Happy New Year!

 Hi all,

It's been a busy year in Monkeyland,  In addition to a range of life events (back to work in-person, promptly getting Covid, the birth of my nephew, the addition of a kitten to the household), it seems like it was also a pretty busy year in terms of hobby.  Rough totals for the year include:

Minis Painted:  286 28mm (foot, horse and assorted "large" models), 5 6mm units, 12 15mm "units" (mostly vehicles).

Minis Sold or Traded away:  @240 28mm

Minis Bought or Traded in: 401 28mm, @50 15mm infantry, @15 15mm vehicles

Some of the sales were painted minis, so there was a net growth in the lead pile, but I'm pretty happy with the level of productivity this year.  I'm averaging better than a couple dozen 28mm figures a month, which is pretty good for me.

Playing around with basing 15mm ww2 stuff.  PSC T-34, Battlefront infantry.

I'd like to dip a toe into larger scale WW2 actions, probably using Rommel, so this style of dioramic basing becomes an opportunity.

Numbers this year were thrown off slightly by me jumping on a deal for close to 300 Warlord Pike and Shotte infantry.  I'm basically set for the period (for infantry) for the foreseeable future.  Another factor impacting numbers involved me dipping a toe into 3d printing for the first time.  I bought into the Turner Miniatures 7YW kickstarter, and now have pretty much all the .stls I'm going to need for the conflict.  Prussians might be a project for the new year, as they're the one remaining army out of the "core" nations for which I lack figs.  

One project that saw some headway this year was the Lion Rampant 100YW.  English now have a core of three units to face off against the French.

All figs for the HYW so far are the Perry plastics.

There's a fair amount of cross-compatibility between kits.  Archers on the left made with French bodies, to give a little more animation.

I need to add a banner on the front stand.  

While I've been tempted by any number of new and shiny things, I think the pattern for this year will be to continue to consolidate projects, and focus on painting stuff I have.  Likely contenders for 2023 project include:

1) 28mm Successors.  I've made a good start on these, and picked up some elephants before Christmas, which I've been puttering away at.  This is definitely a long-term project, and something I dip into from time to time, but it's not unreasonable to think I'd at least clear the minis I have by end of year.

2) 28mm ECW.  I am closing in on about three "batallia" between my Covenant and Royalist forces.  The Scots have the edge in numbers, but I'm working towards bringing the Royalists up to par.  As a local gaming buddy has some reasonable numbers of ECW figs as well, I think a bigger game of this (Pike and Shotte) is a reasonable goal by summer.

3) 28mm Hundred Years War.   Very close to small but playable (Lion Rampant?) 28mm forces for the HYW, with 3 units of French, and 2.5 of English (and the other .5 being assembled).  That's enough to get some games of Lion Rampant in (or Dragon Rampant with the kids), and room to grow both at a more leisurely pace once they're playable.

Ze French.  Also Perry plastics.

Heavy spear.  As I noted, the French infantry tends to be a little more animated.

Genoese crossbowmen.  The pavises don't help when you're ridden down by your own side from behind.

Ready to ride down some Genoese.

4) 28mm WWW2 Desert.  I have a "core" force of these for the British (force minimum for Bolt Action) along with about half the equivalent of DAK.  The goal will be to get the latter into playable shape, and then mess about with some smaller scale WW2 rules.  BA is an obvious choice, but I'd also like to mess about with some of the 2 Fat Lardies options, and know a couple people I can rubber-arm into games.  The absence of an opposing force kind of stalled my 28mm Soviets, but I'm hoping the ability to offer both sides will make organizing games easier.

Core of a Brit desert force.  2 infantry squads, HQ, and the forward observer.

Painting up from black definitely gave these a grittier look.

They're also "finer" sculpts than some of the alternatives.  Perry minis here as well.

Having watched Rogue Heroes, I think these boys need some SAS support ;)

And a Start to the opposing Germans.  Also Perry, and in need of some trucks, and possibly an Ark.

5) GW games.  Gaming at the local shop has resumed, and I've been going semi-regularly for a few months now.  AoS and Lord of the Rings are likely to be my main focus (Ogors just got a new book, Beasts of Chaos are supposed to get one soon), and LotR SBG remains one of my favorite games to play.  40k will likely feature as well, but mostly with the Cub, with the occasional casual game in shop.  I have stuff to paint for all the factions I play, and so activity here will mostly involve chipping at the lead (plastic) pile, and getting in regular casual games with friends and the Cub.

