18 July, 2005

• Well, lots has been going on in my world that has prevented me from doing may updates of late... actually, for far too long. I am working on a new site, complete with domain name and forums. Hooray for me.
• I have added another person to both the Canadian Gamer List and the Canadian 40K List. (Thanks for the patience Sol!)
• I managed to hit the Bow River before all of the flooding and hooked several fish. Too bad that I could not get them in my net...
• My computer was fried during the flooding and I needed to replace the power supply, mobo, CPU, and RAM. At least I am no longer running on a crappy PIII 800...

09 January, 2005

•  Ok, so something can definitely be said for reading manuals... I had to upload the entire site from a back up to correct the damage done in my haste to play with my new program... I have since (like 5 minutes ago) re-installed FrontPage 2002 to be able to update the site while I am learning Dreamweaver.
•  I have added all of the folks that have emailed me so that they could be on the Gamer listings found here: Canadian Gamer and Canadian 40K . If I have missed anyone just let me know and I'll add you straight away.
•  This nasty little episode has reminded me that there are lots of parts of this site that need updating... better get cracking.

06 January, 2005

•  Well I hope you all had a good holiday and had lots of fun. I spent my time rebuilding my stupid computer several times and now, thanks to a new hard drive, things should be ok...

  I am using Dreamweaver to do my web pages now but I haven't quite figured it out just yet. I have had several requests to be added to the gamer list which I will be doing just as soon as I can, most likely on the weekend.

  Update: Ok, so the new program worked ok but as you can see there are no bullets for the topic lines and if you check out the Canadian Gamer page and the Canadian 40K page you will see the new additions but you will see that the funky Frontpage effects like automatically updating the 'This page was last modified..' tags are broken. Maybe I should read the manual...

  Update: Ok. So it looked like Dreamweaver messed up my site so I'll have to try and find out what went wrong and fix it. If I can't get any answers I'll have to go back to a backup copy of the site and lose any of today's updates... Maybe I'll have to reinstall Frontpage... Grrrrr!!!

06 November, 2004

•  I just got back from Conflict Calgary (formerly known as the Calgary GT) and I am very pleased to say that I won gold with the only entry I made in the Masterclass Miniature Painting Contest. My Legolas was fortunate enough to bring me a gold in the Lord of the Rings Single figure category as did my Boromir last year. I will try to post some pics of the both of them this weekend.

25 October, 2004

•  Corrected a few hyperlinks in the 13 October summary. (Note to self: Learn to type!)

20 October, 2004

•  Corrected an entry on the 40K list. Thanks for the heads up Toddler!
•  Also added some direct links to the Canadian Gamer List for those folks on the 40K list that supplied me with info.

13 October, 2004

•  Several new additions were made to the Canadian 40K Players list.
•  I picked up the new Battle for Macragge box on the 4th and I have to say that I am really impressed with the whole thing. First off, there are a ton of minis in the box (10 Marines, 1 Imperial pilot, 10 Termagants, 6 Genestealers, 8 Spore Mines, 3 Infestation Markers, 1 Hive Node, 1 Landing Beacon, 4 Force Field Generators, 1 Fusion Core, and 5 good sized pieces of a crashed Imperial Shuttle) as well as range rulers, dice, and templates/markers.

Then we have the two books included. The first is specifically for the Battle for Macragge game and contains six missions designed to introduce the Warhammer 40000 rules step by step. It starts off with basic movement and shooting and goes all the way up to using all of the minis in the box along with multiple objectives for the sixth and final mission in the book. The book also points you to the Battle for Macragge website where you can find eight more missions (with the promise of more to come) and a campaign guide for free download. Assembly and painting advice is in the book as well.

The last book is the main rule book that is an exact copy of the first eighty nine or so pages of the new 4th edition hardcover rule book released in September. Even the page references are the same as in the hardcover. This book is even good for veterans of the game as it is much smaller than the hardcover and therefore easily portable.  You get all of this for less cash than the hardcover rulebook. It's a great way to spend $65 CDN and get into the new edition of 40K at the same time.

08 September, 2004

•  Things have been pretty hectic around her lately due to an unexpected trip to the ER last week so my updates I had planned were not done until now...
•  Six new recruits were added to the Canadian 40K Players and Canadian Gamers lists.
•  Part 2 of the Great Canadian Stripping Contest was added.
•  All new miniature related photos will carry my new trademark/logo for my soon to be published minis only website. It would have been done much, much, sooner but I was having a real heck of a time with frames using MS FrontPage so if anyone out there has any good advice on how to do them properly drop me a line.

