I have been wanting to get a wheel for playing racing games for quite a while, and identified the Logitech G920 as what would be ideal for me a while back, but alas at £200-£230 it’s still relatively expensive despite being a rather entry level device.

So I was keeping an eye out on eBay and Facebook Marketplace, I post a few auctions on eBay, and Facebook Marketplace has an issue with people listing things for a stupidly low price and having no intention of selling it for that, or being a straight up scammer saying they will ship it from a warehouse in the EU if I PayPal them the money as Friends and Family.

But I kept at it, and in mid November I managed to secure a deal on Facebook Marketplace, which involved a back alley knife fight (I jest), the G920 for £90, and the seller even threw in a Playseat Challenge PlayStation Edition which was supposed to cost £200 on its own!

So I was over the moon with that, we met the fella in the car park of the Burger King at Teeside Park at 10pm, and he pulled up in a dodgy looking Transit, I handed over the cash and he gave me the stuff, which we had to stuff into the back seat of our car, whilst fitting me in at the same time!

I got to use it quite a lot initially upstairs, and it was a heck of a learning curve, I am great on controller but this is gonna take a lot of learning!

To add to the experience, Lindsay and Megan got me the Logitech Driving Force Shifter for Christmas, to add the manual gear shift to make it a bit cooler and more realistic.

I haven’t had a lot of chance to play with it, but I got it setup with the Playseat after Christmas and did some driving round in Forza Horizon 5, which was so much fun!

And before publication I got it all set up in Euro Truck Simulator 2 as part of my plans to regularly stream some of that.

Started the training for the game, and will be getting ready to start streaming a week Wednesday

What I Am Modelling

I started by painting the first Malcador for my Solar Auxilia

And finally Karazai the Scarred for my Stormcast Eternals

After that I painted some Heavy Intercessors that I had 3D printed

Plus a Lieutenant for them as well, armed with a Plasma Pistol and Power Sword

Alongside a Librarian in Terminator Armour from Combat Patrol

And another Librarian in Terminator Armour, but this one was joining the Ultramarines

After that I finished my Paragon Warsuits for the Sister of Battle, with these Heavy Flamer armed ones

I am now currently working on a 20 man Lasrifle Section for my Solar Auxilia


So what’s up next?

  1. Blood Angels Landspeeders
  2. Lasrifle Section x 20 & Medicae x 3
  3. Dark Angels Impulsor
  4. Ardboyz x 10
  5. Skragrot the Loonking & Rabble-Rowza
  6. Allarus Custodians x 3
  7. Rockgut Troggoths x 3
  8. Atheon Heavy Sentinels x 3
  9. Retributors x 5
  10. Ultramarines Terminators x 5

What I Am Reading

I finished Fabius Bile: Primogenitor by Josh Reynolds, an interesting listen, and I will be tackling the next two in short order!

I then listened to some Doctor Who audios, starting with Caerdroia by Lloyd Rose, and The Next Life by Alan Barnes, which finished off the whole universe without time arc, which I am very glad of, because that wasn’t all that enjoyable.

And finally The Juggernauts by Scott Alan Woodward, which was a lot of fun, 6 and Mel are very good together!

I am also currently slowly making my way through Eidolon: The Auric Hammer by Marc Collins.

What Tabletop Games I Am Playing

On Tuesday night I played a game of Ticket to Ride Paris with Megan and Lindsay

And I won with 33 points, just 1 point ahead of Megan!

