The ADHS Diaries - part 10

Time for a catch up diary post... with added run down of current hobby fund purchases!

Bolt Action
I decided to get a different tractor for the antifascists (seeing as I seem to have lost part of the original one I did get...).  That'll hopefully encourage me to finish prepping this project as the vile fascists have been prepped for some time.  Then it's just the two forces for the Korean War and that's everything prepped.

Burrows & Badgers
I've got a few scenery bits and pieces coming for this from a range of sources; Alternative Armies, TTCombat, Spellcrow and a random 3D printer.

Carnevale
Well seeing as TTCombat finally added some things I'd been waiting for (ie. the Paladin of St Lazarus) to the single miniatures on their website I've got stuff coming to use up all the current cobblestone resin bases - a Barber and Butcher for the Guild, a Nurse for the Doctors, a Cat Burglar for the Patricians and the Paladin and the Angel of the Blooded Rose for the Vatican.

Gorkamorka

I finally got round to adding the Orc Lookout MDF kit from TTCombat to an order - this should go quite nicely with the Speed Freeks scenery I got recently.

Hardwired/Reality's Edge
A 3D printer I've used on Etsy had a sale on so I've ordered a selection of cyberpunk minis that I've had my eyes on for a while now.  Still need to get some minis as Avatars for Reality's Edge, but pretty well set for Hardwired once they are all prepped.

Malifaux
I've pre-ordered the Arcanist and Ten Thunders Starters.  Ties back to Mei Feng being my first purchase!  I've also got some Charm Warders coming to add to my Shenlong crew - eventually I'll get the Devoted Students box, but for now the hobby fund doesn't allow for them unfortunately.

Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game
Some actual hobby to report on this one - I've painted all the Dead of Dunharrow force! They are awaiting vegetation on bases - but still deciding what to do as I intend all the MESBG stuff we have to be based the same.  I've also prepped some stuff for the Mordor and Harad forces - got a couple more minis on order too.  I also realised I did a really shoddy job removing mould lines from a bunch of Rohan and Harad troops - luckly I spotted before priming, so I need to go back and fix that before they get their undercoat.

Rampanthammer
On a whim I've decided to add another unit each to our Empire, Chaos and Skaven armies - Dogs of War Birdmen for the Empire, an ancient Dragon Ogre for the forces of Chaos and a Plague Catapult to add to the ratmen.  Think that'll do now unless one of the 3D sculptors out there does something I can't resist.

The Silver Bayonet
I've finally ordered the Bone Cart from Alternative Armies - and seeing as their Spring Mega Event is on I took advantage and have added Jack Frost to the collection.

Star Wars Legion
I've ordered some bases that, hopefully, will match the official ones a bit better in size.  I've also ordered an Imperial Officer to add to the Empire side, mostly cause I wanted a mini with a little holoprojector communicator in their hand cause I thought it'd be cool to paint!

The ADHS Diaries - part 8

After a week off the Diaries continue!

Burrows & Badgers
I got the two 'new' (I have no idea how new they are since leaving Twitter) books - and it's got me thinking about adding just a couple of shady types to my Necromancer and Ghasts to have access to a Necromancer gang.  Just have to decide on which mini to use as the apprentice 🤔

Gorkamorka
From outta nowhere! I got a decent deal on the scrap piles and barricades that I think first came out with the Speed Freeks game so figured what the heck!  It's actually got me pondering a couple of special character mercenaries to add to the collection just for fun (there's some fun 3D printed cowboy type Orks out there that have caught my eye!) - I've got a Flash Git already to add to the ones in the Digganob expansion (never did get the scrap prospector though... hmmm)

Malifaux
The Seeker keyword is now prepped for priming (well, except the Surveyors, but as they are shared with the Syndicate keyword they can wait until I tackle the Anya core box!).

Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game
Work continues on the prepping of the various forces for this - I got a great deal on a second hand Haradrim force; 17 spearmen, 18 archers, 6 mounted raiders, Suladan (foot and mounted).  I've also added some other command pieces and have some extra troop types coming eventually.  I've also added another 24 warriors to the Rohan collection - and I've got some sprues on the way to try to kitbash some command figures as they are hen's teeth on eBay!  Finally I got some spear armed 3D printed Orcs to use as Mordor Orcs to cheaply pad out my mostly Morannon force!  Sand-dipping like a boss on this lot!

Star Wars Legion
I got the LAAT/ie Gunship for an absolute steal so that helps balance out the two forces a little!  I want a couple more Officer minis to add to units (most likely one each of Rebels and Empire) but otherwise I think it'll just be characters I add from now on... famous last words!  Better get assembling and prepping it all now!

