The 2014 show season starts with a bang as we pack the van and head down the road for the Vapnartak show in York! We'll need any pre-orders in before Sun 26th January please, and more info can be found on the York club website: http://www.yorkwargames.org/Vapnartak.htm
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I am really looking forward to tomorrow who else is attending from the forum. I will be wearing a black tee shirt with GWS on the right and andy on the left I'm 6ft 6 inch tall if anybody wants to say hello
take care
andy
Quote from: Leon on 07 January 2014, 01:19:44 AM
The 2014 show season starts with a bang as we pack the van and head down the road for the Vapnartak show in York! We'll need any pre-orders in before Sun 26th January please, and more info can be found on the York club website: http://www.yorkwargames.org/Vapnartak.htm
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Does your van usually bang when you head down the road? :o
Looking forward to seeing some people tomorrow/today! Hopefully the wind dies down a bit as it's pretty gusty out there.
Quote from: Hertsblue on 01 February 2014, 11:01:14 PM
Does your van usually bang when you head down the road? :o
Depends who's driving!
Have a great show and look forward to some pics :).
Just setting off on the next half hour. Looking forward to it !
This years Vapnartak was an excellent day, crazily busy for the first 3-4 hours. We also managed to record to quickest ever unload of the van, with everything out and into the venue within 20 minutes of arriving, so huge thanks to the York club members for all the help carrying the stock in! Overall I think it was our best day trading at this one, so looking forward to next year already!
There's a few blogs with pics online so far:
- http://justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/vapnartak-wallet-attack-report.html (http://justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/vapnartak-wallet-attack-report.html)
- http://blog.cjsutherland.co.uk/vapnartak-york-wargames-show-2014/ (http://blog.cjsutherland.co.uk/vapnartak-york-wargames-show-2014/)
- http://stormofsteelwargaming.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/vapnartak.html (http://stormofsteelwargaming.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/vapnartak.html)
- http://blog.belisarius.org.uk/2014/02/vapnartak2014.html (http://blog.belisarius.org.uk/2014/02/vapnartak2014.html)
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I was very good. Noticed you were nearly out of bases at the end!
Quote from: Marcust34 on 04 February 2014, 04:18:40 PM
I was very good. Noticed you were nearly out of bases at the end!
Yeah, the bases unit was looking a little sparse by the time we finished, but at least it was easy to carry back out to the van!
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Thanks for the links Leon and some nice looking games on there.
Quote from: Steve J on 04 February 2014, 08:48:25 PM
Thanks for the links Leon and some nice looking games on there.
Hear. hear !!
Cheers - Phil.
York was a really nice start to the season I had a fab time and it was nice to leon and dave. Unfortunately I never met any furum members.
Take care
andy
Quote from: Womble67 on 04 February 2014, 09:55:16 PM
Unfortunately I never met any furum members.
That's a shame, there were quite a few of them knocking about. We need to get some kind of badges made for us all to wear at the shows, so we know when we're walking past another member.
Quote from: Leon on 05 February 2014, 12:22:09 AM
That's a shame, there were quite a few of them knocking about. We need to get some kind of badges made for us all to wear at the shows, so we know when we're walking past another member.
or Pendraken helmets...
Quote from: Leon on 05 February 2014, 12:22:09 AM
some kind of badges made for us all to wear
good idea I just think it would be nice to be able to put faces to the posters name also makes it a bit more personal.
Take care
andy
Quote from: WeeWars on 05 February 2014, 12:43:51 AM
or Pendraken helmets...
With horns :D
Like the badge idea though ;)
T-shirts?*
Or maybe a rolled umbrella and a copy of The Times?
So many options!
*We'd need a slogan - "Leon's Peons"?? :)
Quote from: Ithoriel on 05 February 2014, 11:43:30 AM
*We'd need a slogan - "Leon's Peons"?? :)
Clone No.X?
:-\ :D
Quote from: Leon on 05 February 2014, 01:26:17 PM
Clone No.X?
I'm sure none of us would dare to claim to be an avatar of the Dark One himself! IBF* :)
*In before fsn
I would not claim to be fit to spit upon the shadow of the dread Dark Lord.
I suggest Pendraken false moustaches. (I can knit them if required.)
(https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQlreikOHHJecfn-S-1ZRLGV09AO8i_jgr689b7fx0T-5-CZlI6)
How about a badge with Pendraken written round the top outside Edge and
"You can do a lot with 10mm" on the badge. :)
Everyone dress as their avatar.
easy for some - Grips - leather bondage gear and a spear, Nik - er himself
harder for others - FSN.... :-\ and GordonY might have a few problems
Quote from: Matt of Munslow on 05 February 2014, 05:11:04 PM
Everyone dress as their avatar.
easy for some - Grips - leather bondage gear and a spear, Nik - er himself
harder for others - FSN.... :-\ and GordonY might have a few problems
Easy :o :o :o
I'm not dressing up as my avatar. No way!
Tee-shirts labelled "Aztec-free zone"?
I use the same name on just about all the for I visit, so I'd just wear a sticker with my name on it. That way others from other fora would recognise me too and say hi / punch me inna face.
