Well I am sure lots of us have had lots of time to look at shiny stuff while on lockdown.
How many of you have succumbed and what have you bought.
Bought
Lots of movement trays for WSS and ACW f
20mm Animals
20mm WW2 British engineers
28mm Bears
More Paint and basetex
10mm Taureg cavalry
4 Really Usefull boxes
Trays From Walt at Commision Figures for above.
Plastic sleeves for ring binders
Book on ww2 Polish Campaign
Seriously thought about
Punic wars armies in 10mm - No thanks to a certain thread on this forum. :)
Ender 3 Pro 3d Printer
Brigade Miniatures Aeronefs and rules ( had got over this until Will posts a bloomin' photo today)
Tomb Guard, skeletons, mummies and chariots for Egyptian fantasy.
1864 Danish and Prussian reinforcements (not many).
Lots of bases.
An areonef and replacement bits for random losses.
That's it, because I've not been paid since early April.
Quote from: mad lemmey on 03 May 2020, 07:25:31 PM
That's it, because I've not been paid since early April.
That's a bit of a bugger Will, I am sorry to hear that.
Sorry to hear that too, Will.
Makes me feel even worse about spending money I don't have on things I don't need!
White Dragon's 15mm Talos Exosuits - basic squad and breaching squad
Baccus 6mm - 4 x AGR03 - Psiloi - Javelins
2 x AGR10 - Psiloi - Sling
2 x AGR04 - Psiloi - Bow
2 x AHI05 - Syrian Archers
Osprey - Sea Peoples of the Bronze Age Mediterranean c.1400 BC–1000 BC
Early Aegean Warrior 5000–1450 BC
The Fortifications of Ancient Egypt 3000–1780 BC
Soldier of the Pharaoh
The Mycenaeans c.1650–1100 BC
Mycenaean Citadels c. 1350–1200 BC
Troy c. 1700–1250 BC
Gladiators
Alternative Armies - IAF128S Afara Mecha Shield Pack × 1 (Pack of Four Shields)
15mm Xin Monkey Bot x 1
Doom Squad - Solo Wargame Rules
LSD6 Operator × 1
LSD4 Ripper × 1
LSD2 Assault Warrior × 1
Amazon - Starfinder RPG Flip Mat "Starliner"
Acheson - 15PD601 Neanderthal Hunter Set #1 (10)
15PD604 Coelodonta (2)
15PD603 Steppe Mammoth
15PD600 Smilodon Populator (2)
Ive been very good.
All I bought were some odds and ends for the 1944 Brits and Germans.
Am really resisting the Peninsula War.
Gaming wise, not much - 15mm (I know, I'm sorry) Colonial Marines & alien "Hunter" figures from QRF miniatures. And the Ranger of Shadow Deep rules - looks interesting, solo/co-op version of Frostgrave.
A couple of 70's-era OO gauge Hornby wagons off of eBay (although that's now stopped - prices have gone up, postage has gone up, my interest has gone down).
Been building Space Hulk-type tiles for the QRF figures to play on, courtesy of the Crooked Staff Terrain stuff. And printing out, cutting out and sticking the cards needed for Sellswords & Spellslingers.
Currently trying to resist an N gauge Kato tram (why? why do I need this? FOMO!)
It's all cool, I'm just owed 8 days back pay (at rediculous supply rates) payment holidays in place, we hae enough to get by. 8)
Makes me feel even worse about spending money I don't have on things I don't need!
I am not as far into retirement as jimdunkanuk but I am beginning to wonder about getting value for money from any purchase I make! What will the Executors make of them? Need to make sure that is stipulated in the Will! Still you need to have something to look forward to in life and keep moving forward, hence my starting to acquire Pendraken miniatures.
Still on sentry duty at the front.
Good to hear that Lemmy
Only one purchase, my Hundred Years War project ;)
Quote from: Orcs on 03 May 2020, 07:03:33 PM
...
Seriously thought about
Punic wars armies in 10mm - No thanks to a certain thread on this forum. :)
:-h
Quote from: hammurabi70 on 03 May 2020, 10:28:28 PM
Makes me feel even worse about spending money I don't have on things I don't need!
I am not as far into retirement as jimdunkanuk but I am beginning to wonder about getting value for money from any purchase I make! What will the Executors make of them? Need to make sure that is stipulated in the Will! Still you need to have something to look forward to in life and keep moving forward, hence my starting to acquire Pendraken miniatures.
Still on sentry duty at the front.
I'm 67 this summer, been retired almost 7 years and long since resigned myself to the realisation that I am, by and large, a planner of, and buyer for, projects that will never even start, let alone get completed.
But, as you say, it's good to have goals and besides it beats the hell out of collecting teaspoons or thimbles! :)
Beer, mostly.
I have just put in bases order to Leon.
Other than that just a couple of computer versions of board games; Twilight Struggle where I can play the computer, and Flash Point, which is cooperative anyway, so ideal for solo play.
My redundancy money has been set aside for daughter's maintenance loan top ups for Uni, so we are living off my wife's salary, which is not big, but OK for us to live off, just. So purchases none so far as having to be careful at present.
A few reinforcements for my Japanese armies, mainly to remedy a samurai-heavy imbalance, and some 1:3000 WWI fleets. Not much, but my income has been limited these last few months.
Not bought very since lockdown started, just used it as an opportunity to clear some of the backlog.
Some RUB insert trays from Walt.
28mm spider victims from a Russian guy - the postage was as much as the minis
A 'pick and mix' set from Ramshackle Games - 28mm some Victorian Sci-fi, some Fantasy
A sample sprue of Oathmark Elves
Some brushes and varnish from Leon
Beer, of course
But what I've nearly bought, oh my! Late night browsing on Ebay is not good for me ;D
Fortunately I hadn't been drinking
Quote from: sunjester on 04 May 2020, 05:58:28 AM
A sample sprue of Oathmark Elves
Thats very dangerous, I bought a sprue of Oathmark Dwarves for my Frostgrave war band. THey are quite nice, not perfect but good fillers for an army.
