Back from the dead!

I only found the title fitting since I haven't posted a single thing for almost 2 years!

To put a little timeline to this, I'll just summarize my years.

2010:

I just had to put Dead Space 2 as the comeback picture for my blog post as I've finished playing the game over and over. It's really good. Apart from that, I went out with some friends and played lots of Left 4 Dead 2. Currently I'm into Diablo 2 again, since I can't wait for Diablo 3.

I moved to my own apartment during that time, and dedicated a lot of hours into making Hobby Forge the store it is today.

I also managed to finish a brand new Blood Angels army within 2 months. I did it so quickly just because I wanted to participate in a tournament that was organized by Oliver Woo from Just Wargame.

I managed to win 2 out of 3 of the games, 1 of them being a draw, but I got the highest overall score. I was shocked when I was awarded the best painted army since I myself knew that some of the marines didn't have their details done yet. Nevertheless, the biggest objective of participating in the tournament is to visit a store that's located in a state at least 1,600 kilometers away.




A shot of the army after it's completely painted. I changed the colour of the power weapons to make them look interesting from a distance.




The Death Company part serves as an expansion to my army, though I really need to finish my Death Company army. More on that later.



I also dabbled into proper IG as I would like to have a nice IG army someday. But now I gotta focus on what I need to finish.



2011:

I think this is the year where I'm super broke.

Went for Games Day UK 2011, stayed in UK for 2 weeks. Spent a crazy amount of money there.

Went to Australia for 2 and a half weeks. Spent not so crazy amount of money there.

I started the ball rolling on the Badab War thing in my store. Managed to get quite a lot of guys interested in the campaign. But the campaign came to a grinding halt when we realized that Forge World is slowly releasing Badab War goodies. Everyone is hoping that their chosen chapter gets a release soon. I too, hope for Forge World to release Chapter Master Lias Issodon.

I chose the Raptors as I think they're the coolest in terms of tactics, rules, and hobby opportunity. You don't normally get to do camo on Space Marine vehicles, so this is the only chance.

I did something different with my Raptors, I tried digital camo. Again, more on that next time. As you can see, some of the vehicles are not done yet, but of course, that's just me being distracted with something else for now.





One of the projects that really got me going was the Ultramarines project. I wanted to paint up an army for beginners to try when they come to the store, a combination of the Battleforce and the Commander box goes well for this purpose. So I pulled a super fast paint job on these.

I think the total painting time it took me to finish them was around 2 weeks, but that 2 weeks was spread out to at least 2 months. Towards the end, I got sick and tired of the Scouts. Not really my thing at all. I took less than 3 days to actually assemble, base, and finish all 5 of them. I wouldn't mind painting the marines, but Scouts? No thanks hombre.






Towards the end of the year, I took part in Legio's Ghemehaal Annihilation Campaign. I played my Alpha Legion in this campaign, and it was totally amazing. I managed to learn a thing or two about running campaigns now, so hopefully I can finish crafting my own campaign in time.

I've also built a German army for Flames of War to participate in the Legio campaign. Didn't take me too long to finish them, but I'll be repainting the Tiger Tanks since they're so dark.


2012:
Now, I'm actually working on the Iron Warriors, I plan to finish this army before the next Chaos codex comes out. So when the Codex is out, I can just bring out the pain and unleash it on the enemy, Iron Warrior style!



I haven't taken photos of my latest progress, but as you can see from the main header picture above, I'm actually done with the Dreadnought.

I'll do my best to post more this time, and not neglect my blog. I also need a constant reminder to finish my last commission project. Not like I need so many months to do it, just 1 or 2 focused painting days and I'll be done. Seriously though, no more commission jobs for me unless it's super easy.

After looking at most of the pictures here, I think it's time for me to invest in a proper camera and rely less on my phone.

Do check back again, I'll be posting more progress on my Iron Warriors.

Hobby Forge - Grand Opening Event

If you're in Malaysia, do check this out. As the owner of one of the local game stores here in Malaysia, I'm running the Grand Opening Event.

