Seeing Red

 If Santa Claus was an angry chaos lord,  this would be him.  Oh wait... he is an angry chaos lord! :P
(photo courtesy of Neutral Grounds)

Whew!  What!?!  My very first award.  Nice trophy to boot.
(photo courtesy of Neutral Grounds)

It's always nice to be rewarded for hard work.  To be recognized by your peers, even more so.  To stand in the company of the best painters in the community and snag victory was quite an experience.  

My entry for this year's GT, single miniature category actually began several years ago but never finished.  It's a relic from my old chaos days.  As soon as the GT was announced I contemplated joining and realized I didn't have a good figure to work with.  I didn't want to cut up the precious farseer or the librarian I had in my stash as they were gifts from friends.  It was serendipitous that I discovered the chaos lord while rummaging thru my uncompleted miniatures box (you can tell there's a lot since i had to rummage thru it).  With only less than a month to prepare I thought it would fit the time frame perfectly.  The base figure was done but there were plenty of things to do and modify.  I was new at putty sculpting when I started working on the figure a few years back and I could easily see my mistakes this time around.  I also decided to change a few elements like the weapon which was formerly a sword made out of plasticard.  The sculpting took about a week and a half.  For the painting, Red was definitely the way to go.  Not by design choice.  It was the only complete set of paint left in my box that hasn't dried out from disuse (for those who aren't aware I've been on hiatus from gaming and painting for nearly a year).  As this was Chaos I decided to refrain from NMM(non metal metal. google it if you aren't familiar).  I went metallic+inks to give it that dark gritty mood.  

Ultimately everyone who joins contests hope to win but my advice is work to the best that you can and don't stop halfhearted.  That way you'll always feel like a winner when you look at your work as long as you're pleased with what you made.  Also as a hobbyist and painter, don't be afraid to challenge your skills. Stretch it "just a little more" each time.  In ten long years I've seen people come in with no painting knowledge or experience grow to become the painters that they are now.  So much so that you often hear people say to them "baliin na natin mga daliri nito" in an endearing way(:P).  The key is to challenge yourself and stretch your own boundaries. 

Journal # 152 - GT Around the Corner

November 13, 2010

Attendance - Ian, Zeb, VicVic, Nigel, Wiley, Patrick, Martie, Chino, Phil, Henri, Alfred and JR with Special Apperances from Doc Benj, Johnathan, Jojo, Matthew, Augie, Jeff, Jesse, Bojo and Mark.

Game 1
Ian (Tyranids) vs Zeb (SM-Space Wolves)
Points: 1850
Mission: Capture and Control
Deployment: Dawn of War
Result: Ian wins!

Game 2
VicVic (Orks) vs Nigel (Tau Empire)
Points: 1350
Mission: Annihilation
Deployment: Spearhead
Result: Draw!

Game 3
Wiley (SM-Ultramarines) vs Ian (Tyranids)
Points: 1850
Mission: Capture and Control
Deployment: Pitched Battle
Result: Wiley wins!

Game 4
Henri (SM-Space Wolves) vs Zeb (SM-Space Wolves)
Points: 1850
Mission: Capture and Control
Deployment: Dawn of War
Result: Zeb wins!

Game 5
Chino (SM-Blood Angels) vs Phil (SM-Blood Angels)
Points: 1500
Mission: Capture and Control
Deployment: Pitched Battle
Result: Chino wins!

Game 6
Martie (Orks) vs Zeb (SM-Space Wolves)
Points: 1850
Mission: Seize Ground
Deployment: Dawn of War
Result: Draw!

Game 7
Patrick (SM-Salamanders) vs Henri (SM-Space Wolves)
Points: 1850
Mission: Capture and Control
Deployment: Dawn of War
Result: Draw!

Game 8
Phil (SM-Blood Angels) vs VicVic (Orks)
Points: 1350
Mission: Annihilation
Deployment: Pitched Battle
Result: VicVic wins!

Game 9
Alfred (Imperial Guard) vs Wiley (SM-Ultramarines)
Points: 1850
Mission: Annihilation
Deployment: Pitched Battle
Result: Wiley wins!