Lets see -
1 Argentine Army from Pendraken
1 Box PSC carriers - due to sale, would have bought more but
On order :-
Battlegroup North AG
1 Box Warlord Orcs (would ha been Zulus if I'd got an email 4 hours earlier !)
Lots of red wine.
IanS
Quote from: sunjester on 04 May 2020, 05:58:28 AM
But what I've nearly bought, oh my! Late night browsing on Ebay is not good for me ;D
Fortunately I hadn't been drinking
Drink more.
bought:
Star saga base game
terror in the deep expansion
goliath expansion
retake the blackstar expansion
character and mission creator expansion
deadzone v2 starter
escalation protocols book
2x asterian faction starter
asterian faction booster
asterian kaleeshi
asterian black talon prime
veer-myn faction starter
veer-myn tunnel runner
veer-myn creepers
teraton shock trooper
adrienne nikolevski
plague bursters
extra opaque purple paint to try out (works pretty good)
some bases.
think that's it, just a few extras trading in my mantic points.
No 10 mm i'm afraid, focusing on skirmish games at the moment.
ps: almost forgot, a collection of 3 60x100 foldable tables to put my baseboards on, with all the preteaching and whatnot the table i play on has been taken over by books and a laptop so i needed another solution!
Quote from: Orcs on 04 May 2020, 09:45:43 AM
Thats very dangerous, I bought a sprue of Oathmark Dwarves for my Frostgrave war band. THey are quite nice, not perfect but good fillers for an army.
I really didn't need to know that! ;D
Stroll on.....The cheapo watch I ordered for Von has just arrived..(from the Netherlands)...The whole package positively STANK of dope*...How it got through customs, I'll never know.
*I've never touched the stuff....But I DO know what it smells like.....Blank me !! X_X...... @-) @-) @-) @-)
Cheers - Phil.
Quote from: Ithoriel on 03 May 2020, 11:46:34 PM
I'm 67 this summer, been retired almost 7 years and long since resigned myself to the realisation that I am, by and large, a planner of, and buyer for, projects that will never even start, let alone get completed.
But, as you say, it's good to have goals and besides it beats the hell out of collecting teaspoons or thimbles! :)
Yeah that man! Much better than such collections, although I have a weakness for bookmarks and fridge magnets. Having forward looking objectives is good for your health and the excellent news is that if you reach 70 you have something like a 97% actuarial chance of making 80.
I found the research and reading very helpful in business because, being in international business, hosts were impressed that I knew a lot about their history and geography (although knowing that Catherine de' Medici brought the fashion of ladies knickers from Italy to Northern Europe as a result of her marriage nearly got me into embarrassing trouble ;D ).
I also learnt a few extra points in man-management and specifically used ideas of WAVELL and SLIM in working in big corporations.
Quote from: Orcs on 03 May 2020, 07:03:33 PM
Well I am sure lots of us have had lots of time to look at shiny stuff while on lockdown.
How many of you have succumbed and what have you bought.
Seriously thought about
Brigade Miniatures Aeronefs and rules ( had got over this until Will posts a bloomin' photo today)
I've two small fleets ready to post if you're in the market, cheap as chips and table ready!
Quote from: toxicpixie on 04 May 2020, 05:12:42 PM
I've two small fleets ready to post if you're in the market, cheap as chips and table ready!
Thats not fair! :D
Do de do de doo doo doop, you're welcome!
I might be interested...
Orc's has first refusal, but if you you want a look they're here -
https://m.facebook.com/pg/jtppainting/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2482156448700811&ref=bookmarks&mt_nav=1
Bit knocked off for forumites ;)
A gadget consisting of a headband (Think Bjorn Borg), a bit of elastic and a soft sponge ball.
It is a boxing training aid for #3 son (The Tiny Goblin).
It has proved sufficiently interesting to take him away form his telephone for half an hour per day.
Pixie, have you got anything not on facebook?
What we looking at £££?
Quote from: toxicpixie on 04 May 2020, 05:12:42 PM
I've two small fleets ready to post if you're in the market, cheap as chips and table ready!
Excellent plan.
Those are public galleries, they should be viewable without a FB account.
Don't think I've any small enough to attach here but I'll pop you a PM with my email so I can send them direct...
Ah ha! New firmware on phone lets me easily resize pics when selecting them, should be two attached! Or not... it only likes jpg's not JPEG's.
Grgh.
Ok, let's try a link!
(https://scontent-lhr8-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/83044424_2482156858700770_6015243462033539072_o.jpg?_nc_cat=110&_nc_sid=0be424&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_oc=AQn5aG8oTfsWWzONQuBiSOBje7v9mFL3gA9ul-8JxBuZQeftixK5w1y_9Tcry5tNpDY&_nc_ht=scontent-lhr8-1.xx&_nc_tp=14&oh=fcd89547e06cfea3bfee32107ae064bc&oe=5ED5A6BB)
Sorry, that's in huge o vision as I can't get size tags to play ball on an iPhone touchpad :S Fat fingers.
That's one of the two fleets, there's another same size and a five ship squadron of small round Russian torpedo boats!
My wife had the idea that I should sort out my stash, so I have had a chance to review what I've got already and that's a lot. I have also sold some painted 20mm figures through a WhatsApp group I'm on and put some old GW stuff on eBay all of it is oop and doing reasonably well, I should get my initial outlay back at least.
I have ordered a few add on bits for the Ironclad Miniatures 15mm trench system I ordered at Hammerhead in March. So overall a productive time, although not a lot painting or modelling done so far.
I have managed to resist further temptation but the Crusader Miniatures 28mm partizan HMG and medium mortar teams would be useful additions to the 28mm partizans I already have.
I'll buy the SCW supplement for BKC when it comes out, sometime, soon I hope. :)
At 61 I'm in my fourth year of retirement, the first two were a bit difficult but once I'd found a suitable voluntary position once a week life is much better, although I miss it and my granddaughter during the lockdown.
