Well it is about time I introduced myself.

By day I am struggling assistant professor of international relations currently in Istanbul Turkey, fighting the hapless fight to publish (Publish or Perish as they say! I assure you that if you like instant gratification in your job, stay away from academia )

I have been painting miniatures for at least 20 years (first ever set was Esci Zulus and British. I wanted to get the Crimean War set but my mother said no). I have been playing miniature war-games for 12, having passed through the obligatory GW phase (actually I wanted to do DBA and my first wargaming army was a ESSEX 15mm HYW French, stolen at a store, but my mates wanted 40k :p)

I have painted and played games in four countries and two continents (yes I have had to travel a bit!). I have painted and collected every figure scale except for 40mm and 2/3mm. My main collections are DBA 15mm, WH40k 28mm, Saga 28mm, and now happily 10mm 19th century!

Like most of us in this hobby, I have started and given up a whole bunch of projects, but finally with Pendraken I have been able to start my denied love, which is the 19th century.

You can keep abreast of my projects at my hobby blog, Leadhead PhD (http://phdleadhead.blogspot.com.tr/). I hope it gives you joy!

With Respect
KTravlos

What ho and welcome to the forum.
My mum wouldn't let me have Japanese... I am finishing off my Sudan project then onto medieval


My wife was presenting at the EAA conference in Istanbul in September. She is sat beside me in the final year of her PhD.   I now know who to contact when my Turkish coffee runs out

'Official' welcome on board. Off to check your Blog now...

Some nice looking chaps on the blog, sad news about the borads though, another good idea gone wrong because of  the vagaries of the material.

Sorry, and welcome to the blog.

Hello there and welcome.

Hi KTravlos, welcome to the Forum!

Welcome KT.

Glad to see you have found the TRUE scale, 10mm. I'm a relatively new convert myself, and have many projects in many periods in many different states of completion.

Welcome,  and thanks again for your help with Turkish

And an 'official' welcome from me too, KT.   
Cheers - Phil

Arternooon

IanS 

Welcome aboard, KT. You are a well-travelled wargamer, I see. Mind you, one can move from Europe to Asia at Istanbul simply by crossing the Bosphorus Bridge, of course. 

Welcome K. My first wargame love was the ACW and when I was 16 my mum surprised me by buying a massive book of illustrations of the ACW that had been done for contemporary magazines.