My birthday came, and went and if I am honest it was a touch disappointing, noting in particular, just things that were planned couldn’t happen because other people were unwell, or stuff just got forgotten

So the result was a very miserable birthday and I honestly felt a little unloved by my partners

But it is what it is, we have talked and moved on

Mostly my issues right now are that my ADHD has become a major problem, in that I am struggling to focus and finding myself all over the place, my ability to hold down conversations is hugely reduced and my confidence is pretty low

It’s a thing, it happens, and partly I let it happen because I took my eye off the ball with keeping my studio tidy and managing my life, some of it was my feeling super low after my birthday

I am trying to get my life in order a bit more, the studio is getting seriously tidied up, I ended up taking two boxes of terrain to our storage unit in Harrogate, a 40k one and my Zone Mortalis one, and the sprue I was keeping hold of for recycling went to Warhammer in Harrogate

So it’s just a case of getting things tidied and getting back on top of things

What I Am Modelling

It’s been a tough bit of time due to an illness, but I have been slowly chipping away at stuff

I started off by painting up a bunch of bocage for our Bolt Action Table

Alongside a trio of classic hills

And a walled field/garden

After that I painted a late war Tiger I for a project that myself and Graham have coming up

Plus this pair of TKS Tankettes I printed up for the Polish in Bolt Action

I painted up these sandbag barricades for the Bolt Action table too

A spotter for the French Mortar team

A late war German officer with SMG

A late war German sniper team

I then finished up these five Jade Warriors for the stores Old World starter set

And six Grenadiers for the Late War Germans

Plus an Sd. Kfz 234/1

Alongside more bocage

And a Chaos Lord for the Slaves to Darkness

I also competed a Knight-Relictor for the Stormcast Eternals

Followed by another five Jade Warriors

And finally a further five Jade Warriors to get 75% of them done

I then go the very last Jade Warriors painted

And an Sd. Kfz 251/7 Ausf D for some Pioneers

So what’s up next

  1. Blood Angels Landspeeders
  2. Neophyte Hybrids x 10 & Primus
  3. Grundstock Thunderers x 5 & Torrk Lennsen
  4. Ultramarines Saturnine Command Squad x 3
  5. Einhyr Heathkyn x 5
  6. Skywardens x 3
  7. Royal Dorn Tank x 2
  8. Wraith Guard x 5
  9. Abberants x 10
  10. Atillan Rough Riders x 5

What I Am Reading

I read French Tanks of World War II (1) by Steven J. Zaloga which was a fascinating read covering France’s infantry and battle tanks that fought in the early days of WWII

I then read Polish Armour of the Blitzkrieg by Jamie Prenatt which was really interesting, was for research but very good book all round

After that I listened to The Great War by Peter Hart, a classic account of mostly the Western Front action, but with list of interesting little snippets about what happened in that god awful conflict

After that it was Valhalla by Marc Platt which was fine, I expected weirdness, I got it, but always good to hear Michelle Gomez in Doctor Who

Then I read Barbarossa by Stewart Binns which was a very good book, full of the horror of the eastern front, it really made you tear up in places with some of these real word accounts of the atrocities committed

I also finished Traitor General by Dan Abnett which turned out really good

What Video Games I am Playing

Almost none at all bar one session of Hell Let Loose

What Achievements I Have Unlocked

Hell Let Loose (Steam)

Operation Lüttich

Win a match on Mortain in any mode		12/10/2021

What I Am Creating

Published two videos over on Edge of Empire

One for Hasslefree German Panzer Grey Tanks

And another for Hasslefree Dunklegelb German Tanks

What Am I Backing

The Tunisia Terrain project sucessful funded, land I added those files to my North Africa collection

Trench Druzhina also successfully funded, we didn’t get the musician which is a shame, but we got quite a lot unlocked

The Military Vehicles of 1980’s Warsaw Pact – Volume 1 also successfully funded, and delivered and I think I really need to find a Cold War gone hot ruleset from somewhere

The Charlie Country – Part 1 successfully funded, I backed the lot but minus the vehicles as I got them from a pair of previous BobMac3D kickstarters

Speaking of BobMac3D, Division Méchanisée funded and delivered, as did OPEX from Ludocortorum, giving me a few French options for Cold War gaming

The Battle Kiwi S.T.A.C.K System funded and I have the files now, need to print me off a set for Bolt Action and 40k

WOWBuildings Does Japan’s War also funded and delivered most of the project, still awaiting a couple of things from that

From Fall Weiss to Barbarossa funded and I like the idea of this one, some small, cheap, focused projects for the creator so they don’t get overwhelmed

I like the idea of some post World War I stuff at some point and so cause I have the first projects stuff, Berlin 1919 Part 2 – Die Rote Fahne seemed like a no brainer

I also have an idea that one day I might play some 15mm WWII, so I have backed WW2 Eastern Front from Eskice Minitures and Battleground 1944 from Henry Turner

WW2 Soviet Military Vehicles + Soldiers (Vol 4) from Wargame3D funded, and now I am backing Military Vehicles of NATO (Volume 2)

Also backed Papal State Frontline for some more Trench Crusade terrain

And I backed the Cryx Dread Armada project and I have those files now

What Am I Spending

I had to get a new screen for my Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra which was fun

I also bought a wireless lavaliere microphone set for some content creation

I also picked up a little treat for my birth in the form of this little all in one screen for monitoring temps and FPS from Thermalright

As well as a glue gun from Aldis middle of the store

And a new flatbed scanner for, well scanning stuff, which will be easier to store than what we currently have!