IP 7 Round 3. Theme and Matchups!

[supervike]

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THAT'S RIGHT BRUSHLICKERS!!!

We're onto round three already!

Here are the matchups...


AlextheArtist vs. Paintminion

Valloa vs. Beelzebrush

Darklord vs. Commander Y

Wren vs. Bexley

SculptatheSquig vs. Lauth81

Brushmistress vs. Bren

And right to the THEME my pretties!

CLOAK AND DAGGER

Now, what I mean by this is espionage, or spy-type thingies...but how you interpret it is up to you!!!!

The deadline is SUNDAY Jan. 24th at 6pm Central Time (look it up!)

Which 'BR' will be on top, Brushmistress or Bren?

Can Sculpta sculpt even more entries?

Will Beelzebrush put away his chalk?

Who brings the best smack???

All this, and much much more will be decided in this round of the Toughest Online competition...THE IRON PAINTER, which begins.....



NOW!!!!

[Brushmistress]

Damn that whole letting the highest scoring loser back in thing... ;) Herm, gonna have to stew over this one for a while.

[Bren]

Damn that whole letting the highest scoring loser back in thing... ;) Herm, gonna have to stew over this one for a while.

hehe well the same goes for me.. now that I'm still in I have to prove myself a worthy loser I guess... anyway good luck to me and you ;)

[alextheartist]

Lets get crackin then :P

[Commander Y]

Darklord, eh...?

Ain't he the one with the flaming vagina for an avatar?

[supervike]

By the way....I just have to say that you folks did an amazing job with last round. Working around holidays, families, weather, and still put up some damn fine pieces.

Color me duly impressed with your Ironness....

[Brushmistress]

hehe well the same goes for me.. now that I'm still in I have to prove myself a worthy loser I guess... anyway good luck to me and you ;)

Good luck indeed! As per usual, I don't have a single executable idea yet. :) Hope something comes to me soon.

[Darklord]

Darklord, eh...?

Ain't he the one with the flaming vagina for an avatar?

dont think im a pussy though

[Beelzebrush]

I'm going to potato print mine this round (i've run out of chalk) :D ;)

I reckon I may just have the perfect mini.... oh joy lol!

G'luck Valloa :)

[Commander Y]

I'm just sayin'... looks like you could use a cream, or an ointment on that...

[Bren]

Good luck indeed! As per usual, I don't have a single executable idea yet. :) Hope something comes to me soon.

I do have one, and it's a rather obvious one: one of the assassins from Freebooter but I'm not sure which one yet. No wait, I'm thinking of a huge diorama with at least 4 models :D but I guess it'll end up like last round: be happy to finish one model and make a lousy base to go with it because there's no time anymore :)

[Beelzebrush]

trouble in the cockpit DL? lol :D

[Valloa]

I'm going to potato print mine this round (i've run out of chalk) :D ;)

I reckon I may just have the perfect mini.... oh joy lol!

G'luck Valloa :)

Thanks for the good wishes, however the minute I read it I had the perfect mini and idea. So luck right back at ya. :)


Maya~

[Beelzebrush]

Thanks for the good wishes, however the minute I read it I had the perfect mini and idea. So luck right back at ya. :)


Maya~


...bah! I can't find that 'perfect' mini anywhere :( So I'll take the luck that you offered and raise you a thunderbolt (in the direction of your perfect mini) and a bout of amnesia for your idea :D

Back to potato printing... hmmm!

[Justin]

Lets get crackin then :P

When you're done with her, Paintminion will have the insignificant characteristic.


Ohhh!

Burn!

[Sculpta the squig]

Zhentlemeen :p: Have an idea, I'll wait for something to form more fully before I start sculpting though, as, again, I don't think I have any suitable minis to fit my ideas :p:

Squig

[demonherald]

Zhentlemeen :p: Have an idea, I'll wait for something to form more fully before I start sculpting though, as, again, I don't think I have any suitable minis to fit my ideas :p:

Squig


companies would get cosed down f they made models based on some of your ideas......


hmmmm gonna have to ge the thinking cap on this one it's a funny old theme ... gona try and get something in the ITIC's and stick to y self restricted Malifaux theme......a plan is formed but going away next week back to Ireland moving cows to new fields ... lovely weather for it....

good luck all some very very nteresting pair ups......

[Sculpta the squig]

companies would get cosed down f they made models based on some of your ideas......


hmmmm gonna have to ge the thinking cap on this one it's a funny old theme ... gona try and get something in the ITIC's and stick to y self restricted Malifaux theme......a plan is formed but going away next week back to Ireland moving cows to new fields ... lovely weather for it....

good luck all some very very nteresting pair ups......


Haha, so you did get my PM then :p: And if they did, it would be due to an overall frenzied demand. I plan to hit the french GD by storm, a decidedly risque storm, which may or may not squeak as it moves :p:

Anyway, plan almost completely solidified in my head now, off tae make some armatures.

Squig

[LeopolddelaSolail]

I still got i idee will check out my konvolut if something fits or conquer my lokal gamestore.


Bexley you better watch you back cause Wren could be waiting in the dark.

[PaintMinion]

My daughter is singing Secret Agent Man all night, but the theme I have is either Bond or...

I see you, you see me
watch you blowin' the lines when you're painting a scene
Oh girl, you've got to know
what my head overlooks
the senses will show to my heart
when it's watching for lies
you can't escape my
Private Eyes
they're watching you
they paint your every move
Private Eyes
they're watching you
Private Eyes
they're watching you watching you watching you watching you...paint.

[Bexley]

Maybe I'll DNF in exchange for another bottle of rye.

[Brushmistress]

A good night's sleep hasn't yeilding any ideas yet, but I've still got plenty time....right?!

[waghorn41]

Well' I was planning to carry on in IP through ITIC but I need to think of something fast, my initial idea will take too much time...

[Darklord]

Im actually going to have to buy something for this round, I just hope it gets here in time as we havent had post for days. I do have a back up mini that I was going to paint for Little Angels anyway so I think I will start that while I wait for my main choice to come then Im covered eitherway.

[NephilimUK]

I'm just sayin'... looks like you could use a cream, or an ointment on that...

Ralgex 'Deep Heat' or some other proprietary brand of Capsicum oil-based ointment springs to mind...

:nurse: He he..

@ Darklord - Don't listen to him, he may have some rudimentary skills with a brush, but he's dogmeat in Warhawk..

