why is that our SO's continually moan about our hobby :Ph mine had another moan yesterday about it, asked me what I was doing just a general question from her
Me "I am looking at the Pendraken website" :)
her "Why are you going to buy more figures"
me "no jut looking"
her "I don't see why you need to buy more when you have a pile that's is getting larger by the week, most of it unpainted"
me :o that's one thing you should not say to a wargamer I think to myself, safer to not say it out loud.
my solution to all this = buy more, so I placed another order with Pendraken =O =O =O
no doubt I shall suffer for it in due course, and suffer it I shall ;D
Hmmm, I know the feeling, but then I retort along the lines of "how many shoes/handbags/coats etc does a women need? Tends to end in an amicable (if I'm lucky :D) truce.
I shall need to remember that retort, she is a shoe and handbag fanatic, some of them running into 3 and 4 figures costs
thanks Steve J :)
Mine's the other extreme; minimal interest in acquiring anything. Makes birthday shopping tricky.
You lucky bastard.
My Mrs is also not really into acquiring anything for herself and just does not understand my need to acquire 'stuff' as she calls it. I have a book mountain as well as a toy soldier mountain and boy do I get any grief if anything new arrives though the post. I sometimes use the trick others have mentioned of having 'stuff' posted to work then smuggle it home.
Thankfully both my daughters are into acquiring their own sort of 'stuff' so they do defend their poor old Dad although they then fleece me for more pocket money!
My main argument is that I don't smoke and rarely drink whereas Ma Subs does both, on occasion both at the same time. So I spend my pocket money on my hobby, be it brushes, paints, figures or whatever. Another angle is that if I am painting or wargaming she knows where I am as opposed to going down the pub or out down town to pi** it away every night.
PS In the past I have also used 'work' as a dropping off point for deliveries, now I just say that I've ordered some figures. If she asks how much the normal response is less than a tenner, thereby using their own logic against them. If Ma Subs comes home with something new the price when I ask is always £5 or £6 or some other whole value. What she always neglects to add on is the 99p part of the price so instead of £5 it actually cost £6 all but a penny and so on.
My Ex used to do this a lot - hence she is my Ex.
I currently have no issues at with stuff at home, apart from the space it takes up - but I have my own Den and the loft over the garage is mine.Eldest step daughter is looking to move out and i haved tacit agrement that \i can use it for a more permanent gaming table as long as we can get a sofa bed in there.
I have other hobbieis but they are significantly moreexpensive than a Wargaming, the most i get is a What have you been buying with a smile and roll of her eyes. I then go into an excited description of 20mm Figures or 10mm Tanks and when and where they were used and how it fits in with my colection/Army. By the second sentance she wishes she had never asked ;)
Mrs Orcs is into cake decorating - sent me to shop for colourings etc this week., and also got me to make a Frame for a specuial cake for her youngest daughter. total cost over £30 and 2 hours in the garage making and painting the frame. So not much she can say.
I am a lucky man :-bd :-bd
HER: Why are you buying more figures? Look at this pile of unpainted stuff.
HIM: Why are you buying more make up? Look at this pile of unused stuff.
HER: It's called Retail Therapy. I want, I need it, and I can afford it.
(Pause.)
HIM: Here's my Christmas List.
From Who Hasn't Got A Hobby? (Working Title)
I always used to ask my ex if she would prefer me to pop down the pub for the evening or stay in and paint figures.
Apparently, she would have preferred that I just sat and did nothing.
Hence the ex.
Happy to be free - FSN
My wife didn't know much about my stuff before we got married mostly because that was my "dark period" for wargaming where for about 5 years I didn't paint, buy or play.
A few years after we got married I brought out my stuff and painting again and also bought more figures. She didn't question the packages which came in the mail but when she saw me paint she asked where I got the figures. For a year or so I told her I had them prior to our marriage. After a while she quit asking but now knows what comes in the brown padded envelopes from the UK.
She's never asked me how much things cost and I've never told her.
Wise woman.
Wise man.
Wise couple.
Before she met me my missus had a boy friend who was fanaticall about footy.
As far as she's concerned any time I spend 'doing toy soldier stuff' (her phrase) is a small price to pay for not going to footy matches all over the country.
Also she like doing 'Art' so we often end up at the dining table with me paining figures and her doing something artistic, or knitting.
