"Ya call dat a knife?" #miniaturepainting #paintingwarhammer  #warhammercommunity #oldhammer #orks #orks40k #spaceorks #deathskulls #goblins #gretchen

Grots! Grots! Grots! My Death Skulls just got a little more unruly.  These fellows have been unpainted for decades but I think it was with the wait. #miniaturepainting #paintingwarhammer #grimdark #warhammercommunity #oldhammer #orks #orks40k #spaceorks #deathskulls #goblins #gretchen

WIP Wednesday: I'm working on a Turnip 28 scout balloon.  Those magnificent tubers and their flying turnips!  #miniaturepainting #wip #Turnip28 #28mm #conversion #miniwargaming

I came to the conclusion a couple of weeks ago that the happiest war gamers; WAAC, fluff bunnies, or beer and pretzel players, etc., all have fun playing Orks.  They are green, have charming accents, use teeth for money, and love a good scrap. If they win, great, it was a fight. If they lose, great, it was a fight!  Since I've been struggling with enjoying mini games and painting lately, I turned back my clock to some of my earliest 40k armies and worked on my neglected Ork hoarde. Since the thermometer did not teach 0 degrees Fahrenheit this weekend, I didn't want to leave my house so I assembled and readied some models that had been mothballed for years.  I made like a crazed mekboy and put some stuff together and I feel like this helped bring some of my mojo back.  I still don't have the urge to get back into competitive play right now, and selling off some of my stuff has felt good, but working on this old favorite army of mine  has boosted morale. Now we wa...

  These Adeptus Custodes Allarus Custodians were deceptively more difficult to paint than I thought. My old eyes were really tested with the tiny gems and studs littered across these golden boys. #miniaturepainting #paintingwarhammer #grimdark #warhammercommunity #adeptuscustodes #spacemarines40k #new40k #28mm

  Without writing your age, post a model that shows how long you've been playing.  #IAmThisModelYearsOld WIP Wednesday  Dear diary... It's been a tough couple of weeks for me and the stress of the real world has robed me of the enjoyment of escaping in my hobbies.  Most of my wife's family have been in and out of the ER - all for different reasons, the drunk driver who nearly killed my mother is out and was caught drinking again, I was quarantined because a co-worker caught Covid (I've tested negative), other stressors at work make my day job unrewarding, my local gaming scene has evaporated because a once large community keeps breaking into smaller groups that don't get along... yadayadayada. Long story short, I've been struggling with burnout so I've decided to go back to some of my earliest models and squad of these little guys are getting batch painted and now have the base colors blocked in.  I have been selling some stuff on ebay that I don't think...