Sunday morning was a very relaxed start, especially after listening to Radio 5 Live for a couple of hours in the middle of the night (loved the choice of the Star Wars theme by a listener for the sound of their generation). Supernatural season 11 on Netflix, choc chip brioche and a mug of my latest coffee from Pact Coffee, their Kayon Mountain Guji Washed bean.
That’s my morning routine each day. Amazing freshly brewed coffee (I use a V60 drip to brew mine) in my favourite mug and the brioche on my favourite plate, while watching usually the latest tv from the states. I’m a creature of habit. The mug and plate were gifts from friends I worked with. So they kinda remind me each day of those friends I no longer see on a daily basis.
This morning I followed it up with a little deck building. Using Nature’s Vengeance and Adaptive Enchantment from Commander 2018 I added cards to the ones I’d already gotten in for the 2 decks I’ve been slowly brewing. Which means the horrors from the deep and Muldrotha decks are nearly complete and ready for testing/playing.
I did look through the Exquisite Invention deck, which is the Saheeli artifacts deck. It kinda got me wanting to build an artifacts deck. But I want a splash of black, and Saheeli is red/blue. So I may have to go to Breya as the Commander. Which gives me access to Revel in Riches. Maybe I’ll try Breya after building a Saheeli deck. But while looking for cards I started putting goblins aside. So I guess a goblin deck could be thrown together also.
Here is the newest list of deck ideas.
- Muldrotha, the gravetide
- Infect/wither deck (Atraxa as the commander possibly)
- Atraxa deck upgraded
- Death and Taxes
- Care bear
- Abuse etb – Brago, King Eternal as the commander (possibly)
- Saproling and fungus (go wide or go home!) possible Commander Slimefoot, the Stowaway
- Goblin tribal
- Artifacts with Saheeli
- Ninja tribal
Yep it’s just getting longer (at the moment).
After a relaxed morning of brewing it was time to let lose with my inner Picasso and paint some zombies.
This afternoon I painted the base colour on 6 of the zombie horde. I’m not overly chuffed with the heads. But there is time to save them so that I have something I can live with.
I know one thing that will really upset/wind up more experience painters. I haven’t got rid of the lines from the mold/casting on the figures before painting.
I do like the colours that Army Painter chose for the Zombicide zombies, especially the wasted jeans.
Next I think I’m going to apply a shader/wash to get some depth on the figures. I’ve seen a friends painting and it has no depth, it’s solid colour, too bright as well. I’m a much more subdued colour person. I like that worn, faded look. So you are going to see that look a lot in my stuff, or an attempt at it anyway.
Well I’m spent now, I’ve had that flurry of activity painting. Time to chill out watching more Supernatural. I’ve been playing a mega catch up on that front.