So this week I've been off work with a chest infection. It was bad, I woke up one night coughing and there was some blood in the phlegm. Not good - I've had an X-ray and is well with my lungs.
The time off work has allowed me to indulge somewhat in my sedentary hobbies. So I dusted off Civilization 4, installed it on the old laptop.and conquered the world several times, as the English. The bloody warmongering Aztecs, they always declar war when I don't need it.
I also got some hobbytime in! :-) For some reason it was my Space Marines that called to be worked on, rather than my recent Mantic Games binge. I've managed to make progress mainly on the Dark Vengeance Terminators and Bikes. I am a slow and crap painter but it has been pleasurable indeed, the bikes in particular are smashing models.
All in all, I didn't realise quite how many assembled Space Marines I've got. Its approaching over half company at least. Not enough are painted but this has improved, no the real issue is stripping all the eBay bargains. This is at the best of times a tedious affair, complicated in this case by the thick paints the previous owner applied. A Rhino in particular is taking the piss - a month in dettol hasn't really shifted it. I got some more Dettol today so hopefully a less paint saturated tub will do better.
There is also a Dreadnought and Attack Bike in need of a deep cleanse, so in terms of cool models to add the the force there are plenty beyond Dark Vengeance. Looking on eBay tonight there seem to be a few cheap Rhinos out there: my eyes are peeled.
Armour is key to the fluff for my chapter, the Swords of Midnight. In my mind each squad has one each! My break from work has also given me time and energy to add and update the fluff I have for my chapter. Its coming along nicely, adding bits here, tinkering there. Its quite lengthy already and I have more to add. I love time off work, even if I am coughing like an eighty year old smoker.
