All Apologies

Does anyone else hear Kurt in the background...

Sorry for the lack of updates, been hectic around here as of late. This post will be a minor update for my loyal readers... I owe both of you lunch or something...

I now have enough to field 500 points of Saim-Hermit. I broke down and bought some red spray paint and some Testor's Window Tint stuff. I have the vYper (odd spelling thanks to Sherpa... I saw him do it and thought it looked cool... NINJA!) and 4 jetbikes painted up. I have 1 "Farseer" painted red and tinted, along with 8 more jetbikes.

I have the Farseer in quotes as he will not really be my farseer bu rather one of my 5 warlocks later. I did a real simple conversion and ordered up some dire avenger bits. I really liked the exarch sword, so I ordered up 5. I also got the exarch chest piece and bare head. Not sure if the warlocks are supposed to be girls or not, but I liked the look so went with the dude.

For my Farseer I plan on Ninjaing another bloggers work and copying CJ. I thought that looked really good and will make my farseer stand out... Unless of course I ever meet up with CJ at a tournie or other event :)

Now...

You may be asking yourself... "Self... What is that testor's window tint Hermit is talking about?" Well... your self could not possibly answer that question as clearly you do not know. Unless of course you know what it is, at which point your are just messing with your self...

Ahem...

The Testor's Window Tint is a really neat product that a local gamer introduced me to. It is like a spray on wash. It is getting the look that I want for my jetbikes pretty quickly. At least the base coat and saves me a lot of work.

Sorry no images today... Lazy... Will post updates of Saim-Hermit soon.

Curse My Lack of Imagination...

I found this to be absolutely amazing. Check out the full thread here...

Tau - Droid Federation

Reading through the pages it looks like everything is either green stuff or modified 40k bits... Necron, Tau, and some dabbling in other kits...

Much Improvement

Last night my son and I played a game of 40k. He was tying out his Chaos Army that we are working on for him. I am building him a Plague Marine force, based off of what is nasty and what he likes. A blending of the two that fits the way he plays. I allowed him to choose what 500 point force I was going to play. My orks with new Warboss on bike, or my Saim-Hermit. He chose Saim-Hermit.

Saim-Hermit (500ish)
Farseer on bike, Doom, Shining Spear

6 Guardian Jetbikes, 2 Shuriken Cannons

6 Guardian Jetbikes, 2 Shuriken Cannons

Vyper, Starcannon, Shuriken Cannon


Nurgle Marines(900ish)
Chaos Lord, Terminator, Mark of Nurgle, Lightning claws

6 Plague Marines, 2 Meltagun, Champion, Power Weapon, Plasma Pistol

6 Plague Marines, 2 Meltagun, Champion, Power Weapon, Plasma Pistol

6 Plague Marines, 2 Meltagun, Champion, Power Weapon, Plasma Pistol

Defiler


It was a fun game. It was a tie, more importantly my son is learning from previous games. When I field my orks against him he spreads out so that my Warboss and company can not pile into everything at once. When I play Eldar he plays close so that I can not easily pick him off.

I managed to kill the Defiler and a couple of Plague Marines.

He took my Farseer and Vyper.

He killed more points that I, but not enough for a victory. He was close though and made sure that I knew it.

Forgeworld Warboss on Bike Painted

As I have said before... I am not the best painter in the world. I am quick though...

Here for your viewing pleasure is my version of the Forgeworld Warboss on Bike. I love this model. The funny thing... I really have no intentions on fielding him. For the occasional Apoc game he will come out to play, otherwise he will just look dead sexy beside the stompa on my shelf.

Well... So now you know why I have posted so little this week... :)

Show & Tell

I did not make it to the B-More Gamesday, I was busy hard at work in Miami... However, a buddy of mine made it. He waited in that long Forgeworld line around lunch for about 2 hours. He managed to grab the a bunch of Salamander stuff, and for me... He picked up a DeffRolla and the Warboss Biker.

The Warboss Biker is just sexy. The Deffrolla will require some modification on my part to get it to work. The way it is designed it does not "fit" onto the battlewagon.

I will keep you updated on how it all goes...

Hermit vs Trekkie

Well... I saw the new movie today.

