I didn't get anything painted in August.  I was mostly focused on papercraft.  I did pick up a few figures though.  

I had been looking at the Fallout: Wasteland Warfare at my local game shop for a while now.  My son is into Fallout and the game can be played solo if he is not interested.  It's been marked down 25% for a few months now and I keep picking it up and looking at it.  No-one has bought it as it has a huge gash in the bottom - like it had been dropped on the edge of a counter.

I had ordered Fallout Shelter and they brought in the Fallout: Wasteland Warfare: Survivors - Vault Personnel in error.  They saw that it was an error and offered it to me for $30 instead of the $40 it was.  I picked it up.  

The next week when I went back, I picked up the Wasteland Warfare starter and they gave me a further deal down to $55. 

Bought
Unmatched Cobble and Fog – 4
Dracula’s America – The Forsaken – 9
Fallout: Wasteland Warfare – 13
Fallout: Wasteland Warfare: Survivors: Vault Personnel – 4
Chronoscope – Horace ‘Action’ Jackson – 1
Chronoscope – Pulp Era Professor – 1
Reaper – Willow Greenivy – 1
WizKids – Timber Wolves – 2

Painted


Aug total – figures bought 35, figures painted 0
Running total 2020 – figures bought 110, figures painted 67

Books Read - May to August 2020

May

The Fantasy Trip Companion by Steve Jackson Games

Gaslands Refuelled by Mike Hutchinson

DC Universe Miniature Game by Mark Latham

 

June

Stitch ‘n Bitch: The Knitter’s Handbook by Debbie Stoller

Cooking Price-Wise: A Culinary Legacy – by Vincent Price

Cheapass Games in Black and White by James Earnest

French Musketeer 1622 – 1775 by Rene Chartrand

This Will Only Hurt A Little by Busy Phillips

 

July

Blood Bowl 2019 Almanac! By Games Workshop Limited

The Enemy by Lee Child

Night School by Lee Child

Rick Mercer Report: The Book by Rick Mercer

 

Aug

The Wealthy Barber by David Chilton

The Manual of Aeronautics by Scott Westerfeld

Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld

Fletch by Gregory Mcdonald

Confess, Fletch by Gregory Mcdonald

 

 

New printer and papercraft

When our printer needed more ink back in July, we looked at the cost of replacing ink, and the cost of buying a new printer with ink.  We finally took the plunge, spent a bit more, and upgraded to an ink tank printer. 

Not being so concerned about saving precious ink, I printed some things from a few papercraft sites.

 

I started with the sample saloon from Hotz ArtWorks.  It looked too small against the Reaper and Knight Model figures so I didn’t assemble it.  I have since gotten some Dracula’s America figures that seem closer in scale so I probably will put it together.

 

Disney Parks Blog had just come out with Paper Disney Parks.  They have four so far in the series.  The first two were both for Main Street and the Magic Happens parade, the third was for Sleeping Beauty’s Castle, and the fourth was for King Arthur’s Carrousel. 

I printed off all of them at 25% to save space once done and have finished the first set.

 

They haven’t printed any more in the series yet, so looking for a Haunted Mansion led me back to Haunted Dimensions.  They have papercraft for three versions of the Haunted Mansions from the different parks. 

They also have the houses from Amityville Horror, Psycho, and Adams Family as well as facades from the movie theatre from The Blob and some others.  I have printed off the three houses and the movie façade and am mostly finished the Amityville house.

 

For more hyper detailed versions of papercraft about the Disneyland signs, train station, and castles there is also The Disney Experience.  I haven’t started on any of these yet as I am not sure if they will be too large once finished as well as too complex if shrunk. 

 

Some of the buildings will be used to fill up a table for wargaming, and some will be used for our Halloween display table in our new spare bedroom.

Figure Painting Total - July 2020

I chose not to get the Indomitus box.  I'll probably wait to get the new starter.  They have also announced a new edition of Blood Bowl for the end of the year.

I'm really tempted to get some more DC Universe sets while they are sale from Knight Models.  But instead I ordered some figures for Dracula's America.  This will let me see if the Reaper figures are in a similar scale, and will let me know what scale I need to use for buildings.

Bought

a few Heroclix figures that I might repaint for Marvel Universe.