:joyman:

[Jens]

Very cool theme and I'm looking forward to the entries. I know which model I'd have chosen for this round: Click me - Arlith the Silent Shadow (http://coolminiornot.com/199370) (and I would have been running out of time again) or maybe Soeur Eloise (http://helldorado.fr/ressources/secteur/article_id248/original_HtmlArea/soeur-eloise.jpg)

[Bexley]

I thought about Arlith- I do likes me some 54mm. I have a different idea, though. A more traditional one, for me. Which seems like kind of a risk, since I usually do so well with oddball tangents.

[MVM]

THink I'd have to go with these two from the comic book of the same name...
..http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:3fGg2lZggnWoPM:http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/cloak-and-dagger-mini-bust.jpg

[Darklord]

I have so many ideas now - though most are pretty un-realistic in the time scale - all however comedy ones

[Sculpta the squig]

Lauth, I'mma go beat you RED and BLU with my entry :p:

Squig

[lauth81]

Lauth, I'mma go beat you RED and BLU with my entry :p:

Squig

yeah, go ahead and try ...

Seriously, I'm kind of stumped for ideas. Will sift through my pile of lead (and plastic) tomorrow to see if I got anything suitable ...

[Valloa]

...bah! I can't find that 'perfect' mini anywhere :( So I'll take the luck that you offered and raise you a thunderbolt (in the direction of your perfect mini) and a bout of amnesia for your idea :D

Back to potato printing... hmmm!

Hmm. Fine...I call and I'll raise you a snow storm and postal strike!


Maya~

[demonherald]

I have so many ideas now - though most are pretty un-realistic in the time scale - all however comedy ones


I'm in a sinilar boat with this one.. got some great ideas but all do involve a lot more than I have time for.. even if I wasn't going away to chase cows in the snow and as working on it full time for two weeks it would be a struggle.....

got a couple of simpler ones but we will see.

[Sculpta the squig]

Sculpting has begun...

Squig

[Moavoamoatu]

Good luck to you all.

[Sculpta the squig]

Thanks :)

I got almost 1/5 of the sculpting done already, is good :)

Squig

[Bexley]

Oh yeah? Well, I've got 100% of my sculpting done.

[Sculpta the squig]

Yes, well, I suspect you're not sculpting five complete models though :p:

Squig

[Bexley]

That was the joke, yes.

[Sculpta the squig]

I realised that ;)

Squig

[MVM]

Where's the smack folks?

[Bexley]

In a junkie's veins.

[Brushmistress]

Had to break down & buy a mini...but now I'm confident that I've got a winner & that this dio will be awesome!!!

[alextheartist]

Started building mine

[PaintMinion]

And an idea is blossoming, although I'm waiting for Art to find and hand over his mini I want to use. Had to do a bit of bribery to make him part with it. I'll have to replace it later. Some sculpting, hmmm, display base might be tricky, cuteness, and a theme song....yeah, I'm on my way! Oh, but I just got another idea....dagnabit, back to internet searches...

[waghorn41]

Got an idea, got a mini - but have I got time...

[Brushmistress]

Got an idea, got a mini - but have I got time...

While you aren't my opponent, it sounds like what you don't have is Iron since you're already complaining about time...:p:

[Darklord]

Had to break down & buy a mini...but now I'm confident that I've got a winner & that this dio will be awesome!!!

I bought mine too but as there has been no post for a week Im not holding my breath - kinda liking my stop gap entry I started painting though so It may work out well.

Either will turn Tom into commander 'why oh why did I have to get drawn angainst the mighty Darklord, God must think I slept with his mre after all the bad luck he just gave me, oh well maybe next year and If im lucky Darklord will teach me a trick or two on how to stay in IP past round 3'

[waghorn41]

While you aren't my opponent, it sounds like what you don't have is Iron since you're already complaining about time...:p:

In ITIC I'm my own opponent :doh:

[Peterdita]

Another tough theme... Woulda failed on this one as well.

Can't wait to see the iron start to harden as the field narrows...

[LeopolddelaSolail]

Finaly got a idee found some Pal Rarta Minis in a Bordgame Box :surprised
which i had almost forgotten.
Included one female halfling which i chose know im searching a terran feature witch will fit.

[PaintMinion]

Idea finalized, no time left to search for ideas, and once again, only using what I have. Well, need more balsa wood, but prep starts today finally! So here we go, with theme song changed again...any Eagles fans out there?

Well, I heard some people talkin' (on Wyrd) just the other day
And they said you were gonna put me on a shelf
But let me tell you I got some news for you
And you'll soon find out it's true
And then you'll have to paint minis all by yourself
'Cause I'm already gone
And I'm feelin' strong
I will sing this vict'ry song, woo, hoo,hoo,woo,hoo,hoo

....let the cd play and let's show some real iron!

[Wren]

Maybe I'll DNF in exchange for another bottle of rye.

I know that's pretty much my only shot of making it through this round, but I'm pretty broke after bribing dh's family to pull off that whole camera snafu thing last round. ;->

I've got my idea, though I might wish it came a little faster since it involves three minis and some scene stuff and I've never painted that much in such a short span of time. I'm off to do a little putty stuff, then hopefully painting ASAP!

[PaintMinion]

Good luck, Wren, sometimes the pressure is enough to make you cry, but I know you can do this! You've got iron in places you didn't know...let it out!

[Darklord]

You've got iron in places you didn't know...let it out!

those pesky chastity belts eh?!

[Bexley]

I know that's pretty much my only shot of making it through this round, but I'm pretty broke after bribing dh's family to pull off that whole camera snafu thing last round. ;->

I've got my idea, though I might wish it came a little faster since it involves three minis and some scene stuff and I've never painted that much in such a short span of time. I'm off to do a little putty stuff, then hopefully painting ASAP!

Don't fret too much- my unemployment just ran out. I expected a further extension, but I guess I didn't make enough originally to warrant it. Consequently, a) I may not have enough money to buy the figs for my idea, and will have to think fast for a backup; b) the new semester has startedl, so I have far less free time to devote to it; and c) what little free time I have will likely be spent job hunting.

If I can find the stupid Empire warrior priest I know I bought some time ago, then I only need to buy one figure. But damned if I can find the stupid thing.

[lauth81]

Finally, after 4 days, I got some ideas ...

My preferred one involves a certain "Candy" ...

let's see if my local gamestore has her in stock, loo late for ordering, it would never arrive in time.

[Wren]

Don't fret too much- my unemployment just ran out. I expected a further extension (...)

If I can find the stupid Empire warrior priest I know I bought some time ago, then I only need to buy one figure. But damned if I can find the stupid thing.

Ouch, sorry to hear about about the finance problems. I'm amazed you can even think about Iron Painter with all that going on. You are pretty darn Iron!