Best wishes and keep safe,
Martin
Quote from: toxicpixie on 05 May 2020, 08:45:20 AM
(https://scontent-lhr8-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/83044424_2482156858700770_6015243462033539072_o.jpg?_nc_cat=110&_nc_sid=0be424&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_oc=AQn5aG8oTfsWWzONQuBiSOBje7v9mFL3gA9ul-8JxBuZQeftixK5w1y_9Tcry5tNpDY&_nc_ht=scontent-lhr8-1.xx&_nc_tp=14&oh=fcd89547e06cfea3bfee32107ae064bc&oe=5ED5A6BB)
Let me make it easier to see :)
I've bought Bundle of Holdings solo game collection, 4AD, a Charlie Stross novel, some Blood Red Skies planes (incl B-17's!) (but they were birthday pressies so don't count), a nice Heritor-adventurer figure and some 28mm on the cheap Saracen lancers, and some Paperboys Napoleonic stuff... (and parthians).
Avoided so far? New 6mm lead. 28mm real Nappies. Some 10mm of various guises. Might rectify the latter, add some scenery...
Ooo, got spray paint as well!
Also, thanks Ithoriel :D
ACW troops and fences from Pendraken, ACW from Cracker Line miniatures (10mm), some ACW guns from GHQ, Christmas wreath ties to turn into cornfields (almost done with 200 pieces), a coconut coir mat to turn into wheat fields and a roll of .0001 steel shim material to put under the troop bases (magnetic sheet in the storage boxes).
Going heavy with Regimental Fire and Fury.
I'll have to have a think about this, as my first thought is not much - but I'm fairly sure that will be wrong...
Quote from: kipt on 05 May 2020, 03:25:22 PM
ACWChristmas wreath ties to turn into cornfields (almost done with 200 pieces) ....
a roll of .0001 steel shim material to put under the troop bases (magnetic sheet in the storage boxes).
Do tell more on these, please, with links to suppliers if possible. As the first sounds intriguing, and I have been struggling to find steel paper to line box files, and this sounds like it might be a good option.
Quote from: fred. on 05 May 2020, 04:06:17 PM
I'll have to have a think about this, as my first thought is not much - but I'm fairly sure that will be wrong...
Had a look at my Paypal account - always the arbiter of wargaming spending!
Some Italian WWII tanks from Pendraken (this was the one I was remembering)
Paint brushes
GW Contrast paints
Postage and import fees on Warmonger 10mm figures (I'd bought the figures on Kickstarter a while ago)
WM Dwarves on eBay
Portable photography light
iPad and Phone tripod mounts - to enable remote gaming
The shim steel is from McMaster-Carr in Santa Fe Springs, California. I bought a 7 inch x 10 feet roll for $43.04 tax and shipping included. They have several thicknesses of the material and because it is ferrous, it is attracted to a magnet. https://www.mcmaster.com/catalog/126/3922.
The FAQ on Google says they don't sell to individuals but I had no problem.
Later I will try to post pictures of my cornfields. I use two types of garland ties; one from Home for the Holidays, 10 piece x 12 inch packets and The Happy Giver, bundles of 24 x 12".
Hobby wise, the main thing I purchased was some Fireforge Byzantines and Russians to be kit bashed into some Gondorian Soldiers. Chances are my local game store isn't going to be able to survive so I'm working on some Battle Companies for GW's game as maybe a way to tempt a few locals away from 40k.
Normally I'd not think about growing potatoes in my small vegetable garden on the grounds of being too cheap to buy. Once they lockdowns started I went and bought some seed potatoes that are growing nicely.
Finally, I decided to treat myself to the last two volumes of the Encyclopaedia Aethiopica to complete my set. Surprisingly despite the Rastafarian connection I didn't have the same problem that Techno had with his watch.
Quote from: kipt on 05 May 2020, 04:23:41 PM
The shim steel is from McMaster-Carr in Santa Fe Springs, California. I bought a 7 inch x 10 feet roll for $43.04 tax and shipping included. They have several thicknesses of the material and because it is ferrous, it is attracted to a magnet. https://www.mcmaster.com/catalog/126/3922.
Thanks - I'll have a look for some UK suppliers - steel shim isn't something I knew of before
Quote from: kipt on 05 May 2020, 04:23:41 PM
The shim steel is from McMaster-Carr in Santa Fe Springs, California. I bought a 7 inch x 10 feet roll for $43.04 tax and shipping included. They have several thicknesses of the material and because it is ferrous, it is attracted to a magnet. https://www.mcmaster.com/catalog/126/3922.
The FAQ on Google says they don't sell to individuals but I had no problem.
Later I will try to post pictures of my cornfields. I use two types of garland ties; one from Home for the Holidays, 10 piece x 12 inch packets and The Happy Giver, bundles of 24 x 12".
Hi Kipt
What thickness did you get? What wa the shipping cost like or are you based in the US ?
Orcs
I bought the .0001" thick material. I can cut it with an xacto knife.
cost of the material was $30.24, tax (here in California) $2.65 and shipping was $10.15. It wasn't heavy but bulky as they shipped it rolled up in a 5" heavy cardboard tube.
I filled s few gaps in my ACW collection, namely wagons, casualites, ambulances and a few limbers. I resisted the stage coach. Nothing very major. I was/am tempted to enter a completely new period such as ECW or Samurai. If the new Samurai range was avaiilable now, I would by this time be feeling very guilty about the dent in the savings account
For King & Parliament are a great set of ECW rules :d
Gaming:
Foundry ACW, Hiinchcliffe ACW (Before they are gone as moulds no longer viable so ex-catalogue), Eagle Peninsular Naps. 25/28mm stuff is an investment for the future (?) as eyes getting old and I have very large quantities of 10mm PenD stuff for if I ever can get round to getting on with it! :( . 1/76 armour , figs and buildings for same reasoning. Wish the PenD Peninsular expansion had been a few year ago :'( but great to see some good stuff coming...will have to see! ;)
Skytrex 1/200 WW2 armour...and also, (As special orders), 1/200 from Butlers Printed Models....including turret only options. 1/200 started as a curiosity, VERY small level project, ;D ;D ;D , but seems to have become favourite over my masses of 1/285 stuff...either part done or still in blisters. Filing out a turret ring to fit a (slightly small, but better proportioned, if rough) Butlers turret...and carving some 'detail' on a Skytrex hull...I can usually knock out a T34 while waiting for my clapped out PC to sort itself out! =) Given personal circumstances, that is about all the gaming stuff that I can attempt for the time being. :( :( :( ...so 1 tank per night is a satisfying Win for ME! :) :) :)
Non Gaming:
Beer (I rather like Abbot!), whisky + Diet Coke, Tabs (+ a small stash of rolling baccy for TOTAL lockdown !!!) :o
And disposable Gloves
NOTE: Disposable gloves should be disposed of after visiting a store/site and a new pair donned before the next. 8)
Given the near impossibility of 'Bio War' disinfection within practical constraints of time and costs...this may not help YOU but may help prevent spreading the bastard around a bit. :(
Good Luck to All.
