Random mumblings from far beyond the void...

First of all. Tamsin from Wargaming Girl has a prize draw. So here it is:

http://wargaminggirl.blogspot.de/2013/05/100k-prize-draw-day-5.html

anyway her page is wonderfully made and always worth a visit. Especially the Koreans she made for Fields of Glory are gorgeous. I wonder how someone can be so disciplined with painting so many models at once. I need to know her secret.

So what happened here. Well I managed to win a bet on Ebay for a gaming table. Yes sir a whole gaming table and the best is it is just 5 minutes drive from where i live and ist was just 16 Euros. That is around 15 Pound or 20 Dollars. Will pick it up tomorrow.
So whats on my painting desk.
There are two old Citadel Ork Boar riders. A chieftain and a Standart. The are painted and I only fix some minor damage to post the pics because of a post in Oldhammer 80s Blog. As some might know I love the old Citadel/Marauder/Iron Claw models of these times gone by.
My 20mm Mamelukes are getting more paint but sometimes they are a thorn in my side. Don't get me wrong I love Napoleonis but with all that fiddly small parts it is quite time consuming painting them. The French Mamelukes had another drawback. The were quite lax when it comes to Uniform reglementations so expect some horde of sabre wielding gypsies.
Then there are my Tongs for Legends of the Old West rules. I picked them up from Foundry at this years Salute in London. All are bases and primed so just need some paint.

So that is all for now. I will post some pics tomorrow or the day after so that you can see my creative chaos here in rainy Duisburg Germany.

Old Hammer

As some of you might know. I am collecting Old School models and games. Next to my growing collection of vintage 20mm/25mm lead bods are my lead montain of old 28mm warhammer figures.
When I starteted fantasy wargaming it was of course warhammer. I tried to stay with one army but well it was not that easy. Every month seeing new models on the pages of White Dwarf and all looked soooo gorgeous. So I ended up with a lead pile full of projects, armies and never to be finished regiments. Anyway I liked them and after some time my first armies did appear. Warhammer 3rd ed allows for alliances so my trusty (and rusty) Skeletons were up for hire and were beaten to pieces nearly everytime. Anyway I loved them. For special interest were the Skeleton Army box set. 40 warriors in one box, including cavalry and a chariot. Today the vampire kings as these skeletons are known today have no chariots, just the Tombs Kings and my look more like coming from mist shrouded castles than sandy dunes.
So why do i play warhammer 3rd? Two things first of all I really hate buying army books over and over again. Second I really love the old models and the way 3rd edition plays. It is more like wargaming a roleplaying set. With so much fluff and things to explore in the back of ones mind.
Today the old lead friends of times gone by are hard to find. Ebay is a good way but some of them are really pricey (especially the dwarfs) and it takes some time to build a regiment in the wanted numbers. But hey are we wargamers not all Hunters and Finders???

FIGZ show

After some troublesome times last year. My club mates and I will attend this year the FIGZ show in the Dutch Netherlands.


http://www.figz.nl/en/

 In my opinion it is one of the must see shows.
Although it is for 20mm and smaller scale it is wonderful to be there.
Lot's of friends to chat with and also much eye candy in form of Dio's , Army's and Wargames.

Hope to see you all there.

Club Night

Here are some Pics from our Club night.
Some are from the Mos Eisley Board one of the Club mates made for the Tactica Show in Hamburg. The other is of one of our Bolt Action WWII games.

The Star wars game uses the normal Star Wars Miniatures rules and all of the terrain is scrath build.
The Bolt Action WWII game was meant as an introduction to some of the gang. We normally play Rapid Fire but as Bolt Action uses less models and is easier to learn this is a great system to tease the unwilling into building model tanks and paint some figures.

Salute the Finale

Samurai.....well I loved this Dio.

Yes these are 10/12mm from Kalistra. Looked excellent and shows that sometimes size matters.

Salute 2013 the 2.

As promised here are some pics of the games that could be seen at Salute London this year.
Have fun.

The security Guards.....
Darth told me that there will be a Kickstarter Fundrainsing Projekt for his new Deathstar..

 What could be achieved with the little bods.

 Victorian Sci Fi absolutely great

 Row row row the boat.....

Alamo from Gringo40s.....and yes it is 40mm Models....breathtaking

The beaches of Normandy. I was there some years ago and could still see some of the German bunkers.
20mm action with lots of various landing boats of all sizes

A few steps inland.
Another 20mm WWII games I really stood ther for around half an hour watching all those tiny scenes

Salute 2013

Back from Salute 2013 in London and finally awake.
It was wonderful and seem to grow from year to year.
Travelling this year was quite stressing. Sharing the double seats is not my favourite especially with someone needing more space than an avrage dinosaur like me. Anyway on the pro side the nice busdriver not only drove me direkt to Excel Center (O.K. his Hotel was there) but also picks me up on my way home to Germany. So saving the money for the train ticket and more money for the little lead fellas.
If you ave not grasped it. I traveled overnight from Duiburg, Germany via bus (10 hours) to London for visiting Salute and then leaving Saturday evening with the bus back to home. Have you ever tried to sit for 10 hours with next to no sleep???
Costa coffee (well litres of Coffee) helps a lot.
Salute is always a pleasure to attend and this year for the first time I had a great time chatting with some fellow bloggers. Ray from "Don't throw a 1" blog was the organiser and for me it was a call to wargaming mekka from "Father Ray"...
It is wonderful to see who is the person behind the posts that we all love to read. And for a continental like me chat about the way things wargame work in Britain. Well nearly the same as here but it seems less GW, FOW, etc. and more being creative.

Next Post will have some pics in it. Hope to do these tomorrow.