[MVM]

I would like to officially complain to the judges that there is not anywhere near enough smack talk going on in this forum. I predict that you are all going to loose this round!Vike is going to edit the rules and make it O.K. for judges to add their own entries starting in round three.

[TheBugKing]

Like any of the judges have the time to enter.

There are other things going on here. Really.

[Nathan Caroland]

I don't think I even know where my paints are anymore .. or brushes. Minis, minis I got.

[demonherald]

Finally, after 4 days, I got some ideas ...

My preferred one involves a certain "Candy" ...

let's see if my local gamestore has her in stock, loo late for ordering, it would never arrive in time.

let me know if they haven't I can post one out to ya tomorrow.... in Fact I'm heading through ublin tomorow at some point....

[supervike]

Where the hell is ublin?

[supervike]

I would like to officially complain to the judges that there is not anywhere near enough smack talk going on in this forum. I predict that you are all going to loose this round!Vike is going to edit the rules and make it O.K. for judges to add their own entries starting in round three.


It seems par for the course. The first few rounds, folks are smack happy.....and as we progress, they all just start complaining.

Wimps!

Smack-less, wimps at that!

I'm the king of the smack, and I'm just a lowly presenter!

[demonherald]

Dublin... damn you sir .............you know me by now I do my own way of typing.. crap with every fourth or fifth letter missing

[MVM]

My girlfriend and I are planning a vacation to Ireland. I just might have to whoop one of you while I'm there in a brawl.

[Sculpta the squig]

let me know if they haven't I can post one out to ya tomorrow.... in Fact I'm heading through ublin tomorow at some point....


By all means, do help my opponent, he needs it :p:

Squig

[goblyn13]

I don't think I even know where my paints are anymore .. or brushes. Minis, minis I got.


sounds like you need to be volunteered for the speed paint at Gencon this year just so that you can get your 1 mini a year painted.

[Wren]

I don't think I even know where my paints are anymore .. or brushes. Minis, minis I got.

I initially read this as you don't even know where your PANTS are any more, and I was worried about the toll that running Wyrd is taking on you!

Sorry MVM, I traditionally suck at the smack, it's just not especially in my nature to dig at people. Unless they're good friends or SOs. ;->

My entry has some potential to be kinda cool. It'd be further along if it hadn't tipped over and partially dislodged the two figures already glued to the base. Happily there was no paint to chip yet, but that and having to do some random life stuff today set me behind schedule for today. Ah well, here comes tomorrow!

[MVM]

Sorry MVM, I traditionally suck at the smack, it's just not especially in my nature to dig at people. Unless they're good friends or SOs. ;->


Don't think of it as digging at them- think of it as encouraging them to greatness through negativity.

[lauth81]

let me know if they haven't I can post one out to ya tomorrow.... in Fact I'm heading through ublin tomorow at some point....

Thank you, that's very kind, but not necessary atm.

[Darklord]

smack talk? hmmm how about:

Commander Y save yourself some time. Take a base to the toilet and do your stuff on it - result will be the same as if you painted something - s**t!!

[Brushmistress]

I'm just gonna go ahead and whine - got my mini yesterday, looks fine, w00t. Enter the problems...my computer (posting from my husbands) is in a bad way right now...been spending a lot of time trying to fix it...got a graphic design job next week, maybe, if I can get my computer running...I'm tired, frustrated, and have probably dedicated more time to screaming & crying the past two days than I have to painting. Screw this...painting is for suckers. :angryfire

[Peterdita]

Oh Jess... I'm sorry to hear of your troubles. Things will work out for ya, I've got a good feeling about his one! Maybe a good night of wine to help replenish some iron.

[Beelzebrush]

Aye... I'm struggling with this too atm.... I've got a **** load of work to do and also 2 commissions for paintings have just been received (not fecking minis I'm glad to say :)).

I'll do what I can - hopefully all of it but it's going to be a bit of a slog.

[Commander Y]

Say what you will, Dorklord, but your avatar's lady-parts are still on fire. The wet blanket of losing this round ought to douse that for ya - see, I'm gonna do you a favor.

Finally settled on an idea. The best part - it'll be the third time in a row I'll get the "I don't understand the reference... but it's nice" comments.

"I didn't know a sandwich was called a hero"
"I'm not familiar with Calvin and Hobbes"
and now...?

But for the folks who DO get it, it'll be awesome!

[Darklord]

does my avatar sing to you Tom?

'dont'cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me, dont'cha?'!!

[v22TTC]

I'm going to try and submit a pic of a painted mini by deadline... though my deadline is shorter than everyone else's... and I can't start 'til today... well, you never know....

This move isn't working out as well as I'd hoped (though still better), in terms of minis painting. Love the themes though, Vikey! Though I'm totally out (IP and ITIC), I'll still conform to the spirit, though my half-painted Freebooter Assassin 3 (from R 2) would be perfect for this.

Will just have a crack at painting something I like and can use, and Infinity is my big, fat, soft-spot (though I also bought Assassin 1, who's a sweet mini, despite labouring under the awesome burden of not being female...).

OK, I'm a perfectionist, but why does it take me 40+ hours to half-paint a mini?!.. That half looks slick though....

[Peterdita]

OK, I'm a perfectionist, but why does it take me 40+ hours to half-paint a mini?!.. That half looks slick though....

You paint minis? I thought you just hung around and talked a lot about painting minis....

I let you slide on some wierd debt you inherited to me under the agreement you'd finally post something! Still yet to see anything... If nothing is up for round 3 I may have to send out a collector!

Your next post should include a pic.

[v22TTC]

Well, if you ever find yourself in Manchester (the real one, requiring no suffix), I'll show you a bunch of half-painted minis that'll make you weep tears of artistic ecstacy.:)

But yeah, you're right - I am ever-increasingly feeling like an 'all mouth and no trousers' tw*t (which is why I don't drop comments anymore, though I certainly know what I'm talking about)... I suppose my questions aren't rhetorical... feck me, why does everything in this hobby take so long?!?!

[Bren]

@ v22TTC: If I finish my Assassin #3 will you finish yours?? ;) Mine's half painted too. Though it didn't take me 40 hours so far... I wish I could have spent 40 hours on it though :). But unfortunately I had to take my cat to the vet (read: my colleague) to take of his ear because he had a bleeding ulcerative process (probably a tumor). I could have done the surgery myself but to cut off the ear of my own cat... no thanks. The poor thing now has one of those fancy elizabethan collars so he thinks he can't pee, poo, eat, drink or whatever. Guess who has to help him... :rolleyes: But I feel sorry for him. I'm not iron enough to find my painting more important than my cat... but in this case I guess that's a good thing. So I apologize to my opponent for not making the huge diorama I planned. One model is all there will be...