6) WW2 15mm.  I've recently been messing around with based vehicles for my 15mm WW2 stuff.  I got in a game or two of early east front in 2022, and would like to do more of this over 2023.  I'd particularly like to try out a higher-scale game like Rommel, and may end up rebasing some of my stuff to accommodate a more dioramic set-up (see pics above).

I've also been nosing around the idea of a couple of other "big" projects, particularly doing Russians in 28mm, either for the 7YW or the Renaissance (I've considered Napoleonics, but that's a rabbit hole of epic proportions). While I did dive in pretty hard into my Successor list early in the year, that project has stalled a bit for me.  Turns out, there's only so much linen armor I can paint before getting a tad bored.  I don't think that project is shelved, by any means (I'm painting up my first elephant now), but I'm not sure it's going to be the "last big hurrah" project I'd imagined.  What I'm really looking for, I guess, is something that would serve primarily as a painting project, something with plenty of character, both in the ranges available, and in the conflict itself.  Time will tell.

Until then, stay safe, be well, and happy New Year!

Experimentation, Calculation, and some French

 Hi all,

Bit of a mixed bag today.  Some pictures of the test figures I did for my Perry French (loosely based on the livery colours for Jean de Bethencourt, more on him in another post), along with some hobby rumblings about productivity, project planning, and realistic expectations.

First "test" minis for the 100YW French.  A man at arms, and some scruffy spearmen.

I've been caught in a bit of a loop lately, with the Magpie very much in the picture, thinking about possible projects.  In addition to the ones that are at least semi-active (currently 6mm Naps and 7YW, 28mm French HYW, Vikings, and Covenanters, 28mm Bolt Action, and at least 4 GW projects), I am pondering 28mm English HYW, Saxons, Successors, my much ignored Carthaginians, and god knows what else.

I quite like the Perry kits.  Tons of options, cross compatible, and with a little attention, capable of tremendous variety.

The reality is, of course, that I can't possibly do all the things.  I am probably trying to do too many things already, if I'm being honest.  Or at least, too many things at once ;)  So, I figured it might be worth thinking through what I could realistically accomplish over the next few years, and compare it to what I might want to do.

The figures are, in terms of proportion, quite "fine".  Slimmer and more human than the chunky, heroic style you often see.

Last year, I managed to paint something on the order of 200/50 foot/horse 28mm or equivalents.  That's pretty productive, at least for me, and represents a kind of "peak" opportunity.  Despite the various dislocations of Covid, working from home, the lack of a commute, etc., meant that I actually had more opportunity to paint than under "normal" conditions.  So, say around 200 figures as a reasonable, productive, but not overly ambitious production for the year.

Even compared to some older Perry sculpts (I was hoping, for eg., to mix in old Bretonnian models), they're not a good fit - at least side by side.

While I'm not temperamentally inclined to long-term planning. I can at least sort of imagine a state 5 years from now.  Given the estimate above, it's reasonable to think I could produce about a thousand figures in that period. Vikings and French HYW account for about 120 of that total (figuring a Lion Rampant force at about 60 figures per).  I probably have the same number of GW figs waiting for paint, across all those projects, or a bit more - say 150.  I'd like to bring my Royalist force up to the same size as the Covenanters, and grow both.  That's another couple hundred figures.  I'd like to finish off my 6mm Russians, match them with French, and add to my SYW.  Call that another hundred or so.

I've been experimenting with multi-figure basing on rounds.  A few people on the Lion Rampant FB group put me on to it, and I really like the effect.

So, just the projects that (at least right now) I'd be really interested in pursuing, total up to between 550 and 600 "figure equivalents", give or take.  Realistically, about three of my five years.  Just the Lion Rampant forces alone would take up a significant proportion of the next year, with any balance easily absorbed by Covenanters and GW.  Adding any additional project (like the successors army I keep thinking about) would thus either have to wait a couple years before I could reasonable expect to begin work on it, or would have the effect of stringing out existing projects over a longer time frame. 

The Spearboss.  I figure he's a little older, a little richer, and has had time to get some decent armor.

