnU-HZ75TEjRXVRScy1k-Yt9vIQ1tiVxwLaR1joHbzmvy0oVJ-g10j_KeozWyITRzv7_knDLYCVnzE9Lct8U_z33cBth5TPbjS-Aq_Yig/s320/PXL_20230216_223427135.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="240" /></a></p>Started working on this Kroxigor mini during the super bowl last weekend.<span><a name='more'></a></span><span><br /></span><div><span>I haven't settled on the colors for the feathers on the helmet, as this isn't currently doing it for me:</span><p></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU5SBEgzqshTiJw6QXKEmUkwNeWuLIDzL32kdarlZUsZYanIuu45VoEXq8EcldXU1pcNk_W8DlE7Mgowi0EuSjVUlFS9kL8oUtmnT6DvEsDw1T6iP5YF7t5yT1-27-eF_NGgZAcQg_t_45SMvhmuG9KvN1JhKERT6sZpiNlgR5YCdiHN2pGvDZe6opFA/s4032/PXL_20230216_223435342.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU5SBEgzqshTiJw6QXKEmUkwNeWuLIDzL32kdarlZUsZYanIuu45VoEXq8EcldXU1pcNk_W8DlE7Mgowi0EuSjVUlFS9kL8oUtmnT6DvEsDw1T6iP5YF7t5yT1-27-eF_NGgZAcQg_t_45SMvhmuG9KvN1JhKERT6sZpiNlgR5YCdiHN2pGvDZe6opFA/s320/PXL_20230216_223435342.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />Although, I'm a big fan of the scale/skin color, which was accomplished with one coat of Army Painter Speed Paint <b>Absolution Green</b> over a zenithal prime<b>.</b> Really great color tone and coverage with this paint. It was so enjoyable to use that I'm going to prioritize the rest of the Lizardmen Blood Bowl team over the Snotlings team.</div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKPG_PbxvtnSLBus4e-uT8wFl5wskE6vVoLLc2acoF3VmzEtGxYHyQrwGcDBg8-70En5Jec-KpngYNi6OphvS6qbBRLp2cCo__-PSktbvVgjxhYIBojnBB6_1OntQ_rHhwfGq_uaZw9oaQKibVpkRqMnjvU78jIskIzbM7pdDWk9rPdhVVF9RyFm17EQ/s4032/PXL_20220908_124209283.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKPG_PbxvtnSLBus4e-uT8wFl5wskE6vVoLLc2acoF3VmzEtGxYHyQrwGcDBg8-70En5Jec-KpngYNi6OphvS6qbBRLp2cCo__-PSktbvVgjxhYIBojnBB6_1OntQ_rHhwfGq_uaZw9oaQKibVpkRqMnjvU78jIskIzbM7pdDWk9rPdhVVF9RyFm17EQ/s320/PXL_20220908_124209283.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwTUSdbHf6JdvfAnG7-6dKsBGNJNymheNlmzoLHKMvMw-abD0ndjM92n7fFu_12XIfaYN6-4rFSO2M2ECFR7cvslbxIaj7YcStLt-bxOuhgEyQqSbPTHD6htyw_VE1LVqKl2OOGtppvoUFRcWx-fDw9wOD2GsK5iFDlugE2OD1HEcolQoM-qRkwfuZpg/s4032/PXL_20220907_152933620.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwTUSdbHf6JdvfAnG7-6dKsBGNJNymheNlmzoLHKMvMw-abD0ndjM92n7fFu_12XIfaYN6-4rFSO2M2ECFR7cvslbxIaj7YcStLt-bxOuhgEyQqSbPTHD6htyw_VE1LVqKl2OOGtppvoUFRcWx-fDw9wOD2GsK5iFDlugE2OD1HEcolQoM-qRkwfuZpg/s320/PXL_20220907_152933620.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The old metal buggers are really small and I'm waiting on more bases before I can finalize how I want that team to look... some really great vintage mini's to work with, so I'm looking forward to working on them too. My neighbor kindly printed the amazing blood bowl minis on his sweet resin printer as a gift, and they should paint up quickly using the same zenithal > Absolution recipe.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf2pjSIcCwVUQu1UegzqjhxhiTik-n05br0oECR-xc_XXsEwtp5s1ipF6UFGLHJakpvXDZbPw2K0zbxyhc96Ey44s0mKqcS-eDvnrrHwxo6fpE9qD5JxxhvJgeRGuwdFwALlieusODr9ZjFVu611yR9FSublNttmcxjJh6Vkvrwp7nlURwQ_wNc96GnQ/s4032/PXL_20230216_223450685.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf2pjSIcCwVUQu1UegzqjhxhiTik-n05br0oECR-xc_XXsEwtp5s1ipF6UFGLHJakpvXDZbPw2K0zbxyhc96Ey44s0mKqcS-eDvnrrHwxo6fpE9qD5JxxhvJgeRGuwdFwALlieusODr9ZjFVu611yR9FSublNttmcxjJh6Vkvrwp7nlURwQ_wNc96GnQ/s320/PXL_20230216_223450685.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcP9owVsIETd7eFrAyv27HxQgGx332fCP3kLm0pKeH0oZWydAfX_P2QHiEi7wUL7CFcQiFP9L11RxkMF6VNl51qlkKH5pc43ubabokLdSBZEsZem4iGbKM9HV_g8jCxqFK-A3P3v9Fv9cp9Z2JEF4kuxkBtewc8KgULXQTHt3ZlHkdg2hmsNh8F5_Eg/s4032/PXL_20230216_223510416.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcP9owVsIETd7eFrAyv27HxQgGx332fCP3kLm0pKeH0oZWydAfX_P2QHiEi7wUL7CFcQiFP9L11RxkMF6VNl51qlkKH5pc43ubabokLdSBZEsZem4iGbKM9HV_g8jCxqFK-A3P3v9Fv9cp9Z2JEF4kuxkBtewc8KgULXQTHt3ZlHkdg2hmsNh8F5_Eg/s320/PXL_20230216_223510416.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVw-KGIwsI6MK_-NK5RgKdP1jYBBhgOx-8blkuteKOwlBuEvcxnphKwOBVQ2d31ir4AeFpYdlR-REjWfS2XsRpSWcC32vD5fQO0nmSXTdmvft_SxyWzcwdNjFS4YaWL7VR-XWYdaoYXAT9Og_QFe-gSl9bPPxlvROomLu-6ZyzYfS7QSJDXmnzShwwHA/s4032/PXL_20230216_223514682.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVw-KGIwsI6MK_-NK5RgKdP1jYBBhgOx-8blkuteKOwlBuEvcxnphKwOBVQ2d31ir4AeFpYdlR-REjWfS2XsRpSWcC32vD5fQO0nmSXTdmvft_SxyWzcwdNjFS4YaWL7VR-XWYdaoYXAT9Og_QFe-gSl9bPPxlvROomLu-6ZyzYfS7QSJDXmnzShwwHA/s320/PXL_20230216_223514682.