[Wren]

I hope your kitty recovers well and doesn't have to wear the collar too long.

A kitty is going to eat a little bit of my painting time, and it's not even my cat! Our friends have to go out of town and their cat is on medication, so we're trucking over there daily for the next few days to pill someone else's cat. She meows a lot, so hopefully getting the pill in her mouth won't be too big a challenge...

[v22TTC]

@ v22TTC: If I finish my Assassin #3 will you finish yours?? ;)

That's a deal! It'll be interesting to see whose looks the nicest, hahaha....:D

I should just probably finish something, rather than starting afresh each round, but I like struggling gamely on... maybe I should just speed-paint one of the Tzeentch Cultists from the Chaos in the Old World boardgame....;)

Sorry to hear about pussycat troubles - they're well worth it though!:love:

[Brushmistress]

So I apologize to my opponent for not making the huge diorama I planned. One model is all there will be...

No worries Bren...still hoping I can put together what my initial plan was, but it looks more and more that I'll just get a single model done myself. :)

I hope that everthing works out for the best with your kitty. :puppy:

[Bren]

The collar has to stay on until I can remove the stitches, so that's still a week to go now. I don't want to take the risk that he starts to scratch too much and make everything worse before it's even healed properly.

I hope I'll have some time to paint this sunday.

[Bexley]

Score! I finally found the empire priest. In was in a bag of stuff I needed to sort and put away, which I'd forgotten about.

[LeopolddelaSolail]

If have partly switch my projekt keep the halfling female and add and old darkelf repetier siege weapon with crew so a total of 4 minis plus terrain feature

[Wren]

Bex - I'm trying to decide if I'm glad you found the mini... I'm glad for your budget, if not for my chances. ;->

Leo - that's an ambitious project, I look forward to seeing it!

[Valloa]

@ v22TTC: If I finish my Assassin #3 will you finish yours?? ;) Mine's half painted too. Though it didn't take me 40 hours so far... I wish I could have spent 40 hours on it though :). But unfortunately I had to take my cat to the vet (read: my colleague) to take of his ear because he had a bleeding ulcerative process (probably a tumor). I could have done the surgery myself but to cut off the ear of my own cat... no thanks. The poor thing now has one of those fancy elizabethan collars so he thinks he can't pee, poo, eat, drink or whatever. Guess who has to help him... :rolleyes: But I feel sorry for him. I'm not iron enough to find my painting more important than my cat... but in this case I guess that's a good thing. So I apologize to my opponent for not making the huge diorama I planned. One model is all there will be...

I hope your baby does much better. At least he sounds like he's doing well in dealing with the collar, even if you have to help. :help:

I hear you on the iron part. Our pet babies are way more important than painting. I almost DNF'd last round because my 18 year senile cat inhaled a piece of food into her lungs. As long as we were trying to save her life, nothing else mattered. As it should be.

[Valloa]

I hope your kitty recovers well and doesn't have to wear the collar too long.

A kitty is going to eat a little bit of my painting time, and it's not even my cat! Our friends have to go out of town and their cat is on medication, so we're trucking over there daily for the next few days to pill someone else's cat. She meows a lot, so hopefully getting the pill in her mouth won't be too big a challenge...

If the cat won't take the pill (like most cats) go to any pet only store and get some "Pill pockets". It's the brand name as well as what it is, you put the pills in a piece of food, close the pocket and the cat/dog eats it and the pill. The fish flavor works wonders on my pill spitters so it's worth a try vs scratch and stress.

[Wren]

The owners had started off giving the medicine with pill pockets, but found that they had better success doing it the old fashioned way. It's an older cat with a very poor appetite but who opens her mouth to yowl a lot, so popping it into the open mouth is easier than trying to tempt her tastebuds. When it comes time to pill my own much fiestier cats, I will be trying the pill pockets for sure!

[NephilimUK]

I would like to officially complain to the judges that there is not anywhere near enough smack talk going on in this forum.

I'll second that.

More Iron, less Soft Solder eh? :whip:

Judges should award points for best taunt or riposte - that should get things going...

[alextheartist]

Havent started the actual mini yet. Its not even arrived.

[Wren]

I was reasonably happy with my progress up until yesterday. I had plans to paint and also do some weekend stuff with my husband, but the weekend stuff ended up eating the whole day. Ah well, trying again again today...

[PaintMinion]

Havent started the actual mini yet. Its not even arrived.

Alex, my weekend of painting never happened, so I'm far behind where I wanted to be. Again, I may have to cut down on my ambitions. But you better come up with something soon! No DNF, you hear me?!

[Bren]

My entry is slowly progressing... I didn't like the colors I chose at first but I'm getting used to them now I think. Anyway, I'll show you a picture of my kitty, the cause of my delayed painting :help:

It was taken a week ago right after I came home from the clinic, so he's still a bit dizzy here...

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/804/10831473.jpg

[Brushmistress]

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/804/10831473.jpg

He looks miserable in this photo - I hope he's better than this right now!

[Valloa]

Poor baby! I hope he's doing much better. Still milking the collar for all the attention he can?

[ispep]

Thats an Iron Kitteh.

[Wren]

Poor kitty. Even dizzy his disgust with the collar is evident!

[Bren]

Yes, the collar is his biggest issue ATM. I don't think he's still in pain from the ear surgery but the collar is very annoying... we're all counting the days until we can take it off :-) only 3 more to go!!

[Peterdita]

awww.. .poor kitty. :(
Think he deserves some extra bennito flakes! My kitty loves them! If yuo aren't familliar with them you can find them at asain markets to use in soups and what not. Just dried up fish flakes, but a real treat to kitty down on his luck. Hang in there Kitty.

[Bren]

Thanks for the idea, but he can only eat special food because of his urinary crystals. If he eats normal cat food he can become obstructed... we've had that twice now and it's not funny, not for him (it must be horrible to be unable to pee) and not for us since it's always in the middle of the night and I have to rush to the clinic to put a catheter in. Ouch. But it's better then dying of urinary obstruction...

PS: I'm actually going to try to paint a second model, we'll see if I can finish it.

[alextheartist]

Alex, my weekend of painting never happened, so I'm far behind where I wanted to be. Again, I may have to cut down on my ambitions. But you better come up with something soon! No DNF, you hear me?!


I'm far to competative to dnf.. I plan on beating you fair a square, even after having had to swap to plan b

[Justin]

I'm far to competative to dnf.. I plan on beating you fair a square, even after having had to swap to plan b

Note: plan b consists of merely crushing paintminion's dreams of winning, not defeating her so badly that she burns her brushes and leads the rest of her life in seclusion, as was his original plan.

