Ork Trukk instructions lie!

The one problem with picking up bits online instead of buying the models is that I don’t get the instructions. This isn’t a problem with most of the models I’m getting - especially as I’m getting Ork stuff. Plus Games Workshop has the plans online for the Stompa, Battlewagon, and Deff Dredd. The one that isn’t online is the Ork Trukk instructions.

You would think that it should be fairly simple, but it’s actually a tricky little model. Luckily, I was able to get a scan of the instructions. However, it seems that the instructions lie about where the driver goes. In the instructions he is shown on the left (as here in Canada) and he fits on that side – but his control stick needs a bit of work to squeeze in. I’m more inclined to believe that he fits better on the right side (as in the UK) and will try him there on my next build.

This will determine which side I put him on for the third build.

Aug figure painting total

In August I worked away at collecting bits. I have a few partial models but was able to complete purchases of only two:
- 40K Ork Trukk (in bits)
- 40K Ork Deff Dredd (in bits)

Aug figures bought – 2, figures painted – 0

The paint is handy, on the coffee table. We started painting some of the Space Wolf squad and Dreadnought but didn't follow through to completion. I did finally base the cowboy figures but need to touch up a few spots and paint the guns. I also cleaned and started assembly of the Trukks and Dreads.

Running total 2010 – figures bought 89, figures painted 0

Lung butter - excuses

So, even though it looked like painting might ensue at the end of August, it didn't really happen. In lieu of excuses, let me explain a few new phrases:

Lung butter - a thick phlegm - usually a light yellow or green color.

Throwing up down to the orange juice layer - after all the food has been regurgitated and the (usually) orange bile is expelled.

Fuzzy headed / woozy headed - a light-headed, disoriented feeling. Often noticed when standing up quickly or after bending over to do something.

Brain cloud (made with a back-to-front hand motion over the head) - a general malaise. Referenced to the movie Joe VS the Volcano where it refers to a disease where the person feels perfectly fine up until they die.

Pics followed

I've been going back in and updating some of the 'pics to follow' labeled posts with the pictures. I also went through all the posts that contained pictures and labeled them as such.

Laurentien 60 pack - colors

For those who wondered, and I was one of them, here is the list of colors in the Laurentien 60 pack.
It starts with the colors familiar to us from the 12 pack:
1 - Deep Yellow
2 - Orange
3 - Poppy Red
4 - Cerise
5 - Purple
6 - Navy Blue
7 - Peacock Blue
8 - Emerald Green
9 - Deep Green
10 - Brown
11 - Chestnut
12 - Black

It continues on with the rest of the colors from the 24 pack (albeit a few renamed to more PC-names):
13 - Ultramarine
14 - Soft Peach
15 - Green
16 - French Green
17 - Smoke Grey
18 - Blush Pink
19 - Cherry Red
20 - Arizona Topaz
21 - Roan Red
22 - Sky Magenta
23 - Cotton White
24 - Lemon Yellow

It then continues on with the rest:
25 - True Blue
27 - True Green
28 - Scarlet Red
29 - Lavender
30 - Light Orange
31 - Crimson
32 - Cardinal Red
33 - Tangerine
36 - Raspberry
37 - Grape-violet
38 - Aqua
39 - Ocean Blue
40 - Blue
41 - Blueberry
42 - Celery
43 - Peacock Green
45 - Cinnamon
46 - Tuscan Red
47 - Pastel Green
48 - Dark Brown
49 - Sienna
50 - Light Yellow
52 - Mandarine
53 - Blue-Grey
54 - Dark Grey
55 - Champagne
56 - Azure
57 - Pine Green
58 - Turquoise
59 - True Pink

Then the six metallic colors:
61 - Metallic Rose
62 - Metallic Gold
66 - Metallic Green
67 - Metallic Blue
69 - Metallic Purple
72 - Metallic Silver

I'm not sure what happened to color 26 - which used to be in the old 30 pack. I don't know what it was or why it didn't make the cut for the 60 pack. I am also not sure about any of the other numbers that are skipped over in this set.

poppy red, navy blue, chestnut, lemon yellow

Even after all these years I still remember some of the numbers and colors from the Laurentien pencil crayon box.
3 - Poppy Red
6 - Navy Blue
12 - Black
25 - True Blue

When we saw the ads, we made sure to get two boxes of the 60 packs from Walmart. At $8 each that's a great value for a pack of great memories. The Laurentien packs were always the better pencil crayons - not that I didn't long for the Prismacolors. I finally picked up a set of Prismacolors a few years ago and they are in my pencil box with my sketchbook to this day. But the Laurentiens bring back loads of memories.

I remember not having a Smoke Grey until grade 6 as it came in the 24 pack and not the 12 pack - which meant that I had to color Batman's uniform with a light touch on the Black pencil or a regular pencil. I remember the first time I used an actual Grey pencil and the difference it made. I remember the Poppy Red as being the smallest pencil in my sets, with the Navy Blue close behind.

We went into Walmart and bought two packs. It wasn't until we got home that we saw that they were the 60 packs of Crayolas at $12 instead of the 60 packs of Laurentiens at $8. Even though both my wife and I handled them, our memories overlaid the reality and we saw Laurentiens.
So we had to return them and buy two packs of actual Laurentiens. We also picked up a box of the Crayola 60 pack at Staples for $6 for the kids.

shopping for school supplies - denied

Much to our chagrin the school the kids go to no longer requires us to buy school supplies. They just want us to send money and they will buy the supplies needed. This vexes Shan as she feels that she can get the supplies cheaper and that we can re-use supplies from previous years.

Both of us have fond memories in buying supplies for school. I recall getting the plaid pencil cases with the edging that would only last a year. I recall the little geometry sets of which we only really used the protractor and the compass - officially. I recall the pencil crayon sets – 24 packs of happiness. I recall the possibilities inherent in a pack of three-hole paper.

Even to this day, whenever I see them on sale, I want to buy three-hole paper. Never mind that, when we married and merged our belongings, I had almost a dozen packages of three-hole paper remaining sealed from a decade prior.