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwaN6c9WJM0uz2W4igin_PW7AzdGIB8T57weAyvEI0CRjPA9a69EhnZpizGLWSW-_9elbkeE66XwYkZsEIaYVJI4LfDuTyiOQGd8mIiyVt4rALkiokLc8si8AkP0ZwhgNzabM3DsQplMBxy3WT4GPHKDHFFk34dbUTf1vN1FKneuEumqvPSZCw-FW-6w/s4032/PXL_20230217_013926312.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwaN6c9WJM0uz2W4igin_PW7AzdGIB8T57weAyvEI0CRjPA9a69EhnZpizGLWSW-_9elbkeE66XwYkZsEIaYVJI4LfDuTyiOQGd8mIiyVt4rALkiokLc8si8AkP0ZwhgNzabM3DsQplMBxy3WT4GPHKDHFFk34dbUTf1vN1FKneuEumqvPSZCw-FW-6w/s320/PXL_20230217_013926312.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAsxWiG3k6ZUyuYFhgdUfd_f46XH0X9eOteuJxnbvBJw3yfcQ-chd6FsugZ8DTPOOW91jlZtOzIllbC8aB0dtgYNiPLEyr3zraIMDbS2JxPWEWuhoOCSjeBkUnVGvkerBovqzMc7LiD-HGCxRCw3Ovb5IXahyppXj2gthBvUKDl68kOVF_Ocv-nyn4Uw/s4032/PXL_20230217_013944380.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAsxWiG3k6ZUyuYFhgdUfd_f46XH0X9eOteuJxnbvBJw3yfcQ-chd6FsugZ8DTPOOW91jlZtOzIllbC8aB0dtgYNiPLEyr3zraIMDbS2JxPWEWuhoOCSjeBkUnVGvkerBovqzMc7LiD-HGCxRCw3Ovb5IXahyppXj2gthBvUKDl68kOVF_Ocv-nyn4Uw/s320/PXL_20230217_013944380.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>Getting close, just need to re-work the feathers and a couple other small details. Cheers!</div>joe m.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13189710292622018212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409947257572021255.post-17263970655997379962023-02-04T12:04:00.000-05:002023-02-04T12:04:06.919-05:00Down, not out<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi20kvkvf5_fljRAX3Bgv858mDrFKw9znJbGjR7WE7voQDId7p_xc1LZbq9CZwYgq0R33TCjFKYz2NCUBzbzjkhYAA3ao7kDdOJzSElEiCMKkZHoA0tcQBGq0ZAHCW4ce0PBHZJ_5W4PubTPw1jomLls5pbBc9SapB_MoyvLGnDv_adtID0yrpSroYzFw/s4032/PXL_20221231_223514813.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi20kvkvf5_fljRAX3Bgv858mDrFKw9znJbGjR7WE7voQDId7p_xc1LZbq9CZwYgq0R33TCjFKYz2NCUBzbzjkhYAA3ao7kDdOJzSElEiCMKkZHoA0tcQBGq0ZAHCW4ce0PBHZJ_5W4PubTPw1jomLls5pbBc9SapB_MoyvLGnDv_adtID0yrpSroYzFw/s320/PXL_20221231_223514813.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p>Real life continues to be relentless. It seems like each thing I take care of gets immediately replaced with the next hot mess that I have to drop everything else and deal with. Always seems to happen at the tail end of a hobby community challenge too, which is an extra let down -- I feel bad that all this real life crap has been all-consuming and has prevented me from keeping up with the hobby community in general, to reading each of your blogs, engaging in the comments, etc. To be completely honest, I have no idea when life will let up. I'm right in the thick of it, but know I just need to stay the course and see these things through.</p><p>I know I'll get through this because I always have. Plus it's not all bad; while mentally I'm overloaded, physically I'm doing alright (thanks to everything I've learned in physical therapy).</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbQ5IwnNpqjKZHsD5A6ytM84cQgcJvyVpGC02hVpGdmEgS610yZfrUh-SQ0FPNIaIb_AZz0tF9MDLWrL6cSthohFDvqcdy-STu21NQLjXaWf9w0jL_bfkH_uzSHRilTurEY8hA-0bg7luwdfqse27YD-lmTOlwJFyV8jTvkNQnvkip8RVEC13mFpK5xA/s596/Alltrails%202022%20stats.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="542" data-original-width="596" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbQ5IwnNpqjKZHsD5A6ytM84cQgcJvyVpGC02hVpGdmEgS610yZfrUh-SQ0FPNIaIb_AZz0tF9MDLWrL6cSthohFDvqcdy-STu21NQLjXaWf9w0jL_bfkH_uzSHRilTurEY8hA-0bg7luwdfqse27YD-lmTOlwJFyV8jTvkNQnvkip8RVEC13mFpK5xA/s320/Alltrails%202022%20stats.PNG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">780 mile goal</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>I've failed on a lot of goals over the years, but I crushed this <a href="https://www.joesavestheday.com/2022/01/2021-hobby-recap.html" target="_blank">one</a>, and it feels good. The body and mind are intrinsically connected, and right now my mind needs to lean on my legs a little more to get through some of this stuff. And that's OK. <br /><p>I'll get back to more mini painting soon. Here's a couple I've been working on for Daisy:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFGs6kU9fOyWJuX5_SXlboaItpzMkhcghplPyc8bWZ-1Jq-fB0vNjgEoIgYj424m2pLE8_mdJktWtjht_uhb_3V1ID1D74Yzn1AjrcX3KSp-EiKtjhrN4as_-RWkVHj928Nzv-42ISvBKoE-3XDBbNxVOuOgmd2b_iionPTRXlOCRxz4A1y13iDZslSQ/s4032/PXL_20230204_143515518.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFGs6kU9fOyWJuX5_SXlboaItpzMkhcghplPyc8bWZ-1Jq-fB0vNjgEoIgYj424m2pLE8_mdJktWtjht_uhb_3V1ID1D74Yzn1AjrcX3KSp-EiKtjhrN4as_-RWkVHj928Nzv-42ISvBKoE-3XDBbNxVOuOgmd2b_iionPTRXlOCRxz4A1y13iDZslSQ/s320/PXL_20230204_143515518.