And thanks to a very quick reply from Clib, I now have a few packs of the LoA range ordered - two french cavalry, a french mounted dragoon and a seven figure charging officers shouting "Vive la République!", no, sorry, little early, "vive la France! Vive Loiuis!".
Using 60mm wide bases that's 30+2 officers for the cavalry at four per base, two bases to the unit, for Twilight of the Sun King, and 15+1 officer for the Dragoons. The ranks are a bit thin compared to the Austrians with five figures jammed on but Elan will even that out.
No thanks to you lot,(none of you have any self restraint) reaching the £4500 goal on the Peninsular Non kick starter.
I have bought the Spanish village for my WSS.
Oh sh*t I missed that... I must investigate!
I ordered a few packs of figures to pad out my Crusader forces just days before the lockdown officially started so been working through those. Only a few units left to do then base them all. Which lead me to my next order, a bunch of bases and basing material as I'm running low. While awaiting that though I'm looking at the crusader infantry, currently 4 packs worth to mix up into 4 different units and thinking I really need another pack or two to mix them up more, as I've 3 packs well armoured and 1 pack unarmoured so need a transition pack of medium armoured. Which would then round it out nicely to 5 or 6 units of crusader infantry which is what I need for a few battles I want to do.... haven't quite found the right type pack yet though. I do have a couple of units of MM billmen that were amongst the first 10mm figures I painted so could extract them from their bases and touch up a bit (or repaint) to add to the mix and save some money on new things. :
My 2mm Russians are based up and awaiting primer, once I get them primed and painted it'll be an order for the French next, though not highly motivated on those at the moment. I've also a 15mm HOTT project on the painting desk awaiting primer (and a few more figures to source). And I got Zombiecide Black Plague at Christmas so a lot of zombies craving some paint.
I enjoy spending a lot of time researching and planning projects so have spent an inordinate amount of time lately working on pre-contact Mesoamerican lists and have a good enough picture that I've been able to get moving on those. Thankfully I ordered plenty last year to keep me going a while, but it leaves me in the dangerous position of planning what is next. The new Greeks and Persians are very tempting, as indeed are the Polybian Romans and the various other ancient ranges. Some small biblical forces may be mighty tempting too. Or maybe it's time to dip my toes into something else, take the plunge into Napoleonics (to pledge or not to pledge), have a go with some naval warfare, or the 20th Century stuff I got a few packs of last year....
On the one hand I've a 10% pay cut at the moment....on the other our honeymoon trip to Japan had to be cancelled (would be in Kyoto right now, relaxing in a traditional inn or soaking in some hot springs :( ) and likely going to be autumn or next spring before we're able to go so have a lot of money resting in the bank account. and a few more months to save
Should really just be strong....mine the lead hill a bit more. Doesn't help that my painting desk is currently inaccessible due to a minor plumbing emergency so I've more time to think rather than paint!
Non gaming wise, pretty much just spending money on food and drink. Working from home gives me more time and energy for cooking which I've always enjoyed but can be hard to motivate yourself to after a long day in the office. Much more relaxing when working from home.
What a shame about your Honeymoon. I am sorry to hear that. Makes cancelling 3 nights in Cheddar Gorge this week pale into insignificance.
Quote from: Orcs on 06 May 2020, 09:42:59 AM
What a shame about your Honeymoon. I am sorry to hear that.
Ditto. :(
Cheers - Phil
Was supposed to be flying to Portugal on Friday.
Don't think I'll ever set foot in an airplane again now.
Thanks guys, we got most of the money back for it and a credit for the flights so should be able to rebook once things settle down, but was a bit of a shame as we'd spent a lot of time planning it and booking (we were spending nearly a month travelling all over the country) so will have to do that again somewhat when we can rebook. Thankfully we got married last year so the wedding wasn't affected, but had a family member who was due to be married in April who had to cancel. I know how much time, money, and work goes into that so they were gutted for sure. And there's plenty going through horrible situations that make all such things pale in comparison so just have to count our lucky stars that we're well and mostly healthy. Both my wife and I had suspected Covid-19 a while back, my wife got hit a lot harder than me and is only now feeling more herself. Thankfully didn't need to be hospitalised but doctor did put her on antibiotics as was concerned about her lungs having an infection. We're both reasonably young and healthy so really makes you appreciate just what a toll it can take on more vulnerable people and how scary it could be.
Well.....Not for a very good while, Martyn.
Sorry about the trip to Portugal. :(
I'd never go in a flying machine, ever again, either....Scares the 'poop' out of me.
Cheers - Phil
But civvi aircraft are just buses off ground and even more uncomfortable. For real bads try a military transport, no sound proofing, in a piston engined Britania for two hours.
Nah......Sod that ! ;)
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Techno on 06 May 2020, 10:04:58 AM
I'd never go in a flying machine, ever again, either....Scares the 'poop' out of me.
Yeah, not scared - at least up until now. Now the thought of spending 2 hours plus in a metal tube with ~200 people all breathing the same recirculating air is . . . disconcerting to say the least - but I just found the whole flying experience extremely unpleasant, especially the way you're treated at the departure end. Only went reluctantly to please the wife.
Doubt I'll be doing it again. Need to buy a decent car and start driving around Europe for any foreign adventures in the future, I think.
Quote from: Techno on 06 May 2020, 10:04:58 AM
Well.....Not for a very good while, Martyn.
