Welcome to my little corner of preparations for All Things Zombie. Here you'll find my progress of painting miniatures and preparing terrain, as well as any other little nerdiness that may sprout up. Enjoy, and please comment.

Thursday 7 June 2012

My Man Cave


Since I did not have any final products to display and I wanted to keep at least semi regular on updates, I decided to post a few pictures of the room in my house which is dedicated to my hobby and gaming.  I feel somewhat lucky to have enough space for all of this, given that I've seen others who have little more than a single desk to hobby upon.  Though my wife has attempted on a few occassions to move in with some crafting of her own, it has seemed to stay within the Christmas season for her.


Here is a picture of the room from the entrance.  Starting in the bottom left is a set up of the game Heroscape, which was my intoduction to miniature gaming.  I don't play it as much now, but I like to have a map set up just in case.   Moving up from there, is a pretty kick ass dice tower that a friend of mine put together.  Semi hidden behind the dice tower, is a Mayhem Industrial building that I began working on before even starting this blog, yikes.  Stacked ontop of that are many (many!) pieces of Mayhem Streets that I printed off and attached to cardstock over the past week.  Many roads are needed for my ATZ campaign.   Movings to the right from there are my Sarissa Precision buildings ranging in completion from 0 - 90%.   Continuing on there is a big bucket, that is used for homebrewing beer.  Speaking of which, you will also see 64 bottle beers (Blonde Lagers) that are almost ready to drink.



Starting in the bottom left again, we see; more beer!  This time a carboy full of a Mexican style cerveza.   A benefit of the homebrewing in the games room is that it always has a scent of beer.  Passing the stack of unused guitars brings us to my painting station.   GW paints on the left, current painjob in the middle and brand new Foundry paints on the right.  The shelves are stacked with completed miniatures, and various other hobby items.

So that is where I hobby and game.  Its not the best situation, but it is pretty darn good.  The room needs a bit more nerdy decorating, but I am hesitant to put funds into that rather than gaming needs.
Also worth noting was that all my items are stacked on two long tables.   When the time comes for ATZ campaiging, I can move these tables side by side for a game area of 5 feet by 12 feet.  This should cover my needs nicely and allow me to create  large cities.  Its also a good size for gaming of other sorts too.

Well, hope you enjoyed a glimpse into where my work gets done, as I had enjoyed seeing to locations many of you work in.
Until next time, when I should have a real update.

17 comments:

  1. You didn't mention your axes! What have you got?

    Models, paint, beer and guitars - a great Cave by any standard Adam. Cave Sweet Cave!

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    1. The electric guitar is a Godin SD, which I've had for several years now. I'm not very good, but this is a pretty good guitar. I bought it when I got my first real well paying job.
      The acoustic is just a crappy little thing suitable for messing around with outside, and not worrying about ruining something costly.

      The 3rd guitar is a toddler sized acoustic for my son.

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  2. I agree with Paul. Great set-up. Especially the home-brewing part. :) You've got a window in there for natural light, and being able to place those two tables together will give you an excellent, big table for gaming. You're a lucky guy.

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    1. Its a pretty good space, thanks for the compliments.

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  3. A brewerey AND a man cave. All in nice purple tone.

    How can a humble zombie survivor get a hold of such a special bottle? :P

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    1. When the apocalypse comes, my place will be a safehouse with plenty of brew to sip on.

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  4. That's a great set up you have there, Adam. I always like looking at other gamers' man-caves, so thanks for sharing.

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  5. It is good seeing how others nabage their space, I suppose I'll have to put up piccies of my own set-up sometime soon too.

    Love the idea of the room having the aromatic smell of beer all the time.

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    1. The beer smell is nice, that is for certain.
      Look forward to seeing your space.

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  6. Nice setup, plenty of beer to keep you going. I'm sure it will become more nerdy overtime :D

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    1. Thanks. I do have some nerdy Game of Thrones art to adorn the walls, but none has been put up yet. Also thinking of at lest one Zombie framed art too.

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  7. What more can someone ask for, you have beer, figures and a guitar!! :D Cool room! I might post something like this one day, I need to get a room sorted first though!! haha

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    1. Thanks, I do have most of what I need. I assure you a fair amount of cleaning happened before taking the pictures.

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  8. Nice Adam, Beer and gaming what a combo....

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  9. All that this needs....Is bacon!

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