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLk44UhBm6EFW4BEBGjsmO8i-26nl7kdSWNlNDf9j55fsaa_iz5aZgIQl2A0i5KSpzb8sJVZuKttpSn5JdLIKINieCu83fIGFEMSBHBFFo-V7KHyReHR9XuYTlljrOIysgd0VVHboZvIg5oQzDcb8fYShJNMyjCb_oBSNrSzXIadLlFxe_blTSOsxWTA/s4032/PXL_20230204_143453711.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLk44UhBm6EFW4BEBGjsmO8i-26nl7kdSWNlNDf9j55fsaa_iz5aZgIQl2A0i5KSpzb8sJVZuKttpSn5JdLIKINieCu83fIGFEMSBHBFFo-V7KHyReHR9XuYTlljrOIysgd0VVHboZvIg5oQzDcb8fYShJNMyjCb_oBSNrSzXIadLlFxe_blTSOsxWTA/s320/PXL_20230204_143453711.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVNisV42tlbYq6SFTcGP_T2qQ9ik1OvJFz_yQu3klM_5KPxo2QpThKDBk8E8oQX_GNMT-YbKTpJOV4NpW1MByTJKbmVgGpZ6j9Xf0zuIfV5525W2p5FkxgJ-4uq46oqA-2i12W2pTSeGZmn2x7NaaVVlZuXM3OMonQTGGlOcQeJDmk4VRld4j1KRgp5w/s4032/PXL_20230204_143419529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVNisV42tlbYq6SFTcGP_T2qQ9ik1OvJFz_yQu3klM_5KPxo2QpThKDBk8E8oQX_GNMT-YbKTpJOV4NpW1MByTJKbmVgGpZ6j9Xf0zuIfV5525W2p5FkxgJ-4uq46oqA-2i12W2pTSeGZmn2x7NaaVVlZuXM3OMonQTGGlOcQeJDmk4VRld4j1KRgp5w/s320/PXL_20230204_143419529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">AoS models look awesome & are fun to paint</td></tr></tbody></table><p>I hope everyone is doing well! Till next time 👍</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCb3Ox7haicBVq9irshQaK_2D7VAH1xLJTl_UYvY1Iw3ZNlk19KXm84nTkbFyykN1WuLoRotbIsIMxYcdFtlGuyrkDYbNzDsSffute4b07gX-5Lq2TbWLERPBjBM1rmsyJGV12S3gA-rl_EUBz1-e8Hh6GG5tzWBWRTr3H5q2Ibs7Nqym5vTaH_60qTg/s4032/PXL_20221231_223525483.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCb3Ox7haicBVq9irshQaK_2D7VAH1xLJTl_UYvY1Iw3ZNlk19KXm84nTkbFyykN1WuLoRotbIsIMxYcdFtlGuyrkDYbNzDsSffute4b07gX-5Lq2TbWLERPBjBM1rmsyJGV12S3gA-rl_EUBz1-e8Hh6GG5tzWBWRTr3H5q2Ibs7Nqym5vTaH_60qTg/s320/PXL_20221231_223525483.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>joe m.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13189710292622018212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409947257572021255.post-86680410504863883522022-12-25T07:41:00.000-05:002022-12-25T07:41:34.125-05:00Happy Chaos-mas!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQiHdf2xgvoaxVpfjULgMmHZP9b-esy4ZfbHFkGS899AafuXtP8BStA70OvCVSQxI8pFCxKpjGX4TNYc5tXHYtqKAcEFY3fIErokj0v7FgDPJ_oS9IGbTefppYArO1RNB3yk3Z2IOnA655W7RXTZPVwFVrwGKkJfTE9iyFxu3qiTE_NxRIHBZXafVflg/s4032/PXL_20220906_005255489.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQiHdf2xgvoaxVpfjULgMmHZP9b-esy4ZfbHFkGS899AafuXtP8BStA70OvCVSQxI8pFCxKpjGX4TNYc5tXHYtqKAcEFY3fIErokj0v7FgDPJ_oS9IGbTefppYArO1RNB3yk3Z2IOnA655W7RXTZPVwFVrwGKkJfTE9iyFxu3qiTE_NxRIHBZXafVflg/s320/PXL_20220906_005255489.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Happy holidays everyone!<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7nURflRutFrDwKKxVn6f8MkvtOAXZnm30qt6ABEPIOgpHNsO2KqPvP9S0rhvq-tJoPVfK_UdDvLRCJESQfVljH0Sje94BAbqHA2dwSDufPV2YU4bPPz8G8SCgrQ6OQXoJt5Px66wlguYb0bma9sKLRAR3-tSeSOv-1oOcVCgqN0xIKfQy3I1ny0k8AQ/s4032/PXL_20220917_020152348.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7nURflRutFrDwKKxVn6f8MkvtOAXZnm30qt6ABEPIOgpHNsO2KqPvP9S0rhvq-tJoPVfK_UdDvLRCJESQfVljH0Sje94BAbqHA2dwSDufPV2YU4bPPz8G8SCgrQ6OQXoJt5Px66wlguYb0bma9sKLRAR3-tSeSOv-1oOcVCgqN0xIKfQy3I1ny0k8AQ/s320/PXL_20220917_020152348.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span><p></p>joe m.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13189710292622018212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409947257572021255.post-72291221775418786922022-11-01T10:30:00.000-04:002022-11-01T10:30:37.498-04:00DreadTober: Week 4<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtGc4g_-n2RBeR2n0y0egCT-1tQAofGTUkdcr9tnk1WOylBWeGgxKigWv7aCJCDUu7wcHOOkhJ2oFleNnzNWfsRFytdzq54G_jQH9wEbzEMysvVmw0EGrOmG-tHgTwx4uyLDrvKa1sIFWgH_X89XFVX9pFYAxd3qaztMHF5zeSpmgFn6bqktHzCM_pxw/s4032/PXL_20221101_131427126.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtGc4g_-n2RBeR2n0y0egCT-1tQAofGTUkdcr9tnk1WOylBWeGgxKigWv7aCJCDUu7wcHOOkhJ2oFleNnzNWfsRFytdzq54G_jQH9wEbzEMysvVmw0EGrOmG-tHgTwx4uyLDrvKa1sIFWgH_X89XFVX9pFYAxd3qaztMHF5zeSpmgFn6bqktHzCM_pxw/s320/PXL_20221101_131427126.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>DreadTober 2022 wraps up! I didn't quite finish everything I was working on, but I did get a good start on 2 bonus baddies: Morvenn Vahl and a second Mortifier 💀<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span>First off, apologies to Marc for being late with this post; I really appreciate all the time & effort Marc continues to put in to keep this great community hobby challenge going! Thanks Marc!</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPYcZK8coHjio2q9kWHCiGWVchGfhpNd4_Yxg4zqxv1gEqV_AI0Rp6FaC8V9GIwfME3hH0nR3dUryIli6GlWRrvEz4WYkZKZalKpvWPpLSo1ZQ2jiu_Qz1gjY3qW-vqoR3kQk3tm24f12S-rReIvrdkc4aYEcy5Be0yTeI8bNOWQAoGbzC-F19K_XPCQ/s4032/PXL_20221101_131444175.