Apologies...

Hey all! Sorry for the month and a week's worth of delay, things got a little hectic (what with interviews, sorting out second stage interviews, auditions, script-readings and my girlfriend training for and starting her new job). Anyhow, I haven't really had all that much time for painting and the little bit that I did do, was actually for my Easterlings. To show my annoyance at a lack of progress and regularity (regarding updating you chldren :P ), I have a picture to explain:

STUPID LACK OF GETTING IT DONE! :D


Now, to be more serious, I DID get lucky and win a small lot of 9 Dwarfs on eBay. In that little package, I got 3 Dwarfs with Dwarf bow, 2 Dwarf Warriors with shields, Dain Ironfoot, 2 Khazad Guard and a Dwarf Warrior with Two-handed axe: all of them metal as well! So, I'm fairly pleased with that and there's not too much paint on them, so stripping them should be quick and easy. As a result of now owning the Dain model, I have ended up with a spare Balin. In my last update, I said how I was getting a box of Balin's Guard and I decided that the Balin I received would be converted into Dain (the models are based on the same armature), but I clearly no longer need to do that. I may convert him into Floi, so any thoughts on how to do so would be excellent. If not, I'm willing to trade him off (and will do so when I get my next company of Khazad Guard. For a pound, I upgrade one to Balin, trade him to someone that wants him and get a model that I need, without ending up with spare Khazad Guards. Makes perfect sense to me!).

Another thing is that I counted how many models I have, how many my 2,000 point list needs and then worked out how many more I need until I have enough (then I can get rid of any spares straight away). Annoyingly, when my girlfriend tidied the bedroom (whilst I was out for 11 hours to do a script reading), I ended up losing track of where I'd put it, heh (I'd like to point out that that's my doing and not hers! Yes, she reads this, but I want facts to be truthful :D ). Well, I know that I need quite a lot more of most things. I would prefer getting Dwarf Rangers with bows to Dwarf Warriors with Dwarf bows because then I don't need to sculpt cloaks on and, whilst my first came out great (on a Khazad Guard that became a King's Champion), the next lot didn't do so well, unfortunately. Regardless, I shall try to find the list and then post it up and try to get more painted and posted! Who knows, there may even be a (WotR) battle report against my girlfriend's Wood Elves soon (even if I am playing as both sides!).

Here's an amusing picture to help apologise for a lack of Dwarf pictures this time:


Thanks again for reading and hope to be typing to you sooner than last time!