I will have to say this... if there is even a small trekkie located somewhere deep inside your being, then you need to see this. I thought it was a great movie. It had everything that a Trek Movie should have.

Kirk...
Spock...
Explosions...
Crazy Unbelievable Fight Scenes...
Hot Chicks...
Green Chicks...
Logical vs. the Illogical...
Nemoy...

As a matter of fact the only thing that was missing was Picard, Data, and Klingons (Namely Warf.)

Now I do not call myself a Trekkie... Although I have been called this before. In my opinion a true Trekkie knows episode numbers... I do not know episode numbers. Have I seen every episode?

Ummmm....

Can we forget that last question? No? Well maybe not every single episode of every single series... It took me a while to get into Voyager. There... See... I am not a Trekkie.

I have always been that Geek that goes to the movies opening day/night, or the Conventions and makes fun of the guys that show up dressed up...

Did I want to dress like a Klingon?

I do not think that question is any of your business... And the answer is yes.

The point is I did not.

Back to the topic at hand. I found this movie amazing. I plan on taking my wife to see it when I get back home. I have her excited about it finally. She wanted to see the previous 3 but I ruined them with my grumbling... I complained about the last 3 horribly both before and after. Well... I had high hopes for Locutus... but other than Picard the rest of the movie sucked :(

Hermit Hybrid

I am sure most of you have seen the Kingon ads by now. I think they are great. I want the stupid Star Trek Glasses and as soon as I get back from this trip I am going to try and get them all at once.

I am a Hybrid Geek. I play D&D. I read comics. I love Star Wars & hate George Lucas. I love Star Trek while hating Wesley Crusher & William Riker. I have seen every episode of Babylon 5. I have Star Wars Miniatures. I read the Lord of the Rings Trilogy over again before each of the movies was released... and the Hobbit. I loved the Matrix... and wish they would come out with II & III. I have planted numerous Lawn Gnomes in my yard... both in and out of my garden. I play 40k.

Yep...

I am a non-specialized geek. A Geek of all Geeks if you will.

All of this to say... I am really looking forward to this new Star Trek Movie. Now I have seen them all. I have seen most at the theater. I have seen most on opening night... I will be watching this one this Friday unless things change.

Well... nothing of value here today...

I did manage to visit Key Largo and Key West today... My job sure is tough...

Traveling Hermit

I am traveling this week so the blog may or may not get neglected :( I should be back this weekend and will return to the regular scheduled program....

In case you are wondering... I am in Miami :) I am getting paid to be in Miami. Yesterday I ate lunch on South Beach and my coworker and I got paid good money to sit around and enjoy the sights... We accomplished our mission before lunch, so the afternoon was ours.

Today... We hung out at the Dolphin Mall and ate at Texas de Brazil... Can you say gluttony? I can... Nothing makes you need some quality PT like eating there...

Tomorrow is Key West. We will be getting up real early to drive down and hopefully be done by lunch so that we can go enjoy some more beach sights...

Hard work... I know... Someone has to do it though, might as well be the Hermit :)

Below is my travel set up.

Yea...

I am in Miami and I am painting models...

Shush! I am happily married and painting these little guys rather than going clubbing is what keeps it that way :)

Tater Dread

Ok...

One more, but this one is truly awesome... err... Orksome

Tater Dread

Check this Site Out

Chest of Colors

I just stumbled upon this... here is a sample....

Hermit-Geek to the Rescue

At my son's school this year they have this project that they are doing. It is not being limited to a science project, just anything you want to write about, then talk about, then create a display for.

My son and I have been watching this new show on Spike called Deadliest Warrior. The show places two of histories deadly warriors into a fight and lets a computer simulation determine the winner. I really could care less how accurate the show is, we enjoy the crazy fights and weapon demonstrations.

Up to this point his favorite warrior has been the gladiator. I do not know why... it just has.

Well for his project he wants the two of us to build a Colosseum cut out with some gladiators and roman soldiers and stuff. I think it will be great.

Now here is where my title comes into play... duhn duhn duhn! "Hermit-Geek to the Rescue"... See... That is called suspense... I just did that right there...

We are going to build it like we would terrain and paint it up like models. I will have to look for some gladiator types miniatures when we go to the hobby store tomorrow.

I am looking forward to this project and will post an image...

What? Bah... You will enjoy the image or else....