[alextheartist]

Note: plan b consists of merely crushing paintminion's dreams of winning, not defeating her so badly that she burns her brushes and leads the rest of her life in seclusion, as was his original plan.

Thats about right :)

Its turning out pretty good imo :P

[Bexley]

Two possible jobs coming up. One I will likely get, but is by no means certain.

The other is an offer to return to my former employer, although with a slightly different position. However, it is more or a less a done deal if I decide to take it.

The job I've applied for will likely be more money and more flexible, which is good for finishing up my schooling.

The former employer, however, will be only slightly less flexible. And would probably bring about the return of the Boardgames for Booze program. (I'll let you know for sure, Wren. ;) )

Either way, it means I can stop job hunting and paint my damn entry for IP.

[Wren]

Yay, board games for booze! And yay for things going well for you.

Boo on painting. Don't paint, search for more jobs. I bet there's an even more fantastic offer out there if you just search harder and forget about that silly painting thing.

Not that I have to worry, my entry is kickass! ;-> I was pretty iron for the first bit, painting through mild food poisoning and a swollen eyelid. But I'm now I'm tired and want to take a break and have fun, so stop painting and hunt for more jobs.

[Beelzebrush]

Whew! Finally started mine today. Hopefully everything goes well and I have an entry by Sunday.... I should have. Not that I'm worried... it's only Valloa :D

[Valloa]

Whew! Finally started mine today. Hopefully everything goes well and I have an entry by Sunday.... I should have. Not that I'm worried... it's only Valloa :D

You only started today? If you thought I was that little a threat.... wow... it's going to be easier to crush you than I thought! Course my entry is so awesome that I could enter it now without finishing and still win. :D

[TheBugKing]

Man, I was really rather disappointed in the lack of smackage. Not so now! Go go Valoa!

[MVM]

Man, I was really rather disappointed in the lack of smackage. Not so now! Go go Valoa!

Applause- I agree. People - I came here to see toxic verbal abuse hurled at total strangers. I want to see some smack!!!

[Brushmistress]

I can throw no insulting comments at my opponent (sorry Bren)- I have yet to take my miniature out of the blister. Really aiming for a paint-a-thon on Saturday.

[Beelzebrush]

Course my entry is so awesome that I could enter it now without finishing and still win. :D


You'll be sure to point whether it's finished or not then? It's difficult to tell when you apply paint with a roller :D

[Valloa]

You'll be sure to point whether it's finished or not then? It's difficult to tell when you apply paint with a roller :D

Sure! It'll be the one sitting next to the trophy. Instead of you know..the one the judges had to hide under a bucket cause the paint job scared them. :vb_tongue

[Peterdita]

I can't wait to see this Beezle/Valloa Matchup go down...
Beezle knocked me out last year so he obviously is really good since he beat me. and Maya, well I have one of her minis in my living room and it looks awesome in person... So you kids have my attention!

(this round will be sweet all around though. Despite me sitting on the loser bench like the fat kid in dodge ball)

[Darklord]

I can throw no insulting comments at my opponent (sorry Bren)- I have yet to take my miniature out of the blister. Really aiming for a paint-a-thon on Saturday.


starting is for suckers

[Beelzebrush]

Sure! It'll be the one sitting next to the trophy. Instead of you know..the one the judges had to hide under a bucket cause the paint job scared them. :vb_tongue


I had no idea the judges were giving trophies out for finger painting... it's very sporting of them. The bucket is to stop my mini dazzling everyone with its brilliance I'm afraid... it's better that way :bigthumb:

[Commander Y]

Finished yesterday - now I just need to work out how the new photo-editing software works... Plenty of time, right? New software, new OS... should be fun...

[Valloa]

The bucket is to stop my mini dazzling everyone with its brilliance I'm afraid... it's better that way :bigthumb:

<pats> If that's what you need to tell yourself to get through the day... :loco:

[Beelzebrush]

... The things that get me through the day are tea, coffee and a couple of whiskys of an evening. The rest is just plain sailing - a stroll in the park and a kick-ass mini that gets me into the next round :D

[Commander Y]

...first.

[PaintMinion]

ack erg eek. This nmm dagger is just not sharp enough, after two days of putzing. I seem to have totally lost the ability to paint daggers.

But fear not, fellow painters! I shall work until it can cut it! Have the day off today and I will get this dagnabit entry looking good! So, my quiet opponent, just how determined are you? Watch your back! Check your doors and windows! Feel like someone is watching you? Don't be paranoid. Still, watch your back...:poke:

[Brushmistress]

I finally have my entry primed! That's something, right? :bigthumb:

[Valloa]

... and a couple of whiskys of an evening.


Oooh, caffeine and alcohol, so *that* explains it all....

[Valloa]

Second!

[Beelzebrush]

Oooh, caffeine and alcohol, so *that* explains it all....


I'm glad it's all explained...I fear, however, that you may be mistaken in your assumption that coffee and whisky makes one a better painter- as far as I'm aware, iron can't be gained in beverage form... by all means, feel free to try though. If it doesn't work, at least the whisky will come in handy for drowning your sorrows at your impending defeat. Never mind, there's always the ITIC ;) :D

:bigthumb:

[Valloa]

I'm glad it's all explained...I fear, however, that you may be mistaken in your assumption that coffee and whisky makes one a better painter- as far as I'm aware, iron can't be gained in beverage form... by all means, feel free to try though. If it doesn't work, at least the whisky will come in handy for drowning your sorrows at your impending defeat. Never mind, there's always the ITIC ;) :D

:bigthumb:

Oh no...nonono. I never assumed that coffee and whiskey would make one a *better* painter. That's coffee and beer, or so I've been told. Might want to switch so you can have a chance of not seeing the ITIC yourself. :tongue1:

[Bexley]

I finally started!

[lauth81]

Sorry, I won't make it. DNF for me then.
Work wrecked havoc on my free time.

[LeopolddelaSolail]

I am Sorry Lauth81
i got also some problems But hopefully i will made it till monday
take today a work in progress shot.

[Darklord]

as far as I'm aware, iron can't be gained in beverage form.
:bigthumb:


Iron Bru - its made in scotland from girders

[Beelzebrush]

Iron Bru - its made in scotland from girders


**shhhhhh!** don't tell about the wonderous magical potion.... :D

[Sculpta the squig]

Guh, not got a lot of work done on mine, so I'll have to cut it down and finish it later :/

Squig

[Darklord]

mines in - man cant get good photos of it still gives tom some chance at least!!
best of luck my worthy opponent, may the best man win

[Brushmistress]

Mine's in too!

