Sunday Night Musings: Stupid Whims

• So I made an eBay purchase... a purchase that I really shouldn't have made. I bought an assortment of OOP Skaven models for $12.99, including shipping. Not bad, but the purchase was totally unnecessary. I'm not supposed to even be working on my Skaven, because I'm just supposed to finish up the Eshin army and then move on to my Daemons and Dark Elves. Stupid me!
• I assembled a unit of Clanrats for use in my Eshin army. Why? Becuase the Eshin army as it is SUCKS--and because I had the bits to make it happen without having to buy any additional items. Now I'm going to cry myself to sleep, because that means that I have 25 more freakin' Skaven to paint than before. This isn't counting the other unit that I plan on assembling. *Sigh*
• My motivation to paint is in full-on "ebb" mode right now. I wish it would turn to "flow"...
• I really want to start painting The Masque, but I feel like I should test out how to paint a Daemonette first. The only problem with this is that I have to buy a unit of Daemonettes so that I can test out the painting. That type of purchase would put me over the limit in my painting pledge, so I need to get crackin' on painting models I already have in order to give myself permission to make another purchase.
• I'm trying to think of a way to make a Night Runner "Death Star"--stealing the idea from the Druchii who use a giant unit of Shades loaded with Characters. The only problem is that I don't think there are enough character abilities and items that would make the unit as potent as the Dark Elf version. But I'm still going to look into it...
• I'm thinking about buying an Eldar fleet for Battlefleet Gothic. The game has a nice appeal, and there is a fellow Ordo who is looking to offload. If the deal is right, I might have some different looking paper weights coming to me.
• If I replace some of the arms of my Eshin Nightrunners with shield arms, I might just use them as Clanrats. This would make a transition to a standard Skaven army a lot easier and cost effective. Of course, it would also mean that the unit of Clanrats I have already assembled would be entirely out of place...