May review and June goals

May's over, still going slow.

D&D is back on track, I'm doing the DM-ing and I'm loving it. Social interactions are my favorite, and we'll have a big battle with a scorpion monster as well next session.

MAGUS has picked up, with the adventurers delving ever deeper into this version of the Underdark. Is the end in sight? We'll see.

Warhammer weekend done and published. It was very nice. After all the practice games I got in beforehand, I am now completely warhammerless due to a severe lack of time. Perhaps I'll get back on track in June.

On the hobby side, I did manage to complete a bucketload of Sigmar models as well as a squad of 10 guardsmen, which was about what I expected. I have more stuff in progress, which I should finish in the first half of the month. Then I'll paint more guardsmen, of a certain variety. That's all I got planned at this point, let's see what else I'll manage to sneak in.

M.A.G.U.S. - Monster village

Roll for initiative! Monsters climb out from under the rocks and assault the party. They are brutish, well armored, and wield monstrous weapons that break bones and cause bleeding.

Painting a Chaos Rhino and Land Raider in Word Bearers colors

Ready to rumble!

Dungeon of the Mad Mage: Undead and giant scorpion monsters... all in a day for the Legends

Due to real life issues, I'm back as GM and Groin is back as a player. Alright, let's make this awesome! 

We ended up last time with Zyn spirited away (and now we know why) and the party split, with Solid facing a hole where the tiefling sisters jumped in. He jumped in as well, no questions asked, landing on a spider altar and 3 praying ghosts ahead. The tieflings made for him to be silent, as they explored the cave. But then a giant scorpion monster attacked, cutting off one sister and dismembering her. Solid tried to talk to the ghosts, which attacked. The rest of the party got down the slide just in time to take a banshee scream to the face, instantly felling Szivem.

Painting Blissbarb Archers

Ah, these models. I decided on beginning on my slaaneshi forces this year, with these footsoldiers for starters. And let me tell you, I hated them at first. Assembly is very fiddly, with dynamic poses as you would expect with newer GW miniatures, and very fiddly little pieces, also as you would expect. I initially wanted to do some conversions on the second box of minis, but completely gave up on the idea after seeing the sprues. Instead, I decided to use different skintones for some variance. Then, when I started painting them, it hit me that they have a lot, and I mean A LOT of details, of different kinds, spread all over the miniature. So I gritted my teeth and did the basecoats. But then, with all the details picked out, I was amazed by how well the miniatures look. Unlike the Daemonettes which are just ugly, these gals and guys present well toned muscles, bare feet, bondage gear, and barely covered bodies. I fell in love.

Word Bearers vs Iron Hands, 07.05.2023

By the final game of the weekend, everybody was pretty tired. My opponent forgot his army at home (though I hear it would have been beautiful) and threw something together using whatever our gracious host could offer. NGL everything had a thick layer of dust on it. Still a cool list though, of firstborn Iron Hands. When was the last time you saw Assault Centurions on the field?

Word Bearers vs Word Bearers, 06.05.2023

Third game: mirror match against more sons of Lorgar. Time to show who's the real Apostle of the Dark Council! And it turned out to be the most back-and-forth, close game, with measurements down to the millimeter.

 I hid due to the Defiler across the field, ready to pounce. Good thing too, as the opponent went first.