Musings on 16-bit

I recently saw a comic relating to the Street Fighter series. I've always been more of a Mortal Kombat fan, but there is one response that I have to SF.


With that, I guess I should note that I still play too many video games. Currently, Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero (3,4,M), SSB Brawl, MadWorld and other Wii games. But I feel accomplished because I did some touch-up painting on my Eldar and Tyranids. Good stuff.

Flawless victory.

One down...

: D

Here's a picture of my new, but now old, lictor:

Yes, that is a copy of No More Heroes under it.

Now for what I did last night:

Just 198 left to go...woo...

Oh, that too...

Yeah, I forgot to put these on the list:
3 Warriors
32 Genestealers [16 new, 16 2nd or 3rd edition]

: D

Munch Munch Munch

I haven't posted in a while. I know, I'm horrible. School has kept me busy.
Painting wise:
What I have destroyed:
1 Lictor
What I have fixed / touched up / painted:
1 Hive Tyrant
1 Lictor
What I have started assembling / painting:
1 Carnifex
What I have bought / is still in box:
1 squad of Dire Avengers [10]
4 Boxes of Carnifexes
8 Boxes of 20 gaunts each
174 models...
: D

For the Win...

On Saturday, D.Lair had a 3k point megabattle tournament. It turned out to be me and another player only. Since his army wasn't painted and mine was, he wasn't able to take 1st place. We had a very close game, but again, I won due to my painting. So since GW sponsers us now, I nabbed $105 worth of free models for my army. I finished this beastie yesterday and now can post pics of it since we have a new camera, even if it is magnified about 1000X. He isn't fully finished, I need to go back and fix some spots and highlight others, but he is blog worthy. Enjoy. : D

It's been a month and a few days...

...since I last posted. I know, I know, harp my ass for being lazy. But I really haven't. A lot has happened since then. First off,

End of July:

Harlequins - mostly redone. I've put diamond patterns on them, but haven't gotten around to finishing/highlighting them and stuff.
NYLF/MED - This was a 10 day long camp I went to from July 22 to August 1st. It was amazing. It is a pre-doctoral camp and I was able to talk to many doctors, med students, residents, see two surgeries [I was in the operating room!!!], get a FREE MRI, meet and greet peeps that will chill with me later this year, and just have a blast overall. Add a comment if you want me to go into more detail. Trust me, I can. : D

August:

Band Camp - It has started. For the past two weeks, I've been out in the hot sun on a newly repaved ass-fault parking lot with my big ol' 30 lbs-ish baritone saxophone teaching the freshman and sophomores how to march with their tenor saxophones and how to do it well. I'm just a beast like that.
School - Starts on Monday, August 27th. Not looking forward to not being able to sleep in. I am looking forward to my full 8 class schedule [all AP classes...woo-hoo], me being able to leave campus and go eat at home, and, of course, being a SENIOR!!!!!

Things for the future:
1) I am currently working on my second Lictor. He is going to be black and gold [brazen brass] and camouflaged on pieces of my old monolith. Yeah, he's that badass.
2) My letter of acceptance/rejection [hopefully acceptance] to
Wake Forest University
up in North Carolina. My early decision application is being reviewed and will be sent around September 15 -22.
3) Painting. I've been going to tournaments and have won some which entitles me to a consolation prize. I've picked up some tyranid warriors. Next up: Battle Box.

That's all for now.

Update

So I've not posted in a while. And, a lot has happened.
1) School's out for the summer. School's out forever...but not really. It's nice to have time to relax and do what I want whenever.
2) I've spent time with my friends, family, girlfriend, gaming group, and other peeps that I haven't had time to spend with in a while.
3) Marching season will start soon. Woo-hoo!
4) Guitar Hero II is amazing.
5) I got off my lazy ass and painted.
Here are things I've painted:
4 Harlequins
1 Death Jester [revisted - a few touch ups and whatnot]
8 Dire Avengers [squad is finished]
3 Shining Spears including Exarch [need to go back for details ad highlighting]
Autarch [He is no longer "dragging" his jetbike, rather is mounted on a Vyper]
Upper body of my third Dire Avenger Exarch [hint hint?]
Thing left to paint:
1 Shadowseer [Bought her yesterday (Saturday - it's 1:26 am Sunday)]
Autarch's Vyper
5 Pathfinders [If I REALLY need to use them again]

I'll have my new list up shortly. It's pretty nice I'll admit, and might write some tactics on the Eldar myself. Check Bell of Lost Souls for other tactics.