[Beelzebrush]

Love it BM... great colours!

What's going on with all the frogs and amphibian stuff? :D Have I just led a sheltered life?

We just need some rats now.... where's Moa when you need him?

[Bren]

Mine's in too!! I'm glad I didn't paint the frog as well :-)

[Brushmistress]

Love it BM... great colours!

What's going on with all the frogs and amphibian stuff? :D Have I just led a sheltered life?

We just need some rats now.... where's Moa when you need him?


Thanks BB - I know that the reason I chose a frog assassin is because I didn't want to paint just another run of the mill guy with dagger - as it turns out, I just painted another run of the mill frog. :fing02: I also had a pet frog for 7 years, and I have a soft spot for them.

[Beelzebrush]

Thanks BB - I know that the reason I chose a frog assassin is because I didn't want to paint just another run of the mill guy with dagger - as it turns out, I just painted another run of the mill frog. :fing02: I also had a pet frog for 7 years, and I have a soft spot for them.


Funnily enough... I've included my bestest mate (pet)... Arthur the Airedale Terrier, in my entry. :D

[waghorn41]

Well I just got mine into ITIC in time. Difficult to get the right lighting and still be able to see the painting while not losing 'theme'. Oh well, it is fun.

[Wren]

Wow, it is interesting that several people independently went the frog route! And each one a very different take on that.


as it turns out, I just painted another run of the mill frog. :fing02: I also had a pet frog for 7 years, and I have a soft spot for them.

The same frog lived for 7 years? That's pretty impressive!

I'm plodding along with my entry (which has no frogs whatsoever, though I'd be tempted to squeeze one in if it fit at all at this point! ;->). I'm having weird paint issues, not sure if it's the colours I've selected or I've lost my mojo or what. So a lot of it feels as annoying as painting shiny black. I've just done the largest and hardest annoying spot this afternoon, so I'm kind of cranky. Two cloaks down, but still a dagger, the thing that they're being cloak and dagger about, and some odds and ends to go.

[PaintMinion]

Hmmm, no frogs in mine either..Wren you think we'd get marked down for no frogs? I can put one in if needed....meanwhile, back to the rat race.

[Bexley]

No frogs. No miniatures at all, at the moment. (Surprise! I'll probably be up all night, and posting at the last second. Are you all surprised? Are you?)

[MVM]

Am I the only one who was knocked out of this competition who is disgusted that the people who beat us out are starting their work a day before deadline?

[Bexley]

Why? It just shows how iron we are, which is why we're still here.

[NephilimUK]

Why? It just shows how iron we are, which is why we're still here.

An excellent riposte! (9/10 on the smackeroony scale).

[Brushmistress]

Am I the only one who was knocked out of this competition who is disgusted that the people who beat us out are starting their work a day before deadline?


Not only should that **** you off to no end, you should also be peeved that I beat you last round doing that very same thing (had only painted the water until that point)! I was painting with the football game on Sunday thinking "3 hours - ok - I can do this!).

I'm gonna give a "Congrats" to Bren a little early (and if I'm mistaken then that's awesome, but I doubt it). Lovely work! Wish I'd had more time to dedicate to mine, but yesterday morning was all that the powers that be would allow me for painting.

[Bexley]

Ugh. Spoke too soon. I think I may be a DNF. Thanks for nothin', Minnesota Unemployment.

(I might just get a single figure done in time. But likely no "Ascension of Valten" diorama like I planned.)

[MVM]

Makes me wonder what your lot could accomplish if you really tried. Maybe you could actually all finish on time...without goading? When I think of Iron competitions I think of competitions that require anyone to give their all....100%.

I guess it doesn't bother me so much that you CAN wait till the last min. and still pull off a win. It bothers me that you DO.

[Beelzebrush]

I think the main 'iron' aspect of this comp is fitting it into and around real life stuff. Also, it's a definite marathon if you make it through the various rounds. I started my entry on Friday and have still managed to stick to my original plan. I suppose it's down to how you arrange your available time.

Either that or it's a big game of 'chicken' :D

[PaintMinion]

Cluck cluck cluck. Start your engines. Don't blink, don't flinch.

Final push to the end folks! Today's course features finally finishing stripping wall border off in our bedroom, buying some mats for the entry floor, friends coming over for dinner and to take away some of Art's comics collection, finishing my IP entry , uploading.

Anybody else got smack for me? I'm feeling feisty and my opponent doesn't have enough iron smack for me...

[Beelzebrush]

Mine sup :)

[alextheartist]

Cluck cluck cluck. Start your engines. Don't blink, don't flinch.

Final push to the end folks! Today's course features finally finishing stripping wall border off in our bedroom, buying some mats for the entry floor, friends coming over for dinner and to take away some of Art's comics collection, finishing my IP entry , uploading.

Anybody else got smack for me? I'm feeling feisty and my opponent doesn't have enough iron smack for me...

Its the last week of my college semester so I dont have the time for mindless internet babble.









What the hell, you goin down!

Where is my smack monkey when I need him?? :P

[Sculpta the squig]

Yay, I'm almost ready to prime my entry :p:

Squig

[Bexley]

ARRRGH. For some reason, my image looks fine in photoshop. In the Windows viewer, it's got weird blue in the shadows. I had the same thing happen with my lst one, but didn't realize it until later, as I didn't bother checking it outside of photoshop. I think it might be something with the colorspace, or bit depth, but I've no time to suss it out right now.

Should be up in a moment.

[Wren]

I guess it doesn't bother me so much that you CAN wait till the last min. and still pull off a win. It bothers me that you DO.

If it's any consolation to you, I need most of the two weeks, as a rule, and that's without life interfering much. Even back in the early seasons when doing just a single fig was more common, nevermind now that huge scenes are what the audience expects! I think there's been one round in the entire time I've participated where I started a couple of days before the deadline.

I've been using this season to try to push myself to paint faster, to accept looking at the big picture sometimes means a little less anal of prep or perfection in a detail. Just working on the big picture in general, really. I always learn a lot in IP, even if I don't always enjoy the process.

Next to the final round of the season I won, I think this has been the round requiring the most iron of me. I painted through stomach problems, back problems, mild vertigo and just plain cranky and annoyed. Cranky and annoyed was probably the hardest to overcome. Lots of painting sessions where I didn't want to paint at all, or didn't want to paint what needed to be painted.

Now I just wait for Bexley to knock me out so I can go paint fun stuff for a bit. Hopefully I'll find myself painting it faster, too! (I know Bex thinks he's going to DNF. He's got 9 minutes left, I'm not worried. I'm am curious to know what an Ascension of Valen would have been, though.