19 August, 2004

•  Additions so far today are mainly to the Canadian 40K Players and Canadian Gamers lists.
•  In addition, I would like to give a well deserved congratulations to Boltman, who is the most recent addition to the above lists, for his remarkable winning of the Slayer Sword at the Canadian Games Day (held by Games Workshop) in Toronto. I say remarkable because he has only been in the miniature painting hobby for eleven months! It just goes to show you that anything can be accomplished with hard work and dedication. Way to go Boltman!! For those of you who don't know what the Slayer Sword is, it is an actual sword given as a prize for best overall in the Golden Demon miniature painting contest. For those who paint Games Workshop miniatures it is the highest prize attainable, and it is usually won by folks who paint minis for a living!

06 August, 2004

•  A couple of big updates today: I added a page for the Great Canadian Stripping Contest, as well as a section for creating perfect decals on my miniatures page.
•  I also added a page for finding a gamer near you. I expect this page will grow rapidly as I had many requests from the folks at the Bolter & Chainsword for a listing of non-space marine armies and games. It is still in the early stages as I still have to re-contact everyone that wanted a list for their other armies and games. Email me if you want on the list!
•  Some links were added and others tidied up.

05 August, 2004

•  I added several more names to the Canadian 40K Players List. Thank you for sending me your info!
•  It's been a busy time around here what with all the camping and fishing and home renos so I am a bit behind in my promised updates. One such update should be done by tomorrow at the latest.
•  According to the news last night we here in Alberta have seen more tornados and tornado warnings than we have in decades, and that was just for the month of July! Good thing Dubya says there is no such thing as global warming or climate change... thanks for the comforting words George! But hey, I should talk considering good old Uncle Ralph's environmental record... got anymore of those 'non-polluting' coal burning power plants in the works Ralph? (Can you tell I'm a little rankled today??)

28 June, 2004

•  Remember Canada!! Get out and vote!! Let's make every one of our votes count today because we really need to make a change in Ottawa!!
•  I have been working on a few projects that should make it to the site in the next week or so... Summer is just so distracting what with the sunshine and all...

16 June 2004

•  Well, I'm back from Las Vegas, NV and what trip it was! Having been there only once when I was only eight or nine years old I have to say that my memories of the place certainly didn't do it justice. The only casino I had been to was Circus Circus and then only to see the critters and performers with the casino people all the while reminding my poor mother to hold our hands. I wonder what my (younger) brother remembers of it? Things have certainly changed let me tell you! Too bad I didn't get a chance to see what Circus Circus looks like now save for the outside. I was mostly at the Luxor, Mandalay Bay, Excalibur, and the Aladdin. Having never gambled before I found the whole place kind of overwhelming but once I settled into it it was rather fun. The fact that we came away with more money than we went with certainly made things better. All in all I'd have to say that I'd go back for sure and you certainly can't see the whole place in only ten days.

One highlight of the trip, was my very brief trip to Valley of Fire State Park. Having studied archaeology in university I found the ancient petroglyphs by the various inhabitants of the valley most interesting and I really wish that I had had more than just fifteen minutes in which to study them. the geology of the area was quite fascinating as well as the area is composed of several different and complex faults that have become juxtaposed in the most odd ways with earlier formations on top much later formations, and the whole thing is still not really understood by current geological principles. Well, enough of that...

•  I added a couple more people to the Canadian 40K Players List.

13 May, 2004

•  The 40K list gets even bigger....

08 May, 2004

•  I finally put up some pictures of my Dark Angels miniatures. They are only a few old shots for now but I will add newer ones once I actually take some...
•  Added three more folks to the mighty Canadian Warhammer 40,000 Players list.

07 May, 2004

•  Even more additions to the Canadian 40K players list...

05 May, 2004

•  More additions to the Canadians added to the 40K list. Keep 'em coming! No to get cracking on painting my own army, or at least some pictures up...

04 May, 2004

•  I added a few more folks to the Canadian B&C 40K players list. Thanks again to everyone that has sent in information and compliments!

03 May, 2004

•  At long last I have finally completed a little project that I was working on. Well, actually, it's been done for a while but I was waiting to hear back from a few folks before proceeding... There is an excellent resource on the web for all things 'Space Marine' for the miniatures battle game 'Warhammer 40,000'. This excellent resource goes by the name of the Bolter & Chainsword. I have compiled a list of all of the (known to me) Canadian 40K players from the B&C and you can find it by clicking here. I hope that this list will help folks find new opponents in their area and maybe even make a friend or two.

22 April, 2004

•  Happy Birthday to Me, Happy Birthday to Me, Happy Birthday to Meeee, Happy Birthday to Me!

11 March, 2004

•  Last night I saw a premier screening of Johnny Depp's new movie Secret Window. It is based on a Stephen King called Secret Window, Secret Garden. I rather enjoyed the movie despite the 'host' sponsoring the premier inadvertently giving away the ending with a reference that I will not repeat here. Johnny Depp did a fine job of portraying Morton Rainey, a best selling author who is going through a rather difficult time in his life. Unfortunately, this is not a movie that you can talk about to any extent with those that have not yet seen it as there are some thrilling plot twists that really deserve to be experienced without any fore knowledge.