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPYcZK8coHjio2q9kWHCiGWVchGfhpNd4_Yxg4zqxv1gEqV_AI0Rp6FaC8V9GIwfME3hH0nR3dUryIli6GlWRrvEz4WYkZKZalKpvWPpLSo1ZQ2jiu_Qz1gjY3qW-vqoR3kQk3tm24f12S-rReIvrdkc4aYEcy5Be0yTeI8bNOWQAoGbzC-F19K_XPCQ/s320/PXL_20221101_131444175.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />I didn't quite finish within October, but I'm going to press on as the end is in sight. Each of my kids participated in their own way as well, with <a href="https://www.joesavestheday.com/2022/10/dreadtober-week-2.html" target="_blank">Ellie building & painting</a> 2 Paragon Warsuits, <a href="https://www.joesavestheday.com/2022/10/zomtober-part-2.html" target="_blank">Daisy painting</a> a handful of zombies with me, and Gabe building his first big flyer kit, the Heldrake:<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZrjMrJTnCDfuMPXomzip1-BXcgIpXQRMOEeycu-JJptKG7RaMrph51Rz904PyBYSzMENqizq22DvsHFea3EpJsJMPJ9-s5ZDNlQXBLPeSx04rFM7SIWb89EZkoUkj58hLaXRgJY27xzL8L3Hpng89uwOct9hQiYXD88xCFZVpZHAp_lhQoLqbwEjyQ/s4032/PXL_20221101_130827280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZrjMrJTnCDfuMPXomzip1-BXcgIpXQRMOEeycu-JJptKG7RaMrph51Rz904PyBYSzMENqizq22DvsHFea3EpJsJMPJ9-s5ZDNlQXBLPeSx04rFM7SIWb89EZkoUkj58hLaXRgJY27xzL8L3Hpng89uwOct9hQiYXD88xCFZVpZHAp_lhQoLqbwEjyQ/s320/PXL_20221101_130827280.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZCPuKNYmxWEkNqpFU8QP8e6_v5zd8qnwYjase_AF6akaoaBPMAgF3CkaSaNkENhS-11PFPw8aLk-sgyi-bBiEmQ676jtoa2yA1B17X4JwgRSxRi4V7T5pu1MVoq7TBhp227x2MtgY7SON4cmW5WEDDESwEzrWwj8IEyoDCHc2tu2Y_-VhMqzJfxQV1w/s4032/PXL_20221101_130910250.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZCPuKNYmxWEkNqpFU8QP8e6_v5zd8qnwYjase_AF6akaoaBPMAgF3CkaSaNkENhS-11PFPw8aLk-sgyi-bBiEmQ676jtoa2yA1B17X4JwgRSxRi4V7T5pu1MVoq7TBhp227x2MtgY7SON4cmW5WEDDESwEzrWwj8IEyoDCHc2tu2Y_-VhMqzJfxQV1w/s320/PXL_20221101_130910250.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span>As a Dark Eldar player, the Heldrake fills me with dread, as does Morvenn haha.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTwDTSfs_kVgSevnONZWpWUDFc55gssnhp9SXG1DqEBGqCypBoln01yKyUL--3nECNOCwe8MWsxK3MrvQAIKcchqAoPlQftlUksrGY0Gg8kj8YD865g7m7YK5-vjjCjuIxAIE7u-BROSldB5l-Utg-pdEy-9fYMoBdJZx5ufCwIkjGACF1pW51HZYlhw/s4032/PXL_20221028_123942608.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTwDTSfs_kVgSevnONZWpWUDFc55gssnhp9SXG1DqEBGqCypBoln01yKyUL--3nECNOCwe8MWsxK3MrvQAIKcchqAoPlQftlUksrGY0Gg8kj8YD865g7m7YK5-vjjCjuIxAIE7u-BROSldB5l-Utg-pdEy-9fYMoBdJZx5ufCwIkjGACF1pW51HZYlhw/s320/PXL_20221028_123942608.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjzgDVdZkMyXDzk-zg60g-GV1HBWdjhBQTSUCmUCB9Ipl5yWgdgWbsZZs7-fV32a8kIZHpeesy0Tjoz4JCbZ669iZIkcQ8cBiIXK0Lq6fH2JEuz3y4Fe1_Zyx4HJLVFMaoLdSnddgKflvks3KhQcCWM5reA7WxAtK8HmSF6CjZ6QpDYW9k_CCQ9G_RbA/s4032/PXL_20221023_181058360.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjzgDVdZkMyXDzk-zg60g-GV1HBWdjhBQTSUCmUCB9Ipl5yWgdgWbsZZs7-fV32a8kIZHpeesy0Tjoz4JCbZ669iZIkcQ8cBiIXK0Lq6fH2JEuz3y4Fe1_Zyx4HJLVFMaoLdSnddgKflvks3KhQcCWM5reA7WxAtK8HmSF6CjZ6QpDYW9k_CCQ9G_RbA/s320/PXL_20221023_181058360.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3i6LhVbiHUdl5DNlF259nIlT-YlOSCwiKTNOB9YbPyQ7zQmt_6Zd5YrMDU-rf5c_t2-59uSc95_rB6tCd1APtmSlRXgfE8I-E9U3_6Bn6bUjqTmJDPR3vyIO9Ix7eV5Hq6FVbZZ1FZ7wE3bdFe6kmlKvhOxti-1uxsOSUz6YnIzJtdRtdi7CSL8OKsw/s4032/PXL_20221023_181037102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3i6LhVbiHUdl5DNlF259nIlT-YlOSCwiKTNOB9YbPyQ7zQmt_6Zd5YrMDU-rf5c_t2-59uSc95_rB6tCd1APtmSlRXgfE8I-E9U3_6Bn6bUjqTmJDPR3vyIO9Ix7eV5Hq6FVbZZ1FZ7wE3bdFe6kmlKvhOxti-1uxsOSUz6YnIzJtdRtdi7CSL8OKsw/s320/PXL_20221023_181037102.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Another awesome year and great diversity of entries from fellow <a href="https://dreadtober.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">dreadtober-teers</a>! Cheers!<p></p>joe m.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13189710292622018212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409947257572021255.post-6850151419386741372022-10-28T22:46:00.002-04:002022-10-28T22:50:57.100-04:00Zom'tober: Part 2<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkf64oUsYPNy8XEdjPg1kstsKqsQP6vCQ_9m43fC8DxLavDK_ETlmvuYihWNdQ8j-9cW0j1h61cLzwbt76CMbVICeN-DxPiir_Zs3KFemG1skxsE3xbmUuBKjA2XOW0rH4s-58VSra7t4IchilmZqJAqRhetEnIE-DEcPungg-qiESK3oZi8_MfxPjiQ/s4032/PXL_20221023_224406338.PORTRAIT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkf64oUsYPNy8XEdjPg1kstsKqsQP6vCQ_9m43fC8DxLavDK_ETlmvuYihWNdQ8j-9cW0j1h61cLzwbt76CMbVICeN-DxPiir_Zs3KFemG1skxsE3xbmUuBKjA2XOW0rH4s-58VSra7t4IchilmZqJAqRhetEnIE-DEcPungg-qiESK3oZi8_MfxPjiQ/s320/PXL_20221023_224406338.