Awesome news! It looks like I’m going to Salute this
year, and even better, I should be going with my brother. I’ve been wanting to
go to Salute since I heard about it a couple of years ago on ‘The Independent
Characters’ and ‘The Overlords’ podcasts. I think I even booked the time off of
work last year, but then didn’t go as I was put off by the travelling involved
from West Dorset to London and back.
I ‘Liked’ Salute 2016 on Facebook and my brother asked me
if I was going and if I’d mind if he went with me. I don’t get to see my
brother very often, so not only do I not mind, I’m now so excited I can barely
wait until April. I’ll try and take lots of pictures and post them here and on
my Flick account.
I've also booked Saturday 20th February off of
work, so that I can go to another tabletop wargaming convention; ‘Beachhead 2016’
at the BIC in Bournemouth.
In other news, I finally managed to take a half-decent
photograph of the ‘Age of Sigmar’ poster I got from my local toyshop. I know
that I can subscribe to White Dwarf now, but I like making my weekly visit to
the local toyshop to pick up White Dwarf. Besides it means I can read it at
lunchtime when I’m at work on Saturdays. One of the perks of that local
patronage is first dibs on Games Workshop promotional materials that are about
to be thrown away I guess.
I bought a cheap frame for it on Amazon, it doesn’t quite
fit perfectly, but after I paid to have a Black Library print framed in a local
framing shop I quickly realised that I can’t afford to get things framed
professionally.
I’ve bought a couple of bits and pieces since I last
posted. I ordered three packs of Imperial Fists Legion MKIV shoulder pads from
Forge World. That should be enough for all of the power armoured infantry
models in my ‘Betrayal at Calth’ set. Anything that helps me avoid the
nightmare of applying waterslide transfers to curved surfaces is worth £1 per
model to me.
I also pre-ordered the first book in Black Library’s new ‘The
Beast Arises’ series; ‘I Am Slaughter’ by Dan Abnett. They had a limited number
of matching bookmarks for pre-order customers on a first-come, first-served
basis, and I was lucky enough to get one of those too. I’m really looking
forward to reading it, just as soon and I finish ‘Legacies of Betrayal’.
Although I am slightly worried that Black Library are starting another series
before finishing ‘The Horus Heresy’ series. I hope it doesn’t mean that the
authors are bored of the earlier setting.
As far as hobby progress goes I am working on two
projects at once; two Chaos Space Marine Squads and the contents of my ‘Betrayal
at Calth’ boxed set. I have nearly finished putting my ‘Betrayal at Calth’
models together into sub-assemblies. I only have the infantry units’ backpacks
and arms left to assemble. I have even undercoated the Chaplain and the
Cataphractii Terminator Squad.
The Chaos Space Marine squads are coming along nicely
too, I’m aiming to have them both completed by Christmas.
Current Size of the Unpainted Legion: 273 models.
Currently Reading: ‘Legacies of Betrayal’ by Various
Authors.
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