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Desperate times calls for bits box abuse -Episode 10

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Welcome back everyone  It's been a busy few weeks, and this time I was really feeling the budget strain. If you have been reading along from the old site, youay know my original budget was only $100 a month. I have been able to push that a little by sacrificing other things like coffee, but I've been basically able to make one large purchase every other month, and a couple of smaller ones. This month, I had my mate Gary reach out and offer me a bunch of models (way more than I had budget for), but I picked up a number of models and committed two months budget.  This got me: 1 storm raven 3 eradicators  6 blade guard 6 aggressors and some parts  3 dev cents Gary also threw in a the lieutenant and captain from the Indomitus box and and thunderfire cannon! Along with this, I will be picking up another lot from Doug as my next lot. I picked up a couple of smaller purchases, another Indomitus captain and 12 terminators.  Whole thos was good progress, I was starting to fe

Paint-o-rama and moving hosting location -Episode 9

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Hi everyone.  Welcome back! So first things first. This isn't my normal hosting location, and it's been a few weeks. I previously had a squarespace website that had been bought for the podcast by a fan (huge thanks again!), but when time to renew came it was a bit overkill for what it was being used for. So to keep the blog going I have moved to a free hosting location. That issue caused a lack of motivation to write which this delayed the release of this episode!  In the mean time, I have got a fair bit done. Unfortunately my latest orders hadn't arrived, and I'm holding off any more build work until to they do. I did buy a solitary phobos lieutenant, and have committed the next couple of months budget to a friend who is off loading some marines, but more on that when it arrives. I have gone with a squad and a character as my standard batch, which takes between 2 and 4 sessions. This also allows to move quickly between different models to keep life interesting with wha