Sorry about the trip to Portugal. :(
I'd never go in a flying machine, ever again, either....Scares the 'poop' out of me.
Cheers - Phil
I like flying, especially the take off. Having been up in my brothers 4 seat Cessna normal flying is quite luxurious.
Quote from: Raider4 on 06 May 2020, 11:23:10 AM
Yeah, not scared - at least up until now. Now the thought of spending 2 hours plus in a metal tube with ~200 people all breathing the same recirculating air is . . . disconcerting to say the least - but I just found the whole flying experience extremely unpleasant, especially the way you're treated at the departure end. Only went reluctantly to please the wife.
Doubt I'll be doing it again. Need to buy a decent car and start driving around Europe for any foreign adventures in the future, I think.
I believe they stopped recirculating the air before lockdown. When air travel resumes I doubt they will be allowed to recirculate, even if it makes the planes less efficient.
Certainly Driving round Europe is probably the way to go for a few years. If you use the channel tunnel you can stay in your car. Trouble is there is no Tunnel to the USA, where you can guarantee the sun and they all speak at least a form of English.
Quote from: Orcs on 06 May 2020, 11:27:25 AM
I believe they stopped recirculating the air before lockdown. When air travel resumes I doubt they will be allowed to recirculate, even if it makes the planes less efficient.
Given that air recirculation is one of the reasons given as to why aircraft seats shouldn't be removed or left empty in future I'm pretty sure it's still a thing and not going to stop any time soon.
Flying can be pretty uncomfortable when you're tall given how tightly they pack the seats in. Especially when you've reclining people in front of you. I find I can't really sleep on planes either. 24 hours each way of flying to and from Australia in Economy was not the most pleasant of experiences. I know a lot of people say it's not the destination that matters, it's the journey, but I can only assume they're flying first class!
I had a student in Brno with that problem once; enormous man, a good four inches taller than I (and I left six foot behind a long time ago). He was also a distinguished legal writer who got repeated invitations to spend a sabbatical at Johns Hopkins, but simply couldn't face the flight.
Mrs Orcs has a bad back as well as very long legs, I am 6 foot as well, so we always pay for extra legroom.
When we went to Boston on Delta it was not an option, they did not have premium economy either so we went economy. We did not realize this as we had booked with Virgin Atlantic who offer premium economy, and their website said that as outbound flight was with Delta we should book the upgrade with them direct - Nothing about them not doing the upgrade at all. so we were stuck in an economy seat for 8 hours When we got to Boston It took Mrs Orcs about 10 minutes to get out her seat at all and half an hour before she could walk properly.
Reading matter:
To the Strongest - ancients rules.
This could be the start of a whole new lead mountain.
Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 06 May 2020, 07:39:42 PM
Reading matter:
To the Strongest - ancients rules.
This could be the start of a whole new lead mountain.
Good choice, I've been planning to use TtS for my Aztecs. And probably some other ancients projects in future.
There is a fantasy version brewing by some friends, based round Warhammer 3rd edition lists...
Rats !!.....I would like to have bought a new wrist strap for my watch today. (It snapped last night...but at least it did it indoors, and I noticed..rather than the watch falling off outside.)*
First time I've not been able to simply pop into a shop and buy something I 'need', since we started lock-down.
I'll cobble something together for today.....If I'm really desperate, I'll buy one from Amazon...But it would have been handy to have popped into a little shop that I know sells them, in Cardigan.
Any other 'odds & sods' that any of you lot have missed buying locally, in the past few weeks ?
Cheers - Phil
* I have played 'hunt the watch' on one previous occasion when I did lose one outside. I was glad for 'beep beep' on the hour....That told me roughly where I needed to look. :)
I find that with my phone, Phil. Calling it and having it buzz is very handy. Now I just need my keys To do the same...
Timpsons the shoe repair/watch strap shop has reopened up here in the north.
Silly question but!
Is there a branch anywhere near you? that you can get to safely.
Quote from: toxicpixie on 07 May 2020, 07:26:20 AM
Calling it and having it buzz is very handy. Now I just need my keys To do the same...
Search up Key Finder or Bluetooth tracker - little tags or tiles you add to your keyring (or other things) to then be able to track them from your phone (assuming you can find your phone...)
Quote from: Techno on 07 May 2020, 06:14:05 AM
Any other 'odds & sods' that any of you lot have missed buying locally, in the past few weeks ?
Due to shielding, haven't done local shopping for weeks. But at the weekend, when I was changing a couple of light bulbs in the kitchen, and only found 1 replacement in the cupboard, it was pretty much my first, "I'll just pop out and get some, oh no I can't" moments.
I urgently need some polystyrene cement, have mail ordered but no sign yet. Normally it's a walk to Kit Stop, 5 mins each way, or for more reasonably priced stuff hop a train into the Pool.
Watch straps - order a metal one Phil, they dont rot.
Quote from: fred. on 07 May 2020, 08:23:26 AM
Search up Key Finder or Bluetooth tracker - little tags or tiles you add to your keyring (or other things) to then be able to track them from your phone (assuming you can find your phone...)
Due to shielding, haven't done local shopping for weeks. But at the weekend, when I was changing a couple of light bulbs in the kitchen, and only found 1 replacement in the cupboard, it was pretty much my first, "I'll just pop out and get some, oh no I can't" moments.
My natural dislike of tracking means I've thought about those tags and discarded the idea. Now I've reached a certain age I might revisit that plan. Problem is I'd need to tag everything in the house (remotes, keys, glasses, phone, cooking utensils, whatever I was reading, superglue, brush cleaner, pot of paint colour X, rules, playsheets...) :D
Quote from: toxicpixie on 07 May 2020, 08:53:30 AM
My natural dislike of tracking means I've thought about those tags and discarded the idea. Now I've reached a certain age I might revisit that plan. Problem is I'd need to tag everything in the house (remotes, keys, glasses, phone, cooking utensils, whatever I was reading, superglue, brush cleaner, pot of paint colour X, rules, playsheets...) :D
;D ;D ;D
As far as your keys are concerned, Nathan......It was a good few years ago, but you used to be able to buy a key ring/fob, that 'whistled back' if you whistled withing a few yards of it...IE..in the same room ! ;)
They might still exist !
