Organizing blues

Not enough magnets and too many containers...yep..I have thrown myself into my organization project with a vengeance...and I may be running out of the Litko base bottoms...I got 200 of each, and it still wasn't enough...Man...do I have a lot of figures. On the container side...I have 40 Container Store shoe boxes for putting figures in...Now I have to INVENT uses for the things...I shoulda only bought one case...but the wife said get two...Duh. In other news, I gotta clean the place again to deal with the bug problem...it's getting endemic in the kitchen. If I can get things done to a point by end of the week and get the apartment cleaned up by next week...then all will be boffo...

What a whirlwind!

This month I:

Cleaned our apartment, went to Container Store to get storage for my minis, sold a bunch of stuff I didn't need or play with any more, re prioritized my hobby, got a promotion at work, painted a bunch of stuff, worked on a rules project, and had a bit of fun.

And this Thursday's my birthday...whew...

What a month..here's to more fun, and hopefully, more gaming...

It has begun

Well, I am selling some of the CBT and Full Thrust stuff off. Frankly. I'll probably wind up doing FT again sometime...now..it's just taking up space. As for CBT...I have kinda spilled enough ink over that, I'll just be glad to cull it a bit and put it away for a time. I need some time away. The game's going places I am not always cool with and I do not know if I can in good conscience, support it anymore. I appreciate the effort all parties are putting in, but I am simply not cool with a lot of what's gone on.

All in all, perhaps it's best I get some time away from it.

Does our hobby encourage meglomania?

Yeah, I know, but the fact is...what else could it be when we acquire mountains of lead we're always behind in painting. Or, worse, we never get around to it. How about rules we NEVER play. I am as guilty as the rest, but the fact is, would we have it any other way? I dunno, for all the statements about "The Pledge", frugal gaming and other such ideas, the gact is, we've got a bit of a pricy hobby. But to be honest, for all of it's acquisitiveness, I've also met some really great folks here. Folks I am proud to know..Murph, CLDecker, Gallowglas, Hrothgar, and that's just the TMP folks. There's the DC Writing Group, the Friday Night Mechwreckers, I am damn happy to be a part of this hobby, even if I am a shopping whore. But I try to trade more often now, even though now it's more about space than it is about money...and to be honest..it's a problem I am glad to have!

In other news, I am trying out this new Zemanta extention, it autopops suggested links and makes tagging a lot easier. We'll see how well it works out.

I am rather happy about the new Rebel Miniatures releases for their 15mm sci-fi line. It looks rather good, and to quote Murph, there is a real renaissance in 15mm these days. I think there is a movement towards smaller scales, easier on the wallet and more space friendly..and with the new generation of rules like Ambush Alley coming to the fore, where a 4x4 table is all you need for a cracking game, the smaller is better movement is catching on...now to find folks closer to DC who want to do micro-armor!

Also, got a question related to storage...I know I asked the Guild this, but I wanted to ask everyone else. Has anyone tried the magnetic paint instead of sheeting to line the bottom of their transport/storage cases?