Thinking Outside the Box

I was really pleased with my first use of the Plate Mail Army Painter  primer spray when I used it on my Forge Fathers team, the Royal Eternian Rams , for DreadBall . I ordered it knowing that it would also be a great time saver for the first batch of stuff I had in mind for my  Stargate  project.  I am very happy at how well it covers and how smooth it looks after application. I don't have a lot of use for coloured primer due to playing mainly skirmish games, but it is very good primer and I'll likely be switching to it even for black, white and grey. Shortly after I received the official Stargate figures I cleaned up and based all the Jaffa figures and prepped one of the two gates I bought. There are three 8-man squads of Jaffa, two heavy cannons with operators, and a First-Prime to ensure their loyalty and obedience. I'm still uncertain of the best way to construct and base the cannons, as they're two part models. I would like them to be separate from...

Now I do have to admit that I've strayed a little bit (fine...a LOT) since I put out my "What Should I Paint Next?" survey a few months ago, but I haven't forgotten about the  Pulp City  starter boxes that were chosen by my readers. Yep, that's right...thanks to all three of you out there that voted! When I received all my Pulp City figures (and rule book) I was really excited. It was a huge box of toys and the price had been a really, really good deal from a fellow over on Lead Adventure Forums . Unfortunately after going through all the figures I found an even dozen of the models that were supposed to be included were not. The cards for the figures were evidence of that. I was told several times that they had been shipped but as of my last inquiry, over a month ago now, I haven't received anything, nor a response to my email. It's a real shame because Nate seemed like a nice guy. However at this point I feel like something not-quite-right went on a...