Wednesday, 7 December 2022

From TeemuL: Hobby area, current plans

Hello all! My name is Teemu, I live in Finland, Europe, next to the big, bad Russia, and this is my nth Challenge, being around since Challenge V. This is my first Challenge as a Minion, responsible for the mighty Thor's day - also known as Thursday.

I do have a nice hobby room (I'll come back to that later), but since we have a largish house and the heating is mainly done by electricity and our cheap contract ended three weeks ago, I have turned down the heating in the hobby room and moved my tray and various equipment to the living room table. All for the greater good. So currently I have the basic equipments and the models I'm working with on the tray and then periodically visit the hobby room to pick up things I need and return things I don't and store the finished miniatures. The hobby area is far from perfect, but usually I can leave it there and continue when I have time, so I don't need to setup everything up once I start painting. And being in the living room helps being social with my better half and my son.


Game time has been quite low for couple of years now and so I don't have any gaming related targets regarding painting at the moment. Last Challenge I went strongly in the Squirrel Challenge, but this time I try to focus on something else. I created a poll earlier in AHPC Facebook group asking what I should paint. I have 12 plastic Ikea boxes of unpainted miniatures (and several other boxes), so I listed the labels of each box in the poll and asked which box to paint. Nice and easy. This box got most votes, it has some Lotr Rohan and Dwarfs and metal Mithril miniatures. Surprisingly it also has some Dead of Dunharrow, but there is no label for that... So my main focus is painting the contents of this box. It is not that full, so I'm hoping to get carried away with the theme rounds and post a Squirrel here and there.


And here are some photos of the hobby room. It is like miniature armies, it is not finished yet... I still have things elsewhere in the house, which should be here, but I need more shelves or something, or organize the current stuff better or something like that. As you can see, there's lots of GW stuff (mainly books), which tells a lot of my history. 30 years ago I knew of nothing else and even though I got more knowledge during the years, it was difficult to get off the band wagon and start painting different minis and playing different games, since everyone else seemed to be on that band wagon. I still like Blood Bowl and love to play Lotr, but other games are not that hot. I liked AoS in the start (the first two editions), but didn't move to the third. I got returned to play WH40K 8th, but didn't move to 9th. Covid-19 affected of course, chances to play and learn were minimal and spending money on new rulebooks was not what I wanted. Sludge the Wargame has been the game of the year in our small hobby group and it seems to be going strong on to the next year, too. We'll see what else comes around, Flames of War most likely and some small skirmish games.














See you in few weeks!

25 comments:

  1. Hey Teemu. I'm impressed you've kept all those boxes! Looks impressive. All my collection is now in unidentifiable brown KR cases. I can never find anything without opening them up and having a delve!

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    1. Some of the boxes are just empty boxes, some have original content and some are used for storage (Macragge box has all the random Tyranids for example). It is far from perfect way to storage things, but I like the boxes and this a nice compromise.

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  2. Looking forward to some LotR stuff from you! Enjoy being a Minion!

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    1. I plan to enjoy, I plan to paint lots of Lotr!

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  3. Your hobby room looks very well-organized! Spotted some familiar looking vintage GW boxes there 😉. And I too am looking forward to your LotR miniatures!

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    1. Thanks! I got my room "ready" during summer, so everything is rather fresh and nicely organized. It explains a bit, I guess.

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  4. I really enjoyed seeing your setup Teemu. Like others have commented, I quite like seeing all the original packaging. It makes me quite nostalgic. As you know, it's all about storage (and for us in sub-arctic climates: heating!).

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    1. I am lucky, I have had enough space to keep those old boxes, mainly storing old books and minis in them. Now I have space to show them and feel nostalgic. Ah, the good old times.

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  5. Impressive wargames room, I wish I could have one but living in flat in Madrid is not easy to have that space. See you in a few weeks!

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    1. I guess houses are cheaper here in Finland than in Madrid. See ya!

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  6. Great stuff Teemu, looking forward to seeing your Challenge output!

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    1. Thank you Greg, I'm looking forward my output, too. :)

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  7. Great to see you here again

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  8. Great looking space Teemu, looking forward to your work.

    Cheers
    Matt

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    1. Thanks Matt, let's see what I'm able to paint.

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  9. Nice to see your painting area, Teemu! :)

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    1. Thanks Tamsin! I hope to return to the hobby room late in the Challenge, if the energy situation allows.

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  10. Great set up Teemu, looking forward to seeing the LOTR efforts

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    1. Thanks! I have already primed some of the Lotr minis, so they are on the queue. There will be more and there will be something else, too, of course.

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  11. Very impressive space there, and so great to see people being able to hold onto their youth purchases so well! Hopefully it doesn't stay too cold for too long ( wishful thinking ) and you can resume in the hobby space. But glad to see a back up already sorted out!

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    1. Some of the old boxes are second hand purchases. For example I bought the WHFB 5th and 6th from a internet marketplace, mostly because there were some minis I wanted, but it was nice that the old boxes, templates, measure sticks etc were included, too.

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  13. Nice set up! Always good to see when folks can establish and grow a dedicated hobby space in their homes. Good luck to you and the rest of us in this challenge to fill up what shelf space we have with many newly painted minis!

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