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">More walking dead.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><a name='more'></a></span><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span>The week got away from me and I'm behind on a number of projects... but here are some more zombies, with some painting assistance from my daughter, Daisy 😊</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD9FOlkOkwMJzoScHy9tpc1carpTbPcExNK1BELcHcLzXkc7UqbD69bn0_j5dAboKBvLB-W6blV9eFuinIDx4pOpdncfgE8raPbp_Unl7i3Eanhc6RQ60pyliPElGLq555uvl73zRm279wJfXq0o0WEznNcqzzOnBtszDOlenQ0Pi2uyYvwAKOD0HVKA/s4032/PXL_20221022_203321992.PORTRAIT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Good luck everyone, cheers!</span></div><p></p>joe m.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13189710292622018212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409947257572021255.post-65786079205236745452022-10-21T21:05:00.001-04:002022-10-21T21:05:38.388-04:00DreadTober: Week 3<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD6bHlR69HZl9yDUAVUK4zPvprvytiSr_Wu187IKteJ3mtUl_E71LLRNL91Pq3ouAF5xif4YuecLxP4eehGvlIZZ5I96vL_h8w1ojjG7gmhHfAsKShzIwXeSS49zvzmYUeNbtXXVLqIR0k48d6NmoNbTkq0aK1C4is2MDfBNh3OOiX4jBqjy0U6W0fkg/s4032/PXL_20221021_234059706.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD6bHlR69HZl9yDUAVUK4zPvprvytiSr_Wu187IKteJ3mtUl_E71LLRNL91Pq3ouAF5xif4YuecLxP4eehGvlIZZ5I96vL_h8w1ojjG7gmhHfAsKShzIwXeSS49zvzmYUeNbtXXVLqIR0k48d6NmoNbTkq0aK1C4is2MDfBNh3OOiX4jBqjy0U6W0fkg/s320/PXL_20221021_234059706.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p>DreadTober Week 3 - The painting begins.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span>Off to a later start on the actual painting, but things are moving along now!</span><p></p><p><span>Ellie chose a sweet pink/blue/gold color scheme on the Paragons she was painting. I was doing the boring thing and following the box, and offered to paint them more in line with her scheme but she made me keep mine the way it is for now 😂</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_T_fLGa3333tZ6oLxOQ2nZvg6lxVYvNdy5usxEESJTbb8tiov1X4EKrOBRebfQMKfmUG6RIjRuZJAVPjhRARI_-jx1fJt2QWfF6iss-YaSm1NXRWVxVoiXOB-VcUzVE_zyOkVEa4FNCk8b6LEw9WMdT3Ql8a1ZAMQ2Ah0maZPP2NHlmnS5Kc_tmquA/s4032/PXL_20221021_172831267.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_T_fLGa3333tZ6oLxOQ2nZvg6lxVYvNdy5usxEESJTbb8tiov1X4EKrOBRebfQMKfmUG6RIjRuZJAVPjhRARI_-jx1fJt2QWfF6iss-YaSm1NXRWVxVoiXOB-VcUzVE_zyOkVEa4FNCk8b6LEw9WMdT3Ql8a1ZAMQ2Ah0maZPP2NHlmnS5Kc_tmquA/s320/PXL_20221021_172831267.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxlfw8lSmfo-uc993A0Uqh8GDG73GA1pLPr8b9wQpIDY8bNaD0S8cEwEQvQEJqVcwg71enV7oPZkw1KCeLAdSz3KPiwjb0D-IL0DQbfnCuBSSnpq5O00K1p_g7phGxh6s_LpRvL-euLjmshwIF-H_4osxf0hF3_irYQkuGSt7dN7E8y284C_w67yJAJA/s4032/PXL_20221021_172900198.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxlfw8lSmfo-uc993A0Uqh8GDG73GA1pLPr8b9wQpIDY8bNaD0S8cEwEQvQEJqVcwg71enV7oPZkw1KCeLAdSz3KPiwjb0D-IL0DQbfnCuBSSnpq5O00K1p_g7phGxh6s_LpRvL-euLjmshwIF-H_4osxf0hF3_irYQkuGSt7dN7E8y284C_w67yJAJA/s320/PXL_20221021_172900198.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsUWsyTBRtBymv4S_ssJcGD9_AeZQ6UXzPKBPoeN6HsVQ5BRQ_BdpvQp9-nycGoasI10GjqTOwYSsoUqzG0swEShytlAYKJ58_Evd-oETgudMI9CuMQ2BK3sVb4b8-XMqddXVlu_cNAG9L7IhkUfYJ2Hriut1CDDSxQqNYE3vMZqvIq8u0rhXHdRsdoA/s4032/PXL_20221021_172922309.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsUWsyTBRtBymv4S_ssJcGD9_AeZQ6UXzPKBPoeN6HsVQ5BRQ_BdpvQp9-nycGoasI10GjqTOwYSsoUqzG0swEShytlAYKJ58_Evd-oETgudMI9CuMQ2BK3sVb4b8-XMqddXVlu_cNAG9L7IhkUfYJ2Hriut1CDDSxQqNYE3vMZqvIq8u0rhXHdRsdoA/s320/PXL_20221021_172922309.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV39jcxlPmnMnC_3BTjuRpFYFzT9E7-1LOuVBl3CiAY_P0LuWFwc7Ahq53QDPpm54YlQY73PFa9U4KzDB1NUtqFiCDg_AUzkhl-Luh7Q1oZaTbjfnAZL9N-ewsQ-qDWQ6Rlwrz-__iq7eSiJd-sJhmhzrmdLsp6pbra6CPDto_fRofjyesd9l9QGEDDw/s4032/PXL_20221021_234108532.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV39jcxlPmnMnC_3BTjuRpFYFzT9E7-1LOuVBl3CiAY_P0LuWFwc7Ahq53QDPpm54YlQY73PFa9U4KzDB1NUtqFiCDg_AUzkhl-Luh7Q1oZaTbjfnAZL9N-ewsQ-qDWQ6Rlwrz-__iq7eSiJd-sJhmhzrmdLsp6pbra6CPDto_fRofjyesd9l9QGEDDw/s320/PXL_20221021_234108532.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span>Still some work to do and I've discovered some dried up paints, so will need to make a hobby store run this weekend. Cheers everyone!</span><p></p>joe m.