Satt och skulpterade "Kaospilar" idag. Tog en dryg halvtimme.
Det svåraste med Green Stuff är inte så mycket att få det att göra vad man vill. Själva skulpteringsprocessen är enkel. Det som är svårt är att avgöra hur mycket man skall använda. Ju mindre figurerna är, desto värre.
Nu behöver jag bara vänta på lite mildare väder för att kunna spreja dem med svart grundfärg.
Under tiden tänker jag jobba lite på min Wolfen Vestal och teckna digitalt.
Efter Kaos Terminatorerna blir det nog att måla Thousand Sons... eller Kaos Lorden. Behöver köpa en vanlig grupp med Kaos Mariner till för att få ordning på den nuvarande gruppen. Man kan inte beställa Chaos Accessory "spruen" separat längre. Alternativet är att beställa ett set med lojalist plasmagevär och modellera om dem för att passa Kaos.
Vi får se hur jag gör...
I am writing a BOOK!
7 år sedan
Hi there
SvaraRaderaMust confess I haven't taken a look at your website for a while and there's a lot o read.
But before that ... no more English?? You're level is so damn good, you really don't want to play it "international" anymore?? :-D
Whatever, it's going to be a bit of a challenge with this meager Danish knowledge of mine (and yes, I know this is swedish), but this seems worth the effort.
Oh, and another question: are you still studying biology? Stupid question most likely, but I quickly glanced at one of your painting (is there anything you're not good at??)and I wondered if you didn't let it down to embrace an artistic carrier .
See you again once I finish catching up
(My, I feel depressed, my English is so awful :-S)
The decision to switch came after a lengthy exchange between me and an amazingly annoying Holocaust denier. I had a long hard think about my blog, what people I attract, what people I wanted and decided to opt against an "international" approach, as well that the old blog was, well, pretty splayed in its choice of subject. I wanted to focus on wargaming and miniature painting.
SvaraRaderaThing is, there's a veritable ton of English wargaming blogs and precious few in Swedish/Scandinavian, so making one's voice heard in the Scandinavian sphere is easier.
It's also easier for me to write in Swedish, despite my able grasp of Englsih.
Though, I the rants and general raging hasn't ended because of that. I use my DevART Journal for this now ;-)
I don't study Biology per se anymore, as I recently got my Master of Science 1-year cleared. So I'm now a Master of Science! I'm still taking a few courses in Statistics and Geographical Information Systems (GIS for short).
It's always nice to hear from old fans though. Again, I apologize if the change in language is a huge hurdle, but I made the decision after careful consideration. From my experience, Google Translate if pretty good at translating Swedish to English. You will get the general gist with it at least.
Why should you apologize? :-)
SvaraRaderaEspecially when you've got good reasons to do so!! Plus it's a good exercice to practice a bit (change of teaching materials ...).
Something I was wondering: I assume that at some point you buy (bought) White Dwarf. If that's the case, what was the first magazine that you ever looked at?
I just want to figure out what dragged you in that "world" ... after all, you said that you started at 11, plus the first time I let a comment was to talk about the old painting bottles. And well, I pretty much keep a fond memory of the first WD I ever laid my eyes upon (which should be a little bit before you did that if my calculations are correct)then am curious.
Thanks for answering btw. Haven't had time to read the posts yet (so much work and things to learn ... T_T) but at some point, I will!
Take care
I still buy White Dwarf, but it has become more and more for the painting articles. When they relaunched the 'Eavy Metal Masterclasses proper a few years ago, I was all over it.
SvaraRaderaMy first WD... phew... That was a while ago. The first one I picked up was 209, but I have since been able to get my hands on 201 and 203 as well. Bargain bin at Games Conventions FTW! Anyway, 209 was the one where the 2nd version of the High Elves army book for Warhammer 5th edition was released. 4 years later, 6th ed. was released. I almost, but only almost, miss the times when one needed a calculator for more than adding points, but to also for checking that the army composition was valid :-D
Oh, I see.It seems that it was an eternity ago that I saw this cover with Tyrion!! Guess you too were pretty axcited when you hold your hand on the new issue, weren't you?
SvaraRaderaSince you're an old acquaintance of WD, what do you think about how it's evolved? Maybe I didn't realise it when I was (much) younger, but the tone of WD is unervingly "commercial". It is true that the figurines have never been as beautiful and somptuously scuplted as they are now and the background has become really solid too. Yet, all I can see now is: "Oh, look at this beutiful, extraordinary, etc.etc. figurine, it's a must have for any player",with the not so subtle subliminal meaning: "come here and buy all of them cause after all you are customers".
Let's face it, GW is a company and their aim is to make money, but still where is the hobby part?
I was wondering if other people shared the same impression about GW? So what do you say?
Kinda excited. To get to play with the army I had to spend uptowards 100€ in today's money.
SvaraRaderaSo, to cleverly segway into the question of whether WD is more commercial now than then?
I'd say they are more open about it. It is relatively cheaper to get going with the game today. The Wh40k core rulebook costs 40€. Back then, in 1997, you needed to buy a box for 50€ (equiv.) to get the core rules, plus you'd be lumped with a bunch of miniatures there was every chance you wouldn't use (Orks and Space Marines, much fun if you're a Chaos player, like yours truly). And then spend another 35€ to get the rules for psychich powers and wargear (Dark Millenium)?
So, I guess my answer would be, yes, they have a more commercial approach in WD today in that you barely ever see any form of (much needed) self-criticism. However, don't fool yourself into believing they weren't commercial back in the 90s. Common misconception, especially on the DakkaDakka forums, and one of many reasons I avoid that site, despite its standing in wargamer circles.
Another reson for me not being around there is that they have this wonderful way of sapping all the fun out of strategy and tactics. It's all maths to them. A distinctly American way of wargaming that doesn't wibe well with my own style which is more geared by fluff and the limitations imposed by the background materials (ie no Las of Submission Princes in my army).