Painted

Unmatched – Jurassic Park – InGen vs Raptors – 4 (Muldoon, 3 raptors)

BM – The Dynamic Duo – 1 (Batman)

BM Suicide Squad Starter – 1 (Katana) 

BM/MU – Suicide Squad – 1 (Katana)

MU – The Thing – 1 

Chronoscope – Rex, Dark Future Hero – 1

Reaper – Jade Tiger, Monk – 1

Reaper – Xiao Liu, Female Monk - 2

WizKids – Raptors – 2

July total – figures bought 0, figures painted 14 

Running total 2020 – figures bought 75, figures painted 67

foam figure trays

With the figures finally being painted, I made some trays for the cases I had bought. I found these cases at the local surplus store, Princess Auto, and bought them on sale. The foam is from Canadian Tire, and the foam core is from the dollar store.

I cut the foam core to fit inside the cases. The foam is thick enough for three layers. I pinned the pieces together while they dried. I started with 5 trays.



The pluck foam allows me to adjust to the size of the figures. I used contact cement to fix the foam in the foam core trays and I glued ribbons from the dollar store to the trays to make it easier to lift out.



I started with one tray for each for regular figures for the Marvel Universe game, one for DC Universe/Batman Miniature game, and one for other figures. I need to pluck the foam for the other two trays for the larger figures, and make another two trays for regular sized figures. Then I need to make some trays for Blood Bowl figures.

Covid update - July / Grad

When my son graduated, a few years ago, he wasn’t really interested in the ceremonies. He went to the breakfast and the dinner, and the convocation but did not go to the after parties. My daughter, with her graduation this Covid year, had all of her services cancelled.

They did do a simple ceremony, where they scheduled the grads in one at a time. They could bring 4 family members into the gym, they read their quote and could walk across the stage and pick up their diploma. No big procession, no speeches, no official dinner. We did end up going to PF Chang’s for lunch afterwards. Because of her grad, we got a free plate of the lettuce wraps.

They did get to pick up the caps and gowns the week before and were able to take some pictures out and about before they had to return them. They had a few barbeques, and a couple of dinners, and my daughter organized a pancake breakfast in the driveway.

They haven’t been the best at social distancing. Even afterwards, they still get together to go to the beach, and for barbeques, and even the sleepovers are starting up again.


The wife and I are still wearing masks for the few times when we go out into the world. We really only are going out for groceries, and the occasional tank of gas. Plus the comic book store is now open again, and I go to the game store for paint occasionally. We do get take out sometimes but will often rather get delivery. We did go to my brother’s for Canada day for a barbeque but that has been the only social interaction for the wife and I since March.


We’re pretty much caught up on our PVR – we only have about 30 hours taped and now have 300 hours available. We hope to get to the Netflix Marvel shows shortly – we have only seen the first season of Daredevil. We finally picked up Disney Plus, so we will get to the Mandelorian this fall.

The Library finally reopened enough to allow us to return books. At least they automatically renewed them while they were locked out.

Figure Painting Total - June 2020

With the new, new edition of Warhammer 40,000 being announced, I figured that I should probably get the rules from the eighth edition. 

 I ordered a Dark Imperium starter but it was out of stock. By the time they got back to me to let me know it was out of stock, I was unable to get it locally. I did the next best thing to get the rules and models, I bought the rules separately and a Know No Fear starter. 

Bought 

 Batman Miniatures – The Dark Knight starter – 13 (Batman, Bane, Catwoman, Talia, 3 Police, 3 Mercenaries, Alfred, Tumbler, Batpod) 

Unmatched – Jurassic Park – InGen vs Raptors – 4 (Muldoon,3 raptors) 

Warhammer 40K – Know No Fear starter – 31 (1 Primaris Captain, 5 Primaris Intercessors, 3 Primaris Interceptors, 5 Primaris Hellblasters, 1 Death Guard Lord of Contagion, 5 Death Guard Plague Marines, 1 Death Guard Foetid Bloat Drone, 10 Death Guard Poxwalkers) 

DCU - Uncle Dudley 

 Painted 

BM - Suicide Squad - 3 (Captain Boomerang, Diablo, Killer Croc) 

BM - Arkham Knight BM - Talia (painted as Mystique)

DCU - Crime Syndicate - 5 (Johnny Quick, Owlman, Power Ring, Superwoman, and Ultraman)

MU - Black Panther 

MU - Colossus 

MU - Rocket Raccoon 

MU - Sentry 

MU - Starlord 

MU - Starlord (alternate Heroclix model)

June total – figures bought 50, figures painted 15 Running total 2020 – figures bought 75, figures painted 53