Giving myself lots to do! Part one

So, Salute has come and gone for another year and it's time to look forward to the next big get together BOYL14 or Oldhammer day, depending which way you're inclined. I missed last years inaugural event (I would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for the meddling kids! To paraphrase scooby-doo villains) but I'm already booked in with the better half for this year. The news that Foundry are moving is actually quite exciting, although some people are less than enthused, as the new site seems to be perfect for a weekend get together. It's also easier for me to get to, being closer to the A1 and also avoids the scariness of parking in the dodgy streets round their current HQ.  Of course nothing has been confirmed about the venue but I'm sure we'll find out soon enough.


But on to the important stuff. The games. So far I've organised pretty much my whole days gaming for Saturday which means I can spend Sunday nursing a hangover and admiring other people's pretty miniatures and joining in games where I don't have think too much.

So what have I got planned? Well Cheetor over at the sho3box blog  and I have been man flirting exchanging ideas about a Rogue Trader game that takes it's inspiration from the semi-mythical tales of Abdul Goldberg. Essentially we are going to have two mobs of interstellar rogues fighting over some prized loot while other silly stuff goes on around about them. I don't want to give too much away but the consequences from this little interstellar tussle may pop-up elsewhere during the weekend. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.



This obviously means that some mini's are going to need painting.
First of all I'm going to need a crew of piratey ruffians. I don't need to buy any mini's (can you hear my paypal accounting sighing in relief?) as I've got quite a few already primed and ready to go. In fact I have 8 scurvy crew from this venerable citadel range which in my opinion doesn't get enough love from the cognoscenti.

In addition I've got a couple of figs to use for champions. Spit gun Suzy from the citadel Judge Dredd range is a slightly alien look sci-fi figure that looks likes she'll happily boss some space scum around.

The other figure is from the Lead Adventure miniatures range and I'm only using him cos I think he's a brilliantly characterful little figure and fits the Rogue Trader aesthetic nicely. Frankenstein's monster with a Heavy Stubber talking up with a space pirate crew? Why the hell not.

http://www.lead-adventure.com/

This motley crew need a captain. Now I could use the space pirate that I built in January but I want to make a new fig. He'll be a conversion of non-citadel figure, I won't give too much away just now but I'll probably get round to starting him this weekend so stay tuned.

In addition to this I'm going to need a couple of servitors to do the heavy lifting. I've got a couple of the more modern ones painted but I really want to get my Bob Olley ones painted as they are such flabby figs and I've finally got my hands on a pair.

We also need some transport but I've already got my Arvus Lighter painted

I might at some graphitti ala Elysium. 

Maybe not as full on as this but some references to humans smelling of grox dung and the coming if a giant pudding might be fitting!
That gives me a total of 15 figures, including one conversion, to paint for our game. Not too taxing. Anyway I've realised that this post has rambled on for a bit so I'll call it a day there and do part two tomorrow.