Our next show is the excellent Claymore show, taking place in the Granton Campus of Edinburgh College. Please send any pre-orders through to us by this coming Friday, 27th July to give us time to get them ready for you.
More info on this show can be found on the SESWC club website: https://seswc.co.uk/category/claymore/
Hope the show goes well....Edinburgh is a great city to visit. While l won't be attending Claymore our local gaming club the Wellington Warlords are holding their annual convention named Call to Arms over the weekend of 4 and 5 August.
Paul and l will be flying the 10mm flag with a largeish AWI game featuring the British attempting to breakout from Yorktown on Saturday and a 1914 game on Sunday with the British IV Corps attempting to hold up the German pursuit of the Belgian army as it retreats towards Dunkirque (yes its 1914 not 1940 ☺). Reports to follow after the games.
I am in Edinburgh overnight on the Friday so plan to be there. Having viewed the link, quite fancy seeing some of the games on show:-
https://seswc.co.uk/2018/07/18/claymore-2018-floorplans/ (https://seswc.co.uk/2018/07/18/claymore-2018-floorplans/)
p.s. Website is South East Scotland Wargames Club's (SESWC), of course, Leon (not Falkirk's). :P
Quote from: Westmarcher on 24 July 2018, 09:46:36 AM
p.s. Website is South East Scotland Wargames Club's (SESWC), of course, Leon (not Falkirk's). :P
Oops, copy and pasted myself into that one...!
We will be going to Claymore as we are going down to attend the Edinburgh Tattoo
Take care
Andy
Planning to be there myself, health permitting.
Which it had better ... I have goodies to collect from the Pendraken stand. :)
I hope to bump into some of you there!
Quote from: Womble67 on 24 July 2018, 11:44:45 AM
We will be going to Claymore as we are going down to attend the Edinburgh Tattoo
Take care
Andy
You'll be going 'up' to Claymore and 'up' to the Tattoo if you are coming from Grimsby.
Depends in your orientation, I'm sure our antipodean members would think of it as down or across...
Myself, it would just count as toofaryouwannagetdivorced...
Quote from: jimduncanuk on 24 July 2018, 03:42:23 PM
You'll be going 'up' to Claymore and 'up' to the Tattoo if you are coming from Grimsby.
It's always
Down to Edinburgh :(
Nice place to visit, bloody awful to actually get anywhere.
Quote from: jimduncanuk on 24 July 2018, 03:42:23 PM
You'll be going 'up' to Claymore and 'up' to the Tattoo if you are coming from Grimsby.
You're certainly right my sense of Direction is absolutely awful if it wasn't for Google Maps I wouldn't travel anyway trust me
Take care
Andy
Quote from: Wulf on 24 July 2018, 04:18:29 PM
It's always Down to Edinburgh :(
Nice place to visit, bloody awful to actually get anywhere.
Can't agree with that.
I live in Edinburgh.
I travel to about a dozen wargames shows every year and all are within a reasonable distance. The only one I prefer to fly to is Crisis in Antwerp which is a short flight from Edinburgh International airport to Brussels and an even shorter train journey to Antwerp.
Holiday wise I can get to Edinburgh or Glasgow airports in either 40 minutes or 90 minutes and then fly to most European or American airports.
Biggest hassle I've had trying to travel anywhere distant is when our national airline insist I fly to Heathrow first then onto somewhere else flying past my local international airport that I've just come from.
So Edinburgh/Glasgow is well connected to most of the planet.
Quote from: jimduncanuk on 24 July 2018, 05:04:40 PM
Can't agree with that.
I live in Edinburgh.
I travel to about a dozen wargames shows every year and all are within a reasonable distance. The only one I prefer to fly to is Crisis in Antwerp which is a short flight from Edinburgh International airport to Brussels and an even shorter train journey to Antwerp.
Holiday wise I can get to Edinburgh or Glasgow airports in either 40 minutes or 90 minutes and then fly to most European or American airports.
Biggest hassle I've had trying to travel anywhere distant is when our national airline insist I fly to Heathrow first then onto somewhere else flying past my local international airport that I've just come from.
So Edinburgh/Glasgow is well connected to most of the planet.
Good public transport links both within the city and to parts distant too.
This ends communication from The Edinburgh Tourist Board :D :D :D
Quote from: Ithoriel on 24 July 2018, 01:17:36 PM
Planning to be there myself, health permitting.
Which it had better ... I have goodies to collect from the Pendraken stand. :)
I hope to bump into some of you there!