[Bexley]

Phew! It looks fine in Firefox.

(Sorry to get your hopes up about a DNF, Wren. I think I just had a "been up all night and too much to do" panic attack. I still had to rush things like mad, though, and left out some bits I didn't have time for.)

[Wren]

lol, you didn't get my hopes up, you made me panic! I expected to get knocked out last round, I'm pretty much counting on this this round!

[Sculpta the squig]

Bluh, got mine in, it looks like rubbish though, painted in about 4 hours I think, very little time this round as I was ill and more or less bedbound for a bit more than a week, so, mucho stress, but I refuse to DNF.

Squig

[supervike]

Round is closed....Gotta go, Vikes are playing!

[Bexley]

Isn't it like, the NFC championship? Don't they usually lose that one? (Well, post Fran Tarkington. When he was there, they'd just get to the Superbowl and lose.)

[Bexley]

Heh. I was just flipping channels, and caught the news. Same old, same old. They're about as predictably choke-prone as my Skaven BB team was.

[supervike]

Yeah, my dreams for a Viking Superbowl are over for yet another year.

Such is the life of a fan of perennial underachievers.

It was a great game though. No quit in most of those guys....

[LeopolddelaSolail]

I need a little more time to finish need to help my handicapt brother by his job application and had some stuff for university to do iam sorry
(http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&p=5tY9AA&search=application)

[Beelzebrush]

Yeah, my dreams for a Viking Superbowl are over for yet another year.

Such is the life of a fan of perennial underachievers.

It was a great game though. No quit in most of those guys....



The team I support are just the same... possibly a lot worse to be honest. Hugely frustrating... mind, we are putting a cup run together atm.

This is proper football by the way.... none of this armoured mullarkey. :D

Derby *sigh* County *sigh* Underachievers since the 70s :/

[Brushmistress]

So - how many of the painters in this round didn't actually start until Saturday?

[Darklord]

So - how many of the painters in this round didn't actually start until Saturday?

I started about a week ago - though I had already nearly completed fallback plan by then!

think I may well be finished with Ip this time, Toms a tough opponent. Kinda glad to be honest, first time I have ever been really unmotivated to finish an IP entry, gives me more time for the charity contest anyway - its a needy child that one!!

funny how there were so many frogs. I actually wanted the same mini as Jess and Maya but couldnt get hold of it. I even had the pub idea BB did but left that alone.
Great minds and all that

[Beelzebrush]

I even had the pub idea BB did but left that alone.
Great minds and all that


Shame you didn't do it.... it's a winner I tell you :D

I started mine on Friday and built the base and wall and stuff on Saturday... all finished on Sunday :)

All commented on including the ITIC's... unless any more appear. Comments are pretty slow atm... bit like the forum too I guess.... is everyone bored of it all now? :D lol

[Bexley]

So - how many of the painters in this round didn't actually start until Saturday?

Right here. I eagerly await all the comments telling me all the much more elaborate things I should have done in the 36 hours I had to complete my entry. :rolleyes:

[Beelzebrush]

I thought we all had 2 weeks :D

[Moavoamoatu]

I just had a look at the entries and I have to admit that all of them are fantastic. Excelent job painters. Some of them are merely amazing.

But why so many frogs ??? Do I miss you ??? :rolleyes:

[MVM]

I thought we all had 2 weeks :D

No- remember- he's so Iron he has to wait until the last min. He couldn't possably have started two weeks ago. That would have been a sign of weekness.

MM

[Bexley]

It's how I go about looking cool to other people. If I win, I can be all, "Oh, that? *yawn* Yeah, did that in a day and a half. You spent a whole two weeks? Huh. That's a shame."

[LeopolddelaSolail]

Im sorry that i didnt get it in time but my familie is rank1 than follows Job and Hobby .

Have i mentiont that iam a bad terrain builder that hole pice is trash the paper glue mix fell totally appart by painting it maybe to wet? or sabotage ??? who knows

[waghorn41]

Great entries people, commented on all. had a stab in the itic myself but don't bother looking having seen the real entries

[Sculpta the squig]

I didn't start painting untill sunday evening, if that means anything :p:

Squig

[Wren]

I should have comments on all the entries now, including ITIC. If I missed yours, please let me know!

[NephilimUK]

I didn't start painting untill sunday evening, if that means anything :p:

Squig

:congrats:

:bitchslap

:laugh:

[Brushmistress]

So, since it's that time again, I thought I'd be the first to inquire about scores...there's only 11 of us now (and to whom should I be sending this magnificent bottle of scotch to for the "Gimme Another Chance" award or whatever it is when we have and odd number?). :D

[Valloa]

So, since it's that time again, I thought I'd be the first to inquire about scores...there's only 11 of us now (and to whom should I be sending this magnificent bottle of scotch to for the "Gimme Another Chance" award or whatever it is when we have and odd number?). :D

Since the 12th was a DNF, by the rules there shouldn't be an odd number after the judging since the other part of the pair got the entry in. Should be 6 without a "Gimme Another Chance".

[Brushmistress]

Since the 12th was a DNF, by the rules there shouldn't be an odd number after the judging since the other part of the pair got the entry in. Should be 6 without a "Gimme Another Chance".


Ahhah! You are correct - we'll, at least I can look forward to some Iron Free weekends then. ;)

[Valloa]

Ahhah! You are correct - we'll, at least I can look forward to some Iron Free weekends then. ;)

:D


If I'm out this round.... :no: I won't be able to delay, or procrastinate anymore in packing up the rest of my mini stuff.

[Brushmistress]

:D


If I'm out this round.... :no: I won't be able to delay, or procrastinate anymore in packing up the rest of my mini stuff.


Are you giving up the hobby?!

[Valloa]

Are you giving up the hobby?!

Good god no! :eek: Just will be moving house, but won't be able to unpack again for a bit. The house needs some work so will be between moving in until that is done.

[Brushmistress]

Good god no! :eek: Just will be moving house, but won't be able to unpack again for a bit. The house needs some work so will be between moving in until that is done.

Glad to hear it (and to think of it, it was kind of a silly question considering GenCon and all...)!

[Valloa]

Glad to hear it (and to think of it, it was kind of a silly question considering GenCon and all...)!

Heh, yeah it wouldn't make much sense to teaching classes but giving up the hobby. It would take something really bad (like not physically being able to paint ever again) to make me do that.

[Beelzebrush]

Does it matter that there was a dnf as there was only one? Don't 6 still advance, meaning 3 ties in the next round?

