tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766783090193307178.post9043954214893841197..comments2024-02-15T16:00:10.506-08:00Comments on The Hoodling's Hole: Spoilt by choice?Hoodlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08507134198601519253noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766783090193307178.post-87692061648815575162020-11-23T23:47:12.853-08:002020-11-23T23:47:12.853-08:00Sorry, just discovered this comment had been caugh...Sorry, just discovered this comment had been caught by comment moderation, and I never got a notification...<br /><br />30 is a lot of trolls. With the power of printing I might one day have that many, but getting them painted at my current rate might take forever!<br /><br />Ah, the Gob-Off... We do still plan to complete it. All the lockdowns have kind of derailed us a bit, though.Hoodlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08507134198601519253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766783090193307178.post-8458233782776257762020-11-01T04:18:01.221-08:002020-11-01T04:18:01.221-08:00It's similar for me. I do have a group of peop...It's similar for me. I do have a group of people playing 8th Edition at my disposal or I would have if it wasn't for the new lockdown here in Germany. I started playing 15 years ago and by that time GW had pretty much booted out the competition. At least here in Germany. An online shop sold Gamezone, but those were metal and even more expensive, so for about 5 years I didn't touch anything not from GW. Then came Mantic and me building an undead army. Mantics undead are far superior to their other minis (or they were back then, the new Goblins look great) and far cheaper too. So I got a bunch of those. Didn't like the alternatives in Goblins out there though, but my mind was opened. Then I got on an oldhammer trip and with old GW minis costing an arm and a leg on eBay I started with Black Tree Design. From there my Orc and Goblin army exploded with choice and variety. I now even write a blog on collecting Orcs and Goblins. <br />On the matter of Trolls: I painted around 30 this year. Only the common ones as my current project is an army of common Goblins. I have some pics here: https://collectinggreen.home.blog/2020/08/22/goblins-in-lustria-part-8/ . If you don't like me inserting a link here feel free to delete it (at least with wordpress that's possible). Those are far more heterogeneous than yours but they're trolls, they're adaptable... and I probably will never play a unit of all of them together so I can just mix and match fitting ones with each other.<br /><br />Love your Gob-off series by the way!collectinggreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07709405538493164995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766783090193307178.post-19132859217421666832020-09-19T00:26:57.325-07:002020-09-19T00:26:57.325-07:00Agree with all of the above but have transitioned ...Agree with all of the above but have transitioned 100% to the 9th Age. Community is small but having a balanced game is what the old world should be but as you say it won’t be Ironhaiden666https://www.blogger.com/profile/07877822339039877230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766783090193307178.post-52517584334240657722020-08-04T21:29:01.690-07:002020-08-04T21:29:01.690-07:00Yes, it will be interesting to see. There might be...Yes, it will be interesting to see. There might be something shiny in there, even if the actual game is not what people are hoping for.Hoodlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08507134198601519253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766783090193307178.post-73201193915547844682020-08-04T20:54:06.723-07:002020-08-04T20:54:06.723-07:00In response to your footnote, I too am suspicious ...In response to your footnote, I too am suspicious regarding Warhammer Old World but I am intrigued at the possibility it will focus on factions that GW previously ignored or disregarded, like Kislev. BillGnosis85https://www.blogger.com/profile/01672944633043556119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766783090193307178.post-82841176867276152702020-07-27T20:34:58.666-07:002020-07-27T20:34:58.666-07:00Honestly I remember each edition ultimately feelin...Honestly I remember each edition ultimately feeling like an improvement on the previous one, for whatever reasons. No doubt there were individual things about the new editions that bothered me, but on the whole they felt like a step forward. 8th edition was very polarising. I didn't end up missing the estimations etc, given most players were pretty accurate anyway. I did miss proper terrain and line of sight rules. But the thing 8th added that no previous edition had is the feeling that the units of troops actually get to fight and are dangerous in their own right, rather than fashion accessories for characters. Even in 6th, a unit of 20 guys might get 5 attacks, or none if they didn't charge - they'd end up doing less than a pretty basic hero, and likely swing after him...<br /><br />A few people are talking about playing some games (or even a campaign) of 6th edition. No doubt it will happen at some point. When we are allowed outside again, anyway.Hoodlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08507134198601519253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766783090193307178.post-40445917332625896982020-07-25T01:45:59.822-07:002020-07-25T01:45:59.822-07:00I most certainly have gone full retro and have zer...I most certainly have gone full retro and have zero regrets.<br /><br />I'm guessing you are referring to 8th edition when you say you feel that's when they did things better? For me thats the edition where I felt the least attached to WHFB as a game. I felt it changed/tinkered with some of the core elements of the game that I really enjoyed, like the am I within charge range, guess ranges for cannons rather than 10 from the back take it off etc.<br /><br />The guys I gamed with in Ballarat gave up 8th after a couple of months and moved onto other games. It wasn't until I moved to Melbourne that I started playing it again. <br /><br />Looking at it now, I don't miss the 8th ed vibe, if anything I just miss the community. Was so sad to see it all split in a million different directions.<br /><br />If you are keen to crack out some warhammer or any other old GW game sometime let me know, I'm part of a small little facebook group that is playing 5th-8th edition, 6th is the hype at the moment but there are few souls playing 8th ed if thats your jam.