The latter, at first glance, seems like death to a project.  Pretty much every one I've ever abandoned has ended up in boxes or sold because I stretched it out over too long a period, and never got enough done to really game with them (something I'm concerned about with the Carthaginians).  However, as I look back, quite a lot of my "active" projects have stretched over multiple years, and have gone through fallow periods.

If nothing else, this will be a chance to work on my metallic techniques.  Aiming for some smoother finishes over time, I think,

If I started something new, say successors, it's probably realistic to say I might devote half of my remaining "5 year potential" to the project, maybe 200 figures (with the rest eaten up by expanding existing forces, new shiny things, etc.).  With smaller units to start - say 16 figures, that's about a dozen or so.  Which is actually not too bad.  Possible, anyways.

Assorted scruffy lads

The side my opponent will never see ;)

Overall, I think the lesson is a new, major project isn't realistic in the short term, at least without it displacing something I'm currently using, and want to accomplish.  But in the medium term, it's viable.  So maybe the goal is to stockpile resources towards that possibility, look for deals / sales, etc. and in the meantime, enjoy what I've got in front of me?  What kind of crazy advice is that? ;)

Almost . . . there . . . .

 Hi all,

We are well into the post-Christmas fugue state, in which the passage of time blurs, days become unknowable, and only the slowly-dwindling pile of leftovers marks the looming presence of real life.  Sooner or later, I'll snap out of it, and realize how much work has piled up over the holidays, but for now, I'm enjoying denial.  

Most of the haul.  Missing are some tins of preserved fish, and new whisky glasses.

Christmas was low-key, but fun.  We had a delayed Christmas dinner, as the Cub didn't join us until Boxing Day, but we made the most of it once he was here.  The kids, as usual, ended up with a pile of stuff, the Beloved got a mess of books, a rather snuggly sweater, and some films, and I even got a bit of geek-related gear in the form of a couple of Perry 100YW boxes.

Burgeoning Scots.

As far as the year goes . . . it went.  We continue to be (knock on wood) ridiculously fortunate here in Monkeyland, as we've had work that was both safe and secure throughout, and no one has caught the plague (despite a couple of near misses).  I can't pretend that going on two years of working from home, and relative-but-real social isolation, haven't taken a toll, but compared to a range of entirely probably "might have beens", we're doing okay.  I can only hope that we'll keep doing as well in the coming year.

Bulked out the Horse to 12 figures.  Or 2x6 for Pikemans' Lament.

Hobby's been fairly productive this year.  I've been more or less sticking to my "do what you feel like doing, and don't push it when you don't" approach, and have gotten a fair amount done as a result.  As predicted, ECW and 40k took the lead in terms of both gaming and painting, with AoS and 6mm showing some production, but less than expected.  Flames of War mostly fell off the radar (a lack of gaming opportunity meant a loss of interest), and some of my historical projects ended up advancing less than expected (notably Carthaginians).

Dragoons join the fray.

That said, I ended up close to 40 28mm cavalry figs, almost 200 28mm foot, and a selection of other things (itty-bitty ships, 6mm units, terrain, etc).  For me, that's pretty good productivity.  I may even have whittled down the lead pile slightly, depending on how one rates "non-standard" painting, like large figures and 6mm units.

The "full" unit of P&S, with bulked out pike, and be-flagged shotte.

I imagine this coming year will be much the same.  Likely projects include:

1. ECW.  This remains a strong contender for both painting and games.  I seem to able to maintain sufficient running interest in these that I basically alternate between them and other projects.  The Scots have been the primary beneficiaries, now that I have enough Royalists for an opposing force, and I've been both adding units, and expanding the ones I have.  I'm within striking distance of a Pike and Shot multi-unit batallion, and will treat myself to a command stand when that milestone is achieved.  Pikeman's Lament continues to give fun games, and I've begun exploring options for larger scale gaming in the period.

More Dragoons, and another pike unit should finish the first batallion off.

 2. 40k/AoS remain games I'm likely to get to play, and continue to enjoy to paint.  In addition, if you believe the internets, this year might be my GW annus mirabilis, as a number of the factions I play are expected to see new rules and figures.  These include Beasts of Chaos, Ogors, and World Eaters / Khorne, with prospects of a dedicated faction book for the latter.  I've begun cloning my organs in preparation for the financial hit, so am hopeful that the rumors pan out.  Failing that, the Cub remains an ethusiastic opponent, and I'll get in games with him while I can.

Going to need some more command bases.