I think that the only negative things I would have to say deal more with being wedged into a rather tiny seat (my local theatre has those nice, wide, reclining ones that actually accommodate folks with the clothing required for a Canadian winter), the massive woman beside me constantly using my arm (which was mostly in my lap) as her own arm rest, and the people from the row behind (darn journalists) coming and going to get popcorn, of which a portion was naturally obliged to take up residence down the back of my coat and in my girlfriend's hair. Thankfully the popcorn was not of the buttered variety.

•  I added a nifty little link in my Favorites page dealing with some rather nautical kittens. Go the Favorites  page or just click here.

10 March, 2004

•  I went shopping today and it was a disaster. Click here to see just what happened...
•  I had my three cats enrolled in an obedience class at the local pet store, but I think I should ask for my money back. Here's a picture of them after graduation.

22 January, 2004

•  I have done some reorganizing of the Warhammer 40K miniatures section. I added a page about resources for power fists and lightning claws for Space Marines, as well as a main page for 40K miniatures. Thanks to everyone over on The Bolter & Chainsword forums for their help with the list of resources. I highly recommend the B & C for all kinds of information pertaining to Warhammer 40K Space Marines. To see the new stuff or visit the B & C just click the links above.

18 June, 2003

•  On Sunday (15 June) I found a baby bird near my front door. It had fallen out of it's nest and was now easy prey for the neighbourhood cats and children so I took him in and have been feeding him and keeping him safe. Normally I would put him back in his nest but the nest was far too high for me to reach so the decision to keep him was a simple one to make. I intend to release him once he is able to fend for himself. In the mean time he is safe and warm and full of food. I swear he has about a hundred hollow legs on him....
•  I corrected the links to Glynn Evans' Miniature Painting Guild to reflect his new host. Be sure to check out his new and improved site by clicking here or the link above.

10 June, 2003

•  Work continues on my website reorganizing albeit slower than I had hoped. I am in the midst of assembling and painting my Dark Angels army (the roster on my site is out of date, the new one will be posted as part of the site reorg) for Warhammer 40000. The reason for this is that my friend Kieran who is the manager at the local Games Workshop is moving out of province and I want to have at least one game with him before he leaves.

•  Taking up even more of my time is Starfleet Command III which I got a hold of Friday evening. I can definitely say that it is just as addictive as the first two versions. In SFC 3 the developers have made it possible for your ship's crew to gain experience in the positions to which they are assigned.

Because I got tired of constantly referring to the manual in order to see what the different skills actually do for your ship, and then checking my crew's stats at the nearest starbase, and then checking the manual, etc., etc., I made up a spreadsheet in MS Excel 2002 to keep track of all the information in one place. You can download it for your own use here.

12 May, 2003

•  I have had "painter's block" for quite a while now so I have decided to change my website and do a bit of reorganizing. Look for the and improved website soon.

31 January, 2003

•  I have added a couple of links to my Favourites page. Check them out for a few good laughs.

13 December, 2002

I made a few quick updates due to being way overdue in the update department:

•  I added a bunch of photos to my photo gallery that I took while travelling home from Edmonton in mid October.
•  I added some photos taken at the Calgary Zoo during a preview of their annual Zoolights Christmas lights display where I am volunteering during the month long event.
•  I finally have a name to go with the photos of the spectacularly painted Warhammer 40000 Tau army from the Calgary Grand Tournament. Check it out here.
•  I also added a link on my Hobbies page to a fellow Canadian named Pat Gordon's site that deals with some really fantastic war games terrain.
•  I have finally been able to sit down and paint some minis without reaching for the painkillers. I have now nearly completed a tactical squad of Space Marines for Warhammer 40000. Look for them, and my Space Marine Painting Guide™ here in the near future.

15 October, 2002

 Wow, it's been over a month since my last update... I'll be able to do more frequent updates now that I am getting better. Here are the latest updates:

•  I managed to catch the last hour or so of the recent Calgary Grand Tournament held on September 14th and 15th by Games Workshop at the Radisson Hotel here in Calgary. Of the many photos I took only three were not blurry, etc. and they are definitely worth looking at. You can find them on my Warhammer 40000 miniatures page, or by clicking here.
•  I was finally able to go fishing after being injured back in June and it did wonders for me to get outside instead of being confined to my bed/couch/physio-therapy centre. You can read about it and see some photos here.
•  At long last I have gotten around to adding some content on my Battle Tech page. I added some photos of 'Mechs that I painted about fifteen years ago. I still have about twenty pounds of unpainted ones as well.
•  I added some more photos to my D & D miniatures page.
•  I am making progress, albeit slowly, on my Space Marines painting guide for Warhammer 40000.

