new place for pointless junk

I started a new page (use mouse here) where I will post random stuff, in order to keep here on topic.

Sick

I've been sick.

It is annoying.

Complaints

I had a complaint that I haven’t posted anything in almost a month. So this is me posting.

Umm… not much to say. I’m back at school so have been busy studying. I’m going to undercoat some stuff this afternoon, so I might have something more substantial to post in a few days.

uni results

Uni results were released today. I got:

• Strategic Business Systems – D (79)
• International Business and Finance – HD (87)
• Politics of Globalisation – C (70)
  

Pretty happy with that, although I’m always disappointed when I don’t get 100. Was what I was expecting tho.

Anyways, finished assembling some guys. Here is a pic.




Still have to base them. Don’t know when they’ll get undercoated; I have some other stuff to do as well. It’s been either raining or windy here, which is not good weather for spraying.

Lots of minis

My 'grab bag' arrived, looks like lots of stuff. There is a fair bit of lizard-type stuff, and other random things. I think I'll need to get some new files and blades to clean up these guys.

I made some chilli

I made chilli for tea. It’s not something I’ve ever made before, and to be honest I havn’t had it more than 5 times, but for some reason I wanted to make some. I think it may have been the ‘chilli cook off’ episode of The Simpson’s where Homer eats that crazy chilli and goes on a crazy journey. Possibly anyway. I decided to document the process. I used the recipe from here. No idea if it’s any good, it was just the first I came across on a search. Got all the ingredients together and started.



That’s everything. There was supposed to be garlic, but there was none at the shops when I went there. Now onto chopping.



Cutting the first onions hurt my eyes, which is weird because that hasn’t happened to me before. Maybe I cut it up smaller then I have in the past. I also pre-measured everything to save time later. Cooked the meat and onions and checked everything into a pot.



I was a bit worried at this stage as it was very watery. Had to add an extra half cup to ensure the meat was covered. For there it simmered for ages, then I took the meat out and shredded it into little bits. No pics of that as I was hungry. Chucked it back in for a few minutes and dished some out.



Added some sour cream, grated cheese, and a crusty roll. I found some Bacardi’s on the floor (?) so I had one with my chilli. It was tasty! It was perhaps a little too meaty for me, so next time I’d put some kind of vegies in place of some of the beef. I want to cook this again, but I’m not sure when. I’ve got 5 bowls left, so I’ll probably be sick of it soon.

Dwarf druid

Finished this guys robe last night. Here is a pic:



The pic came out somewhat harsh, I think it looks better in real life. The left hand looks particularly bad, but I think that is more a result of up scaling the size rather than an error on my part. (It's not my fault, whinge, whinge, whinge)

Holidays

I had my last exam a couple of days ago, so am now on holidays! Hooray, time for copious amounts of sitting around not doing much. I think I went ok, but I won’t find out for a couple of weeks.

I adopted a camera from my parents, that's what the bellow pic was taken with. There was no cord to connect to my pc with, only an sd card. But I checked my computer and there is a slot for one on the front. Nifty. The pic is a little blurry tho.



I really like the dwarf, he looks great. These guys are all coming along nicely; just need a couple of highlights and the painted parts will be done. If I'm feeling adventurous I might try and 'dirty up' the bottom of the dwarf's robe.

Finally, I ordered a 'grab bag' of 20 reaper blisters from www.Milsims.com.au. Who knows what I will get? Hopefully it is a good mix of stuff.

First finished

I have exams at the moment, so rather than study I have been doing some painting. I've just finished Mr Cyclops, so here he is.





Came out pretty well I think.

kobolds

Started painting some kobolds last night.


I think the skin tone may be a little to orange so I might give it a brownish glaze or something. I missed a couple of areas as well, like the top right leg on the guy with two swords, so I'll have to fix that up.

Lots of games

Bought a stack of new games yesterday. 20 to be precise. It only cost just over AU$100, which was pretty good considering new games here only cost about 20% less than that. A selection of good old games (hitman, deus ex and commandos) and bunch of relatively average new ones (pretty much everything else). A few of the them were on my 'games i want' list anyway. I'm downloading Kane and Lynch now, only 9 and a half hours remaining.

I've done a bit more on Mr. Cyclops so here he is.


I was worried that the hair would look too similar to the ground, but it turned out alright. He is nearly finished now.

How about a real update?

I had a first attempt at sculpting last night. There were huge gaps between the wings and the body on Bagheera and I thought it needed something to cover it up.


It didn't turn out too bad. I'm a bit worried that the putty hasn't dried yet, but I'll leave it another 24 hours and see how it goes.

On a related note, I have no idea what this mini is meant to be. Some kind of demon monkey? Who knows?

edit: I just had to fix up a bunch of typos, I blame it on the huge report I just submitted

Forgetting passwords

A week ago my old PC died, so I replaced it with a new laptop (this one if you care). An unfortunate side effect was I lost all my saved passwords and cannot sign into my old page (another link if you care). I'd only made like three posts so I'll just use this page from now on.