And another break in time

So again, I have not posted in a few months.  Time always seems to get away these days, and more often than not its being stolen by work.  I haven't actually gotten a chance to build anything recently, heck I even have a model that was ordered that I haven't even picked up.  But that's okay, because the reasoning is decent...

(Drumroll please)...

I'm buying a house!  Paperwork is all signed, settlement is on the 24th of May.  Once we actually get the house and move out of my inlaws, I will have so much more space and freedom to do as I please.  So, my designs for my new Fortress of Nerditude...in the basement of course.

Foldout table built into the wall.  3-4'x6', hinged in the center with support beam underneath it.
Bookshelves to store all of my books, models, and equipment
Spray box with exhaust fan
Modeling table to do all of my gluing and modeling

On a somewhat related note, I have been playing hard for a year now.  I make no secret of my nerd-dom, either.  But last Saturday, for the second time now, someone in my family has told me that I need to play 40k.  Seriously.  First time was my uncle, back when I was moving home.  Now, my brother has said the same thing,  But hey, I am now able to impart my gaming wisdom (and considerable library) to him.

So anywho, I intend to actually start assembling, painting, and playing once I get my house.  We shall see what I can do in the mean time...

Wow...

So it has been a few months since I actually posted anything up here.  With my wonderful new job, things have been a little hectic.  Something about working 10 hrs a day, 6 days a week at a job that is an hour and a half away makes it a little hard to actually play warhammer or even keep up a blog....or does it?!

I still manage to find times to play.  I love kill team for that reason.  I come home, make a plate of food, grab my brother, and play a game while I eat.  Then I go to bed, wake up the next day, and do it all over again.  It's actually quite amusing to do this.

On a different note, I actually decided to try the dreaded bane of magnetizing.  It's something I've wanted to do, but I never actually sat down and decided "Hey, I'm going to do this", at least until now.  I bought myself a Dremel and 300 little tiny freaking magnets.

Slowly but surely, I've started putting together an Assault Squad using them.  It's annoying to get the poles to match up (or not, as the desired case my be), but I've been managing that okay.  My biggest problem so far is simple impatience.  I magnetized the sergeant's back and his jump pack so that I can remove it should I desire to do so (35 point discount on transports...I'll take that), and it will also allow me to magnetize my sanguinary priests, captains, chaplains, and librarians to wear them as well.  So, I glued the magnets in place.  I wanted to see if it worked, so I put the two magnets close together and...the magnet pulled out of the jump pack.  Crap.  Round two...(fight)...glued everything in place, waited a little longer, and tried again...magnet came out of the Sgt's back.  Wait, what?!  Final round...(fight)...glued it all in place and went the frak to bed.

In the morning, I found that the magnets were now firmly in place, and I now had a removable jump pack.  I then drilled out his arm sockets and mounted magnets into the other four jump packs in that kit.  It's going quicker now, at least when I can combat my own impatience with it.  I'll be posting pictures once I get the squad done up right.  Next step, vehicles.........yay.........