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13189710292622018212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409947257572021255.post-38910527136760231572022-10-19T17:00:00.002-04:002022-10-21T21:05:58.949-04:00Fall Backpacking<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUkHglTpW5bv7V44S_HdU-ge81HOQrXwuRiWacrWfB3vYMQRriLMjPb-HtRsQ5pnELuqLG2FZZUAxZVLx5gwAQf6icxdfxUeAi9HsnVedmLRjul3SxnLACWFvFB2kcdjwgWyJU1l7kMmZoqwFuyMPMQ6HPwgf7QVnB0VNyQhb63EzOPW8XN0wdKNuzbA/s4032/PXL_20221014_210849220-EFFECTS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUkHglTpW5bv7V44S_HdU-ge81HOQrXwuRiWacrWfB3vYMQRriLMjPb-HtRsQ5pnELuqLG2FZZUAxZVLx5gwAQf6icxdfxUeAi9HsnVedmLRjul3SxnLACWFvFB2kcdjwgWyJU1l7kMmZoqwFuyMPMQ6HPwgf7QVnB0VNyQhb63EzOPW8XN0wdKNuzbA/s320/PXL_20221014_210849220-EFFECTS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Backpacking the northern half of the Appalachian Trail in Maryland.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span><br /></span><p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aNv-Jr-LL9s" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>joe m.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13189710292622018212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409947257572021255.post-16401361653100952382022-10-13T10:05:00.000-04:002022-10-13T10:05:12.190-04:00DreadTober: Week 2<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgai9WHZo17rwZuprzCyhzUZ19F58IeYihulKh_Eoooqod1uzaA4wdG-F8GDo_65aGIRd2OpARKhqIQEiGoFvOt1RT8QHeZjfQ9qyazN7B2VmN0yn3502LoDQYedZDJTUIu-31i2ZxlOMBRysy4k5SQMsutxUX-_f4WuxzXMtLYxC8hc9v7_mmozV3N7w/s4032/PXL_20221011_002705206.PORTRAIT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgai9WHZo17rwZuprzCyhzUZ19F58IeYihulKh_Eoooqod1uzaA4wdG-F8GDo_65aGIRd2OpARKhqIQEiGoFvOt1RT8QHeZjfQ9qyazN7B2VmN0yn3502LoDQYedZDJTUIu-31i2ZxlOMBRysy4k5SQMsutxUX-_f4WuxzXMtLYxC8hc9v7_mmozV3N7w/s320/PXL_20221011_002705206.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Week 2: Build mode complete. Now onto basing, priming... and distracting 👻<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii0ZAbpoUnvPegAzkq9j6kItcdwZYpCBriN5I6t4pZpNJPEUpUVTsyGvq4mN1IwhuuT7pmZvpsEygUuTnGtUBO11JKRi45EQaP9lobudC1YyXoyUtsYc9Lt8fMvzBNJE6qIY-SkkQfylAcyw2_o2Qig1aBhtNJEgJNyIFIbWBn5_79vWIU7RotA71TfA/s4032/PXL_20221011_002738203.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii0ZAbpoUnvPegAzkq9j6kItcdwZYpCBriN5I6t4pZpNJPEUpUVTsyGvq4mN1IwhuuT7pmZvpsEygUuTnGtUBO11JKRi45EQaP9lobudC1YyXoyUtsYc9Lt8fMvzBNJE6qIY-SkkQfylAcyw2_o2Qig1aBhtNJEgJNyIFIbWBn5_79vWIU7RotA71TfA/s320/PXL_20221011_002738203.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span><br /></span><div><span>Doing a little bit each day has really helped to keep things on track. October is usually a busy month in my household, and this year is no exception, but I'm committed to getting these Paragons to-done!</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMvBS4wIUKcTOeipnkkZiwhQC3jAcTSnCCIg4e_ezY3a3gLM3kxp137caDGNjKLW1INrK7xJEmfHJxFERcgyT6ojl5Cv44VnhwEtzqeWR2Et1diE9XfVqjqCiXdrD61jZ7IJTfdzKbedFRk7F4Nw0_vu3DTQYtFHCQl-jB4aeVR2X-kRkSp2lp3wO7cQ/s4032/PXL_20221011_222753293.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMvBS4wIUKcTOeipnkkZiwhQC3jAcTSnCCIg4e_ezY3a3gLM3kxp137caDGNjKLW1INrK7xJEmfHJxFERcgyT6ojl5Cv44VnhwEtzqeWR2Et1diE9XfVqjqCiXdrD61jZ7IJTfdzKbedFRk7F4Nw0_vu3DTQYtFHCQl-jB4aeVR2X-kRkSp2lp3wO7cQ/s320/PXL_20221011_222753293.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />My daughter enjoyed cutting out all the extra bits from the warsuits kit and starting her own bitz box collection 😍<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif7IVhHS9tW9wlSFqdCuMlWIalzGukz3p0V2v2LawlcRg1pmBYeC6r0qwBFXpDxR0ghbcYgE3Dayy1uuRQYqrcqQTvkmux-4XmATlGll8xoKuBMP9opw6uun-Fc63QQ4Bdr9_YkrDgwjFsG6c7v-ZelpguLwSDbhuT2UKm3MgtZt9XQ668hLmwTojd0Q/s320/PXL_20221011_003900145.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>Good luck to all the other DreadTober participants as we near the halfway point!</div></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDDdIbaB2672_Ls53sm5P51sqpFt_e6vqU2nFPjJipcMetnZBi_Xw96bUEkY3tG6XJc-lmMtCrgf77Ri98s5q1PMonkhh0LwATtBJ68xHU1epY5IxWnGkdL-u6YnnGgET7xHoOER4yVPun5LTXbbXbcN8uIucZALF24VXFgrlJyrtYem-PnuOTKQVtxQ/s4032/PXL_20221011_222740334.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDDdIbaB2672_Ls53sm5P51sqpFt_e6vqU2nFPjJipcMetnZBi_Xw96bUEkY3tG6XJc-lmMtCrgf77Ri98s5q1PMonkhh0LwATtBJ68xHU1epY5IxWnGkdL-u6YnnGgET7xHoOER4yVPun5LTXbbXbcN8uIucZALF24VXFgrlJyrtYem-PnuOTKQVtxQ/s320/PXL_20221011_222740334.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More zombies on deck...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div>joe m.