Hobby Night 27/04/12

At one point of time, there were 17 people in the session. That fact alone, pretty much summed up the last Legio Hobby Night. Have a look below.

Let's start off with the Legio Hobby Night's mainstay: the Hobby Table. Since May 18th is just around the corner, furious assembly and painting of FoW miniatures were foreseen. The frenzy on Hobby Table even got Mark and Nahri interested with the game too; only a matter of time now before we see another Axis and Ally army marching to war. However, as pictured below, there were two things noted (not that they were significant remarkable, but good signs of the future).

The Hobby Table

The first thing that you can see was that Yip was in attendance, painting. Definitely a good sign there, since he's a good painter to begin with but lacked the motivation to paint his stuff (the only person left now is Ivan, who still need the right push to get him painting). As for the second thing...hmm...wait, did I see it right? Let me double-check.

Wow, it was really him in person. The ever-elusive Wolf Lord Syamael finally materialized during the hobby night instead of the whisper-from-the-warp routine. And look at his side of the table, that was simply more than twenty FoW Soviet infantry bases he got there. By the looks of things, he has set his mind on participating in the Firestorm: Bagration campaign. But, will he be able to commit himself in the upcoming campaign? That, we gotta wait and see.

Continuing with the FoW Hobby Rush, Alvin decided to repaint most of his 1500pts German army (which consisted of only 6 Tiger tanks). It appeared that his airbrushing activity has attracted some of the WM/H players to the art of airbrushing, which led to another brief Airbrushing 101 session that he gladly did. By the way, do you want to know something that's even more amazing?

There was not a single game of WH40K played that night, a very rare occurrence given the local affinity towards the game. Don't really know what happened to the WH40K community, but the information that we had was that two of them were busy preparing themselves physically and mentally to venture into the depths of sea (at different locations) during this weekend. So with WH40K out of the picture, enter Flames of War, Warmachine/Horde and even Battlefleet Gothic.

Germans defending against an assault from the Soviet Tank Battalion

Imperial Skirmish Training Session

L to R: Syamael, Zaki, Nahri, Mark

The WM/H Press Gang

Last but not least, the highlight of the day belonged to Yip. These were the awesome things what he painted last Hobby Night. From my personal point of view, he'll be giving a run to everybody else in the upcoming Golden Kris on June 30th, especially for the Unit Category.

That would be all for the night, and we closed rather early at 12.15 am as compared to the previous week. Looking forward for another great week to come.

Speaking of which, to all past and present Legionnaires, there will be a Legio Malaysia General Meeting held during the next Hobby Night; the first for 2012. Please RSVP your attendance for the meeting via the email that has been sent to you.

Ave Legio!

RSVP Here!

Post up here and let us know who's coming! Unfortunately we've had to cancel the Dust demos at the last minute, but we'll definitely have Dust: Tactics going next week. In the meantime, you're welcome to come out and hobby- whether it be playing games or getting some figures painted. I'll be there with Soviet tank models painting, along with some Dust infantry models to have a go. See you there!

Hobby Night 22/04/12

The previous week, some DUST : Tactics models were previewed and following that trend, these models were showcased in the Show N' Tell session. The details on these models are truly awesome. Jeff and Khairul really did excellent paint jobs to them. It now seems an injustice to see these awesomely painted models be played on cardboard tiles. Let's hope the Dust Warfare Rulebook reaches our shores quickly.

As usual some WH40K games were played, but the remarkable thing were the players themselves. It really has been quite a long time since we last saw these guys at Legio; Redeye, Chris Ong, Peter, and Azlan. A white/blue Blood Angels, Necrons, Chaos Space Marines and the Alaitoc craftworld all took to the field.

On the Hobby Table, other than the showcasing of the DUST: Tactics models pictured above, only Chang was actively hobbying in preparation for the Firestorm: Bagration campaign.

So, what did the other guys actually do that night?

As you can see, we're just chillin', eating, talking smack, just hanging out talking hobby stuff. It was good times. The Hobby Night ended at 1.45 am, which has been ages since we last closed that late.

In two weeks, something important will take place during Hobby Night. To all past and present Legionnaires, do check your emails. But first things first, the Warmachine/Horde gang are planning to make another visit next week. Looking forward to another great night.

By the way, there's only eleven weeks left till Kindred III and Golden Kris 2012. Have you registered yourself and made the necessary preparation?

Ave Legio!