Heralds of War - An Australian Gaming & Hobby Podcast · Clint Mallet

211 - Hobby Update

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1. Heralds of War episode 211 is a hobby update built around Middle-earth, LEGO Rivendell, and Slaves to Darkness projects. 2. Clint hosts and Travis co-hosts; Clint has shifted into child safety, and Travis is racing toward a UK event with an army that is not ready. 3. The episode is for tracking current hobby progress, the impact of work changes, and the practical problems of getting armies finished and transported. 4. Travis says he is working against a looming deadline for an event in the UK, which is about 22 hours away by travel. 5. He says the army is only half painted, with other models at assemble, undercoat, and base-coat stages. 6. He ordered custom foam trays for airline travel because he does not want to trust the army to luggage handlers. 7. The Melbourne supplier Vivid Knights of Dice had shut down at the end of June, forcing him back to Battle Foam in the US. 8. Battle Foam initially quoted about six weeks, but the person Travis dealt with said they would pull strings and try to get the order into production. 9. Travis also considered custom dice, but he found that fewer than 500 dice was a challenge and that shorter lead times were around nine weeks. 10. Clint says the job change into child safety affected him mentally and reduced the amount of hobby work he has managed. 11. He finished building the Forge World Mumak with the leader piece, and the build took about a week of evenings. 12. He describes the Mumak as a 20-year-old kit with resin trunk, tusks, ears, and spikes that did not fit cleanly. 13. He also mentions that the howdah does not clip in cleanly and has to sit on side pegs instead. 14. The Forge World instructions were not numbered, so he had to match left and right sprues against the picture while using green stuff to fill gaps. 15. Clint says he had hoped to build two Mumaks, but the amount of effort made him abandon that plan. 16. He finished LEGO Rivendell, which cost 800 Australian dollars and came in 49 bags, and he ended up with a cupboard that had only about an inch of spare width. 17. He also won second place in a painting competition with the newer vampire girl, and the winner was Henry with an Underworlds witch-hunter diorama. 18. The tone is conversational and practical, with long hobby digressions about assembly, storage, and painting methods. 19. Listeners who like Warhammer modelling, basing, and army list problem-solving will get the most from it. 20. Listeners wanting a tight battle report or event recap will probably skip it.

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Deadline pressure turns a hobby catch-up into something very relatable.

Episode 211 stays in hobby-catch-up mode, with Clint and Twinkle Toes talking through half-painted armies, flying with models, and the pressure that shows up once an event stops being theoretical.

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Need a nudge to get the army on your desk over the line?

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