Minis Catch Up Part 2: I'm To Young To Dye

A tenuous pun at best, but whatever. Continuing where the last post left off let's get on with the next installment of DOOM minis, shall we?

Minis Catch Up Part 1: Knee Deep In The Lead

Well, plastic actually. But why let that stand in the way of a terrible pun?

It had been a long, long time since I'd done any painting. And I can't say I really had any plans to take up the hobby again. That is until I managed to pick up a copy of DOOM: The Boardgame. I was looking for something with a kind of Space Crusade vibe, and from what I'd read it fit the bill quite nicely. After managing to snap up a copy of the game and expansion on ebay we gave it a whirl and it proved to be an instant hit. Even though my players have yet to beat the first scenario. But there was I, with a big pile of pretty good minis for a game that everyone enjoyed playing. What was I going to do?

Once more unto the breach and all that. or at least once more unto the ebay for some supplies.

From The Dark Arse

It occurs to me that I have of late been somewhat reticent in my postings. Which is nothing overly new to be honest. There's always some periods where one is more compelled to wax poetic than others. However it has to be said that my energies have of late been largely focused on other pursuits.

Firstly of course there has been the ongoing regime of Wii fit exercise. Or "Suffering" as I prefer to call it. You'd be surprised just how much walking up and down imaginary stairs for an hour a day can really fuck up ones schedule. But at least I can do it whilst watching Doctor Who, so I guess that's something.

The next pressing concern has been my ongoing attempts to sort and catalog my collection of Yu-Gi-Oh cards. This isn't nearly as straightfoward as you'd think. And wouldn't even be an issue if there was actually some supported database for the damn game. You know, like pretty much every other CCG ever. But since the best option is about 6 YEARS out of date I was left with no option but to begin building a needlessly complicated spreadsheet of my own. One day I might even finish the raw data entry and actually get on with some proper deck building functions.

So far so boring, but the other thing that's been occupying my time is mini painting. This is something I used to back in the day when I was young and Games Workshop wasn't just full of kids who aren't any older than I was back when I was collecting GW stuff. Honestly, what's that all about? But anyway, the point is that I have, after a long absence, once more taken up the brush. And, shockingly, I don't actually seem to suck as much as used to. Some stuff has actually come out okay. And it occurs to me that this is something I really should be blogging about. I'm no expert, and nothing I produce will be as good as the stuff you see on some peoples blogs, but that's not the point. As long as I enjoy doing it I might as well make the effort to write about it. And you never know, I might even improve slightly.

So, over the course of the next few posts I'm going to try and catch up with the gallery of things I've been doing this year. All of which already exist on the google+, but none of which I've yet taken the time to put up here. Which, quite frankly, is just silly.

Now The Reboot's On the Other Foot

You know, it occurs to me that, having a viking from space, in a crypt, being eaten alive by skulls, Doctor Who has never been quite so phenomenally METAL.

I'm pretty sure Behemoth had a video like this.

Bitey The Bullet

Closing Time is an... interesting episode. There's a lot of good stuff in there to be fair. However there are also certain elements in there that I have personally gone on record several time railing against. Indeed, after the first time I watched it I came away feeling a little disappointed. Rewatching it I came to realize that much of this dissatisfaction came from my own expectations and preconceptions. It's silly to judge on episode on what it wasn't rather than what it is. After all, even if it isn't good it's still bad.

Luckily, for all it's faults, this is no Fear Her. But still, what was the problem?

A Complex Delusion

There are many things about the God Complex that I wasn't expecting. That's part of the advantage of avoiding spoilers. I was expecting the Minotaur. After all, he's been in all the promo pictures. But I wasn't expecting the Horns Of Nimon reference. Nor was I expecting another nod to Curse Of Fenric. I mean, twice in one season? Who knew?

But of course the main thing that I think no one was expecting was the way it ended.

This Is What We've Been Waiting For

I'm pretty sure that I've previously mentioned Steven Moffats apparent and somewhat disturbing prediliction for having his main characters repeatedly killed off. This really doesn't look like a habit that's going to get broken any time soon.

Sorry, does that count as a spoiler? I would have thought you'd realise that "Someone Dies" is pretty much par for the course these days. I mean, it's the whole POINT of this series. And anyway, why would you have not watched it by now? It's a goddamn week later. The only reason it's taken me this long to start writing it up is that the Wii Fit is trying to kill me.

So, anyway. What did we think of The Girl Who Waited (to fucking die).

Guys & Dolls

Night Terrors held a lot of promise. This has so far been a pretty strong series overall, with a dark and creepy atmosphere as almost the default setting. The idea of taking all those childhood fears and projecting them through the lens of Mark Gattis' writing onto the shifting tapestry of horrors that is series 6 seemed like a sure fire recipe for success.

Still, can't win them all can we?

Blasphemy

Okay, I'm just gonna come out and say it. I think it's time to remake Star Wars.

Now, this isn't a decision that I've come to lightly. After all, if there's one thing any right minded sentient life form can agree on it's that remakes almost universally suck balls. And everyone likes Star Wars, right?

Well, nearly everyone. Hello George. Yes, we are talking about you. Again.