I was supposed to play a game with Paul of Warhammer 40K, I debting my Deatg Korps of Krieg with this list from the Astra Militarium index

Krieg (2000 Points)

CHARACTERS

Cadian Command Squad (65 Points)
• 1x Cadian Commander
• Warlord
◦ 1x Laspistol
◦ 1x Power weapon
• 1x Cadian Veteran Guardsman
◦ 1x Laspistol
◦ 1x Plasma gun
• 1x Cadian Veteran Guardsman with Master Vox
◦ 1x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Lasgun
◦ 1x Master Vox
• 1x Cadian Veteran Guardsman with Medi-pack
◦ 1x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Lasgun
◦ 1x Medi-pack
• 1x Cadian Veteran Guardsman with Regimental Standard
◦ 1x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Lasgun
◦ 1x Regimental Standard

Commissar (30 Points)
• 1x Bolt pistol
• 1x Chainsword

Tank Commander (225 Points)
• 1x Armoured tracks
• 1x Lascannon
• 1x Leman Russ battle cannon

Tech-Priest Enginseer (45 Points)
• 1x Archeotech pistol
• 1x Enginseer axe
• 1x Servo-arm

BATTLELINE

Death Korps of Krieg (65 Points)
• 1x Death Korps Watchmaster
◦ 1x Chainsword
◦ 1x Laspistol
• 9x Death Korps Trooper
◦ 9x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Grenade launcher
◦ 8x Lasgun
◦ 1x Vox-caster

Death Korps of Krieg (65 Points)
• 1x Death Korps Watchmaster
◦ 1x Chainsword
◦ 1x Laspistol
• 9x Death Korps Trooper
◦ 9x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Grenade launcher
◦ 8x Lasgun
◦ 1x Vox-caster

Death Korps of Krieg (65 Points)
• 1x Death Korps Watchmaster
◦ 1x Chainsword
◦ 1x Laspistol
• 9x Death Korps Trooper
◦ 9x Close combat weapon
◦ 9x Lasgun
◦ 1x Vox-caster

OTHER DATASHEETS

Carnodon (160 Points)
• 1x Armoured tracks
• 2x Volkite caliver
• 1x Volkite culverin

Carnodon (160 Points)
• 1x Armoured tracks
• 2x Volkite caliver
• 1x Volkite culverin

Carnodon (160 Points)
• 1x Armoured tracks
• 2x Volkite caliver
• 1x Volkite culverin

Cyclops Demolition Vehicle (25 Points)

Leman Russ Vanquisher (145 Points)
• 1x Armoured tracks
• 1x Heavy bolter
• 1x Vanquisher battle cannon

Leman Russ Vanquisher (145 Points)
• 1x Armoured tracks
• 1x Heavy bolter
• 1x Vanquisher battle cannon

Leman Russ Vanquisher (145 Points)
• 1x Armoured tracks
• 1x Heavy bolter
• 1x Vanquisher battle cannon

Malcador (250 Points)
• 1x Armoured tracks
• 2x Lascannon
• 1x Lascannon
• 1x Malcador battle cannon

Medusa Carriage Battery (125 Points)
• 1x Battery close combat weapons
• 1x Medusa siege cannon

Medusa Carriage Battery (125 Points)
• 1x Battery close combat weapons
• 1x Medusa siege cannon

Not quite WYSIWYG because the Malcador has a Demolisher Cannon instead of a Lascannon, but otherwise it’s good.

Alas Lindsay was very ill so I had to cancel 🙁

But rescheduled for this coming Friday.

What Video Games I Am Playing

I completed LEGO Batman: The Videogame on the Steam Deck, which was ok, but I think I the lack of achievements didn’t serve my ADHD or need for constant validation any good!

Played some more Assassin’s Creed: Unity on stream.

And started on Resident Evil (2002)

I also spent a bit of time in the Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II Pixel Remasters, just clearing up the last of the achievements, getting them to 100%

What I Am Spending

I ordered 3KG of Resin for the printer, although it’s been a bit too cold to print at the minute

And because of the cold, Lindsay leant me the money to buy the mini heater for the printer, which has been amazing and is allowing me to print again!

I am now printing off some Earthshaker Carriage Batteries for my Solar Auxilia.

We also upgraded our DakBoard to a touchscreen, which is a lot easier to use than the old one.

I had to reinstall the DakBoard operating system on the Raspberry Pis MicroSD card, which was annoying, but other than that, its worked like a charm!

Still need to cable manage it however!

In the last days of the Steam sale, I picked up

And it was also Humble Choice so I got the following