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Under Pressure



Like many of you, I've got a ton of stuff still to do for Adepticon.  I have to finish building our display board, paint my Warkopta, and go through all the units in my lists and touch them up for appearance. Some units desperately need stronger highlights and I'm adding Armorcast muzzle flares to my Shoota Boyz units.  I also need to build an Aegis Defense Line that looks like a speaker stack.




Update... it's so RED!
Of course, I still have the titan project that has had more progress, but not nearly enough to make me feel like I'm getting out from under it any time soon which is rather demoralizing.  I have a free day between Adepticon and going back to work, so I think I'll use that day to try and finish the build on the first Titan.



I may also have to skip Dominion Squad Jessie for my March Hobby Progress Challenge.  I just don't see how I can do it this week.  We'll see how the work on the display board goes.  If I finish everything in time, maybe I'll get them painted up the day before Adepticon.



Here's the Kanban as it stands now.  That which does not kill us makes us stronger.



Alright folks. Wish me luck in the weeks to come.  Summer is coming and with it a new Ork Codex release.  I need to make a bunch of progress before that happens because I have a feeling that I won't be able to pay attention to anything else for a long time after.

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