Convert or Die: A Guide to the Model Metric System

Greetings!

     So the challenge is out there for us to complete something per month in between events.  That's just swell!  The question is what is what here?!  Every month on the hobby end our goal is to make progress building and painting our army.  Feel free to go beyond the minimum if you are so moved, but to pick up maximum points merited (we will discuss this in Phase 2 mtg.) we will aim for the following:

• 10 Infantry Models
• 5 Calvery Models
• 2 Special Characters
• 1 Special Character Mounted
• 3 Monstrous Infantry
• 1 Large Creature
• 1 War Machine + Crew

     As far as the War Council is concerned any of these quantities are acceptable!  So in between July and August is you wish to achieve goal you can choose any of the following.  You might feel like getting your general and battle standard bearer (BSB) done.  You might feel like getting 5 of those cavalry men painted.  You might JUST want to work on a griffon cause it's sweet, big and has wings!  well there you go!  The chart of progress will be posted soon so all can follow along with how we are doing.

I am very proud of you all!

Caption for what we missed in any previous sessions to follow soon.  I encourage Sara and Mike to join us about an hour early so you are all caught up just in case  :)

War & Pony Rides

OH how we love our calvery armies.  Aaaaah nothing like painting little lizards and horses so we can watch them kick the crap out of our opponents better than their riders... which inevitably always happens.



That being said lets talk a little bit on WHO we have coming to the table so far:

  Arica Jones (aka Blessed Bolt Thrower)- Dark Elves, Skaven, Wood Elves

  Trevor Jones (The other Earl) - Beastmen, High Elves

  Dave Pullen (the Man that dice hate) - High Elves (& a distinct lack of Skaven)

  Vicky Pullen (Little Hobbit that could) - Bretonians

  Sara Jakubowski (Civic Necromancer) - Nurgle Warriors of Chaos

  Mike Bowman (Keeper of bowmen) - Bretonians

  Steve Benedict (Blacksmith at Large) - Chaos Dwarves, Orcs & Goblins, Dark Elves

  Earl Cook (The other Trevor) - Empire upon Empire


There you are!  So lets talk about what your expectations are and what YOU would like to see accomplished!  or:  Tzeentch, Lord of change?  because I haven't been paid yet.  Discuss.

Why we are all here today

  To the members of the war council of SE Michigan:  Every one of you have come to me saying I'd like to get more familiar with my army and more adept at my hobby skills so I can make it look the way I think it should look... since you all have that in common we are making us a league o' friends.  :)

  The goal will be to support and help one another while improving our skills.  Trev and I also have a lot of experience on the table and are happy to help share that.  So we're watching the Voice and were remarking on why it was better than Idol.  Resoundingly it was the involvement of the coaches' involvement with the players.  Instead of giving them feedback and leaving them on their own the coaches are personally involved to share any expertise they have with their team to help make them better in that player's own style.

  Every gamer has a style and a passion and a reason for loving the hobby.  The goal is to in no way change or diminish that; only to fuel it.  You decide to paint your army red we will not tell you that blue would look better.  We will happily share with you 5-7 different ways to do red and see which you like and help you with the techniques to accomplish your goal.

 
   For the veterans, I address this for anyone else reading this and wish to apply our platform to their own groups.  It is our responsibility to guide, not direct.  Every person will find what they love about the hobby and it is our responsibility to give them the tools and knowledge to be successful in that pursuit.  I may decide that an orange and green army is a bad way to go (though now that I say that... I may have a theme for my wood elves), BUT if someone says that's the colour they want to paint their army the following conversation we need to have needs to be how to apply those greens and oranges to look their best and help those hobbyists, new or old, with the skills to pull it off how THEY want to. 

   On painting, there are a dozen different easy applications to make an army look clean and good.  No one expects to hold anyone to any standard but that person's personal best.


  In June we will meet here in Livonia.  Teams will be sorted, food WILL BE barbecued, and wine shared... because Warhammer is a great beer & pretzels game.