3.   28mm Medievals.  There's a couple of variations here, but grouped together they make the period a likely prospect.  I continue to pick away at my vikings, and there's some local guys interested in gaming early medievals, so the prospect of some summer raiding is good.  I'm looking forward to getting some of the just-aquired Perrys done up, but gaming with them might have to wait until I can also get some opposition painted. Depending on how the year goes, 100YW could feature largely, but it's hard to predict right now.

Royalists.  Didn't really grow past the "starting opposition" stage, but who knows?

Less likely, but still possible, include:

4. Bolt Action.  I've got more than 500 points of Soviets painted up, and have enough bods left over to expand to 1000 points.  Action here will likely depend on gaming opportunities.  There are some local players, but getting games in will be very much dependant on the plague receding.  As we are (locally), at what is hopefully the height of an Omicron-driven case spike, prospects for games seem a little gloomy right now, but fingers crossed this year goes smoother than last.

Royalist dragoons.  Same figs, twice the floppy hats.

5.  6mm.  Blucher saw a fair bit of productivity at the start of last year, and I'm only a few units away from a small, but complete and playable, force of Russians.  I've also been thinking about digging into my SYW stuff of late.  The 6mm bug seems to strike me randomly, but I wouldn't rule it out.

They probably deserve the "bulking out" treatment.  I mean, the feathers alone . . . .

Beyond that, who can say? As I think I noted around this time last year, I'm learning not to look too far ahead these days.  There's enough instability flying about that predictions seem less useful than a willingness to adapt to what may come.  In the meantime, here in Monkeyland, life is pretty good; my family are here, we're all well, and I still have the opportunity to not only indulge my hobby, but to natter on about it to the ether ;)

As I'm not likely to post again before the New Year, best wishes to you all.  May the New Year bring you health, joy, and prosperity.

FMB

(Hobby) Things I did on my summer vacation . . .

 

Well, that was busy.

The absence of posting here on the blog has not been a reflection of lack of activity, but rather quite a lot of it.  Summer is always busy for us; we have the Cub in residence, and tend to try to cram in as much as possible, whether hobby related or not, while we have him.  That's meant a series of day trips, an actual, for-real trip out to see family before while case counts were low, and a mess of both figures painted and games played.  The one thing I didn't make time for was the blog, so there's some catching up to do.

(Hobby) Things I did on my summer vacation:

1) Introduced the  Cub to Dragon Rampant, who promptly introduced the Puddin' to same.  The two of them have now played more games of it than I have, facilitated by a hard copy of the rules from my esteemed sister.  They have free reign of my AoS stuff (providing they take care of it), and Cub has spent a good chunk of the summer painting up stuff from the big Reaper kickstarter box.  I'm pretty sure some LEGO unicorns hit the table at some point.

Puddin' unpacks her secret weapons.

2) Painting more ECW.  I decided "the hell with it", I like flags, and have been painting up some command bases for my shott wings.  Also painted dragoons for both Royalists and ECW, and the Pikeman's Lament forces are closing in on "playable completed", without having to fuss with unit upgrades to make up the points.  Starting to think in terms of making the jump to larger scale games, and what would be involved.

This needs more flags.

3) Painting (a bit) and playing (a lot of) 40k.  With Cub in residence, 40k has been the major game of the summer, and I've both been picking away at stuff (mostly Khorne Marines), and playing several games.  Cub's started up a small eldar force, and we've played some small games with those, along with the first two stages of the Glazier's Creek scenario (third might have to wait until the Fall).  We've a big game planned before he heads back to his mom's / school, but as we'll still see him weekends, this is likely to continue.

With berzerkers in charge range, the eldar are about to have a bad time.

4) Played some backyard games.  Not as many as I'd have liked, to be honest.  We've had an extremely wet summer, and backyard play kind of relies on having a dry environment.  Sunny days have been at a premium, and tend to end up being family outing days.  Add in some scheduling difficulties (lining up a free day for me, a free day with a potential opponent, and good weather), and it's been tricky.  Despite that, there was the PL game from my last post, and an AoS game with one of my before-times regular gaming buddies.

Love how this is starting to look.

