'A Tale of Four Gamers'

[FierceKitty]

Thank you. People seem a bit shaken. I'm mainly bewildered that nobody appears to be claiming responsibility.

[paulr]

Good to hear from you, thoughts with Thailand

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Glad your okay FK

[Leman]

Did cross my mind, how's FK? Glad you're OK.

[Techno]

Ditto !
Cheers - Phil

[FierceKitty]

Thanks, all. But the floods in Burma have been far more serious, if people would put it into perspective.
Still no parcel.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

And me..

IanS

[FierceKitty]

Guess what still wasn't waiting in the postbox when I got home? 

[Techno]

I bet the Thai Postal service is going to be especially 'twitchy' at the moment. 
Cheers - Phil

[Techno]

First code of next Warband range finished last week....Leon's 'repair' sent and received at Pendraken HQ.
Two more codes should be finished today or tomorrow. Not much to do to those...I'll only be held up waiting for putty to dry from time to time.
Made a two and a half mm tall 'wossname' to go with the next  runestone. (Leon likes this !......Well...he says he does... )

Sent another invoice to Leon, 'cos the sorting machine chewed the original......At least a bit of it arrived in a plastic bag, so it didn't go totally awol.
I think I should get a free stamp from the PO for that. 

For some reason, received a package addressed to someone in Bangkok......Wasn't anything interesting, so I threw it in the bin. 

Cheers - Phil

[FierceKitty]

First code of next Warband range finished last week....Leon's 'repair' sent and received at Pendraken HQ.
Two more codes should be finished today or tomorrow. Not much to do to those...I'll only be held up waiting for putty to dry from time to time.
Made a two and a half mm tall 'wossname' to go with the next  runestone. (Leon likes this !......Well...he says he does... )

Sent another invoice to Leon, 'cos the sorting machine chewed the original......At least a bit of it arrived in a plastic bag, so it didn't go totally awol.
I think I should get a free stamp from the PO for that. 

For some reason, received a package addressed to someone in Bangkok......Wasn't anything interesting, so I threw it in the bin. 

Cheers - Phil

Tax leeks and massed male voice choirs! Bring back Thatcher!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Oh you tease Phil!

[Steve J]

Painting mojo returning slowly, probably due to the wet weather of late. Trying to clear the odd figure here and there that are clogging up my paint tray.

[Leman]

Just had a rebase to make my figures more rule friendly. Austrians (1866) just been given the treatment.

[Subedai]

Painting mojo returning slowly, probably due to the wet weather of late. Trying to clear the odd figure here and there that are clogging up my paint tray.

If I ever misplace -I never lose it completely- my painting mojo I will make something or research something or write something until I find it again. As long as it's wargame related I keep my interest going. The only problem is that if it goes half way through a project I usually get enthused about something completely different!

Just had a rebase to make my figures more rule friendly. Austrians (1866) just been given the treatment.

Rebasing...shudder!

[Leman]

Think I've found the answer to the problem. With the best will in the world, one day you may want to rebase. My solution is PVA on MDF. It secures the little blighters well enough for gaming purposes but they can still be prised off with relatively little effort and (in my case) no nasty cuts. The other bonus is that my basing technique has improved over time, so the new bases always look better. A complete rebase also gives a uniform standard to the bases.

[toxicpixie]

Seconded - even if the PVA and MDF are inseparably bonded, you can "dig out" the top most sliver of MDF under the base and you're good! I've never had an issue with them staying stuck, either - it's a good bond

[Steve J]

If I ever misplace -I never lose it completely- my painting mojo I will make something or research something or write something until I find it again. As long as it's wargame related I keep my interest going. The only problem is that if it goes half way through a project I usually get enthused about something completely different!

Completely agree Subedai.

[Subedai]

I don't rebase...ever. If a set of rules comes out that I like and can adapt to my basing system, or bases aren't an issue, then fine. I refuse to kowtow to the rule writers who say that the only way to play their rules is to have x figures on y sized bases. I was lucky, I started my basing system about 15 years ago and haven't changed it since. All I have to do is repaint the bases on some of my older figures but that's it. It is advantageous that I usually collect both sides of any period I am doing so everything looks the same anyway.

[Techno]

Wood elf mages and command finished.

Waiting to hear if Leon wants me to add a second, different wossname onto the dooh-dah.
Archers already finished.

Now on to the wood elf riders, which is why I've been covered in white metal dust for most of the last two days.  .

Cheers - Phil