Paining figures? You sadist.
I will stand up and support the Wargamers better halfs as mine is an angel. Not only does she not complain aaabout the money/time I throw at the hobby, she encourages me by DEMANDING a list of toys I would like so she has ideas for christmas and birthday presents. :D
She is one in a million :x :x
QuoteApparently, she would have preferred that I just sat and did nothing
My ex was the same with added '..sit and do nothing AND watch Eastenders'.
As a consequence I really appreciate my second wife and spoil her rotten.
facials once a month that cost £70.
hair appointments cost £120.
(all for my benefit...)
I spend what I like on my hobby but as I paint so slowly it's rarely more than £20-£30 a month.
No problems here either
I sit and paint
She sits and crochets or does pottery designs
We listen to audiobooks
We are happy
QuotePaining figures?
Most certainly, if the little buggers don't put up a decent fight then it's off the painting table and onto the paining table :D
Quote from: DanJ on 24 November 2014, 03:11:52 PM
Most certainly, if the little buggers don't put up a decent fight then it's off the painting table and onto the paining table :D
Is the paining table where the so called 'conversions' happen?
I recently had to put a second level clothes rail in the Mrs Wardrobe, it's already bowing with the wieght, so she doesn't bother me much. When we are skint I buy at the same rate I paint, so that keeps the value of orders down although I do pay a few quid more for postage. I also find being payed for painting commissions keeps her smiling, she's a good egg, so mustn't grumble too much!
Mine is a crafter, mostly cross stitch, crotchet and knitting, so trips to hobbycraft are a dangerous dangerous time for this family. Same with bookstores and anywhere selling boardgames.
Everything has been great since I attended that "How to hypnotise" course. :>
When I hear my female friends complain about what THEIR husbands do, I just wish they would have a chat with my wife.
My wife is a modeller (and somewhat better than me) who specialises in dolls houses. Now, if only I could get her to paint figures....
My wife is an artists and thinks 'if only I can get him to paint pictures'
My wife once painted up a whole batch of 15mm figures for me but complained it gave her a headache. Now, there is a reason I don't the wife having a headache...!
Quote from: Bodvoc on 04 December 2014, 05:53:42 PM
Now, there is a reason I don't the wife having a headache...!
WTF?
Quote from: FierceKitty on 05 December 2014, 01:31:46 AM
WTF?
She steals his paracetamol, so there is none left for hangovers.
That's like translating Karen into Arapho. I'm still bewildered.
Reminds me of a sketch featuring the late Rikki Fulton (Scottish actor/comedian). Wife is in bed and he brings her an aspirin and a glass of water.
She says, "What's that for?"
"For your headache." Rikki replied.
"But I don't have a headache."
Rubbing his hands, he jumps into bed - "Ya beauty!!!!" :D :d ;D ;)
Quote from: FierceKitty on 05 December 2014, 02:00:29 AM
That's like translating Karen into Arapho. I'm still bewildered.
My missus is named Karen and she has trouble translating Brum English into proper English let alone into Arapho or even Arapaho. :) :)
Exactly! (valuable word when you've got nothing to say. Speak emphatically and with a hint of triumph, and you'll never be challenged.)
Quote from: Hertsblue on 04 December 2014, 02:51:53 PM
My wife is a modeller (and somewhat better than me) who specialises in dolls houses. Now, if only I could get her to paint figures....
Or get the appropriate scale of figure for her doll houses and game some street fighting...
Quote from: lentulus on 08 December 2014, 06:10:26 PM
Or get the appropriate scale of figure for her doll houses and game some street fighting...
Ah, yes, hostile governess with attached juvenile irregulars at forty paces.... :D
Go straight in from the start. I told my dear wife right from the off over 40 years ago. Told it kept me off the streets and out of pubs etc (except our club met above a pub). Having been married now to Britains own version of Emedla Marcos for 41 years, we've settled down to a no questions asked on the handbag, shoes, figures front. Although she admits that the Seven Years War figures are ;) pretty.
When my wife finally gets round to assembling her Dolls House I have a item for it. I've worked out that a 2mm block is the scale version of 28mm. I'm thinking a tiny Waterloo game in there.