5) Jumping into 28mm WW2/Bolt Action.  This was unplanned, but not totally unexpected.  I've played BA before, enjoyed it, and have always been tempted by doing it in 28mm.  The other day, we took a trip over to the "other side" of the province (as NS is a peninsula, this is about an hour by car) to check out the fossil beach, one of our usual summer trips.  Said trip usually includes a stop at the FLGS on that side, which more often than not has a discounted box of something that catches my eye.  Last time it was a big box of 40k chaos marines (which are now pretty much painted, thank you).  This time, it was a Bolt Action Soviet starter box at 30% off.  I've spent the last several days happily gluing my fingers together, watching campy films in Russian (with subtitles), and planning the downfall of the facist invader.  Add in that some of the local crowd are sticking a toe in - including a buddy doing Finns - and this has some potential.

The Fall, with all that it brings (kids back to school, work heating up, Covid resurgence) is looming rather threateningly as I write this.  Work meetings have started back up, and once Cub's back at his mom's I'll have a rather busy week rushing about getting ready for Fall term.  It's kind of hard to predict what gaming opportunities will be like this fall, what with the potential of a Delta surge, but I've continued to play Command and Colours on a regular basis via Vassal (which has been rather fun), and there's always painting and playing games with the kids.  Blog-wise, the plan is to do a more detailed post on each of the topics above.  In terms of hobby, I suspect the current usual suspects (ECW, Soviets, GW) will feature largely in the immediate future, but since I've got the attention span of a magpie, who knows?

FMB

What now?

 Hi all,

Christmas has dwindled into that vague, twilightish state of existence where I slowly realize I've eaten too much rich food, lost track of what day of the week it is, and have the foreboding sense that every day spent "resting" translates to that much more work piled up when I get back to it.

I was a good boy.  Santa said so.

That said, it was a pretty good Christmas.  The kids made out like bandits, The Beloved seems pleased, and on top of the stuff I knew I was getting (Pikeman's Lament, the Warlord ECW starter, and a character for my GW Ogors), I got a couple of lovely books from my sister (one on Midway I'm eager to get into, and Samin Nosrat's "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat"), a few more from the Beloved (including the two recently released Harry Dresden books, which I've devoured), and assorted baking odds and ends (including some spring pans - so cheesecake might be in the offing).  A buddy also ninja gifted me a Ghorgon for my Beasts of Chaos, which was a delightful surprise, although there's evidently several photos of a rather confused me floating through the ethertubes now.

So many models.  Leaning towards parliament.

What a crazy year.  I keep reminding myself that here in Monkeyland, we've been ridiculously fortunate to date, in so many ways, but I've given up pretending that there hasn't been a toll.  Seems like a good year to hug our kids extra tight, and maybe cut ourselves a little extra slack.  If you made it this far, good on you.

Some new reading material too.

Ogor cook, and cooking stuff.  Not sure if this was a message?

In hobby terms, it's been a reasonably productive and enjoyable year, all things considered.  I kept track of my "bought vs. painted", and ended up painting just under 200 "28mm equivalent" models this year at time of posting (bigger models count for more, smaller scale counted units as 28mm model equivalents, etc.).  

Karanak, doggo of Khorne.  For use in both 40k and AoS, so cool beans there.

Of course, I bought around 200+ 28mm equivalents, (mainly due to a couple of great deals I got from local gaming buddies), and I've not factored in the big historical swap, which saw me trade out a bunch of painted figures for a bunch of un- or partially-painted figs, nor a gift from my dad at Christmas that saw me get a pile of Warlord plastic ECW (see above - will do a dedicated post on them, compared to the OG figs, at some point).  As much as I got done, the lead pile definitely grew this year, but I'm okay with that.  All the growth was in stuff that I enjoy painting and playing, and generally was able to use in games.  All in all, a pretty good year.

Fleshhounds of Khorne, aka Khornedogs.  

I do seem to have met the goal I set for myself at the end of last year, to basically stop worrying, and just paint what I felt like.  Looking over the list of stuff I completed, there's three different scales of historical figures (and multiple projects), multiple AoS armies, some 40k, and some Lord of the Rings.  I'm slowly learning that when something stalls, it's okay to put it back in the cupboard, and pull out something that feels fresh.  I'm also incredibly fortunate to have options in my projects, and space to store all this stuff (although, predictably, that's shrinking).

Beginning of the Scots pike block.  Plan is to have 16 pike, and 2 wings of 12 shot as the standard unit.

Reasonably okay with how the flag turned out.  Will do until I spring for fancier ones.

