Waagh if you wanna go faster!!

The Christmas season is looming fast. My cans of primer are too cold in the garage and it is already dark when i finish work. Luckily working at home means i can nip out at lunch and prime the odd model for painting. Spray cans have to have a good warming hug for a bit as well as the traditional rattle before using. It hasnt stopped me painting, but i have slowed down a bit. Mainly because my leadpile is running pretty low. So low in fact that i have decided not to take part in the Analogue Hobbies challenge this year. I just don't feel I have enough models to paint and post about weekly for a full three months. (I mean I'm not saying i have nothing, the day I have my entire collection painted will be a miracle day.

Gaming wise though it's been pretty busy. We have been playing Heroquest at the club, tried the new Dragon Rampant 2nd edition rules and we are starting a Bloodbowl league. It has been like we are tabletop gaming in the 90's again. Using my Bloodbowl models I did realise they are looking a bit battered and the painted quality is not up to todays standard. I'd like to maybe give them a Biostrip bath and repaint, but I'm not sure I would get them turned around before their next match. It is very tempting to buy a new team though! 

The youngest has done his Warhammer wish list. It's a completely confusing list with models from about four different armies. Trying to explain to the staff member that our kid just wants the models so he can put together his own amalgamated army for Xenos Rampant rather than playing 40K just generated a befuddled reaction. I did try gently pushing the choices towards models i would prefer to paint as it is muggins here that will do the task. I must admit to being bored now of painting Ultramarine Space Marines. 

My own wish list has some more bits to go with my new Ork army i have been having fun painting. The army does now fill the storage currently assigned to it, maybe that is a sign to stop, or buy a bigger box. I wouldn't say no to a Battlewagon. I have already added this beast though:

It had to be painted red as we all know, say with me, 'paint it red and it goes faster!'

I did enjoy the following in the instructions of the 'Snazzwagon':

Turns out it isn't 'quite difficult' it's downright impossible. I ended up snapping his wrist on the arm holding the rollbar. Some extra Tamiya and a pair tweezers solved the issue though.

 The whole project involved building it, pausing midway through, painting details that no-one would see, then continuing the build. I can assure you there is realistic leather super tiny cracking detail on the seat rest of the driver that noone will ever see. All the effort went on the interior and the outer shell you can see was a rush job as I began to tire...