Quote from: Last Hussar on 15 December 2014, 08:24:33 PM
When my wife finally gets round to assembling her Dolls House I have a item for it. I've worked out that a 2mm block is the scale version of 28mm. I'm thinking a tiny Waterloo game in there.
Brilliant ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: Last Hussar on 15 December 2014, 08:24:33 PM
When my wife finally gets round to assembling her Dolls House I have a item for it. I've worked out that a 2mm block is the scale version of 28mm. I'm thinking a tiny Waterloo game in there.
You could Change the game on a regular basis, Would look really good.
You
might also be able to beat the Dolls ;D
Dolls houses are either 1/12th or 1/24th scale. Even at the smaller scale you'd probably need the local playing-field for a decent-sized town. And a huge fistful of cash.... :D
Hello Hertsblue
Quote from: Hertsblue on 16 December 2014, 08:56:35 AM
Dolls houses are either 1/12th or 1/24th scale. Even at the smaller scale you'd probably need the local playing-field for a decent-sized town. And a huge fistful of cash.... :D
Actually there is a large community working with 1/144 dolls' houses. Most are more expensive than wargame quality houses so I don't buy them. but there is a vast range of information out there. I came across them when I was looking for 1/144 oriental rugs (don't ask):-
http://www.microjivvy.com/1144-scale-oriental-rugs (http://www.microjivvy.com/1144-scale-oriental-rugs)
You can even get stuff like a metal 1/144 toilet if you need it for a scenario :D :D:-
(http://www.normanscountrycreek.com/images/Metalfurniture.jpg)
http://www.normanscountrycreek.com/furnituremetal.html (http://www.normanscountrycreek.com/furnituremetal.html).
They also have articles about scratch building various scenes:-
(http://www.btz.se/minis/images_144/kasbah/kasbah_small.jpg)
http://www.btz.se/minis/144_kasbah.php (http://www.btz.se/minis/144_kasbah.php)
The important thing to remember is to not let them know that you are a wargamer, if you do the stock and information tend to melt away :).
Most of the kits are American Victoriana but there are types that are useful.
A useful page for bits and bobs:-
http://www.grandtline.com/products/arch/n_scale_architectural_parts.html (http://www.grandtline.com/products/arch/n_scale_architectural_parts.html)
Something to tempt the ladies - have them rebuild Coronation Street in 1/144 - and then use it in a VBCW scenario :D :D.
Cheers
GrumpyOldMan
Thanks for that, Grumps. It seems to be mainly an American thing - I've never seen them at the dollshouse shows my wife drags me around and, whilst I do scratch-build buildings from time to time, I don't bother to furnish them.
Quote from: Hertsblue on 17 December 2014, 10:21:22 AM
Thanks for that, Grumps. It seems to be mainly an American thing - I've never seen them at the dollshouse shows my wife drags me around and, whilst I do scratch-build buildings from time to time, I don't bother to furnish them.
Ah but think of the barricades with extra points for having a grand piano included :D :D.
I believe from delving into their ephemera that the 1/144 stuff started as dolls houses within larger scale doll houses :D
Do they make the 'dolls' to go with the furniture ?
Perhaps I should offer. ;)
Cheers - Phil
Hello Techno/Phil
Quote from: Techno on 18 December 2014, 07:03:08 AM
Do they make the 'dolls' to go with the furniture ?
From what I've seen the only figures inhabiting the 1/144 dolls houses are (rarely) the naff Chinese 1/150 railway figures (without repainting). Seems the house and the furniture are the thing, just as the railways take attention away from lame scenic items in railway layouts.
Were you thinking of a Nanny with Tommy Gun figure? :D Or perhaps a chimney sweep with RPG :D
Cheers
GrumpyOldMan
Quote from: GrumpyOldMan on 17 December 2014, 10:09:53 PM
Ah but think of the barricades with extra points for having a grand piano included :D :D.
Ah, but then I'd need Liberace and a candelabra to finish it off. :D
Quote from: GrumpyOldMan on 18 December 2014, 09:04:40 AM
Hello Techno/Phil
Were you thinking of a Nanny with Tommy Gun figure? :D Or perhaps a chimney sweep with RPG :D Cheers GrumpyOldMan
Get thee behind me, Grumps.... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil
THought that nuns with crossbows wuz default ?? ;) :D
IanS