I had another...."Oh poop*...that 'shop's' not open either !" within minutes of returning from the hunter-gatherer job, this morning.... One of the arms on my new pair of specs snapped at the 'elbow' joint... :'( :'( :'( :'( X_X.......Of course, Specsavers are closed at the mo. :(
I SEEM to have repaired it..but I don't have a lot of hope that it'll last very long. :(
Spare glasses' arms on standby !
The only thing that's gone half right this morning, was driving back from Cardigan, only to find our road is 'closed'.... due to some (very much needed) drain repairs, 'next door'.
"Oh, for blank's sake X_X >:( >:( >:( >:(.....Have I really got to have a 10 mile round trip detour, when I only need to go 300 yards to get home."
(I sat behind the car in front......We were both giving a VERY 'big hint' that we were going to drive past them, as soon as they moved a big lorry out of the way....It worked ! ;D ;D ;D)
Cheers - Phil (AKA The grumpy Welsh git.) ;)
* The language was far more industrial than that !
Bloody hell Phil, you pick your moments :D
Cue me breaking both pairs of glasses this afternoon.
Quote from: toxicpixie on 07 May 2020, 08:53:30 AM
My natural dislike of tracking means I've thought about those tags and discarded the idea. Now I've reached a certain age I might revisit that plan. Problem is I'd need to tag everything in the house (remotes, keys, glasses, phone, cooking utensils, whatever I was reading, superglue, brush cleaner, pot of paint colour X, rules, playsheets...) :D
String.
Just attached a bit of string to everything, tie the other end to your belt, then you can just pull each item as you need it to you.
What could go wrong. :P
As I replace my glasses, the old ones get relegated to less and less important standbys.,fortunately my prescription has not changed much over the lat few years. I only use them for computer work, reading painting etc.
Main reading glasses kept by the bed.
Previous prescription, one pair downstairs one in den for painting with
Before that i have l;ast resort pairs left in the car and a pair left at work.
And yes I have had to use the last resort pairs on several occasions, as not needing them to drive means its easy to go out without them
Oh....Mark.
I tried my 'next best' pair of specs, when I got home.....With those I can basically see bog all from the right eye......Blurred, or what ?
My running repairs are holding up....So Y cen cee wot I em riting on the cumptar, at ther mommentt.
Chers - Phl. ;)
See your typing is improved by those Phil. I'm luck my prescription hasn't changed for two years, so my spare pair work fine.
A copy of the 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons Players Guide :d :o
Still on sentry duty at the front
Pendraken package arrived this lunchtime. Interesting timing that it arrives on VE Day. Very difficult to put it to one side with a gloved hand and wait.
:) :-
I have two pairs of the strongest glasses the Poundshop does.
Why are they never at my painting table?
Amazon apparently still sell those key fobs that whistle back at you when you mislay sommat.
Mind you...The reviews for a lot of them are somewhat less than complimentary. (They beep or whistle at the slightest noise.....Driving their owners loopy. ;D ;D ;D)
Cheers - Phil ;)
Quote from: Techno on 09 May 2020, 06:33:24 AM
Amazon apparently still sell those key fobs that whistle back at you when you mislay sommat.
Mind you...The reviews for a lot of them are somewhat less than complimentary. (They beep or whistle at the slightest noise.....Driving their owners loopy. ;D ;D ;D)
Cheers - Phil ;)
Would anyone notice? :-
You walked into that one Phil! ;D
Oh....Yes....They'd notice it.
I have stages WELL beyond loopy....I'd go straight to Defcon 1, if I had one of those things.
Cheers - Phil ;)
Quote from: Ithoriel on 06 May 2020, 11:36:16 AM
Given that air recirculation is one of the reasons given as to why aircraft seats shouldn't be removed or left empty in future I'm pretty sure it's still a thing and not going to stop any time soon.
Aircraft air recirculation systems are insanely good these days. My wife read something the other day: the filters are close to as good as those in the full high-dependency gear medics wear.
Nigh on £200 on 10mm Late Romans, Saxons and Picts.....oopsie
Quote from: Macsen Wledig on 24 May 2020, 09:52:37 PM
Nigh on £200 on 10mm Late Romans, Saxons and Picts.....oopsie
Well, accidents will happen... ;)
indeed....several times over several weeks in fact ;D
Good choices
Yes same here, mainly bases, paints etc.
Still resisting the Punic wars though, (even DBA armies)- Its been weeks since any lead arrived.. I feel like a lead addict on recovery........ Only one slip half a dozen 42mm WW1 British from Irregular.
Not sure hoe much longer it will go on for - The Lead addict recovery I mean :)
So assuming your a lead addict in recovery ,does buying paints , and basses and ancillary items count the same ?
Personally I don't count them as they are expendables. :D
Mrs Orcs counts all the packages addressed to me as war games stuff - even when the contents are not fo, or are for something to do with the house or garden, OR EVEN when they are for her (like the camera stuff I ordered for her recently) >:( >:( >:(
Quote from: Orcs on 25 May 2020, 12:04:41 PM
Still resisting the Punic wars though, (even DBA armies)- Its been weeks since any lead arrived.. I feel like a lead addict on recovery........ Only one slip half a dozen 42mm WW1 British from Irregular.
If you do give in, I'll split the load with you. You buy them and paint/base them, then I will help you play with them! :D :d
Now I have had some pay come in, I've been spending my money replenishing and resupplying bases, paints, tufts, scatter and figures, howrver, I keep painting the latter.
So far I'm waiting on three different orders with some figures and some bases and basing material, and have also purchased a few books for research purposes.
One of those packages contains the seeds of two new projects.
I'm also trying to get some custom size metal bases from a very slow to respond eBay seller.
Most of these are pretty small orders though, price wise, spreading the costs out a bit with just keeping things ticking along hobby wise.