The ADHS Diaries - part 5

Thanks to a break in the wind here I was finally able to prime a load of stuff!  I've primed scenery and miniatures for *deep breath*

The Burning Sands
Dracula's America
Malifaux
The Men Who Would Be Kings
Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game
Mordheim
Of Gods and Mortals
The Silver Bayonet

That's helped clear the decks a little so I can crack on with...

Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game
I've got the 3D printed Orcs to prep now - as well as some Rohan warriors to accompany Eowyn.  I also chanced across a great deal on some Army of the Dead... 

Star Wars Legion
I've sorted out everything we have so far - need a few bases and ended up with quite a bit more for the Rebels so when funds allow I'll be adding to the Empire force.

The ADHS Diaries - part 2

Another week of mostly prepping and sand-dipping - and not likely to change anytime soon!

Hardwired/Reality's Edge
I need to sort out how many bases I've got left (MAS Warehouse ones) - that will inform what else I get for this project.  I know I need a couple of businessmen types for Reality's Edge in particular.  I think the remaining minis for this project will be from the Papsikels range - there's a few people out there offering them printed, so it's just a case of working out numbers and seeing what I can get.

Malifaux
The Shenlong box is now sand-dipped all ready for priming when weather permits.  Not sure what keyword to do next (see last Diary)... maybe Seeker as that's not been unboxed from Christmas!

The Men Who Would Be Kings
The Boers will be next up on the hobby workspace once it's been cleared down.  There's only three units so hopefully won't take too long to do.

Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game
Gothmog(s), the Troll and the Orcs are all prepped.  Then disaster struck - my workspace got knocked over... thankfully most of the minis were OK, the only one that sustained damage was Faramir, whose sword snapped.  I have been unable to locate the sword part, so the Battle of Osgiliath Faramir will not see the light of day.  I have instead ordered an Armoured Faramir second-hand from eBay - he'll look better with the Warriors of Minas Tirith that was anyway! I may also have got some friends for the Good guys at the same time...

Of Gods and Mortals
The Celts and Slavs forces are all sand-dipped and, much like the rest of the backlog, waiting for some half-decent weather to get sprayed black!

The Silver Bayonet
The Sidhe warriors and assorted other monsters for our Hunters to face are all prepped.  Unless inspiration strikes there's unlikely to be too many more minis bought for this now - but that's no bad thing as I've got the rulebook monsters, all sorts of other random things, and enough to theme games in Greece, Egypt, Ireland and Poland.  

Star Wars Legion
This is slowly coming together - I've had a couple of deliveries of 3D printed minis, but waiting for a couple more before I sink my teeth into prepping it all.  

The ADHS Diaries - part 1

As mentioned in my first post of 2023 - here's the first in my ongoing series of ADHS Diary posts.  These will be simple run throughs of what I've been doing hobby-wise - mostly to help me feel positive about my hobby and to allow me to look back on the progress I've made. Here we go!


This past week has been largely prepping and sand-dipping a host of different things.  I'm building up quite the backlog to prime when weather eventually allows!

Malifaux
The M2E Shenlong box arrived - it actually got prepped rather quickly by my standards!  The minis were straight forward enough to assemble - the trickiest being the Monks of High River, but even they were easy compared to some Malifaux minis!  I had started assembling the Performer keyword, but that might be a bit too fiddly right now, so it's on pause.  I'll either wait until I'm in a better head space or I'll pick another (simpler) keyword to assemble instead.

Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game
I've prepped the Good troops - and Madril - and have prepped Gorbag and the 3D printed Shadow Lord/Ringwraith proxy I got too.  I'll work on Faramir and Damrod next, then turn attention to the Orcs, Troll and Gothmog (foot and on Warg versions).  The ruins look a bit of a faff so they can wait a while as I've got a busy week coming up work-wise; otherwise I expect the miniatures from the Battle of Osgiliath set to be all prepped by the time my next diary post rolls round.

Of Gods and Mortals
The Celts and Slavs are all prepped now - if I mention I'm considering any more chariots remind me how much I dislike assembling them OK?

The Silver Bayonet
I'm still waiting on a couple of orders - one of various larger monsters and one of Sidhe warriors (well, Wood Elves, but you get the idea).  These should be relatively easy to prep once they arrive though, so might be a nice low-effort kinda hobby session one night this coming week to keep momentum going.

Star Wars Legion
This remains in its boxes - although I do have some weird and wonderful stuff on order! I think this will wait until the various things arrive so that I can blitz through them all together though.