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13189710292622018212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409947257572021255.post-31545004382949462562022-10-08T14:34:00.000-04:002022-10-08T14:34:04.583-04:00Zom'tober<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMfXH_sd5ksOOLRlekF2EaHyl5HPHn9xVQIRRsrpgvpE8ZAx9aP_mwkDFNbBERNuHBKd3MUNpsv9Wy7DVwXRGl5bywJ6PSH2YZAj3sIjAg8OnI_tc4m7z870zHTHyBEfQPgm2WbmcCz4erUarjChA_SJr5-rLqgqNFAjTwuq3XswYBTS2vg3sWchIrhQ/s4032/PXL_20220527_195816488.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMfXH_sd5ksOOLRlekF2EaHyl5HPHn9xVQIRRsrpgvpE8ZAx9aP_mwkDFNbBERNuHBKd3MUNpsv9Wy7DVwXRGl5bywJ6PSH2YZAj3sIjAg8OnI_tc4m7z870zHTHyBEfQPgm2WbmcCz4erUarjChA_SJr5-rLqgqNFAjTwuq3XswYBTS2vg3sWchIrhQ/s320/PXL_20220527_195816488.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Mixtape Massacre: Slasher Mini Pack. <i>There's zombie-like things in there...</i><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></p><a name='more'></a>Mini's make everything better! You can now upgrade your 2D character game pieces to <a href="https://mixtapemassacre.com/product/slasher-mini-pack/" target="_blank">these highly detailed plastic models</a> for your favorite horror/slasher board game. It's been <a href="https://www.joesavestheday.com/2015/05/mixtape-massacre.html" target="_blank">awhile</a> since I've talked about this one, but Goonhammer did a really nice review of this board game a couple years back you should absolutely <a href="https://www.goonhammer.com/mixtape-massacre/" target="_blank">check out here</a>.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiEdfLkRr_Ah8cWib-JX7_o8Ti-5-5O1wCKq-C6OxhGlOjinUFYrpHUAbM0yhXVhVnoxBM9DKu11JJ8iK5FRguWjNh5XXktbC5UpXqx2_QVf3MfL-0Zch3fI0n2FLDD32HtnEhoYRrV-8sAJ08A7wKLSbLSPr7XUPRq9-Zm_eyJyp2DtNBjISsfSqZvQ/s4032/PXL_20220527_195952126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiEdfLkRr_Ah8cWib-JX7_o8Ti-5-5O1wCKq-C6OxhGlOjinUFYrpHUAbM0yhXVhVnoxBM9DKu11JJ8iK5FRguWjNh5XXktbC5UpXqx2_QVf3MfL-0Zch3fI0n2FLDD32HtnEhoYRrV-8sAJ08A7wKLSbLSPr7XUPRq9-Zm_eyJyp2DtNBjISsfSqZvQ/s320/PXL_20220527_195952126.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I tried out a new primer for the more zombie-like mini's, Army Painter's Necrotic Flesh which covered great. There's a wash-like coating on the minis out of the box so you'll definitely want to prime them to make sure your paints adhere to the surface.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDjUOsK_DkdwYuqjvUfZMG4yjcQiwNUXdAmkLVc9wdNP_ogP5kSSOIxFL0g86qt6eaiIxXDE5PPhmNsjg94KNOPoIJbhrZuwpu8nF1AjunBLEsX9vYnUvPBN8jtEgx3_aj4u_4X3965b0IxoMAEk1EQHq40V1UwYcvao2XpPsm5Cp2ougeSQ96hYQgog/s4032/PXL_20220527_201415885.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDjUOsK_DkdwYuqjvUfZMG4yjcQiwNUXdAmkLVc9wdNP_ogP5kSSOIxFL0g86qt6eaiIxXDE5PPhmNsjg94KNOPoIJbhrZuwpu8nF1AjunBLEsX9vYnUvPBN8jtEgx3_aj4u_4X3965b0IxoMAEk1EQHq40V1UwYcvao2XpPsm5Cp2ougeSQ96hYQgog/s320/PXL_20220527_201415885.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib792PKyptlqg2Vj1kFk4p8_fRsSiy3UNnZtFsaGLo6unsbXIWr42tFz4tTe_XNo-JxoezjPC7ff3T9yC53-qDd2W7R2jjlANA6pFtGw-Ou1nRGr3OVdmPHwL1RYZT_X0o0LKnRaO7giSSzaZ5LMDMNzuwDFr274ArqpbbU6Ai7SLCLytuDNI-sG4Tpg/s4032/PXL_20220527_201358287.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib792PKyptlqg2Vj1kFk4p8_fRsSiy3UNnZtFsaGLo6unsbXIWr42tFz4tTe_XNo-JxoezjPC7ff3T9yC53-qDd2W7R2jjlANA6pFtGw-Ou1nRGr3OVdmPHwL1RYZT_X0o0LKnRaO7giSSzaZ5LMDMNzuwDFr274ArqpbbU6Ai7SLCLytuDNI-sG4Tpg/s320/PXL_20220527_201358287.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTSXHISWNIM-FNo8gTuMXuRtBdE9deCiY6p1sCVcu16LjxWJXxGQBns-mTs0etlY_VOkI8CidKx_9Lp1TBRQgnN4QicyPGHl4md1l3Yb3XqZiFlI6fwenRkni6RQOOXEbeRoZjdRLM-ajZLGGMgcD31vOJTapL8iWyb9emFnKNaWPc7e4s9-XCRtr3Og/s4032/PXL_20220527_201410430.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTSXHISWNIM-FNo8gTuMXuRtBdE9deCiY6p1sCVcu16LjxWJXxGQBns-mTs0etlY_VOkI8CidKx_9Lp1TBRQgnN4QicyPGHl4md1l3Yb3XqZiFlI6fwenRkni6RQOOXEbeRoZjdRLM-ajZLGGMgcD31vOJTapL8iWyb9emFnKNaWPc7e4s9-XCRtr3Og/s320/PXL_20220527_201410430.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Really impressed with the details on these sculpts! It's hard to tell from these shots but the minis are quite a bit smaller scale (compared to 40k & AoS for sure) in order for the bases to fit on the grid style game board. I had an unfortunate issue with my phone come up and I lost a bunch of the actual painting pictures... well I can get them back but I've been lazy... <i>I'll get to them OK! </i>Here's the only one I have at the moment:<div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNGkf5OB3a6EKYpX6G4DPZDFzwBWhar2Ag_9eCmMIt6uRgwUrZhzpf24jr-I8FHZ3CNa1jwq58oHNsbHEAV1LkJA5thA1jpp3Wk2MXU9JAwvuJ2UvrqRKaDvSnJWS2q4HG6dLEr05t6ox8GcpVuNRbax7PbVR118z7xIRszTp_OUr7jjGXS_AxoVGXDg/s4032/PXL_20220615_130257816.