Quote from: Matt of Munslow on 05 February 2014, 05:11:04 PM
harder for others - FSN.... :-\ and GordonY might have a few problems
I have an outfit that might do. Not a Centurion though ...
(https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQCxYtJ30iY7yxpyNI4iZxY3sIHCItzeKqcj-ETGLseyDYZGdeyHg)
(That's me on the right.)
Quote from: fsn on 06 February 2014, 04:07:34 PM
I have an outfit that might do. Not a Centurion though ...
(https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQCxYtJ30iY7yxpyNI4iZxY3sIHCItzeKqcj-ETGLseyDYZGdeyHg)
(That's me on the right.)
I still think Viagra's the amswer....
That tank's definitely been out on the raz.
Quote from: Nick the Lemming on 06 February 2014, 03:09:19 PM
I use the same name on just about all the for I visit, so I'd just wear a sticker with my name on it. That way others from other fora would recognise me too and say hi / punch me inna face.
I agree use our forums names but where can you get one badge from
take care
andy
You used to be able to get clear plastic, oblong shaped 'sleeve type' badges with a safety pin on the back.
All you had to do, was slide in a piece of card.....With or without a pre-printed logo....have a space for a hand written name..and 'job done'.
Those might work if they're still available. :-\
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Techno on 07 February 2014, 04:48:05 PM
You used to be able to get clear plastic, oblong shaped 'sleeve type' badges with a safety pin on the back.
All you had to do, was slide in a piece of card.....With or without a pre-printed logo....have a space for a hand written name..and 'job done'.
Those might work if they're still available. :-\
Cheers - Phil
You can usually pick them up really easily, they also do ones with lanyards on (we use them at conferences a lot). If you can't find them, getting clear plastic card holders and taping a pin to the back works too.
Sod it, I'm coming as my Avatar :D :-\ :-&
Quote from: get2grips on 08 February 2014, 12:55:27 AM
Sod it, I'm coming as my Avatar :D :-\ :-&
Yep, where can I pick up a horsehair beard?
Quote from: Hertsblue on 08 February 2014, 09:47:33 AM
Yep, where can I pick up a horsehair beard?
;D ;D ;D
You think YOU'VE got issues sourcing your costume :o :o :o
Anyone got directions to the nearest Bondage Shop?
I absolutely DREAD the response this is going to get... X_X
Well er........Private Shops do a range
And I'm going to get even worse.......
Leon :D ;) ;)
Quote from: Matt of Munslow on 05 February 2014, 05:11:04 PM
Everyone dress as their avatar.
Nik - er himself
Simples. Baseball cap + beer :D
Quote from: nikharwood on 08 February 2014, 02:06:16 PM
Simples. Baseball cap + beer :D
That'll get a few looks :D
Quote from: get2grips on 08 February 2014, 08:43:47 PM
That'll get a few looks :D
I'm used to that - everyone knows us baseball-cap-wearing-beer-drinking gamers get all the
top totty ;)
I'm thinking more of some type of simple badge with a logo of sorts, so folk aren't walking around with their name emblazened across their fronts, but we can all still identify each other...? :-\
How about a sash with merit badges? I'd already have the "over 30lb lead mountain", "ordered it and forgot what for" and "Centurion lover" badge. There could be "Painting Comp Entrant", "Painting Comp Winner", "Painting Comp Patronised" badges; "LoA and Proud", "Favoured by Dark Lord", and "Over 250 Tank" badges, and many, many more.
Of course you'd need a rank badge too. Perhaps colour coding - pale blue for cadets up to crimson for staff ranks.
The future Pendraken forum member attending a show could look something like this ...
(http://blog.mltailor.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fun-2.png)
Quote from: fsn on 09 February 2014, 11:26:27 AM
The future Pendraken forum member attending a show could look something like this ...
(http://blog.mltailor.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fun-2.png)
Pretty sure most forum members are a different age, gender and weight class and will never look like that :)
They do in FSN world!
Lets all move to FSN world then.
They all look like that and drive Centurions, will that not be a tiny bit tiresome after a while? and not a bit of tartan in sight shame on you fsn.
The badge could be a small silhouette of Leon with a clone name/number upon it,
Aye, but if they were standing in the turret of a Centurion and you were inside it ... you'd see the tartan.
Shall we all have a secret handshake too?
Quote from: howayman on 09 February 2014, 06:10:41 PM
The badge could be a small silhouette of Leon with a clone name/number upon it,
Perhaps a circular badge, with something distinctive on it - say - oh, a penny farthing or something easily identifiable like that. And then perhaps a number on it - the number of accession to the forum, perhaps? And then we might dress similarly, flannels, blazers, that sort of thing? Done before? Oh, come on - what are the chances of that? :-\. Still, we are all prisoners of our fate! ;)
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Quote from: mollinary on 09 February 2014, 06:51:30 PM
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Like that... ;)
Quote from: fsn on 09 February 2014, 06:18:30 PM
Aye, but if they were standing in the turret of a Centurion and you were inside it ... you'd see the tartan.
Shall we all have a secret handshake too?
Great idea. We could roll up one trouser leg too....
Quote from: Hertsblue on 10 February 2014, 08:59:47 AM
Great idea. We could roll up one trouser leg too....
Not on a kilt :D