Mathhammer Links

I want to incorporate what Bringer of Victory Metrics in to how I crunch my numbers.  I want a system to compare units.  I think he has a good system, but there this voice in the back of my head that says he over looking something.  This is a familiar voice for me, that has severed me well in my math and science back ground.  I need to spend some time not reading but doing some pencil and paper work so I can fully understand what going on.  Any way here is the FAQ.

Also here a OK link as how to do mathhammering.

Off to play blood bowl tomorrow.  In addition I want to post some more probability sheets in the next week along with a battle report or two.  I have on American Civil War game to post and if I get a game in tomorrow I try to get that up too.  It would be nice to do a detail annalists of the game, see how reality stacks with the numbers, but not sure how to record the data I would need and still enjoy the game.

Blood Bowl (Elves)

My local FLGS is having a Blood Bowl League so I went and bought a team.  There is also a painting comption going on at the same time, so this is also my entery in to.

Here are the three test models that I finished tonight.  I spending a lot of time one each model before going on to the next, but still dabbing paint on the next model.  This sort of hybrid approach has been fun and I think I finish the whole lot (17 in total) in small batches.  Not as fast if I was doing it assemble style but have till the end of the month to finish.

 This is them cleaned and mounted, the flanges on the bottom were so small I used green stuff to mount them and fill in the slat on the base.

 The next part was putting down some basing material I picked up from a model train store.  My plan is to cover this with grass turf latter, but still have some the under gravel sticking out.

 Then tape down to a stick and primed gray, I now do all priming in gray, it between black (which I don't like) and white (very hard to get good results). 

 Here is the finish product, or at least what is done now.  Love how the cheerleader base came out. She also has by far the best face I have ever painted. Funny thing is she is the wrong model, I order a different on from my local FLGS, but I liked her so I keeped her.  I going to order the other on, so I have two cheerleaders. 

 As always let me know what you think!

Go to an Art Museum, no Seriously GO!

On vacation I had the opportunity to visit a small but wonderful exhibit on Venetian Renaissance painters The Houston Museum of Fine Arts. Which in two very famous paintings by Titian: Diana and Actaeon & Diana and Callisto.  If you are any sort of painter, it worth checking this exhibit out, it a traveling one (on loan from Scotland), but I’m not sure where it going after it leaves Houston. 

 Before I get to my point I want you to check out this link here.  You can read the text if you like but what I want you to pay attention to is robe of the Madonna and the Pink flag.   

Go look, I be here when you get back.

Back, no really look first then read on.

The whole exhibit was this excellent work of use of colour, light and dark, and lines to define clothing.  I cannot think of a single cape or article of clothing on a miniature that would not benefit form a little time studding how a master dealt with such subjects.

That was one of my favorite paintings in the collection, the other was one of Venus by Titian, while the two of Diana were nice, in this on of Venus, he masters how to paint flesh, and there a lot there to paint.

So here my point, get yourself to an art museum and take a time to look at what other people have done.  Get yourself inspired.  My one regret is I did not bring my camera in so I do not have pictures to study after wards.

Vaction and an Blog to Watch

I will be off on vacation for the next two weeks, but I found a blog that has given me a lot to think of.


Bringer of Victory

It reads as if is written by an economist, but this is a good thing.  It seems that the blogger has come up with a system evaluating the usefulness of units.  I have not read enough yet to say or understand what exactly he doing, or if I agree with his methodology. 

Bringer of Victory is doing something a bit different then I set out to do.  I want to show the odds of how many kills a single unit will get, he is evaluating a whole list over the entire game, and giving it a numeric score.  When I get back from vacation I will be more informed and better able to give my two cents.

Them dry bones . . .

Here is the other half of what I bought off my friend. 

Tomb Kings!

Ok so now what?

 Recently I bought a lot of models off an old friend.  Problem is they are Dark Angles and I don't play Dark Angles, and am not to interested in them as an Army.  Now why would I do this, well he need the money and I had it, there was another other Marine stuff in the deal that I did want, and it was a packaget deal.  So here what I got.



Going to keep these scouts as they are, kind of like the paint job.

Happy about these guys, but they need to be striped a re-painted.

Very excited about this, all four Chapter Masters, though one is missing his sword. Need to call my friend up and see if he forgot to ship it.

A Death Wing squad with Terminator.  Paint job is OK, but could use some touch ups, but I am unsure at if I going to keep the white, does not fit with my army.  I hate to redo some one else work when it is decent.

The next army build I am going for is Master of the Forge with six dreadnoughts.  Despite how well these are painted, I not going to keep the green and these will be striped and repainted.

 Not to much of a fan of the old stuff like this, so I have another buddy that might be willing to trade me something for this.

 Now we are getting to the problems:

First is that I have eight full Raven Wing Upgrades sprunes, and eleven bikes that have these wing motifs that I don't care for.  

Besides my Master of the Forge build, I want my next army to be a hybrid.  I want to be able to play it as Space Wolves or Black Templar.  I don't mind the sword motif of the Dark Angels but I not to hot on all the feathers and wings.  On top of that I don't like the Bikes, not sure it my style of game play and am sure I don't like the models that much.  I might trade the bikes away, or I could sit on them and get over my objections, it just those wings need to go.

Geeking out TMBG.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/they-might-be-giants-covers-chumbawamba,53068/.

Ok so I am showing my age, but enjoy.