I did reasonably well with my prognosticating last year, although 6mm took more of a back seat than I expected.  I hit a wall with the little guys in late spring, but have been feeling the itch lately, so who knows, there could be some progress on them.  Gaming this year was curtailed, for obvious reasons, but I still managed to play.  Cub and I got in a game of 40k fairly regularly (including a fun "narrative" campaign over the summer), and his growing interest in Flames of War (and collection of Finns) means we're playing some of that on occasion as well.  Over the summer, I managed to get in some games in the backyard against buddies from the local GW scene, and played 40k, AoS, and even some LotR before the weather turned, and Covid counts started to climb again.  Being able to do that was fantastic, and I much appreciated my friends taking the time to come by and play.  In the fall, another friend and I managed to get in several DBA games via videocall, and are planning some more for over the holidays.  I've also been picking away at my Ayyubids (the one 15mm army I didn't trade), and hopefully once things loosen up, he and I get some games in, in person.

First wing of shot.  Some depth of field issues here, apologies.

In terms of next year, I don't know what gaming will look like.  I'm assuming some of the same patterns will hold, but I can't help but hope that by the summer, I can at least get some outdoor games in again, and that by the Fall, things might return to something we recognize as normal.  In the mean time, I suppose we'll just keep doing what we've been doing.  Adapt, be patient, and do what we can to help each other.

Austrians finally got a commander.  Russians are staring at me accusingly from the "to do" queue.

For next year?  Well, there are some likely possibilities:

1. 28mm English Civil War

The Big Trade with Jura means I have enough lead in various stages to supply an army of Scots, never mind paint one.  The Old Glory sculpts, as I think I've said before, are wonderful (see above), and there's all manner of treasures to putter with.  Add in that Christmas (and my dad) brought me the ECW starter box from Warlord, and the Scots should see some opponents painted up over the year, and hopefully some games (Pikeman's Lament, most likely) by summertime.

Beastman chariot.  Fun, but fiddly.

2. 40k (probably Khorne).

40k should see traction for much the same reasons as last year, or rather reason; this is the Cub's main game, one he likes to play regularly, and even if I didn't enjoy painting and playing it (which I do), getting in games with him while he's still willing to spend time with his old man is pure gold.

Good for summoning in game, as they can "tag" a unit I don't want to deal with.

3. Flames of War

The purists will object to this, but they'll survive.  FoW is a fun game, it's another one the Cub wants to play, and I have no objection to picking away at my 3rd (4th?) Soviet army in 15mm.

Tzaangor Shaman, in decidedly non-Tzeentch colours.

4. Age of Sigmar

AoS has been my main game of late, and should things loosen up and normalcy return, I will play the bejesus out of it.  Should that happy circumstance not emerge, I have a ton of stuff to paint for multiple armies (including a new Slaughtermaster for my ogors from Santa), and have been pretty good about picking away at all / most of them, to some degree.  Exactly how often AoS rears it's head probably depends on the rate at which we get a handle on Covid, but what doesn't, these days? 

I like how the feathers turned out.

There's also several projects that are likely to see some activity, albeit at a slower pace.

1. 6mm something or other.

I have Russian and Austrians for SYW (plus EVEN MORE French and British should the mood strike), and Russians for Blucher.  Sooner or later, I'll get the itch to paint the little fellows, and I'll knock some of them out.  Gaming depends on too many factors to predict.

The disk was fun to paint as well.

2. Lord of the Rings

I have painted armies, and like the game.  If things loosen up, I will almost certainly play some of this. I can also see picking up a few new models, especially if we get gaming in the bottom half of the year.

Some old school figs.  Gave the beastlord bigger axes, because axes.

3. DBA, or other random historicals

Again, this is likely contingent on the great plague receding, but we seem to be building towards a critical mass locally, and I have high hopes of getting 3-4 people around a table for something.

I love the derpy old Brayshamans.

Beyond that, who knows?  Life has been feeling a bit narrower lately, if you follow me, and I'm slowly learning not to try and look too broadly, or too far ahead.  If we get through the next year in the same shape - working, more or less healthy, and in contact with loved ones, then I'll have no grounds for complaint.

Ogor standard bearers.

I wish you all (assuming the lack of another post), the very best of the new year.  Stay safe and healthy, and enjoy the hobby.

FMB

Gotta bring snacks to the fight.