Rastl’s blog

Casting is prepped

2008-06-28T03:23:01Z

Well, as much as I can be. I had a little time so I pre-weighed my plaster. I prefer to do this so I can cast portably. But I couldn't do this until I had transferred the plaster from the fifty pound bag into the one gallon jugs. I did that ea...

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I primed

2008-06-27T02:08:33Z

Skeeters tried to eat me and I think one was sizing up the giant eagle for battle over territory but the entire elf army is prepped and primed. Until I find heinous mold lines and missed primer but that's what brush on primer is for.

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Tonight I will prime

2008-06-26T16:14:29Z

Come heck or high water .. Wait. High water would mean humidity. Humidity means no priming. So, just come heck. I just want to get those last pieces from my elf army primed so they're all done and I can have them ready for when I can paint. I ...

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It's all about me - part 2

2008-06-20T02:51:44Z

I did the ultimate ego-trip today. I finally put the stake in the ground to start up my own mincon. RastlCon How cool is it to name a convention after yourself?? OK - as of now I can't firm anything up since a lot of it depends on my local ga...

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It's all about me

2008-06-14T01:36:26Z

Sure, there's been devastating floods with the torrential rains we've had in the last couple of weeks. Yeah there's been tornadoes and all kinds of nastiness. But I just want the humidity to stay down long enough for me to prime the rest of my e...

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There's always one...

2008-06-07T14:17:53Z

I'm posting the progress of my elf army over on the Reaper Miniatures discussion forum because, well, they're Reaper miniatures, they're for a Reaper game, and it's fun. I posted a quick update stating that I had used epoxy putty (green stuff) to...

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Alert - word overuse

2008-06-06T23:55:49Z

I don't know why but the word 'whilst' seems to be my favorite word at the moment. I try to type 'while' but my fingers betray me and decide that 'whilst' would be a better choice. Take heart that I shall be having a stern conversation with them...

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Quick update on the elf army

2008-06-06T12:23:17Z

No, it doesn't have a name yet. It's going by the clever code name 'elf army', Here's the combination of primed and unprimed minis. I didn't get to filling in the gaps last night so that's something to do before moving on. Some of the unprimed...

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Prepping minis. Lots of minis.

2008-06-05T22:30:24Z

One thing I did whilst at ReaperCon was trade in all my blistered (unopened) pewter and my scrap pewter. They let you do this at ReaperCon. I had a bunch of blistered stuff that I was never going to use for various reasons and I had a lot of scr...

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Squirrels. Why did it have to be squirrels?

2008-06-05T04:52:23Z

I think the squirrels dug up and ate all my sunflower seeds. And one of Mr. Rastl's corn plants. I might have to start some sunflowers indoors and move them outside if I want them this year. And they're black squirrels so you know they're extra...

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