Unreff F'ined - the base

For a long time, I have made myself known for writing my city's wargamer event, HÉT's (Hadvezérek És Taktikák - Warlords And Tactics) Warhammer 40000 contest's sick background story, and its main character, the psychopath, sociopath and idiopath (I know, that is not a word - sue me :P) chaos lord, Unreff F'ined. Well, after a long time of promising, it was about time for his meanness to get his own miniature. Good work needs time, slow work needs even more, so I'll put up the result in pieces. I hope the base makes it for your level.

I worked a bit on the little fella's brows - I hope it's obvious how does he feel about the boss.

And since we're talking about Unreff, there is an important part that is not to be missed:

The sign says: TREASURE!!!

To be continued. Be bad, see you next time!

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Tócsni

(Sorry, I don't think that it has any english name...)

My brother asked for this... No complaints here, at least I'm quickly done with today's entry XD

Typical Middle-European food, simple as they come. And from paprika to cucumber to iron bolt, you can put in any extras (whatever you like : ) )

Ingredients: (with amounts as an exception, for a lot of thing depends on the measures)

• 1-1,2 kg of potatoes
• 3 heads of onion
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 7 tablespoons of flour
• 4 eggs
• 2 tablespoons of sour cream
• 2/3 teaspoon of pepper
• 2/3 teaspoon of marjoram
• 1,5 teaspoons of salt

That would make a meal for 4 in a normal family... for 2 in our case :P

Peel and grate the potatoes, peel and cut the onions, peel and smash the garlic... then mix everything together thoroughly. Measure the dollop with a tablespoon, then fry them in oil, on medium heat, in an pan. (A fryer is not good, unless you want to scrape each tócsni from the basket)

You can eat it as a side dish, with pottage... or just as it is, with sour cream with garlic, as in the picture.

Have a good meal, see you next time!

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Chicken Dream

A new day, a new recipe, this time with a more sound name.
Chicken Dream... I doubt that a chicken would dream of such end, but who knows. If I'd end up on someone else's table at least I'd like to taste good :D

Ingredients:

• Chicken breast
• Mushroom
• Onion
• Cooking oil
• Parsley leaf
• Food seasoning
• Salt, pepper
• Cheese
• Side dish : )

Slice up the chicken (lengthwise, if it wasn't obvious :P) tenderize it a bit, rub them with salt and pepper, and let them draw it in a little. If you work with fresh mushroom, clean them and slice them. Cut up the onions (not too small) and fry them with a bit of cooking oil. After that, add the mushroom. If it was fresh, add salt and a bit of pepper, and a sip of lemon juice, and let it soften up, until all it's liquids are evaporized. If it was canned, it just needs a few minutes of boiling. Add the chopped up parsley leaf and the food seasoning. Roast the chickens a bit, then put them into a tray. Shovel the shroom-stew onto the chicken, and grate some cheese on top. (Remember what did I say about cheese and pasta? I'd like to extend it to here too.) Pour some liquid under it. If you have nothing else, water will do it fine, but the best choice some leftover broth. Put it into the oven for half an hour on 200°C, and that's it.

I suggest rice as a side dish, but you can make anything you prefer.

I was told that since I put these food pictures on my blog, I should really decorate it with some veggies...

I think I just invented e-serving. XD

Have a nice meal, see you next time!

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Mage Hunter - take 2

I missed monday's post. Things like that happens, and will happen.

I've done some painting in the meantime, Warmachine again, a Retribution Mage Hunter. There are fewer picture, only about the results, with a less tutorial-like tone. I tried to do a colour fading in the hair (red to magenta) tell me down below how do you like it.

The quality of the pictures have already been bought to my notice, the next step will be the making of a semi-pro miniature-photoshooting box.

Questions can be asked down below, have a nice looking around, and see you next time!

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Pasta with Seeds

Cooking happened again today, something quick and simple, we like to call it pasta with seeds (if anyone recognize it and would give it's official name, fell free to do so in a comment). This is one of my mother's favourites, mainly because it's supposed to be a diet food. Not like it's not a pasta with oil and oilseeds...

Ingredients:

• A pack of pasta. I used spaghetti, but any kind will do.
• Cooking oil
• Olive oil
• Hulled pumpkin seeds
• Parsley leaves
• Garlic
• Salt, pepper
• Cheese

Cook the pasta in boiling salty water. Until it's done, chop up the parsley leaves and the garlic (owners of garlic mashers have the upper hand), and into another bowl, or right into a large pan or pot, the pumpkin seeds. As a note: if you chop up the seeds with a knife, it'll flung everywhere. But a grinder will make it too small, so do it anyway. Use a colander on the pasta, and fry the seeds on oil. If they seems allright, add in the pasta, the garlic and the parsley (gourmets can add a bit of basil too... or anything, really. That's the best part of this recipe: it can contain about anything), add salt and pepper according to your taste, and por olive oil on it, at least as much as you used for the seeds. I know it doesn't sound too healthy (it is not), but the results would be too dry without it. Stir it and fry it until the pasta draws in the stuff, then it's ready.

