The Beasts Now Have Their Own Rocky Terrain. Very Pleased With The Herdstone In Particular.

Here is the Age of Sigmar Loonshrine I painted a while ago and the Idol of Gork and Mork for size comparison!

I like my thrones miniature, and my kings dying as a plot device in Fire Emblem games.

Today is a little different, I want to talk about the secondary market. Because some friends of mine on discord were astonished at how much my empire units new in box cost and I want to elaborate more on making the best use of kits. Consider this part two of hobbying while being cheap and neurodivergent.

You should have a healthy bits box at all times. You can have several of them. There are a lot of eBay listings for just piles of bits and unfinished minis that you can use to make bespoke Warhammer minis out of just spare parts from multiple kits. Kitbashing is not a revelation, it even predates wargames as it’s a carry over from model railroad hobbyists. But you should buy listings of random bits because you can get some fantastic parts from kits you weren’t thinking of getting for incredible prices.

The re release of these old Warhammer kits comes with a lot of great bits for conversions, I think they really are worth more than people are thinking they are!

The main thing I want to talk about though is how to exploit the chud cycle to maximize your hobby hauls. I won’t get super political in this post because it’s not really what it’s about. But there is a cycle where really negative dudes get into the hobby through a video game like space marine 2 or a lore channel and buy a lot of minis. Then they get upset about how modern games workshop, a multi billion dollar company, has gone woke or whatever. Then they go farther back into earlier editions to try to escape whatever it is they don’t like, only to find that the satire is stronger the farther back they go. A lot of these guys putt around for a while and then give up and sell their armies for really cheap on eBay and Facebook marketplace. A lot of them are willing to haggle.

That isn’t political, it’s economical.

Neither is the satisfaction I get when these guys tell me I don’t belong in the hobby and I show them my armies I’ve painted over almost 30 years.

Take advantage of the deals!

Several generations of wood Elf minis join together to become my Waywatchers

I KNOW HOW MY FILTHY MUTANT ABILITIES UPSET YOU, SCHMIDT. DON’T WORRY–

–YOU WILL DIE PURE. NO MAGNETISM 

JUST FISTS.

An oldhammer savage orc chieftain I just painted up! I’m super pleased with the pelt!

Listen, I’ll post miniatures later. This has been my day so far and I’m not over it.

Our end times are unglamorous. I thought there was going to be horses. I’m pretty sure I was promised guys on horses.

This is really cool!!! Absolutely beautiful!

i finished my biggest project yet :))

i made spirited away's bathouse from scratch. most materials came from my trash or the dollar store