The May Update - James' Hobby Progress

And just like that May's over and done with. I've been finding the days have been flying by staying at home. Once again however it has meant lots and lots of time for hobby. In my last post I detailed what I'd managed to paint in April, working through a few backlog goals I'd set myself at the beginning of lock down to try and keep myself productive. Now that May is in the bag I wanted to do the same again. So what have I finished?

The April Update - James' Hobby Progress

Turns out being shut away at home has allowed me to be remarkably productive with my hobby time. In my last article I set myself a series of goals, little bits of my backlog that I wanted to have cleared out by the end of May. As April is at a close I wanted to get an article up detailing the things I managed to get done in the last month.

Hobby Updates and Setting Some Goals

Why hello dear readers!

It's been a while since I've made an article for the blog. With a sudden influx of spare time (and a lot of backlog to get through) I figured what better way to spend it than to give an update on what I've been up to recently and to set myself some goals whilst the worlds gone topsy turvy.

A 2019 Retrospective - James' 2019 in review and goals for 2020

Well that went fast! 2019 is almost at a close and with it my first year of "real" hobbying - where I actually managed to build, paint and play with my models and not just continue to amass a collection of grey, meaningless plastic to sit on my shelves and make me feel guilty.

It feels customary that at the end of the year you spend some time looking back at what you've managed to achieve and what your plans are for the next year, so with that in mind here at the blog we've all been writing posts on what we've accomplished in 2019 and what great things we've got planned for 2020! And as per usual I'm the last one to get my post up and just in time as well. Some things will never change

Questing for the Hidden Vault - Blackstone Fortress Part 1

As it's rapidly closing in on the end of year I wanted to try and sneak one last hobby post in before the end of the year. One of the more recent additions to Games Workshops' line of boxed games is Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress, a dungeon explorer style RPG where you take on the role of 4 daring adventurers venturing into the fortress in search of ancient technology, hidden knowledge and potentially control over the awesome power at the heart of the Blackstone.

It's a wonderful game that's extremely easy to pick up and play and the designers have managed to weave a good deal of the background narrative of the location into the game and the mechanics involved. There's a variety of scenario's to play through involving firefights through tight winding corridors into vast open chambers, as well as challenges that involve the explorers trying to defuse booby trapped treasure chests or dodging through laser field traps. I've been sitting on the game since release and have only recently managed to start playing it properly. Myself, Medge and another friend have begun a full playthrough of the Quest for the Hidden Vault and that gave me all the motivation I needed to get round to painting the set. It's something I've been working on for the past month and I figured it'd be a good series to write about. So what have I managed to get painted?..