Water under the bridge, and the floor…

Well, as much as I pledged to post a bit more often this year, Mother Nature didn’t agree with it. Our area got a historic level of rain happen at the beginning of August, and our basement flooded because of that. Luckily, we didn’t lose much, but it has been a long process to empty it out, dry and clean everything, renovate, and slowly move stuff back. We are not fully settled back in yet, but it’s finally moving at a steady pace, and I got back most of my hobby setup.

One positive side of that event was that in doing the rebuilding, we managed to create a closed office room for my work and hobby. It’s small, but I have a zone of my own now, which I am quite happy about. It’s also quieter than the playroom I was sharing with the kids, which is another bonus.

While all this was happening, I didn’t get much hobby done or games played. I managed to paint a bit some slower nights, on the corner of the kitchen table, but it wasn’t the most efficient way to do it. Also, without most of my material on hand, nothing was really done, as I still needed to varnish those, and even find some missing bases. It was not the best time for me as a hobbyist, I must say.

But that’s a thing of the past! I was able to airbrush last weekend for the first time in almost four months. Since I prime and varnish almost exclusively that way, I couldn’t properly finish any pieces or start new ones, other than doing some model cleaning. I got hold of the missing bases for my Relic Knights. I got my basing materials. With all that, I was able to complete multiple small projects, and finally move on some new ones.

Here are some of them, but I’ll post better pictures once I can set up my photo booth, and find my background terrain pieces.

Second wave of Rocavivas (Nemesis)

Shattered Sword Paladins repaints (Relic Knights)

Henchmen of the Ospedale (Carnevale)

Knights of the Squared Circle (Rumbleslam)

 

I did some cleaning and model preparation on other projects, including but not limited to, my Drowned Earth Corsairs, Dreadfleet, and some Pulp City. I also had to do repairs on a handful of models that were broken during storage. Nothing major though, and it’s all done now.

With the upcoming holiday period, I probably won’t be able to post again before the end of the year, so I wish you now a cheerful end of year period, and a happy new year soon!