Hot fun in the Summer time

Hi All,

  You may have heard of the heat wave in the Western US. Here in Phoenix it got a little hot.

Screen caps from 6/28 and 6/29.

I think it only got to 119F on  June 29th, but it was pretty damn hot.

I'm back into the full swing of Exercise, except the running has taken a back seat in all this heat. As such my aches and pains have gone back to the usual places. The only new thing is my ribs hurt from being punched in them and I may have to admit that it's more than a minor injury.

Astute readers will notice that I have been playing quite a bit of Elder Signs: Omens. I got it on the Kindle and it is addictive. I've beaten three of the four Elder gods in the basic game, but cannot beat Azathoth. Playing the app has given me a greater appreciation for the boxed game and I have learned the rules better. I may look into getting the expansion in the near future.

Several blogs I follow have been putting up mid year progress reports and I thought I would do the same. I had meant to take a bunch of pictures and snazz it up, but I'm at the point where I want to post something rather than put it off for another day.

So here is the project list with notes:

2013

Add blog pages

• Pile of Shame – haven't started.
• Figures/ Models Completed – haven't started page (1 figure completed)
• Games Played 12/31/12
• Project List 12/30/12

Fantasy

• Finish Tereken Figs – 30 foot 50% complete, 4 cav 20% complete
• Finish Mirholme Figs – 17 foot 30% complete
• Finish Naz-Goth Figs – 29 foot 50%, 2 foot 10%, 4 cav 10%
• Finish Treyine Figs – Taken off sprue, washed?
• Refurbish old terrain – Not started
• Build water feature terrain – Not Started
• Heraldry and Banners – Preliminary designs only
• Card stock buildings – Not Started
• card stock dungeon – Tried to adjust to 1/72 scale

Ancient/ Fantasy Naval – Not Started

• Play War Galley
• Build Roman Seas paper ships
• Read and Play Roman seas
• Go through other naval rule sets

18th Century Imagi-nation -Basic ideas roughed out only.

• Create Map – Got ideas for using Brain and Internal organs for maps.
• create back story
• Read Muskets & Mohawks, Long Rifle rule sets
• determine terrain needs
• paint up figures

ACW – 20 figures cut off sprue and washed

• Paint 10 Union figures – 5% on 10 foot
• Paint 10 Confederate – 5% on 10 foot
• Work through Rifles & Rebels ex of play
• Asses terrain needs/ figures

Wild West – Some Western Figures cut off sprue

• Finish reading Six Gun Sound Rules – Did I finish reading, got pretty far.
• Build Western card stock buildings
• Paint Cowboy and Indian figures

Pulp – Found a lot of resources, need to finalize

• Continue research into Cthulhu
• Figure out stats for Larger Than Life
• Asses terrain and buildings
• Source more figures

WWII – Not much progress

• Finish reading NUTS!
• Paint Billy V Americans and Germans
• Look through Not Quite Mechanized
• Revisit Squad Leader in Miniature

Sci-Fi – Not much progress, added Star Navy and Fighter Command

• Read 5150 rules
• Source Figures
• Play the damn game

So as you can see a lot of work still to do. I've decided that I need to focus on the work instead of the results. In that way I will have something accomplished.

Off for a quick Holiday weekend. Have a happy and safe 4th of July. If you celebrate it that is.