Well I've been lurking about here for a while but now I've finally opened my wallet, I thought I should drop in and say hello.
Firstly - Vamboozle. As you may have gathered not my real name. I may explain one day :D
Bit of an adventure for me: new scale - 10mm and new period - ECW (the new Defy The King Rules drew me in) so I'll just a little excited - though I am reliably informed that "the thunk of toy soldiers landing on the doormat is not "as exciting as the pitter patter of tiny feet". :o
Been taking a look around here and have already found a lot of useful info plus even more useless but amusing information - its that particular brand of gamer humour that makes you feel at home (bit like an old local pub smells)
One thing is puzzling me though - whats this obsession with Centurions being green? I've gone back through my copies of Tacitus and Suetonius and nowhere does is state "Centurio est viridis"? is it an off batch of garum?
Hi Vamboozle and welcome to the Forum!
I'll let fsn explain the Centurions...
Welcome.
You mentioned the C word, good luck!
Another welcome from me. You may have started something but with a bit of luck he might not notice.
Velcome Mr Boozle, or may I call you Gerald?
Not all Centurions are green! Silly! Some of them are sand and some are green and black! I think you're getting confused with a Centaur - which of course is a Land Rover half-track!
Welcome anyway, though how you're going to game Electronic Counter Warfare is beyond me. :-\ Perhaps some Centurions could help?
I don't know - this is meant to be a sensible forum and we let chaps in who don't know the colour of a Centurion! - FSN
Welcome Vamboozle. You will soon find that FSN is eloquent beyond measure, particularly where men commanding units of 80 are concerned.
Oh! You found out then.
Welcome Mr Vamboozle
Vamboozle?... Wasnt he in Catweazle? ?
Welcome Vamboozle; please limit usage of the C word to a minimum; it only excites him ;)
Welcome aboard.
Erm? Now i really confused!!!! :-S
Green Centaurs? I'd always thought they were more....well.....horse coloured?
However I do stand admonished on the "other C" word
Welcome 'Vambo.'
A track by the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, if I remember correctly. :-\
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: fsn on 16 February 2015, 08:09:33 PM
Velcome Mr Boozle, or may I call you Gerald?
Not all Centurions are green! Silly! Some of them are sand and some are green and black! I think you're getting confused with a Centaur - which of course is a Land Rover half-track!
Welcome anyway, though how you're going to game Electronic Counter Warfare is beyond me. :-\ Perhaps some Centurions could help?
I don't know - this is meant to be a sensible forum and we let chaps in who don't know the colour of a Centurion! - FSN
DAMN! He spotted it.
Quote from: Techno on 16 February 2015, 08:38:58 PM
Welcome 'Vambo.'
A track by the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, if I remember correctly. :-\
Cheers - Phil
Well - I did not know that....but obviously I do now.
The Urban Dictionary gets it:
vamboozleTo make a complete mess of something.
Something that has been destroyed beyond repair.
An object that always causes problems.
Which just about sums up my play style (and to be fair my DIY style)
Welcome on board :).
Quote from: Vamboozle on 16 February 2015, 07:50:42 PM
I've gone back through my copies of Tacitus and Suetonius and nowhere does is state "Centurio est viridis"? is it an off batch of garum?
Hello there. :)
I don't know why nobody else has remarked on the above, I thought it was hilarious! ;D
Quote from: RoyWilliamson on 16 February 2015, 09:15:05 PM
Hello there. :)
I don't know why nobody else has remarked on the above, I thought it was hilarious! ;D
That's because none of the rest of us knew what it meant
Quote from: Fenton on 16 February 2015, 09:37:41 PM
That's because none of the rest of us knew what it meant
I did (honest). :P
Salute, Vam.
At long last, after 45 years, "O" Level Latin becomes useful.
I'm still going through my copies of Tacitus and Suetonius to see if he's right ;)
Romanes eunt domus!
:P
Quote from: Ithoriel on 16 February 2015, 11:50:41 PM
I'm still going through my copies of Tacitus and Suetonius to see if he's right ;)
Romanes eunt domus!
:P
Romani ite domum
100 times ;D ;D ;D
And if it's not done by tomorrow morning...
Oh dear, I assumed this esteemed body would naturally know all about rotting fish sauce.
Quote from: Vamboozle on 16 February 2015, 07:50:42 PM
though I am reliably informed that "the thunk of toy soldiers landing on the doormat is not "as exciting as the pitter patter of tiny feet". :o
Welcome Vamboozle,
I am afraid to advise you that you have not been reliably informed. I would even say they are fibbing, but I will give them the benefit of the doubt as they are probably a female and have no conception of what "the thunk of toy soldiers landing on the doormat " actually means to us and how we feel about it
going back to the pitter patter of tiny feet, they bring:-
Sleepless nights
Smelly nappies
Severe lack of marital bennefits
Severe depletion of cash for the next 24+ years
Its just a clever way of sucking you in to responsibility and the obligation to pay for the said female for at least the follwing 18 years - (Bitter and twisted ? Me?? Never!!) ;D ;D
Quote from: FierceKitty on 17 February 2015, 06:11:05 AM
And if it's not done by tomorrow morning...
