Welcome to the Desert...

So a little time has ticked on since I made my Toina Finecast announcement and for the most part nothing has happened on that front. That is to say I'm still waiting for bits and bobs to arrive. Such as Lego to act an easily modifiable moulding box and syringes to inject the resin. Earlier on in the week I had a game of Fantasy against my friend Sircyn's Empire and got categorically smashed. A combination of poor deployment by me followed by lacklustre movement helped seal things for the most part. The only thing that could have rescued me would have been a decent magic phase which I lacked the entire game rolling no more than 5 for the winds of magic each time. With 2 spells subsequently getting deleted from my Level 4 by the tricksee Empire things weren't exactly going to go well!

So in the aftermath of that game I was left with a sunny afternoon and all my toys already out on the table. Now in actual fact I do possess a rather nicely done Realm of Battle board but chose to use my flat boards (sprayed black for games of Battlefleet Gothic) because frankly they take 30 seconds to set up rather than 15-20 minutes like the Battleboard. It is a shame that such a lovely kit is simply too much of a pain in the arse to set up. In response to that I decided to take my BFG boards outside and sand the back of them to give me an easier option for terrain when I play my games. I followed it up with a quick spray of paint and a spray of varnish to tack everything down. I found out the day after this hadn't quite worked so I then covered it in more watered down PVA. Once this had set things STILL weren't quite tacked down enough so I gave them another coat of varnish. Yet again however there were still some bits and pieces that would likely get lifted up so I finally bit the bullet and covered boards in neat PVA. I'm normally not one to squander my hobby resources like that but needs must. My hope is when things finally set the sand on the board will be utterly secure (save attacking it with implements!) which will help it survive the rigours of gaming and storage.

That's it for now! Not a particularly exciting update but an achievement none the less!