<br /><br />Ben Kochskamperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02760597103918769254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766783090193307178.post-23827293722484333262020-07-22T19:12:10.211-07:002020-07-22T19:12:10.211-07:00I really feel you with the all-Mantic army thing. ...I really feel you with the all-Mantic army thing. I deliberately got myself a good number of actual Mantic Basileans, and then I keep seeing these great printable models where I'm like, "that would be perfect for Basileans"... <br /><br />Hobbying in a vacuum is definitely difficult. I can see some people churning through stuff (I'm assuming it's largely people who are finding themselves with more time due to being unable to work etc). I'm not one of them. I also assume some people are avoiding the vacuum by interacting online. If you're sharing what you're doing and feeding off other people's projects, that can probably serve as a different type of motivation.<br /><br />Cheers!Hoodlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08507134198601519253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766783090193307178.post-63167081881486416312020-07-22T08:46:30.184-07:002020-07-22T08:46:30.184-07:00Great post Hoods, and it's been good to hear f...Great post Hoods, and it's been good to hear from you again recently. The troll horde looked good, way to physically convert those 3D minis to add variety, you don't see people cross skills like that much.<br /><br />On the topic at hand, I get that feeling of raw possibility from the greater minis market, and I guess in my case it tends to get me too wrapped up in scheming up armies I can make out of X line or using Y + Z sculpts, right up to the point that I buy a bunch of minis that, while I know I have the skills and plan to tackle painting 80 of, I really don't need to nor do I have the hobby space for, and hopefully empty the cart and walk away. Quarantine hasn't really made me more productive - gaming less makes me less productive, as I don't do a lot of hobbying in a vacuum - but it has really pushed me to focus on some OLD backlog projects. Tons of rebasing mostly, and updating for new editions, etc.<br /><br />And then late last night I ordered my 3D printer :| I've been trying to hold off until late 2020, so I could clear some backlog and paint 1-2 of the armies I've bought for KOW but never got around to, but with COVID continuing to rage through America, I figure it's time to learn a new skill before I put it into practice. Also I want to make a 40k 9E army, and despite owning all the models for a brand new Chaos Space Marine army, man do I lack motivation to clean all those mold lines and drag myself through all that again. Especially when there's an AMAZING world of 3D sculpts being born on Patreon and elsewhere, so much more interesting to me than most of what's being cast. That's my real impetus to get into 3D printing - the cost per model is neat, but really it's access to sculpts that I love and can't really get otherwise (and no more mold lines!)<br /><br />Speaking of looking away from GW, while I had started doing it in 8E, it really was the nuking of the Old World that separated most of my tethers. Once Warhammer was gone, I became more and more and more aware of how big the mini market was, and around that time Kickstarter really took hold, making even more cool lines reality. I feel really blessed to have found KOW and a welcoming outlet to live the Counts As life I had started in GW's shadow. And while I do want to make an all Mantic army, out of respect for the company, getting my own printer makes that less and less likely, except as a hobby project in itself. I mean, the newest Night Stalker stuff really is great ...Boss Salvagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07673738795006263256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766783090193307178.post-59251831691938943592020-07-21T21:08:07.164-07:002020-07-21T21:08:07.164-07:00I had heard rumours that you had gone all retro.
...I had heard rumours that you had gone all retro. <br /><br />I do really love the old white dwarf magazines, mainly from the "Herohammer" 4th/5th era. So much nostalgia.<br /><br />My main problem with going back to older editions is it always highlights to me things that I felt they did better in later versions. It's a struggle. I find I miss the vibe, without necessarily missing the details.<br /><br />And yeah, buying the original old models nowadays can be so satisfying. And so financially devastating...Hoodlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08507134198601519253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766783090193307178.post-60402635243464002052020-07-21T02:32:41.700-07:002020-07-21T02:32:41.700-07:00Fantastic post mate, hope all is well.
The last co...Fantastic post mate, hope all is well.<br />The last couple of years I've started revisiting old gw games and I'm loving them to bits. Eagerly awaiting lockdown to finish so I can get back to playing some more 6th ed fantasy :).<br /><br />You're totally right about the amount of choices we have these days, it's almost limitless. Whilst it's awesome to have the original models for an army, sometimes the price gouging of those old models makes obtaining them unachievable. I'm currently painting a slaanesh daemonic legion with raging heroes and creature caster models, I wasn't going to ruin/re-base my kow abyss army.<br /><br />I'm also enjoying flicking through my old white dwarf collection, (4th-7th edition fantasy to give you a bit of a time period), so many cool articles and the mag feels like much less of a catalogue. <br /><br />For me I think I've found my path, old school gw games, fantasy, blood bowl, epic, warmaster, bfg, 2nd Ed 40k, mordheim and man o war. I know nothing in those games will change and I'm just happy to play and have fun. Who says a game needs to be supported in order to enjoy it? <br /><br />Stay safe, stay well.Ben Kochskamperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02760597103918769254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766783090193307178.post-88822956637165039282020-07-20T17:39:07.880-07:002020-07-20T17:39:07.880-07:00Yeah, I did the same thing with my Grom and some o...Yeah, I did the same thing with my Grom and some other stuff from the same period. It's a struggle between properly tying the models in with the rest of my force and achieving the old traditional red period vibe. I'm not sure I made the wrong choice with a brown chariot instead of a red one, but my heartstrings are tugged by those old photos.Hoodlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08507134198601519253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766783090193307178.post-71591693123613765942020-07-20T13:59:50.582-07:002020-07-20T13:59:50.582-07:00That picture at the top remind me of how great the...That picture at the top remind me of how great the red period was. I painted up Grom last year in a more realistic style but I’m starting to regret that now. The hobby is growing with more games and minis than ever before that can only be a good thing. Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12349799178040484039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766783090193307178.post-90571503807467876972020-07-20T13:57:00.660-07:002020-07-20T13:57:00.660-07:00GhhgGhhgIanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12349799178040484039noreply@blogger.com