No...No...
.No !Poor chap's only just joined !
(Vambo....A mix of Santa Claus and Spiderman....I shall be humming that all day, now.)
Cheers - Phil
More bloody suferners.......
Moaning
ianS
Welcome, Vamboozle. You have now met a good cross-section of the lunatic fringe on this forum. And you're still here! That is either high courage or total bewilderment. Tin helmet and riot shield over by the door. :D
Hi Vamboozle,
I have to say I always find the thunk of toy soldiers landing on the doormat considerably more exciting than an infestation of mice ....
... what are you lot talking about? Wrong end of the stick? What? ;)
Seriously, my kids are the best thing in my life, may you have decades of enjoyment of yours!
Welcome :-h
Well thank you for the very warm welcome everyone - I already feel at home (like that relative that won't go home after Christmas)
Quote from: ianrs54 on 17 February 2015, 09:50:56 AM
More bloody suferners.......
Moaning
ianS
I suspect you are just jealous as it's a well know fact that it's "grim up North" (and by North I mean where the arctic tundra starts so Dorking upwards) ;)
Quote from: Hertsblue on 17 February 2015, 10:37:23 AM
Welcome, Vamboozle. You have now met a good cross-section of the lunatic fringe on this forum. And you're still here! That is either high courage or total bewilderment. Tin helmet and riot shield over by the door. :D
Trust me - I've done nearly 30 years in IT and those techie types are their own special kind of strange which makes everyone here seem quite normal to me.
For a start you all seem able to articulate a sentence without lapsing into l33t speak (wtf n00b) and you all appear to have spoken to a woman who isn't related to you. :O)
Well the thunk on the doormat has happened (easily as exciting as tiny feet) and here are my first thoughts:
- I now see the point of the Pendraken Terrorist thread with a heavy hand written Jiffy bag :D
- first thought on opening was all a bit Michael Caine "pikemen sir, thousands of 'em"
- then it was 10mm is really rather tiny (gawd what have I done?)
- once the initial panic had subsided I have to say impressive level of detail on something so small - I can only assume Pendraken have either invented a shrink ray gun or are witches - either way well played gentlemen!
Now I can only hope that my painting skills will do them justice - gulp X_X
Don't worry Vam, I remember my first delivery of 10's; you soon get in the swing of it ;)
I remember that first despatch email too (arrived two days after the floor breaking thud)!
I actually moved up to 10s from 6s so was not that daunted. I now find them the easiest of all scales to paint and 15s the most difficult - too much small detail.
Quote from: Leman on 28 February 2015, 09:32:30 AM
I actually moved up to 10s from 6s so was not that daunted. I now find them the easiest of all scales to paint and 15s the most difficult - too much small detail.
Yes, indeed. Familiarity with 10s makes 15s seem large and cumbersome. It's all down to usage and practice.
welcome to the Forum
Quote from: Hertsblue on 28 February 2015, 09:36:26 AM
Yes, indeed. Familiarity with 10s makes 15s seem large and cumbersome. It's all down to usage and practice.
You should try the jump to 54mm :o :o :o :o :o ;D
Quote from: paulr on 28 February 2015, 09:31:47 PM
You should try the jump to 54mm :o :o :o :o :o ;D
You must be joking! :o
I have stopped painting 28mm now, far too time consuming, so the idea of 54mm horrifies me.
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Vamboozle - 10mm are great, l have been painting 6mm and 15mm for years and 10mm is the best of both worlds, give it just a couple of weeks and you will be wondering what you were ever concerned about.
Quote from: Fig.ht on 28 February 2015, 09:52:00 PM
You must be joking! :o
I have stopped painting 28mm now, far too time consuming, so the idea of 54mm horrifies me.
See here http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,11412.msg148729.html#msg148729 (http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,11412.msg148729.html#msg148729)
The choice of scale was Peter Jackson's, not mine ;)
Quote from: paulr on 28 February 2015, 09:31:47 PM
You should try the jump to 54mm :o :o :o :o :o ;D
I don't have a large enough paint-roller. ;)
54mm - don't you need an industrial paint sprayer ?
IanS ;)
When I was a kid I had loads of 54mm. They were called toys.
Quote from: Leman on 01 March 2015, 10:56:32 PM
When I was a kid I had loads of 54mm. They were called toys.
;D ;D ;D