[Brushmistress]

Does it matter that there was a dnf as there was only one? Don't 6 still advance, meaning 3 ties in the next round?

Catch up BB! Maya & I have already been over this. ;) The answer is "No", doesn't matter - 6 will still advance. :)

[Nathan Caroland]

I'll have my scores and comments in this morning - to say its been busy this week would be an understatement. Sorry.

[Beelzebrush]

Meh!...... *must practice speed reading (or reading for that matter) :)

[Beelzebrush]

psssst!........................................... **results** :D

[NephilimUK]

I'll have my scores and comments in this morning - to say its been busy this week would be an understatement. Sorry.

It was the cat! The dog ate it! My car broke down! I was Mugged! We were flooded! I was attacked by a plague of locusts, The Sky rained frogs....

:flypig:

[Wren]

It's not my fault!

[TheBugKing]

Working on mine right now.

Another novel of course! And probably more controversy. Sorry painterly types! I'm just more of a terrain type of guy! <evil grin>

[goblyn13]

It was the cat! The dog ate it! My car broke down! I was Mugged! We were flooded! I was attacked by a plague of locusts, The Sky rained frogs....

:flypig:

I think it might have something to do with the announcement that Alliance will start carrying Malifaux, amongst daily business.

[supervike]

Got 2 of the 3 ballots in.


I'll compile as soon as I can!

Thanks folks.

[Commander Y]

Sorry painterly types! I'm just more of a terrain type of guy! <evil grin>

Which is exactly why you shouldn't be judging. It's not "Iron Terrainer." I hope all the lights go out on The Who.

[Sculpta the squig]

Working on mine right now.

Another novel of course! And probably more controversy. Sorry painterly types! I'm just more of a terrain type of guy! <evil grin>


As long as you don't think my entry is Sherlock Holmes again.. :p:

Squig

[TheBugKing]

As long as you don't think my entry is Sherlock Holmes again.. :p:

Squig


Wait, you mean it isn't? Damn! I must be doing it wrong.

[Beelzebrush]

.... no chalk on mine tbk ;)

[Brushmistress]

I hope all the lights go out on The Who.

I don't wish any bad luck on Ambrose, but I still hope the lights go out on "The Who".

[supervike]

Sorry folks.

Patience it's a virtue. I think.

[Commander Y]

Yeah, so's punctuality...

[Beelzebrush]

.... pity we's not virtuous :blackeye: :D

[Brushmistress]

Yeah, so's punctuality...

:rofl: :congrats: - fantastic!

[Wren]

I'm barely awake, so I'm fine waiting. All I ask is that if the match-ups and stuff get pushed a little late that some time gets added on the other end of the deadline to make up for it. Unless I'm kicked out, in which case I'm all for torturing the remaining participants with less time. ;->

[PaintMinion]

I'd like some time to think about what I'm doing before paint nite tonight, but if I'm out, I'm with Wren, torture away...

[supervike]

If I don't hear something soon, I'll try and find another judge....or god forbid, judge them myself!

[Beelzebrush]

Wow.... this judge's iron is non-existant..... 0o

I didn't realise that the judging hadn't been done.... I don't know how we painters manage it :D

[Brushmistress]

Poor Ambrose is hard at work down in Miami - I'd say we should give him till the evening...see if he sends it in from the hotel. :)

[EricJ]

I judged! I think I may have even been the first one :)

[Commander Y]

Didn't Ambrose say he was working on it - "Another novel, blah blah blah..." So that's 2 countries heard from. My bet is that Nathan's the slacker. As if his company got national distribution this week or something. What evs...

[EricJ]

We could just use my scores, we all know I'm the only judge with any eye for talent anyway...or any talent myself :D

[Commander Y]

Truer words have never been typed.

[supervike]

Didn't Ambrose say he was working on it - "Another novel, blah blah blah..." So that's 2 countries heard from. My bet is that Nathan's the slacker. As if his company got national distribution this week or something. What evs...



Nathan is not the slacker.....

[NephilimUK]

Nathan is not the slacker.....

Someone is though...

A very special cookie to whoever unmasks the iron-deficient one.

:captain:

[Beelzebrush]

Well, the plan was to nip to Maelstrom today when my wife goes shopping and get needed supplies if I get through. But no results or theme. No chance of knowing before I go out, as it's the middle of the night in the US :(

Unreliable internet suppliers it is then

Come on TBK.... get yer finger out!

[Brushmistress]

Boo hiss - c'mon TBK!!!! ;)

[Wren]

I'm not sure if this idea would help much, as I think it's already past when several people would have preferred to know. But in the event that it might still be helpful - maybe we could have the theme announced now. So we could start thinking of minis and ideas and everything and it's up to each of us if we want to take the risk that we're not actually continuing in the contest.

[Beelzebrush]

I think the theme should be held back until tomorrow now. Shops will be closed here shortly, so no chance now of nipping and getting supplies anyway, which will obviously disadvantage ppl in timezones outside the US...

I mean, seriously, how long does it take to mark 11 miniatures? I reckon 20 mins would see it off. Not cool!

[TheBugKing]

Really sorry folks. No good excuse as I knew that my schedule was going to explode this week. I just didn't realize how badly it would kick my ass.

Anyway, I'm off to work again here in a few moments. Down in Miami working the parties surrounding the superbowl. MMA fun tonight for Showtime. Tomorrow some concert prep I think. John Mayer on Tuesday, Black Eyed Peas Thursday. And more following. Sleep is for sissies right?

Anyway, I submitted the scores to Vike. Let's hope he does hold back the Theme. I don't like screwing you all like this. :(

TBK

[supervike]

Ok, got the votes, and I'm compiling now!

For the advancers, don't fret, you'll still get your full two week allotment!

Just give me a few minutes here folks...

[supervike]

Results are in!

http://www.wyrd-games.net/forum/showthread.php?t=10682

Get your last licks in, because I'll soon close this thread!

[Beelzebrush]

TBK... what do you do for a living?? That sounds like a great job, whatever it is!

[TheBugKing]

I'm an entertainment rigger
I'm working an MMA show right now
Then it's off to a John Meyer concert. Then the Black Eyed Pees.

Then a preshow party and I think two post show parties.
Another company just called me though. I'm going to be adding to my schedule.

All this nuttyness ends on the 12th thank god.

Not sleeping much right now.

[Beelzebrush]

Very cool job! John Mayer's a great guitarist! Lucky you!

When I was a student, I had a part time job on a burger-stall caravan thing going to loads of concerts and race meets, Grand prix etc... I saw some superb acts for free. Definitely a buzz of a job!