April 2022 Modeling

April modeling consisted of just these two pieces of terrain.  First ones with posters ever so that's a small milestone.  A death in the family and a busy work month meant that the bulk of my time was spent focused on other matters.

 

March 2022 Modeling

 

March turns out to be busier than expected with a return to full time commuting to work, more sibling illness and even a short road trip to see our oldest daughter.  No hobby activity until the last week of the month which meant I had enough time to finish off the metal sculpts of the four Imperial assassins and a Catachan plastic conversion of a bounty hunter/Inquisitorial acolyte/sniper or some such thing.

February 2022 Modeling

 

February modeling was fairly limited.  Ten pieces of scatter terrain and five random figures.  Busy month that included a leak in my main hobby closet that forced me to take everything out to dry the space and review what was damaged.  Most of the paper products I really valued survived and the review of box contents revealed a few of the scatter pieces like the Armorcast skull piles and masoleum that I finally finished painting.  My favorite bit was the drink dispenser.  I shouldn't be that happy about a dental floss container but it turned out alright.

Photographing outside in bright sunlight was harder than I thought it would be.  Fortunately I can cast  a big enough shadow that I could take a few pictures.

January 2022 Modeling

January modeling was limited by time and enthusiasm.  Managed to finish a unit of xenos counts as storm trooper models I converted many years ago as part of a Inquisition/Space Marine/Imperial Guard set of forces for 5th edition 40K or something like that.  Never got very far besides lots of buying and some converting but maybe I can finish up some of these ideas in lieu of buying more models.

Somewhere there's a brainstorming model in my hobby notes with ideas for all three types of forces that probably includes puritanical and radical Inquisitors along with the allies they'd gather to take to the 40K battlefield.  Have to assume these tree storm troopers were for the Radical Xenos Inquisitor.

 

Mortal Citizens 2022

 

Backdrop scenery setting atmosphere.  Particulates in solution amidst agents and reagents.  Foils spoiling plans. Foundational functionaries of whatever passes for society.  Underhivers, town folk, distressing damsels...the young and the old.  There is always the need for crowds, dregs and story hooks.  Thanks to Warboss Kurgan's blog where he is currently working on his conversions for the Mortal Citizens Instagram for 2022 I was made aware of a set of prompts to create citizens for my various gaming settings. 

January - Constable/Judiciary/Investigator

February - Messenger/Diplomat/Court Advisor

March - Quartermaster/Logistics

April - Trader/Merchant

May - Explorer

June - Scholar/Librarian/Historian

July - Farmer/Agriculture/Animal Husbandry

August - Smith/Industry/Chemist/Alchemist

September - Entertainer

October - Clergy

November - Companion/Pet/Retainer

December - Ruffian/Criminal

I'm already behind on the prompts but with a ton of models and bits I should be able to come up with something for each.  My two main modeling settings are Necromunda/40K and Pulp.  A full set for either setting is likely beyond me but we'll see.

2022 Hobby Plans

No definite 2022 Necromunda roadmap that I can find to guide my hobbying for the year so I’m left to my own devices.  Traditionally this would mean loads of buying, some modeling, little painting, zero completed models and no games.  Building off a successful hobby 2021 (in which I finished 247 models, 2 vehicles and some terrain (mostly scatter)) I will hopefully be able to invert my traditional hobby output for a second year in a row.

• Necromunda

• Marketplace stalls, scatter, vendors, etc. including a Fude Court.

• Convert a citizen/hanger on model a month

• Cawdor gang = Cawdor

• Starting gang list

• Skittering

• Model and paint starting gang

• Rattus Tatterskin conversion

• Gang terrain

• 6 25mm bases for hidden traps

• Incendiary Trap

• Divine Brazier

• 32mm base

• Fire

• Hive Incense

• 32mm base

• Smoke - 3” -1 to hit roll

• Gas - all fighters except Cawdor activating within 3” of a marker must make a Toughness check

• Caged Heretic

• 32mm base

• Nerve test if movement ended within 6” of marker

• Caged heretic

• Holy Gang Relic

• 40mm base

• Only included if defender in scenario

• Pillar/Plinth with sacred object on it

• Delaque gang = Inquisitor cells

• Starting gang list

• Interrogator and operatives

• Black ship retrieval team

• Model and paint starting gang

• Anvil Industry models

• Nas Slorac Neighborhood Thundercube venue

• Use Eric’s Hobby Workshop jousting stands to make the basic crowd stands.

• Play through the basic scenarios in the rulebook:

• Sector Mechanicus

• Zone Mortalis

In progress Rattus on left...

• Pulp Alley

• Paint Pulp Alley Leagues from kickstarter

• Make Pulp Alley leagues from 40K and Necromunda minis

• Build up Pulp terrain collection

• Make downtown buildings from Matakishi plans

• Practice scenarios 

• Play games

• Pulp leagues

• 40K leagues

• One Page Rules

• Download Grimfight and Grimfight Skirmish rules

• Make some army lists

• Model forces from collection

• Play some small games using AI rules