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNGkf5OB3a6EKYpX6G4DPZDFzwBWhar2Ag_9eCmMIt6uRgwUrZhzpf24jr-I8FHZ3CNa1jwq58oHNsbHEAV1LkJA5thA1jpp3Wk2MXU9JAwvuJ2UvrqRKaDvSnJWS2q4HG6dLEr05t6ox8GcpVuNRbax7PbVR118z7xIRszTp_OUr7jjGXS_AxoVGXDg/s320/PXL_20220615_130257816.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div>Sorry, Portrait mode is a total tease, but I'll get on the recovery process soon and follow up with a proper review post for these awesome minis. I still have to finish up a few of them, but I've really enjoyed working on them so far and they've definitely stretched my painting abilities. I'll dive into all of that on the next one tho, cheers!</div>joe m.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13189710292622018212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409947257572021255.post-1959388258239160222022-10-07T19:55:00.000-04:002022-10-07T19:55:09.224-04:00DreadTober: Week 1<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://dreadtober.blogspot.com/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="107" data-original-width="320" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXPrcmSJk-gCEXPKTIlO987M6qSS-IYp3kJf9HXs7IVyVg2lxoUfrk7-VNIauS14Ms8ceXzOsWglj6tAD96aN6lewYMpn6CuUrsdUG1-j0EHEIyHx7CaiEOESLSBJpGJ-Ou5mcns8uCpJL0TFlLKp6O5I-MT3xlpICo7oxRBVuSPm8dKEoSJZrK2Tvpg/s1600/Dreadtober2022.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>It's that time of year...<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span>I wasn't sure what I was going to do for this year's DreadTober, as it's the first time I've ever found myself without any unbuilt or unpainted dreadnoughts in the backlog, so thank you previous DreadTobers... this totally works!</span><p></p><p><span>This year I'm doing a squad of Paragon Warsuits for my daughter's Sisters army (that's going to get confusing, no wonder they re-branded them lol)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib3ItyXLqsKULJjcdBPH3PRN25dFnBbHMu6oegU2Y4UrhlojO2pwnB-wg0UxAC9PD-tm6g1a4SR5hCJClyAEycVl-Q-ev2qCWNfypgpSZiAAzBjyBM4TR9S1ShuK4kJwonU9MGW2mdN1O-ud6wvAlsr6ATeOYZwTMVx5RrANCzm7wzWKEGW2QMwB3NuQ/s4032/PXL_20221007_003113498.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib3ItyXLqsKULJjcdBPH3PRN25dFnBbHMu6oegU2Y4UrhlojO2pwnB-wg0UxAC9PD-tm6g1a4SR5hCJClyAEycVl-Q-ev2qCWNfypgpSZiAAzBjyBM4TR9S1ShuK4kJwonU9MGW2mdN1O-ud6wvAlsr6ATeOYZwTMVx5RrANCzm7wzWKEGW2QMwB3NuQ/s320/PXL_20221007_003113498.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span>The first one took awhile as I had to go back a couple steps which is never easy with super glue... but we learned that these Paragons are not a kid friendly kit 😁 I honestly thought they were harder than they needed to be as an adult, but they do look cool in the end.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7dDPo4OWVFBXGSrtFkI5hXyx-Fy9GxV3HPaJZje765otVr2wTVSKfDk3l4Drhx_lE5x9Pjnp0C9GBkVWRKRt9gCoqrUXSFdWvv_87SqeXs86Yf7xhkuVDDLCiaLRL2QwDYEMUh19VBOVEeWXuRBHs8YGec7fap3z6YvNfI-uinr2gB74SJpND7PFfQ/s4032/PXL_20220901_123421083.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7dDPo4OWVFBXGSrtFkI5hXyx-Fy9GxV3HPaJZje765otVr2wTVSKfDk3l4Drhx_lE5x9Pjnp0C9GBkVWRKRt9gCoqrUXSFdWvv_87SqeXs86Yf7xhkuVDDLCiaLRL2QwDYEMUh19VBOVEeWXuRBHs8YGec7fap3z6YvNfI-uinr2gB74SJpND7PFfQ/w200-h150/PXL_20220901_123421083.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p>My most enjoyable journey to get to the NOVA Open thus far!<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsc5toGUeqZYMhvRrZ370q3wCqoTfeOcw9w5z7t9byGtB8-qMH3WbXEX2hcvapT_2xu-zvWZR3oVhFEYFaATqi3xQREDjZk4Id4yyUdccafGktkXJXZiA5hVgkGnx__AtTp_jcfQpUry6xvYsq-0-9hwK_47oZVsK3xvn8tnjFv5ydG6pvWDo3XqYTg/s4032/PXL_20220831_181346334.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsc5toGUeqZYMhvRrZ370q3wCqoTfeOcw9w5z7t9byGtB8-qMH3WbXEX2hcvapT_2xu-zvWZR3oVhFEYFaATqi3xQREDjZk4Id4yyUdccafGktkXJXZiA5hVgkGnx__AtTp_jcfQpUry6xvYsq-0-9hwK_47oZVsK3xvn8tnjFv5ydG6pvWDo3XqYTg/s320/PXL_20220831_181346334.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Cutting out that last exit to get into Crystal City when approaching from the North made the decision to bike there worth it before I even knew how wonderful the trails & biking infrastructure of Northern Virginia were. This was by far the most stress-free & relaxing way to commute to & kick off the NOVA Open.</span><div><span><br /></span><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Yu4RbX-hNZg" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
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Can't wait to do it again 😎</div>joe m.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13189710292622018212noreply@blogger.com0