I plan to be there too.
I have my next CT scan the week before so I'll not be able to offer an update to my health situation. We'll have to talk about yours instead.
PS Please don't land on me when you fall over.
Might be able to attend this next year once our daughter is out of student accommodation and into the rented sector. Completely agree that Edinburgh is a great place to visit.
Quote from: jimduncanuk on 24 July 2018, 08:44:38 PM
I plan to be there too.
I have my next CT scan the week before so I'll not be able to offer an update to my health situation. We'll have to talk about yours instead.
PS Please don't land on me when you fall over.
I'll try to ensure the "bumping into" is entirely metaphorical :)
I will be there, too. My trader stand is next to Old Glory in the atrium. Thanks to Leon for putting his design skills into drawing up the floor plan, BTW. I also have a participation game in front of my stand - a Crusader game in collaboration with Edinburgh University. Come on by and say hello!
Good to hear you will be there Michael I hope the show goes well for you
The trenches you designed for me are currently in use as strong points as we mark the centenary of the Affair of Abu Tellul, Jordon Valley, 14 July 1918
Ownership of some of the strongpoints is currently under dispute (in terms of the game at least). The ANZACs are about to impose Breaker Morant's rule 303 while the Ottoman force has equal number of Maxim 08's....hope l shuffled the cards well ☺
It is going to get very messy X_X
Great show today! Busy but not too crowded, warm but not cooked, lots to see, lots to do, lots to buy and lots of people to meet.
Traders, including Leon and Adele, seemed happy with the day, which is always good.
Hats off to the organisers, as ever!
Pictures here (I hope)
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10155642187646398.1073741833.593771397&type=1&l=286fba58dc
It's Facebook but it's set to Public so you shouldn't need a FB account.
Great set of photos Ithorial! 8)
Thanks for the great photo report, some really nice stuff going on there.
[Currently writing this like a half-shut penknife for reasons that will soon be explained.]
I dropped in at the show for an hour on the afternoon. Looked like a good show but for some reason I could not work up a lot of enthusiasm when I got there. So, apart from a token purchase at the Pendraken stand, I came away empty handed. :(
Now usually I come away inspired from these shows - but my lack of enthusiasm this time round was very probably down to tiredness taking hold in the aftermath of the fire alarm going off at 4.40 am in my hotel and all of the guests evacuated to await the arrival of the Fire Brigade to sound the all clear!
I did manage to chat to Leon and Jim(Duncan). I also hoped I might bump into Ithoriel and Womble but never having met them before in person (I've only seen photographs), I realised that was going to be unlikely. And, indeed that was what happened. However, at one point, seeing Jim talking to two guys and wondering if one of them was indeed Ithoriel (although the body never fell over - mind you, perhaps the other, taller guy was holding him up? - the face somehow seemed familiar), I gate crashed their conversation hoping to get an intro from Jim. But, on first saying hello to Jim, the other two then scarpered! Now, in my tired dopiness at the time, I might be mistaken, but I'm sure Jim said it was Mike (Ithoriel)! Mike, was it you (and who was your carer?)?
I was also vaguely aware that Michael of Wee Wars was running a stand but somehow missed this (the programme I was given on admission might have helped but somehow I managed to lose this within 5 minutes of entry!).
So, whilst not the most successful of visits, glad you posted the pics, Mike, to confirm to me I was in fact there in person! Cheers! ;D
Hi Westie
My conversational compatriots included the infamous Ithoriel (the hefty one) and Damien my French gaming buddy (the lofty one).
Not sure why they scarpered, maybe you scared them off.
I never saw the Womble through the day, I wonder if he made it with all the recent hassle on the trains.
Nice meeting you again.
Jim
Sorry to miss you Westmarcher - especially as it seems we missed by moments!
I'm pretty sure I must have been talking to Jim and Damien when you spotted us. I was making my way (slowly) to the exit to grab a cab. Standing for four or five hours had taken a toll on my hip and knee which turned out not to be as over the after effects of faceplanting into the bath a couple of weeks ago as I'd imagined!
Not helped any by my own lack of sleep. I live in a four-to-a-block maisonette. It's nice and very roomy for what you pay. However, although the sound proofing side to side is excellent there is literally no soundproofing up and down. I often say I can not only hear my upstairs neighbours changing TV channels, I can hear them change their minds :)
At 1am my upstairs neighbour arrived back home from a night out with friends (about half a dozen I'd guess) and they proceeded to chat loudly, argue and sing (badly) until about 07:30. I got about an hours sleep all night but caught up a little after posting the pics - fell asleep in a living room chair and only woke about fifteen minutes ago.