Quote from: fred. on 05 May 2020, 06:47:14 PM
Thanks - I'll have a look for some UK suppliers - steel shim isn't something I knew of before
Try https://magneticdisplays.co.uk/ (https://magneticdisplays.co.uk/) - Coritani Magnetic Displays do this in the UK and are wargamer friendly - I have bought stuff from them at the SELWG show a few times.
I've been a good boy so far and bought nothing, until I buckled and ordered two of Peter Dennis' Paperboys books - the Castle Assault one and the War of Spanish Succession.
Spent the weekend scanning in the pages, and now I have two medieval armies printed out ready for sticking & cutting, to finally give the One Hour Wargames rules a try.
Quote from: sunjester on 25 May 2020, 12:57:05 PM
If you do give in, I'll split the load with you. You buy them and paint/base them, then I will help you play with them! :D :d
You are such a generous friend :)
Quote from: Raider4 on 25 May 2020, 03:59:00 PM
I've been a good boy so far and bought nothing, until I buckled and ordered two of Peter Dennis' Paperboys books - the Castle Assault one and the War of Spanish Succession.
Spent the weekend scanning in the pages, and now I have two medieval armies printed out ready for sticking & cutting, to finally give the One Hour Wargames rules a try.
so do these count as feeding your addiction???
Not yet bought anything in Lockdown though I have some money sitting in my Paypal account that I do intend to use for wargaming stuff.
I'm likely to pick up Bob Cordery's Portable Colonial Wargame book then look about getting my Pendraken Zulus and British onto the table. After that I might be coming back for some figures for the Sudan wars.
Quote from: Orcs on 25 May 2020, 04:19:31 PM
You are such a generous friend :)
You still want stuff painting Orcs? ;)
Quote from: mad lemmey on 25 May 2020, 07:18:55 PM
You still want stuff painting Orcs? ;)
Yes but life and work is getting in the way of sorting them out. Hopfully havev a look tommorow
Yay, no rush
Bought Sue Laflin-Barker's Start Ancient Wargaming with DBA 3.0 Kindle Edition yesterday. I didnt need it because I have a hard copy but at £6.78 I felt I couldnt pass it up :P
I'd like to buy a haircut.
Goodness knows when I'll be able to do that.
Cheers - A very scruffy git.
I treated myself to Bob Cordery's Colonial Wargaming book, which I look forward to receiving. Will also 'buy' some Nappies stuff via the not-kickstarter currently being run by Leon & Co.
As for haircuts, luckily we still have some clippers at home from when our son was young. A Godsend as my hair is thick and grows fast, so in this weather I would have probably tried shaving it all off, which could have been nasty!
no haircut required here....
those Greeks and Persians DO look good though.....
Quote from: Techno on 27 May 2020, 06:35:19 AM
I'd like to buy a haircut.
Goodness knows when I'll be able to do that.
Cheers - A very scruffy git.
Yes I'm almost at the point of letting my wife take the clippers to it! I normally don't like going for a haircut but now that I cant,. definitely could do with one.
In other news one of my three packages has arrived. The starting packs for an early imperial Chinese project and a Trojan War one. :D
Magister Militum or Newline?
Quote from: Macsen Wledig on 27 May 2020, 07:50:32 AM
no haircut required here....
Mine goes curly after it gets to a certain length, and is now starting to look a little like an Ommpa-Loompa's (from the 1971 version), but without the green colour.
Green colour - get on a Mersey Ferry in a force 8
Quote from: Raider4 on 27 May 2020, 08:15:50 AM
Mine goes curly after it gets to a certain length, and is now starting to look a little like an Ommpa-Loompa's (from the 1971 version), but without the green colour.
Mine's permanently curly....But it's now reaching down to my collarbones. X_X
Quote from: mmcv on 27 May 2020, 07:59:54 AM
Yes I'm almost at the point of letting my wife take the clippers to it! I normally don't like going for a haircut but now that I cant,. definitely could do with one.
I know Von wouldn't even try and cut mine.....She gets me to trim hers at the back....But that's it ! ;D
Cheers - Phil :)
I'm doing a comedy hairstyle a day on faceache.
I did just drop 30 quid on a 1990s Citadel Blue Dragon, as I always liked the sculpt and it will be a fun challenge to paint it properly and use it in Dragon Rampent...
Quote from: mad lemmey on 27 May 2020, 10:11:00 AM
I'm doing a comedy hairstyle a day on faceache.
I did just drop 30 quid on a 1990s Citadel Blue Dragon, as I always liked the sculpt and it will be a fun challenge to paint it properly and use it in Dragon Rampent...
Is that the same one I painted brown recently?!
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49394082156_ef8b1cef2c_w.jpg)
Which reminds me, I have more stuff to photograph for show-and-tell...
Bought a pair of 'official' D&D5 fighters so I can use one as my cleric - he has a translucent, flaming sword 🔥
They've just escaped from 2-months in lockdown in a post room - which is apt since the cleric started the campaign imprisoned in a drow slave-camp!
Quote from: Techno on 27 May 2020, 09:21:25 AM
Mine's permanently curly....But it's now reaching down to my collarbones. X_X
Cheers - Phil :)
You'll be able to recreate some of those classic, mid-to-late-eighties, WD mug-shots again soon ;)
Quote from: O Dinas Powys on 27 May 2020, 10:31:20 AM
Is that the same one I painted brown recently?!
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49394082156_ef8b1cef2c_w.jpg)
That's exactly the badger! Always loved his 'you want what!' expression.
Quote from: FierceKitty on 27 May 2020, 08:03:33 AM
Magister Militum or Newline?
Newline, got a pack of Han halberds and a pack of Mycenean spearmen. Once I get a few painted and based will likely do a bigger order of one of whichever I feel more drawn to. Currently leaning towards the Chinese. Can cover the late Warring States, Qin rebellions, Chu-Han contention and Xiongnu wars with only a little bit of tweaking. Maybe at a push the Three Kingdoms, but by that point they'd pretty much abandoned the dagger-axe spears so would need a different configuration. I've some Mongol horse archers based up already as part of my crusades forces so with a few additions could make a Xiongnu army pretty handily if I get tired of Chinese civil wars.
