Blather, Waffle and Poppycock!

[fsn]

Some people can be so literal!       

The're (mostly) the walking pose from the monks pack. I've painated them in a variety of colours so they can walk alongside the bagge carts.

They're defrocked - not sky-clad!

[Orcs]

WW2 Poles or would you count the three colour camouflage -irregular?

[fsn]

Hmmm ... same problem with Japanese tanks.

May have to be the 1920 Brits in the desert.

I did decide that the colour of their knees would define their status.

White knees - raw recruit
Red knees - been there a while
Brown knees - veteran.

[FierceKitty]

White knees - raw recruit
Red knees - been there a while
Brown knees - veteran.

(Picks up shattered kneecaps, replaces lug in lughole, and exits through little hole in centre of record)

[Sandinista]

White knees - raw recruit
Red knees - been there a while
Brown knees - veteran.

I like this idea, may steal it for my crusaders

Cheers
Ian

[Techno]

Talk about being right behind the times. 

I hadn't realised that British coins are coated steel, and therefore 'stickable' to magnetic material/ magnets.....Or they have been for a long, long time.
Don't know if this might be of the remotest interest for those of you that transport your figures......holding them in place with magnetic strip ?

Not sure if this will really have any practical implications for any of you....But I thought I'd mention it, as it might just be useful.

Cheers - Phil

(I also have a new tip for getting the crud out of a saucepan, after it's boiled dry. This one doesn't involve making your kitchen smell like a 'chippy'.) 

[Orcs]

Talk about being right behind the times. 

I hadn't realised that British coins are coated steel, and therefore 'stickable' to magnetic material/ magnets.....Or they have been for a long, long time.
Don't know if this might be of the remotest interest for those of you that transport your figures......holding them in place with magnetic strip ?

I looked this up and its been since 1992, but I guess as coins last so long its taken a while to replace most of those in the system.

Its no surprise you have not notice because:-

a: Your still using "Groats"
b Mrs T has all the money for Gee Gees.

I have known for some time about this as I used to get my youngest to sort the magnetic "copper" coins out of my change, with the "bribe" that all copper ones she could keep.  This was when she was about 5 - she will be 18 at the end of the year!

(I also have a new tip for getting the crud out of a saucepan, after it's boiled dry. This one doesn't involve making your kitchen smell like a 'chippy'.) 

Been cooking again Phiil ?

[Ithoriel]

Magnetic 2p pieces are my standard Warmaster hero/ mage base.

It's about the only thing 2p pieces are useful for these days!

[Techno]

Been cooking again Phiil ?

Nah, Mark.....

It was from a roundabout conversation with the chap that's going to replace the MIL's shower unit.

We were discussing how to get the green algae stain, from the exterior paint on the house.

"I use chemical 'X'," said I.... (Vile stuff.)
"You want to try 'Y' " said Bob......He then went on to tell me that he'd used the same household product by simmering it (watered down) to get rid of the carbonised crud, in a saucepan he'd b*ggred......... before his better half spotted the damage.

He then reasoned that the solution would probably work well to clear the algae.....He was absolutely right !
Took a long time, going up and down the ladder.....(Spray on......Scrub with a soft brush.....Go down ladder....Get hose....Wait for Mrs T to switch hose on....Wash it off.....Go down ladder, and repeat ad nauseam.)....But job done.

I ache in places, that I didn't know I had places, this morning. 

Cheers - Phil

[FierceKitty]

I don't want to know how he sodomised a saucepan. But it sounds painful.

[fsn]

We were discussing how to get the green algae stain, from the exterior paint on the house.

"I use chemical 'X'," said I.... (Vile stuff.)
"You want to try 'Y' " said Bob......He then went on to tell me that he'd used the same household product by simmering it (watered down) to get rid of the carbonised crud, in a saucepan he'd b*ggred......... before his better half spotted the damage.

He then reasoned that the solution would probably work well to clear the algae.....He was absolutely right !

It's like living in an advert!

I ache in places, that I didn't know I had places, this morning.  

Ache's muscles? Tired bones? You want to try new Rubitout? Long ago, Mongol tribesmen used to return from a long day riding, and disemboweling and generally causing mayhem. The Mongol women knew the answer for aging husbands - they poisoned them and took up with a younger lover.

Meanwhile, on the shores of Goa, young women learned from their mothers the secret to easing aching muscles. They took herbs and seaweed and the icky bit of a goat's eye and made it into a salve. This they rubbed into their supple young bodies - sometimes their own, sometimes with friends - and brought back the tingling warmth of a healthy body. Sometimes, there was no ache, and they did it for fun.

Recently Portugese scientists have sold the secret to a big American conglomorate, who have analysed the s**t out of it, identified the active ingredient and made new Rubitout. Now, not just for sleek Goan maidens, but for crinkly old Welshmen like you! Runitout! Just £9.99 from your local pharmicist!

[Orcs]

"You want to try 'Y' " said Bob......He then went on to tell me that he'd used the same household product by simmering it (watered down) to get rid of the carbonised crud, in a saucepan he'd b*ggred......... before his better half spotted the damage.

does Y= white vinegar?

[Techno]

No, Mark....

Mind you,..... that IS what I've used a couple of times to clean a saucepan.
(Though I used what I'd call 'ordinary' vinegar on those occasions.....Dun't 'arf make a stink !)

Cheers - Phil

[fsn]

Anyway, this weekend I undercoated some British infantry.

Then, for some readson, painted a squadron of Egyptian MiG 21s

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Sewage? Sorry, Suez?

[fsn]

1973.

Got some Phantoms and Skyhawks to go up against them.

And Il28's, SU7's, MiG17's and a Badger to support them.

[fsn]

Forgot how much I hate really tiny decals. 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Use a paintbrush to slide them.

[fsn]

Yes, but they're still very, very fiddly.

It's not so bad on good British Roundels, but those damned Yankee stars need to point a particular way!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Be glad it's not the naval stars and bars of the 42 Pacific campaign!