I look forward to finally meeting you at a point where neither of us are sleep deprived :D
Thanks for sharing the photo's, Mike. :-bd
For your sleep problem.
Have you considered getting some earplugs ?.....They DO help cut down a lot of noise.
I used to use a pair, when Von listened to the radio until the early hours.
Cheers - Phil
Thanks for taking the time to post your photos Mike, looks like a good day out.
Hope the guys playing Starwars were wearing sunglasses - interesting terrain colours 8)
Stay well
Cheers
Peter
Quote from: Techno on 05 August 2018, 06:17:44 AM
Thanks for sharing the photo's, Mike. :-bd
For your sleep problem.
Have you considered getting some earplugs ?.....They DO help cut down a lot of noise.
I used to use a pair, when Von listened to the radio until the early hours.
Cheers - Phil
I swear by Honeywell's "Howard Leight" lightweight (pink and yellow) one-time earplugs .... as being better than swearing AT the neighbours :)
They cut down enough sound to let me get a good night's sleep without cutting me off from the world entirely.
However, I don't like wearing them if I need to be up early in case I sleep through the alarm.
Ta for the piccies, looked to me like there might have been a fair bit of inspiration there. My grandad was up the Khyber in 1919 when it all kicked off for the third time.
Quote from: Ithoriel on 05 August 2018, 12:17:08 PM
However, I don't like wearing them if I need to be up early in case I sleep through the alarm.
I
really don't need an alarm....I usually wake up at 3AM....(Switch the radio on, set it, with a half hour 'cut off''...Go back to sleep....Then wake again at 5 AM....get up....(if I can be bothered).....Then again at 6AM. (Probably to let all the dogs out)...get up......
Play patience on the PC.....Let the dogs back in....
Maybe go back for a snooze until 7AM.....Get up....start pushing putty around.
On VERY rare occasions ....I'll sleep from when I go to bed until about 6.30AM......That's a REAL lie in. ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil
Last night, having dozed in the chair for 3+ hours from late afternoon, I stayed up gathering crafting resources in Elder Scrolls Online until 4am (nice and quiet in-game at that time on the EU server!), popped in the earplugs, took my pills and surfaced at 13:05. Must've been wiped out right enough, my usual is seven hours fifty pretty much bang on.
Good to see you all at the show on Saturday, I hope you enjoyed it! I can't remember seeing so many familiar faces at this one, we had folks from Belfast, Hull and Barnsley who'd come up for it, as well as the usual suspects we get to see at the Scottish shows, so it was nice to chat with everyone.
Quote from: Westmarcher on 04 August 2018, 08:53:58 PM
I did manage to chat to Leon and Jim(Duncan). I also hoped I might bump into Ithoriel and Womble but never having met them before in person (I've only seen photographs), I realised that was going to be unlikely. And, indeed that was what happened. However, at one point, seeing Jim talking to two guys and wondering if one of them was indeed Ithoriel (although the body never fell over - mind you, perhaps the other, taller guy was holding him up? - the face somehow seemed familiar), I gate crashed their conversation hoping to get an intro from Jim. But, on first saying hello to Jim, the other two then scarpered! Now, in my tired dopiness at the time, I might be mistaken, but I'm sure Jim said it was Mike (Ithoriel)! Mike, was it you (and who was your carer?)?
I was also vaguely aware that Michael of Wee Wars was running a stand but somehow missed this (the programme I was given on admission might have helped but somehow I managed to lose this within 5 minutes of entry!).
You mean this conversation.
(http://www.michaelscott.name/claymore/Mike-and-Jim-2018.jpg)
My spies are everywhere. I was vaguely aware as well that I (of Supreme Littleness) was there. Photo taken from my trader stand and in the background of my participation game. Westmarcher, with the programme you managed to lose Leon's carefully drawn plan.
Michael
Looks like I've turned a corner.
http://jim-duncan.blogspot.com/2018/08/claymore-2018-aftermath.html
Back to painting full time now.
That's great news Jim :).
Seconded :)
Thanks for the show report as well Jim ;)
Nice one Jim :-bd
Great news Jim! Very glad to hear it. Was great to catch up. See you next year :)
Excellent news, Jim!
@Michael: Yes, that was the trio before I gate crashed their conversation!
Great news Jim! 8)
Great pics, great news, Jim ! :-bd
Cheers - Phil