Game 10
Nigel (Tau Empire) vs JR (SM-Blood Angels)
Points: 1500
Mission: Annihilation
Deployment: Spearhead
Result: JR wins!

Gaming Session Ends 9:30pm

People on hiatus Speak out!

First of all by people I mean ME.

I've recently read thru another post in the forums about some guys thinking that this "win-at-all-cost" attitude and that "rules-bending" and "rules-lawyering" is the pinnacle of gaming skills.  That for you to be the Ryu of games is to be the most shadiest most cunning bastard on the street.

These people are sadly mistaken.  Meriam webster defines what a game is: "a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other."  A competition conducted according to rules. It is not an activity that guages and rewards players on how well they can play outside of the rules.  There are many words to describe the contrary.  Some are even illegal like "hacking".  No gentlemen (and the occasional ladies)!  What makes a great player is his ability to play by the rules and win.  The sheer force of will when all sense tells you to surrender.  A deep understanding of strategy and logic as the rules of the game dictate.  In other words true skill and heart!  The greatest player of any game is one who actually plays the game.  To tell you the truth friends (and according to some Macedonian members of our society,.. lovers. lol)... to play and win by rules exploit is not playing the game.  It's playing outside of the game.  Ryu they are not.  No.  Sagat would be more likely. I mean seriously?  The guy is taller than anyone in that game.  It's like a bully picking on little kids for sport.


I do not believe that the traditional Warhammer community needs to change it's ideals or the way it conducts business to accomodate newbies.  Sorry but that is wrong.  When you enter a group or a community it is you who is the new comer.  It is not the community that needs to go out of it's way to please you because you are not the center of their world.  If you wish to join any group it is you who has to learn to assimilate.  That is a fact of life.  I admire the way the proper attitude was defended by the old timers.  The GW hobby is meant to be enjoyed and played a certain way as dictated by PAGE 2.  You wish to enjoy the game then understand that. 


Lastly I find it ironic that the very same people who espouse the use of rules-exploit and run-everybody-over-to-get-to-the-finish-line-win-at-all-cost-attitude(pant pant), which is tantamount to putting one over someone else would then make an appeal to humanity when their ideals are attacked.  Run over someone and ask that people be politically correct around you?  There's plenty of things wrong with that picture.  That's like a mass murderer who appeals to the UN council to treat him more humanely...

With the grand tournament lurking just around the corner I would hope that  every member of this blog would exemplify the proper gaming attitude that we tried to foster within the Galleria sector.  I'd like to think we raised our kids well.  lol. :P

Journal # 151 - The Seige of Oberon Sector (in the Galleria sub-system)

Passed by today to buy some paint, chanced on the 10,000 point mega battle organized by Ian and Henri. The 4x8 table looked awesome, filled to the brim with figs.

Players were Zeb, Dennis, Augie, Lucas, George, Ryan Chung, George, Nigel and Pyrothrax (of MWPH).

Kuneho, update mo na lang itong post ko ng report mo for the battle pare.

Too bad I wasn't able to stay for the duration. :) Anyway hopefully I can start playing (and do our battle report for the blog) again in Galle by next week. Need to get some games in for the GT!

Chat Box Spam

I've enabled the word verification feature in order to fix the bot spammers invading our chatbox.  However as of today there seem to be some problems when making posts.  After the verification is done the post fails to appear on the chat box.  I am still unsure if this is because cbox itself is having problems or if it's an error caused by the change in settings. 

How you can help: 

I only use mozilla firefox.  If you guys are using Internet Explorer or some other browser do try the chatbox and see if it works for you.  Then let me know how it goes. Perhaps we can determine if the problem is due to my browser or if it's something else.

We could just revert the settings to the way it was before which made posting much easier (no word verification which is more work for lazy people. lol) though that means the spam bots will keep posting all sorts of stuff.

But heck if you're fine with this "George" guy that keep appearing on the chatbox then I guess it's all okay. :P

Just kidding George.  ;)