After considering all the factors of when we can have the Grand Opening this month, apparently the 22nd of May which is a Saturday is the best time. Not to mention, the stocks are still in transit due to the backlog from the Icelandic volcano ash cloud incident.

Here are the events that will be held at Hobby Forge.
The shop will be opened from 11am onwards till 7pm.




Apocalypse: Imperium VS Chaos. 5 players per side.

Points:Unlimited
Requirements: WYSIWYG, Fully Painted and Based.

Time starting 12:30pm. Players should be here on time to discuss their tactics and set up the deployment table and start the game by 12:30pm.

Game ends at 5:30pm. 5 hours game length.

As a player, you are allowed to bring up to two different armies of the same side. Meaning, if you have a Chaos Daemons army and a Chaos Space Marines army, feel free to play on the side of Chaos with both armies. Also, if you have an Imperial Guard army and a Space Marine or an Inquisition army, feel free to bring them as well. We're gonna make the battle look awesome!

The game will be played on a 6 x 12 table in the main gaming room. Minimal terrain will be used since you will need space for your minis.

I have to let you know, it will be quite taxing for your part as a player to bring two armies if you choose to do so.

Please let me know who is joining the Apocalypse game and please nominate a leader among yourselves.




Open gaming.

There will be 1 table for normal gaming. Be it 40k, BFG or Fantasy, you're welcome to bring your army to play with the casual gamers that will be there.




Lucky draw.

Assuming my shipment will arrive before the date I've set above, we will have a lucky draw.

To join the lucky draw, just visit the shop, purchase something GW related RM 100 and above and have your name put into the drawing lot. As long as you reach RM 100 you can join for the lucky draw.

Grand Prize is: RM 100 store credit
Second Prize is: RM 50 store credit
Third Prize is: RM 30 store credit
There will be 3 consolation prizes at RM 10 store credit that will be given away at the same day too.

The lucky draw will take start at 6pm. Participants who have their names in the drawing lot are advised to be there when the drawing happens.

To be fair to everyone, only 1 person can win a prize and only 1 person will be able to put their name in once. Meaning, even if you purchase RM 1,000 worth of stuff you still get to have 1 entry in the lucky draw.




Free lunch.

Yep, there will be lunch provided for everyone who visits. I will get the caterer to bring the food by 1pm so the food can last us for a few hours. Haha.



For all the events above, I personally won't be taking part in it as I'm the organizer and I'm supposed to man the shop and keep people entertained.

Do let me know if you plan to drop by and which army you plan to bring!

You may discuss in here:

http://40kmalaysia.21.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=2491

I finally opened the shop!

Hi guys, I've been seriously busy for the past few weeks, mainly because I've been painting my Fantasy army and I was also getting things done for the shop.

The shop is called Hobby Forge Enterprise. I'm still doing my best to let the shop grow and bring in more stock for the shop. Not to mention, get the other hidden things done.

I will take better pictures this weekend. Currently I'm opening the shop at the weekend, the time should be about before noon till dinner time. Haha. From the pictures it looks small, but truth be told, I can have up to 4 gaming tables at a time.

I would really like to personally thank Ivan for really helping me out, he helped me assemble most of the shelves, give me great ideas and showed me places where I can get things nice and cheap. He practically helped me with almost everything we see at the shop today. The people's choice really helped a lot man. :D

I would also want to thank Doc Selvam for giving me great business ideas too and by donating lots of terrain to the shop. Well, I'm starting small now, so I need as much help as I can.

Syamael also help me by assembling the shelves with Ivan, they both practically had a great exercise on that day when we were preparing for the unofficial opening. Haha.

Finally, I would also want to extend my thanks to all the other guys who I should not mention as they would like to remain anonymous. These are the unsung heroes that contributed by giving me challenging scenarios for me to think about so I can go about the obstacles. You guys know who you are.

I thank everyone for making the time and effort to looking for Hobby Forge, I know it's quite hard to find the shop, but it needs some time before people get used to coming to the shop. I'll be preparing a detailed map on how to get there.

I will be doing a tournament in May and the official opening for the shop at the same time too. For now, it's more of a test run kinda thing. Hope to see you guys there!

I'll be posting about my painting soon enough when all the busyness slows down...