There you go:

What I might have missed... Of course, the cheese. In this case, it's a mix of grated normal and smoked cheese. Because every pasta is better with cheese on top. EVERY ONE.

I know it's lacking of any meat, but it's biggest advantages are that it's complete in less than an hour, with minimal cost. Have a good meal, see you next time!

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Mage Hunter

I did some painting in the past days and I tried to document it as much as I can. Well, it wasn't an easy procedure, because my precision brush took this "style" permanently after I finished putting on the base colours:

But of course I didn't begin this blog as my personal complaint office, so let's see the miniature, by name: a Mage Hunter. Full designation: Privateer Press -> Warmachine -> Retribution of Scyrah -> Mage Hunter Strike Force -> grunt2. I would like the colours to came out clearly, so I basecoated with white.

I wouldn't add too much to the colours, I use ancient Citadel paints, none of them can be found in their current name, and everyone will find something similar but cheaper. If somebody wants to know anyway, ask in comment.

The next step was the shading, I used strongly watered dark brow for every cloth and wooden surfaces, and a moderately dark flesh for the skin.

After that (with watered paint) I made highlight on the cape and the edges of the clothes. The boots and gloves too got their final colour.

Next, the few plated areas got their colour, by using the green used as the base, mixed by different amounts with metallic paint.

 After that I finalized the skin, hair and eye colour.

 Then I highlighted the metallic parts, the brown ones with gold, the sword with silver. Also, the blade's upper part got a slight turqouise fade.

Finally, I marked the front arc on the base, and the crossbow gained a lighter wood grain (I know, it turned out quite shitty, but I'd like to repeat the state of my brush)

Some fine tuning on the base, brown synthetic turf, and it's considered done for now.

If you have something to add, you can do it down below. See you next time!

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Today's theme is gastronomical. Nothing difficult, but as a warning: this is a true hungarian-style, manly food, one that makes your taste buds cry in joy and your kidneys scream in terror. So, today's protagonist is:

Sirloin Steak with Fried Onions
With Spicy Potatoes as side dish

Ingredients (without numbers, everyone makes as much as they want):

• Meat! Official recipes states beef sirloin, but if you don't have some nearby (guess who am I pointing at) cheating is allowed. In this case, the victim is pork leg.
• Potato
• Onion
• Flour
• Salt, pepper, grill spices (according to taste)
• Mustard
• Cooking oil

Directions (not copied from another recipe, this is how I done it):

If the meat was frozen, take it ot for thawing the night before! Microwave thawing partially cook the meat, and while it is okay with some food, not with the steak, that must be drown and tortured first, so it's not a good choice.

Wake up early! Slice up the meat, and tenderize it with a hammer (if you put the slice into a nylon bag beforehand, you'll have less cleaning job to do). Make some cuts on the edges, then rub them with salt and a bit of pepper. If finished, smear the slices with mustard, then put them into a bowl, and water them with cooking oil. Close it with foil or the lid (cleaning considerations again) then put it into the fridge.

Cut the onions into rings or half-rings, and salt them in a bowl. close it with foil.

Wash the potatoes, but don't peel them. Cook them in salty water with its peel on, then let them cool a bit. After that, peel them and cut them to wedges.

Let the meat stay in the brine for about an hour or two. Watch a series or something. :)

Since not everyone has grill plate at home, get a pan and use it to grill the meat. Raw or well done, it's up to your taste. If you think they darkening too fast, don't worry - it's just the mustard.

While you're doing this, fry the potatoes in oil (or butter, fat, or whatever you're using for that), until their outside is crispy. Sprinkle them with grill spices according your own taste.

Flour the onions then fry them until they're golden.

If everything is ready, serve it. Shovel the onions on top of the meat, and the potatoes on the side. The results would look like this:

You should serve it with pickles. Like this:

And together:

I hope the pictures shows how good it turned out! Onwards with knife and spoon! Have a good meal!

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Ready, Steady...

Go!

A lot of people suggested that since I do many things, I should create a blog to show them. As usual, my own stubborn head was needed for this to came through... All in all: in every 2-3 days, I'll pot the thing(s) I do here.

What am I doing?

I write. Novels, background stories, anything. Whatever comes to my mind (Usually in hungarian, but I'll try to make an english version too. No promises on that...)

I do miniatures. I mostly assemble and paint models from various tabletop strategy games, but actually, whatever I can put my hands on. I may not make award-winning quality, but I do my best.

I cook. That I can, that I like. Common, extravagant, healthy, unhealthy.

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