Quarantine update #3

Well, despite not posting anything for the last five months, I have been busy painting away at things every now and again, slowing working through my to-paint list. Motivation comes and goes as I'm working from home at the moment as the lockdown / restrictions from COVID continue where I'm living. 

One of the projects that I have finished recently is a bunch of Lord of the Rings miniatures. I think I got these about 15 years ago, and they've probably been gathering dust for most of that time. They were painted by a much younger me, and the paint job was questionable at best. But, that's nothing that a fixed with a good dose of paint stripper. A friend of mine has recently been gathering up as much LOTRSBG as he can, and I expect once we're allowed to catch up again (post COVID lockdown) we'll throw down some games on the table. There are some other characters from a boxed set that I have, but I may end up trading them for some Gondor knights. 

 

One of my friends also picked up a job in another city, so had a clear out of some old Necrons that he didn't want. Everything that I picked up is down below on the left. The Tau are an old project that I had, again when I was much younger. I've got some plans on what do to with the Necrons, noting that they should be getting a new codex (and new units soon). The Tau may get a fresh look at life (be repainted) at some stage. I also finished making a unit of greenstuff scarabs (before I got a whole bunch from my friend). 

 

 

Attempt at a flayed one conversion on the left. I need to find some knife-hands for him, but that shouldn't be too hard. If I get adventurous, I may attempt some greenstuff flesh.  

Attempt at a deathmark conversion. There are plenty of bits leftover from the immortals I've built, so I figured I should do something with them. 

Cat tax / future project time. I managed to pick up my cats and catacombs kickstarter a few months back when I was able to get out of the house. 

I've converted my old desk in the spare bedroom to be my new office, where I've been working from for the last ~six months. That's included getting a sit-stand raiser, which has taken up almost all the desk space. That kinda killed my hobby enthusiasm for a bit, as I didn't have anywhere permanent to paint. Having moved a few other things around in the room, I pulled out one of our old tables and have now set up a dedicated hobbying space, which certainly makes painting / hobbying easier.