Sunday 22 March 2020

From MartinC Review of the Challenge

So we made it off the island, the Snowlord was happy with his tributes and didn't eat us.
So this is the post where I show all that I did, but there was loads and loads of things I've put them all away in there respective stores and wll take be a day to get them out and another day to put them back so instead here is a tour of the painting desk

Me infront of a printers tray full of figures

The desk. I nicked the drawers from work and added a nice pieve of wood to the top. Obviously I need to tidy 


Painting area


The next figures started, some camel porn for Dave

The storage, need to sort the cabling or Dave will write me up

THe contents of a drawer - Normans. All the trays are full or nearly full

So I got another one, again from work. This has 1 empty drawer

The overspill, filing cabinet from Ikea for tall figures - pikement, camels and elephants

The overspill for the overspill. Top shelf painted figures, bottom shelf 28mm ACW (painted) and middle shelf the lead mountain (only 1/2 is lead mountain)

The window - home to the weird

Opposite the desk is the headspace for the stairs and a 3ft by 4ft gaming space. THis is the Japanese village and about 50% painted in the challenge. This will hopefully get some remote gaming in over the lock down

So gentlemen, Tamsin and Ray this is where I spent much of the last 3 months, and the previous 6 years, and where I wil spend much of the next 3 months as it is now my home office as well.
Keep safe on and all and I will see you in the ether.

Martin

27 comments:

  1. You had another brilliant and productive Challenge, Martin. :)

    I don't think I'd dare to do a tour of my painting/figure storage room. I'd actually need to take the tour into three other rooms to show where painted figures (and outcrops of the unpainted mountain) are stored.

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    1. cheers, the wardrobes inthe spare room are full of terrain. I expect one of those cabinets would just about hold your 7YW russians

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    2. My SYW Russians fill (at the moment) a bit more than 4 box files (they are spread over 5 boxes). I've got enough room for some more generals, some more Cossacks and for the Observation Corps in what's left.

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    3. thats a lot, a draw holds slightly more that a box file, my austrians are in 3 drawers

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  2. You've painted so many figures, it's understandable that you can't show them all! Another cracking challenge!
    Best Iain

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  3. Awesome! Great work Martin, you're a pillar of industry. I get a voyeuristic thrill seeing other people's painting/hobby areas. It's where all the magic happens. Thanks for participating and for helping in the trenches.

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  4. Thanks for sharing. Your hobby area looks quite well organised to be honest.
    The Japanese village looks great so far.

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  5. Thanks for the tour, Martin. I wouldn't dare do the same for my gaming area - it stretches untidily through much of the house.
    The Japanese village looks wonderful. I'd like to emulate it, but doubt I will.
    Thanks for all the friendly competition throughout the challenge. I hope you think it was worth it. See you in the Quarantine Challenge, maybe?

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    1. Noel, it was great wasn't, well until you blasted past me like Kip Koech. Your tour across the island and back (very Bilboesque) was amazing. And yes will see you in the quarantine

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  6. Martin, I thank you for this event. your work, your comments, your activity - everything inspired me very much and inspires

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    1. Alex, thank you, and thank you for the figures and the amazing terrain you did. i thought the map was one of the best things of the challenge

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  7. I left all my figures out waiting for the final group shot- now I've put them away and have reclaimed a table!

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    1. A wise move. i used to do that and then ran out of space

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    2. I kept mine in a series of little display cases on our breakfast bar for visitors to puzzle over. Yes, on our breakfast bar. It tells you how little I paint in comparison to you titans of productivity. :)

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    3. it's not all about quantity, only most of it:)

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  8. Impressive output Martin. I have really enjoyed a lot your company in this year's travel. Stay safe

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    1. Cheers, always a blast isnt it. Stay safe

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  9. Great year Martin and I enjoyed your minion posts. I like the sue of the stair headspace for your Japanese village. Also good repurposing of the rock sample drawers as figure storage.

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    1. cheers, they were microscope slide drawers and there are more

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  10. Another mammoth effort Martin. Well done!

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  11. Brilliant work, Martin - absolutely amazing!

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  12. What a marvellous contributions have we seen from you this Challenge Martin, truly awe-inspiring! See you next Challenge!

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