What periods? In 6mm I do Napoleonics, ECW, AWI, FPW, GNW, Spanish Succession, Risorgimento, Sikh War, Sudan and Medieval; in 10mm Crimea, Ist Schleswig and I have ACW Intervention, Pacific War and 2nd Schleswig in the lead pile. In naval I do Napoleonics, Renaissance galleys (the wonderful Langton range) , and Pre-Dreadnoughts (Sino-Japanese war). I'm currently thinking about a big plunge into League of Augsburg - Sedgemoor, Boyne and Scanian War - as well as the '45 and a small collection for the Irish Rebellion. I have to say I am also tempted by the 15mm Anglo-Persian figures that Irregular do but I am trying to resist going into bigger scales - so if Pendraken fancy doing that war (British and Indian troops double for the Mutiny) I'll be first in the queue. there is something about camel mounted artillery that can't be beat!

I had a break of over 40 years from wargaming and had sold all my soldiers except my collection of flats when I moved to Australia. My wife pointed out - accurately - about three years ago that I did little else except work and drink and needed a hobby. I had a muse on that and discovered that since I'd stopped wargaming (when only 20 and 25 were really available unless you had really deep pockets and could afford 30mm Staddens) the smaller scales had appeared and also the most wonderful proliferation of models. So not only could I assemble large armies and at reasonable cost and store them without having to colonize the whole house I could also do all the wars that I was interested in years ago (from books like Kannik) but for which nobody made the figures. In many ways the research and painting interests me more than the gaming itself but I do put all my armies through their paces from time to time using Black Powder and variants thereof - and that's me.

all the best from a rainy Sydney.

All that in 3 years!

Dear Professor, I take my hat off to you.

Like I say, it's nice to have some class. I'll even forgive you the Siren pull of the LoA range.  It seems to be very popular for some reason unknown to me. The new generals do seem to be nice sculpts though.

I think they're still expanding the range. "Grenadiers realising that perhaps they should have gone before joining the line" are in pre-production and the "Dragoons debating the results of the previous night's cockfighting" are a wonderful vignette, if perhaps niche market. Of course, the "doleful gunners contemplating a switch in religion" is a pure vanity piece.

Still, we (the stunned insects in the Pendraken bug zapper) are always pleased to see an expansion in the range.   

 

Have you taken the green pills, instead of the pink ones, this morning, Nobby. 

Cheers - Phil

Welcome Prof! I had a similar large gap in my wargaming career and took up 10mm when I retired also. I plan to do Sedgemoor when I turn 85. The problem with 10mm and Pendraken in particular is you can dabble in so many periods with out breaking the bank or hiring a U-Store-It. Start posting pictures 

You have now met Nobby (fsn) who is an institution here - or maybe an institute - or - shoot, what did they tell me - institutionalized! That's the word.


Brilliant discriptions as always, M'Lord Runicorn

Thanks for all the kind words gentlemen. I must say that one of the things I've enjoyed as I get back into our wonderful hobby is the supportive environment of these forums and how helpful people are with  information and how positively people always respond to other people's work. A real pleasure to meet you all.

Quote from: profjohn on 09 May 2016, 12:42:35 PM
Thanks for all the kind words gentlemen. I must say that one of the things I've enjoyed as I get back into our wonderful hobby is the supportive environment of these forums and how helpful people are with  information and how positively people always respond to other people's work. A real pleasure to meet you all.

NOT a member of TFM, I see.

Quote from: profjohn on 09 May 2016, 12:42:35 PM
Thanks for all the kind words gentlemen. I must say that one of the things I've enjoyed as I get back into our wonderful hobby is the supportive environment of these forums and how helpful people are with  information and how positively people always respond to other people's work. A real pleasure to meet you all.

Just be prepared for the frequent bouts of utter lunacy, Prof. 

Cheers - Phil

And a warm welcome from me too. 

Welcome profjohn. Looks like you've had the 'particularly little people' bug a lot longer than I have this is my first project. Put an oder in for two ECW armies last week was also very tempted by the LoA range but I have got this in 28s already. Didn't stop me thinking seriously about it though .....and still tempted hahaha.
No rain in Sydney today 

No - nice here today. I've been swimming in fact. Then basing up some 1:3000 pre dreadnoughts for a what if? Anglo-French confrontation off Indo-China c 1895.

Wuz drr swumming to test the ships to if dey iz watter proof ?

Eccles