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So I got one of those raspberry things and thought I'd try to see if I could keep the blog more up to date that way. So this is a trial run of a posting.
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So I do update this blog!

So I just realised that I sort of forgot about this blog! To my one follower - sorry and thank you for being interested enough in my ramblings to want to read them as soon as their posted.

So Christmas was the usual round of beer food and presents. Not much on the wargaming front this year, although I did get Tide of Iron and the Rommel expansion. I think this might be a way of getting my 8 year old into Flames of War. This is looking a better option since he has discovered the old WW2 film "the longest day" and now is obsessed with the paratroops, and this was solidified by showing him "A bridge too far" on NYE.

since then I've been relatively busy on the work front, managing to secure a job I'd been waiting for for over a year. This gives me a degree of stability so I can concentrate on other things - like gaming.

I've had a couple of games with Tom (the 8 year old), mainly using 19th century British and Prussians, usually contesting a river crossing and a town. The rules are modified WH40K so that if and when he gets his orks ready, he doesn't have to learn new rules. The main thing is that they are simplified. If anyone wants them leave a comment and I'll post them here.

Finally let me update you on the lead mountain progress:

Bought: 20 28mm US Paras

40 Plastic WOR billmen

15mm Stuart x2

15mm Universal Carriers x3

Protectorate of Menoth starter box/swordsmen/bastions

Warmachine Mark 2 rules

War of the ring rules

10 plastic Catachans

60 28mm WW2 Germans

5 15mm Stugs

15mm 88 PLatoon for FOW

Arnhem book for FOW

4 Howling Banshees

Painted: 40 28mm Zulu warBritish

20 28mm US Paras

20 28mm WW2 British

15mm FOW US para platoon

All the menoth stuff

12 28mm German WW1 Cavalry

4 15mm Italian tankettes

15mm Bergsegali platton for FOW

15mm Italian AT guns x 6

15mm Italian Infantry guns x 6

5 Plague Marines

4 Howling Banshees

10 Catachans

10 Slaanesh daemonettes

5 15mm Stugs

48 20mm Italian ww2 infantry (for my son)

2 15mm stuart tanks

3 15mm bren carriers.

Whew, that is more than I thought. The sad thing is that I don't think I've made much of an impression into the mountain!

December Merry Mithras

So it's about to be the midwinter festival and I think I'm probably not going to get any more painting done. Since my last post I've added to the Vietnam wars by painting the NVA 20mm plastics. I have to say that I'm not a great fan of soft plastics, and these have done nothing to refute my poor impression. They weren't even as detailed as the old aifix waterloo figures. so I think this is a dead end. I'll use them with my sons but not for proper gaming.

Also rebasing my 6mm armies onto polemos bases just in case I decide to get them next year. I think I can use the same basing if I want for both napoleon and Black Powder.

so painting 48 x 20mm NVA

24 x 28mm British

Bought Nil (but got a box of 28mm ECW plastics for renewing my subscription to WI)

More painting

Since the last post I've finished the WW1 Germans, and have moved onto some more napoleonics - Russians this time. They need basing and dipping but are otherwise done. Finally finished the Vietnam US but not very impressed. I still want to game the era, and after the latest Wargames illustrated I've decided to try 10mm from Pendraken rather than the 15mm in the article.

My son has got into 40K so I've been adding to his ork army slowly as I get the chance. This stuff doesn't really do it for me, although I keep wanting to paint some space marines as clone troopers.

My good intentions were ruined by a rip to Warfare at the end of the month. I spent more than I intended - including on a 15mm ECW army to pad out stuff bought on e-bay and then won a 28mm Army on e-bay as well! so skirmish level and massed battles await I think.

Lead Mountain

Bought 15mm ECW - covenantors army

28mm ECW parliament

15mm Marburian infantry

10mm Vietnam Us and VC

Painted 20mm US Vietnam x 48

28mm Russian Napoleonics x 50.

15mm ECW Covenantors x 40

quiet time

So October was a quiet month. A combination of work trips and week in the sun with the family have eaten into the painting time. However I managed to finish the bicorned french and have just got the webbing to do ono my askaris and marines. I tried a new colour on the askaris - the gw iyadan darksun - a sort of yellowy brown. A the moment it looks too yellow but I'm hoping that once dipped it will look sun-weathered.

No new e-bay stuff though so I might actually have reduced the mountain!

Bought - none

Painted - none

even more parcels

so I won the sudan figures and some zulu war british (which may get used for the sudan). The missus has been mollified by a new pair of shoes and some home cooking, with the promise of more to come.

I was looking through my lead mountain and realised that I'd forgotten about the 10mm WW1 project I'd planned, felt guilty and so put it at the bottom of the pile.

parcels what parcels.

So this week has been one of confrontations - a unexpected run of winning bids on ebay has left me with a parcel being delivered every day. This has caused some consternation to my better half who not unreasonably asked what it all cost.

So what had I bought? Well a 6mm Napolionic French and Austrian armies from baccus, a WSS 6mm Bavarian army again from baccus. This was followed the next day by 4 brigades of 10mm FPW french and a pack of pendraken imperial french. Finally a rohan army for WOTR and the guns and gettysburg rules.

Hopefully I won't win the sudan figures I'm bidding on otherwise I might need some protection from the wife....

Lead mountain:

Plus lots and lots (but little so they don't really count)