25 August, 2002

•  Apologies for the lack of updates this month, my injury has prevented me doing much of anything and physio therapy really takes a lot out of me to the point that I am too sore for long sessions at the keyboard.
•  On a happier note: I have changed the site to reflect my ISP's user size limitations (10 MB) and have therefore linked all of my images to another site. This will allow me to add more content such as the step-by-step construction and painting guide for Warhammer 40000 Space Marines. Speaking of which, the guide is coming along nicely and I should be able to post the first part by the end of the week.

09 August, 2002

•  Fixed some broken links for my Warhammer 40K army rosters. Remember kids, never make updates to your web site while under the influence of morphine. ;)

08 August, 2002

•  My back is still preventing me from doing much of anything and as such the updates below were done in bits and pieces since July 20th. I am posting them now before I forget where and what got updated. ;)
•  I added some Tips & Tricks to my miniatures section.
• Today I added a page for the Warhammer 40000 game to my Gaming page.
•  Rosters for my new Warhammer 40000 armies were added. You can reach them from the Warhammer 40000 section of my Gaming page.
•  I also added a page for Warhammer 40000 miniatures. Oddly enough, it's in my miniatures section.
•  Part two of my "Making Hills for Wargames" has finally been added.
•  I am in the process of making a complete step-by-step guide for building and painting the Space Marines that came with the Warhammer 40K game. Look for it here in the (hopefully) near future.

19, July 2002

•  I replaced a few scanned images with digital photos on my D&D miniatures page.
•  I am nearly at the size limit for my site as set by my ISP, so I will have to decide what to do with all of the other photos I now have. I will probably put them on another site and link to them from here.

16 July, 2002

•  I took a few minutes and made a serious attempt to use my new macro lenses. I made a battle scene using some of my Dwarven Forge sets and put a few miniatures in a cavernous battle. The pictures have been added to my D&D page in my miniatures section. I hope you like them.
•  I also added a link to Zaphod's Miniatures site, home of the "Crappy Mini or Not" page. This link was added to both my Hobbies page and my Miniature Resources page.

13 July, 2002

•  I have good news and bad new for today. First the good news:
•  I finally received my macro lenses and had to test them out quick and dirty like. I chose to take a few quick snaps of two recent works, Boromir and Legolas from the Fellowship of the Ring. I am very impressed with the quality of the photos but the extra detail sure points out areas that I need to work on for future miniatures. To see the new photos, go here.
•  Now for the bad news, as some of you may know, I recently injured my back in an accident at work. This injury is causing me extreme amounts of pain and really limits what I can do with my life until I get healed. As I can not sit nor stand for longer than twenty minutes at a time, any updates that I was hoping to have in place have been taking a great deal longer to come about. I will try to get more content added as I am able.

05 July, 2002

•  I added a new page for SCUBA diving in my Hobbies section with a brief history of my diving life. I have well over 100 dives under my belt so I hope to get a lot of content on that page. Unfortunately my recent back injury prevents me from spending any great deal of time at a desk so new content for the site has been delayed. On the upside, the pain killers make the days go by rather quickly. :)

27 June, 2002

•  Added a new page for miniature painting resources. Check it out here.
•  I am working on a module for Neverwinter Nights a great new game from Bio Ware, a computer game company right here in Alberta. It will be just like a real D&D module (with the limitations of a computer game).
•  Fixed a missing link (my bad) on my About Me page.
•  The macro lenses for my digital camera still have not arrived so no new mini pictures. There will be a flood of pictures when they do get here.

17 June, 2002

•  The miniature section received a huge update in the form of my Miniature Painting Guide for Beginners.
•  The D&D section of the Gaming page was briefly updated.
•  The Fly Fishing page was updated.
•  Links were added to my Favourites page.
•  Added a link to Bethany's Miniature Domain on my Hobbies page.

03 June, 2002

•  Photos were added to my Photo Gallery from a recent drive through Kananaskis, Alberta, which is only about 30 minutes from my home.

27 May, 2002

•  Due to protests from the photogenically challenged (wink, wink), I have been forced to remove the photos from the wedding.

26 May, 2002

•  Photo's from Gord and Nicole's wedding have been posted here.

20 May, 2002

•  Added content to the "On the Work Bench" page.
•  Updated my Empire army page.

10 May, 2002

•  Updated the Orcs & Goblin army.
•  Added an Undead army roster.
•  Added some text to my "On the Work Bench" page.

08 May, 2002

•  I have added a page for my Orcs & Goblins army for Warhammer.
•  I also added another page for my Empire army for Warhammer.

31 March, 2002

•  The Photo Gallery had its layout changed.
•  The Fellowship section had its layout changed.
•  The Gaming section has been updated.

11 March, 2002

•  My site is finally up and running so everything is new! Have a look around!
•  Pictures were added in the Miniatures section
•  Pictures were added in the Photo Gallery

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