March 30th, 2010 by Missy

Mm.. haven’t blogged again for a bit.

This whole house thing is starting to get frustrating. We just can’t seem to come to an agreement with anyone. The banks are huge pains in the ass to deal with (woah, big surprise!), but it isn’t just them apparently. We put in a bid (I think we’re up to four now x.x) on another house, owned by real people (investors). They’ve had the place on the market for just about three months now.. and they won’t budge the 1% we need to cover our VA costs. They bought the house for $70,000. We’re offering $127,000. I know that they put some work into it, but they didn’t put $60,000 in it. Is 1% really worth not selling it? It isn’t going to appraise for much more than we offered (maybe $131,000 if they’re lucky?). It doesn’t have a garage, which drags the value of the home down by a HUGE amount. Seriously. 1%. WTF?

Hasn’t anyone told them that this is a buyers’ market right now?

Anyway, Vampire Counts are moving along. I’ve got another 15 ghouls painted and based, so I am at 35 now. And may I say it drives me insane that you HAVE to make a champion with every box? Who fields 10-man units of ghouls? I don’t think I should be strong-armed into making a champion. 80 ghouls is four 20-man units (which is a much more common unit size, obviously). Why do I want eight champions for four units?

I’ve had enough ghoul painting for the moment. I have 15 more assembled, green-stuffed and primed but I just don’t have the will to paint them for now. I got started on my grave guard the other night (and whee, I lost a breastplate and another broke so I’ve got.. eight grave guard to paint). Hopefully they’ll be a nice change of pace and then it won’t be so bad when I get back to the ghouls. I’ll probably finish these eight and then do the other box of’em that I have. Going to try to order some breastplates on eBay so that I can have a full unit going on. I’ll just paint the two incomplete guys with the next batch, I suppose.

Then.. the corpse cart, I guess. Followed by Blood Knights? C’mon army, just be done already..

I want to paint my Empire! I won a great auction on eBay for some Empire stuff (it isn’t here yet) that pretty much completes my army. Once this lot comes in I will have:
Three brigades (which contains, all together)

• 120 state troops
• 30 great swords
• 24 knights
• 60 handgunners
• 15 pistoleers
• 3 great cannons / mortars

I will also have:

• A warrior priest
• Luthor Huss
• War Altar
• Deathclaw
• 10 more great swords
• 15 flagellants
• 4 wizards on foot
• 5 mounted wizards
• 10 free company
• Steamtank
• Hellblaster / Helstorm

So yes, my army is pretty much done.  Just need a few more free company for detachments.  I’m kind of hoping to kitbash those out of the bazillion extra parts that I should have, though.