They are never too young to start

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.  If you read my last post you know ours was quite busy.  I was in a reflective sort of mood and thought about how wonderful it is to see my two year old daughter starting to enjoy certain crafts.  The reason I have been posting more these last few weeks is very simple.  I have hobby things to show to you people.  Anyone with young children understands that one of the hardest things to do is balance life and young children with our Warhammer hobby.  I think I came up with a solution.

My daughter has been painting with me. We put a small apron on her, set up her painting station (really just a an old end table with a towel over it) and head into the basement.  I grab a few old figures from my bitz box and let her go to town with her pinks and glittering greens.  This entertains her for an hour or two.  Daughter is happy, Daddy is happy, and most importantly, Mama is happy we aren't bothering her for a little while.

Here are a sample of her awesome paint jobs.  I must say I am very proud, they still look better than my early days of painting.  The one thing I find amusing is she is very concerned with painting the underside of the base.

I have also been working on my gaming table.  I always wanted a table that I can insert different boards, and this table will allow me to drop in different "worlds" if I want to in the future.  Plus I like having a lip on the edge of the table to keep things from falling off.  Here are a couple photos.  Right now I just threw some terrain down.  I still need to flock sections of the board, but you get the basic idea.  I wanted an 8'x4' table, but that would probably be too big.  I also plan on finishing that section of the basement as well and put some shelving under the table to store terrain.

Enjoy!