Quote from: Techno on 27 May 2020, 09:21:25 AM
Mine's permanently curly....But it's now reaching down to my collarbones. X_X
I know Von wouldn't even try and cut mine.....She gets me to trim hers at the back....But that's it ! ;D
Cheers - Phil :)
Mine pretty much just grows straight, in another week or two I may be able to tie it back or go for a mini man bun, whatever it takes to keep the fringe out of my eyes. I've occasionally resorted to using a hairband when cooking or baking to keep the hair out of the food! It's bad enough that our diet is already mostly dog hair without adding human hair to the mix too.,
Quote from: mad lemmey on 27 May 2020, 10:38:51 AM
That's exactly the badger! Always loved his 'you want what!' expression.
Yeah, it's a great figure.
Look forward to seeing your take :!! ;)
Despite my feelings toward fantasy games, I must say that dragon's a beauty.
Quote from: O Dinas Powys on 27 May 2020, 10:33:38 AM
You'll be able to recreate some of those classic, mid-to-late-eighties, WD mug-shots again soon ;)
If I can find some decent hair dye........Possibly. ;)
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: FierceKitty on 27 May 2020, 10:59:22 AM
Despite my feelings toward fantasy games, I must say that dragon's a beauty.
Thank you :-[
Quote from: Techno on 27 May 2020, 11:31:25 AM
If I can find some decent hair dye........Possibly. ;)
Cheers - Phil
;D
Woad should do it !
Quote from: ianrs54 on 27 May 2020, 12:35:08 PM
Woad should do it !
Woad that be the colour O Dinas Powys wants?
GO AND GET YOUR COAT, Mark.
Cheers - Phil ;)
A Fedora !!! ;D
(Should have stayed on PenD instead of ebay! ) ;)
When WILL I wear the, (very nice!), thing? :o As, since I've eventually got round to self-clipping hair again, (as usual), my normal flat cap tends to become a UFO in gusty winds! ;D
Wow! 8) Just remembered that I once saw UFO...at The City Hall! ;) "Doctor, Doctor, Pleeeease..."
" A very sad case. So back to the medicine!" :( ;D
Quote from: Orcs on 27 May 2020, 12:43:11 PM
Woad that be the colour O Dinas Powys wants?
Woaden't you like to know? :P
Thev WElsh don't even pun well - Coat now
cul de sac!!!!
Quote from: Heedless Horseman on 28 May 2020, 02:16:48 AM
A Fedora !!! ;D
A very tasteful choice, what colour?
Last Hussar prefers a trilby, it reminds him of Frank Sinatra (but I always think of Walker from Dad's Army).
Fedora in black
Fez in red
Bowler in black
Slouch in brown
Pith in faded khaki
Quote from: mad lemmey on 28 May 2020, 01:26:32 PM
Fedora in black
Fez in red
Bowler in black
Slouch in brown
Pith in faded khaki
I'll raise you:
Fedora in brown
Fedora in yellow
Panama in white
Bowler in brown
Topper in black
Homburg in black
Gastsby/Newsboy cap in grey
Pith helmet in off white
Tricorn in brown
:D
Show off! ;D
Cyberman head.
Do I win?
Quote from: sunjester on 28 May 2020, 12:15:39 PM
A very tasteful choice, what colour?
Last Hussar prefers a trilby, it reminds him of Frank Sinatra (but I always think of Walker from Dad's Army).
Brown.
Actually, I hadn't realised it would be quite so big...Lord knows how big a Stetson would be...and a Texas '10 Gallon Hat' would be like wearing a bath! ;D
Quite like Trilbys, but I don't wear the 'right' duds for it...and with my build, it might be a 'pea on a drum'! ;D
I do have a German Helmet...(sold to my mother by a millitaria shop when I was young). Don't think it is a real German WW2 issue, though, as when I looked at comparisons a few years ago, there were differences in linings, etc. :( so not worth all that much. Not really outdoor wear...unless I bid for a bloody big bike on ebay...SHUDDER! :o ;D
Original US WWII M1 Helmet, one of several acquired by by an RAF Squadron Leader along with chocolates and nylons in exchange for the return of a US Major's jeep
He caught them in the process of loading it onto their transport aircraft and threatened to have them arrested. The Squadron Leader politely pointed out that the Major should have immobilised his vehicles... hence the trade
As discussed in another thread the jeep wasn't nailed down ;)
British army creed :-
If its Portable - port it
If it moves salute it
If it dont move paint it - WHITE
Never stand when you can sit
Never Sit when you can lie down
Never awake when you can sleep.
Live by it.
Quote from: sunjester on 28 May 2020, 04:22:01 PM
I'll raise you:
Fedora in brown
Fedora in yellow
Panama in white
Bowler in brown
Topper in black
Homburg in black
Gastsby/Newsboy cap in grey
Pith helmet in off white
Tricorn in brown
:D
Mornington Cresent !
Package just arrived from Pendraken....around 400 bases, some nice basing materials, and a pack of medieval command figures. Once I get them painted up I can start the marathon basing of all my crusader infantry! And a nice new shiny metal ruler that doesn't have half the numbers worn off.
400 bases.....good effort :)
The Pendraken bulk deals are too good to pass up. I won't be using them all for my crusaders! Just wanted to stock up for future so got a bunch of 40x40 and 40x20. Though now thinking I may need to bulk buy 40x30 too... Next time.
A copy of Villa Rides a set of rule covering the Mexican Revolution: another period I am interested in as a result of films seen as a kid
Quote from: mmcv on 30 May 2020, 09:23:18 AM
The Pendraken bulk deals are too good to pass up. I won't be using them all for my crusaders! Just wanted to stock up for future so got a bunch of 40x40 and 40x20. Though now thinking I may need to bulk buy 40x30 too... Next time.
The trouble i find ordering loads of bases is that you get so used to having them "in stock" that you re surprised whe you run out.
True, true.
(Rushes off to check stocks)
Quote from: Orcs on 30 May 2020, 05:30:44 PM
The trouble i find ordering loads of bases is that you get so used to having them "in stock" that you re surprised whe you run out.
True but when I have lots of little bags I always think I've got another one in the box somewhere so am a bit miffed when I realise I don't!